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08BAGHDAD912 | WARKA BANK REQUESTS U.S. CORRESPONDENT BANKING [...] (U) This cable contains an action request, see para 8. - - - - Summary - - - - 2. (C) Mohammed Kemal Issa, Deputy Managing Director for International Affairs at Warka Bank, asked EMIN during a March 7 meeting for our help in encouraging U.S. banks to form correspondent banking relations [...] | 2008-03-25 16:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV IZ |
08BAGHDAD942 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FINANCIAL PROVISIONS OF UNSCR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-27 11:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD IZ KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV |
08BAGHDAD947 | OPIC FINANCE: IRAQ MIDDLE MARKET DEVELOPMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-27 16:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN IZ |
08BAGHDAD95 | TRADE MINISTER PLANS LIMITED PDS REFORM IN 2008 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Trade Abdul Falah al-Sudani met with EMIN and Econoff January 11 to discuss his plans for the Public Distribution System (PDS) in 2008. Notwithstanding recent calls in the Council of Representatives (CoR) for greater PDS funding, the Trade Minister expects to receive [...] | 2008-01-13 13:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAGR IZ PGOV |
08BAGHDAD989 | ASSET TRANSFER: MINFIN AND EMIN AGREE WAY FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Ries met on March 27 with Finance Minister Byan Jabr and MoF Advisor Azez Jafar at Adnaan Palace in Baghdad. A wide range of topics were covered, with particular emphasis on the issue of transferring the substantial assets built by the U.S. in Iraq. Jabr resisted EMI [...] | 2008-03-31 16:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN IZ |
08BAGHDAD994 | MINFIN SUPPORTS BASRAH HUMANITARIAN RELIEF, WANTS [...] (C) Summary: In a March 31 meeting, Iraqi Minister of Finance Jabr told EMIN that he would make funds available to address the immediate humanitarian needs created by the violence in Basrah as well as to create short-term employment opportunities. In addition, the GOI supplemental budget prop [...] | 2008-04-01 05:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL PGOV PTER ETTC IZ |
08BAKU1083 | MINISTER SHARIFOV DISCUSSES EPC, BUDGET AND ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijan Minister of Finance Sharifov heads to Washington next week for EPC meetings and WTO discussions with views on the international financial crisis -- and lower oil prices -- formed in part by Russian Minister of Finance Kudrin, who recently hosted a CIS financial summit. [...] | 2008-11-12 08:53:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV EIND PGOV AJ |
08BAKU1089 | EXPORT-IMPORT BANK DIRECTOR VISIT BUILDS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Export-Import Bank Director Bijan Kian visited Baku October 13-16 to follow-up on his February 2008 trip, checking in on U.S. based companies, their partners and projects, and to reassure interlocutors of the Bank's ability to continue to support those projects in spite of the rec [...] | 2008-11-13 12:52:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN EAGR ECIN AJ |
08BAKU1091 | AZERBAIJAN BEGINNING TO CONSIDERING FUTURE NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Envoy Frank Mermoud met with the Minister of Emergency Situations during his November 10-14 trip to Baku. They discussed successful past projects, as well as areas for future cooperation and trade in both goods and services, including possible projects for soil remediati [...] | 2008-11-14 13:05:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ENRG EFIN PARM ECIN SENV |
08BAKU1108 | FIRST MEETING WITH NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his November 11-12 visit to Baku Senator Corker met with the newly appointed Minister of Economic Development Shahin Mustafayev. In his first meeting with USG officials, the new minister stuck closely to his prepared talking points, emphasizing GOAJ plans to improve the [...] | 2008-11-20 11:22:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN EAGR ECIN AJ |
08BAKU1158 | USAID ADMINISTRATOR AND DIRECTOR OF [...] SUMMARY: The visit of USAID Administrator and Director of Foreign Assistance Henrietta H. Fore to Azerbaijan capitalized on the existing USG strong host-country counterpart relationships. During her three-day visit, Administrator Fore held meetings with AzerbaijanQs President (see reftel),[...] | 2008-12-05 09:25:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG EPET ADPM AJ |
08BAKU123 | CORRECTED COPY: AZERBAIJAN: INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] This cable contains post's Investment Climate Statement for 2008. The Statement includes the following sections: Introduction A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment A.2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A.3. Expropriation and Compensation A.4. Dispute Settlement A.5. Performance Requir [...] | 2008-02-12 06:59:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | KTDB ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD OPIC PGOV AJ |
08BAKU132 | AZERBAIJAN COMMERCIAL UPDATE, January 15, 2008 - January [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Azerbaijani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. END SUMMARY. - VAT RATE MAY BE REDUCED - KAPITAL BANK TO BE FULLY PRIV [...] | 2008-02-13 11:38:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD ENRG EFIN AJ |
08BAKU159 | IRAN REPORTEDLY LAUNDERING MONEY IN AZERBAIJAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-21 14:57:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ECON EFIN PTER IR AJ |
08BAKU203 | PRESIDENT HIGHLIGHTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE [...] (SBU) At a February 11 conference on the State Program for the Economic Development of the Regions, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev outlined a long list of successes and accomplishments, stating that the government's program has been 98 percent fulfilled. The President highlighted the foll [...] | 2008-03-06 11:20:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV AJ |
08BAKU234 | AZERBAIJAN COMMERCIAL UPDATE, February 15 - 29, 2008 [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Azerbaijani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. END SUMMARY. 2. RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ------------------------- [...] | 2008-03-12 08:41:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD ENRG EFIN AJ |
08BAKU254 | AMBASSADOR AND FINANCE MINISTER REVIEW EPC AGENDA, [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 7. 2. (SBU) Finance Minister Sharifov and his team reviewed the EPC agenda, communique and logistics with us on March 14. Sharifov said that the GOAJ will provide a list of the GOAJ delegation by March 31. The GOAJ delegation could include a n [...] | 2008-03-14 09:49:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL AJ |
08BAKU291 | UPDATE ON SOFAZ, AZERBAIJAN'S OIL FUND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Since its creation in 1999, the State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ) has acted as Azerbaijan's energy revenue sterilizer and long-term savings vehicle. With current assets in excess of USD 2.5 billion (expected to grow to USD 6 billion this year, and USD 10 billion by 2010, based [...] | 2008-03-28 08:41:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG PREL AJ |
08BAKU322 | AZERBAIJAN ECONOMY CONTINUES EXPANSION IN 2007; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan's economic performance in 2007 showed increasing resilience and strength as GDP grew by more than 25 percent, a slight moderation in previous years' growth of more than 30 percent. Azerbaijan's growth prospects remain closely linked to oil prices, given that the energy [...] | 2008-04-04 11:41:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL ETRD AJ |
08BAKU324 | AZERBAIJAN COMMERCIAL UPDATE, March 01 - 15, 2008 [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Azerbaijani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. END SUMMARY. PLANS FOR FOUR-LANE HIGHWAYS SHAMAKHI-GUBA HIGHWAY TO OPE [...] | 2008-04-04 12:30:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD ENRG EFIN AJ |
08BAKU34 | AZERBAIJAN STATE OIL COMPANY APPOINTS NEW VICE PRESIDENTS [...] (U) On December 27, 2007, President Ilham Aliyev appointed three new vice presidents of the State Oil Company (SOCAR). Under the decree, Qorkhmaz Huseynov was appointed VP for social issues, Mukhtar Babayev VP for ecology issues, and Khalik Mammadov VP for personnel, regime, and information t [...] | 2008-01-15 05:42:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD ENRG EFIN AJ |
08BAKU429 | IFIS WORRY ABOUT INCREASED INFLATION, PLEASED BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: At an April 30 lunch with the Ambassador Derse, local representatives from the International Financial Institutions worried about the impact of increased GOAJ spending, including stepped-up transfers from the State Oil Fund to the consolidated budget. The 2008 supplemental budge [...] | 2008-05-02 13:28:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL AJ |
08BAKU446 | U/S JEFFERY MEETS WITH KEY AZERBAIJANI MINISTERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an April 22 visit to Baku, Under Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs Reuben Jeffery III discussed with the Foreign Minister and State Oil Company president the importance of gas transit and securing Caspia [...] | 2008-05-12 05:26:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV AJ |
08BAKU461 | GOVERNMENT "SHARKS" PUSH LARGE AMERICAN INVESTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a sign of the difficult business environment in Azerbaijan, a major foreign investor has decided to sell its investment and leave Azerbaijan. Russia's Baltika Breweries, a subsidiary of Carlsberg, announced the purchase of Baku Castel on May 15. CEO of the local brewery Baku C [...] | 2008-05-16 12:59:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EFIN KCOR PREL PGOV AJ |
08BAKU484 | AZERBAIJAN'S RESPONSE TO PRE-NOTIFICATION FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-23 16:03:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN KTFN PTER PINR PREL AJ |
08BAKU485 | DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1803 60-DAY REPORT DELIVERED TO [...] (SBU) On May 19, the DCM delivered reftel points to Gabil Israfilov, Head of Regional and International Security in the MFA's Security Affairs Department. Poloff also delivered the points to MFA Security Affairs Department Officer Yalchin Rafiyev in a May 20 meeting. Rafiyev explained that th [...] | 2008-05-23 16:06:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR AJ |
08BAKU496 | KOREAN COMPANIES FACE CHALLENGES IN AZERBAIJAN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although the press has reported that South Korean companies are winning major construction and transportation deals, the Baku-based Director of the Korean Ministry of Construction and Transportation Yong Seog Kim reports that Korean companies are facing problems in concluding the [...] | 2008-05-30 10:43:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KCOR EFIN ETRD AJ |
08BAKU645 | DEMARCHE ON IRISL CARGO INSPECTION PROVISION [...] (S) As instructed in reftel, the Embassy delivered the nonpaper on the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) cargo inspection provision to a working level officer in Azerbaijan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The officer thanked us for providing him the information and promised to pa [...] | 2008-07-07 13:26:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | AJ IR ECON EFIN EWWT ETRD PARM PINR PREL |
08BAKU667 | AZERBAIJAN INCREASES 2008 BUDGET WITH LARGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the May 2 approval of the 2008 supplemental budget by Parliament, the Government of Azerbaijan (GOAJ) increased expenditures by USD 3.7 billion, raising total expenditures to USD 12.2 billion. In order to fund the dramatic increase in expenditures, the GOAJ will increase th [...] | 2008-07-10 07:27:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD ENRG EFIN AJ |
08BAKU702 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-23 09:34:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP EFIN IR AJ |
08BAKU71 | AZERBAIJAN: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2008 [...] This cable contains post's Investment Climate Statement for 2008. The Statement includes the following sections: Introduction A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment A.2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A.3. Expropriation and Compensation A.4. Dispute Settlement A.5. Performance Requir [...] | 2008-01-28 11:39:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | KTDB ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD OPIC PGOV AJ |
08BAKU791 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES EPC, CO-FINANCING, BUSINESS [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met August 8 with Minister of Finance Samir Sharifov to discuss a wide range of economic issues, including prospective dates this fall for the next meeting of the U.S.-Azerbaijan Economic Partnership Commission (EPC) and co-financing of assistance projects. Ambassador also [...] | 2008-08-22 04:03:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EIND ETRD ETTC AJ |
08BAKU80 | EEB/CBA SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE MERMOUD DISCUSSES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) In a meeting on January 22, Department of State Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud, the Ambassador and Minister of Finance Samir Sharifov discussed preparations for the second annual Econo [...] | 2008-01-31 04:02:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EAID PREL ENRG KCOR AJ |
08BAKU81 | EEB/CBA SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE MERMOUD DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) In a meeting January 22 with visiting Department of State Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud, Minister of Emergency Situations (MES) Heydarov reiterated his interest in sending a working level delegation of experts led by a deputy minister to the U.S. [...] | 2008-01-31 04:10:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD EFIN AJ |
08BAKU83 | AZERBAIJAN COMMERCIAL UPDATE, December 15 2007 - January [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Azerbaijani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. END SUMMARY. - ONE-STOP-SHOP - LAW ON INSURANCE WAS ADOPTED IN AZERBAI [...] | 2008-01-31 06:50:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD ENRG EFIN AJ |
08BAKU845 | WORLD BANK TO NAME AZERBAIJAN NUMBER ONE REFORMER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Echoing comments relayed by GOAJ officials and other observers in Baku, World Bank officials told Ambassador recently that Russia's real target in Georgia was Azerbaijan's oil and gas assets. Even outside the energy sector, the conflict has had a negative impact on Azerbaijan's [...] | 2008-09-09 12:51:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN EAGR ECIN AJ |
08BAKU956 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DESIGNATION OF ISLAMIC [...] (S) Embassy Iran Watcher delivered reftel demarche to outgoing and incoming Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Security Affairs Division Directors, Yusef Mammadaliev and Nurat Suleimeinov, on October 7. Iran Watcher delivered all reftel-suggested points, and provided the MFA officers with cop [...] | 2008-10-09 11:18:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | ECON EFIN ETRD PARM EUN EWWT PREL AJ IR |
08BAKU963 | DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE DAS DYCK VISITS U.S. [...] (U) SUMMARY: In his September 25-28 visit to Azerbaijan, Department of Commerce DAS Paul Dyck met with GOAJ officials and representatives of several U.S.-based companies, and toured business facilities in Azerbaijan. Business leaders complained of corruption and inefficiencies, despite gains [...] | 2008-10-10 06:08:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN EAGR ECIN BBSR BEXP BMGT |
08BAMAKO391 | PRICES RISE IN MALI: BAD, BUT NOT YET CRITICAL [...] SUMMARY: Urban consumers are becoming increasingly concerned as prices of basic commodities skyrocket in Bamako while the government attempts to implement measures to reduce pressure on the cost of living. An informal survey in the local markets gives a picture of the extent of the price hi [...] | 2008-04-23 17:02:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV ML |
08BAMAKO559 | AGOA FORUM INVITATIONS IN MALI [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-13 11:29:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC ETRD EINV EFIN EAID ML |
08BAMAKO650 | MALI'S PARTICIPATION IN THE AGOA FORUM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-11 08:05:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PODC EINV EFIN EAID ML |
08BAMAKO667 | DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-18 08:30:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EFIN PARM ML |
08BAMAKO695 | MALI RESPONSE TO DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-31 17:24:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC ML |
08BAMAKO937 | MALI: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] The following constitutes Embassy Bamako's responses for the 2008 country report on terrorism for Mali per reftels. 2. No terrorist attacks occurred in Mali. Disparate Tuareg rebel groups in northern Mali attacked Malian military forces on several occasions, but none of these incidents we [...] | 2008-12-12 10:13:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM ML |
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN231 | DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] (SBU) Per Reftel, Post delivered non-paper to Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Finance on August 22, 2008. Brunei officials will update when further action, if required, is taken. TODD [...] | 2008-08-28 07:36:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP EFIN MNUC |
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN98 | BIA MANAGING DIRECTOR PROPOSES DIFFERENTIATED SWF [...] (C) Brunei Investment Agency Managing Director Dr. Mohamed Amin Liew told Ambassador that BIA intended to continue a conservative international strategy that emphasizes fixed income assets and passive portfolio investments. It would avoid country-specific funds as well as direct equity stakes [...] | 2008-03-21 07:56:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV BX |
08BANGKOK1218 | SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY OF COMMERCE PADILLA [...] (U) Summary. Your visit to Thailand gives you the opportunity to affirm our strong economic relationship with Thailand as we celebrate the 175th anniversary of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce. After being led for 15 months by an interim military-appointed government following a coup in Sept [...] | 2008-04-22 10:53:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN OVIP PGOV PREL TH |
08BANGKOK1509 | RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST ON U.S. 60-DAY REPORT [...] (C) After prior relay of a copy of the United States report on steps taken to implement United Nations Security Council Resolution 1803 as outlined in reftel paragraph 6, Poloff spoke with Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs Iran Desk Officer, First Secretary Pimpiree Pyramarn on May 12 to discus [...] | 2008-05-16 05:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR |
08BANGKOK1589 | TERRORISM FINANCE: REVIVAL OF ISLAMIC HERITAGE [...] (C) Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) notified post on May 21 that the Royal Thai Government (RTG) was not likely to co-sponsor the proposed UNSCR 1267 listing of Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS),but would not object to U.S. plans to do so. Counselor for the MFA's Intern [...] | 2008-05-22 09:42:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN PTER PINR PREL |
08BANGKOK2745 | DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS [...] (U) Post delivered non-paper per reftel on September 5, 2008. Among the relevant offices notified were the Anti-Money Laundering Organization (AMLO),the National Coordinating Center for Combating Terrorism and Transnational Crime (NCC-CTTC)and the International Security Unit at the Ministry of [...] | 2008-09-11 01:54:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN TH |
08BANGKOK2782 | THAILAND BUSINESSES TO WAIT OUT POLITICAL CRISIS BUT WORRY [...] (SBU) Summary: Thailand's political stalemate has had a somewhat expected immediate impact on certain segments of the Thai economy. Of greater concern to the entire business community, however, is the stalemate's potential long-term economic implications. Prominent business leaders in Thailand [...] | 2008-09-14 23:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV TH |
08BANGKOK2885 | Financial Turmoil: Limited Impact on Thailand [...] (SBU) Summary: The financial turmoil in the United States has had a limited impact on the Thai economy, most notably on share prices in the Thai stock market. The Thai banking sector's exposure to Lehman Brothers was not significant and thus its solvency is not in question. AIG (through AIA) [...] | 2008-09-23 10:16:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD TH |
08BANGKOK2943 | MIXED REVIEWS FOR NEW PM SOMCHAI'S ECONOMIC TEAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Somchai's selections for his Cabinet's economic team have come under attack from the local press and business community. Controversial appointments include the placement of former Interior Minister Chalerm Yubamrung at the Ministry of Public Health, former Police [...] | 2008-09-26 10:35:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PINR TH |
08BANGKOK3070 | THAI BANKS BEGIN TIGHTENING CREDIT FOR FOREIGN FIRMS [...] (SBU) Concerned about the creditworthiness of foreign business entities in Thailand, Thai banks are reportedly tightening lines of credit for U.S. firms. The Bangkok Post reported October 9 that Thai banks are cutting back funding lines to U.S. companies "as credit risks have jumped sharply in [...] | 2008-10-10 10:07:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD TH |
08BANGKOK3126 | Financial Turmoil: Limited Impact on Thailand [...] (U) Econoff passed reftel points to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Ministry of Commerce, and Finance Ministry (FinMin) on October 3. According to Director General Krit Kraichitti of the MFA's Department of International Economic Affairs, his Department's Division of International Econo [...] | 2008-10-17 05:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD TH |
08BANGKOK3144 | THAI GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: The RTG agreed October 14 to a series of measures aimed at helping offset the impact of the global financial crisis and shoring up economic growth. The plan calls for expanding of tax exemptions for long-term personal investments; accelerating budget disbursements and increase [...] | 2008-10-17 10:52:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD TH |
08BANGKOK3188 | Thai Finance Minister says Baht should be Weaker [...] (SBU) Summary: Thai Finance Minister Suchart told the Ambassador October 21 that he would prefer a "weaker" baht to promote exports, given Thailand's high dependence on export growth to keep its economy expanding. He also has proposed extending deposit protection guarantees to maintain invest [...] | 2008-10-22 09:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD TH |
08BANGKOK3229 | THAI STOCKS PLUNGE. AGAIN. [...] (U) The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) dropped approximately 10.5 percent October 27, prompting an automatic 30 minute halt in trading for the second time in one month, and only the third time since the circuit-breaker mechanism was implemented in 1975. The main SET index closed at 387.43, [...] | 2008-10-28 10:03:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD TH |
08BANGKOK3302 | DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] (C) On October 28 and 29, Econoff passed ref a points (regarding the United States' designation of the Export Development Bank of Iran and three affiliated entities under E.O. 13382) and ref b points (regarding the UN 1267 Committee's addition of three Gulf-based Al-Qaida financiers to its lis [...] | 2008-11-06 01:20:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KTFN PTER PREL UNSC PINR MNUC PARM EFIN |
08BANGKOK3336 | THAILAND, ENERGIZED BY FINANCIAL CRISIS, PUSHES [...] (SBU) Summary: A senior Ministry of Finance official explained November 4 that the Thai government hopes to build consensus among the ASEAN plus three nations, in time for the December ASEAN Summit, on the creation of a multilateral currency pool based on the bilateral swap agreements of the C [...] | 2008-11-07 10:25:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD TH |
08BANGKOK3490 | AUTO INDUSTRY IN THAILAND CUTS PRODUCTION [...] (SBU) Summary. American automakers in Thailand have reacted to a decline in domestic and regional demand by revising growth forecasts downward and reducing production. Ford has cut back production of cars for the remainder of the year. General Motors has taken more drastic steps, including c [...] | 2008-11-26 10:18:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV TH |
08BANGKOK3519 | THAILAND: ECONOMY SUFFERS FROM AIRPORT SHUTDOWNS [...] (SBU) Summary: As the anti-government protesters continue to blockade Bangkok's airports, tourism and other industries dependent on air cargo are getting clobbered. Thai Airways alone reports losses of $14 million a day. Tourism has long been a mainstay of Thai economic growth, and to the ext [...] | 2008-12-01 11:45:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL ETRD TH |
08BANGKOK3530 | Thai Banks Remain Strong Despite Crisis [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the economic impact of Thailand's prolonged political stalemate, including the ongoing airport closure crisis (ref a),financial sector leaders in Thailand believe the local banking sector remains sound. Even though credit rating agencies have downgraded Thailand's cred [...] | 2008-12-02 10:47:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD TH |
08BANGKOK3531 | DECEMBER 2: UPDATE ON THAILAND'S MAKE-SHIFT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy is assisting Amcits 24 hours a day though a call center manned by consular officers and volunteers from the Embassy community, to find hotel rooms and/or outbound transportation from Thailand. Neither United nor Northwest, the only U.S. carriers that serve Bangkok, [...] | 2008-12-02 11:23:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CMGT EAIR EFIN PGOV PREL ETRD TH |
08BANGKOK3532 | DECEMBER 2: UPDATE ON THAILAND'S MAKE-SHIFT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy is assisting Amcits 24 hours a day though a call center manned by consular officers and volunteers from the Embassy community, to find hotel rooms and/or outbound transportation from Thailand. Neither United nor Northwest, the only U.S. carriers that serve Bangkok, [...] | 2008-12-02 23:30:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CMGT EAIR EFIN PGOV PREL ETRD TH |
08BANGKOK3540 | DECEMBER 3: UPDATE ON THAILAND'S AIRPORT AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Anti-government protesters claimed victory and departed Thailand's airports December 3 after the high court dissolved several political parties and the prime minister stepped down December 2. The Airports of Thailand (AOT) reports that Suvarnabhumi, Bangkok's international ai [...] | 2008-12-03 10:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CMGT EAIR EFIN PGOV PREL ETRD TH |
08BANGKOK3561 | DECEMBER 4: UPDATE ON THAILAND'S AIRPORTS AND [...] (SBU) Summary. U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) representatives began assessing the security conditions at Suvarnabhumi on December 4. TSA is working with U.S. air carriers and Thai officials to ensure that all safety and security regulations are met prior to U.S. air carr [...] | 2008-12-04 09:58:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CMGT EAIR EFIN PGOV PREL ETRD TH |
08BANGKOK3673 | TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF [...] (SBU) On December 4, Econoff passed reftel points regarding the United States' designation of Saudi Arabia-based Union of Good as a supporter of terrorism under Executive Order 13224 to three offices within the RTG: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MFA) International Security Unit, the Nation [...] | 2008-12-17 05:51:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN KWBG KPAL EFIN PTER ETTC PREL PINR |
08BANGKOK3703 | MOST RUBIES SMUGGLED INTO THAILAND AND COME WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Thailand's ruby processing industry does not formally document the country of origin of the raw stones. Industry sources say that most rubies are smuggled in from either Burma or Africa. None of the smuggled goods come with certificates of origin, although it may be possib [...] | 2008-12-19 09:24:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON ETRD BM |
08BANGKOK3746 | NEW THAI ECONOMIC TEAM TAKES THE REINS OF A [...] (SBU) Summary: Thai businesses and investors are worried about the effects of the global financial crisis on Thailand, and Prime Minister Abhisit's cabinet selections for his economic team have not quelled these fears. An Oxford-educated economist, Abhisit and his Oxford classmate Korn Chatik [...] | 2008-12-24 09:15:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD PINR TH |
08BANGKOK3747 | NEW FINANCE MINISTER TELLS AMBASSADOR WE MUST [...] (SBU) Summary: New Finance Minister Korn told the Ambassador in a courtesy call December 24 that he hopes both the U.S. and Thailand will avoid protectionism, which would erode the reservoir of goodwill that the incoming U.S. administration now enjoys internationally. Thailand avoided fallout [...] | 2008-12-24 09:56:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV TH |
08BANGKOK3774 | AMBASSADOR PUSHES KEY TRADE ISSUES WITH NEW COMMERCE [...] (SBU) Ambassador John paid a courtesy call December 26 on newly appointed Commerce Minister Pornthiva Nakasai (SecGen of Bhum Jai Thai Party) and Deputy Minister Alongkorn Ponlaboot (Democrat). The meeting began with a photo-op after which the Minister invited the Ambassador into her office fo [...] | 2008-12-30 08:09:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD EFIN PGOV TH |
08BANGKOK430 | ECONOMIC TEAM LAYS OUT POLICIES AS CREDENTIALS [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej's economic team, announced in his February 6 cabinet inauguration, has drawn sharp criticism from the business community for some team members' apparent lack of economic expertise on financial and trade issues. Like the rest of the cabinet, the eco [...] | 2008-02-08 11:26:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ELAB ENRG ETRD PGOV PINR SENV TH |
08BANGKOK469 | THAILAND TO LIFT 30-PERCENT RESERVE REQUIREMENT [...] (U) New Finance Minister Surapong Suebwonglee said February 12 that no decision had yet been made to immediately remove the 30 percent unremunerated reserve requirement (URR) after his two-hour meeting with Bank of Thailand (BOT) Governor Tarisa Watanagase. Surapong, also the PPP party's Secr [...] | 2008-02-13 11:13:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINV ECON ETRD TH |
08BANGUI240 | DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN BANK EDBI DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Ambassador Cook informed CAR Minister of Foreign Affairs Dieudonne Kombo-Yaya of reftel demarche and the designation of the Export Development Bank of Iran under E.O. 13382 in a meeting on December 17. The MFA did not provide a substantive response, but promised to study the demarche. [...] | 2008-12-17 15:01:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN CT |
08BANJUL18 | THE GAMBIA'S 2008 ECONOMIC OUTLOOK [...] (U) On December 20, 2007, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) issued a press release announcing that The Gambia has reached completion point under the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative, and is now eligible for debt relief under HIPC and the Multilater [...] | 2008-01-08 17:03:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN ETRD PGOV KMCA IMF GA |
08BANJUL19 | JAMMEH DERIDES HIPC AND DEBT RELIEF AS "CHICKEN CHANGE" [...] In response to a journalist's questions concerning The Gambia's new debt relief package (reftel),President Jammeh has derided the package and the Bretton Woods institutions. He described the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative as a disguised apology owed to Africa for years of [...] | 2008-01-09 13:21:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EFIN ETRD PGOV KMCA IMF GA |
08BANJUL380 | NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING TRENDS IN THE GAMBIA [...] (C) We are concerned with the danger to political stability and the rule of law in the Gambia that is represented by the rise of narcotics trafficking in the region, All of our key interlocutors report a rise in trafficking in and through The Gambia. We are also concerned about the possibil [...] | 2008-12-03 16:05:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR KJUS EFIN MASS PGOV GA |
08BANJUL385 | GLOBAL ECONOMY IMPACT ON THE GAMBIA: VIEWS DIFFER [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with the Managing Director of Trust Bank on a wide range of banking and finance issues. The Director scoffed at a front page news article proclaiming Gambia unaffected by the global crisis. He shared his views on the recent proliferation of new banks opening in th [...] | 2008-12-05 11:45:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN GA |
08BARCELONA132 | ANDORRA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) As requested in REFTEL, Post's submission for the "2008 Country Reports on Terrorism follows in paragraph 2. POC for the CRT for Andorra is Todd D. Robinson. Tel number 34-93-280-2227 e-mail: HYPERLINK "mailto:RobinsonTD3@state.gov" RobinsonTD3@state.gov 2. (U) Andorra continues [...] | 2008-12-18 19:30:00 | Consulate Barcelona | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR AN |
08BASRAH31 | JUSTICE MINISTER ON SPENDING $100 MILLION FOR BASRAH [...] (C/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: CETI Ambassador Ries, STRATEFF MG Zamzow and USAID Director Crowley met with Justice Minister Safa al-Safi in Basrah regarding PM Maliki's $100 million infusion of aid. Safi judged the Charge of the Knights a success, paving the way for investment and reconstruction. Sa [...] | 2008-04-15 20:27:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN IZ |
08BEIJING1160 | U.S.-CHINA COUNTERTERRORISM DIALOGUE: CSI, [...] (C) At the March 25 U.S.-China Counterterrorism Dialogue in Beijing, the U.S. and Chinese delegations, led respectively by U.S. Ambassador at Large for Counterterrorism Dell Dailey and MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Director General Wu Hailong, agreed that the Unite [...] | 2008-03-27 09:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL EFIN ECON ENRG KNNP ASEC TW CH |
08BEIJING1225 | U.S.-CHINA DIALOGUE ON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE: YOUR [...] (SBU) Your meeting with Ministry of Commerce Vice Minister (VM) Yi Xiaozhun in Tokyo will be an excellent opportunity to discuss the launch of the U.S.-China Dialogue on Foreign Assistance, which was proposed by Deputy Secretary Negroponte during his January meeting with Premier Wen Jiabao. We [...] | 2008-04-01 05:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ETRD PREL PGOV EFIN CH |
08BEIJING1252 | CHINA'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (C) Minister Counselor for Financial Affairs delivered points in reftel March 27 to Tang Xu, Director General of the People's Bank of China (PBOC) Anti-Money Laundering Bureau. Tang responded that over the past two years, the PBOC has increased its attention to interactions between Chinese bank [...] | 2008-04-02 09:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ETRD PARM EINV CH IR |
08BEIJING1253 | CHINA'S RESPONSE TO DESIGNATION OF FUTURE BANK, [...] (C) Minister Counselor for Financial Affairs delivered points and non-paper in reftel March 27 to Tang Xu, Director General of the People's Bank of China (PBOC) Anti-Money Laundering Bureau. Tang responded that over the past two years, the PBOC has increased its attention to interactions betw [...] | 2008-04-02 09:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN PARM KNNP MNUC CH BA IR |
08BEIJING1308 | China Investment Corporation Meeting with [...] (SBU) Summary: China Investment Corporation General Manager Gao Xiqing met with Commissioners of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on March 31, 2008. Gao suggested that U.S. officials be patient with CIC as it evolves relative to sovereign wealth fund (SWF) best practice [...] | 2008-04-08 06:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL EINV CH |
08BEIJING1374 | PRC/IRAQ: CHINA WANTS TO PLAY "POSITIVE" ROLE, BUT [...] (C) As instructed reftel, Poloff delivered points on demonstrating support for the Iraqi government to Attache Wu Xiaofeng of the Iraq office at the MFA's West Asian and North African Affairs Department. Wu said that China would participate "in a positive way" in the up-coming Neighbor's Conf [...] | 2008-04-11 12:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EFIN IZ CH |
08BEIJING1506 | RURAL FINANCE INITIATIVES STILL STRUGGLING [...] (SBU) New rural finance initiatives continue to struggle in China's countryside one year after their introduction because they are not commercially viable. Promoting private banks' involvement in the rural sector through the establishment of Village Banks is the right approach, by increasing c [...] | 2008-04-18 09:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAGR PGOV SOCI CH |
08BEIJING1625 | SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE MERMOUD PUSHES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. United States Department of State Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs J. Frank Mermoud met with Ministry of Housing Urban-Rural Construction (MHURC) officials and construction industry leaders on April 21 and 22 to follow-up on the March 4th United States [...] | 2008-04-27 23:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV PREL ENRG EFIN BTIO IAEA CH |
