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Recommendations

Final Conference Recommendations:

  • To highlight the consequences of the accession of Middle Eastern countries to the WTO specially in relation to the industrial, trade and services sectors in these countries.
  • To stand upon the problems which impede the progress of the Jordanian industries and services in particular and the Arabic ones in general, which stem from the great competition that faces these sectors by other foreign competing sectors.
  • To explain the means of protecting domestic markets using the legal provisions of the WTO without violating Jordan's obligations in the Organization.
  • To explain the means of helping Jordanian industries and services to exploit trade liberalization and penetrate new markets for the Jordanian products.
  • The conference shed lights upon the basics that the Jordanian negotiator in particular and the Arab one in general should adopt in the new round of negotiations, specially concerning the new negotiations for drafting an international agreement for investment. The importance of this subject lies in that investment is somehow more complex than trade and thus the sensitivity of countries on the international level towards investment issues is more evident in comparison to trade issues.
  • To work on creating legal awareness in WTO topics and jurisprudence as a starting point to create a forum of Arab lawyers specializing in different topics of globalisation. It was decided that this Conference will be a starting point for a series of legal conferences and symposiums on the same high profile.
  • The Conference promoted the Jordanian commercial and investment abilities by addressing the various positive legislative aspects in the legal structure of investment in Jordan. The Conference demonstrated that Jordan is legally prepared to attract foreign investment.
  • The conference presented a recommendation to the WTLA Council to study the possibility of establishing a regional committee for the WTLA in Amman.