An Oasis of Globalization Balances US-China Ties: Supply Lines

Mehdi Tazi seems unfazed by questions about a world where the US and Chinese trade less and countries caught in the middle like Morocco have to pick a side.

He’s the CEO of the Tanger Med Group, which oversees Morocco’s major maritime port and surrounding industrial areas. If a quarter-century of globalization needs an advertisement, his domain is a hive of tangible results.

Tazi says the North African country is well-positioned to keep attracting a diverse array of investments to the doorstep of Europe and Africa, and at a crossroads of commerce flowing between Asia, the Middle East and the ...