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International Trade committee Thank you for your generosity, and thank you for your kind words. It's really good for us to see for ourselves that we are doing something useful within our region and that we are appreciated by partners, and as I started saying, by like-minded countries. Jordan is making the d
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
H.E. Basheer Fawwaz Zoubi
International Trade committee Please do.
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
H.E. Basheer Fawwaz Zoubi
International Trade committee Thank you very much for the explanation. This is exactly what I meant. The rights they have are in the application. The written law is not as extensive and does not cover as much as it does for the larger numbers, but we are getting to that point. They have their rights and th
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
H.E. Basheer Fawwaz Zoubi
International Trade committee I can't give you a yes or no. I can tell you the following: there are groups—
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
H.E. Basheer Fawwaz Zoubi
International Trade committee It has nothing to do with the origin of the worker; it has to do with the sector that they are working in. If you have a sector that has more than two or three workers, then everyone is covered. The next step will be to work on individuals. You mentioned agricultural and domest
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
H.E. Basheer Fawwaz Zoubi
International Trade committee If you'll allow me to rephrase for you, we don't have different standards, but different steps for different industries. We started with the larger industries and we're moving to the industries that have smaller numbers of individuals working in them. If you want to look at some
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
H.E. Basheer Fawwaz Zoubi
International Trade committee That's a good question. We go back to the old system. The old system is using diesel, and that costs a lot. We don't produce it in Jordan; we import it. It has very negative impacts on the environment, which we thought we had already passed. The explosions, or whatever is hinde
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
H.E. Basheer Fawwaz Zoubi
International Trade committee I thank you very much for your question and I am happy that you share our aspiration to end the process of this important free trade agreement between us. In Jordan, let me go back a little bit in history. His Majesty King Hussein ruled for over 40 years, and literally, he buil
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
H.E. Basheer Fawwaz Zoubi
International Trade committee Good morning, and thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Thank you for inviting me here today. I know I'm the first Jordanian to talk to you about the subject, and I thank you for the invitation. Also allow me to voice my admiration for the comprehensive approach your committee has ta
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
His Excellency Basheer Fawwaz Zoubi