adam@fronteiraglobal.com
03-02-2009, 05:53 AM
Including commentary on the U.S. Travel Warning to Kurdistan.
Obama Administration officials looking for a cheap and easy stimulus package to create jobs at home and curry favor in the Middle East should pay attention. The Bush Administration departed having failed to address a few arcane, but important, administrative barriers that are preventing U.S. companies from grabbing a larger share of Iraq’s growing market. By enacting a few policy changes that require only executive authority, the Obama Administration could boost the economy and curry favor with Iraq’s politicians and economic elites. But it must act quickly before these pivotal Iraqis turn their backs on U.S. companies in favor of European, Chinese, and Arab firms.
Follow link for full post: http://open.salon.com/blog/adam_choppin/2009/02/27/iraqs_100_billion_stimulus_for_america
Obama Administration officials looking for a cheap and easy stimulus package to create jobs at home and curry favor in the Middle East should pay attention. The Bush Administration departed having failed to address a few arcane, but important, administrative barriers that are preventing U.S. companies from grabbing a larger share of Iraq’s growing market. By enacting a few policy changes that require only executive authority, the Obama Administration could boost the economy and curry favor with Iraq’s politicians and economic elites. But it must act quickly before these pivotal Iraqis turn their backs on U.S. companies in favor of European, Chinese, and Arab firms.
Follow link for full post: http://open.salon.com/blog/adam_choppin/2009/02/27/iraqs_100_billion_stimulus_for_america