Need requires monitoring and follow-up of agreements with other States

An economist believes that the need requires the establishment of a department in the Ministry of Commerce and another from the private sector to monitor and follow up the economic agreements signed or to be signed with other countries, so that these agreements achieve the best interests of Iraq.

It is noted that the many visits made by Iraqi delegations abroad and in some of them the formation of councils to coordinate cooperation and the conclusion of agreements, did not yield tangible benefits, but through the depletion of state funds. The expert stresses the name of Antoine in an interview (Mada) on the need to remove these councils from the opportunists and beneficiaries who are working for personal interests, the establishment of the proposed department or Directorate. 
Since 2003, many economic agreements have been signed with Arab and foreign countries, including the establishment of business and industrial councils, including the formed councils, Tunisia, Iran, Kuwait, Jordan, France, the United States and others. An Iraqi- Saudi Business Council was recently established on the sidelines of the Prime Minister's visit to Saudi Arabia, The Iraqi Foreign Minister's recent visit to Moscow resulted in the announcement of an Iraqi proposal to establish an Iraqi-Russian business forum.
Bassem Antoine says that the establishment of business councils and cooperation with other countries is a necessary issue for Iraq. It is the main harvest for every visit by an official or an important Iraqi delegation to these countries, as they produce various agreements. In various fields. Antoine emphasizes the need to follow closely the conventions and councils established within it, and to hand over the councils to competent, loyal and competent people, not as we do, where we always see that these councils are dominated by parasites and opportunists who exploit this process for personal purposes, They trade very sadly.
Unfortunately, these councils today are a model, so we see many visits that are nothing more than recreational activities by the state to some of the employees who go to Kofud for those countries that are important industrially and commercially a lot of money to be forgotten later, even if those agreements For the benefit of the country under mutual benefits, Iraq would now be a developed country in most economic sectors, but unfortunately, the Iraqi side is always the loser because this process is dominated by opportunistic forces, but there are certain people from one family who always dominate this process, Do not understand in the The economic issues are nothing, and they hold everything and they do not have anything to Iraq, so that these visits have become a tourist picnic with travel and air travel and do not bear much fruit for the country, because they go later to make deals of their own and exert all efforts for their personal interests To enjoy the privileges granted,