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Imports and dependence on oil are obstacles to Iraq’s accession to the World Trade Organization
Economic 2024/11/03
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Membership in the World Trade Organization allows access to international trade policies. Despite the economic policies that Iraq has adopted over the past two decades in terms of international openness and the pursuit of establishing modern economic and legislative rules, attempts to obtain a seat in the World Trade Organization have not succeeded so far, noting that Iraq obtained observer status in the organization in 2004.
The financial advisor to the Prime Minister, Dr. Mazhar Mohammed Salih, said: The Iraqi economy lacks regulatory and supervisory regulations in the scope of trade relations and international requirements according to internationally approved standards. Supporters of joining the World Trade Organization believe that this path allows member states of the organization to have broader access to global markets, while membership in the World Trade Organization guarantees access to international trade policies.
Salih indicated that there is a lack of some important economic legislation, especially those related to the rights of workers in the private sector, the field of social security and trade union organization. He referred to the existence of two restrictions that weaken Iraq's role in the international organization: the first is that Iraq is an importing country and does not have the competitive ability to export, and the second is the almost total dependence on oil.
For his part, academic Dr. Amr Hesham explained that supporters of joining the World Trade Organization have a number of reasons that encourage joining, including that international trade agreements provide broader vital access to global markets in the areas of goods and services, and the agreements and their rules create a commercial climate that allows for a reasonable degree of commercial forecasting, thus achieving the goal of preparing marketing and export plans.
He explained that trade agreements include obligations and rights, and the exercise of the rights contained in the agreements is limited to member states in the region and no one else, and resorting to the Trade Dispute Settlement Body imposes seriousness in applying the rules to all parties with the existence of a special mechanism to take punitive measures in the event of non-implementation.
Hesham pointed out that membership in the World Trade Organization guarantees access to other trade policies, and the procedures they include that may affect access to markets, and the extent of their consistency with international agreements, and participation in future negotiations in a way that ensures the defense of commercial interests that concern those countries, and the formulation of new agreements approved by ministerial meetings.
The World Trade Organization (WTO): An intergovernmental organization that regulates and facilitates international trade among nations. Governments use the organization to establish, review, and enforce the rules governing international trade. The organization formally began operations on January 1, 1995, under the Marrakesh Agreement, replacing the GATT of 1948. The WTO is the world's largest international economic organization, with 164 member states representing over 98 percent of world trade and global gross domestic product.
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