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Impact of Jordan's Accession to the World Trade Organization WTO on the Jordanian Balance of Trade

This study aims to investigate the impact of Jordan's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) on the Jordanian balance of trade during the period of (1990- 2015). Several diagnostic tests have been used in the stud, like the Augmented Dickey Fuller test for stationarity and Vector Auto-Regression model (VAR), which has proven better to achieve the objective of the study. The results of the study have indicated that Jordan's accession to the WTO has a little positive impact on the Jordanian balance of trade. Therefore, the study recommends dealing carefully with predictions of Jordan’s accession to the WTOKey Words: Balance of Trade, World Trade Organization, Jordanian Economy.