08BEIJING164 | BOHAI FUND TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HOME-GROWN STATUS [...] (SBU) The establishment of the new renminbi (RMB) 20 billion (USD 2.7 billion) Tianjin-based Bohai Industrial Investment Fund, the first of a series of home-grown RMB-denominated private equity (PE) funds backed by state-owned entities, represents an effort by Chinese authorities to expand non [...] | 2008-01-17 08:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | CH ECON EFIN ENIV ETRD PGOV SOCI |
08BEIJING1671 | PRICES STILL RISING BUT PROVINCES REMAIN CALM [...] (SBU) Commenting on inflationary trends in their respective localities, government officials and citizens in two provinces outside Beijing recently expressed optimism that prices are stabilizing and said their regions have not so far experienced widespread social unrest or hoarding. Their comm [...] | 2008-04-30 02:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV EAGR SOCI CH |
08BEIJING1690 | RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES -- CHINA [...] (U) INTRODUCTION: This report is Mission China's response to reftel, which requested input on the impact of food and commodity price increases. It is a composite of analysis and data compiled by Embassy Beijing as well as by Econoffs in Consulates General Guangzhou, Shanghai, Chengdu, and She [...] | 2008-04-30 09:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV EAGR SOCI CH |
08BEIJING1729 | PRC/IRAQ: CHINA TO ATTEND STOCKHOLM ICI MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-06 10:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EFIN IZ CH |
08BEIJING1768 | U.S. 60-DAY REPORT TO UN SECURITY COUNCIL ON UNSCR [...] (C) PolOff on May 8 conveyed to MFA reftel points noting that the United States has submitted a 60-day report on implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1803 and urging China to submit its own report. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Direc [...] | 2008-05-08 09:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR CH |
08BEIJING1870 | STATE COUNCIL RESEARCHER SAYS APRIL CPI DATA WARRANTS [...] (SBU) China's Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 8.5 percent year-on-year in April, fueling further concern about inflation in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics. Food prices again accounted for most of the increase, led by surging pork and cooking oil prices. A leading researcher at China' [...] | 2008-05-15 05:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV EAGR SOCI CH |
08BEIJING1927 | REQUEST TO SECURE CHINESE SUPPORT FOR UN 1267 [...] (C) PolOff on May 19 conveyed reftel points requesting China's support for adding the names of four operatives of Lashkar e-Tayyiba (LeT) to the list of individuals and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Taliban or al-Qaida that are subject to UN Security Council (UNSC)-mandated san [...] | 2008-05-19 08:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL EFIN KTFN UNSC CH |
08BEIJING2047 | SUDAN -- DESIGNATING FOUR INDIVIDUALS [...] (C) PolOff on May 28 delivered to MFA reftel points on designating four individuals for targeted sanctions and urged China to refrain from putting a hold on the designations in the 1591 Committee. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Shen Yiny [...] | 2008-05-28 08:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC SU CH |
08BEIJING2076 | SED Ambassador Alan Holmer Previews SED IV During [...] (SBU) Summary: Treasury Special Envoy for China and the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) Ambassador Alan Holmer discussed plans for the fourth round of the SED with Chinese officials during a May 22-23 visit to Beijing. In his discussion with NPC Vice Minister Wu Xiaoling, Holmer praised Chi [...] | 2008-05-29 07:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN ENV CH |
08BEIJING2185 | PRE-NOTIFICATION OF REQUEST TO ADD AKAS TO 1267 COMMITTEE LIST [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-06 02:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | CN EFIN KTFN PINR PK PREL PTER |
08BEIJING2201 | CHINA OPPOSES FOUR SUDAN-RELATED DESIGNATIONS [...] (C) MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo told PolOff June 6 that China will oppose adding the four Sudan-related names (ref B) to the asset freeze and travel ban list maintained by the 1591 Committee. Sun said China takes a "cautiou [...] | 2008-06-06 07:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC SU CH |
08BEIJING2277 | CHINA URGED TO RECONSIDER FOUR SUDAN-RELATED [...] (C) Per ref A instructions, PolMinCouns on June 11 urged China to support the addition of four names to the UN Security Council Resolution 1591 (2005) Sudan Sanctions Committee's consolidated asset freeze and travel ban list. MFA International Organizations Department Deputy Director General L [...] | 2008-06-11 09:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC SU CH |
08BEIJING2331 | CHINA/ENERGY: NEAR-TERM FUEL PRICE HIKES UNLIKELY [...] (SBU) Beijing appears unlikely to raise retail fuel prices significantly in the near-term amidst policymakers' ongoing concerns about CPI inflation and social stability. The most commonly purchased blend of gasoline is held at USD 2.92/gallon, while diesel is USD 2.89/gallon. Against the back [...] | 2008-06-13 08:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN PREL CH |
08BEIJING234 | UK PM GORDON BROWN IN CHINA: EXPANDING TRADE, [...] (C) British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's January 18-20 visit to China focused largely on economics but also covered Sudan, Burma, Iran, human rights and Hong Kong, British Embassy contacts told us January 21. Brown gave a qualified welcome to China's new sovereign wealth fund (the China Inve [...] | 2008-01-23 10:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EINV ETRD SENV EFIN PGOV PHUM UK |
08BEIJING2433 | CHINA/ENERGY: SIGNIFICANT AND SURPRISING PRICE HIKES [...] (SBU) In a surprise move that came late on June 19, China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) announced significant energy price increases. Effective June 20, gasoline rose 16.7 percent, diesel 18.1 percent, and jet fuel 25.2 percent; effective July 1, electricity will rise an [...] | 2008-06-20 09:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN PREL PGOV CH |
08BEIJING2525 | DRAFT UNSCR TO RENEW MANDATE OF 1267 MONITORING [...] (C) PolOff on June 26 delivered to MFA reftel points seeking China's support for a U.S.-drafted UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) to renew the mandate of the UNSCR 1267 monitoring team. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo said [...] | 2008-06-26 09:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC AG CH |
08BEIJING2570 | CHINA HOPES FOR UNANIMOUS VOTE ON UNSC 1735 [...] (C) PolOff on June 30 delivered reftel points to MFA asking China to support publicly the follow on resolution to UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1735. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo said that China and the United State [...] | 2008-06-30 08:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC AG CH |
08BEIJING2609 | China on IRISL: UNSCRs Require Adequate Proof to [...] (S) PolOff conveyed reftel points regarding implementation of the cargo inspection clause of UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1803 to MFA Arms Control Department Missile and Conventional Weapons Division Deputy Director Yu Dunhai on July 2. Yu responded that China implements UNSCRs in s [...] | 2008-07-02 10:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | ECON EFIN EWWT ETRD PARM PINR PREL KNNP EUN |
08BEIJING2817 | CHINA'S RESPONSE: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) PolOff conveyed reftel non-paper to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Sun Lei on July 17, and Econoff delivered the non-paper to the People's Bank of China International Department's Foreign Affairs Division Director Cao Li on July 18. MFA Deput [...] | 2008-07-18 08:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP EFIN CH IR |
08BEIJING2837 | U/S PADILLA PUSHES FOR LEGISLATIVE TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) Summary. United States Department of Commerce (DOC) Under Secretary (U/S) Christopher Padilla and USTR General Counsel (GC) Warren Maruyama met with State Council Legislative Affairs Office (SCLAO) Vice Minister Zhang Qiong on July 16 to discuss SED 4 transparency initiatives and raise [...] | 2008-07-22 08:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV EFIN CH |
08BEIJING2878 | Mofcom DG Wang discusses Steel Dialogue with AUSTR [...] (SBU) Ministry of Commerce (Mofcom) Director General for Foreign Trade Wang Shouwen met with AUSTR Timothy Stratford in Beijing on July 14 to discuss plans for the next U.S.-China Steel Dialogue. Wang and Stratford agreed that the Dialogue will include discussion of the competitiveness of the s [...] | 2008-07-24 22:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL ENRG EPET CH |
08BEIJING2897 | PUSHING FOR TRANSPARENCY ON MEDICAL DEVICE [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy FCS officers and Econoff met with Ministry of Health (MOH) Department of Planning and Finance Director General Zhao Zilin and MOH International Health Exchange and Cooperation Center (IHECC) Centralized Purchasing Office Director Li Ling on July 24 to push for greater t [...] | 2008-07-25 09:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD CH KIPR WTRO EFIN EINV EIND PGOV |
08BEIJING3024 | China: Central Bank Interested in Anti-money Laundering [...] (SBU) Summary: China's Central Bank official responsible for anti-moneylaundering (AML) issues confirmed Chinese concerns regarding the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF's) recent draft guidance papers on implementing the financial provisions of UNSR 1803 regarding Iran. The Chinese welcome [...] | 2008-08-05 13:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL EINV CH PTER |
08BEIJING3052 | AUSTR STRATFORD RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT CHINA'S [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 14, Assistant USTR (AUSTR) for Asia Tim Stratford told State Postal Bureau (SPB) Deputy Administrator Wang Yuci that a provision in China's latest draft postal law is of great concern to the United States as it would seem to exclude foreign firms, but not domestic firms, [...] | 2008-08-07 09:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN CH |
08BEIJING3205 | SED HAILED IN SECRETARY PAULSON'S MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Summary. In separate meetings with PRC Vice Premier Wang Qishan (August 13) and Finance Minister Xie Xuren (August 12),Treasury Secretary Paulson emphasized the importance of sustaining the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED). Paulson stressed that significant accomplishments are needed [...] | 2008-08-20 08:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN CH |
08BEIJING3210 | AUSTR STRATFORD DISCUSSES ENTERPRISE ANNUITIES [...] (SBU) Summary. On Friday July 18, Assistant USTR for China Tim Stratford and USDOC DAS Ira Kasoff discussed enterprise annuities with China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) Director-General Li Fuan. Li Fuan outlined the current state of affairs regarding enterprise annuities and agreed th [...] | 2008-08-20 09:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN CH |
08BEIJING3233 | Party Economist Looks to Control Prices, [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-22 04:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN WTRO ENRG EAGR CH |
08BEIJING3257 | Party Economist Looks to Control Prices, [...] (SBU) Summary: Economic M/C met with Senior Communist Party Economist Zheng Xinli to discuss current economic issues. Zheng noted that the declining dollar was eroding the value of China's dollar-denominated assets. He thought China's inflation was the result of externalities such as rising [...] | 2008-08-25 02:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN WTRO ENRG EAGR CH |
08BEIJING3311 | CHINA ECONOMY: OBSERVERS SEE LIQUIDITY HURTING, [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent meetings with visiting Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary Mark Sobel and Financial Min-Couns, long-time China observers agreed on the basic condition of the Chinese economy, but disagreed dramatically on the likely outcomes. They agreed China's ability to sterilize [...] | 2008-08-27 05:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH ECON EFIN |
08BEIJING3332 | CHINESE RESPONSE TO IRAN PROLIFERATION DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-28 08:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IR KNNP PARM PTER PINR CH |
08BEIJING3358 | PRC INFORMED OF U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT SHIPS BEING [...] (S) PolOff conveyed reftel talking points urging China to prevent the transfer of Chinese-built ships that can carry cargoes of proliferation concern to the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Dax [...] | 2008-08-29 08:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL KNNP EFIN PINR KS CH IR |
08BEIJING3387 | SEPTEMBER 2 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: FUKUDA RESIGNATION, INDIA [...] Key points at the September 2 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- The resignation of Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda is an internal matter of Japan, but the spokesperson noted Fukuda's "great contributions to bilateral relations." -- China "hopes the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) will f [...] | 2008-09-02 23:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KOLY MNUC PARM EAID PTER EFIN CH KN JA |
08BEIJING3427 | SEPTEMBER 4 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: KOREA DENUCLEARIZATION, [...] Key points at the September 4 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- Relevant parties should "join hands" to solve the recent problems in the Korean denuclearization process. -- China has submitted a report on its military expenditures to the UN which is more complete than the report subm [...] | 2008-09-04 09:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KOLY MNUC PARM EFIN CH KN GG RS |
08BEIJING3501 | Positive Chinese Reaction to Fannie Mae and [...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese official and private reaction to news that the United States Government would place housing mortgage agencies Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae under conservatorship was generally positive. Vice Premier Wang Qishan appreciated the effort. Finance Assistant Minister Zhu Guangy [...] | 2008-09-09 23:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN CH |
08BEIJING3575 | CHINA-IRAQ OIL CONTRACT HIGHLIGHTS PRESSURES ON [...] (C) Summary. Iraq drove the terms of the oil service contract with China signed in August 2008, and China will probably move slowly in implementing the terms of the agreement, according to Chinese energy experts. CNPC signed a USD 3 billion oil service contract to develop the Al Ahdab oil fiel [...] | 2008-09-12 09:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN ENIV ENRG IZ CN |
08BEIJING3733 | CHINA'S CNPC MANAGER COMMENTS ON OIL SERVICE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-26 01:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENIV ENRG IZ CN |
08BEIJING3750 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED--ASSISTANCE TO GEORGIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-26 07:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN KCRS KMCA EUMEM PREL GG CH RS |
08BEIJING3758 | DEMARCHE ON PAKISTAN SECURITY AND ECONOMIC CRISES [...] (C) In a meeting with MFA Asian Affairs Department Afghanistan and Pakistan Division Deputy Director Cao Jing on September 26, PolOff delivered reftel points asking China to urge Pakistan's leadership to undertake strong measures to resolve Pakistan's security and economic crises. Deputy Dire [...] | 2008-09-26 09:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID EFIN PTER CH PK |
08BEIJING3775 | Coca-Cola's Huiyuan Bid Illustrates BIT Challenges, AML [...] (C) Summary. Coca-Cola Pacific Deputy Group President Paul Etchells briefed Acting Economic Minister-Counselor 9/17 on Coke's proposed acquisition of a leading Chinese juice maker for US$2.4 billion. Coke, which agreed to the meeting at our request, emphasized that it is not seeking U.S. Gove [...] | 2008-09-29 06:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN CH |
08BEIJING3782 | China Probes Intensified Taiwan Economic Engagement [...] (C) Summary. Contacts from the public and private sectors and several academics at government-affiliated think tanks expressed optimism over the direction of cross-strait economic engagement, attributing warming ties to the election of Ma Ying-jeou in March and Taiwan's efforts to manage an ec [...] | 2008-09-29 09:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV CN TW |
08BEIJING3817 | MERMOUD VISIT: SINOSURE WELCOMES THIRD [...] (SBU) Summary. China's Sinosure told State Department Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs J. Frank Mermoud on September 18 that it would welcome third country cooperation with Ex-Im Bank on a joint project. In meetings with Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Developme [...] | 2008-10-07 01:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV PREL ENRG EFIN BTIO CH |
08BEIJING3853 | CHINA/AFRICA: A PROVINCIAL PERSPECTIVE FROM HENAN [...] (SBU) Summary: China's efforts to expand trade and investment ties with Africa were prominently on display at the 5th China Henan International Investment and Trade Fair held in Zhengzhou, Henan Province August 26-28, although little concrete business materialized. A day-long "Go Global" inve [...] | 2008-10-08 08:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD AX CH |
08BEIJING3855 | Bilateral Investment Treaty Negotiations: Deliberate Pace in [...] (C) SUMMARY: The United States and China held the first round of bilateral investment treaty (BIT) negotiations in Beijing, September 2-5, 2008. China concurred with the U.S. view that an agreement would be significant given the two countries' importance to the global economy as major investme [...] | 2008-10-08 09:40:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN CH |
08BEIJING3856 | CORRECTED VERSION OF BEIJING 3855 -- Bilateral Investment [...] (C) SUMMARY: The United States and China held the first round of bilateral investment treaty (BIT) negotiations in Beijing, September 2-5, 2008. China concurred with the U.S. view that an agreement would be significant given the two countries' importance to the global economy as major investme [...] | 2008-10-08 09:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN CH |
08BEIJING3874 | October 7 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TAIWAN ARMS SALES, FINANCIAL [...] Key points at the October 7 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China hopes that the two U.S. presidential candidates will understand the importance of properly handling the Taiwan issue, adhere to the "One China" policy, abide by the three Sino-U.S. Joint Communiques, and oppose Taiwan in [...] | 2008-10-09 11:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAGR EFIN PHUM PTER CH KN JP KS TW |
08BEIJING3875 | CORRECTED COPY: October 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TAIWAN ARMS [...] Key points at the October 9 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China hopes that the two U.S. presidential candidates will understand the importance of properly handling the Taiwan issue, adhere to the "One China" policy, abide by the three Sino-U.S. Joint Communiques and oppose Taiwan ind [...] | 2008-10-09 11:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAGR EFIN PHUM PTER CH KN JP KS TW |
08BEIJING3888 | TAIWAN ARMS SALES: IMPACT LIMITED TO "SHORT-TERM," [...] (C) The fallout from the October 3 announcement of arms sales to Taiwan will be limited to the "short-term," because PRC leaders know the U.S.-China bilateral relationship is "simply too important" to jeopardize, according to three Beijing scholars. The sales take place against a backdrop of [...] | 2008-10-10 08:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV EFIN CH TW |
08BEIJING3899 | China's SAFE Cautious about U.S. Lending [...] (SBU) Summary. State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) Deputy Director General Liu Jiahua on October 9 said his agency remained very concerned about counterparty risk in repo market lending to U.S. financial institutions. While SAFE's policy towards U.S. Government-supported Enterpris [...] | 2008-10-14 00:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN CH |
08BEIJING3907 | CHINA ON UPCOMING UNSCR 1267 LISTING REQUEST OF [...] (S) PolOff on October 10 conveyed to MFA ref A's updated Statements of the Case (SOCs) on one Chinese and three Pakistani individuals that the United States plans to propose to add to the UN Security Council Resolution 1267 Sanctions Committee list of individuals and entities associated with U [...] | 2008-10-14 08:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PTER EFIN KTFN PINR UN CH |
08BEIJING3933 | COMMUNIST PARTY PLENUM CLOSES, ISSUES COMMUNIQUE [...] (C) The Third Plenum of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) 17th Central Committee concluded on October 12, adopting a "Decision" on rural reform and development that, as expected, emphasized the importance of the countryside to China's overall development and pledged to devote considerable reso [...] | 2008-10-16 02:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EAGR EFIN SOCI CH |
08BEIJING3949 | CODEL HAGEL: CHINESE THOUGHTS ON WORLD FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 13-14, Senator Charles Hagel met Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan, Central Bank Governor Zhou Xiaochuan, and Commerce Vice Minister Ma Xiuhong. The Vice Premier discussed weaknesses in the U.S. system that had led to the financial crisis, and asserted China's commit [...] | 2008-10-16 09:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PREL PGOV CH |
08BEIJING3950 | OCTOBER 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: ZARDARI VISIT, [...] Spokesperson Qin Gang made the following key points at the October 16 MFA press briefing: -- China will take seriously any request from Pakistan to help that country weather the financial crisis. Qin would not, however, give details of any agreement on financial assistance reached between Ch [...] | 2008-10-16 10:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PARM EFIN ECIN EAGR PL SN JA NK |
08BEIJING3968 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED -- OCTOBER 22 GEORGIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-20 01:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN CG PREL RS EUMEM KMCA KCRS |
08BEIJING3980 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED -- OCTOBER 22 GEORGIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-20 08:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN CG PREL RS EUMEM KMCA KCRS |
08BEIJING4002 | PRC/IRAN: TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY LEVEY'S [...] (S) SUMMARY: U.S. Department of the Treasury Undersecretary (U/S) Stuart Levey briefed the People's Bank of China (PBOC),the Ministry of Finance (MOF),the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),the Bank of China (BOC),and the China Export and Credit Insurance Corporation (Sinosure) on Septembe [...] | 2008-10-21 06:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM ENRG ETRD EFIN IR CH |
08BEIJING4003 | CHINESE OFFICIALS CONCERNED ABOUT FINANCIAL RISKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: People's Bank of China (PBOC) Director General Zhang Tao told us October 16 that the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) had been criticized internally by some senior Chinese leaders for its management of foreign exchange holdings, and now needed to mitigate risks to [...] | 2008-10-21 07:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL CH |
08BEIJING4031 | PRC: MFA CONFIRMS UNSPECIFIED CIVILIAN NUCLEAR [...] (C) China wishes to continue the development of its civilian nuclear cooperation with Pakistan, according to MFA Asian Affairs Department Afghanistan and Pakistan Division Director Zhang Yiming. In an October 23 briefing for the U.S. and U.K. Embassies on Pakistan President Asif Zardari's Oct [...] | 2008-10-23 10:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID EFIN PTER CH PK |
08BEIJING4062 | VFM HE YAFEI AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS FINANCIAL [...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei expressed to the Ambassador October 27 his belief that the United States and China should hold consultations before the November 15 G-20 summit, in part to ensure that European-sponsored proposals for an overhaul of the global financial system are tempered to [...] | 2008-10-27 12:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL EFIN CH PK |
08BEIJING4074 | OCTOBER 19-20 VISIT OF TREASURY U/S MCCORMICK TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Vice Premier Wang Qishan and other senior Chinese financial officials told U/S McCormick on October 20 that China welcomed recent U.S. Government actions to address the financial crisis. People's Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan and other officials raised questions about t [...] | 2008-10-28 09:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN CH |
08BEIJING4078 | OCTOBER 28 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SUDAN HOSTAGE CRISIS, SYRIA [...] Key points at the October 28 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China condemns the killing of five kidnapped Chinese citizens in a rescue attempt by the Sudanese government. -- China "opposes any deed which harms another country's sovereignty and territorial integrity," said the spoke [...] | 2008-10-28 22:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM PTER ECON EFIN SU SY KN |
08BEIJING4084 | China/G-20 Summit: Hu Jintao will Attend, MFA [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 27, Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei asked CDA Daniel Piccuta to join him at the Ministry to inform him that President Hu Jintao would attend the Financial Summit. The Vice Minister asked for specific logistical arrangements, including a larger Chinese delegation, sea [...] | 2008-10-29 08:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON KPAO PREL PGOV CH |
08BEIJING4097 | CHINA'S SINOPEC SAYS NO PROGRESS ON ENERGY DEALS [...] (C) Summary. A China Petroleum and Chemicals Corporation (SINOPEC) official stated that SINOPEC has not made any progress in its oil projects in Iran and that it must comply with guidance from the Chinese government and UN sanctions against Iran. A Chinese academic at an MFA affiliated think t [...] | 2008-10-30 03:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | CN ECON EFIN ENIV ENRG IZ |
08BEIJING4100 | PLENUM DECISION TACKLES LAND, RURAL FINANCE, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The full text of the "Decision" approved by the Third Plenum of the CCP 17th Central Committee was released on October 19 (ref A),largely echoing the October 12 Plenum Communique (ref B) by pledging more Central Government support for efforts to boost peasant incomes, reduce t [...] | 2008-10-30 07:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAGR PGOV SOCI CH |
08BEIJING4101 | 10/30 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SUDAN HOSTAGE CRISIS, FINANCIAL [...] Key points at the October 30 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- In the case of kidnapped Chinese workers in Sudan, four of whom were killed October 27, a Chinese delegation will urge the Sudanese Government to "spare no effort to rescue the missing workers, bring the criminals to justic [...] | 2008-10-30 08:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PARM MNUC ECON EFIN KN KS SU |
08BEIJING4102 | THE CCP THIRD PLENUM: HOPEFUL BUT NOT HOLDING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Contacts from the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, one of China's poorest regions, expressed hope the decisions of the October 9-12 Third Plenum of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) 17th Central Committee would translate into concrete policies to boost agricultural production, su [...] | 2008-10-30 08:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR PGOV EFIN SOCI CH |
08BEIJING4105 | CHINA/G-20 SUMMIT: OBJECTIVES AND BACKGROUND [...] (U) To respond to the questions posed in ref 1 request, Post has drawn from a variety of sources, including publicly available statements, private conversations with officials (see ref 2 and 3),and knowledge of Chinese approaches to previous multilateral engagements. 2. (C) BEGIN ANSWERS [...] | 2008-10-31 02:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON KPAO PREL CH |
08BEIJING4114 | CHINA: ECONOMIC TRENDS IN COASTAL CITY OF QINGDAO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rising labor costs and declining exports are forcing companies to re-examine their business strategies in the coastal city of Qingdao, according to local government officials, scholars and a South Korean diplomat who met with EmbOffs during their October 22-24 visit to the city. [...] | 2008-11-03 09:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD CH |
08BEIJING4121 | ASEAN+3 NATIONS MAKING LITTLE PROGRESS ON CURRENCY [...] (U) Summary. Despite public announcements at the ASEM Summit of an $80 billion swap arrangement, ASEAN 3 nations were still discussing the multilateralization of currency swaps as part of the Chiang Mai initiative, and important elements are still unresolved. There is still no consensus on key [...] | 2008-11-04 06:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | CN ECON EFIN KR PREL JA |
08BEIJING4125 | 11/4 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, DALAI [...] Key points at the November 4 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- Though the spokesperson is "following the U.S. election closely" the choosing of the next President of the United States is the job of the American people. -- The Dalai Lama should "take concrete actions to give up separ [...] | 2008-11-04 09:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN FR GR CS CU PE |
08BEIJING4155 | 11/6 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S. ELECTION/WHITE HOUSE [...] Key points at the November 6 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China's leaders have congratulated President-elect Obama on his victory and China will work to help ensure smooth bilateral relations during the transition to the next administration. -- Taiwan is the most sensitive of th [...] | 2008-11-06 23:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN PHUM KIPR KS KN BM RU BG IN |
08BEIJING4178 | CHINA ANNOUNCES STIMULUS PLAN AHEAD OF G-20 SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Summary: In advance of the G-20 summit China's leadership on Sunday took the unusual step of endorsing a long-anticipated stimulus package before its annual economic work conference later this month. The plan emphasizes infrastructure spending, but also includes targeted tax reductions, [...] | 2008-11-11 22:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON KPAO PREL PGOV CH |
08BEIJING4198 | AMBASSADOR HOLMERQS NOVEMBER 7 MEETINGS IN BEIJING [...] (SBU) Summary. In November 7 meetings in Beijing, Chairman Liu He of the Central Leading Group on Finance and Economics asked Ambassador Alan Holmer to convey ChinaQs support for the upcoming global financial summit and for measures taken individually and collectively by G-20 members. He rev [...] | 2008-11-12 11:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN CH |
08BEIJING4208 | NOVEMBER 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: G-20 SUMMIT, SIX-PARTY [...] Key points at the November 13 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China hopes the upcoming G20 Financial Summit will "send the positive message that countries are united." -- China had taken note of North Korea's comments that it will not allow sampling of its nuclear sites, but hopes the [...] | 2008-11-13 22:40:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN KS KN BG IN TW CH |
08BEIJING4252 | NOVEMBER 18 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: FOOD SAFETY, SED, TIBET, [...] Key points at the November 18 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- The United States should lift recently announced restrictions on Chinese imports "sooner rather than later." -- China hopes the United States will "retain" the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) in the next administration. [...] | 2008-11-18 09:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN IN TW CH RS CU PE CO SO |
08BEIJING4301 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED--FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT - [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to the International Department, Ministry of Finance (MOF),the Department of Aid to Foreign Countries, Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM),and the International Organizations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). 2. (SBU) The Ministry of Forei [...] | 2008-11-24 09:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ECON PREL UN CH |
08BEIJING4327 | CHINA'S ECONOMY: HOPING FOR THE BEST IN THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Government officials and businesspeople in Western China's Xinjiang and Ningxia minority autonomous regions do not yet see a large impact from the slowing economy, and although they are concerned, some are also hopeful that their unique development circumstances may provide some [...] | 2008-11-25 10:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR PREL ZK CH |
08BEIJING4329 | NOVEMBER 25 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SED, SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key points at the November 25 MFA press briefing: -- China will host the U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) December 4-5 and hopes the meeting will lay the "building blocks for enduring cooperation." -- China has proposed to host the next round of Six-Party Talks on December 8 an [...] | 2008-11-25 23:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN TW CH RS PE |
08BEIJING4352 | BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON HUMAN [...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 Ambassadors in Beijing November 14, German Ambassador Michael Schaeffer reported that Germany's recently restarted human rights dialogue with China was constructive and included a visit to minority villages in Yunnan Province. The Germans have held a series o [...] | 2008-11-26 11:20:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EFIN ECON SENV CH FR JA GM |
08BEIJING4353 | CHINA CONSIDERING ATTENDANCE AT PAKISTAN DONOR [...] (C) Chinese MFA Asian Affairs Department Afghanistan and Pakistan Division Attache Xing Wei offered no substantive response to U.S. views on the proposed December 16 donor conference in support of Pakistan (ref A). Xing told PolOff November 26 that the Chinese had learned of the conference at [...] | 2008-11-26 11:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN IBRD IMF CH PK |
08BEIJING4355 | PRC: EAP DAS ARVIZU DISCUSSES REGIONAL [...] (C) MFA's Policy Planning Department Deputy Director-General Le Yucheng told EAP DAS Alex Arvizu that, despite serious economic and political risks in the East Asia region, the development of multilateral arrangements continues to move forward. DDG Le noted progress in the Six-Party process b [...] | 2008-11-26 11:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN ECON MNUC KN CH KS JP |
08BEIJING4402 | CHINA/ECONOMY: DETERIORATION WAS SURPISING, [...] (SBU) Summary. Chinese financial officials and foreign economists and bankers told Federal Reserve Board Governor Randall Kroszner that recent deterioration in ChinaQs real economy was much faster than they had expected. However, most were confident that the government would inject sufficien [...] | 2008-12-02 06:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN CH |
08BEIJING4407 | CHINA BRACING FOR DECLINING EMPLOYMENT IN EXPORT SECTOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China?s Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS) has announced that China does not yet face a ?wave of layoffs? as a result of the global financial crisis, but that a ?grim employment situation? could develop in 2009. Labor Economist Wang Dewen told Laboff t [...] | 2008-12-02 09:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB CH |
08BEIJING4410 | DECEMBER 2 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DALAI LAMA AND FRANCE, SED, [...] Key points at the December 2 MFA press briefing: -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy's "insistence on disregarding Chinese concerns" regarding the Dalai Lama is "affecting relations" between China and the European Union. -- China expects the upcoming round of the Strategic Economic Dialogu [...] | 2008-12-02 23:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER MARR ECON EFIN TW CH FR KS IN TH |
08BEIJING4442 | DECEMBER 4 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DALAI LAMA AND FRANCE, INDIA [...] Key points at the December 4 MFA press briefing: -- China hopes to "repair" its relationship with France, but urges France to "take seriously the feelings of the Chinese people" with regard to the planned meeting between French President Nicolas Sarkozy and the Dalai Lama. -- Both India an [...] | 2008-12-04 23:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER PARM ECON EFIN ETRD CH FR IN PK SU |
08BEIJING4457 | CHINA/G-20/PAKISTAN: CHINA URGES WIDER SCOPE [...] (SBU) China believes a United Kingdom-drafted paper on follow-up taskings to finance ministers from the November 15 Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy, in advance of the next G-20 summit, does not adequately address the political dimensions of the financial crisis, Chinese Vice [...] | 2008-12-05 14:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID IBRD IMF KPAO PREL PGOV |
08BEIJING4458 | CHINA/G-20/PAKISTAN: CHINA URGES WIDER SCOPE [...] (SBU) China believes a United Kingdom-drafted paper on follow-up taskings to finance ministers from the November 15 Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy, in advance of the next G-20 summit, does not adequately address the political dimensions of the financial crisis, Chinese Vice [...] | 2008-12-06 03:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID IBRD IMF KPAO PREL PGOV |
