Urhwebo lwehlabathi luza kuwa nge-9.2% ngo-2020: WTO

I-WTO ithe "urhwebo lwehlabathi lubonisa iimpawu zokubuyela umva kwindawo enzulu, ebangelwa yi-COVID-19," kodwa yalumkisa ngelithi "nakuphi na ukuchacha kunokuphazanyiswa ziziphumo eziqhubekayo zobhubhane."

I-GENEVA - Urhwebo lwehlabathi lokuthengisa kulindeleke ukuba lwehle ngeepesenti ze-9.2 kwi-2020, lulandelwa yi-7.2-pesenti yokunyuka kwe-2021, i-World Trade Organization (WTO) yathi ngoLwesibili kwi-forex yayo yorhwebo ehlaziyiweyo.

Ngo-Epreli, i-WTO yaxela kwangaphambili ukuhla komthamo worhwebo lwehlabathi ngo-2020 phakathi kweepesenti ezili-13 kunye neepesenti ezingama-32 njengoko ubhubhani we-COVID-19 uphazamise umsebenzi oqhelekileyo wezoqoqosho kunye nobomi kwihlabathi liphela.

"Urhwebo lwehlabathi lubonisa iimpawu zokubuyela umva ukusuka ekuwohlokeni okunzulu, okubangelwa yi-COVID-19," kucaciswe izazi zezoqoqosho ze-WTO kwingxelo yeendaba, zongeza ukuba "urhwebo oluluqilima ngoJuni nangoJulayi luzise ezinye iimpawu zethemba lokukhula korhwebo ngokubanzi ngo-2020. ”

Nangona kunjalo, uqikelelo oluhlaziyiweyo lwe-WTO lonyaka olandelayo lunethemba ngakumbi kunoqikelelo lwangaphambili lokukhula kweepesenti ezingama-21.3, lushiya urhwebo lwentengiso lungaphantsi kwendlela yalo yangaphambi kobhubhane ngo-2021.

I-WTO ilumkise ngelithi "nakuphi na ukuchacha kunokuphazanyiswa ziziphumo eziqhubekayo zobhubhane."

USekela Mlawuli-Jikelele we-WTO u-Yi Xiaozhun uthe kwinkomfa yabezindaba ukuba impembelelo yorhwebo yale ngxaki yahluke kakhulu kwimimandla yonke, “ngokwehla okungephi” kurhwebo e-Asiya kunye “nezithintelo ezinamandla” eYurophu nakuMntla Melika.

Usoqoqosho ophezulu we-WTO uColeman Nee uchaze ukuba “i-China ixhasa urhwebo ngaphakathi kummandla (wase-Asia)” kwaye “imfuno yase-China yokungenisa elizweni ixhasa urhwebo phakathi kwengingqi” kwaye “inceda ukufaka isandla kwimfuno yehlabathi”.

Nangona ukuhla kwezorhwebo ngexesha lobhubhani we-COVID-19 kuyafana ngobungakanani kwintlekele yezemali yehlabathi ka-2008-09, imeko yezoqoqosho yahluke kakhulu, iingcali zezoqoqosho ze-WTO zagxininisa.

"I-contraction kwi-GDP ibe yomelele kakhulu kwi-recession yangoku ngelixa ukuwa kwezorhwebo kuye kwalinganisa," batsho, besongeza ukuba umthamo worhwebo lwehlabathi jikelele kulindeleke ukuba unciphise ngokuphindwe kabini njenge-GDP yehlabathi, kunokuba ngokuphindwe kathandathu ngexesha lokuwa kuka-2009.