Ukuhwebelana komhlaba wonke kuzokwehla ngo-9.2% ngo-2020: I-WTO

I-WTO ithe “ukuhweba komhlaba wonke kubonisa izimpawu zokubuyela emuva ekuweni okujulile okubangelwe yi-COVID-19,” kodwa yaxwayisa ngokuthi “noma yikuphi ukululama kungaphazanyiswa yimiphumela eqhubekayo yobhubhane.”

I-GENEVA — Ukuhweba ngezimpahla zomhlaba wonke kulindeleke ukuthi kwehle ngamaphesenti angu-9.2 ngo-2020, kulandelwe ukwenyuka ngamaphesenti angu-7.2 ngo-2021, kusho i-World Trade Organisation (WTO) ngoLwesibili esibikezelweni sayo sokuhweba esibuyekeziwe.

Ngo-Ephreli, i-WTO yayibikezele ukwehla kwenani lokuhweba ngezimpahla zomhlaba wonke ngo-2020 phakathi kwamaphesenti ayi-13 namaphesenti angama-32 njengoba ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19 luphazamise imisebenzi yezomnotho evamile kanye nokuphila emhlabeni jikelele.

“Ukuhwebelana komhlaba wonke kubonisa izimpawu zokubuyela emuva ekuweni okujulile okubangelwe yi-COVID-19,” kuchaza izazi zezomnotho ze-WTO esitatimendeni sabezindaba, zengeza ngokuthi “ukusebenza kahle kokuhweba ngoJuni nangoJulayi kulethe izimpawu ezithile zethemba lokukhula kokuhweba ngo-2020.”

Noma kunjalo, isibikezelo esibuyekeziwe se-WTO sonyaka olandelayo sinombono ongemuhle kakhulu kunesilinganiso sangaphambilini sokukhula ngamaphesenti angu-21.3, okushiya ukuhweba ngezimpahla kungaphansi kakhulu kwendlela okwakungaphambi kobhubhane ngo-2021.

I-WTO ixwayise ngokuthi “noma yikuphi ukululama kungaphazanyiswa yimiphumela eqhubekayo yobhubhane.”

IPhini likaMqondisi-Jikelele we-WTO u-Yi Xiaozhun uthe engqungqutheleni yabezindaba ukuthi umthelela wezohwebo wale nkinga uhluke kakhulu kuzo zonke izifunda, “ngokwehla okuncane” kwenani lezohwebo e-Asia kanye “nokuncipha okunamandla” eYurophu naseNyakatho Melika.

Isazi sezomnotho esiphezulu se-WTO uColeman Nee uchaze ukuthi “iShayina isekela ukuhweba ngaphakathi kwesifunda (sase-Asia)” kanye nokuthi “isidingo sokungenisa impahla saseShayina sisekela ukuhweba ngaphakathi kwesifunda” kanye “nokusiza ukufaka isandla ekudingweni komhlaba wonke”.

Nakuba ukwehla kokuhweba ngesikhathi sobhubhane lwe-COVID-19 kufana ngobukhulu nenkinga yezezimali yomhlaba wonke yango-2008-09, isimo sezomnotho sihluke kakhulu, kusho izazi zezomnotho ze-WTO.

“Ukwehla kwe-GDP kube kukhulu kakhulu kulesi simo somnotho samanje kuyilapho ukwehla kokuhweba kube kuncane kakhulu,” basho, benezela ngokuthi inani lokuhweba ngezimpahla zomhlaba kulindeleke ukuthi lehle cishe kabili kune-GDP yomhlaba, kunokuba liphindwe kasithupha ngesikhathi sokuwa kuka-2009.