Iraq calls on Washington to boost cooperation to promote joining the World Trade Organization

Iraq calls on Washington to boost cooperation to promote joining the World Trade Organization
03/06/2014


BAGHDAD / JD / .. Iraq called on Washington to revitalize the cooperative economic and investment to promote joining the World Trade Organization during the meetings of the Council of Iraq, U.S..

A statement issued by the Ministry of Commerce received / JD / copy of it: that the Minister of Trade Khairallah Hassan Babiker presided over the meetings of the First Session of the US-Iraqi offshoot of the agreement to identify areas of trade and investment agreement signed between the Government of Iraq and the United States.

He said Babacar in a speech during the opening session, which took place Washington on the importance of the distinguished relations between the two countries in the fields of economy, trade and investment in accordance with the goals envisaged by the two sides through the Convention to strengthen the bonds of friendship and cooperation and promote economic and trade cooperation of international as well as the role played by investment in promoting growth and creating jobs and expand trade and economic development as well as support and assistance in the integration of Iraq in the economic system and international.

He Babiker said the agreement specified that the objectives of the Council, which is witnessing its first meeting today to observe and monitor trade and investment relations and identify opportunities to expand the areas of trade, investment and other issues such as intellectual property rights and issues related to the work environment and to identify existing obstacles in front of the movement of trade and investment and work to remove them and give the role of the private sector to contribute to the activation and development of multilateral cooperation.

He pointed out that the Iraqi side was keen to represent most of the sectors of the Iraqi economy, the government and private sectors in this council in order to take the leading role and leadership towards the activation and development and expansion of bilateral trade and investment to rise to the level of the relationship Alasttratejah between Iraq and the United States and governed by this Convention and other relevant conventions.
The statement said: that the Minister of Trade accept it during his speech as well as the stages in the way of Iraq to join the World Trade Organization.

It is noted that the fundamentals of the agenda of the Council to develop and promote trade and investment in all sectors, especially the banking sector and the industrial sector, agriculture and infrastructure in addition to the agreement the two sides on the formation of working groups take it upon themselves to follow up the implementation of the decisions of the Council for the benefit of the two countries. / End / / 22

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no matter  what iraq wants they were given a list to complete and they did not . in the future maybe but the arab mindset is give me but i will do as i please when i please. this is why a country of great wealth is going no where and foreign busisness are threatening or pulling out instead of comming.

I guess this is the latest "buzz" article of the week... Kaperoni and several other gurus have sited it

Yep ... but it ain't happenin till they get their kit together. There are things they need to do and standards they need to meet, and they still have a ways to go.

they have not forfilled all the requirements  that they are supposed to do band should not be admitted but in politics and big busisness anything is possible but this still does not mean iraq hs to rv