AMMAN — The government on Tuesday showed the
Jordan Chamber of Commerce’s
board of directors and representatives from commercial sectors, its work
priorities for the next two years.
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Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Nasser
Al-Shraideh, stressed during the meeting that the government is working to
translate His Majesty King Abdullah’s directives into deliverables to serve the
national economy, Al-Ghad reported.
He added that it is a difficult point in time that requires
everyone to cooperate and join together to enable the national economy to
recover, achieve growth, increase employment, and support the sectors most
affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Shraideh
stressed that the government is keen to engage in dialogue with the private
sector and listen to the ideas it presents on the first draft of its work
priorities before it is approved in its final form and submitted to King
Abdullah at the end of this month.
The head of the Jordan Chamber of Commerce Nael Kabariti brought
up prominent local economic issues, namely public debt, inflation, investment,
and the role of legislation in economic advancement.
He also explained that trade, services, and agriculture employ the
most local labor.
The participants stressed the necessity of cutting through red
tape and facilitating registration for companies, amending economic
legislation, retaining local investment, and accelerating tax and customs.
They also pointed to the importance of accelerating access to
economic recovery, marketing Jordan's investment in an integrated manner, and
granting concessions to some regions in the Kingdom to attract investment and more
evenly distribute development.
Lastly they stressed the need to pump more liquidity into the
local market to revitalize the economy, reduce credit costs, raise loan
ceilings, reevaluate taxes on some items, and improve electronic sales.
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