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Field Work. USDA Charm bracelet advisors have been working in Iraqi provinces sharing their expertise with Iraqi farmers and local officials to improve irrigation technology, expand food processing, and build farmer organizations. USDA has also deployed soil experts, statisticians, and animal disease experts to work in Iraq.
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Promoting U.S. Exports. U.S. agricultural exports to Iraq were $173 million in the first six months of 2010 and consisted mostly of wheat, rice, and poultry. In June 2010, USDA organized a Charm bracelet of 17 U.S. companies to Iraq to discuss commercial opportunities with more than 250 Iraqi companies. This was the first large public trade event for U.S. firms in Baghdad.
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U.S.-Iraq Business and Investment Conference (BICK) and Trade Mission. More than 1,100 U.S. and Iraqi government officials and private sector representatives attended the BICK in October 2009. The BICK highlighted twelve sectors of the Iraqi economy in need of private investment. To organize this event, the Commerce Department worked closely with Iraqi counterparts at the Iraqi National Investment Commission and Ministry of Trade to arrange business-to-business meetings between the Iraqis and U.S. companies. The Department of Commerce is now organizing a visit to Iraq by U.S. firms representing a broad range Charm pendant industries, including but not limited to oil and gas, construction, and information and communications technology. The purpose of this trip is to explore commercial opportunities.
U.S.-Iraq Business Dialogue (USIBD). The USIBID, created in 2007, was born out of an agreement between the Department of Commerce and the Iraqi Ministry of Trade. The USIBD is a bilateral trade dialogue charged with enhancing bilateral commercial ties and advising the U.S. Secretary of Commerce and Iraqi Minister of Trade on private sector views, needs, and concerns regarding business development in Iraq. The last full meeting of the USIBD was held in October 2009, and it was chaired by Secretary Locke, Deputy Secretary Hightower, and Iraqi Minister of Trade al-Safi. In August 2010, the Department of Commerce appointed ten new members to the U.S.-Iraq Business Dialogue (USIBD). The USIBD plans to hold its next meeting in Washington, D.C. in September 2010.