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D. Kazem Habib *: participation in the debate on the draft of Iraq's accession to "WTO"
4/8/15
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Ask a colleague, Dr. Zaki Fattaj Worksheet ** task of calling for Iraq's accession to the WTO, then thank him for raising the topic and asked the members of the network for discussion at a meeting in Baghdad organized by the Iraqi Businessmen Union. I am a member of honor 105 number in this union since 2008.
Began the debate by raising Distinguished colleagues and many serious doubts about the necessity of Iraq's accession to this international organization, starting from the colleague Dr. Superficial inch colleague Professor Farouk Younis and colleagues Drs full Mahdi and Hoshyar known and referred to the negative factors that would result from Iraq's accession to this organization in this particular period where passes Iraq, one of the most difficult periods of the modern economic and political history, the deteriorating conditions which avoid mentioned colleague Dr. Zaki Fattah.
Joined the 160 countries of the World Trade Organization until the beginning of 2014, and there are 25 countries monitor the possibility of waiting for access to the organization after he was in the establishment of "Gat" (1947) only 23 countries. And began "Gat" its discussions on the terms of liberalization of foreign trade restrictions on the international level. The organization held the mother and the new extension of the International Trade Organization, which was founded in 1995 so far, nine ministerial conferences notably Ergoae Conference in 1993 and then in 2002 the Doha Conference and Bali, Indonesia in 2013, where 159 countries attended.
Expanded the role of the world body and the increased activity in the light of the growing role of economic globalization that has widened and deepened with Alonfomedia revolution and after the absence of the Soviet Union and the system of the Member States of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, which oversees the day to more than 90% of the volume of international trade, and if the work in the GATT as parties Since 1995, they have become her membership and requiring legal and prosecution before the courts.
The reality is the Iraqi economic
While we try to study any subject whatever its nature, requires us to command, as was confirmed by Ibn Khaldun always, is to dive deep into the subject and study it in all its aspects and basic knowledge and side effects of the near-term and long-term consequences on society and public life of the people. Highlights of this trend in the study and analysis when Mr. Farouk Younis in his comments on various important economic issues, as well as inquiries and important observations and value provided by Dr. Kamil Mahdi in this regard.
Many economists Arab countries while treating the subject of joining the World Trade Organization asking for four important: 1 issues) the nature of the location in which this country occupied by one or the other in the international trading system; and 2) the level of economic and social development of the language of the country, which is intended to link this global organization; and 3 ) What is the role of the development process; and 4) Are the officials studied in this country or that the nature of the evolution of this organization and conditions of access to and the role of the major powers and their impact on the economies of these countries, especially on the processes of industrial and agricultural development and the issues of operating and Batalh..alkh.
When I follow the reality of the economy and Iraq during the past five decades, first, and then the economic reality is supposed to refer to a number of important points:
1. The absence of a real strategy for the development of the Iraqi economy and the absence of a real process of national development, including industrial and agricultural development, although plans are not implemented in any way.
2. extraordinary intensification in oil rentier nature of the Iraqi economy that has become a huge burden on the national economy structure, rather than the fact that I pursuant active in economic development.
3. High relative weight in the composition of the annual national income.
4. precipitous decline in the size of the industrial sector and agricultural production as compared with the seventies and early years of the ninth decade of the twentieth century.
5. high annual import volume of fictional proportions so that it drains the bulk of the national income and annual crude oil revenue. Iraq also does not have a strong position in the important international trade system, it is a very weak position.
6. continued expansion in government employment and the continued existence of unemployment and wide exposure to many of the country's political, social and psychological problems.
7. financial and administrative corruption that saps the financial resources of the state and abandon the development process.
8. The widening gap between the poor and the landless Iraq and the rich and the affluent and the increasing number of fat cats and parasitic bourgeoisie and the owners of modern grace who do not go towards the development, but towards the parasite activity and composition of accounts abroad.
9. terrorism, which contributes to the vandalism and destruction and the disruption of development in addition to extensive killing of people and the removal of wounded and disabled for general economic process.
Is it in the interest of Iraq's access to this international organization?
These facts that each economic can be recorded and that is reflected in the writings and discussions network members economists Iraqis clearly, imposed on to say that Iraq's entry into the World Trade Organization will not be in his favor in any case, at least over the next ten years, as it will inflict severe damage to Iraq from thought out:
1. Msfah continued strong economy to overseas export and import activities and drain growing year after year, part of its national income through foreign trade.
2. Actually deprive Iraq of the development of manufacturing industry, which is very down compared with the year the eighth and ninth decades of the last century, and the development and updating Zraeith and reduce the import of industrial and agricultural consumer commodity. It is known that the local production of agriculture, for example, does not cover only a fraction of Iraq's need for agricultural products.
3. Iraq dumping of goods and capital from international monopolies that will employ their capital in the areas and sectors in which international capital wants without any consideration to the needs and necessities of Iraq's economic development.
4. Continuation of unemployment on the rise and thus the continuation or even aggravation of social problems that are still suffering from the two people now.
5. It will contribute to the international corruption as well as international mafias major role in perpetuating their role in the economy and society in Iraq, and will increase the devastating insult to injury, in addition to the suffering of Iraq now, especially since the financial system has become prevalent corruption and a laboratory by Iraq.
6. This fact will prevent Iraq from two very important are:
A. Bourgeois industrial growth of the country's agricultural bourgeoisie and pay the owners of the funds or business areas and sectors to non-productive, instead of achieving the desired capital accumulation in industry and agriculture;
B. It also will prevent the growth and development of the Iraqi working class modern-related industrial and agricultural production, and therefore, the class structure of society will continue to lag behind, as is now the case where the widening marginal and bourgeois classes parasitic tattered and groups that live on fitting the Sacred and drain the financial resources of the people of subcontractors.
We must emphasize that the true holder of the civil society are Taiqh industrial and agricultural bourgeoisie and the working class and the educated class and intellectuals in particular, and without which it is impossible for the event Alizma civil and public freedoms and democracy.
7 very weak position of the Iraqi government in possible negotiations with the political WTO resulting from sectarian and political worsening conflicts and poor internal conflict on the part of the Iraqi government management, in addition to the current problems between the federal and provincial government, and professional-induced removal of most of the Iraqi technical and specialized capabilities of the cadres of the economic . And found them not consulted nor to be reckoned with! Adding to the current difficulties and the presence of local, regional and international terrorist forces is not in their interest to Iraq's stability, progress and development.
The entry of Iraq as a party to the World Trade Organization has big negatives is why we say should not enter Iraq is a party, as there is no positive side at the current stage, and that the negotiations with the International Organization will not be in favor of Iraq and its economy and its people. My hope is that economists Iraq faces the inside of the network or the other members as well as members of the Iraqi Businessmen Union to address this important topic analysis and scrutiny in the interest of the economy and society before that Iraq is involved in this plight now.
With sincere affection and respect for Mr. Dr. Zaki Fattah and union business to raise this issue and hold seminar for discussion and the rest of the participants brotherhood regardless of the international body that has adopted and sponsored the seminar.
*) Researcher and writer economic and political
**) Dr. Zaki Fattah presented in the paper Alinclaizah.ltenzilha and for information click here
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