Iraq is continuing negotiations for its accession to the World Trade Organization
Iraq is continuing negotiations for its accession to the World Trade Organization
21.04.2014 (0:01 pm)
Baghdad / term
Ministry of Commerce held a meeting with representatives of the World Trade Organization in Baghdad to continue the ongoing negotiations between the parties to Iraq’s accession to the organization, and discussed the meeting on Sunday the subject of customs tariffs in preparation for the third round of negotiations.
A statement issued by the ministry said Hashim Mohammed Hatem Director General of the Department of Foreign Economic Relations at the Ministry of Commerce, met with Vice-President of the National Commission on Iraq’s accession to the World Trade Organization.
He said he discussed the subject of customs tariffs in preparation for the third round of negotiations and finalists take Iraq in order to complete its accession to the World Trade Organization.
The meeting was attended by members of the Committee on the file of Trade and Goods who represent the team at the Department of the World Trade Organization in the department and a representative of the Department of the private sector in the ministry and representatives from the Ministry of Planning and the Ministry of Health and the General Authority for Customs and the Iraqi Federation of Industries and the Federation of Businessmen Iraqi General Company for Trade and Commercial Services Iraqi section of import and export .
To the Department of Commerce announced a contract for the Committee on the Application of transparency regular meeting to follow up on issues raised in the agenda headed by Walid Habib al-Moussawi, Undersecretary who stressed the need to intensify and activate the role of the media on the work of the ministry to clarify the facts to the public about the services provided by in the areas of work of various departments and companies, which are not limited to the provision of the ration card items alone, but also to other activities and functions of the focus in the service of the Iraqi citizen, in addition to offering the obstacles and difficulties in the inside or outside of the ministry, whether laws or instructions or mechanisms.
A statement issued by the ministry yesterday said that the meeting discussed the interventions that are in development and evaluating the work of the ministry and commensurate with the tasks entrusted to it in accordance with the law, especially the policy-making and business development in accordance with the requirements of Iraq’s openness to the world and transform its economy from the central to the heat.
Iraq made last February request to join as an observer in the World Trade Organization and won the approval of the General Council to accept the demand.
In 2004 it has been the formation of a national committee member of senior representatives of Iraqi ministries and the relevant WTO Agreements who are rank of director general or above to complete Iraq’s accession to the organization.
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