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WT/TPR/S/395/REV.1 |
S-2§45 |
European Union |
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2.45. The EU Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP), introduced in 1971 and implemented through successive Council regulations, provides preferential access to the EU market, to assist developing countries in their efforts to reduce poverty and promote sustainable development and good governance. The current GSP Regulation is the product of a reform that pursued three main objectives: (i) to contribute to poverty eradication by expanding exports from countries most in need; (ii) to promote sustainable development and good governance; and (iii) to ensure better safeguards for the EU's financial and economic interests. It entered into force in January 2014 for a period of ten years.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/395/REV.1 |
S-2§49 |
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2.49. The Special Incentive Arrangement for Sustainable Development and Good Governance (GSP+) grants complete duty suspension for essentially the same 66% of tariff lines as the Standard GSP, for countries which are especially vulnerable in terms of their economies' diversification and export volumes, and which have ratified, and effectively implemented, 27 core international conventions. (...)
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WT/TPR/S/395/REV.1 |
S-2§58 |
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2.58. The Commission defines the objectives of EU investment policy as to: (...) promote investment that supports sustainable development, respect for human rights and high labour and environmental standards; attract international investment into the EU, while protecting the EU's essential interests; (...)
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Government TPR |
WT/TPR/G/398 |
G-1§3 |
Zimbabwe |
2020 |
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1.3. Zimbabwe’s recovery efforts have also been affected over the years by natural disasters as climate change takes its toll , including devastating floods such as the most recent Cyclone Idai and recurrent severe droughts which have affected the food security situation in the country.
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WT/TPR/G/398 |
G-1§5 |
Zimbabwe |
2020 |
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1.5. (...), attracting and retaining investment has been placed at the core of the national developmental agenda, given its pivotal role to sustaining economic development and alleviating poverty. This will ensure successful attainment of Zimbabwe’s vision and the UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
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Government TPR |
WT/TPR/G/398 |
G-2§1 |
Zimbabwe |
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2.1. Zimbabwe’s economy is estimated to have underperformed by as much as -6.5% in 2019, after registering nascent growth between 2015 and 2018. The country’s growth was weighed down by severe exogenous shocks related to climate change that resulted in the El-Nino induced drought and Cyclone Idai (...)
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Government TPR |
WT/TPR/G/398 |
G-13§26 |
Zimbabwe |
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13.26. Zimbabwe together with other ESA Signatory states are now engaged in negotiations with the European Union on the deepening of the Interim Economic Partnership Agreement (iEPA) (...) . The areas to be covered by the full EPA go beyond trade in goods and will include Services and Investment, and Trade Related Areas such as Sustainable Development (...)
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WT/TPR/S/398/REV.1 |
S-Table-1.1 |
Zimbabwe |
2020 |
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Table 1.1 Selected macroeconomic indicators, 2011-18
Indicator; 2011; 2012; 2013; 2014; 2015; 2016; 2017; 2018
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities; 0.3; 0.3; 0.2; 0.2; 0.2; 0.2; 0.2; ..
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WT/TPR/S/398/REV.1 |
S-2§43 |
Zimbabwe |
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2.43. (...) The Joint Ventures Act (Chapter 22:22) of 2015, which entered into force in May 2016(...) establishes rules for the public private procurement process and for public-private partnerships (PPPs) so as to support major infrastructure investments in 13 specified sectors: water supply, treatment and distribution systems; solid waste management works; renewable energy; (...)
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Government TPR |
WT/TPR/G/401/REV.1 |
G-1§8 |
Indonesia |
2020 |
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1.8. (...) The price of Indonesia's main international export commodities, including coal and palm oil, are also expected to decline, along with the shift in the world's demand for alternative sources of energy. (...)
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