Author(s): Abir Mohammed Jassim, Ahmed Hadi Salman, Ahmed Hafedh Hameed Al-Taie
After the year 2003, the trade openness in Iraq led to negative results on the development of industrial sector and on achieving the development goals of the national economy. This policy of openness has deepened the harmful structural imbalances in the Iraqi economy under the current circumstances, which requires taking serious economic measures to reduce those harmful effects of trade openness.