Elections
Tariffs & Protection of Product Laws needing to be implemented for price control of food and other essential goods
WTO needs the Tariffs & Protection of Product Laws implemented before full accession can be assured, one goes hand in hand with the other.
Negotiations on Oil Deal between Kurdistan & Baghdad
Negotiation on 2014 Budget
Parliament Members have been advised that they must stay active until June 14, 2014 even if they are not reelected to pass budget
EO 13303 Expires in 36 days on May 22, 2014
CBI preparing to take control and protect all Iraqi assets frozen worth an conservative estimated $150 billion dollars
CBI announced they are ready to re-print current currency
CBI announces that new modern technology is ready to sort and count old currency
CBI announces to the Iraqis not to sign, write or stamp currency, so do not deface the national currency
Rafidain & Rasheed, two of the state owned banks preparing to receive frozen assets worth a combined $78 billion dollars
Iraqi Banks preparing to go international
International Banks opening up branches all over Iraq
Major Oil Companies investing hundreds of millions each in expanding oil production all over Iraq
Hundreds of Billions of International investment funds flowing into Iraq for all kinds of projects from road construction to housing projects
These are just a few things that makes me believe Iraq is getting very close to economic reform, thus going international. The Team and I will be going over these, answering members questions and more on our roundtable tonight.
I hope you can join us. Stryker Blog