08BEIJING4481 | HAS CHINA CHANGED ITS EXCHANGE RATE POLICY? [...] (SBU) Summary. Since December 1, the Chinese renminbi (RMB) has depreciated 0.7 percent against the USD, generating speculation that the government has altered itQs longstanding policy of gradual appreciation. Senior economic and financial leaders, however, continue to maintain that policy h [...] | 2008-12-09 23:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN CH |
08BEIJING4489 | CHINESE MFA URGED TO RELEASE 1267 HOLDS BY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-10 09:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EFIN AORC UN PK CH |
08BEIJING4509 | DECEMBER 11 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, TORTURE IN [...] Key points at the December 11 MFA press briefing: -- The Six-Party Talks Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting is still ongoing, as the parties are "discussing and deciding" formalities in bilateral sessions as well as plenary sessions. -- China has "taken note" of a recent Free Tibet report cl [...] | 2008-12-11 23:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PARM PHUM ECON EFIN EAIR CH FR PL JA KS |
08BEIJING4549 | CHINA/ECONOMY/CURRENCY: CONCERNS ABOUT ECONOMY, [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with visiting Fed Governor Warsh, Chinese researchers and bankers expressed concern that the U.S. economic downturn would become a protracted recession. They worried about the impact on ChinaQs economy, and expected problems such as rent-seeking and corruption to sp [...] | 2008-12-16 04:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN CH |
08BEIJING4555 | DECEMBER 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, DETENTION [...] Key points at the December 16 MFA press briefing: -- China believes the Six-Party Talks is a "process," with the major task being implementing the second phase of denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in a "comprehensive manner." All six parties "agreed verification was necessary," but th [...] | 2008-12-16 23:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PARM PHUM ECON EFIN EAIR CH FR PL JA KS |
08BEIJING4599 | DELIVERY OF LEVERAGING FATF STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (S) On December 17, 2008, Econoffs and Finatt conveyed reftel to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of International Organizations official, Mr. Zhang Yaojun, as it relates to actions leveraged by the United Nations. Zhang expressed his appreciation and indicated he would pass [...] | 2008-12-19 01:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL EFIN KNNP |
08BEIJING4600 | DELIVERY OF UNION OF GOOD TERRORISM FINANCE [...] (SBU) On December 18, 2008, Econoffs and Finatt conveyed reftel to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of External Security Affairs, Mr. Wu Shifan, as it relates to bilateral counterterrorism efforts. We expressed his appreciation and indicated he would pass the information on [...] | 2008-12-19 01:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR KWBG KPAL IS |
08BEIJING4611 | Korea-China BIT Talks Stall Over Pre-Establishment [...] (C) Summary: In a December 18 meeting, Korean Embassy officials told Econoff that China and Korea continued to discuss in two forums the prospects for strong bilateral and trilateral (with Japan) investment agreements after signing a more limited "Investment Protection and Promotion Agreement" [...] | 2008-12-19 09:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV EAID ETRD WTRO PREL CH |
08BEIJING4612 | Canada-China BIT Talks Slowed by U.S.-China Negotiations [...] (C) Summary: Twice this week, separate Canadian Embassy officials approached Embassy to express Canada's concern that China is holding off on making concessions in long-running bilateral investment treaty (BIT) negotiations with Canada on topics that China expects to surface in the U.S.-China [...] | 2008-12-19 10:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV EAID ETRD WTRO PREL CH |
08BEIJING4614 | CHINA/ENERGY: CHINA CUTS FUEL PRICES [...] (SBU) The Chinese government announced significant energy price cuts December 18, marking the first change in domestic fuel prices since international crude prices began to fall from their mid-summer peak. As of December 19, refinery gate prices for gasoline, diesel, and aviation fuel were re [...] | 2008-12-21 23:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV ECON EPET EFIN CH |
08BEIJING4615 | CHINA/ENERGY: CHINA CUTS FUEL PRICES [...] (SBU) The Chinese government announced significant energy price cuts December 18, marking the first change in domestic fuel prices since international crude prices began to fall from their mid-summer peak. As of December 19, refinery gate prices for gasoline, diesel, and aviation fuel were re [...] | 2008-12-21 23:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV ECON EPET EFIN CH |
08BEIJING4623 | MOFCOM Spills the Beans on "Industrial Security" [...] (SBU) Summary: In a frank and spirited discussion October 28 with Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Investment Security Nova Daly and Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative for Investment Jonathan Kallmer, Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Industrial Injury Investigation B [...] | 2008-12-22 07:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV WTRO EFIN CH |
08BEIJING4631 | Ruby Trade in China: Opaque at Best [...] (SBU) This is a preliminary response to REF A request for information on the ruby trade in China. SUMMARY: Burmese rubies apparently are entering China primarily via "walk across" trade at the Burma-China border as well as through other intermediaries, primarily Thailand. The ruby trade is [...] | 2008-12-22 23:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN ECON EMIN PGOV PREL CN BM |
08BEIJING4665 | CHINA ECONOMY IN 2009: EIGHT PERCENT GDP GROWTH [...] (C) Summary: World Bank, IMF, and ADB representatives in Beijing largely agree that China's economic performance will be very weak through at least the first quarter of 2009. While still forecasting 7.5-8.5 percent growth for all of 2009, all three concur that there are "big risks on the downs [...] | 2008-12-24 07:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD CH |
08BEIJING580 | INFLATION, EXACERBATED BY SNOWSTORMS, HITS A NEW 11-YEAR [...] (SBU) China' National Bureau of Statistics announced today that consumer inflation reached a new eleven-year high of 7.1% in January. This may well be followed by an even higher figure for February that would be released on March 11, while the National People's Congress (NPC) is in session. O [...] | 2008-02-20 00:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV CH |
08BEIJING583 | INFLATION, EXACERBATED BY SNOWSTORMS, HITS A NEW 11-YEAR [...] (SBU) China' National Bureau of Statistics announced today that consumer inflation reached a new eleven-year high of 7.1% in January. This may well be followed by an even higher figure for February that would be released on March 11, while the National People's Congress (NPC) is in session. O [...] | 2008-02-20 00:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV CH |
08BEIJING588 | CENTRAL-PROVINCIAL FRICTIONS: ECONOMIC VIEWS [...] (C) Our economic travels to provincial destinations outside Beijing in recent years suggest that the struggle between Central Government and local government officials over the nature of China's economic development is of such complexity and depth that it will be far from resolved by personnel [...] | 2008-02-20 01:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB CH |
08BEIJING637 | China: Bank of Japan Representative discusses Chinese [...] (SBU) On February 4, Finatt Minister Counselor and Econoff exchanged views on the Chinese economy with Kiyoyuki Seguchi, Bank of Japan's (BOJ) Chief Representative in China. Seguchi predicted that China's GDP -- buoyed by growing fixed asset investment and rising domestic consumption -- will l [...] | 2008-02-22 01:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL EINV CH JP |
08BEIJING750 | MORE ATTENTION ON THE RURAL SECTOR: WILL IT BE ENOUGH? [...] (SBU) Beijing-based rural experts say the State Council's 2008 Number One Document, which identified rural issues as the Central Government's top policy priority for the fifth year in a row, signals the leadership's continuing concern about the urban-rural income gap and restates the case for a [...] | 2008-03-03 00:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR PGOV EFIN SOCI CH |
08BEIJING786 | ADOPTION OF UNSCR 1803 [...] (U) PolOffs delivered reftel points and nonpaper on UN Security Council Resolution 1803 on the Iranian nuclear issue March 4 to MFA International Organizations Department UN Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun and Arms Control Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Sun Lei, for their Gov [...] | 2008-03-04 09:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL UNSC EFIN MNUC IR CH |
08BEIJING800 | China: PBOC Research Bureau Deputy Director General [...] (SBU) On February 28, Minister Counselor for Financial Affairs and econoff exchanged views on China's macroeconomic and monetary policy with Dr. Jiao Jinpu, Acting Director General of the People's Bank of China (PBOC) Research Bureau. Jiao stressed that, despite the potential deflationary risk [...] | 2008-03-05 06:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL EINV CH |
08BEIJING823 | NDRC CHAIRMAN: SLOWING INVESTMENT GROWTH, FIGHTING [...] (SBU) Ma Kai, Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC),stated on March 6 that China's macroeconomic controls over the past five years have been effective and he is satisfied with the rate at which investment growth is slowing. Ma reiterated concerns expressed by Premi [...] | 2008-03-06 09:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EINV CH |
08BEIJING855 | PROMINENT ECONOMIST SEES CHALLENGE IN RESPONDING TO [...] (SBU) On March 6, the Vice President of the National Development and Reform Commission's Academy of Macroeconomic Research, Ma Xiaohe, characterized elevated inflation as a challenge that will outlast recent food supply shocks. Five consecutive years of double-digit GDP growth has boosted dema [...] | 2008-03-10 06:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL EINV CH |
08BEIJING870 | NPC: FOOD INFLATION RURAL SECTOR'S MAIN CONCERN [...] (SBU) Ministry of Agriculture officials met the press on March 10 to discuss agricultural and rural development issues. The officials cited China's rural development accomplishments in 2007, notably the 9.5 percent increase in rural incomes, and also outlined the challenges ahead. Food prices [...] | 2008-03-10 09:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EFIN PGOV ETRD CH |
08BEIJING895 | GANSU ECONOMY GROWING, BUT MORE INVESTMENT NEEDED: [...] (C) Gansu Province has benefited from Central Government initiatives to balance development by boosting spending in western China, but it continues to face major challenges, including water and power shortages, low rates of foreign investment, lagging employment opportunities, and a decrease i [...] | 2008-03-11 23:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON EFIN EIND ENIV ENRG PGOV SENV SOCI |
08BEIJING95 | CHINA'S INITIAL GPA OFFER [...] (SBU) On January 7, Embassy Beijing Economic officers met with Ministry of Finance (MOF) Government Procurement Management Division II Treasury Department Director Wang Shao Shuang regarding MOF,s December 28 submission of its Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) and initial offer. Director [...] | 2008-01-09 06:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD WTRO EFIN EINV EIND CH |
08BEIRUT1014 | SYRIA TAX ON TRUCKS COULD OBSTRUCT TRADE, INFLATION [...] (U) On July 3,the Syrian authorities began imposing a "gas tax" of around $300 on regular trucks leaving Syrian territory and $500 on refrigerated trucks. Head of the Lebanese Syndicate of Fruit and Vegetable Exporters said that this tax would lead to losses of around $50,000 per day for refri [...] | 2008-07-14 11:19:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT1021 | LEBANON: BANKS DENY ALLEGATIONS OF SUPPORTING [...] (C) The President of the Association of Banks (ABL) in Lebanon, Dr. Francois Bassil, denies allegations that six Lebanese banks helped provided banking services supporting Hizballah's activities. Bassil and other banking officials stressed the efforts of the Lebanese banking sector to comply [...] | 2008-07-15 14:08:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL EFIN ECON LE |
08BEIRUT1053 | NEW MINISTERS TAKE OVER; TELECOM PRIVATIZATION ENDORSED [...] (U) During the handover ceremony at the Ministry of Finance on July 15, newly appointed Minister Mohammad Chatah expressed his belief that Lebanon could witness nine percent GDP growth if the political and security situation were stable. Chatah pledged to continue reforms at the Ministry, and [...] | 2008-07-21 08:24:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT1105 | TELECOM MININSTER SUPPORTS PRIVATIZATION, BROADBAND [...] (SBU) During a meeting on July 24 between CDA Grant and Embassy Officers and Minister of Post and Telecommunications Gebran Bassil, the Minister indicated that he is a strong advocate of privatization, although he recognizes that it will not be easy. Meanwhile, Bassil noted that introducing bro [...] | 2008-07-28 17:29:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT1140 | LEBANON: TELECOM MINISTER STRESSES THAT ALL AGREE ON [...] (U) In a press conference on July 30, Telecom Minister Gebran Bassil stated telecom privatization is something that all Lebanese agree upon, and that close examination of the issue will take place as soon as the Cabinet's policy statement is ratified by parliament. Bassil noted that $67,000 ha [...] | 2008-08-04 18:25:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT1176 | LEBANON: ECONOMISTS LET DOWN BY MINISTERIAL POLICY [...] (SBU) Prominent financial economist Dr. Charbel Nahas told us on August 6 that the ministerial statement came "far below what it should have been." He said that "this cabinet has a unique opportunity as all the political parties are represented in the cabinet; thus actions can be quickly endor [...] | 2008-08-11 16:08:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT1199 | LEBANON: MINISTER OF ENERGY AND WATER GETS A [...] (C) In an August 13 courtesy call with Charge Grant, the new Minister of Energy and Water Alain Tabourian described the huge cost and capacity problems in Lebanon's electricity sector, and discussed plans to import electricity and natural gas from Egypt. Tabourian, one of the five ministers [...] | 2008-08-14 17:00:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ENRG EPET EFIN LE |
08BEIRUT1213 | LEBANON: PM SINIORA MAKES ENERGY DEALS IN EGYPT TRIP [...] (SBU) Board member and head of the Agriculture Committee at the Beirut Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Agriculture Raphael Debbane told us on August 13 that agriculture and industrialist representatives urged Agriculture Minister Elie Skaff to ask President Sleiman to convince his Syrian cou [...] | 2008-08-18 15:59:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT1243 | LEBANON: PROMISES, BUT NO FIRM COMMITMENTS, FOR EGYPTIAN [...] (SBU) During his visit to Baghdad on August 20, PM Siniora discussed reinforcing bilateral economic ties with Iraq. Iraq has long been one of Lebanon's major export markets, but it has exported only a trickle of goods to Lebanon in recent years, and no oil. Daily An Nahar reported that during [...] | 2008-08-25 11:13:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT1246 | LEBANON: PROMISES, BUT NO FIRM COMMITMENTS, FOR EGYPTIAN [...] (SBU) During his visit to Baghdad on August 20, PM Siniora discussed reinforcing bilateral economic ties with Iraq. Iraq has long been one of Lebanon's major export markets, but it has exported only a trickle of goods to Lebanon in recent years, and no oil. Daily An Nahar reported that during [...] | 2008-08-25 14:50:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT1281 | LEBANON: PARLIAMENT OPEN; NOT CLEAR WHEN IT WILL TAKE UP [...] (SBU) A senior legal trade specialist at the Ministry of Economy and Trade (MOET) told us on August 27 that, although parliament has reopened, it is not known yet if there will be progress on IPR-related draft laws and amendments that were sent to parliament in 2007. These include an amendment [...] | 2008-09-02 13:33:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT1304 | FACING MASSIVE POWER SHORTAGE, LEBANON AGREES TO [...] (C) Facing massive electricity shortages that have left residents of some regions without power twelve hours per day, Lebanon signed an agreement for the purchase of surplus electricity from Egypt, implementing one of the measures pledged in the new Lebanese cabinet's ministerial policy statem [...] | 2008-09-05 10:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EFIN PREL PGOV EG JO LE |
08BEIRUT1321 | LEBANON: MINIMUM WAGE CONTROVERSY AMONG ISSUES FORCING [...] (SBU) The cabinet cancelled is September 4 session due to lack of consensus on minimum wage increases. The next cabinet session is scheduled for September 9, and though the minimum wage is not on the formal agenda, contacts tell us it may still be discussed. So far, disagreement among cabinet [...] | 2008-09-08 16:00:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT1337 | LEBANON: FINANCE MINISTER FOCUSED ON BUDGET [...] (C) Finance Minister Mohamad Chatah told USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator James Bever and the Ambassador that budget support is his number one priority. He discussed the pros and cons of the cabinet's recent approval of a higher minimum wage, and said he planned to ask the IMF for a new [...] | 2008-09-12 07:18:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB EFIN ENRG PGOV PREL SA EG LE |
08BEIRUT1345 | LEBANON: MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND TRADE DISCUSSES [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador, Ministry of Economy and Trade Mohammad Safadi praised majority leader Saad Hariri's role in the reconciliation among opposing groups in Tripoli, but said their weapons will remain. He worried that the Beddawi Palestinian refugee camp outside Tripoli is b [...] | 2008-09-15 10:38:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ETRD KPAL QA LE |
08BEIRUT1346 | LEBANON: CABINET APPROVES FIRST WAGE INCREASES SINCE 1996 [...] (U) During its September 9 session, the cabinet decided to raise the minimum wage for the private and public sectors from 200 to 333 dollars per month (the first minimum wage increase since 1996) and the transportation allowance from 4 dollars to 5.30 dollars per day. In addition, it mandated a [...] | 2008-09-15 11:12:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV |
08BEIRUT1359 | LEBANON: TELECOM MINISTER GUNG HO ON [...] (C) In a September 15 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Telecommunications Gebran Bassil, an ally of Michel Aoun in the March 8/Aoun opposition, said it would be wrong to discuss only the national defense strategy and the future of Hizballah's weapons at the National Dialogue without a [...] | 2008-09-16 15:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ECPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1383 | LEBANON: U.S. FINANCIAL CRISIS HAS NO IMPACT ON BANKING [...] (SBU) Central Bank of Lebanon (CBL) Governor Riad Salameh reportedly said that the banking and financial crisis in the U.S. will not have an impact on Lebanon's banking sector. A survey by the Banking Control Commission (BCC) showed that banks in Lebanon were not involved directly or indirectl [...] | 2008-09-22 13:11:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT1415 | LEBANON: ENERGY MINISTER NOT EAGER FOR PRIVATIZATION, [...] (U) At a two-day workshop on electricity in parliament on September 15-16, Minister of Energy and Water Tabourian said that the best option to solve electricity problems would be continuing state ownership of the power sector, which is of "strategic importance," and corporatization of national [...] | 2008-09-29 13:41:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT1427 | LEBANON: RESPONSE TO DESIGNATION OF NINE NAMES APPROVED [...] (SBU) Head of the Americas Desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Oussama Khachab orally informed us September 18 that Lebanon undertook the necessary measures regarding the nine names approved by 1267 Sanctions Committee (List 103). He indicated that "the Special Investigation Commissi [...] | 2008-10-02 12:17:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFTN EFIN PTER PREL PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT1428 | LEBANON: POLITICAL WILL MEANS USG'S CASH TRANSFER [...] (C) There are clear signs that the political will exists in Lebanon, perhaps for the first time in years, to carry out needed structural reforms in the telecommunications and electricity sectors. The relevant ministries are working hard to make the privatization of mobile telecom networks and [...] | 2008-10-02 13:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN ENRG ECPS LE |
08BEIRUT1445 | LEBANON: IMF TO ANNOUNCE NEW EPCA FOR LEBANON (ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) The IMF Emergency Post-Conflict Assistance (EPCA) team told us September 30 that the IMF will formally announce a new EPCA program for Lebanon during the Core Group Donors' meeting on the sidelines of the World Bank/IMF Annual meetings October 10-13 in Washington, D.C. The new EPCA progr [...] | 2008-10-06 07:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT1467 | LEBANON: HARIRI ADVISOR TELLS HALE SLEIMAN READY [...] (C) Saad Hariri's senior advisor Ghattas Khoury told visiting NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary David Hale that President Sleiman appeared unconcerned with recent Syrian troop movements in the north. Khoury said Sleiman told him that Syrian President Asad had no objection to the GOL acting again [...] | 2008-10-10 14:45:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ETRD LE |
08BEIRUT1475 | LEBANON: FIRST MADE IN AMERICA SHOW SINCE 2005 (ECONOMIC [...] (U) For the first time since 2005, the Embassy and FCS sponsored the Made in America exposition of American products October 9-11. Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General of the Foreign Commercial Service Israel Hernandez and U.S. Ambassador Michele Sison, along with Lebanese Minis [...] | 2008-10-14 15:03:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT1476 | LEBANON: TELECOM MINISTER ENTHUSIASTIC ON [...] (SBU) In an October 9 meeting with Commerce A/S Israel Hernandez and the Ambassador, Minister of Telecommunications Gebran Bassil inquired about the status of the two missing American journalists and talked about the significance of the case for Lebanon. He was enthusiastic about the Embassy [...] | 2008-10-14 16:19:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN EINV ECPS EINT EAID BEXP LE |
08BEIRUT1496 | LEBANON: REGULATOR SAYS BANKING SECTOR STRONG [...] (SBU) Boeing International Sales and Regional Directors, Edward Schacle and Anthony Arvish, met with Ambassador October 14 for an update on Boeing's interest in selling B787 to national aviation carrier Middle East Airlines (MEA),as well as to some private charter companies operating out of Be [...] | 2008-10-20 14:37:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT1523 | LEBANON: CHATAH SAYS GOVERNMENT UNITED ON ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) During a Paris III donor briefing on October 23, Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah stressed the current government's commitment to improving the standard of living of the Lebanese people by fostering an economic climate that encourages investment, creates jobs, and supports its people thro [...] | 2008-10-24 15:18:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT1529 | LEBANON: FINMIN: ALL PARTS OF GOVENMENT SUPPORT ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) During a Paris III donor briefing on October 23, Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah stressed the government's commitment to improving the standard of living of the Lebanese people by fostering an economic climate that encourages investment, creates jobs, and supports its people through stro [...] | 2008-10-25 02:36:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGO LE |
08BEIRUT1534 | LEBANON: UNSOPHISTICATED LEBANESE BANKING SECTOR NOT [...] (U) The Lebanese economy so far seems to have emerged unscathed from the international financial crisis. While part of the reason for its immunity to the crisis has been good banking oversight, it is actually the unsophisticated nature of the Lebanese banking sector, with its assets centered o [...] | 2008-10-28 15:56:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT1569 | LEBANON: GOL RESUMES COLLECTING GAS EXCISE TAX (ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) On October 30, the GOL resumed the collection of gasoline excise taxes, suspended while oil prices surged, following the recent fall in international oil prices. Because the tax fluctuates based on the price of oil, a continued price drop will bring in much needed additional revenues to [...] | 2008-11-03 15:04:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT1570 | LEBANON: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN TRIPOLI FACES [...] (SBU) Northern Lebanon, which is in dire need of economic development, has existing infrastructure that, if improved and utilized, could in time promote investment and create jobs. However, political roadblocks are delaying progress on current projects, particularly the expansion of Tripoli po [...] | 2008-11-03 15:54:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EINV EFIN ETRD LE |
08BEIRUT1605 | LEBANON: GOL APPROVES NEW EPCA (ECONOMIC WEEK IN REVIEW, [...] (SBU) On November 3, the cabinet approved the signing of the IMF's Emergency Post Conflict Assistance (EPCA) II program, and informed the IMF of this decision. During the cabinet session, Chatah also gave a presentation of the 2009 budget proposal, which will be discussed at a separate session [...] | 2008-11-10 07:55:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT1619 | LEBANON: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR STRESSES [...] (C) Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh stressed the Bank's efforts to comply with all international rules and banking regulations during his November 11 meeting with visiting Treasury Department Deputy Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis Howard Mendelsohn. He said that although m [...] | 2008-11-12 16:52:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN LE PTER |
08BEIRUT1627 | LEBANON: CHATAH DISCUSSES BUDGET, ECONOMIC REFORM WITH [...] (SBU) In a November 11 meeting with Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis Howard Mendelsohn, Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah said that despite differences between the U.S. and Lebanese definitions of terrorism, there is ample room for terror finance and anti-money l [...] | 2008-11-13 15:31:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT1630 | LEBANON: TELECOM PRIVATIZATION ON TRACK, BUT UNLIKELY [...] (SBU) In recent weeks, Embassy contacts have publicly and privately expressed doubts that the privatization of mobile telecom licenses can take place before the spring 2009 parliamentary elections. Most contacts blame poor market conditions following the international financial crisis for the [...] | 2008-11-14 09:28:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT1643 | LEBANON: CABINET REJECTS CONTRACT FOR FRENCH FIRM'S [...] (U) (U) On November 15, the cabinet rejected Minister of Telecommunications (MOT) Gebran Bassil's proposal to contract French company Sofrecom (100 percent owned by France Telecom) to manage one of the GOL-owned mobile companies until it is privatized later this year. Bassil's proposal came in [...] | 2008-11-17 16:21:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT1686 | LEBANON: FRANCE LOOSENS CONDITIONALITY ON SECOND TRANCHE [...] (SBU) On November 20, during French PM Frangois Fillon's visit to Beirut, France and Lebanon signed an amendment to the Paris III conditions for disbursement of French budgetary support. Lebanon has already received a 150 million euro loan for budgetary support under Paris III. The amendment [...] | 2008-11-26 11:53:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT1706 | LEBANON: PRESIDENT'S TRIP TO IRAN YIELDS NO NEW ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Arab nationalist As-Safir reported November 26 that during the visit to Iran of President Sleiman November 24-25, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said a joint Lebanese-Iranian ministerial commission will soon be set up to reinforce bilateral relations, revive previous agreements si [...] | 2008-12-01 08:43:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT1725 | LEBANON AND FINANCIAL CRISIS: IMF SAYS GOOD OVERSIGHT HAS [...] (U) In its first report on Lebanon since the onset of the global financial crisis, the IMF indicated that oversight by local supervisory authorities has so far shielded the banking system from direct impact of the crisis. It warned that the crisis could impact Lebanon through weakening conditi [...] | 2008-12-05 12:36:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT1763 | LEBANON: NEW SALARY MEASURES COULD BREAK THE BUDGET [...] (SBU) On December 11, a parliamentary committees approved a set of measures which, if implemented, will put a significant additional burden on state finances. While the measures still require approval by the full parliament, their passage would dramatically increase Lebanon's already huge budg [...] | 2008-12-16 15:15:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT1775 | LEBANON: USG CASH TRANSFER: IS GAS EXCISE TAX REFORM [...] (SBU) In a December 18 meeting with NEA DAS Hale and the Ambassador, Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah said he may want to retain the imposition of a gasoline excise tax as a condition for the disbursement of USG budget support pledged at Paris III, instead of replacing it with a reform of elect [...] | 2008-12-22 04:54:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT1787 | LEBANON: WITH DAS HALE, CHATAH SHARES THOUGHTS ON [...] (C) Joking that, in addition to his continued role as advisor to PM Siniora, he was "moonlighting" at the Ministry of Finance, Finance Minister Mohamad Chatah met with visiting NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) David Hale, Ambassador, visiting NEA Lebanon Desk Officer Matthew Irwin, and acti [...] | 2008-12-23 13:14:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN MASS IS LE SA QA RU |
08BEIRUT1798 | LEBANON: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR PROJECTS HIGHER DEFICIT AND [...] (U) In a televised interview on December 21, Central Bank of Lebanon (CBL) Governor Riad Salameh said the deficit will reach $2.66 billion in 2009, and will further grow by ten percent as a result of the recently approved salary increases in the public sector. He also indicated that inflation [...] | 2008-12-30 10:11:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT228 | LEBANON: FINMIN AZOUR - NAVIGATING BY RADAR; [...] (C) Summary: Finance Minister Azour, in his initial meeting with the Ambassador, outlined the economic situation at the end of 2007, and the challenges facing him in 2008. Last year was better than it might have been, but now security tensions are stalling the economy. Preventing economic col [...] | 2008-02-14 10:35:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PTER SA LE |
08BEIRUT268 | LEBANON: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR POINTS TO SLOW [...] (C) In a February 18 meeting, Lebanese Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh painted a picture for Charge Sison of a Lebanese economy hampered by slow growth and not keeping up with its neighbors. The GOL needs the continued financial support of other countries to cover its deficits. He would w [...] | 2008-02-19 15:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD EAIR PTER LE |
08BEIRUT269 | LEBANON: HADDAD STRESSES WTO ACCESSION, IPR [...] (C) Minister of Economy and Trade Sami Haddad told Charge Sison that in Lebanese-U.S. discussions of Lebanon's WTO accession, there were numerous U.S. questions about pharmaceutical issues on import regimes, without any indication of actual infringements. Haddad would like to see some compari [...] | 2008-02-19 15:44:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PTER LE |
08BEIRUT304 | LEBANON: SINIORA ON ARAB LEAGUE, REQUESTS TO ARAB [...] Action Request - see para 13. 2. SUMMARY. Informed by Charge that U.S. would ask Arab League and GCC capitals to support Lebanon ahead of the March 5-6 Arab League meeting and GCC Ministerial, Lebanese PM Fouad Siniora asked that the U.S. be more specific in describing the Lebanese politic [...] | 2008-02-26 19:34:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ENRG EAID CASC SY KV AL IZ |
08BEIRUT322 | LEBANON: ENERGY MINISTER VISITS SYRIA (ECONOMIC WEEK IN [...] (SBU) Acting Energy and Water Minister Safadi on February 23 attended the Arab Energy Ministers meeting in Damascus, hosted by Syrian PM Naji Ottari, to discuss the Arab gas pipeline project. Safadi also met on the sidelines with Syrian Minister of Electricity Ahmad Khaled Al-Ali to discuss the [...] | 2008-03-03 14:43:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT356 | LEBANON: SWAP OF MATURING EUROBONDS AND FRENCH SOFT LOAN [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Finance (MOF) on March 6 contracted with international financial institution Credit Suisse and local Audi Bank as lead managers in a new five-year Eurobond to refinance March 12 maturities amounting to $869 million, a senior MOF source told us. The coupon is estimated to [...] | 2008-03-10 05:25:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT393 | LEBANON: WILL LEBANON RECEIVE PROMISED NATURAL GAS? [...] (SBU) General Manager of the government-owned Tripoli and Zahrani (south Lebanon) Oil Installations Sarkis Hlaiss expressed skepticism that Lebanon will start receiving natural gas through the Arab gas pipeline this summer as announced by Acting Energy Minister Safadi on February 27. Hlaiss to [...] | 2008-03-17 14:27:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT418 | LEBANON: IMF SEES POSITIVE OUTLOOK FOR 2008 DESPITE [...] (SBU) IMF resident representative Edward Gardner told us on March 18 that the outlook for 2008 looks positive even if the political situation remains unresolved, forecasting two to four percent GDP growth, continuing rise in deposit inflows, and a small drop in the debt to GDP ratio. On the fi [...] | 2008-03-25 14:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT448 | LEBANON: MOBILE PRIVATIZATION DELAYED (ECONOMIC WEEK IN [...] (SBU) Senior contacts at the Ministry of Telecommunications (MOT) and the Higher Council for Privatization (HCP) told us on March 28 that mobile privatization will be delayed. The deadlines for submitting bids and for conducting the auction for the sale of Lebanon's two mobile companies expire [...] | 2008-03-31 13:42:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT472 | LEBANON: RECONSTRUCTION CONTINUES TO REPAIR 2006 [...] (U) The GOL and some Arab donors continue to pay beneficiaries compensation to rebuild houses destroyed or damaged in the July 2006 war, but the GOL needs additional funds to complete the process. The opposition has continuously attacked the GOL regarding disbursement of compensation, and even [...] | 2008-04-07 04:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN PREL PGOV PARM MNUC LE |
08BEIRUT478 | LEBANON: LABOR STRIKES AND NEW TAX ON SYRIAN BORDER AFFECT [...] (U) The Teachers' Union (including public, private and technical school teachers, and Lebanese University professors) held a "warning" strike on April 3 demanding higher wages, citing dramatic increases in the cost of living. Teachers' wages have been unchanged since 1996. Organizers stressed [...] | 2008-04-07 12:39:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT499 | LEBANON: MEA CHAIRMAN FEARS AIRORT COULD FALL INTO [...] (C) The GOL is bidding out the operations and maintenance contract at Beirut International Airport (BIA). The chairman of national carrier Middle East Airlines (MEA),which also owns the company that currently has the operations and maintenance contract, says that the Kuwaiti Khurafi group co [...] | 2008-04-11 09:11:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN PREL PGOV PARM MNUC LE |
08BEIRUT508 | LEBANON: CENTRAL BANK FOREIGN ASSETS INCREASE BY EIGHT [...] (U) The Central Bank of Lebanon (CBL) balance sheet reached $34.48 billion at the end of March 2008, compared to $32.3 billion at the end of 2007 -- an increase of 6.7 percent. Assets in foreign currencies increased by eight percent in the first quarter of 2008, and reached $13.39 billion, up [...] | 2008-04-14 09:54:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT538 | LEBANON: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GROUP ASKS USTR TO UPGRADE [...] (U) The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) asked The United States Trade Representative (USTR) to upgrade Lebanon from the Priority Watch List to the Watch List. The IIPA attributed its recommendation to the fact that anti-piracy efforts by the Lebanese authorities have shown [...] | 2008-04-21 11:37:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT564 | LEBANON: AZOUR WORKING WITH IMF ON BENCHMARKS [...] (C) Summary: Finance Minister Azour and his team will be developing benchmarks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the new Emergency Post-Conflict Assistance (EPCA) program during the IMF staff visit to Beirut the week of April 28. Based on PM Siniora's objectives, Azour will also [...] | 2008-04-24 07:17:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EINV EFIN ELAB LE |
08BEIRUT572 | LEBANON: IMF MISSION TO DISCUSS NEW EPCA PROGRAM; ILLEGAL [...] (SBU) An International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation is expected to arrive in Beirut on April 29 for a two-week visit to discuss a new Emergency Post-Conflict Assistance (EPCA) program for Lebanon, Finance Minister Jihad Azour told Charge on April 23. The mission will discuss and negotiate wi [...] | 2008-04-28 09:13:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT581 | LEBANON: BANKERS VALUE U.S. ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON [...] (SBU) Senior officials from a cross-section of Lebanese banks told Charge that USG financial assistance, especially where it shows confidence in the banking system, is critical. OPIC loans, managed by Citibank, of $108 in early 2007 and $153 in 2008, are popular with the banks and the borrower [...] | 2008-04-30 11:36:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN ENIV PGOV SY SA LE |
