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Baghdad Traders Protest New Customs Tariffs as Iraq Wrestles With Shrinking Oil Revenues BAGHDAD (AP) — Hundreds of traders and customs clearance company owners protested in central Baghdad on Sunday, ...

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BAGHDAD (AP) — Hundreds of traders and customs clearance company owners protested in central Baghdad on Sunday, demanding that Iraq’s government reverse recently imposed customs tariffs that they say ...

Protesters argued the policy has instead slowed trade, creating congestion at Umm Qasr port and prompting some importers to consider routing goods through the Kurdistan region, where fees are lower.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Baghdad’s main commercial districts were largely shut down on Sunday as wholesale traders went on strike to protest newly imposed government customs tariffs on imported goods ...