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After 20 years, is Iraq making progress in bid to join WTO?
Iraq announced on Monday that it has resumed negotiations to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) for the first time since 2008, a move that could benefit the Iraqi economy but will take considerable time. Iraqi negotiating teams began “preparatory…