Iraq-EU Trade and Investment Talks in Baghdad

By John Lee.

A meeting in Baghdad between Iraqi officials and a European Union delegation has covered a range of trade and investment topics, including Iraq's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the activation of a partnership and cooperation agreement between Iraq and the EU.

The meeting was hosted by the Federation of Iraqi Chambers of Commerce and attended by the Ministry of Trade, represented by Malik Khalaf al-Durei'i, Director-General of the Private Sector Development Directorate.

Topics discussed included:

• The Iraq-EU partnership and cooperation agreement
• The national investment map
• The JOBS-SAAVI private sector development project
• WTO accession, in cooperation with the International Trade Centre (ITC)
• Commercial integrity, arbitration, and corporate social responsibility
• Digital economy, smart cities, and entrepreneurship capacity-building
• Activation of a memorandum of understanding between the Federation of Iraqi Chambers and its European counterpart
• European participation in the Iraqi-European Business Forum, as part of the Iraq National Trade and Investment Forum (INTF 2026)

Al-Durei'i emphasised the importance of public-private sector integration in developing the investment environment and making use of international partnerships to transfer expertise and raise the efficiency of local enterprises.

(Source: Ministry of Trade)

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