08BEIRUT609 | LEBANON: PRESSURE TO RAISE MINIMUM WAGE AND MAY 7 STRIKE; [...] (U) Sources in the Finance Ministry expect the Lebanese cabinet on 05/05 to approve an increase in the minimum monthly salary (currently $200/month) of $100-130, of which part will be transportation allowance, according to moderate anti-Syrian An-Nahar. An-Nahar indicated that the GOL will als [...] | 2008-05-05 13:51:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT670 | LEBANON: WITH BEIRUT AIRPORT BLOCKED, NORTHERN [...] (C) Summary: With the access routes to Beirut International Airport (BIA) blocked by Hizballah barricades and no flights operating since May 7, Minister of Transport Safadi said the northern airport, Kleyate, is operational during daylight hours. The Kleyate airport needs upgrades, such as ai [...] | 2008-05-12 22:32:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EFIN PTER PINR ASEC UNSC SA IR LE |
08BEIRUT686 | LEBANON: AS BACKUP, KLEYATE AIRPORT REQUIRES US [...] (C) Summary: USG support will be required to make the northern Kleyate Airport viable for commercial flights. Request DOS and DOD/OSD feedback on possibility of either Paris III funds or Section 1206 or Section 1210 of the 2006 National Defence Authorization Act funding. With the Beirut Inter [...] | 2008-05-14 15:33:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EFIN PTER PINR MASS ASEC UNSC SA IR LE |
08BEIRUT722 | LEBANON: ECONOMY DEMONSTRATES RESILIENCE (ECONOMIC WEEK IN [...] (U) Following the endorsement of the Arab Ministerial Committee agreement by all political leaders on May 15, all roads that were blocked since May 7 immediately reopened, including the road leading to Beirut International Airport (BIA) and the Masna (Biqa') border crossing; national and intern [...] | 2008-05-19 13:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT746 | LEBANON: RESIGNED MINSTER OF HEALTH CONTINUES [...] (C) "Resigned" yet still-active Minister of Health (MOH) Mohammed Khalifeh described the reforms he has undertaken at the Ministry since assuming office in 2005. Although he resigned in November 2006 when five Shia ministers left the Siniora cabinet, he told Charge that he continues to push [...] | 2008-05-22 14:24:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON EFIN EAID LE |
08BEIRUT747 | LEBANON: STOCKS SOAR ON NEWS OF POLITICAL SOLUTION [...] (SBU) Prices of Lebanese stocks soared on the Beirut Stock Exchange (BSE) on May 21 and 22 after Lebanese political leaders reached an agreement in Doha. Real estate consortium Solidere and some bank shares reached the exchange-mandated percentage limits on how much share prices may increase. [...] | 2008-05-22 15:31:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT772 | LEBANON: STOCKS SOAR/INVESTMENTS PICK UP FOLLOWING [...] (SBU) Prices of Lebanese stocks soared on the Beirut Stock Exchange (BSE) on May 21 and 22 after Lebanese political leaders reached an agreement in Doha. Real estate consortium Solidere and some bank shares reached the BSE cap on daily price fluctuations. The market saw some profit-taking on M [...] | 2008-05-27 12:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT809 | LEBANON: BEIRUT STOCK EXCHANGE 101: PRESIDENT [...] (C) President of the Beirut Stock Exchange Dr. Fadi Khalaf explained that although by law investors cannot hold more than ten percent of any company's shares, secrecy laws prevent disclosure of who buys and sells. Rumors are that shares are held by front-men or institutions for unnamed inves [...] | 2008-05-30 13:43:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC EINV EFIN ELAB PGOV PINR LE |
08BEIRUT810 | LEBANON: TELECOM BENCHMARK VITAL FOR GOL REFORM [...] (C) Both Telecommunications Regulatory Authority Chairman Dr. Kamal Shehadi, and Ziad Hayek, Chairman of the Higher Council for Privatization urged the USG to keep the Paris III benchmark related to the sale of the mobile telecom licenses in order to keep pressure on the GOL to achieve promise [...] | 2008-05-30 13:44:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EINV EAIR EFIN ELAB LE |
08BEIRUT819 | LEBANON: STOCK MARKET BEGINS CORRECTION PHASE, TOURIST [...] (SBU) The prices of listed shares on the Beirut Stock Exchange (BSE) started to drop the beginning of the week of May 26, due to technical factors and some profit taking, BSE president Dr. Fadi Khalaf told us on May 28. Khalaf explained that the market is in "a correction phase," after the sub [...] | 2008-06-02 15:51:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT858 | LEBANON: MOBILE TELECOM PRIVATIZATION ADVOCATES [...] (C) The Chairman of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) and the SYG of the Higher Council for Privatization (HPC),both advocates for telecom privatization in Lebanon, strongly recommend retaining the Paris III benchmark of sale of the mobile telecom licenses. Arguing that "poli [...] | 2008-06-06 17:44:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EINV EAIR EFIN ELAB LE |
08BEIRUT860 | LEBANON: FINANCE MINISTRY SHARES POSSIBLE [...] (C) Discussions between the GOL and the International Monetary Fund on possible new benchmarks are proceeding slowly. The Ministry of Finance has submitted to us a list of possible triggers for disbursement of U.S. assistance, some of which are already complete. The list does not include one [...] | 2008-06-06 18:34:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EINV EAIR EFIN ELAB LE |
08BEIRUT861 | LEBANON: LABOR CONFEDERATION IN HIZBALLAH'S GRIP (ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) According to a long-time employee at the General Labor Confederation (GLC),Hizballah has been exerting almost full control over the GLC for the last three years. The GLC has totally ignored labor demands, and has been transformed into a political tool which Hizballah uses against the GO [...] | 2008-06-09 05:10:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT896 | LEBANON: SEVERE POWER CUTS AND INCREASED GAS AND [...] (U) It is expected that power outages will be reduced in frequency after Finance Minister Azour approved opening $140 million Letters of Credit for fuel imports for national power utility Electricite du Liban (EDL). Azour indicated that EDL is using power cuts to put pressure on the GOL and Tr [...] | 2008-06-16 05:00:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT921 | LEBANON: CENTRAL BANK FOREIGN CURRENCY ASSETS REACH RECORD [...] (U) The Central Bank of Lebanon (CBL) mid-June balance sheet showed that CBL foreign currency assets rose by about $188.15 million from end May, reaching a record high $14.66 billion. This is mostly attributed to increased commercial banks' deposits with the CBL, as well as CBL intervention in [...] | 2008-06-23 11:29:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT944 | LEBANON: INCREASE IN FLOUR SUBSIDIES FORCE BAKERIES TO [...] (U) Following a unilateral decision by the Union of Bakeries on June 25 to increase the price of Arabic flat bread -- without consulting the Ministry of Economy and Trade (MOET) -- from $1 to $1.3, the union retracted its decision on June 26, after the Ministry decided to further increase its s [...] | 2008-06-30 04:58:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT973 | LEBANON: SYRIA NOT IN A RUSH TO PROVIDE LEBANON WITH [...] (SBU) Advisor to Acting Minister of Energy and Water (MEW) Mohammed Safadi, Raymond Ghajar, told us on July 3 that Lebanon will not receive Egyptian natural gas to run the Beddawi power plant (northern Lebanon) as anticipated in June/July because the infrastructure between Syria and Lebanon's n [...] | 2008-07-03 14:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
08BEIRUT974 | LEBANON TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF MEMBERS OF ABU [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-03 14:33:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFTN EFIN PTER PREL PGOV LE |
08BELGRADE1036 | SERBIA: FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-03 14:58:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PREL UN SR |
08BELGRADE1062 | Serbia Affected by the Worldwide Financial Crisis [...] At an October 7 conference about the effects of the world financial crisis on Serbia, speakers from the government, Central Bank and commercial banks concluded that loans in Serbia would get more expensive, but that banking sector in Serbia had significant reserves and thus was more resistant [...] | 2008-10-14 14:46:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN SR |
08BELGRADE1100 | SERBIA AND THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT - [...] One year after Serbia ratified the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) Serbian trade with its regional partners is expanding, but Serbian integration into a regional market is still far from a reality. CEFTA's founders envisaged the elimination of all trade barriers and the formatio [...] | 2008-10-23 13:29:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD EFIN SR |
08BELGRADE1101 | Serbia: January-August Macro Results - Waiting for the [...] Serbian macroeconomic indicators through August of this year show the first signs of the global slowdown that is beginning to hit Serbia. Import growth slowed but continued to grow faster than exports, widening the trade deficit. Local economists warn that the deficit threatens balance of pa [...] | 2008-10-24 05:16:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN SR |
08BELGRADE1158 | SERBIA: 2008 BUDGET REBALANCE ADOPTED [...] The Serbian Parliament adopted a rebalanced 2008 budget on November 4, with 127 to 17, with 9 abstentions. The rebalance adjusted for higher than projected 2008 revenues and expenditures, and changed government priorities from the government formed in July. Revenues and expenditures are up b [...] | 2008-11-07 15:17:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD EFIN SR |
08BELGRADE1175 | SERBIA AND THE IMF REACH AGREEMENT ON A STAND-BY [...] (U) Serbian Government announced on November 14 an agreement with the IMF on a new 15-month $516 million Stand-By Arrangement. The Finance Minister highlighted that the arrangement was a stand-by arrangement and that Serbia would withdraw funds "only if needed." She also announced a cut in pub [...] | 2008-11-14 14:49:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EFIN SR |
08BELGRADE1201 | SERBIA: 2008-2009 INCSR II ON MONEY LAUNDERING [...] Reftel requested post update for Serbia on efforts to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. Serbia is upholding its international commitments to eliminate money laundering and terrorist financing. END SUMMARY. BEGIN INCSR II TEXT Serbia: Not a Financial Center -------------- [...] | 2008-11-21 14:07:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR SR |
08BELGRADE1226 | SERBIA: STILL NO GRAND ECONOMIC STRATEGY [...] (SBU) Serbia has so far escaped the worst of the initial effects of the global financial crisis. The economy is slowing and the government faces a difficult 2009 with declining revenues, a sharp slowdown in economic growth, increasing spending demands from the diverse government coalition and [...] | 2008-12-01 06:57:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EFIN SR |
08BELGRADE1262 | SERBIA: GOVERNMENT ADOPTS 2009 BUDGET DRAFT [...] On Saturday, December 6, the Serbian government adopted its 2009 budget proposal and forwarded it to the Parliament after delays due to disputes among ministers over resources. The government managed to meet the IMF deadline - the December 19 IMF Board vote on the Stand-By Arrangement with Se [...] | 2008-12-09 15:26:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD EFIN SR |
08BELGRADE1300 | SERBIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Serbia's law enforcement and security agencies, particularly the Customs Administration, Criminal Police, Border Police, Security Information Agency, and other security services, greatly increased bilateral counterterrorism cooperation since the July formation of the new government. Intra-g [...] | 2008-12-16 08:26:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR SR |
08BELGRADE1302 | SERBIA: GAZPROM NIS PURCHASE CONTINUES TO DIVIDE SERBIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-17 05:58:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EFIN SR |
08BELGRADE1303 | SERBIA: GOVERNMENT REIGNS IN EXECUTIVE SALARIES AT STATE [...] The Serbian government recommended a cap on state-owned companies (SOC) managing board members' salaries and the public disclosure of SOC executive salaries in response to two high profile scandals in which general managers of SOCs received high salaries and bonuses. On November 6, the govern [...] | 2008-12-17 05:58:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD EFIN SR |
08BELGRADE1333 | SERBIA: ALMOST A DONE DEAL - TADIC AND MEDVEDEV TO SIGN [...] The Serbian government announced that on December 24 in Moscow, a Serbian delegation headed by President Boris Tadic and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev would officially sign three separate contracts to sell Serbian state owned oil company NIS to Russian Gazprom, construct the South Stream p [...] | 2008-12-29 06:51:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EFIN SR |
08BELGRADE155 | SERBIA: DESPITE GOVERNMENT CRISIS SERBIA FINALIZES MINING [...] (U) While the Serbian Government spent the week largely paralyzed due to Prime Minister Kostunica's (DSS) refusal to call a government session, on February 7 a conference call among ministers approved the privatization sale of mining firm RTB Bor to Austrian A-Tec. The government needed to ap [...] | 2008-02-08 16:27:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV SR |
08BELGRADE216 | SERBIAN ECONOMISTS WORRIED OVER FUTURE--AS WELL THEY SHOULD [...] The most prominent Serbian economists, business and economic leaders, and some government officials expressed concern about the country's economic future at the traditional winter conference of the Association of Economists of Serbia. A majority of the participants criticized the slowdown of [...] | 2008-03-11 09:35:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN SR |
08BELGRADE365 | GOS CANCELS RTB BOR SALE TO THE AUSTRIANS [...] Serbia's caretaker government, on April 10, voted to cancel the sale of copper mining company and smelting RTB Bor to Austrian company A-Tec even after the Austrian government pledged financial backing. The decision came one day after a government steering committee of G17 and DS ministers r [...] | 2008-04-10 16:06:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV SR |
08BELGRADE455 | THE SERBIAN RADICAL PARTY'S ECONOMIC AGENDA [...] (SBU) As the Serbian election campaign wraps up, the Radical party is trying to reassure international investors that they should not fear a Radical-led government. Party leader Nikolic delivered that message to international media, but undercut his own message by reiterating Radical skeptici [...] | 2008-05-08 15:12:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV SR |
08BELGRADE469 | SERBIA: MARKETS APPLAUD ELECTION RESULTS [...] The Belgrade Stock Exchange reacted to the surprisingly wide Democratic Party coalition electoral margin over the second-ranked Radicals in the May 11 parliamentary elections with a record jump of 12.93% in primary shares index. Brokers claim they "can not respond to such a huge number of pur [...] | 2008-05-12 18:21:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN SR |
08BELGRADE51 | SERBIA: CORPORATE SHARE GIVE AWAY - GOOD ECONOMICS? GOOD [...] On December 26, the Serbian Parliament approved a law on the free distribution of shares of privatized and soon to be privatized companies to Serbian citizens. The law was approved less than two months after Economy and Regional Development Minister Dinkic first proposed it. The law started [...] | 2008-01-11 16:07:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KPRV SR |
08BELGRADE793 | SERBIA: OBSTACLES TO FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT [...] During a series of meetings, business representatives, local analysts, and government officials told us significant impediments remained to foreign direct investment (FDI) in Serbia. All observers highlighted political instability and the difficulty in obtaining permits for construction on ur [...] | 2008-08-05 13:08:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN SR MW |
08BELGRADE840 | SERBIA: FINANCIAL VULNERABILITIES RISING [...] With a large and growing current account deficit estimated at almost 20% of GDP in the second quarter of 2008, Serbia's financial vulnerabilities are on the rise. Increasing levels of external corporate borrowing and a strengthening dinar are raising concerns about medium-term sustainability [...] | 2008-08-19 11:16:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN SR MW |
08BELGRADE864 | COMPLETING SERBIA'S MAJOR INTERNATIONAL HIGHWAYS - CORRIDOR [...] The Serbian government has said that it would need approximately $2.6 billion to finish Corridor 10, the Pan-European transportation network passing through Serbia. The goal of the new government is to complete Corridor 10 in two to three years with assistance from international financial ins [...] | 2008-08-26 10:55:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN SR |
08BELGRADE892 | SERBIA: PRIVATIZATION AND CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING MOVING [...] On August 28, the Embassy met with Branislav Zec, Executive Director of Serbia's Privatization Agency (PA). He offered details into the PA's handling of the privatization and restructuring process for the more than 800 small and medium-sized public enterprises remaining in Serbia. These firm [...] | 2008-09-02 14:00:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV SR |
08BELGRADE950 | SERBIA: PRIVATE BANKS SHARE VIEWS ON FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Executives from Serbia's major private banks met with Embassy econoffs on September 4-5 to discuss the country's financial vulnerabilities and overall business climate. The banks voiced strong concerns about Serbia's current account deficit but expressed confidence about continued exter [...] | 2008-09-11 15:44:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV SR |
08BELGRADE966 | ENERGY DEAL WITH RUSSIA RATIFIED - DEAL OR NO DEAL? [...] (U) On September 9 the Serbian Parliament voted 214 to 18 to approve the energy framework agreement with Russia that includes the sale of state oil firm NIS to Gazprom. Ratification of the deal received nearly unanimous support from all sides in the deal. With the framework agreement ratified [...] | 2008-09-16 05:23:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EFIN SR |
08BELMOPAN130 | BELIZE'S MISSING VENEZUELAN MILLIONS [...] (U) On December 28, 2007, the Government of Belize received a US $10.0 million grant from the Government of Venezuela. The money was earmarked for home investment, social projects, and a new sporting complex in Belize City. The outgoing government went on a spending spree and disbursed the en [...] | 2008-03-05 17:43:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV PREL BH |
08BELMOPAN163 | BELIZE DEMANDS RETURN OF FOREIGN GRANTS [...] (U) Summary. The newly elected government of Belize recently discovered that Venezuela and Taiwan had each granted US$10 million to the GOB. While ostensibly for housing construction and social programs, the funds were diverted by the previous Prime Minister to the privately held Belize Bank t [...] | 2008-03-19 15:23:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EFIN PREL PINR BH |
08BELMOPAN29 | BELIZE: VENEZUELAN CASH MAKES AN IMPACT ON THE ELECTION [...] (U) The ruling People's United Party (PUP) is putting a US$10 million grant from Venezuela to work quickly in the runup to elections called for February 7. Although the grant was first announced in the summer of 2007 (ref A),the funds were received less than two weeks ago, around the time o [...] | 2008-01-18 16:16:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN BH |
08BELMOPAN323 | (U) BELIZE: PM PUSHES WINDFALL PROFITS TAX FOR OIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: A windfall profits tax on oil production is coming to Belize. The only questions are how much of a bite it will take and how much of a disincentive it will be to U.S. investors. While the Prime Minister and government say they are consulting and taking industry concerns into [...] | 2008-07-09 21:52:00 | Embassy Belmopan | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EFIN ENRG PREL EINV BH |
08BELMOPAN336 | WINDFALL PROFITS TAX ON BELIZE'S OIL INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) Summary: After months of difficult negotiations, on July 16, the GOB introduced a new windfall profits tax (aka petroleum surcharge) on the country's current and future domestic oil producers. Belize Natural Energy Ltd. (BNE) received a special arrangement on current production, accoun [...] | 2008-07-23 21:50:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENGR EPET PREL EINV |
08BELMOPAN343 | GOB STILL "IMAGINING THE POSSIBILITIES" IN THE BUDGET [...] (U) On July 14 2008, Prime Minister Dean Barrow presented the national budget for FY 2008/2009 budget. It is a relatively balanced budget of US$412.4 million, up by 12.2% over last year's revised figure of US$367.7 million. Much of the increase results from capital III expenditures aimed at p [...] | 2008-07-24 20:59:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV |
08BELMOPAN376 | BELIZE DEMARCHES DELIVERED: IRANIAN ENTITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-22 22:05:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN BH |
08BELMOPAN537 | BELIZE DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRANIAN ENTITIES DESIGNATION [...] Per reftel, designation information for Assa Corp. and Assa Co. Ltd. and associated press releases were delivered to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief Executive Officer Alexis Rosado, the Governor of the Central Bank Glenford Ysaguirre, and the Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit Ge [...] | 2008-12-30 17:32:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EFIN PARM IR BH |
08BERLIN1038 | GERMAN GOVERNMENT HOLDING FAST ON IRANIAN [...] (S) Summary: German Economic Ministry officials asserted Germany's preference for specific, targeted sanctions against Iran but admitted the Ministry continues to struggle with the conflicting twin goals of pressuring Iran economically and answering the demands of their domestic business con [...] | 2008-07-30 10:57:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ECON EFIN EINV ETTC KNNP PINR PREL IR |
08BERLIN1048 | GONO DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GERMANS - NO OBJECTION [...] (SBU) EconOff delivered reftel demarche to German Ministry of Foreign Affairs representatives Julian Luebbert, Desk Officer, International Economic and Financial Policy and Antje Haeusler, Southern Africa Division. Both officers expressed appreciation for the informaton. They stated that t [...] | 2008-07-31 17:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC ZI |
08BERLIN1114 | GERMAN MFA PROMOTES EU'S COMMON POSITION ON UNSCR [...] (C) Summary: German Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) contacts tout the EU's recently adopted Common Position (CP) as going beyond UNSCR 1803 and expect quick adoption of the CP's required annexes. End Summary. 2. (C) Econoff met with Julian Luebbert, German MFA Desk Officer for Iran Fin [...] | 2008-08-13 15:31:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON KNNP PARM PGOV PREL MNUC IR GM |
08BERLIN1115 | GERMAN MFA PROMOTES EU'S COMMON POSITION ON UNSCR [...] (C) Summary: German Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) contacts tout the EU's recently adopted Common Position (CP) as going beyond UNSCR 1803 and expect quick adoption of the CP's required annexes. End Summary. 2. (C) Econoff met with Julian Luebbert, German MFA Desk Officer for Iran Fin [...] | 2008-08-13 15:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON KNNP PARM PGOV PREL MNUC IR GM |
08BERLIN1127 | GERMANY'S RESPONSE TO IRANIAN - SYRIAN BANKING [...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel non-paper to Julian Luebbert, German Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Desk Officer responsible for Iran Financial Sanctions; Andreas Krueger, Head of the MFA Iran Unit, and Stefan Bantle, Syria Desk Officer at MFA. Econoff also delivered reftel non-paper to Kri [...] | 2008-08-15 10:50:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ECON EFIN KNNP PARM PTER PINR SY IR GM |
08BERLIN1150 | G-7 STATEMENT ON GEORGIA: GERMAN FINANCE MINISTRY AWAITS SIGNAL FROM CHANCELLERY AND MFA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-19 12:08:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL PGOV GG GM |
08BERLIN1171 | GERMAN GOVERNMENT NOTIFIED OF DESIGNATION OF [...] (SBU) Emboffs delivered reftel non-paper to relevant MFA and Finance Ministry contacts. Julian Luebbert, German MFA Desk Officer responsible for Iran Financial Sanctions, told EconOff that Germany has already designated these entities. In a separate conversation, MFA Iran Unit Chief Andreas [...] | 2008-08-21 15:39:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN IR GM |
08BERLIN1272 | GERMANY'S RESPONSE TO IRCG-AFFILIATED SHOPPING TRIP [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-16 13:40:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | KNNP MUNC IR PREL PARM EFIN UK IS FR GM |
08BERLIN1309 | MERKEL,STEINBRUECK STAND UP FOR BALANCED BUDGET [...] Summary: On September 16, against a backdrop of the global financial crisis and increasing demands for domestic spending, Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck (SPD) introduced an FY 2009 budget of 288.4 billion Euros -- the Grand Coalition's third and last joint budget prior to the national elect [...] | 2008-09-23 07:59:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PREL PGOV ECON GM |
08BERLIN1323 | GERMANY'S INTERIM RESPONSE ON ENGAGING CHINA ON [...] (S) EMIN met with Ruediger von Fritsch, German Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for Economic Affairs and provided reftel non-paper. The Ministry's Export Control Division subsequently contacted Econoff. The Director of Export Controls, Goetz Lingenthal, said the MFA and other age [...] | 2008-09-25 07:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ECON EFIN KNNP PARM PTER PINR IR GM |
08BERLIN1349 | GERMANY RELUCTANT TO IMPEDE ZIMBABWE'S ACCESS TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-30 12:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV ASEC ZI GM |
08BERLIN1361 | GERMANY RESPONSE TO U.S. DESIGNATION OF IRISL [...] (S) Germany will deal with IRISL multilaterally, through the EU's implementation of the Common Position on UN Security Council Resolution 1803. Econoff met with Economics Ministry Office Director Martin Lutz and provided reftel points. Lutz stated that the final EU implementation of UNSCR 1 [...] | 2008-10-02 13:54:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ECON EFIN ETRD PARM KNNP EUN EWWT PREL IR GM |
08BERLIN1389 | THE VIEW FROM BERLIN: NO EUROPE-WIDE BAILOUT BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a meeting with Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Robert Kimmitt on October 9, Thomas de Maiziere, Head of the Federal Chancellery, signaled the possibility of greater European coordination following the upcoming EU summit. The Chancellery is critical of the way the UK and Ir [...] | 2008-10-14 05:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON GM |
08BERLIN1399 | GERMANS DISCUSS FINANCIAL CRISIS, INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. State Secretary Dr. Bernd Pfaffenbach of the Ministry of Economics told Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Robert Kimmitt on October 10 that although Germans are alarmed by the ongoing financial turbulence, the country is relatively well positioned to ride out the storm. A fisca [...] | 2008-10-15 15:34:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON GM |
08BERLIN1414 | GERMAN FINANCIAL BAILOUT APPROVED [...] SUMMARY. Despite concerns raised by some of Germany's states regarding the division of cost between the federal and state government, the German Parliament today approved legislation to shore up the country's ailing financial system. Business leaders and economists applauded the development. [...] | 2008-10-20 05:56:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ELAB GM |
08BERLIN1417 | GERMANY WELCOMES INFORMATION ON MAYROW TRADING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-20 10:29:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MUNC PREL PARM EFIN IR GM |
08BERLIN1468 | READ OUT OF TREASURY U/S LEVEY'S VISIT TO GERMANY [...] (S) SUMMARY During meetings with a comprehensive slate of senior Chancellery and Finance, Economic and Foreign Ministry officials on September 11, 2008, U/S Levey focused on three main topics: 1) The recent U.S. designation of IRISL as a proliferation-related entity using deceptive financial [...] | 2008-10-30 08:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | EFIN PRELM IR GM |
08BERLIN1474 | GERMANY'S RESPONSE TO U.S. MEASURES ON EDBI / EIHB [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY. In response to ref A, German Ministry of Finance officials stated there are no clear facts to connect Europaisich-Iranische Handelsbank AG (EIHB) to the Export Development Bank of Iran (EDBI) and that, further, Germany [...] | 2008-10-30 17:23:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MUNC PREL PARM EFIN IR GM |
08BERLIN1511 | MERKEL IN CHINA SEEKS RESOLVE IN HANDING FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Much of Chancellor Merkel's October 23-25 visit to Beijing to attend the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) focused on the financial crisis, according to Chancellery advisors Ludger Siemes (Bilateral Relations to the Near and Middle East, Africa, Asia and Latin America) and Petra Sigmu [...] | 2008-11-05 13:55:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM EFIN ECON CH GM IN PK |
08BERLIN1538 | GERMANY GOES INTO RECESSION, SMALL STIMULUS ON THE WAY [...] SUMMARY. Germany has slid into recession, and major indicators point to a further deterioration. There are few signs of a turnaround in 2009. As manufacturing orders dry up and industrial output sputters, German companies are bracing for a rough ride. Despite the negative trends, however, s [...] | 2008-11-14 12:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON GM |
08BERLIN1561 | "YES WE CEM": GREENS ELECT GERMANY'S FIRST ETHNIC [...] (SBU) Summary: The Greens elected pragmatic Cem Oezdemir party co-chair -- Germany's first ethnic Turkish national party leader -- during its November 14-16 party convention and sought to jump-start its sagging polls with a "Green New Deal" combining financial market reforms with investment in [...] | 2008-11-19 11:43:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG PGOV PREL AF GM |
08BERLIN1564 | GERMANY SEES FATF LEVERAGE WITHIN G-20 CONTEXT; [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-20 10:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL EFIN KNNP IR CG |
08BERLIN1569 | GERMAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON [...] On November 20, Econoff met with Peter Silberberg, Head of Division, and Dr. Reinhard Hassenpflug, Deputy Head of Division, of the MFA's Economic and Development Affairs of the UN Division, to seek Germany's support for U.S. priorities with regard to the outcome of the Financing for Developme [...] | 2008-11-21 12:33:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN GM UNGA |
08BERLIN1605 | GERMAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON PAKISTAN DONORS [...] On December 1, Econoff met with Gudrun Sraega, Head of Division, South Asia, Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to encourage German participation in the proposed December 16 Pakistan Donors Conference in New York (ref A). Other than a recent inquiry by the Japanese, Sraega said she had not b [...] | 2008-12-02 10:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL GM PK |
08BERLIN161 | STEINBRUECK CALLS FOR TIGHTER BANKING [...] SUMMARY: For months, German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck (SPD) refrained from commenting on the sub-prime mortgage crisis in the U.S. and possible measures to prevent similar turbulences in the future. Now, in the week leading up to the G-7 Finance Minister meeting in Tokyo he finally br [...] | 2008-02-11 08:55:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV ETRD PREL PGOV GM |
08BERLIN1652 | TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF [...] (SBU) EconOff delivered reftel demarche to the German Ministries of Finance, Economics, and Foreign Affairs regarding the U.S. designation of the Saudi Arabia-based Union of Good organization as a supporter of terror and encouraged the ministries to pursue similar measures. None of our Germa [...] | 2008-12-11 15:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR KWBG KPAL IS |
08BERLIN1656 | GERMANY WELCOMES OFAC PAPER ON BURMA SANCTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the EU mulls its Common Position against Burma/Myanmar, Germany welcomed reftel information as a means of improving the effectiveness of EU sanctions against Burma. During the week of December 1, EconOff delivered the OFAC Burma sanctions paper to the German Ministries of F [...] | 2008-12-11 17:05:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM EU GM |
08BERLIN1660 | IRAN: MFA SAYS GERMANY SHIFTS POSITION, SUPPORTS [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a significant change of position on Iran sanctions, a senior German MFA official told CDA December 11 that senior MFA officials had decided that Germany would support a much stronger application of new sanctions (including on banks) against Iran at a December 17 experts-leve [...] | 2008-12-12 12:46:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PREL KNNP MNUC EFIN PGOV GM IR EU |
08BERLIN1685 | THE GERMAN CREDIT CRISIS: HOW BAD IS IT? [...] SUMMARY. German businesses and banks are debating whether or not there is a credit crisis in Germany. There is no shortage of anecdotes about companies facing credit constraints. The picture is in fact mixed: many large, industrial firms are having problems securing credit at reasonable pri [...] | 2008-12-19 09:31:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL GM |
08BERLIN1702 | GERMAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON ASSISTANCE TO [...] (SBU) On December 22, 2008, Econoff spoke with Christiane Botschen, Deputy Head of Division for Mexico, Central America & Caribbean, German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to urge host country suspension of assistance to Nicaragua following the fraudulent November 9 municipal elections. Having f [...] | 2008-12-22 14:14:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID PREL UNGA NU GM |
08BERLIN1720 | IRAN: GERMANY WELCOMES INFO ON ASSA CORP, EU MAY [...] (C) Germany's Ministry of Finance welcomed the information contained in reftel and the related press releases detailing Assa Corporation's actions as a front for Bank Melli's activities in the U.S. Finance Ministry Office Director Michael Findeisen was previously unaware of Assa's designation [...] | 2008-12-30 09:26:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | KNNP EFIN PARM IR GM |
08BERLIN211 | IRAN - GERMAN FINANCE MINISTRY SUPPORTS LISTING BANK MELLI, BUT REMAINS SKEPTICAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-20 17:53:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ECON EFIN ETRD EU GM IR KNNP MNUC PARM PREL |
08BERLIN224 | GERMAN TAX DRAGNET EXPANDS AMID GROWING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The highly publicized raids by German law enforcement officials on Germany's rich and powerful in the ongoing tax evasion investigation threatens to ensnare hundreds of prominent citizens. It has also ignited a heated public debate on Germany's moral fabric and its ability to ma [...] | 2008-02-22 16:58:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL PGOV GM |
08BERLIN333 | GERMANY/IRAN - EXPORTERS AND BANKS "DOING THEIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: German exporters and banks have responded to Government pressure to curtail Iran-related business by exercising extreme vigilance on new contracts, stepping up due diligence, and requesting licensing-related guidance from Government regulators at record levels. German firms' a [...] | 2008-03-14 15:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD EPET ETTC KNNP PREL IR GM |
08BERLIN404 | PRELIMINARY RESPONSE - REQUEST FOR IDENTIFIER AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-01 10:03:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | EFIN KNNP PARM IR GM |
08BERLIN405 | GERMANY ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FINANCIAL [...] (S) EconOff delivered ref A-C demarches during the week of March 24 to MFA International Economic Policy Officer Claudia Schuett, Economics Ministry Foreign Trade Law Division Desk Officer Ernst Roeder-Messell, and Finance Ministry Terrorism Finance and Financial Crimes Division Director Michae [...] | 2008-04-01 10:04:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | EFIN ECON ETRD PARM PGOV PREL KNNP IR GM |
08BERLIN41 | GERMANY APPRECIATES INFORMATION ON U.S. FIRMS [...] (C) German officials tell us that the information Washington provided in Reftel on U.S. enforcement of Iran sanctions will support their ongoing efforts to discourage German business ties with Iran. Nevertheless, German business associations cite the National Intelligence Estimate in continui [...] | 2008-01-10 16:20:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KNNP PARM PREL IR GM |
08BERLIN424 | GERMANY - STATE/TREASURY DELEGATION DISCUSSES BURMA AND IRAN SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-04 11:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | BM EFIN ETTC GM IR KNNP PARM PGOV PHUM PREL |
08BERLIN433 | (S) IRAN - GERMAN EXPERTS WANT "HARD EVIDENCE" ON [...] (S) SUMMARY: German Finance and Economics Ministry officials, like their counterparts in the Chancellery and MFA, recognize the expediency of including Bank Melli in a post-UNSCR 1803 round of EU autonomous sanctions. However, experts in these ministries say they have not yet seen "convincin [...] | 2008-04-07 10:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD KNNP PARM PGOV PREL MNUC |
