AMMAN — Minister of Planning and International
Cooperation Nasser Al-Shraideh on Tuesday launched a series of consultative
meetings with the private sector to review the government’s draft law
regulating investment, according to a Planning Ministry statement.
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Prime Minister Bisher Al-Khasawneh commissioned the meetings
The first meeting, held Monday, featured Ministers of
Finance, Industry, Trade and Supply, Investment, and State Legal Affairs, alongside
representatives of the Jordan Chambers of Industry and Commerce.
The meetings aim to identify the most important issues of
interest to industrialists and traders within the framework of the draft law
and discuss all relevant observations and suggestions.
The investment-environment regulating law tops the
government’s economic priorities program 2021–2023. It seeks to develop and
enhance the investment environment in the Kingdom and stimulate local and
foreign investments.
To achieve the draft law’s goals, investment procedures will
be automated and simplified, and production and business costs will be reduced
in a way that contributes to stimulating economic growth and creating job
opportunities.
The draft law will be referred to parliament in the next
extraordinary session on July 20.
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