INDEX QATAR 2-5, 20 COMMENT 18, 19 BUSINESS | Page 1 QATAR | Page 20 ARAB WORLD 6 BUSINESS 1-8 Qatar’s foreign INTERNATIONAL 7-17 SPORTS 1-6 Discover Qatar direct starts hotel investment DOW JONES QE NYMEX quarantine inward stock 26,289.98 9,160.50 38.17 bookings for exceeded $31bn +526.82 +26.48 +1.05 +2.04% +0.29% +2.83% Qatari nationals in 2019 Latest Figures published in QATAR since 1978 WEDNESDAY Vol. XXXXI No. 11582 June 17, 2020 Shawwal 25, 1441 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Amir sends cable ‘Longest vessel’ at Hamad Port of condolences to Kuwait’s Amir WTO tells Saudi to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, His Highness the Deputy Amir Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad al-Thani and HE obey rules in Qatar the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz al-Thani sent yesterday cables of condolences to the Amir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad broadcast dispute al-Jaber al-Sabah, on the death of Sheikha Haya Abdullah al-Ali al- Malik al-Sabah. zQatar’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry welcomes ruling Amir holds phone zThe panel also highlights Saudi rights violations against Qataris conversation with king of Morocco Agencies ity in relation to the proff ered Geneva essential security interests”. His Highness the Amir Sheikh Reacting to the panel report, Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani held HE the Minister of Commerce yesterday evening a telephone World Trade Organi- and Industry Ali bin Ahmed conversation with King Mohamed VI sation panel ordered al-Kuwari said in a statement of the sisterly Kingdom of Morocco, A Saudi Arabia yester- to Qatar News Agency: “Qatar, QTerminals welcomed Evergreen Line’s first vessel call, ‘MV Thalassa Axia 031W’ at Hamad Port on during which His Highness the Amir day to adhere to global intel- and international rights hold- Monday. ‘MV Thalassa Axia’ has a ‘length overall (LOA) of 368.47m and is the longest vessel ever to congratulated him on the successful lectual property rules after it ers, have scored a resounding call at Hamad Port, QTerminals tweeted yesterday. QTerminals is a terminal operating company jointly surgery he underwent, praying to was found that Riyadh actively ures into conformity with its victory today. We expect Saudi established by Mwani Qatar and Milaha to provide port services to Hamad Port. Almighty Allah to grant the king promoted and supported the obligations under the TRIPS Arabia, especially since it is good health and the well-being. beoutQ pirate TV operation Agreement,” it concluded, in hosting the upcoming G20, and has breached its obliga- reference to a global pact on to respect this decisive ruling Public-Pvt Partnership tions under international law intellectual property. and end the theft and piracy Conference on July 7 to protect intellectual prop- Qatar described the ruling as of IP rights at once. They can erty rights. a “resounding victory” and said start by heeding the WTO’s Qatar ranked 6th in world The first conference on ‘Developing In a landmark judgment, the that Saudi Arabia needed to re- ruling and conducting a fair, Partnership between Public and WTO ruled that Saudi gov- spect the rights of high profi le timely, and transparent legal Private Sectors’ will kick off on ernment offi cials and entities, sports and entertainment. proceeding against the per- economic performance list July 7, to bring companies and publicly promoted beoutQ, Qatar’s Ministry of Com- petrators in order to stop this businessmen together with including with “governmental merce and Industry welcomed abuse posthaste.” government departments to review tweets”. the WTO ruling. The ruling came after Qa- the prospects for partnership Doha fi led its complaint This is the fi rst time in the tar fi led a formal complaint zQatar placed private sector development that between the two sectors and benefit in 2018, saying Saudi Arabia 73-year history of the WTO against Saudi Arabia through will lead to economic and social from the most successful modern was blocking Qatari-owned and its predecessor (the GATT) the WTO’s Dispute Settlement 14th globally in growth, according to him. experiences in this field. This broadcaster beIN and refusing that a Panel has rejected a re- Body. competitiveness The results confi rm Qatar’s conference comes in light of Qatar’s to take eff ective action against spondent’s attempt to invoke In its report published yester- strong performance across adoption of the first law regulating alleged piracy of beIN’s con- the national security excep- day, the WTO Panel concluded various fi elds. The ranking was the partnership between the two tent by “beoutQ”, a sophisti- tion as a defence. that beoutQ has been pirat- By Santhosh V Perumal based on national statistics