A third round of negotiations as a prelude to Iraq's accession to the World Trade Organization

by **Ponee** Sun Nov 03, 2013 8:57 am

A third round of negotiations as a prelude to Iraq's accession to the World Trade Organization

11/03/2013 12:00 AM

[ltr]Baghdad, Ahmed Abed Rabbo[/ltr]

[ltr]Ministry of Commerce intends to access the third negotiating round for trade in goods and file related Iraq's accession to the World Trade Organization, called upon the Ministry of Planning and government agencies concerned to provide the requirements for joining.[/ltr]

[ltr]The director of the Department of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade Ministry Hashim Mohammed Hatem for "morning," said Sub-Committee on the file of trade in goods emanating from the Supreme National Committee for Iraq's accession to the World Trade Organization discussed most of the inquiries and questions submitted by the member states of the Organization on file trade in goods, pointing out The Sub-Committee will meet soon to approve some amendments to the trade in goods file and then sent to the World Organization to enable Iraq to fight the third negotiating round.[/ltr]

[ltr] For his part, explained the spokesman of the Ministry of Planning Abdul-Zahra al-Hindawi, "morning" that the accession to the WTO requires the provision of a balance in the trade balance of Iraq through exports and imports, noting that Iraq does not issue currently only oil, noting that the entry in the form of stages the organization is in the interest of Iraq because it would give him enough time to promote the sectors of industrial, commercial and induce a state of balance in exports and imports. in the meantime, said Chief Engineer oldest in the Ministry of Planning loans Ibrahim al-Amiri's "morning" that access to the organization calls from Iraq signed some agreements to facilitate the flow of goods states that fall under the banner of the organization, as well as the need to develop device-specific quality specifications Central Organization for Standardization and Quality Control, indicating that increases join Iraq's openness to the world market and international forums.[/ltr]

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