The impact of the International Monetary Fund on international trade -An analytical study-

Hashim, Murtada Abd Al-Hamza

doi:10.37651/aujlps.2024.155311.1402

	The impact of the International Monetary Fund on international trade -An analytical study-
Journal of Anbar University for Law and Political Sciences
Article 46, Volume 15, Issue: 1 part 1, March 2025, Pages 1291-1313 PDF (749.29 K)
Document Type: Research Paper
DOI: 10.37651/aujlps.2024.155311.1402
Author
Murtada Abd Al-Hamza Hashim^*
College of Law / University of Al-Qadisiyah
Abstract
The International Monetary Fund works to provide a financially stable international system, as a primary goal. To achieve this goal, it intervenes in international trade through its financial mandate over member states, in order to achieve balanced international trade growth. Hence, the GATT Agreement of 1947 allowed it to play several roles, including performing oversight and providing advice in international trade for the World Trade Organization. Which may not be binding in resources, but it is - inevitably - binding with regard to the monetary, financial and other policies of member states. Especially with the input such as foreign exchange arrangements and the balance of payments in the activities of companies and the protection of competition as well as consumers, which makes the consideration of harmful practices not limited to the corridors of the Dispute Settlement Body or the various committees of the World Trade Organization, but the International Monetary Fund has an opinion, and it may be binding on them. This, in addition to the expansion of this international institution's activities as a result of the first vision - liberal - through which it was established.
Keywords
International Monetary Fund; International Trade; World Trade Organization; Balance of Payments; Competition

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