An adviser to the Iraqi prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, said on Thursday that in the coming Arab League Summit in Baghdad, Iraq will push for the creation of an “exclusive” Arab trade organization, similar to the World Trade Organization (WTO). The organization is to boost trade and economic cooperation among the oil producing, industrial and […]
We reported last month that Iraqi Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Mahmoud al-Sheikh Radhi, had rejected the idea that Iraq should join the World Trade Organization (WTO); now a source in the outgoing Iraqi government said on Monday that Iraq is in negotiations to become a member. An Iraqi task force was established in […]
The Iraqi Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Mahmoud al-Sheikh Radhi, has rejected the idea that Iraq should join the World Trade Organization (WTO). “My ministry examined this issue considering its effects on the levels of labor and unemployment,” the minister told Aswat al-Iraq news agency on Sunday. He noted that his ministry has conclusively […]
Iraq aims to expand the export of goods through the reduction of customs and opening world markets for goods and services ......... except oil.
