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The Ten-Year Socio-economic Development Strategy (2016–25) (…) It consists of seven strategies as follows: (…) , inclusive, stable, sustainable and green economic growth; (...) on sustainable and green environment with effective and efficient use of natural resources (…)

(...) The government's current objectives are to continue opening up the economy to foreign trade, to promote sustainable development, particularly in agriculture, and to develop rural areas, notably through eco-tourism. (...)

In general terms the award of a fiscal benefit is restricted to just one type of tax: one project cannot qualify simultaneously for advance refund of VAT and accelerated amortization of income/profits tax unless the product of the project is exclusively for export or concerns a clean production plan or a sustainable industrial reconversion plan.

The EU has been playing a major role in the fight against climate change, actively supporting the climate change negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to agree on a new post-Kyoto climate regime at the international level and strengthening its Emission Trading System (EU ETS) domestically in order to meet aggressive carbon reduction targets.

In the Doha Development Agenda negotiations, Switzerland has been participating in the Friends of Ambition (NAMA), Friends of A-D Negotiations (FANs), and the "Really Good Friends" (services) groups. Switzerland is the coordinator of the G10 and the group of W52 Sponsors. [17] Liechtenstein is also a participant in these two groups. Switzerland, negotiating also on behalf of Liechtenstein, is participating in the negotiations to conclude an Environmental Goods Agreement and, outside of the WTO agenda; the two countries are both participating in the negotiations to achieve a plurilateral Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA).

[17] WTO Members (109) supporting a proposal for "modalities" covering the TRIPS issues in negotiations in the Doha Round, i.e. the extension of the higher level of protection for geographical indications beyond wines and spirits, the establishment of a corresponding multilateral register, and the introduction of a mandatory disclosure requirement on patent applicants to disclose the origin of genetic resources and traditional knowledge used in the inventions (WTO document TN/C/W/52/Add.3, 29 July 2008).

Fisheries and aquaculture occupy a strategic place in the economy of WAEMU member countries as regards both revenue and food security given that there is a major risk of over- fishing (legal or illegal) in the region's fisheries constituting a threat to both food security and the balance of the marine ecology

The government has established eight strategic priorities in the FY 2011 budget which includes management of natural resources and environment to support global climate change among other priorities

National energy policy's aim is to, among others, develop renewable energy and biofuels

Under the current Three-Year Programme for Promoting Regulatory Reform, trade-related measures to be implemented include promoting unbundling of accounts in various subsectors of electric utilities and encouraging wholesale power exchange to improve energy efficiency and tackle environmental issues.

China implements a coordinated regional development strategy, speeding up the development of old revolutionary base areas, areas with large ethnic minority populations, border areas and poor areas, continuing to advance the large-scale development of the western region, accelerating the revitalization of old industrial bases in the northeast and other parts of the country, promoting the central region to rise by tapping into local strengths, and supporting the eastern region to take the lead in pursuing optimal development. (...) China will facilitate the development of the Yangtze Economic Belt by promoting well-coordinated environmental conservation and avoiding excessive development. (...)