Press Release: EU-Iraq: negotiations for a Trade and Cooperation Agreement continue

On 26-27 February 2008, the European Commission and the Government of Iraq will hold the fourth round of negotiations for a Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) since negotiations started in November 2006. The fourth round is expected to cover human rights issues, trade in goods and services, customs and taxation, industrial cooperation, transport, employment and social protection, education, training and, youth, culture, agriculture and rural development. The negotiations will be led on the Commission’s side by Hugues Mingarelli, Deputy Director-General for the External Relations DG, and Mohammed Hamoud Bidan, Iraqi Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs.