US, Iraq Officials Discuss Trade

[ABS News Service/08.05.2024]

US and Iraq officials discussed issues including agriculture at the third meeting of the bilateral Trade and Investment Framework Agreement Council.

The meeting was co-chaired by US Chief Agricultural Negotiator Doug McKalip and Iraq’s Deputy Minister of Trade, Ghassan Farhan Hamid.

During the meeting, the two sides discussed a range of bilateral trade and investment issues, including agriculture, customs, standards, technical barriers to trade, intellectual property, accessibility of trade-related measures and policies impacting the investment climate, such as the need for more inclusive stakeholder consultations.

Bilateral cooperation in these areas aims to improve the business environment in Iraq through enhancing and diversifying bilateral trade, thereby creating jobs and attracting investment to both countries.

Both sides plan to follow up with technical-level discussions to make progress on priority issues.