However, the Arab economies that had flourishing commercial and economic relations with Iraq, particularly the neighbouring countries of Syria, Jordan and Egypt, as well as some of the Gulf States, are likely to suffer a sharp short-term decline in trade flows after the war.
Les pays arabes qui avaient des relations économiques commerciales florissantes avec l'Iraq, en particulier la Syrie, la Jordanie, l'Égypte et certains pays du Golfe, enregistreront vraisemblablement, à court terme, un net recul de leurs échanges commerciaux après la guerre.