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Increased Stability Boosts Car Sales And Investment

January 2011 | Industry Trend Analysis

The news that Iraq was General Motors Company (GM)'s fastest growing market in the Middle East in 2010, coupled with a number of new investment projects by foreign carmakers, suggest the country's auto sector is starting to achieve its potential.

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