STATE TRADING
QUESTIONS POSED BY THE UNITED STATES
REGARDING the notification of eswatini[1]
The following communication,
dated and received on 19 July 2024, is being circulated at the request of the
delegation of the United States.
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The United States
thanks Eswatini for its notification and poses the following questions:
Questions
In its
notification, Eswatini states that it has not maintained any state trading
enterprises during the period covered by the notification requirement. However,
as part of Eswatini's Trade Policy Review in 2023, the Secretariat's Report
notes that "some state-owned enterprises or parastatals such as the National
Agricultural Marketing Board, the National Maize Corporation, and the Eswatini
Dairy Board have the statutory power to regulate imports and exports of certain
agricultural products. The authorities indicate that they are considering a
notification of these institutions as state trading enterprises."[2]
Based on these statements, our questions are as follows:
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