sectors, and within the eff orts aimed cated pirating operation. The WTO Panel found that ing copyrighted media content Business Reporter as well as opinions of sample at benefiting the private sector from The three-person panel Saudi Arabia’s failure to take of Qatari company beIN Me- businesses managers who pro- the law when it is implemented next ruled that Saudi Arabia’s fail- criminal action against beoutQ dia Group LLP (beIN) in Saudi vided their views of Qatar’s month. ure to act against beoutQ was was so disconnected from any Arabia and beyond, including atar has achieved sixth economy competitive climate, a breach of WTO rules. “... legitimate security interest that through the sale of beoutQ sub- rank among 63 mostly PSA said. Qatar reports 60,461 the Panel recommends that it could not meet even “a mini- scriptions and set-top decoder Qhigh-income coun- Qatar’s competitiveness as- Saudi Arabia bring its meas- mum requirement of plausibil- boxes at numerous retail outlets tries, in economic perform- sessment in IMD World Com- Covid-19 recoveries across Saudi Arabia. ance in 2020, which showed its HE Dr Saleh al-Nabit, PSA petitiveness Yearbook 2020 is The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) The report said that in ad- resilience. It is expected to be president. a collaborative eff ort between announced yesterday 1,201 new dition to pirating beIN’s pro- one of the fi rst to rebound from IMD and PSA. Qatar has con- confirmed cases of Covid-19, a total prietary and licensed sports the present crises, according or GDP; high percentage of tributed to the IMD Competi- of 1,780 new recoveries and four content, the beoutQ boxes to The World Competitiveness trade balance to GDP; and high tiveness Yearbook for the 12th deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing allow access to thousands of Yearbook 2020. overall productivity. time. the total number of recoveries in pirated movies, TV shows, and Overall, Qatar was ranked Other areas where Doha per- “Landing itself an impres- Qatar to 60,461. The MoPH said in TV channels from around the 14th globally in competitive- formed well, included govern- sive 14th place globally, Qatar a statement that during the last globe, and pirate broadcasts ness and its performance was ment effi ciency (rank 7) and has proven to be impressively 24 hours, 19 new cases have been have been transmitted via better than that of Luxem- business effi ciency (rank 11). resilient to crises,” Christos admitted to intensive care due to Saudi-based Arabsat satellite bourg (ranked 15), Austria (16), Moreover, Qatar maintained its Cabolis, chief economist, IMD health complications resulting from frequencies and a Saudi com- Germany (17), Australia (18), ranking at 40 for infrastructure. World Competitiveness Cent- Covid-19, bringing the total number pany, Saudi Selevision Com- the UK (19) and China (20). It is “These results confi rm the er, said, adding this is a sign of of cases currently in intensive care to pany LLC, has “allowed or as- one among the Gulf countries solid overall performance and a crisis resilient economy, es- 244. Page 2 sisted beoutQ to broadcast its to come at the top 20, said the that the results will certainly pecially in the face of a global pirated content on Arabsat”. report, which is published by help us to identify areas for downturn. 20 Indian soldiers die After considering evidence Switzerland-based Interna- further improvements,” HE “We expect Qatar to be one revealing the commercial pur- tional Institute for Manage- Dr Saleh Mohamed Salem al- of the fi rst to rebound from the in clashes with China pose of beoutQ, such as the ment Development (IMD). Nabit, president of Planning current global situation,” he The death toll from a “violent sale of advertisements and ex- The Gulf country was ranked and Statistics Authority (PSA), said. face-off ” with Chinese troops on tensive marketing of the pirate fi rst in terms of low unemploy- said. Long-term indicators as the disputed Himalayan border service, the panel concluded ment rate; high proportion of Qatar’s second National De- health, education and business rose to 20, according to the Indian that the piracy has been con- gross fi xed capital formation, velopment Strategy 2018-22, fi nance continued to improve army, in one of the most serious A TV broadcast of Bundesliga highlights, pirated by beoutQ, is ducted on a “commercial capital investments, and sav- sets out clear goals in the areas in line with Qatar’s long-term clashes involving the nuclear-armed seen at a local cafe in Khobar, Saudi Arabia. scale”. To Page 5 ing to gross domestic product of economic infrastructure and trajectory, he added. neighbours in several decades. The Indian army had previously said that three soldiers, including an off icer, were killed in the clashes.