تحليل واقع التجارة البينية بين العراق والدول العربية للمدة (2004-2017)‎

الملخص EN

Foreign trade in general and intra-trade in particular is one of the important economic policies, as it is a reflective mirror of the economic situation of any country, as it can effectively contribute to the development of the national economy by contributing to the gross domestic product, as well as the disposal of surplus goods and services produced and obtaining on hard currencies needed for economic development.

the research aims to analyze and evaluate the reality of intra-Arab trade between Iraq and the Arab countries and future prospects in light of contemporary international regional changes.

the research problem lies in the almost complete dependence of the Iraqi economy on imports in exchange for the lack of diversification of its exports, and this is due to the underdevelopment of its commodity sectors, which made it a market for the disposal of the products of the Arab countries and its neighboring countries, which negatively affects its various economic activities.

the research started from the assumption that contemporary regional and international variables were the main reason for discouraging and developing intra-Arab trade, as well as that Iraq’s foreign trade with Arab countries was in favor of Arab countries through the improvement of the GDP of these countries as well as the impact of the political aspect after the change in general.

2003 the research reached a set of conclusions, the most important of which shows that the production of Arab countries is very similar (oil, gas, cotton, phosphates, ...) and this is what constitutes a barrier to export and import between Arab countries, as what one country produces is produced by the other, and this makes all a country forced to export it abroad.

the research concluded with a set of recommendations, the most important of which is setting a clear-cut strategy to reform the industrial sector from the distortions it has suffered, and upgrading the competitiveness to the global level of Iraqi manufacturing products, which is necessary not only to gain shares in global export markets.