This research compares the Iraqi and French commercial agency laws. It illustrates the two laws' definitions as to commercial agents, the requirements for agents, licenses, and registrations, applications and procedures to obtain licenses, rights, and duties of commercial agents, termination and compensation of the contracts, choices of laws, jurisdiction, and arbitration clauses. The research argues that the two laws theoretically share many similarities but seem to have slightly different practical effects on commercial development. The Iraqi law sets out many conditions for the person who wants to be a commercial agent. The conditions consequently result in slow commercial development in the country. The law also entails some gaps on the issues of the duration of the contract, termination of the contract, and the rights and obligations of the parties of the contract. The research concludes that Iraq ought to amend its commercial agency law and comply with international commercial standards.