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Angola places great importance to the current negotiations regarding the applicable rules, in order to guarantee the attainment of all the aspects of the Mandate (Anti-Dumping, Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (SCM), including the fisheries subsidies and Regional Trade Agreements), being these important ones for the development of the Multilateral Trade System basing on rules for the global balance of the results in the framework of the Doha Development Agenda (DDA).

The Presidential Decree No. 275/11 of 28 October establishes the applicable norms either for exportation or for domestic consumption, focusing on safeguarding public health, the environment and of the national industry.

For the period 2008–2012, the Government has established a set of goals to promote the rural communities' socioeconomic development and foster the integrated development and sustainability of the agriculture production. This should contribute to the improvement of the living conditions of the population in rural areas, the food security and the diversification of the country's economy, which will generate more jobs and increasing the income.

Since 2009, the focus was on promoting competitiveness in the agricultural sector and the sustainable transformation from subsistence farming to market oriented agriculture, as well as the promotion of national agro-business, generating employment and income, in order to ensure food security and domestic supply.

(...) The medium-term Development Plan for the Agrarian Sector ("Plano de Desenvolvimento de Médio Prazo do Sector Agrário" - PDMPSA) focuses on the same period, seeking to promote the sustainable transformation of the subsistence agriculture towards a commercial agriculture, seeking to reach food safety, the improvement of the living conditions of families and the promotion of national agri-business.

(...) The potential of hydraulic and natural gas reserves and that of other renewable energy sources has not yet been fully exploited. (...)

(...) Angola has not yet tapped the considerable potential of its hydraulic and natural gas reserves or that of other renewable energy sources (solar, wind).

By 2025, it is expected that the capacity of energy generation based on water and thermal resources, natural gas and renewable energy sources could reach up to 9 Gigawatt of installed capacity.

The sector has continued its work to increase the installed capacity, through the rehabilitation and expansion of the production of electric power, as well as the respective transportation network. To that effect, it is currently under construction, namely, the hydro-electric dams of Laúca; the thermal power plant of Soyo; the rehabilitation and expansion of Cambambe, Luachimo and Lomaum dams, increasing the installed capacity up to 3,550 MW (three thousand five hundred and fifty Megawatt) by 2017. Furthermore, diverse studies are being carried out, in order to introduce into the energy matrix the production of wind and photovoltaic energy. Following those measures, the production of electricity, in 2014, has reached 8,992 MW, an increase of 122% compared to 2008.

The attainment of these goals relies on the implementation and efficacy of the following sub-programmes: Primary Health Care ("Cuidados Primários de Saúde"), Water for All ("Água para Todos"), School Meal ("Merenda Escolar"), Aid for Work ("Ajuda para Trabalho"), and the Solar Village ("Aldeia Solar").