08BERLIN469 | SUB PRIME CRISIS GETTING COSTLY FOR GERMAN [...] SUMMARY: With all major year-end reports of German banks now in, the impact of the U.S. sub prime crisis on German banking is beginning to reveal its full extent of damage. The story emerging is one of a sector largely intact, but bruised and ripe for consolidation. Set for a record profit [...] | 2008-04-15 15:31:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PREL PGOV GM |
08BERLIN555 | GERMAN RESPONSE - REQUEST FOR VIGILANCE REGARDING [...] (S) EconOff delivered ref A demarche April 28-29 to MFA Deputy Director for International Economic and Financial Policy Sabine Seidler, Economics Ministry Foreign Trade Law Desk Officer Martin Lutz, and Finance Ministry Director for Terrorism Finance and Money Laundering Michael Findeisen. All [...] | 2008-04-29 15:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | KNNP PTER EFIN MNUC GR IR GM |
08BERLIN615 | GERMANY WILL PARTICIPATE IN INT'L COMPACT WITH [...] (U) PolOff delivered Ref A points to MFA Iraq Desk Director Dr. Ruediger Lotz May 7. Lotz noted that Germany would again participate in the International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Ministerial in Stockholm. Due to scheduling reasons, FM Steinmeier will likely not attend, but State Secretary Sil [...] | 2008-05-09 15:04:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL GM |
08BERLIN626 | IRAN: GERMAN RESPONSE ON 60-DAY REPORT TO UN [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel to MFA Office Director for Middle East Affairs Sabine Sparwasser on May 8. Sparwasser expressed thanks for the U.S. report to the UNSC on implementation of UNSCR 1803. She said that German implementation of UNSCR 1803 will take place on two tracks: Germany-wide [...] | 2008-05-13 14:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY GM IR |
08BERLIN664 | GERMANY ON BANK MELLI: RESPONSE TO BANK MELLI [...] (S) Post delivered reftel points to relevant governmental contacts who did not offer substantive responses. EconOff delivered reftel points May 15 to the Ministry of Finance Deputy Director for Financial Crimes, Terrorist Finance, and Money Laundering Kristina Wogatzki. Wogatzki expressed [...] | 2008-05-20 11:29:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | KNNP ECON EFIN ETTC MNUC GM IR |
08BERLIN772 | IRAN TRADE - CHANCELLOR MERKEL'S MORAL SUASION [...] (S) SUMMARY: Chancellor Merkel's moral suasion campaign -- along with UN/EU sanctions and a host of other factors -- has convinced major German banks and big business to curtail trade and financial ties with Iran. The result will be a further downward trend in German exports to Iran, accordin [...] | 2008-06-11 13:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ETRD PREL ETTC KNNP MNUC EFIN EPET IR GM |
08BERLIN796 | FINANCE MINISTRY VIEWS ON EUROPEAN-IRANIAN [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: A German Finance Ministry official confirmed that the Hamburg-based, Iranian-owned European-Iranian Commercial Bank (EIHB) had recently opened a branch in Tehran. The German Government cannot prevent German banks from establishing foreign branches, but can intervene if the br [...] | 2008-06-17 06:55:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ECON KNNP PARM PGOV PREL MNUC IR GM |
08BERLIN884 | GERMANY/IRAN - FINANCE MINISTRY VIEWS ON UNSCR [...] (S) SUMMARY: A German Finance Ministry official confirmed that the EU-3 and Italy had put forward a draft Common Position calling for expansive implementation of UNSCR 1803. The draft Common Position includes a Franco-German proposal to establish an EU-wide mechanism against proliferation fin [...] | 2008-07-03 16:46:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | EFIN ECON KNNP PARM PGOV PREL MNUC IR GM |
08BERLIN952 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IRISL [...] (S) Officers from Global Affairs and the Political Section delivered reftel demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck and MFA Iran Desk Officer Deike Potzel respectively. Both expressed appreciation for the reftel information. 2. (S) Potzel said that the dra [...] | 2008-07-18 13:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ECON EFIN EWWT ETRD PARM PINR PREL KNNP EUN |
08BERLIN976 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IRISL [...] (S) Global Affairs Officer delivered reftel demarche to German Finance Ministry Officer Kristina Wogatzki. She expressed appreciaton for the refetl information. 2. (S) Wogatzki said she is unaware of any German exporters using IRISL or Iran Air, but will continue to be alert to indicati [...] | 2008-07-22 10:18:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ECON EFIN EWWT ETRD PARM PINR PREL KN |
08BERLIN999 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-23 14:48:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN PARM IR GM |
08BERN224 | INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) Acting POL Counselor discussed the message in reftel on May 9 with Rascha Osman, Swiss MFA Iraq Desk Officer. Osman reported that MFA State Secretary Ambuehl (Deputy Minister equivalent) will lead the Swiss delegation to the May 29 International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Ministerial in Sto [...] | 2008-05-13 16:00:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PGOV PREL IZ SZ |
08BERN246 | PLEDGING AT THE PARIS SUPPORT CONFERENCE FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff emphasized the message in reftel A in a May 9 meeting with MFA Senior Coordinator for South Asia Yves-Pierre Fux, highlighting the pressing need for election support; Fux's deputy, Agnes Christeler participated in the meeting. Fux explained that Switzerland made a five-y [...] | 2008-05-23 16:27:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL AF SZ |
08BERN321 | ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR UN 1267 SANCTIONS AND [...] (C) Poloff delivered message in reftel on July 2 to Daniel Frank, MFA Deputy Coordinator for Counter-terrorism. Frank said that the GOS had not yet formulated its official response to UNSCR 1822, but that the MFA noted and appreciated the positive elements. He remarked that UNSCR 1822 was a [...] | 2008-07-03 17:09:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ETTC EFIN KTFN UNSC SZ |
08BERN418 | DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] Post delivered reftel points to State Secretariat for Economic Affairs Deputy Head of Task Force Sanctions Thomas Graf and to Department of Foreign Affairs Deputy Coordinator on Counter-Terorism Alessandro Capelli on August 19. The Swiss did not provide any substantive comment, but noted that [...] | 2008-08-20 07:28:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | IR KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN SZ |
08BERN476 | VISIT OF ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS [...] (S) On September 12, poloff delivered the reftel non-paper (regarding the April 2008 visit of Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officials to a Swiss underground construction firm) to Erwin Bollinger, Director of the Export Controls Policy Division of the Federal State Secretariat for E [...] | 2008-09-19 16:52:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PARM KNNP MNUC EFIN GM IR SZ |
08BERN480 | FINANCE MINISTER SUFFERS HEART ATTACK [...] (U) Finance Minister Hans-Rudolf Merz suffered a heart attack on Saturday, September 20 and subsequently was placed into an artificial coma and underwent quintuple bypass surgery. His condition is listed as critical but stable. The doctors confirmed that his heart now seems to be circulating [...] | 2008-09-22 14:21:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV SZ |
08BERN513 | VISIT OF ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS [...] (S) On October 1, Juergen Boehler, Head of the Export Control Licensing Division of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) provided poloff the results of the Swiss government's investigation in response to the USG's information (reftels) that officials of Iran's Islamic Revolu [...] | 2008-10-06 16:12:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PARM KNNP MNUC EFIN GM IR SZ |
08BERN527 | LIECHTENSTEIN DIALOGUE: THE FUTURE OF BANK SECRECY [...] (U) Summary. At the annual forum "Liechtenstein Dialogue," bankers and financial wealth management companies met in Liechtenstein to discuss private wealth management, and more particularly the future vision of a financial center built on banking secrecy. While the panel speakers ranged fro [...] | 2008-10-10 14:44:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD SZ |
08BERN552 | DAS GARBER'S MEETINGS WITH SWISS AND LIECHTENSTEIN [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 20 meeting with DAS Garber, senior Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA) contacts outlined their priorities for U.S.-Swiss relations. EDA Americas Division Head Yvonne Baumann requested support for another round of senior-level U.S.-Swiss bilateral meeting [...] | 2008-10-29 09:34:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN SZ |
08BERN563 | DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] (U) Poloff delivered the message in reftel on October 29 to Alessandro Capelli, Deputy Counterterrorism Coordinator, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, and to Rene Bruelhart, Director Financial Intelligence Unit, National Administration of the Principality of Liechtenstein. 2. (SB [...] | 2008-11-03 15:16:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP MNUC PREL EFIN IR SZ |
08BERN564 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF GULF-BASED AL- [...] (U) Poloff delivered the message in reftel on October 29 to Alessandro Capelli, Deputy Counterterrorism Coordinator, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, and to Rene Bruelhart, Director Financial Intelligence Unit, National Administration of the Principality of Liechtenstein. 2. (SB [...] | 2008-11-03 15:17:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC SZ |
08BERN570 | LEVERAGING FATF STATEMENT ON IRAN: SWISS ARE [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered message in reftel to Riccardo Sansonetti, Head of International Finance and Monetary Policy Division, Swiss Federal Department of Finance. Sansonetti reported that he was in attendance at the FATF meeting the week of October 13 and was aware of the declaration and gui [...] | 2008-11-06 16:17:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL EFIN KNNP SZ |
08BERN612 | BILATERAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH SWITZERLAND AND THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-02 14:39:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD PHUM EFIN SZ |
08BISHKEK104 | 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR KYRGYZSTAN [...] This cable contains Post's Investment Climate Statement for 2008. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. The Kyrgyz Republic has a liberal investment regime with a broad base of commercial laws. Unfortunately, these laws are not implemented consistently. Fo [...] | 2008-01-31 02:17:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR KG |
08BISHKEK1091 | KYRGYZSTAN FEARS GLOBAL FINANCIAL CONTAGION [...] (C) Summary: According to an IMF source, Kyrgyz Central Bank officials fear that a Russian financial crisis could trigger a run on Kyrgyz banks with extensive international exposure. The Kyrgyz government is trying to determine appropriate steps to mitigate the impact of the global financial [...] | 2008-10-29 04:39:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV KG |
08BISHKEK114 | KYRGYZ RESPOND TO TIFA LETTER [...] Per Ref A request, Embassy relayed Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Shaun Donnelly's letter to Kyrgyz Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) International Economic Cooperation Department head Jeenbek Kulubayev, who represented Kyrgyzstan at the 2007 U.S.-Central Asia Trade and Investment Framewo [...] | 2008-01-31 12:58:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL KG |
08BISHKEK118 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE KUWAIT- [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-04 03:59:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC KG |
08BISHKEK1206 | KYRGYZSTAN: 2008-2009 INCSR, PART II, FINANCIAL CRIMES AND [...] (U) No report was published for the Kyrgyz Republic in the 2007-2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Part II, Financial Crimes and Money Laundering. Embassy point of contact for this report is Pol-Econ Chief Robert Burgess, email: burgessrg@state.gov. 2. (SBU) Follow is Em [...] | 2008-12-03 02:51:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR PGOV KG |
08BISHKEK385 | KYRGYZ BANKING CONSOLIDATION RAISES FLAGS [...] (S) Summary: The past year has witnessed at least two Kyrgyz banks, Kyrgyz Credit Bank and Kyrgyzpromstroibank (KPSB),fall into a network of businesses allegedly controlled by President Bakiyev's son, Maxim. The Kyrgyz central bank actively participated in shifting ownership of KPSB to ass [...] | 2008-04-18 10:36:00 | Embassy Bishkek | SECRET | EFIN ECON PGOV KG |
08BISHKEK386 | EMBASSY CAUTIONS AGAINST OPIC ROLE IN KYRGYZ BANK [...] (C) Summary: Asia Universal Bank (AUB) is seeking $10 million in Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) financing to expand its retail lending activities in the Kyrgyz Republic. AUB's request comes as AUB claims to be implementing anti-money laundering (AML) procedures, following it [...] | 2008-04-18 10:48:00 | Embassy Bishkek | SECRET | EFIN ECON PGOV KG |
08BISHKEK403 | KYRGYZ RECEIVE EBRD-TURKEY MESSAGE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-24 11:22:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN PREL KG |
08BISHKEK525 | UNSCR 1803 60-DAY REPORT DELIVERED TO KYRGYZ MFA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-22 08:34:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC KG |
08BISHKEK557 | EBRD FEEDBACK REFLECTS POLITICIZED KYRGYZ BANKING [...] (C) Summary: The Kyrgyz central bank has postponed for six months any decision on ProCredit Bank's license application. ProCredit Bank, which operates in 22 countries, has EBRD backing for its plan to open in Kyrgyzstan. The EBRD resident representative told us that the central bank provid [...] | 2008-05-30 11:29:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV KG |
08BISHKEK86 | KYRGYZ BANK STRUCK BY GOVERNMENT CASH CALL [...] (SBU) Summary: In late December, the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic (NBKR) took operational control of Kyrgyzpromstroybank (KPSB) after KPSB reportedly failed to meet a demand by the Kyrgyz Social Fund to withdraw its funds. The Social Fund had approximately $56 million in deposits at [...] | 2008-01-25 13:46:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN ECON KG |
08BISHKEK999 | TROUBLE BREWING AT KYRGYZ MINISTRY OF FINANCE [...] (C) Summary: In an apparently unprecedented move, President Bakiyev summoned Minister of Finance Kalimbetiva, her staff, and international donor representatives to a September 25 meeting at the Kyrgyz White House. Bakiyev expressed disappointment at the slow pace of financial management ref [...] | 2008-09-30 10:18:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL PINR SOCI KG |
08BOGOTA1205 | SCENESETTER FOR APRIL 4-6 VISIT OF USTR SCHWAB AND [...] (U) Fostered by targeted U.S. assistance, Colombia finds itself safer, economically stronger, better governed, and more democratic than it has been in decades. Rates of murder, kidnapping, and violence nationwide, particularly against union members, have fallen dramatically. Increased secur [...] | 2008-04-01 20:53:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL ECON EFIN PGOV EAID CO |
08BOGOTA1708 | COLOMBIA TIGHTENS CAPITAL CONTROLS -- MORE HARM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One year after Colombia's Central Bank implemented controls on inflows of foreign capital in an attempt to stem the appreciation of the Colombian peso, the U.S. dollar has fallen a further 16 percent and reached a nine-year low against the peso due to external and domestic press [...] | 2008-05-09 16:10:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV CO |
08BOGOTA2 | COLOMBIA'S 2008 MACROECONOMIC OUTLOOK-AIMING FOR A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As Colombia completes one of its best economic years in recent history with growth approaching seven percent, the outlook for 2008 foreshadows slower growth closer to the five percent average registered since 2003. Buoyed by an improving security situation, strong inflows of for [...] | 2008-01-02 16:50:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV AADP CO |
08BOGOTA2052 | GOC TIGHTENS CAPITAL CONTROLS AS PESO HITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. For the second time in six weeks, the GOC has tightened capital controls in an attempt to stem the steady appreciation of the Colombian Peso against the U.S. dollar. The peso's rise (14 percent since January 1) has significantly strained the competitiveness of Colombian non-ene [...] | 2008-06-06 13:53:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV CO |
08BOGOTA2053 | GOC TIGHTENS CAPITAL CONTROLS AS PESO HITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. For the second time in six weeks, the GOC has tightened capital controls in an attempt to stem the steady appreciation of the Colombian Peso against the U.S. dollar. The peso's rise (14 percent since January 1) has significantly strained the competitiveness of Colombian non-ene [...] | 2008-06-06 14:09:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV CO |
08BOGOTA2120 | OY CANADA - COLOMBIA CLOSES FTA WITH CANADA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Colombia closed free trade negotiations with Canada on Saturday, June 7. Implementation before the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA) could place some U.S. producers at a competitive disadvantage, most notably agricultural products, certain manufactured products, ser [...] | 2008-06-11 20:47:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN ECON CO CA |
08BOGOTA2558 | ECONOMIC WOES OVERTAKE SECURITY ATOP COLOMBIANS' [...] (U) SUMMARY. A plurality of Colombians now believe the economy is the number one problem the country faces, more so than security, according to a recent Gallup poll. While the data undoubtedly reflect the perception of an improved security situation (particularly in the wake of Operation Jaq [...] | 2008-07-14 22:17:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND ETRD |
08BOGOTA2649 | COLOMBIA ACKNOWLEDGES DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-24 15:52:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EFIN PARM IR CO |
08BOGOTA273 | INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL TURMOIL ROILS COLOMBIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Amid recent turmoil in global markets and fears of a recession in the United States, the Colombian stock market suffered its fourth-worst drop ever on January 21. Despite regaining some ground on January 22, the market remains in negative territory for 2008 and concern has grow [...] | 2008-01-22 21:26:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV CO |
08BOGOTA2831 | COLOMBIA LOOKS AT DEVELOPING ILLICIT FINANCE [...] (SBU) In a July 25 speech to the VIII Panamerican Congress on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorism Finance, Colombian Vice President Francisco Santos announced the GOC's intention to create an Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)-type sanctions list of Colombian nationals involve [...] | 2008-08-01 20:48:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER SNAR KCRM PGOV ECON EFIN ETTC CO |
08BOGOTA2918 | SLOWER COLOMBIAN ECONOMY IN 2008 AMID INFLATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A slowing global economy, rising inflation and currency appreciation are now expected to drag Colombia's economy down from its average of over 7 percent in 2006-07 to less than 5 percent in 2008. Many business leaders and GOC officials including President Uribe blame the Central [...] | 2008-08-11 12:38:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV CO |
08BOGOTA3076 | STRENGTH OF THE COLOMBIAN PESO: HOW HEAVY IS THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Since 2003, the Colombian peso has averaged about nine percent annual nominal appreciation against the dollar. The revaluation, a product of global economic pressures and Colombia's improved economic and security situation, has been more pronounced in the last two years and is [...] | 2008-08-19 22:33:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD CO |
08BOGOTA3289 | COLOMBIA LOOSENS CAPITAL CONTROLS AS PESO FALLS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Less than three months after tightening capital controls on portfolio investment (reftel),the Colombian Finance Ministry announced September 1 that it would eliminate deposit requirements on foreign capital inflows into Colombian stocks. The move represents the first loosening [...] | 2008-09-04 11:56:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV CO |
08BOGOTA3350 | IS THE COST OF LIVING INCREASING IN COLOMBIA? [...] (U) SUMMARY. Inflation figures over the last 12 months indicate an acceleration of an already increasing cost of living in Colombia. Analysts expect the consumer price inflation to come in at double the target for 2008, and prices for producers have risen even faster. While a month-long dep [...] | 2008-09-08 22:23:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN CO |
08BOGOTA3352 | COLOMBIA GAINING ON UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE, BUT A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since the 1993 implementation of national health care coverage in Colombia, the GOC has tripled the number of Colombians with access to public health services. However, the expansion has come with fiscal, legal, bureaucratic costs that are expected to rise further with the recen [...] | 2008-09-09 12:03:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN TBIO PGOV CO |
08BOGOTA3408 | COLOMBIA PLEASED WITH OFAC KINGPIN ACT [...] (C) Charge told Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos on September 11 that the USG will designate three current and former Venezuelan officials under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act for materially assisting the narcotics trafficking activities of the Revolutionary Armed F [...] | 2008-09-12 15:12:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN PTER PINR EFIN SNAR PREL KCRM VE CO |
08BOGOTA35 | COLOMBIA'S MINIMUM WAGE INCREASED 6.4% [...] SUMMARY: Effective January 1, 2008, nearly two million Colombian workers earning the national minimum wage will receive a 6.4 percent raise. President Uribe announced the increase after annual talks between labor unions and employers to set the new wage broke down. Although the wage increase [...] | 2008-01-03 17:42:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV CO |
08BOGOTA3588 | WEATHERING THE STORM: COLOMBIA'S EXPOSURE TO THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Amid ongoing turmoil in U.S. and global financial markets, Colombia's financial sector appears at low susceptibility to a contagion and its macro-economic foundation significantly more stable than during the 1998 international financial crisis. Nevertheless, local experts predi [...] | 2008-09-25 16:06:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV CO |
08BOGOTA3729 | COLOMBIA LIFTS CAPITAL CONTROLS IN THE FACE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY On October 8, President Uribe announced the elimination of remaining capital controls on foreign investment, as part of a plan to ensure liquidity to Colombian markets in the face of the worsening global financial crisis. Uribe also outlined draft legislation that would offer [...] | 2008-10-09 21:44:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV CO |
08BOGOTA3927 | COLOMBIA: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-28 21:40:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER PARM KNNP MNUC CO |
08BOGOTA4134 | COLOMBIA: PYRAMID SCHEMES SWINDLE THOUSANDS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Colombian authorities believe as many as three million Colombians have been defrauded of at least USD 300 million in a series of pyramid schemes that began collapsing November 12 after the government's seizure of the firm Proyecciones DFRE. The fall of DFRE spurred the subseque [...] | 2008-11-17 21:03:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KCRM PGOV CO |
08BOGOTA4201 | GOC ARRESTS ALLEGED PYRAMID RINGLEADERS AMID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Amid collapsing pyramid schemes suspected of defrauding at least 300,000 Colombians (reftel),the GOC seized DMG Holding Group, S.A., the largest suspected scam in the country and arrested its founder and principal directors on charges of money laundering, illicit enrichment, and [...] | 2008-11-21 21:02:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC PTER KCRM SNAR PGOV CO |
08BOGOTA4243 | GOC OUTLINES AMBITIOUS INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Infrastructure has long constrained Colombia's economic competitiveness, geographical cohesion and presence of the state. However, as security continues to improve and Colombia aims to position itself to compete in the global marketplace, the GOC is launching an ambitious plan [...] | 2008-11-25 22:35:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ELAN EWWT EFIN PGOV CO |
08BOGOTA4263 | FALLOUT FROM PYRAMID SCHEME CONTINUES TO SHAKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nearly three weeks since the first of Colombia's various pyramid schemes collapsed (ref A) and ten days since the closure of the largest such alleged entity, DMG (ref B),the economic, political, and social fallout continue to shake Colombia. Officials from Colombia's southern [...] | 2008-11-28 22:28:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON KCRM SNAR PGOV CO |
08BOGOTA4312 | U.S. AIRLINES EXPAND COLOMBIA OPERATIONS DESPITE [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. airlines operating in Colombia have no plans to cancel existing routes or flights, despite a significant drop in bookings in recent weeks and concerns about 2009 profitability. They cite the current global financial crisis and Colombia's strict regulatory structure -- spec [...] | 2008-12-03 15:36:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EINV ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN CO |
08BOGOTA4335 | PYRAMID COLLAPSE BURYING THIRD TERM PROSPECTS? [...] (SBU) The results of a recent Invamar-Gallup poll show Uribe maintains high public approval ratings in spite of a host of political and economic troubles. Still, public support for a third term has dropped from 74% to 54% since last July. In southern departments--areas hard-hit by the pyram [...] | 2008-12-05 16:07:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER ECON EFIN |
08BOGOTA4521 | COLOMBIA: DESIGNATION OF TWO ADDITIONAL IRANIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-22 17:59:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN PARM PTER CO |
08BOGOTA4632 | GOC INVITATION TO ATTEND 50TH ANNUAL IDB MEETING [...] On December 31, Post received a diplomatic note and original letter from Colombian Minister of Finance and Public Credit Oscar Ivan Zuluaga extending an invitation to Treasury Secretary Paulson to attend the 50th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank ( [...] | 2008-12-31 20:50:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EAID OTRA OVIP PGOV CO |
08BOGOTA583 | COLOMBIAN BANKING SECTOR PROFITS UP SHARPLY IN 2007 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Amid strong economic growth and growing consumer credit demand, Colombian banks booked a USD 2.1 billion profit in 2007, up 13 percent over 2006. The solid performance ran across the financial sector including insurance and pension segments. In particular, local and internatio [...] | 2008-02-13 22:30:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON CO |
08BOGOTA609 | REMITTANCES REACH RECORD HIGH IN 2007 [...] SUMMARY: Colombia's Central Bank expects 2007 to rank as a record year for remittance inflows with the total estimated to reach USD 4.4 billion. The amount represents Colombia's second highest source of legitimate foreign currency inflows after foreign direct investment (USD 7.5 billion),exce [...] | 2008-02-19 17:05:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV CO |
08BOGOTA736 | SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 29-MARCH 2 VISIT OF [...] (U) Your visit comes as Colombia experiences a dramatic transformation, fostered by targeted U.S. assistance. Colombia finds itself safer, economically stronger, better governed and more democratic than it has been in decades. Rates of murder, kidnapping, and violence nationwide, including aga [...] | 2008-02-28 00:16:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN PGOV EAID CO |
08BOGOTA997 | LOAN DEFAULTS RISE WITH INCREASE IN CONSUMER CREDIT [...] SUMMARY: After five years of strong economic growth, consumer credit has reached record levels in Colombia. However, the rise in consumer lending has also led to an increase in loan defaults and suggestions that such defaults could harm the solvency of Colombia's booming financial sector (reft [...] | 2008-03-13 23:33:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON CO |
08BRASILIA1111 | 2009 SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS DRAFT DECLARATION OF [...] As per reftel, post discussed preparations for the April 2009 Summit of the Americas with Brazilian Ministry of External Affairs Division of American States Deputy Director Antonio Franca. Franca said that Brazil was still reviewing the draft declaration and would have specific comments later [...] | 2008-08-15 20:06:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT AORC APER BEXP ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD BR |
08BRASILIA1128 | BRAZIL: Trade, Taxes and Investment - CAMEX Lytha Spindola [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting August 20 between Ambassador Sobel and CAMEX (see para 7) Executive Secretary Lytha Spindola, Spindola hinted strongly that MRE is becoming extremely interested in pursuing 4 plus 1 conversations on trade with the United States. She expressed optimism that forward m [...] | 2008-08-25 16:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN BR |
08BRASILIA1159 | BRAZIL LAUNCHES ITS AMAZON FUND, BUT WHO WILL CONTRIBUTE [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On August 1, President Lula signed Decree 6527 calling on the Brazilian National Development Bank (BNDES) to create the "Fundo Amazonia" (or Amazon Fund),a new tool to help reduce Brazil's [...] | 2008-09-02 11:10:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KGHG EFIN NO BR |
08BRASILIA1217 | BRAZIL: BTT-Receita Federal Lina Vieira and Ambassador [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the new head of Receita Federal, Lina Vieira and the chief international tax negotiator Marcus Pontes, Vieira appeared focused, well-briefed and clearly knowledgeable both on general tax issues and very aware of domestic political atmospherics. She understood [...] | 2008-09-12 11:25:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON BR |
08BRASILIA1257 | BRAZIL- DEMARCHE DELIVERED -OFAC NARCOTICS KINGPIN ACT [...] (SBU) On September 18, 2008 ECONOFF delivered reftel demarche to the Council for the Control of Financial Activities (COAF) at the Ministry of Finance. COAF officials Joaquim da Cunha Neto and Bernardo Mota took delivery of the document, which outlined the reasons behind the designation of thr [...] | 2008-09-22 14:32:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN PTER PINR EFIN VE BR SNAR AND KCRM PREL |
08BRASILIA1299 | Brazil Responds to U.S. Financial Crisis [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to the U.S. financial crisis, Brazil's Central Bank (CB) has partially reversed its hawkish anti-inflationary policies by adding 13.2 billion reais to the financial system in hopes of freeing up credit and has indicated that future interest rate hikes are unlikel [...] | 2008-10-01 11:00:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR |
08BRASILIA1325 | BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR CEO FORUM - OCT 9/10 - SECRETARY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-07 13:12:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR |
08BRASILIA1353 | BRAZIL: DEMARCHE DELIVERIES: OFAC KINGPIN ACT DESIGNATIONS [...] (SBU) On October 3, 2008 Econoff delivered ref A and B demarches to the Council for the Control of Financial Activities (COAF) at the Ministry of Finance. COAF official Bernardo Mota took delivery of ref A document regarding the Department of the Treasury's (DOT) Office of Foreign Assets Contr [...] | 2008-10-10 19:52:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN PTER PINR EFIN NU CI UY PA PM CA VE BR AR |
08BRASILIA1362 | Brazil: U/S Jeffery - Central Bank and External Relations [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-15 10:59:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR |
08BRASILIA1377 | BRAZIL-DEFORESTATION: GREAT CONCERN BUT LITTLE ASSISTANCE, [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. At a September 8 meeting, representatives of key European and Asia-Pacific countries outlined their current and planned financial and technical assistance to Brazil to help combat deforestati [...] | 2008-10-20 09:37:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID KGHG EFIN NO BR |
08BRASILIA1417 | Brazil Enacts Preventive Measures to Address Global [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to the global financial crisis, Brazilian President Lula signed Provisional Measure 443 (MP443) October 22 that allows two federal institutions, the Bank of Brazil (BB),and Caixa Economica, the right to purchase stock in Brazilian banks, private or public, as a pre [...] | 2008-10-28 18:49:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR |
08BRASILIA1427 | BRAZIL'S RESPONSE TO INFO GATHERING REQUEST SUMMIT [...] (U) The following is in response to Ref A action request for information gathering leading up to the Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy in Washington, November 15, 2008. Post also recommends Refs B, C, E, F and G which all address Brazil's reaction and response to the U.S. fin [...] | 2008-10-31 09:53:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN BR |
08BRASILIA1462 | BRAZIL'S NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE PLAN - NON-BINDING, [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil (GOB) has released its draft National Plan for Climate Change, which it intends to submit at the Poznan UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) conference [...] | 2008-11-06 12:01:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG EAGR KGHG ECON EFIN BR |
08BRASILIA1463 | Brazil: Views on G20 meetings [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Brazilian officials across GOB welcome the G20 approach to address the global financial crisis. External Relations Ministry, Finance Ministry and Central Bank emphasize the G20 must be seen as a mechanism to develop concrete proposals that take emerging economy input into accou [...] | 2008-11-07 13:31:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON ETRD BR |
08BRASILIA1493 | COUNTERTERRORISM IN BRAZIL: JUDGE BLASTS [...] (SBU) Summary: During a conference on international organized crime held by the Brazil-based International Forum of Justice in Campo Grande, Matto Grosso do Sul from October 15-17, federal judge Odilon de Oliveira delivered a speech that was blistering in its criticism of the Brazilian governm [...] | 2008-11-17 12:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KJUS PTER EFIN PREL PGOV AR PA CO BR |
08BRASILIA1523 | Brazil: Economic Partnership Dialogue meetings [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Brazilian External Relations Ministry (MRE) U/S Mendonca welcomed the continuation of the Economic Partnership Dialogue (EPD) in the October 30 meeting with WHA A/S Tom Shannon and EEB A/S Dan Sullivan. The EPD agreed to expanded substantive cooperation in third countries on de [...] | 2008-11-24 18:27:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BR |
08BRASILIA1553 | BRAZIL'S BIOFUELS CONFERENCE - MANDATES NEEDED, [...] SUMMARY: The International Biofuels Conference hosted by the Brazilian government in Sao Paulo from November 17-21, may have changed the focus of the international debate over biofuels. Despite some criticisms of U.S. corn-based ethanol and tariffs, the participants from over 90 countries over [...] | 2008-12-04 09:44:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR BR |
08BRASILIA160 | GOVERNMENT PUSH FOR FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS TAX [...] (SBU) Summary. In the months-long unsuccessful effort to renew the tax on financial transactions ("CPMF"),the Lula administration tried to win congressional votes by distributing jobs and federal funds, meddling in the legislative agenda, and seeking favors for key legislators. The episode [...] | 2008-01-31 15:55:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM KCOR EFIN BR |
08BRASILIA1612 | BRAZIL: DEMARCHE DELIVERIES: TERRORIST FINANCE DESIGNATIONS [...] (SBU) On 12 December 2008, ECONOFF met Council for the Control of Financial Activities (COAF) official Bernardo Motta to follow up previous discussions regarding the recent USG designations of individuals and organizations as supporters of terrorism under Executive Order 13224 (refs A, B, and [...] | 2008-12-16 19:23:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN ETTC PTER PINR EFIN KCRM PREL BR |
08BRASILIA1617 | BRAZIL'S PORT DREDGING CHALLENGE [...] (U) Summary: Brazil recently unveiled updated plans to dredge over 75 thousand cubic meters at an estimated cost of R$ 1.4 billion (USD580 million) in 16 of its largest commercial maritime ports as part of President Lula's Accelerated Growth Program (PAC). The plan, entitled the National Progra [...] | 2008-12-17 17:30:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV BR |
08BRASILIA196 | BRAZIL: EXPLAINING THE PAC (THE GROWTH ACCELERATION PROGRAM) [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-08 19:07:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ECON BR |
08BRASILIA272 | BRAZIL: INFRASTRUCTURE AND MORE - TREAS DAS O'NEILL VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In January 29 meetings with BNDES, Casa Civil, Central Bank, and Planning and Finance Ministries, Treasury Western Hemisphere DAS Brian O'Neill advanced discussion of a possible US-Brazil infrastructure initiative, further explored bilateral investment and tax treaties (see para [...] | 2008-02-29 11:40:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ECON BR |
