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Iraq Making Strides to Facilitate Trade, Say Iraqi Officials

The Iraqi government is increasingly breaking down import barriers in an effort to facilitate more commerce with the U.S. and other countries, said Iraqi representatives during the March 5 inaugural meeting of the United States-Iraq Council on Trade and Investment…

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in Washington D.C., according to a U.S. Trade Representative press release. The U.S. actively supports Iraqi accession to the World Trade Organization, the release said. U.S. goods exports to Iraq from January to December 2013 totaled $2 billion, the release said, while U.S. imports of Iraqi goods in that period registered $13.3 billion.