Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/295/REV.1 |
S-IV§48 |
Oman |
2014 |
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(…) Challenges for water management in Oman include limited rainfall, a hot and dry climate, increasing demand, and high and growing groundwater salinity. A long-term objective for Oman is water desalination through solar power, taking advantage of its long coastline and the highest rates of solar radiation in the world.
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WT/TPR/S/295/REV.1 |
S-IV§47 |
Oman |
2014 |
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A national water resources conservation plan has been drawn up to further rationalize and improve water consumption practices and explore for new groundwater reserves. The Sultanate now has a complete, up-to-date and properly documented database covering all the country’s available and potential water resources, together with details of their status and conditions. Studies on new ways of rationalizing water consumption are ongoing.
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WT/TPR/S/295/REV.1 |
S-II§4 |
Oman |
2014 |
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Headed by the Prime Minister, the Council of Ministers is entrusted with overseeing State interests, and laying down and implementing government policy. Cabinet resolutions are passed with the approval of the majority of those present. The Cabinet also submits recommendations to the Sultan on economic, political, social, environmental, and executive and administrative matters of concern to the Government, and proposes draft laws and changes for existing laws.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/295/REV.1 |
S-II§21 |
Oman |
2014 |
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A free-trade agreement between Oman and the United States, signed in January 2006, entered into force in January 2009. The agreement covers trade in goods and services; it also has provisions on investment, intellectual property rights, e-commerce, labour, environment, and dispute settlement. It provides for tariff elimination in agricultural and non-agricultural goods over a maximum of ten years, although a large share of products is granted duty-free access immediately. Special provisions apply to trade in textile and apparel goods.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/295/REV.1 |
S-III§24 |
Oman |
2014 |
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(…) Oman is a signatory to the Basel Convention on Hazardous Wastes, the Rotterdam Convention on Trade in Hazardous Chemicals, the Montreal Protocol, and CITES.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/301/REV.1 |
S-I§13 |
Panama |
2014 |
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(…) The growth of capital expenditure reflects the implementation of an ambitious public investment programme which includes infrastructure works such as the clean-up of Panama Bay, the expansion of the coastal belt, the construction of freeways and the Panama City metro.(…)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/301/REV.1 |
S-II§19 |
Panama |
2014 |
Trade Policy Framework |
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The SICA (Central American Integration System) is a multidisciplinary integration scheme comprising five subsystems: environmental, economic, educational and cultural, political and social. (…)
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WT/TPR/S/301/REV.1 |
S-II§28 |
Panama |
2014 |
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The Agreement between Panama and Canada, which entered into force on 1 April 2013, contains provisions on goods (rules of origin, customs procedures, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, technical barriers to trade, emergency measures) and on services (investment, cross border trade in services, telecommunications, financial services, temporary entry of business people), and on competition policy, monopolies and State owned enterprises, and government procurement. It also contains provisions on e commerce, trade related cooperation, dispute settlement and trade facilitation, and two parallel agreements on the environment and labour.
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Government TPR |
WT/TPR/G/308 |
G-I§4 |
Barbados |
2014 |
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The theme of Barbados’ Growth and Development Strategy is "Adjustment, Reform, Recovery and Sustainability".
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WT/TPR/S/308 |
S-I§7 |
Barbados |
2014 |
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Barbados' growth strategy focusses on increasing the country's market share in the activities in which it has established its international competitiveness, namely: tourism, international business and finance, agro-processing, and green energy. The authorities envisage a growth strategy driven by the private sector, with the Government providing appropriate fiscal incentives, as well as reducing the cost of doing business.
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