The United Kingdom Trade and Investment (UKTI)’s most recent – and biggest – trade mission to Iraq saw Coventry University take the stage in sharing its computer simulation expertise.
The trade mission is part of a series of events designed to expand and grow the UK’s trade with the oil-rich nation. The University was in good company, with 52 senior business executives and British higher education institutes. They were joined by more than 100 of their Iraqi counterparts.
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