from june 2004, the beginnings of a more general cautious re-engagement of eu countries with the new iraq can begin to be discerned. a strategy paper produced by the eu the same month recommended an active european engagement with the new iraqi government. the document envisaged the eu inviting iraq to join the eu's strategic partnership for the mediterranean and the middle east. it also recommended that eu states join in pushing for iraq to be admitted to the world trade organization, and that the eu should reinstate favored trading partner relations with baghdad.