Analysis and measurement of the impact of foreign investment on Foreign trade in Iraq for the period (2004-2022)

Foreign investment is an important tool for improving foreign trade, especially in the economies of developing countries, by financing various economic projects and then increasing exports. The Foreign trade is one of the most important indicators that show the capacity of domestic production and the extent of the economy’s dependence on the outside world. Therefore, the current study cares about the clarification impact of foreign investment on the basic components of foreign trade in Iraq during the period (2004-2022) using the (ARDL) model, and by relying on the deductive method , In the end the research reached several conclusions, the most prominent of which is that foreign investment contributes to an increase in Iraqi exports during the period (2004-2022) and also contributed to a decrease in the volume of Iraqi imports . Based on the conclusions of the research, a set of proposals were reached, including: the need to work on attracting foreign investments in productivity sectors, in order to increase exports and reduce dependence on the outside world.