08BRASILIA288 | Brazil: CEO Forum Members meetings Feb 20 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CEO co-chair Tim Solso (CEO Cummins) and Brazilian CEO Forum representatives Jorge Gerdau (CEO, Gerdau SA) and Flavio Leite (representing Josue Gomes da Silva of Cotaminas) met with Embassy staff and MRE visas chief Mitzi Gurgel the morning of February 20 to discuss progress on C [...] | 2008-03-03 14:01:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ECON EFIN BR |
08BRASILIA289 | Brazil: Investment Agreement Principles - consolidated GOB [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This message provides consolidated input to Washington agencies regarding the status of intra-GOB discussions on bilateral investment treaty principles. While no treaty "text" comparable to the US model BIT exists, CAMEX (the Brazilian External Trade Chamber) member ministries h [...] | 2008-03-03 14:01:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ECON EFIN BR |
08BRASILIA36 | BRAZIL: TREASURY DAS O'NEILL MEETS WITH GOB AND MDBs ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary Brian O'Neill had economic meetings in Brasilia on December 12-13, 2007 with officials from the Brazilian Central Bank, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Planning, as well as the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank. The meetings [...] | 2008-01-07 15:00:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV BR |
08BRASILIA428 | BRAZIL: NON-PAPER DELIVERED ON FINANCIAL [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel non-paper on March 27 to Bernardo Mota, Chief Staff at the Ministry of Finance's Financial Activities Oversight Council (COAF, the GOB's financial intelligence unit). Mota stated that, as always, COAF would do its best to ensure Brazil was complying with UNSC resol [...] | 2008-03-28 21:26:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KNNP ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PARM IR |
08BRASILIA440 | COUNTERTERRORISM IN BRAZIL: ONE STEP FORWARD, ONE [...] (U) Summary: After a drawn-out process that began in 2004, President Lula on March 25, 2008 issued the decree that will reform the Government of Brazil's intelligence apparatus, including its counterterrorism (CT) structure. The reform is intended to provide a more robust intelligence capabili [...] | 2008-04-02 19:12:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL KCRM ETTC EFIN AR PA BR |
08BRASILIA472 | BRAZIL: NON-PAPER DELIVERED REGARDING BANKS MELLI, [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel non-paper on April 4 to Bernardo Mota, Chief Staff at the Ministry of Finance's Financial Activities Oversight Council (COAF, the GOB's financial intelligence unit). Mota stated that COAF would do its best to ensure Brazil was complying with UNSC resolutions and th [...] | 2008-04-04 20:21:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KNNP ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PARM IR |
08BRASILIA504 | COUNTERTERRORISM IN BRAZIL: ONE STEP FORWARD, ONE [...] (C) Summary: In November of last year the Government of Brazil announced that it was backtracking on its effort to introduce counterterrorism (CT) legislation after a years-long effort by a working group within the Presidency's Institutional Security Cabinet (GSI) to coordinate the drafting o [...] | 2008-04-11 19:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PREL KCRM ETTC EFIN ASEC AR BR |
08BRASILIA526 | IRANIAN DIPLOMACY MOVES INTO HIGH GEAR, PART 2 [...] (S) Summary: Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Reza Sheikh-Attar visited Brasilia in mid-March to press Brazil to join an anti-American bloc in South America composed of Ecuador, Bolivia, and Venezuela, and Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadi-Nejad continues to try to arrange an official visit t [...] | 2008-04-18 18:31:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | PREL PTER EFIN BR VE EC CO BL IR XR CH UN |
08BRASILIA551 | Brazil: CEO Forum April 28 Scenesetter [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, please treat accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as it as ever been, with an excellent relationship between President Bush and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva [...] | 2008-04-25 10:26:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ECON EFIN CVIS BR |
08BRASILIA664 | BRAZIL: GREEN LIGHT TO NEGOTIATE A TROPICAL FOREST [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On May 5, the Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Director of the Environment Department, Min. Figueiredo Machado, informed Post that the Government of Brazil wants to begin negotiations t [...] | 2008-05-15 19:10:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG EAID EFIN BR |
08BRASILIA792 | Brazil: "Sovereign Wealth Fund" aka "fiscal savings fund" [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-10 17:23:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV BR |
08BRASILIA793 | Brazil: "Sovereign Wealth Fund" aka "fiscal savings fund" [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-10 17:24:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV BR |
08BRASILIA824 | Brazil: Tax Treaty Roundtable with Receita Federal [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-16 13:59:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV BR |
08BRASILIA89 | BRAZIL: LAUNCH OF ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: WHA Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon and EB Assistant Secretary Dan Sullivan, joined by Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Latin America Brian O'Neill, led the US delegation to the successful December 13 Economic Partnership Dialogue (EPD) with Brazil's Ministry of External A [...] | 2008-01-15 15:55:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN BR |
08BRATISLAVA216 | SLOVAKIA TO ADOPT EURO IN 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The European Commission's Convergence Report, released on May 7, recommended Slovakia for entry into the Euro zone as of January 1, 2009. The report noted that Slovakia's fulfillment of the Maastricht economic criteria (price stability, sound public finances, exchange rate stabi [...] | 2008-05-12 15:45:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD LO |
08BRATISLAVA221 | SLOVAK PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-14 15:19:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN EINV PREL IZ LO PGOV |
08BRATISLAVA249 | Slovak/Euro parity revalued for an unprecedented second [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the request of the Slovak government the European Union revalued the Slovak koruna's central parity rate by 17 percent to 30.126 against the Euro from May 29. This is the outer edge of the previous parity of 35.44 set in March 2007, and creates a new band of 25.60-34.64 SKK/E [...] | 2008-05-30 11:15:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD LO |
08BRATISLAVA315 | SLOVAKIA TO JOIN THE EURO ZONE: IT'S OFFICIAL [...] (SBU) On July 8, European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs, Joaquin Almunia, officially welcomed Slovakia as the 16th member of the Euro zone as of January 1, 2009. As widely expected, the final conversion rate between the Slovak Koruna and the Euro was fixed at the current cen [...] | 2008-07-08 17:26:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD LO |
08BRATISLAVA4 | Enterprise Legacy Foundation: Making the [...] Summary: With the end of active investment operations in March, the Slovak American Enterprise Fund (SAEF) is completing its plans for a legacy foundation with assets of approximately USD 8 to 10 million. SAEF proposes creating an entrepreneurial center that will offer support and assistance t [...] | 2008-01-04 14:27:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EFIN PGOV LO |
08BRATISLAVA483 | SLOVAK BANKING SECTOR CALM IN GLOBAL STORM [...] (SBU) The banking scene here is calm, as Slovak banks have been largely insulated from the crisis by practicing conservative banking. The government has put in place an unlimited guarantee on deposits and some restrictions on moving short-term assets to foreign parents of banks. PM Robert Fi [...] | 2008-10-20 16:19:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON LO |
08BRATISLAVA514 | SLOVAKIA: GOING BACKWARDS ON PENSION REFORM [...] (U) The Slovak government will soon re-open the private pension pillar in an effort to get 150,000 workers to transfer back to the public pension system. This is only the latest attack in a long-running war on the second pillar, which has been subjected to blistering criticism from PM Robert [...] | 2008-11-07 14:10:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV LO |
08BRATISLAVA81 | BOOMING ECONOMY REMAINS ON TRACK FOR EURO ADOPTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Slovakia's economy continues to grow at an astronomical rate - 10.3 percent for 2007 - keeping the country on track for euro adoption in 2009. A few signs of a possibly overheating economy are present, such as creeping inflation, but these do not appear serious at this point. P [...] | 2008-02-25 13:02:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD LO |
08BRIDGETOWN116 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2008 [...] (U) Barbados is open for business. The Government of Barbados, through the Barbados Investment and Development Corporation (BIDC, a.k.a. "Invest Barbados"),strongly encourages foreign direct investment in Barbados, particularly in industries that create jobs and earn foreign currency. 2. [...] | 2008-02-25 14:32:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV XL |
08BRIDGETOWN726 | ANTIGUAN AUTHORITIES BRACING FOR RECESSION [...] (C) Summary: Despite the current global economic crisis, the Antiguan government remains bullish on tourism, and several large tourism real estate development projects continue to move forward. The effect of the global crisis has yet to affect the real estate market, largely due to the ongoi [...] | 2008-12-12 19:48:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN CVIS EINV OFDP PINR XL |
08BRUSSELS1001 | BRUSSELS BILAT BREW: JULY 1, 2008 [...] Summary: This issue of the Brussels Bilat Brew covers a review of cost-of-living adjustment and social benefits in Belgium as well as the desire for increased competition in the food, power distribution and telecom sectors in order to counter Belgium's rising inflation rates. Farmers, taxi [...] | 2008-07-01 14:50:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB BE |
08BRUSSELS1007 | BELGIAN PRESS STATEMENT ON UNSCR 1822 [...] Summary: Below is a press statement circulated by the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs supporting the adoption of the UN Security Council Resolution 1267 against Al Qaeda and the Taliban. Belgium chairs the committee overseeing UNSCR 1267. End Summary. BEGIN PRESS STATEMENT Foreign Mi [...] | 2008-07-02 14:30:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC AG BE |
08BRUSSELS1008 | EU POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON IRAN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Work continues in Brussels to push forward UNSCR 1803 implementation, but doubts remain about whether it will be possible to act at France's first GAERC session (July 22-23). EU Political Director Cooper requested additional information from Treasury about shifting flows of [...] | 2008-07-02 15:45:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL ETTC KNNP MNUC EFIN PGOV PHUM IR EUN |
08BRUSSELS103 | BELGIUM REGISTERS FIRST BUDGET DEFICIT IN EIGHT [...] (U) Belgium registered its first budget deficit since 1999 for the year 2007. The deficit came in at a level of 0.3% of GDP, or 260 million euros (USD 390 million). GDP for year was 80 billion euros (USD 120 billion),up 2.7 %. Economic growth is expected to slow to 2.1 % in 2008 and the bu [...] | 2008-01-18 15:48:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON BE |
08BRUSSELS1044 | INFORMATION FOR UN AND EU SANCTIONS ON ZIMBABWE - [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-10 11:53:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC ZI BE |
08BRUSSELS1050 | TERRORIST FINANCING / CHARITIES: EU SENSITIVITIES FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USEU met on June 16 with a European Commission terrorist financing contact regarding U.S. proposals to discuss with the EU the abuse of charities by terrorist organizations. Contact expressed doubt that a U.S.-EU workshop on this topic can be agreed by the EU during the French [...] | 2008-07-11 15:44:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN KTFN PTER FR EUN PINR UNSC EZ |
08BRUSSELS1059 | U.S.-EU TROIKA ON TERRORIST FINANCING, MAY 23, 2008 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charities, cash couriers, and UN sanctions reform were the focus of the May 23 bi-annual U.S.-EU Troika meeting on Terrorist Financing in Brussels. The EU will consider the U.S. proposal for a financial sanctions workshop program to address combating terrorist abuse of the non [...] | 2008-07-14 15:49:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | CE EAID EFIN ETTC EUN FR KCRM KTFN PINR PREL |
08BRUSSELS1094 | BELGIUM'S DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER HOPES TO KEEP THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Didier Reynders told the Ambassador that Prime Minister Yves Leterme gave him only a half hour notice that he would be submitting his resignation to the King. Leaders of the five coalition parties are in discussions with the two green [...] | 2008-07-17 15:29:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN BE |
08BRUSSELS11 | BRUSSELS BILAT BREW: JANUARY 4, 2008 [...] (U) Charles Michel, newly named Minister of Development Cooperation, laid out his priorities for revitalizing and reestablishing Belgian development assistance after a six-month hiatus in federal leadership. While much development aid comes from the regions of Belgium, the federal government [...] | 2008-01-03 16:51:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN EINV EMIN BE CH |
08BRUSSELS1106 | EU MAINTAINS MEK ON TERRORIST LIST [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Council of the European Union issued its semi-annual review of terrorist-related groups and individuals July 15. Despite the UK's domestic de-listing of the Mujahedin-E Khalq (MEK) on June 24, the Council decided to maintain the MEK on its list. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) T [...] | 2008-07-22 09:05:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREF PINR ETTC EFIN KTFN IR IZ EUN UK |
08BRUSSELS1459 | BELGIAN BANK WILL LOOK INTO REPORTS OF ITS DOING [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Belgian officials were receptive to Treasury U/S Levey,s explanation of Iranian deceptive banking practices and guarded over any suggested implications of Belgium,s KBC Bank in illicit Iranian financial transactions. KBC Bank showed surprise and dismay at the suggestion that [...] | 2008-09-22 14:45:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | KTFN EFIN KNNP ETTC BE IR |
08BRUSSELS1468 | IRAN SANCTIONS: U/S LEVEY MEETINGS WITH EU [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: On September 8 and 9, U.S. Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey met with EU and Member State officials to take stock of U.S.-EU cooperation regarding Iran's illicit proliferation activities. U/S Levey underscored the effectiveness o [...] | 2008-09-23 10:45:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC EFIN ENRG KNNP KTFN PTER PHUM PINR IR |
08BRUSSELS1576 | COMMISSIONER MCCREEVY INTENDS TO ATTEND [...] (SBU) European Commission Internal Markets Commissioner McCreevy told Ambassador October 9 he plans to attend a rescheduled TEC meeting in November. McCreevy stressed his support for the TEC and belief it should continue into the next U.S. Administration and Commission. He said upcoming Euro [...] | 2008-10-10 09:27:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EUN |
08BRUSSELS1591 | BELGIUM: OCTOBER 22 GEORGIA DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-15 08:40:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN PREL KMCA KCRS GG BE |
08BRUSSELS1599 | AFTER THE FINANCIAL EARTHQUAKE: A NEW BANKING [...] (C) While a large part of the francophone bourgeoisie in Brussels is still reeling from the fire sale of the country's largest bank, Fortis, to BNP Paribas last week, Belgian officials and Flemish politicians are fighting vigorously to strengthen Dexia and KBC, the only two remaining large Be [...] | 2008-10-17 11:31:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV BE |
08BRUSSELS1634 | A TALE OF TWO CRISES: SENIOR BELGIAN FINANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: At one point in the middle of the on-going crisis in Belgium's banking sector, according to a top Finance Ministry official, Belgium narrowly avoided a bank run. The financial crisis is already being used by the francophone socialists against the francophone liberals who contr [...] | 2008-10-22 09:10:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV BE |
08BRUSSELS1657 | EUROPEAN COMMISSION PROPOSAL FOR REVIEW OF [...] SUMMARY. On October 1, 2008, the European Commission unveiled its proposal to amend the Capital Requirement Directives (2006/48/EC and 2006/49/EC) through a combination of co-decision and comitology proposals. The Co-decision proposal contains the more fundamental changes that must receive [...] | 2008-10-27 15:29:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETRD ECON EUN |
08BRUSSELS1663 | RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO EU ON GEORGIA, ENERGY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-28 16:43:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ENRG EFIN MARR RU GG EUN |
08BRUSSELS1675 | BELGIUM AND THE FINANCIAL CRISIS: THE LAST BANK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the past six weeks, Belgium has had its top two banks either dismembered or transformed nearly beyond recognition. The final Belgian bank, too, was just given a government rescue package. The saga of how this happened points to failings in bank management, mis-steps and [...] | 2008-10-30 12:21:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON BE |
08BRUSSELS1677 | EUROPEAN UNION VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 15 G20 SUMMIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Below please find post responses to reftel questions on expected priorities and objectives for the European Union (particularly European Commission) at the November 15 G20 Summit. French President Nicolas Sarkozy, in his role as President of the Council of the European Union, [...] | 2008-10-30 15:21:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EUN |
08BRUSSELS170 | BRUSSELS BILAT BREW: FEBRUARY 1 [...] (U) Persistent rumors that Fortis faces additional write-offs on its subprime exposure has caused its share price to fall by as much as 10 percent during one day of trading (January 22),alarming the Belgian financial watchdog CBFA to the extent that it forced Fortis to issue a statement alle [...] | 2008-02-01 16:47:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN SENV BE |
08BRUSSELS1702 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH BELGIAN FINANCE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Belgium's Finance Minister Didier Reynders expects the EU's number one goal in the November 15 Finance Summit to be to build collaborations between governments and with the IMF over the coming weeks. The rescue of Fortis by Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg is an example [...] | 2008-11-06 08:45:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN BE |
08BRUSSELS1744 | EU PROPOSES TO REGULATE CREDIT RATING AGENCIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 12, 2008, the European Commission published its proposal to regulate Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs). The proposed Regulation seeks to introduce a new mandatory registration and surveillance regime, and to harmonize rules on CRAs throughout the EU, ensuring that rati [...] | 2008-11-17 08:56:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV EUN |
08BRUSSELS1757 | EU LEADERS PRAISE G20 SUMMIT OUTCOMES, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. EU leaders expressed public and private approval over the G20 Financial Summit discussion and adoption of a detailed action plan. French President Sarkozy, British PM Brown, European Commission President Barroso and Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Almunia, all of whom [...] | 2008-11-19 17:26:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV EUN |
08BRUSSELS1763 | MCCREEVY ON G-20 AND EU RESPONSE TO THE CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary. EU Internal Market Commissioner McCreevy told Ambassador Silverberg November 20 that: -the G-20 Leaders Summit accomplished as much could be expected given the U.S. Presidential transition; -it was still unclear how the EU will implement the G-20 action plan; -the Commission [...] | 2008-11-20 18:09:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EIND EINV EUN |
08BRUSSELS1796 | EU SEEKS MORE INFORMATION ABOUT PAKISTAN DONORS [...] (C) Political Officer spoke with European Commission RELEX Head of Unit for Afghanistan and Pakistan David Tirr and Desk Officer for Pakistan Heino Marius on November 26 concerning reftel demarche. Tirr said that the Commission would like additional information before making any decisions regar [...] | 2008-11-26 18:02:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMC PK |
08BRUSSELS1822 | BELGIUM:LEVERAGING FATF STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-02 16:36:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PARM PREL EFIN KNNP IR BE |
08BRUSSELS1858 | BELGIUM: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ILLICIT DIAMOND [...] (U) Economic officer delivered reftel demarche in a meeting on December 5 to Mr. Henk Mahieu, General Counsellor for Economic Issues, Ms. Karla Basselier, attache for Kimberley Process Issues, and Ms. Annick de Smedt, attache for Zimbabwean affairs, all from the Belgian Ministry of Foreign A [...] | 2008-12-08 11:20:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON EFIN ASEC ZI |
08BRUSSELS1883 | EUROPEAN COMMISSION ON POTENTIAL PAKISTAN DONORS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-12 16:15:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK |
08BRUSSELS1884 | BURMA: SANCTIONS IDEAS WELL RECEIVED; WILL DECIDE [...] (C) Summary: USEU Mission officers delivered points and non-paper on Burma sanctions (REF A)to Commission and Council interlocutors, as well as French, Czech, and UK External Relations (RELEX) experts. EUR PDAS Ries flagged the issue separately at the U.S.-EU Task Force meeting on December [...] | 2008-12-12 16:24:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETTC EAID EFIN PREL PGOV BM EUN |
08BRUSSELS1910 | (C) IRAN: EU TO CONSIDER MORE DESIGNATIONS ON [...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The French Presidency will convene a meeting of capital-based experts in Brussels on December 17 to evaluate names of Iranian individuals and entities for possible designation by the EU under its Common Policy on Restrictive Measures Against Iran (insert ref number). [...] | 2008-12-16 15:57:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL ETTC EFIN KNNP ENRG MNUC PINR EUN IR |
08BRUSSELS1922 | PM LETERME UNDER FIRE FOR ALLEGED INTERFERENCE [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Yves Leterme is facing allegations that he or his cabinet tried to pressure a Belgian appeals court to rule in favor of the government in a major case brought by angry Fortis Bank shareholders to stymie the bank's sale to Bank PariBas. In response to media critic [...] | 2008-12-18 15:50:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN BE |
08BRUSSELS1933 | LETERME HANGS ON THROUGH "FORTISGATE" [...] (C) After December 18, a day of drama in the House of Representatives and in Yves Leterme's government, Leterme remains Prime Minister for the time being. Leterme's letter to the Minister of Justice detailing contacts with the husband of one of the judges in the Fortis case and with the "subs [...] | 2008-12-19 15:37:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN BE |
08BRUSSELS292 | BELGIUM FREEZES PKK-ASSOCIATED ROJ-TV'S ASSETS [...] (U) Ref e-mail relayed a Turkish press report that "PKK mouthpiece" Roj TV has been levied a heavy tax fine by Belgian authorities. The press report asserted that Roj TV officials in Belgium "claimed that Turkey's pressure on the U.S. and certain EU countries led to the Belgian decision to l [...] | 2008-02-22 15:17:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC PTER BE TU |
08BRUSSELS445 | EU RESPONDS TO DEMARCHE ON BURMA REFERENDUM, [...] (C) Summary: The Council Secretariat's Burma officer has said that the EU will continue its calls for minority group participation in Burma's political process and will reiterate its support for Gambari and the UN's Good Offices. Internally, the debate over the EU's common position on Burma h [...] | 2008-03-25 17:16:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EFIN EUN BM |
08BRUSSELS64 | TREASURY AND COMMISSION ASSESS FINANCIAL MARKET [...] SUMMARY. A Treasury team led by DAS Mark Sobel met on January 8 in Brussels with European Commission officials and private sector representatives separately to discuss global financial market turmoil, including the impact on the real economy and regulatory policy implications. The officia [...] | 2008-01-15 10:48:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EUN |
08BRUSSELS640 | EC ON INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT CONFERENCE ON [...] (C) Summary: The European Commission would like to coordinate with the United States in the lead-up to the June 12 International Support Conference on Afghanistan. Commission contacts agree (and have made this point to the French government) that the total pledge must surpass the $10.5 billion [...] | 2008-04-25 15:48:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF EU EAID ECON EFIN EUN KDEM |
08BRUSSELS70 | TREASURY AND COMMISSION ASSESS FINANCIAL MARKET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A Treasury team led by DAS Mark Sobel met on January 8 in Brussels with European Commission officials and private sector representatives separately to discuss global financial market turmoil, including the impact on the real economy and regulatory policy implications. The offi [...] | 2008-01-15 12:35:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV EUN |
08BRUSSELS700 | U/S FRIED URGES EU TO SUPPORT KOSOVO, GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Acting U/S Fried urged PSC Ambassadors May 7 to resist Russian pressure and continue integrating Kosovo and Georgia into the Euro-Atlantic sphere. He criticized UNMIK's slow transition of authority to EULEX in Kosovo, and emphasized that discussions between the Serbian government [...] | 2008-05-09 14:30:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETTC KNNP EFIN BO GG RS IR EUN |
08BRUSSELS704 | YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE MAY 13 TRANSATLANTIC [...] The U.S. Mission to the European Union and I welcome you to Brussels for the May 13 meeting of the Transatlantic Economic Council. This meeting will help realize President Bush and Chancellor Merkel's aspiration for greater transatlantic economic integration, but much will depend on the app [...] | 2008-05-09 15:39:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EIND EINV EFIN EAGR ENRG WTO EUN |
08BRUSSELS71 | EU PROPOSAL TO USG FOR CASH COURIERS / CONTROLS [...] (SBU) Summary: EU Member State representatives will discuss on Jan. 16 how to respond to U.S. proposals for the next U.S.-EU practitioners' workshop on countering terrorist financing at the EU's Committee on Terrorism (COTER) working group. A Council Secretariat contact predicted to USEU tha [...] | 2008-01-15 14:35:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN PTER KTFN KCRM KJUS KHLS SNAR EUN |
08BRUSSELS733 | Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt meets with EU [...] (SBU) Summary: Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt met with EU Commissioner Charlie McCreevy hours before the second meeting of the Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC) meeting on May 1th, 2008. They discussed transition processes, the TEC, and insurance issues. They agreed to work on the Comm [...] | 2008-05-16 14:24:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EIND EINV EUN |
08BRUSSELS814 | BELGIUM TO FORGIVE 80% OF IRAQI DEBT [...] At the Stockholm Conference on Iraq, Belgian State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Olivier Chastel stated that Belgium is willing to forgive 80% of Iraq's bilateral debt by the end of 2008. Belgium would forgive 260 million euros ($403 million) out of a total debt of 323 million euros ($500 mi [...] | 2008-05-30 09:14:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID IZ BE |
08BRUSSELS870 | (S//NF) IRAN/TERRORISM: EU LIKELY TO REMOVE MEK [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Triggered by a recent UK court decision, the EU is debating whether to remove the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK, also included on the U.S. list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations) from the EU's terrorist designation list as early as the end of June. Delisting cou [...] | 2008-06-09 14:43:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREF PINR ETTC EFIN KTFN IR IZ EUN UK |
08BRUSSELS881 | LUNCH SESSION OF TRANSATLANTIC ECONOMIC COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: At the May 13 U.S.-EU Transatlantic Economic Council meeting in Brussels, principals held a private lunch where they discussed how to combat protectionism, responses to food crises, biotechnology and biofuels, and our respective approaches to Russia. On combating protectionism, p [...] | 2008-06-11 13:10:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN EAGR EIND EINV EFIN ENRG ETRD EUN RU |
08BRUSSELS894 | IRAN: EU EXPLAINS 1803 NEXT STEPS TO A/S O,BRIEN, [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: U.S. Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing Patrick O'Brien met senior EU and Member State representatives on May 14 and 15 to stress the importance of EU action on sanctions against Iran. EU interlocutors explained the current EU implementation status for UNS [...] | 2008-06-12 15:16:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC ETRD KTFN PREL PARM PINR PTER KNNP |
08BRUSSELS904 | EU STILL CONSIDERING BURMA SANCTIONS OPTIONS [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY: A Commission sanctions staffer confirmed sanctions reform should not factor into Burma discussions at the June 16 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). However, a June 18 meeting of the EU Council's Working Party on Asia and Oceania (COASI),including c [...] | 2008-06-13 15:58:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC EFIN PHUM PREL KDEM EUN BM AORC UNSC FR |
08BRUSSELS924 | STATUS ON EU SANCTIONS ON IRAN [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY:Our diplomatic and political efforts to speed up European implementation of UN Security Council Resolutions (UNSCRs) and related financial sanctions appear to be gaining traction following the President,s trip to European capitals and a trip by the European Union,s High Repr [...] | 2008-06-17 16:49:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC ETRD KTFN PREL PARM PINR PTER KNNP |
08BRUSSELS928 | EU READOUT OF SOLANA VISIT TO TEHRAN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. On June 17, EU Council contact characterized HiRep Solana's June 14 meetings in Tehran as "better than expected." FM Motaki insisted on linking Iran's response to the P5 1 incentives package to a P5 1 response to Iran's proposals, but Jalili said Iran would "carefully study" [...] | 2008-06-18 13:50:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM EFIN PTER KNNP ETTC ETRD KTFN AORC |
08BRUSSELS955 | SYRIA AND IRAN: UNVIE AMBASSADOR SCHULTE AND [...] (C) During a June 13 visit to Brussels, U.S. Mission to the IAEA Ambassador Gregory Schulte met with EU Council Secretariat Director General Robert Cooper to discuss nuclear non-proliferation efforts vis a vis Iran and Syria. Schulte obtained Cooper's assurance that the EU would take formal a [...] | 2008-06-24 11:28:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ECON EFIN KTFN MNUC KNNP PARM IR SY EUN |
08BRUSSELS986 | TERRORIST FINANCING / CHARITIES: EU SENSITIVITIES FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USEU met on June 16 with a European Commission terrorist financing contact regarding U.S. proposals to discuss with the EU the abuse of charities by terrorist organizations. Contact expressed doubt that a U.S.-EU workshop on this topic can be agreed by the EU during the French [...] | 2008-06-27 15:38:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN KTFN PTER FR EUN PINR UNSC EZ |
08BRUSSELS990 | IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IRISL CARGO INSPECTION [...] (S) Charge delivered the points in reftel to Werner Bauwens, the head of the MFA's Non-proliferation Office on June 30. He agreed to relay the points to all the relevant offices and agencies within the GOB. 2. (S) Bauwens noted that the EU had adopted sanctions based on UNSCR 1803 last Monday [...] | 2008-06-30 13:36:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | ECON EFIN EWWT ETRD PARM PINR PREL KNNP EUN |
08BRUSSELS991 | ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR UN 1267 SANCTIONS AND [...] (C) Charge delivered the requested points to Wilm Geurts of the MFA's UN Directorate on the Security Council. Geurts said that Belgium is very supportive and fully committed. The challenge is to get 1735 fully implemented by member states. 2. (C) Belgium is satisfied with UNSCR 1735 al [...] | 2008-06-30 13:53:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC AG BE |
08BUCHAREST100 | ROMANIA ON BOARD WITH LEBANON DEMARCHE; ON SYRIA [...] (C) POLOFF delivered ref b demarche (and note verbale) on February 6 to MFA Director for Middle East and Africa Mihail Dobre. Dobre said Romania was "on board" with the U.S. points in support of Lebanon. He added that although it was too early to give a figure for Romania's financial support [...] | 2008-02-07 14:40:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EFIN EINV LE SY RO |
08BUCHAREST1005 | ROMANIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] This message contains Post's submission for the 2008 Country Reports on Terrorism. 2. Begin text. Romania provided throughout 2008 a full range of public and diplomatic support to counterterrorism efforts. Approximately 500 Romanian troops were serving in Iraq and 820 in Afghanistan as par [...] | 2008-12-22 14:41:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR RO |
08BUCHAREST1016 | ROMANIA: NEW COALITION'S ECONOMIC PLAN A MOVING TARGET [...] (SBU) The new PDL-PSD coalition government announced a ruling program full of campaign promises and political sweeteners prior to officially taking power on December 22, but has just as quickly begun to back away from many of those positions in its first two weeks in office. New Prime Ministe [...] | 2008-12-29 14:23:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV RO |
08BUCHAREST385 | TERRORISM FINANCE: RESPONSE TO 1267 DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-21 08:57:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN PTER PINR EFIN PREL |
08BUCHAREST491 | ROMANIA'S ECONOMY CHARGES AHEAD, BUT INFLATION LOOMS AS A [...] (U) Defying expectations of a slowdown in light of global conditions, the GOR reported that Romania's economy grew in the first quarter at a very impressive 8.2 percent annual rate over the same period last year. Growth was chiefly driven by the spectacular expansion in construction. However [...] | 2008-06-18 10:38:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EIND EFIN RO |
08BUCHAREST504 | ROMANIA: SMALL FIRST QUARTER BUDGET SURPLUS MASKS LIKELY [...] (SBU) Recently released data shows the Government of Romania (GOR) posted a small consolidated budget surplus of USD $32.3 million in the first quarter of 2008, or the equivalent of 0.02 percent of expected GDP. For this year, the GOR has already cut its deficit target by 0.4 percent to 2.3 p [...] | 2008-06-19 10:42:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EIND PGOV RO |
08BUCHAREST507 | ROMANIAN STOCK MARKET SEARCHES FOR A COMPETITIVE EDGE [...] (U) Summary: Battered by the same negative forces affecting stock markets worldwide, the Bucharest Stock Exchange (Bursa de Valori Bucuresti, or BVB) is struggling to capitalize on Romania's strong economic growth in order to maintain a competitive position. To boost investor confidence, BVB m [...] | 2008-06-20 14:15:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EIND RO |
08BUCHAREST560 | ROMANIA: U.S. COMPANIES ENGAGE ON CYBER CRIME [...] (SBU) Summary. As part of an initiative spearheaded by eBay, representatives of several American financial services, software, and e-business companies visited Bucharest on June 10th and 11th, 2008 to discuss ways to enhance existing cooperation with the Romanian authorities in combating finan [...] | 2008-07-11 14:09:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT EFIN EINV ECON PGOV KCRM KIPR RO |
08BUCHAREST562 | ROMANIA: CENTRAL BANK ON CREDIT MARKETS, INFLATION AND [...] (SBU) Summary. At a June 27 roundtable to discuss the Romanian central bank's (BNR) stance on credit growth and its impact on other economic fundamentals, BNR Governor Mugur Isarescu stressed that BNR's recent tighter monetary policy does not aim to stop non-government credit growth, but inste [...] | 2008-07-14 05:43:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EIND RO |
08BUCHAREST574 | ROMANIA: POLICYMAKERS ATTUNED TO INFLATION AS ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Rising inflation is capturing the attention of Romanian policymakers and is likely to play a significant role in the upcoming election season. Annualized inflation (June 2007 to June 2008) is up to 8.61 percent, with price increases in consumer staples acutely affecting consum [...] | 2008-07-21 08:48:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD ECON PGOV RO |
08BUCHAREST578 | ROMANIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IRANIAN ENTITIES DESIGNATED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-22 09:52:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ENRG KNNP EFIN PARM IR ECON RO |
