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IV. Ensure Access to Markets
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Status |
Meaning |
Count |
 |
Achieved |
7 |
 |
Never Implemented |
3 |
 |
In progress/partially implemented |
0 |
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Recommendation 1: |
|
| Complete accession negotiations and legislative
changes and join the World Trade Organization (WTO) by mid-2000. |
| Priority Ranking: |
Starting Date: |
| Immediate |
01-Jan-00 |
| Actors: |
Completion Date: |
| Prime Ministry, Parliament, Ministry of Industry and Trade
(MIT) |
30-Jun-00 |
| Benchmark 1 |
Status: |
|
Multilateral / bilateral negotiations completed. |
|
|
Benchmark 2 |
Status: |
|
Required WTO laws/regulations enacted. |
|
|
Benchmark 3 |
Status: |
|
Jordan formally accedes to WTO. |
|
|
Recommendation 2: |
|
| Formalize enforcement of international
intellectual property rights protections. |
| Priority Ranking: |
Starting Date: |
| Immediate |
01-Jan-00 |
| Actors: |
Completion Date: |
| Prime Ministry, Parliament |
30-Jan-00 |
|
Benchmark 1 |
Status: |
|
Intellectual property rights enforcement procedures
formalized and approved by Parliament. |
|
|
Benchmark 2 |
Status: |
|
Article 20 removed from the Labor Law to conform with international
standards limiting the rights of employees to claim ownership of products
and services they assisted in developing. |
|
|
Recommendation 3: |
|
| Ratify Jordan-EU Partnership Agreement with
revisions to remove exclusions for Jordan's free zone merchandise and
restrictions on Jordan’s IT sector. |
| Priority Ranking: |
Starting Date: |
| Immediate |
01-Jan-00 |
| Actors: |
Completion Date: |
| Prime Ministry, Parliament |
30-Jun-00 |
| Benchmark 1 |
Status: |
|
Agreement ratified by Parliament. |
|
|
Recommendation 4: |
|
| Redirect foreign assistance to help private
sector adjust to new trading regimes. |
| Priority Ranking: |
Starting Date: |
| Medium term |
01-Jan-00 |
| Actors: |
Completion Date: |
| MOP |
30-Jun-01 |
| Benchmark 1 |
Status: |
|
Foreign assistance packages reviewed and revised to
increase firm-level assistance in order to boost international
competitiveness. |
|
|
Recommendation 5: |
|
| Ensure that bilateral and multilateral trade
agreements truly benefit Jordan. In particular, add amendments that remove
any exclusions for Jordan's free zone merchandise and any restrictions on
Jordan's IT sector. |
| Priority Ranking: |
Starting Date: |
| Long term |
01-Jan-00 |
| Actors: |
Completion Date: |
| Prime Ministry, Parliament |
30-Jan-03 |
| Benchmark 1 |
Status: |
|
Trade agreements reviewed and upgraded. |
|
|
Benchmark 2 |
Status: |
|
Ministries that sign agreements held accountable for implementing them. |
|
|
Recommendation 6: |
|
| Promote inter-Arab trade through multilateral
agreements and the creation of a free trade zone. |
| Priority Ranking: |
Starting Date: |
| Long term |
01-Jan-00 |
| Actors: |
Completion Date: |
| Cabinet, Parliament, and relevant private sector
associations |
30-Jan-03 |
| Benchmark 1 |
Status: |
|
Number of agreements and percentage of inter-Arab trade. |
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