23 June 2000 Iraq’s trade relations with its Arab neighbors are flourishing. Businessmen from around the region are flocking to Baghdad. Bustling trade fairs reminiscent of the days before sanctions are back. Viewed regionally, economic sanctions seem to be crumbling, as Iraq wends its way back into the Arab economic – although not yet the diplomatic – arena. Since the inauguration of the United Nations oil-for-Food program in 1996 first…