08BUCHAREST647 | ROMANIA : PROPERTY FUND IS HIRING PROFESSIONAL MANAGERS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The long process of establishing a property restitution fund to reimburse former owners of certain expropriated properties is finally drawing to a close. The four billion Euro fund has already distributed nearly 20 percent of its outstanding shares and is in the final stages of [...] | 2008-08-14 13:35:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD ECON CASC PGOV RO |
08BUCHAREST675 | ROMANIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ADDITIONAL DESIGNATED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-26 13:04:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD ENRG ECON RO |
08BUCHAREST739 | ROMANIA: STRONG GROWTH CONTINUES, BUT AT AN INFLATIONARY [...] (U) Summary. Romania's economy posted higher-than-expected growth in the first half of 2008, prompting renewed worries of over-heating in the near future. The construction, services, industrial and retail sectors drove the growth rate to 8.8% over the same period last year. However, the imp [...] | 2008-09-22 09:25:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EIND EFIN RO |
08BUCHAREST771 | ROMANIA: DOMESTIC TERRORISM DESIGNATIONS DIFFICULT [...] (C) EconOff met on September 23rd with Elena Paris, Unit Chief in the Office for the Implementation of International Sanctions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),to deliver reftel demarche regarding a U.S. Domestic Designation under E.O. 13438. Paris explained that the Government of Ro [...] | 2008-10-01 12:15:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PTER PREL PGOV KTFN RO |
08BUCHAREST772 | ROMANIA ON C-RE8-01539 AND TERRORIST FINANCE: [...] (S/NF) Summary. In response to ref A request for information, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) provided EconOff a brief outline of the procedure that led up to the Muhajedin-E Khalq (MEK) listing within the EU. MFA believes that this listing will remain in place for the immediate future [...] | 2008-10-01 12:38:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC PTER PREL PGOV PINR UNSC KTFN RO |
08BUCHAREST786 | ROMANIA: ASSISTANCE TO GEORGIA [...] (SBU) EconCouns met October 3 with Anamaria Almasan, Acting Director for EU External Relations and Development Assistance at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),to convey reftel information on U.S. aid to Georgia and to inquire about Romanian plans for both bilateral and EU-coordinated assis [...] | 2008-10-07 14:43:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN KCRS KMCA EUN PREL GG RO |
08BUCHAREST789 | ROMANIA: PUBLIC SECTOR WAGE BATTLE THREATENS TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Last week's parliamentary vote to increase national teacher salaries by an eye-popping 50 percent has thrust the Government of Romania (GOR) into a fierce wrestling match with labor unions less than two months before November 30 elections. Prime Minister Tariceanu's governmen [...] | 2008-10-08 13:45:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV RO |
08BUCHAREST812 | ROMANIA: BY TAPPING ON THE BRAKES, THE CENTRAL BANK KEEPS [...] (SBU) Summary. Several factors particular to the Romanian economy have reduced the local impact of the global financial crisis. Overall, Romania's financial and banking system has sufficient liquidity and is not expected to experience any negative short-term repercussions from the current cr [...] | 2008-10-23 09:29:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EIND RO |
08BUCHAREST818 | ROMANIA: LABOR SHORTAGE CRISIS AND SOARING WAGE INFLATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Romania has one of the most acute labor shortages in the European Union (EU),which has led to rapidly rising wages. The construction industry has been the hardest hit, with skills and talent increasingly moving west following Romania's EU accession. Since 2005, the overall aver [...] | 2008-10-24 06:16:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB AFSN RO |
08BUCHAREST838 | ROMANIA: TEACHER WAGE HIKE DELAYED, BUT POLITICAL BATTLE CONTINUES AS MARKET ANALYSTS FRET [...] (SBU) The Government of Prime Minister Calin-Popescu Tariceanu threw down the gauntlet with public sector unions on October 28 by issuing an emergency ordinance that postpones implementation until April 1, 2009 of the new law granting teachers a 50 percent salary increase (reftel). The ordinance wa [...] | 2008-10-30 15:37:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV RO |
08BUCHAREST867 | ROMANIA: DEMARCHE ON FATF STATEMENTS AND IRAN [...] (SBU) EconCouns delivered reftel demarche on Financial Action Task Force (FATF) statements on Iran to Cristina Mezdrea and Laura Gradinaru of the Office for Implementation of International Sanctions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on November 3, and subsequently to Adrian Cosmescu, D [...] | 2008-11-10 14:51:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL EFIN KNNP RO |
08BUCHAREST88 | LNG TERMINAL AN APPEALING PROSPECT AS ROMANIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. A team of U.S. investors led by ETG International (www.etgint.com),a natural gas transport company and UGI (www.ugicorp.com),a natural gas marketing and distribution company, hope to construct an LPG and LNG terminal at the port of Constanta on Romania's Black Sea Coast. Proje [...] | 2008-02-01 15:41:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EINV EFIN PREL RO |
08BUCHAREST9 | ROMANIA PASSES 2008 BUDGET WITH VOTERS IN MIND [...] (SBU) Clearly padded to reflect political calculations ahead of local and national elections over the next 24 months, the Government of Romania's 2008 budget includes sizable increases for education, health care, social services, and retirement pensions. The Parliament approved the state and [...] | 2008-01-09 07:06:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV SOCI RO |
08BUCHAREST905 | ROMANIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON REVOCATION OF IRAN'S [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-20 11:47:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PARM PREL KNNP ECON RO |
08BUCHAREST920 | ROMANIA'S ECONOMY SET FOR A LANDING, BUT HOW HARD? [...] (C) The forward momentum in Romania's red-hot economy is already slowing and will definitely hit the brakes in 2009, government officials and outside analysts told visiting U.S. Treasury representatives last week. Still, while Romania can expect sharply lower growth due to the global downturn, the [...] | 2008-11-25 15:48:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EIND ETRD PGOV PREL RO |
08BUCHAREST961 | ROMANIA: BURGEONING BUDGETARY BLUES [...] (SBU) As negotiations among the political parties over the shape of a new coalition government enter their second week, the economic news in Romania is a study in contrasts. Eurostat announced on December 5 that Romanian GDP growth reached 9.1 percent in the third quarter (July-September),th [...] | 2008-12-09 13:51:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV RO |
08BUDAPEST1005 | THE UPSIDE OF MELTDOWN: POLITICAL OPPORTUNITY AND [...] (C) As Hungary's markets continue their rough ride (septel),Prime Minister Gyurcsany has seized on this weekend's "National Summit Meeting" as a means to address both Hungary's immediate economic challenges as well as his own long list of political problems. Designed to bring together Hunga [...] | 2008-10-17 09:01:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN HU |
08BUDAPEST1006 | THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS HITS HUNGARY [...] (SBU) Following years of high budget deficits and other economic policy mistakes, together with a high reliance on foreign currency-denominated loans, Hungary finds itself particularly vulnerable to the secondary effects of the financial crisis - the increasing cost and drying up of credit, lo [...] | 2008-10-17 09:04:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL HU |
08BUDAPEST1027 | FOREIGN CURRENCY LOANS: HOW HARD WILL BORROWERS BE [...] (U) Although most hope and expect the recently announced IMF assistance package will help strengthen and stabilize Hungary's currency, the recent weakening of the forint has caused many to consider the impact a weakened currency will have on the large number of households holding foreign curre [...] | 2008-10-30 15:32:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON HU |
08BUDAPEST1059 | THE WOLF FROM THE DOOR...AND THE ELEPHANT IN THE [...] (C) Summary. With the immediate crisis seemingly averted and with discussions underway with the IMF, EU, and the World Bank on the details of the international stabilization package, the economic debate in Hungary is beginning to shift toward a closer examination of the steps the government is [...] | 2008-11-06 13:38:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL HU |
08BUDAPEST1095 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DELIVERY OF GULF-BASED AL-QAIDA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-17 17:13:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL HU |
08BUDAPEST1099 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: LEVERAGING FATF STATEMENT ON [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered ref a demarche to Ministry of Finance Department of International Relations Head of Unit Dr. Krisztina Kovacs and Ministry of Foreign Affairs European Legal Department Head of Unit Szilvia Balasz. Both ministries were aware of the FATF guidance, and noted the recent EU [...] | 2008-11-18 10:11:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL EFIN KNNP HU |
08BUDAPEST1108 | BANKS SAY NO TO STATE ASSISTANCE...FOR NOW [...] (U) The IMF 12.5 billion euro stand-by loan to Hungary includes provisions to help increase the equity and liquidity of banks in Hungary. The "banking sector package" includes a HUF 300 billion (approx. USD 1.5 billion) Capital Base Enhancement Fund to increase banks' capital adequacy ratio to [...] | 2008-11-21 15:34:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL HU |
08BUDAPEST1139 | WAITING FOR THE OTHER SHOE TO DROP: THE IMPACT OF [...] (C) Summary. Although there is little agreement among experts regarding Hungary's growth rate for 2009, most business leaders remain pessimistic about the future. Some sectors in the real economy have already begun experiencing the negative effects of Hungary's economic slowdown, while other [...] | 2008-11-26 14:20:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL HU |
08BUDAPEST1143 | BOKROS AND SIMOR: A "GEEK CHORUS" FOR ECONOMIC [...] (C) With the minority socialist government stuck in the refrain that it is pursuing "all the economic reforms the public is willing to accept," and the leading opposition FIDESZ party often resorting to populist rhetoric rather than practical alternatives, there is a vacuum of prominent Hungar [...] | 2008-11-28 15:20:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PINR HU |
08BUDAPEST1158 | INDIAN SUMMER: HUNGARY MOVES FROM A HURRY TO [...] (C) Summary: With the winter recess in sight, the Gyurcsany government is congratulating itself on the passage of the 2009 budget and the adoption of minor changes in Hungary's tax structure. But the international stabilization package has provided only a tenuous degree of stability, and eco [...] | 2008-12-04 10:45:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN HU |
08BUDAPEST1176 | HUNGARY WILL ATTEND PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-09 14:33:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN HU |
08BUDAPEST1192 | A WINTER OF DISCONTENT: WORKERS STRIKE AGAINST [...] (SBU) As Parliament is preparing to finish its Autumn session with the passage of a leaner 2009 budget bill, a growing number of current and planned transportation industry and public sector employee strikes are disrupting daily life in Hungary, and increasing pressure on the cash-strapped go [...] | 2008-12-16 06:55:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL ELAB HU |
08BUDAPEST1201 | ECONOMIC REFORM ISSUES I: THE TAX WEDGE [...] (U) This is the first in a series of reports on structural economic reforms proposed by economists and macroeconomic analysts to help Hungary achieve higher economic growth, reduce macroeconomic vulnerabilities, and to remain economically competitive in the region. THE HIGH TAX BURDEN ON LAB [...] | 2008-12-17 08:44:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL HU |
08BUDAPEST1210 | HUNGARY WOULD CONSIDER ATTENDING POTENTIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-18 13:32:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN HU |
08BUDAPEST1214 | BANKING SECTOR DEVELOPMENTS: GOV'T AND BANKS ADAPT [...] (SBU) Summary. The banking industry is undergoing a rapid transformation as the financial crisis and global credit crunch impose new realities on the financial sector in Hungary. Banks find themselves altering their business models to reduce loan deposit ratios and improve the quality of the [...] | 2008-12-19 06:09:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL HU |
08BUDAPEST430 | HUNGARY COMMITTED TO TAX TREATY [...] Ministry of Finance State Secretary Almos Kovacs stressed in a cordial April 23 meeting in response to reftel demarche that GOH has no currently known substantive disagreement on specific elements of the U.S.-Hungary tax treaty, and that it has no desire to delay resumption of negotiations or [...] | 2008-04-28 10:11:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PREL HU |
08BUDAPEST444 | FINANCE MINISTER GETS THE MESSAGE ON TAX TREATY [...] (SBU) In a meeting with Ambassador Foley April 29 (other issues septel),Finance Minister Janos Veres underscored his commitment to expediting resolution of the outstanding issues in our bilateral tax treaty (REFTEL). 2. (SBU) Veres confirmed that the GoH will be prepared to resume negoti [...] | 2008-04-30 13:53:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL HU |
08BUDAPEST593 | IMF ON HUNGARY'S ECONOMY: STABLE NOW BUT WARY [...] (U) Growing concerns regarding Hungary's current growth indicators and long-term sustainability have tempered an IMF assessment team's "favorable" assessment of Hungary's short-term, macro-economic indicators. The country has made a good start in its deficit reduction plans but must continue [...] | 2008-06-13 13:25:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EFIN HU |
08BUDAPEST681 | SCENE-SETTER FOR TREASURY ACTING DAS ERIC MEYER [...] (SBU) Your visit comes as the Parliament has recessed for the long summer "cucumber season." With the dissolution of the MSzP-SzDSz coalition following the national referendum on elements of Prime Minister Gyurcsany's reform agenda this spring, the government is now feeling its way forward wit [...] | 2008-07-08 08:51:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EFIN HU |
08BUDAPEST737 | HUNGARY RECEIVES NON-PAPER ON ADDITIONAL IRANIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-24 14:23:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN PARM IR HU |
08BUDAPEST809 | THE GOH CONTINUES A DEFICIT REDUCTION DIET [...] (C) Financial analysts generally agree that the current government has neither the ability nor the appetite to enact economic reforms that will address underlying causes of slow economic growth in Hungary. As Oriens Consulting Group Partner and former OPT Bank Research Director Tamas Vojnits [...] | 2008-08-12 09:00:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV HU EFIN |
08BUDAPEST848 | HUNGARY - DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-27 12:54:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN |
08BUDAPEST874 | THE GOVERNMENT'S NEW TAX PLAN - TAX CUTS WITHOUT [...] (U) Summary. The GOH unveiled its multi-year USD 7 billion tax cut plan last week. Under the plan the government proposes to remove the unpopular 4 percent "solidarity tax" on businesses and to reduce employer social security contributions for lower wage employees, but it also intends to incre [...] | 2008-09-04 13:15:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV HU EFIN |
08BUDAPEST983 | DELIVERY OF FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On October 2, Econoff met with Ministry of Economy Bilateral (Non-EU) Relations Director Katalin Csorba and delivered reftel points. Csorba agreed that the Financing for Development (FfD) Outcome Document should be balanced and should be an accurate reflection of countries' economic pol [...] | 2008-10-06 15:40:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL UN HU |
08BUENOSAIRES1006 | ARGENTINA: JAPANESE AMBASSADOR EXPRESSES CONCERN [...] (SBU) Summary: In an early July meeting among embassy teams, Japanese Ambassador to Argentina, Hitohiro Ishida, stressed the importance of Paris Club solidarity in dealing with Argentina's outstanding Paris Club debt and emphasized the need to send a strong message to the GOA to develop a rep [...] | 2008-07-23 15:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV EAGR AR JA |
08BUENOSAIRES1011 | MID-YEAR STATUS REPORT ON BILAT ECONOMIC ISSUES: [...] (C) This cable provides status of bilateral economic issues: Paris Club, holdouts, ExImBank tolling agreement, Post advocacy and ICSID cases, as well as updates on GoA/IMF relations and GoA finances. New Economy Mnister Carlos Fernandez supported his predecessor's Paris Club proposal to make [...] | 2008-07-24 20:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL AR |
08BUENOSAIRES103 | RESOURCE NATIONALISM IN ARGENTINA [...] (U) Post's response to Reftel A inquiry about the presence of resource nationalism in Argentina is tracked to reftel questions. --------------------------------------------- ----- EXAMPLES OF ACTIONS/POLICIES MOTIVATED BY RESOURCE NATIONALISM --------------------------------------------- -- [...] | 2008-01-30 16:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | AR ENRG EFIN ECON EMIN EINV EPET PGOV EAGR |
08BUENOSAIRES1048 | FOREIGN BANKERS PESSIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE IN [...] (C) Foreign financial sector representatives gave visiting Treasury DAS Brian O'Neill a pessimistic assessment of the state of the Argentine economy and prospects for improvements in GoA economic policies during a July 11 meeting. They agreed on the likelihood of a sharp economic deceleration [...] | 2008-07-30 19:01:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1115 | ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER INSIDER CARLOS ZANNINI ON THE [...] (C) Summary. "We must abandon pre-conceived notions about each other...and work to identify new areas of cooperation," President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's (CFK) Legal and Technical Secretary Carlos Zannini told Ambassador Wayne and Carl Meacham, Senior Professional Staff Member of th [...] | 2008-08-09 12:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAGR ECON EINV EFIN PHUM PINR AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1124 | ARGENTINA'S CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) Central Bank Governor Martin Redrado called his central bank,s aggressive response to the June/July run on Argentine bank deposits wholly successful in staunching the outflow and in punishing currency speculators. This rsponse included the sale of $3.5 billion in dollar reserves over a 60 [...] | 2008-08-11 21:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL OREP AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1150 | ARGENTINA: CANDID TALK FROM BUENOS AIRES MAYOR MAURICIO MACRI ON CURRENT POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Senior Professional Staffer of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Carl Meacham and the DCM, Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri criticized the Kirchners for pushing their policies to the limit and spoke directly about concerns that President Cristina Fernandez de K [...] | 2008-08-14 20:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAGR ECON ETRD EFIN AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1159 | ARGENTINA: MEETING WITH PRO-U.S./PRO-KIRCHNER [...] (C) Summary: On August 13, Chaco Governor Jorge Capitanich, a close ally of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK),said the administration faces four big challenges: 1) tackling inflation, 2) reducing subsidies; 3) repaying the Paris Club debt; and 4) setting the future agenda in the [...] | 2008-08-15 22:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1160 | Argentina Rides Bond-Price Rollercoaster Amid Market [...] (SBU) A series of interrelated events the week of August 4-8, including the GoA's private sale of US$1 billion in sovereign bonds to Venezuela at a high yield, prompted a significant drop in GoA bond prices and a climb in Argentina's country risk premium to 741 basis points. On August 10, the [...] | 2008-08-15 22:01:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EAGR AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1215 | ARGENTINE SENATORS SEE OPPORTUNITY AND RISKS IN NEW POLITICAL LANDSCAPE REF: [...] (U) Summary: Argentine Senate president Pampuro again privately criticized the government's handling of the agricultural sector crisis, while government and opposition senators in three separate meetings described a changed political landscape in Argentina to visiting SFRC Professional Staff Membe [...] | 2008-08-29 16:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EINV PINR AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1218 | Argentina: Government Subsidy Increases Could Squeeze [...] (SBU) Government subsidies, mostly for energy, transportation, and food, have been surging in 2008 and threaten to undermine one of the pillars of the GOA's economic model, a primary fiscal surplus in the range of 3% of GDP. In the first half of 2008, the GOA spent over US$4 billion on subsidi [...] | 2008-08-29 20:02:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV EINV EAGR ENRG ETRD AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1220 | GOA ECONOMIC OFFICIALS DEFEND MODEL, PROMISE TO [...] (C) A Buenos Aires Council of the Americas (CoA) conference convoked key members of the GoA's economic team, including new Chief of Cabinet Sergio Massa, Central Bank President Martin Redrado, and Economy Minister Carlos Fernandez. To an audience of domestic and international business leaders [...] | 2008-08-29 21:01:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR PREL AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1224 | ARGENTINA: PRESIDENT KIRCHNER ANNOUNCES THAT GOA [...] (C) President Kirchner (CFK) announced today that Argentina would pay $6.7 billion in Paris Club (PC) debt out of central bank reserves. It remains unclear whether the GoA intends to repay its PC debt in full or simply pay down arrears (the most recent Paris Club Secretariat data shows Argenti [...] | 2008-09-02 23:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1234 | ARGENTINA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-04 19:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KNNP MNUC PARM PREL AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1236 | ARGENTINA'S PARIS CLUB ANNOUNCEMENT PROMPTS [...] (SBU) The local reaction to the Argentine President's surprise September 2 announcement to pay Paris Club debt has been mildly positive. The GoA is promoting the action as part of a larger "debt reduction, development, and growth" initiative. GoA officials expressed satisfaction with the pos [...] | 2008-09-04 21:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1255 | CODEL PETERSON'S SEPTEMBER 4 MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner met September 4 with a U.S. congressional delegation led by Collin Peterson of Minnesota. The President supported holding bilateral discussions later this year to try to resolve market access issues involving Argentine lemons a [...] | 2008-09-08 20:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAGR EFIN BEXP AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1263 | Argentina: Seizing the Bilateral Opportunity - Building on [...] (SBU) The GoA's surprise September 2 announcement that it will soon pay all Paris Club debt, which would include fully clearing some $402 million in arrears to the USG, opens the door to Argentina's normalization with official USG credit agencies. Once arrears to the USG are reconciled and cle [...] | 2008-09-10 19:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV OPIC EXIM BEXP AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1270 | FED GOVERNOR KROSZNER HEARS LITANY OF LOCAL [...] (C) During a visit that coincided with the Argentine President's surprise announcement that the GoA would pay Paris Club debts (reftels),Federal Reserve Bank Governor Randall Kroszner received a pessimistic message about the future of the Argentine economy from industrialists, economists, ban [...] | 2008-09-11 15:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1274 | ARGENTINE CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT PROPOSES REGIONAL [...] (C) U.S. Federal Reserve Bank Governor Randall Kroszner pointed to signs that slowing growth and higher inflation in advanced economies are beginning to impact emerging markets during his keynote speech at the Argentine Central Bank's (BCRA) annual monetary and banking conference. He argued t [...] | 2008-09-12 18:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1281 | ARGENTINA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OFAC DESIGNATIONS [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Poloff on September 12 delivered notice of the impending OFAC Narcotics Kingpin Act designations of three senior Venezuelan officials to Ricardo Roselli, the Director General for International Narcotics Affairs at the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Points were also p [...] | 2008-09-12 21:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN PTER PINR EFIN SNAR KCRM PREL VE AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1286 | GOA PUSHES FORWARD ON PARIS CLUB REPAYMENT, [...] (C) Amid media rumors of internal debate over President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's pledge to pay the Paris Club, GoA officials continue to move the proposal forward. Central Bank President Martin Redrado and Finance Secretary Hernan Lorenzino confirm that CFK has approved a plan to begin [...] | 2008-09-15 22:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1303 | EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT USING [...] (C) Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's September 2 announcement that the GoA intends to use Central Bank reserves to pay Paris Club debt has spawned a local debate over the various legal and financial ramifications of using reserves for this purpose. The main issues relate to [...] | 2008-09-17 21:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1309 | Argentine President Criticizes Wall Street Analyst [...] (SBU) President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) has taken on Argentine economic analysts abroad who have criticized the GoA's economic policy mix, calling them "parrots who always predict chaos and cataclysm...who are always talking about our country risk and never talking about the risks [...] | 2008-09-18 20:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL AR |
08BUENOSAIRES131 | Argentina: Pan American Energy principal Carlos Bulgheroni [...] (SBU) In a January 28 meeting with Ambassador, Pan American Energy principal and GoA insider Carlos Bulgheroni (protect) detailed Pan American's significant new oil/gas discovery in Chubut province, Pan American's intent to significantly expand its hydrocarbon development budget and the company [...] | 2008-02-04 16:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN BEXP OVIP AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1312 | ARGENTINA: GOVERNMENT CLEARS LEGAL HURDLES TO PARIS CLUB [...] (SBU) With little fanfare, the GoA has moved to amend the Argentine Central Bank's (BCRA) Charter to allow for the legal use of BCRA reserves to pay Paris Club debts (see reftels for background). The GoA added an article to this effect to the decree issued September 16 amending the 2008 budget [...] | 2008-09-19 20:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1324 | Argentina and Brazil Pledge Increased Cooperation [...] (SBU) Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva (Lula) pledged increased cooperation and agreed on a number of economic and infrastructure deals during a September 6-8 CFK state visit to Brazil. The fact that the summit constitut [...] | 2008-09-23 12:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL EINV ENRG EFIN EIND MARR MCAP SENV AR BR |
08BUENOSAIRES1330 | ABOUT-FACE: ARGENTINE PRESIDENT MAKES SURPRISE [...] (SBU) Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) made a surprise announcement yesterday that the GoA is considering a proposal by three banks to re-open the 2005 debt exchange to holdout bondholders. Barclays, Citi, and Deutsche Bank have developed the proposal, which will cover [...] | 2008-09-23 22:53:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1333 | ARGENTINA: PRESIDENT'S TOUGH UNGA SPEECH [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine President Fernandez de Kirchner used her September 23 speech to the UNGA to appeal to a number of domestic constituencies, encapsulating a number of Kirchner governance themes and putting them in the context of a multilateralist, anti-neo-liberal framework. The speech, [...] | 2008-09-24 22:53:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PHUM PREL PTER IR AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1373 | ARGENTINA: DELIVERY OF ZIMBABWE DEMARCHE RE BANK [...] (SBU) EconOff delivered reftel demarche in separate meetings on October 1 to Marcelo Cesa, Argentine MFA desk officer for the U.S., Adrian Cosentino, new Finance Undersecretary at the Ministry of Economy, and also with Argentine Central Bank Managing Director and Chief Economist Hernan Lacunza [...] | 2008-10-07 18:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC BEXP ECON EFIN AR ZI |
08BUENOSAIRES1374 | ARGENTINA: GOA STRUGGLES TO RESPOND TO [...] (SBU) A "Coordinating Table" chaired by Chief of Cabinet Sergio Massa and including senior Economy Ministry, Central Bank, and financial sector regulatory officials is to meet today, October 7, to organize GoA-wide management of currency, trade, budget, and debt policies in response to the int [...] | 2008-10-07 20:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1377 | ARGENTINE ECONOMISTS PREDICT GLOBAL ECONOMIC [...] (C) Three prominent Argentine economists told visiting WHA DAS Chris McMullen October 2 that the global financial crisis will have a bigger impact on Argentina's real economy than its financial sector, due to the country's relative isolation from international capital markets. They noted that [...] | 2008-10-08 14:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1389 | Argentine Congress' Budget Review Clouded by Global [...] (SBU) The Argentine legislature is set to amend the 2008 budget and pass the 2009 budget in the face of a deteriorating external environment and increasing anxiety about its impact on Argentina's economy and finances. The 2008 bill increases expenditures in 2008 by about US$11.5 billion due to [...] | 2008-10-09 17:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1395 | GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS COMPLICATES ARGENTINE PARIS [...] (C) Rumors are circulating in Argentina that the GoA will delay payment of Paris Club debts (Reftel) due to concerns about weakening the Central Bank at a time of great economic and financial uncertainty. The press on October 8 & 9 quoted Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo confirming the GoA [...] | 2008-10-09 19:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1396 | GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS COMPLICATES ARGENTINA'S [...] (C) The global financial crisis is complicating negotiations between private foreign banks and the GoA over the reopening of both the debt exchange to Holdout bondholders and the simultaneous debt swap for bonds coming due 2009-2011. GoA and Citibank contacts confirm that no deals are possibl [...] | 2008-10-09 19:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1397 | CITIBANK-ARGENTINA PRESIDENT HIGHLIGHTS IMPACT OF [...] (C) Citi-Argentina President Juan Jose Bruchou (protect) told Ambassador October 7 that the Argentine banking sector is starting to feel the pinch of the global financial crisis and accompanying flight to quality. While providing assurances that the Argentine financial sector is reasonably st [...] | 2008-10-09 19:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1398 | Argentina Structures Modest Development Bank on Brazil [...] (SBU) Former Economy Minister Miguel Peirano is now working to transform Argentina's state-owned Bank for Commerce and External Trade (BICE) into a development bank on the model of Brazil's BNDES. He argues that countries with such unstable economic and financial histories as Argentina and Bra [...] | 2008-10-09 20:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1407 | Argentina: GoA Pressures IDB for New Financing [...] (SBU) IDB President Luis Moreno noted growing GoA fears that global financial turmoil will exacerbate Argentina's already restricted access to international credit. Following his meeting in New York with President Christina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK),the GoA has requested that the IDB increa [...] | 2008-10-14 13:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1418 | Argentina's Buenos Aires Province-owned Bank [...] (SBU) Guillermo Francos, President of Argentina's second largest public bank, Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (BP),is looking to expand secured lending to provincial small and medium enterprise for investment in new productive capacity. Outside of BP's regular lending activity, Francos [...] | 2008-10-15 19:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV PINR AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1420 | ARGENTINA: AMIA PROSECUTOR DESCRIBES IMPENDING [...] (C) Summary: Alberto Nisman, Argentina's Special Prosecutor to investigate the 1994 terrorist attack against the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA),called on the Ambassador October 14, 2008 to provide advance notice of what he said would be the first civil action to be advanced again [...] | 2008-10-15 22:53:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KJUS PGOV PREL EFIN IR AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1426 | Argentina's Buenos Aires Province Taxman: Public Profile, [...] (SBU) Santiago Montoya, tax chief of Buenos Aries province, Argentina's largest, is riding a wave of popularity following high-profile tax compliance sweeps of wealthy neighborhoods. This popular support, he told Ambassador, demolishes the Argentine political truism that zealous tax enforcement [...] | 2008-10-17 12:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PREL PGOV AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1442 | Argentina: Cash-Strapped GoA to Nationalize Private Pension [...] (SBU) The GoA will announce formally October 21 its plans to submit a bill to Congress to "rescue" future retirees by nationalizing Argentina's private pension system. Argentina's social security system was partially privatized in 1994, with workers given the right to choose between affiliatin [...] | 2008-10-21 18:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1451 | SPANISH-ARGENTINE RELATIONS: SPAIN WAITING OUT TOUGH TIMES [...] (SBU) SBU Ambassador met with Spanish Ambassador to Argentina, Rafael Estrella Pedrola, on October 16 to compare notes on recent developments. Estrella (protect) explained that Spanish-Argentine relations have been going through difficult times, in large part due to the GoA decision to nationa [...] | 2008-10-23 09:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAIR EFIN EINV PREL AR SP |
08BUENOSAIRES1456 | ARGENTINA: PRESIDENT'S TOUGH UNGA SPEECH [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine President Fernandez de Kirchner used her September 23 speech to the UNGA to appeal to a number of domestic constituencies, encapsulating a number of Kirchner governance themes and putting them in the context of a multilateralist, anti-neo-liberal framework. The speech, [...] | 2008-10-23 18:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PHUM PREL PTER IR AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1458 | U.S. Company MetLife Discusses Options in the Face of [...] (SBU) Met Life, the only U.S.-operated private pension fund operating in Argentina, does not see any way to block the Argentine government's plan to nationalize all private pension assets (reftels). The only possible obstacles are major social unrest or Congressional rejection of the GoA's pro [...] | 2008-10-23 20:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1466 | Pensions Nationalization Proposal Prompts Financial Panic, [...] (SBU) The Argentine government appears to have been completely unprepared for the plunge in Argentine stock and bond prices following its announcement that it would nationalize the nation's private pension system. GoA officials clearly did not think through the possible negative consequences o [...] | 2008-10-27 14:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1469 | ARGENTINA DESIGNATES U.S. AMBASSADOR AS G-20 SHERPA [...] (U) In response to a diplomatic note delivered Friday, October 24, Ambassador received a call from cabinet-ranked Secretary General to the Presidency Oscar Parrilli October 27 to inform us that Argentine Ambassador the U.S. Hector Timerman has been designated the GoA Sherpa for the upcoming No [...] | 2008-10-27 15:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO EFIN ECON AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1475 | Blow-by-Blow on Argentina's Nationalization of Pensions and [...] (SBU) Argentine President Cristina Kirchner de Fernandez has justified the GoA's nationalization of Argentina's private pension system as a "rescue of retirees," although local analysts agree that the real reasons are financial. Under Judicial order, the pension funds were raided and blocked f [...] | 2008-10-27 19:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1478 | GOVERNMENT OF ARGENTINA THINKING OUT LOUD ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Five Argentine Cabinet Ministers joined a host of other public and private figures October 9 to launch a two-day workshop on Argentine narcotics policies, offering the first serious public dialogue on decriminalization of consumption since President Fernandez de Kirchner mooted t [...] | 2008-10-27 21:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PGOV EFIN KJUS PHUM SOCI AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1489 | BRAZIL-ARGENTINA COORDINATE ON G-20, DIFFER ON [...] (C) On October 27, Brazilian Ambassador to Argentina Mauro Vieira (protect strictly) told the Ambassador that while Brazil and Argentina differed on the proper trade policy response to the current economic crisis, Brazil would be patient with its neighbor and would work to encourage a constru [...] | 2008-10-29 19:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD MARR MOPS PGOV PREL AR BR |
