VOL. XLIII

No. 33

14-August-2000

IRAQ

Iraq Improves Trade Ties With Syria, Imports From Jordan Increase

Although Iraq still remains isolated after 10 years of economic sanctions, Iraq and Syria have agreed to increase trade to $1bn annually and to reopen a railway connection, while Iraq and Jordan have recorded a significant growth in trade for the first half of 2000.

Iraqi Trade Minister Muhammad Mehdi Salih announced after talks in Damascus last week the first official trade talks between the...