Raw LLM Responses

As a development professional with a focus on Africa I am cautiously optimistic. The success of this program for the poorest countries will depend on the external barriers that are put in place. The EU’s external barriers protect the poorest countries from external competition on labor-intensive goods. In Africa external barriers keep put skill intensive goods which allows for the more developed countries (Senegal, Ivory Coast, Kenya) who can produce these goods to thrive. This then leads the poorest countries to pay more for the less efficient production of skilled goods in these more developed countries. That being said, the upside is if external barriers remain low, free trade will encourage the development of inter African trade and infrastructure which will benefit the least developed countries who otherwise have a poor bargaining position and are reliant on the more developed countries for infrastructure.