08BUENOSAIRES1490 | METLIFE EXEC FORESEES DIRE CONSEQUENCES FOR [...] (C) MetLife's head of Latin American operations, Oscar Schmidt (PROTECT),told Ambassador Wayne October 28 that he expected major economic upheaval in Argentina if the Argentine Congress fails to achieve rapid passage of the GoA's bill to nationalize the private pension system. The longer and [...] | 2008-10-29 20:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1491 | ARGENTINE CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT CRITICIZES MANNER [...] (C) In an exceptionally candid conversation, amid false rumors of his impending resignation, Central Bank (BCRA) President Martin Redrado confirmed to Ambassador October 24 that only four GoA officials made the decision to nationalize the private pension system, and commented that the decision [...] | 2008-10-29 20:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1493 | ARGENTINE CENTRAL BANK AND ECONOMY MINISTRY [...] (C) The Argentine Central Bank (BCRA) is taking the lead on preparing briefing material for President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's (CFK) participation in the November 15 G-20 meeting, BCRA President Redrado told Ambassador October 24. While not in a position to guarantee how CFK will use [...] | 2008-10-30 16:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1497 | ARGENTINA: POST RESPONSE TO INFORMATION GATHERING [...] (C) Post provides the following response to Ref A request for information on Argentina in advance of the November 15 G-20 meeting in Washington. Relevant financial and political reporting from October provided reftels. I. Key Objectives and Priorities/Desired Outcomes of the Summit: Presi [...] | 2008-10-30 20:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1520 | Argentina: Finance and Industries Secretaries on G-20 [...] (SBU) GoA Finance Secretary Hernan Lorenzino confirmed he has taken on the substantive role of formulating Argentina's positions for the upcoming G-20 Summit in Washington and that these positions will be coordinated with those of Brazil at the upcoming November 8-9 Mercosur Summit in Sao Paulo [...] | 2008-11-04 18:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PREL PGOV AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1521 | ARGENTINE PENSION NATIONALIZATION STATUS: [...] (C) The Argentine government's plan to nationalize the private pension system continues to dominate headlines and drive domestic market developments. Argentina's lower house is expected to pass the GoA's draft bill November 6 or 7, albeit with the GoA reportedly agreeing to modifications, inc [...] | 2008-11-04 20:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1522 | ARGENTINA: GOVERNMENT MOSTLY SILENT SO FAR ABOUT [...] (U) Summary: The November 3rd guilty verdict in the trial of convicted illegal Venezuelan agent Franklin Duran was front page news in Argentina November 4. Key prosecution witness Guido Antonini-Wilson (A-W) was also quoted in most dailies after he repeated in his first press interview his co [...] | 2008-11-04 20:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR KCRM KJUS EFIN AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1529 | ARGENTINE MARKETS RECOVER, BUT WITH RISING [...] (U) This document is sensitive but unclassified. It should not be disseminated outside of USG channels or in any public forum without the written concurrence of the originator. It should not be posted on the internet. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) After two weeks of financial marke [...] | 2008-11-05 15:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1533 | ARGENTINE OFFICIALS PRIVATELY ADMIT PARIS CLUB [...] (C) Senior Argentine government (GoA) and Central Bank (BCRA) officials privately confirm to Post what local and foreign press have taken as a given for weeks: in the current crisis environment, the GoA has put its Paris Club payment, debt exchange with private "holdout" bondholders, and a lin [...] | 2008-11-05 20:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1537 | Argentina: G-20 Trade Policy Position [...] (SBU) Despite a relatively protectionist response to the global financial crisis, Argentina trade officials say they will work towards consensual and practical trade policy communique language at the G-20 Summit. Argentina will, however, likely object to any Summit calls to resuscitate WTO Do [...] | 2008-11-07 13:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BR AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1543 | ARGENTINE SUPPORT FOR OCTOBER 2008 FATF STATEMENTS [...] (C) EconOff delivered reftel demarche November 7, 2008, to GoA National Coordinator for anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism finance Alejandro Strega. Strega, who reports to Argentina's Minister of Justice Anibal Fernandez, is Argentina's representative to the Financial Action Task For [...] | 2008-11-07 21:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN PTER PREL PARM MNUC KNNP AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1549 | Argentina's New Federalism: Politicized Revenue Sharing [...] (SBU) Argentina's federal government collects the lion's share of national revenues, and a "co-participation" revenue-sharing scheme mandates that fixed shares of most federal taxes be distributed to the nation's 24 provinces. Controversial earmarks and other alterations to the distribution fo [...] | 2008-11-12 18:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PREL PGOV AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1572 | POST FOLLOW-UP ON ARGENTINE SUPPORT FOR OCTOBER [...] (C) Following on Post's November 7 delivery of Ref A demarche to Alejandro Strega, the GoA's National Coordinator for anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism finance (Ref B),EconOff delivered same message on November 14 to Zenon Biagosch, Vice Superintendent of Financial Institutions at t [...] | 2008-11-18 15:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN PTER PREL PARM MNUC KNNP AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1583 | ARGENTINE NATIONALIZATION OF PRIVATE PENSION [...] (C) The Argentine Senate appears ready to pass the government's plan to nationalize Argentina's private pension system on November 20. The main U.S. company involved, MetLife, is "frustrated, angry, and disappointed," its officials told the Ambassador November 17. Met's priorities now are to [...] | 2008-11-19 19:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV AR |
08BUENOSAIRES159 | Argentine Official Inflation: Allegations of [...] (SBU) The GoA is reporting "official" January 2008 inflation at 0.9%, well below independent measures of monthly inflation in the 2% range. The international financial press is calling this lowball release a blow to expectations that the Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) administration woul [...] | 2008-02-12 14:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV AMGT AFSN APER AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1623 | Plan B: Argentina Announces Robust Public Works, Tax [...] (SBU) Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner announced November 25 an ambitious US$21 billion public works plan to stimulate the economy, boost employment, and counter the impact on Argentina of the global financial crisis. She also proposed the creation of a new Ministry of Produc [...] | 2008-11-28 21:43:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB EINV AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1632 | ARGENTINA: MEXICAN PRESIDENT CALDERON'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Mexican President Felipe Calderon paid a state visit to Argentina November 23-25, renewing a diplomatic relationship that had been relatively limited since the 2005 Summit of the Americas at Mar de Plata, despite growing commercial ties over that period. GOA officials emphasize [...] | 2008-12-01 18:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON SNAR ETRD EFIN AR MX |
08BUENOSAIRES1635 | ARGENTINA 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] (U) Per reftel, Post provides following draft of 2008-2009 INCSR II report on money laundering and financial crimes for Argentina. 2. (SBU) Begin Text: Argentina: Argentina is neither an important regional financial center nor an offshore financial center. Money laundering related to na [...] | 2008-12-02 09:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1643 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, NOVEMBER 2008 [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering November 2008. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov to be included on the ema [...] | 2008-12-02 20:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1653 | ARGENTINA: GOA CHARGES AES AFFILIATE WITH [...] (C) Argentine Planning Minister De Vido convoked Ambassador December 2 to inform him that that the GoA plans to take civil and criminal action against AES Corporation for tax evasion and intentional decapitalization of its Edelap electricity distribution subsidiary. De Vido emphasized that th [...] | 2008-12-03 19:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON EFIN BEXP AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1673 | Argentina: U.S. Private Sector Players Downbeat on [...] (SBU) U.S. private sector players in the finance, accounting, and energy fields are downbeat on Argentina's medium-term economic prospects. In a November 25 lunch hosted by Ambassador for visiting State Department CFO Brad Higgins, they predicted the Kirchner administration's political base wi [...] | 2008-12-09 20:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1680 | ARGENTINE PRESIDENT SIGNS PENSION NATIONALIZATION [...] (C) Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner signed into law on December 4 her audacious plan to nationalize the country's private pension system. The law officially entered into force December 9. Contrary to early expectations that the GoA would have a tough fight getting it throu [...] | 2008-12-11 11:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1682 | ARGENTINA: FISCAL SOLVENCY CONCERNS REMAIN, [...] (C) The Argentine government's nationalization of the country's private pension system entered into force December 9, giving the GoA access to about US$25 billion in financial assets and US$4 billion in annual contributor payments. Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) ha [...] | 2008-12-11 18:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1685 | Argentina: Inflation Down as Economy Slows [...] (SBU) In line with Argentina's economic slowdown, real monthly consumer inflation rates have decelerated over the past five months from the 25% range to an something near 20% in November 2008. Food and beverage inflation, an important contributor to poverty measures, is showing the largest dec [...] | 2008-12-12 12:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1696 | Argentina: Lavagna Decries GoA Crisis Initiatives, Projects [...] (SBU) Former Economy Minister and Presidential Candidate Roberto Lavagna in a December 11 meeting with Ambassador projected stagflation in 2009, with zero percent GDP growth but with real inflation not falling below 20%, and warned about money laundering concerns related to GoA legislation; se [...] | 2008-12-15 20:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1703 | Argentina: World Bank's Ambitious Riachuelo River Basin [...] (SBU) Current World Bank (WB) priorities in Argentina include reforming and rationalizing the Argentine social safety net in anticipation of greater needs during this economic downturn, and finalizing a major $2 billion, ten-year loan project to clean-up Greater Buenos Aires' heavily polluted R [...] | 2008-12-17 13:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND SENV AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1708 | Argentina: World Bank Country Director Cautions on Economy [...] (SBU) The local World Bank (WB) Country Director (protect) sees the GoA "walking a tightrope" in terms of its capacity to maintain market confidence, stem capital flight, and sustain twin fiscal and current account surpluses in a context of economic slowdown, continued high rates of GoA public [...] | 2008-12-18 12:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1725 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, DECEMBER [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period December 1-19, 2008. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov to be inc [...] | 2008-12-19 20:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1742 | ARGENTINES NOT SHOCKED THERE'S CORRUPTION GOING [...] (SBU) Summary: German company Siemens' December 15 guilty plea with the U.S. Department of Justice-Fraud Section, over corrupt practices, including payments of bribes to officials in previous Argentine governments, has provoked sustained attention in the Argentine press but no major reaction fr [...] | 2008-12-23 19:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR PREL EFIN AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1750 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, DECEMBER [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period December 19 - 24, 2008. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov to be [...] | 2008-12-24 17:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
08BUENOSAIRES176 | ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ENGEL [...] (SBU) Introduction: On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina February 20-23. The Government of Argentina is billing your visit as a major indicator of U.S. goodwill, firming up the recent "rapprochement" that ended seven weeks of discord. With the new admin [...] | 2008-02-14 16:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR ECON EFIN BEXP AR |
08BUENOSAIRES188 | Argentine Economy Minister Prioritizes Paris Club [...] (SBU) GOA Economy Minister Martin Lousteau, in his second meeting with the Ambassador, called a Paris Club settlement an important -- but not urgent -- priority of the Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner administration. He called any formal role for the IMF in a rescheduling politically unpalatable [...] | 2008-02-15 15:43:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AR ECON EFIN ETRD |
08BUENOSAIRES226 | ARGENTINE FM TAIANA MEETS WITH CODEL ENGEL [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: Codel Engel enjoyed a warm meeting with Argentine FM Taiana on February 21. Meeting participants discussed Argentina's economic recovery and political progress, the bilateral relationship, and regional and world issues. The codel conveyed concern about Iranian [...] | 2008-02-25 15:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OREP EFIN KDEM PHUM PBTS KV IR VZ BL AR |
08BUENOSAIRES229 | CODEL ENGEL PRESSES ARGENTINE ECONOMY MINISTER ON [...] (C) During a February 21 meeting with new Argentine Economy Minister Martin Lousteau, Representatives Engel (D-NY),Green (D-TX),Hinchey (D-NY),Weller (R-IL),and Foxx (R-NC)) pressed Lousteau to provide GoA positions on three issues of increasing importance to Congress: 1) prospects of nego [...] | 2008-02-25 18:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV PHUM AR |
08BUENOSAIRES235 | ARGENTINA: GETTING PAST SQUARE ONE WITH THE [...] (C) Summary: With a seven-week period of bilateral estrangement in our rear-view window, we have an opportunity -- again -- to build a more constructive relationship with Argentina. The warming trend in the bilateral relationship continues. President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and her governmen [...] | 2008-02-26 12:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | SECRET | PREL CJAN KJUS EFIN SNAR MASS VZ AR |
08BUENOSAIRES245 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, JANUARY [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period January 28 - February 22, 2008. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state. [...] | 2008-02-27 17:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
08BUENOSAIRES307 | ARGENTINA: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL SHELBY [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Richard Shelby and members of his delegation to travel to Argentina for the period March 23-26, 2008. The purpose of the visit is to have bilateral discussions with senior Argentine government officials on a range of financial, ec [...] | 2008-03-10 18:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR ECON EFIN BEXP AR |
08BUENOSAIRES318 | ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SHELBY [...] (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your March 23-26 visit to Argentina. We are looking to build on an already strong and positive bilateral relationship with the three-month-old administration of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. Current significant areas of mut [...] | 2008-03-13 11:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR ECON EFIN BEXP AR |
08BUENOSAIRES378 | FISCAL TRANSPARENCY - ARGENTINA [...] (U) Post submits the following responses keyed to reftel questions. 2. (U) IS THE HOST COUNTRY'S BUDGET MADE PUBLIC? By law, the Government of Argentina (GOA) makes public its national budget, including revenues and expenditures. 3. (U) IF SO, THROUGH WHAT MEDIUM (E.G. PUBLICATION, INTE [...] | 2008-03-27 15:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL PGOV AR |
08BUENOSAIRES422 | CODEL Shelby discusses financial crisis, inflation, banking [...] (SBU) During a March 25 meeting with Argentine Central Bank President Martin Redrado, a CODEL led by Senator Shelby (R-AL) congratulated the Central Bank for exceeding $50 billion in official reserves, asked about efforts to bring down inflation, and inquired about the possibility of an agreeme [...] | 2008-04-04 16:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN OREP AR |
08BUENOSAIRES429 | CODEL Shelby discusses agricultural strike, global [...] (SBU) Representatives of U.S. commercial banks, investment banks, insurance companies, and rating agencies told CODEL Shelby March 25 that the GoA's interventionist tendencies has scared off foreign direct investment (FDI) -- except from Brazil -- and long-term lending from the private sector, [...] | 2008-04-07 12:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN OREP AR |
08BUENOSAIRES430 | CODEL SHELBY DISCUSSES AGRICULTURAL STRIKE, GLOBAL [...] (SBU) Representatives of U.S. commercial banks, investment banks, insurance companies, and rating agencies told CODEL Shelby March 25 that the GoA's interventionist tendencies has scared off foreign direct investment (FDI) -- except from Brazil -- and long-term lending from the private sector, [...] | 2008-04-07 13:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN OREP AR |
08BUENOSAIRES433 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, MARCH 17 [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period March 17 - April 4, 2008. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov to [...] | 2008-04-07 18:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
08BUENOSAIRES441 | ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON'S APRIL 10-11 VISIT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-08 23:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | AR ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SNAR |
08BUENOSAIRES463 | ENGAGING ECONOMY MINISTER LOUSTEAU ON PARIS CLUB, [...] (C) Treasury Secretary Paulson's April 11 meeting with Economy Minister Martin Lousteau offers an opportunity to engage the senior GoA official charged by President Kirchner with resolving Argentina's pariah status in international capital markets. Lousteau is in a fight for his political lif [...] | 2008-04-10 13:02:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL AR |
08BUENOSAIRES471 | ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TIP AND CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: On April 7, the Ambassador met with Argentina's National Ombudsman Dr. Eduardo Mondino. The Ombudsman spoke at length about the independence of his office, which he said has occasionally incurred the rancor of both Kirchner Administrations. His portfolio includes the protection [...] | 2008-04-14 10:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI EFIN AR |
08BUENOSAIRES48 | ARGENTINA 2007-2008 INCSR PART II: FINANCIAL [...] The following is Embassy Buenos Aires' input for the 2007-2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) part II -- Financial Crimes and Money Laundering. Marked-up text sent separately via email. Post POC is EconOff Chris Landberg (LandbergCA@State.Gov). Begin Text: Argent [...] | 2008-01-14 14:43:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR AR |
08BUENOSAIRES506 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, APRIL 7 - [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period April 7 - 18, 2008. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and SIPDIS charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov [...] | 2008-04-18 20:33:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
08BUENOSAIRES547 | ARGENTINE ECONOMY MINISTER MARTIN LOUSTEAU RESIGNS [...] (C) Economy Minister Martin Lousteau tendered his resignation April 24 following the Kirchners' rejection of a series of orthodox anti-inflationary measures he proposed. These measures included boosting domestic prices and reducing subsidies for utilities, cutbacks in public spending on infras [...] | 2008-04-25 18:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL AR |
08BUENOSAIRES549 | IDB PRESIDENT ON ARGENTINA: WORSENING INFLATION [...] (C) IDB President Moreno told Ambassador April 21 that his two takeaways from his latest visit to Argentina are that inflation appears to be getting out of control and there is increasing willingness to stand up to the Kirchners. Moreno noted that high commodity prices are saving Argentina, bu [...] | 2008-04-25 19:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EAID AR |
08BUENOSAIRES586 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH TIERRA DEL FUEGO GOVERNOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met April 29 with Tierra del Fuego Governor Fabiana Rios, Argentina's first elected female governor. Governor Rios was straightforward and cordial throughout the meeting, during which she explained her province's abysmal financial state. Rios solicited the Amba [...] | 2008-05-05 20:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID EFIN KDEM AR |
08BUENOSAIRES622 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, APRIL 21 [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period April 21 - May 5, 2008. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov to be [...] | 2008-05-09 18:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
08BUENOSAIRES629 | ARGENTINA INFLATION CONTROVERSY: GOA TO LAUNCH NEW [...] (C) The GoA plans to roll out a "new and improved" consumer price index (CPI) in June to allow national statistics agency INDEC to recover some of its lost credibility. The new index will measure a narrower basket of goods and services and will allow product weightings to be changed frequentl [...] | 2008-05-12 16:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV AR EFIN |
08BUENOSAIRES70 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, January 1-11, [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period January 1-11, 2008. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts SIPDIS tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov [...] | 2008-01-18 15:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB AR |
08BUENOSAIRES708 | ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DODD (BUENOS [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------------ Introduction ------------ 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your May 28-30 visit to Argentina. We are looking to build on an already positive bilateral relationsh [...] | 2008-05-23 20:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR ECON EFIN BEXP AR |
08BUENOSAIRES712 | ARGENTINA'S CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT AVERTS [...] (C) Argentine Central Bank (BCRA) President Martin Redrado told Ambassador May 19 that the mini-run on Argentine banks and on the peso in early May proved that the "wounds are still open" from the 2001/2002 crisis. Apparently accelerating inflation and the GoA's failure to resolve the now thr [...] | 2008-05-23 20:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD AR |
08BUENOSAIRES725 | ARGENTINE CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT COMMENTS ON [...] (SBU) Ambassador informed Argentine Central Bank (BCRA) President Martin Redrado May 19 that Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance had nearly completed a technical assistance agreement on terrorism finance for the BCRA and GOA regulatory agencies. The question now is how to fund it, and R [...] | 2008-05-28 12:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PREL AR |
08BUENOSAIRES753 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, MAY 6 - [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period May 6 - 23, 2008. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov to be inclu [...] | 2008-05-30 21:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
08BUENOSAIRES754 | NEW ECONOMY MINISTER STILL GETTING UP TO SPEED [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador paid a courtesy call on newly appointed Economy Minister Carlos Fernandez May 28, highlighting Paris Club and advocacy on behalf of U.S. investors as key issues to discuss in future meetings. The Minister said he is getting up to speed on the issues, but is mostly foc [...] | 2008-05-30 21:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL AR |
08BUENOSAIRES782 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, MAY 26 - [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period May 26 - June 4, 2008. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov to be i [...] | 2008-06-06 15:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
08BUENOSAIRES797 | ARGENTINA ANNOUNCES SOCIAL INVESTMENTS FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOA announced June 9 that it will direct the marginal proceeds from its March 11 increase in soy export taxes to health (60%),housing (20%) and rural roads (20%). Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) followed the announcement with a 25-minute speech arg [...] | 2008-06-11 14:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN EAGR PHUM EAID AR |
08BUENOSAIRES802 | Argentine Economy Minister to Senator Dodd: The Kirchner [...] (SBU) New Economy Minister Carlos Fernandez highlighted the Argentine economy's strong recovery since 2002 and continuing strength during a May 29 meeting with visiting U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd and Representative Xavier Becerra. The Minister attributed the fast growth since 2003 to the "K [...] | 2008-06-12 10:21:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB OREP AR |
08BUENOSAIRES816 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, JUNE 6 - [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period June 6 - 13, 2008. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov to be incl [...] | 2008-06-13 20:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
08BUENOSAIRES827 | ARGENTINA: NO END IN SIGHT FOR 100-DAY FARM CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: In what could prove an important step in diffusing the 100-day old farm crisis, President Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) announced on June 17 that she would be sending a bill this same day to the legislature on the question of the increased agricultural export taxes for debate and vot [...] | 2008-06-17 21:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR ECON EFIN INVI AR |
08BUENOSAIRES834 | ARGENTINA: FARM DEBATE(?) MOVES TO CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary: President Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) took a step back from the precipice on June 17 and bought herself some breathing room in the 100-day old farm crisis by announcing she was sending the question of the sliding scale of export taxes ("retenciones") as a bill to congress for deba [...] | 2008-06-18 18:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR ECON EFIN INVI AR |
08BUENOSAIRES84 | IDB EXECUTIVE VP ZELIKOW ON ARGENTINA PROGRAM; [...] (C) During a January 10 meeting with Ambassador, IDB Executive Vice President Daniel Zelikow supported increasing the lending ceiling to Argentina, particularly for private sector and sub-national projects, while acknowledging the need to assuage concerns of other IDB member countries. Zelikow [...] | 2008-01-25 13:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID AR |
08BUENOSAIRES842 | (C) ARGENTINE FARM CRISIS: "100 DAYS OF [...] (C) Summary: President Fernandez de Kirchner's June 17 decision to send the polemic grain export fee/tax ("retenciones") issue to congress for debate and vote was met here with guarded optimism and a palpable sense of relief. However, her bellicose speech at the June 18 pro-government rally o [...] | 2008-06-20 10:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR ECON ETRD EFIN AR |
08BUENOSAIRES848 | ARGENTINA: KIRCHNERS' POLL NUMBERS PLUMMET IN WAKE [...] (SBU) The 100 day farm crisis has had a dramatic and negative effect on President Fernandez de Kirchner's (CFK) poll numbers, according to results published today by leading polling firm Poliarquia. CFK's positive image sits at 20 percent, a six percentage point drop over the previous month, [...] | 2008-06-20 20:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EAGR EFIN ETRD AR |
08BUENOSAIRES881 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, JUNE 16 - [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period June 16 - 20, 2008. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov to be inc [...] | 2008-06-25 19:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR |
08BUENOSAIRES893 | MACRI AND SCIOLI ON THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN [...] (C) Summary: South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford and the CDA met with Argentina's two most prominent center-right politicians, Buenos Aires Governor Daniel Scioli and Buenos Aires City Mayor Mauricio Macri on June 12. Scioli, formally allied with the Kirchner government, appeared haggard and [...] | 2008-06-27 20:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAGR ECON ETRD EFIN AR |
08BUENOSAIRES963 | ARGENTINA: BATTLE LINES DRAWN [...] (C) Battle Lines Formed: The sides are drawn for battle in Argentina's agricultural dispute. Farmers and the government are calling followers together for a show of force in Buenos Aires on Tuesday July 15, the day before a decisive vote in the Senate on a bill to approve the government's ag [...] | 2008-07-14 20:22:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR ECON EFIN EINV ASEC AR |
08BUENOSAIRES976 | Argentina: Economy Minister Fernandez on Economic Impact of [...] (SBU) GoA Economy Minister Fernandez, in a meeting with WHA Assistant Secretary Shannon, Treasury DAS O'Neill, and Ambassador, emphasized the "legitimate right" of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to unilaterally impose variable export tariffs on agricultural commodities, but argued tha [...] | 2008-07-17 15:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL EINV AR |
08BUENOSAIRES984 | ARGENTINE CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT TO TREASURY DAS [...] (C) Argentine Central Bank (BCRA) President Martin Redrado told Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary Brian O'Neill July 11 that he was greatly concerned about the direction of the U.S. and world economies, and the impact on Argentina and Latin America, and called for stronger G-3 statements of [...] | 2008-07-18 14:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD AR |
08BUENOSAIRES991 | GoA Repeals Export Tax Resolution, Ending Farm Crisis [...] (SBU) Late July 18, the GoA repealed the March 11 decree that set off the 129-day battle with the rural sector by imposing sliding scale export taxes on grains and oilseeds exports. This decision, which follows the Argentine Senate's July 17 failure to pass the resolution into law, returns exp [...] | 2008-07-18 22:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV AR |
08BUJUMBURA573 | BURUNDI TO RESPECT DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN [...] (SBU) In a meeting November 7 with PolOff concerning the designation of the Export Development Bank of Iran (EDBI) and its affiliates under E.O. 13382 with Director General of International Organizations in the Ministry of External Relations Ambassador Adolphe Nahayo. Ambassador Nahayo, said [...] | 2008-11-11 11:54:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN IR KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PINR PREL BY |
08CAIRO1021 | EGYPTIAN CANDIDATE FOR CHAIR OF THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY [...] (SBU) In a May 8 meeting, Finance Minister Boutros Ghali informed the Ambassador of his candidacy for Chair of the IMF's Monetary and Financial Committee and asked for U.S. support. The Ambassador told the Minister she was not the decision maker on this, but congratulated him for throwing in h [...] | 2008-05-21 07:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EG |
08CAIRO1036 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER YOUSSEF [...] (SBU) Summary: In an upbeat May 15 introductory courtesy call with Finance Minster Youssef Boutros Ghali (YBG),the Ambassador discussed local perceptions of economic reform, Egyptian assistance to Iraq and the Iraq Compact meeting in Stockholm, the Egyptian debt relief proposal, the Minister's [...] | 2008-05-21 15:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EPET PGOV EG |
08CAIRO1101 | CODEL Gutierrez meets Egyptian Central Bank Governor [...] (U) Summary: Codel Gutierrez met with Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) Governor Farouk el Okdah on May 25 for a wide ranging, substantive conversation. Key themes raised were on banking sector reform, high commodity prices, mortgage sector development, and unemployment. End Summary. 2. (U) El [...] | 2008-05-29 13:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EG |
08CAIRO1132 | IMPACT OF NEW REVENUE MEASURES [...] (U) The revenue generating measures announced by the GOE on May 5 (reftel) continue to attract attention in the local media. Press reports indicate that the measures are designed to raise about LE 14 billion ($2.6 billion) annually, or about 5% of annual revenues. The Ministry of Finance (MO [...] | 2008-06-05 05:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN EINV EG |
08CAIRO1201 | DR. BOUTROS-GHALI'S CANDIDACY FOR CHAIRMAN OF IMFC [...] (U) Below are the texts of two letters received June 8, 2008 and June 9, 2008 respectively, regarding Finance Minister Youssef Boutros-Ghali's candidacy for Chairman of the International Monetary Finance Committee (IMFC). Post is forwarding hard copies directly to Secretary Paulson via fax. [...] | 2008-06-11 13:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAID EG |
08CAIRO1274 | PARLIAMENT PASSES NEW REAL ESTATE TAX LAW [...] (U) Summary: Egypt's parliament approved a new real estate tax law on June 16 that will significantly increase the nation-wide property tax base. The real estate tax law previously in effect limited property taxation to residential and commercial property in the Cairo metropolitan area. The [...] | 2008-06-19 13:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EG |
08CAIRO1335 | MOODY'S DOWNGRADES EGYPT [...] (U) Moody's Investors Service downgraded its ratings of several categories of Egypt's debt on June 23. In particular, Moody's changed the outlook on Egypt's Ba1 foreign currency government bond from stable to negative and it changed the local currency bond rating from Baa3 to Ba1 while preser [...] | 2008-06-26 13:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN EG |
08CAIRO1351 | PARLIAMENT PASSES WEAKENED AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPETITION [...] (U) The People's Assembly recently passed a modified version of amendments to the competition law proposed by the Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA) to make the law more effective. ECA proposed an obligatory fine of 10% of annual profits for companies found guilty of monopolistic practices. [...] | 2008-06-29 13:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN EG |
08CAIRO1370 | BANQUE DU CAIRE PRIVATIZATION POSTPONED [...] (U) The GOE postponed indefinitely the sale of state-owned Banque du Caire on June 25, after the highest bid received did not meet the minimum asking price of $1.6 billion for 67% of the bank's shares. A GOE evaluation committee set the minimum price based on the $1.6 billion that Italy's San [...] | 2008-07-01 13:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EG |
08CAIRO1395 | EGYPT RECEIVES IRISL INFORMATION, COMMITTED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-02 14:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | EWWT ETRD ECON EFIN PARM KNNP EG |
08CAIRO1481 | INFLATION RISES IN JUNE, BUT NOT AS FAST AS IN PREVIOUS [...] (U) Inflation reached 20.2% year-on-year (YoY) in June, up from 19.7% YoY in May, according to Egypt's Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS). Food prices increased 27.2% YoY, up slightly from 27% YoY in May. Speaking just before release of the inflation figures, Mini [...] | 2008-07-15 05:39:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EG |
08CAIRO150 | RISING ANXIETY ABOUT PRICE INCREASES [...] (U) In one clear manifestation of rising popular anxiety about price increases, large demonstrations were held recently in two Nile Delta cities, protesting increased prices of basic commodities such as bread, oil, beans and rice. On January 18, approximately 2000 protestors, including member [...] | 2008-01-29 10:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB EG |
08CAIRO152 | RISING ANXIETY ABOUT PRICE INCREASES: Part II [...] (U) Rising food prices have led to demonstrations and pessimism among the poor, but official data show inflation within a reasonable range, given current economic growth. