"RV UPDATE" BY CLARE, 1 MARCH

 Clare

  Article: "Iraq completes requirements to join WTO”  Quote: "The Iraqi Minister of Trade, Atheer Al-Ghurairi, affirmed that Iraq fulfilled the conditions necessary to become a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) following the completion of economic reforms and the enhancement of the investment climate."

 Article: "Prime Minister: The government has placed the issue of economic and banking reform among its most important priorities "

Article:   "The Minister of Commerce discusses in Abu Dhabi with the World Trade Organization the completion of procedures for Iraq to join the organization”  

Quote: “The organization is looking forward to and following the steps for Iraq’s accession carefully, given that Iraq is one of the important and powerful economies that is still outside the organization, and that Iraq’s presence within the organization’s membership will be a great added value to the organization and to the global economy.”