Members of a US trade delegation attend a conference at the American University of Baghdad, concluding a trip that saw US energy firm GE Vernova sign a memorandum of understanding with Iraq to produce 24,000 megawatts of electricity. "Agreements like that are really catalyst, I think, you know not only for the projects themselves, which are all very incredibly important, but it paves the way and I think it shows other companies that this can be done," says Steve Lutes, executive director of Middle East Affairs at the US Chamber of Commerce. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES