The Ministry of Commerce announced the holding of the meetings of the third session of the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement between Iraq and the United States of America in Washington, D.C., after a break of more than nine years, headed by the Iraqi side, the economic agent Ghassan Farhan Hamid, and from the American side, the Office of Trade Representation.
The Economic Agent for Trade said in a statement to the Ministry that received a copy of it {Euphrat News} that “the meeting discussed many axes, the most important of which are the agricultural sector, standardization, qualitative control, financial system, customs, company registration, intellectual property rights, Iraq’s accession to the World Trade Organization, the health sector and government contracts.”
He pointed out “the confirmation during the meetings that the Iraqi government is open to all parties and that economic reform and diversifying the economy are among the priorities to be worked on, and that Iraq is ready to discuss any proposal that leads to strengthening relations between the two countries.”
For his part, the American side expressed its great interest in the topics raised and its appreciation of the reform measures carried out by the Iraqi government.
It is noteworthy that the meetings were also attended by the Director General of the Department of Foreign Economic Relations, Riyadh Fakhir Al-Hashemi, the Commercial Attaché and representatives from the Ministries of Finance, Planning, Agriculture and Health.