The meetings of the third session of the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) between Iraq and the United States of America were held in Washington, D.C., after a break that lasted for more than five years. It was chaired on the Iraqi side by Economic Agent Ghassan Farhan Hamid, and on the American side by the Commercial Representation Office. The economic agent confirmed that the meeting discussed many topics, the most important of which are the agricultural sector, standardization and quality control, the financial system, customs, company registration, intellectual property rights, Iraq’s accession to the World Trade Organization, the health sector, and government contracts.
