--The Iraqi government will give a $15 billion power-generation contract to General Electric, rather than to rival bidder Siemens AG, the FT reports, citing unnamed sources.

--Media reports suggested that Siemens was close to securing the contract in recent weeks, but the Trump administration put pressure on Baghdad to award the contract to a U.S. company, the FT says.

 

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