Trade: We Are Close To Joining The World Trade Organization
Economical 03/06/2024 Baghdad: Al-Sabah Undersecretary of the Minister of Commerce, Sattar Al-Jabri, said yesterday, Tuesday, that the issue of Iraq’s accession to the World Trade Organization is imminent, while he affirmed the current federal government’s efforts to achieve self-sufficiency and not depend on the importer.
Al-Jabri said that the governmental curriculum developed by the Iraqi government is based on a strategy to keep pace with the development taking place in the global economy, as the government signed bilateral international memorandums of understanding in the field of trade and economics. He stressed that "Iraq is seeking to enter the World Trade Organization and the issue is coming soon."
The Iraqi government official spoke about the issue of import and export, saying: There is no trade balance between exported and imported materials, as the monetary mass was going to other countries, and this is what the government is seeking to address. current by relying on self-sufficiency.
At the beginning of 2024, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced its support for Iraq’s accession to the World Trade Organization, especially after the political obstacles that prevented it were removed. https://alsabaah.iq/92979-.html