Urhwebo lwehlabathi luza kwehla nge-9.2% ngo-2020: I-WTO

I-WTO ithe “urhwebo lwehlabathi lubonisa iimpawu zokubuyela umva emva kokuwa okunzulu okubangelwe yi-COVID-19,” kodwa yalumkisa ukuba “nakuphi na ukubuyela kwimeko yesiqhelo kunokuphazamiseka ngenxa yeziphumo eziqhubekayo zobhubhane.”

IGeneva — Urhwebo lwempahla kwihlabathi liphela kulindeleke ukuba luwe ngeepesenti eziyi-9.2 ngo-2020, lulandelwe kukunyuka kweepesenti eziyi-7.2 ngo-2021, utshilo uMbutho woRhwebo weHlabathi (i-WTO) ngoLwesibini kuqikelelo lwayo oluhlaziyiweyo lorhwebo.

Ngo-Epreli, i-WTO yayixele kwangaphambili ukwehla komthamo worhwebo lweempahla zehlabathi ngo-2020 phakathi kwe-13% kunye ne-32% njengoko ubhubhane we-COVID-19 uphazamise imisebenzi eqhelekileyo yoqoqosho kunye nobomi kwihlabathi liphela.

“Urhwebo lwehlabathi lubonisa iimpawu zokubuyela umva emva kokuwa okunzulu okubangelwe yi-COVID-19,” bacacisa oosomashishini be-WTO kwingxelo yabezindaba, bongeza ngelithi “ukusebenza kakuhle korhwebo ngoJuni nangoJulayi kuzise iimpawu ezithile zethemba lokukhula korhwebo ngokubanzi ngo-2020.”

Nangona kunjalo, uqikelelo oluhlaziyiweyo lwe-WTO lonyaka olandelayo alunathemba ngaphezu koqikelelo lwangaphambili lokukhula kwe-21.3-pesenti, nto leyo eshiya urhwebo lweempahla lungaphantsi kakhulu kwindlela olwaluyiyo ngaphambi kobhubhane ngo-2021.

I-WTO ilumkisile ukuba "nakuphi na ukubuyela kwimeko yesiqhelo kunokuphazamiseka ngenxa yeziphumo eziqhubekayo zobhubhane."

Usekela Mlawuli-Jikelele we-WTO uYi Xiaozhun uthe kwingqungquthela yabezindaba ukuba impembelelo yorhwebo yale ngxaki yahlukile kakhulu kwimimandla eyahlukeneyo, apho “ukwehla okuncinci” kumanani orhwebo e-Asia kunye “nokuncitshiswa okunamandla” eYurophu naseMntla Melika.

Ingcali yezoqoqosho ye-WTO uColeman Nee uchaze ukuba “iTshayina ixhasa urhwebo ngaphakathi (kwelaseAsia)” kwaye “imfuno yokungenisa impahla evela eTshayina ixhasa urhwebo lwangaphakathi kwengingqi” kwaye “inceda ekufakeni isandla kwimfuno yehlabathi”.

Nangona ukwehla korhwebo ngexesha lobhubhane we-COVID-19 kufana kakhulu nobunzima bezemali behlabathi bowama-2008-09, imeko yezoqoqosho yahlukile kakhulu, bagxininisa oosoqoqosho be-WTO.

“Ukwehla kwe-GDP kube namandla kakhulu kule meko yokudodobala koqoqosho yangoku ngelixa ukuwa kwezorhwebo kube phakathi,” batsho, bongeza ukuba umthamo wezorhwebo lwempahla yehlabathi kulindeleke ukuba wehle ngokuphindwe kabini kune-GDP yehlabathi, endaweni yokuphindwe kathandathu ngexesha lokuwa kuka-2009.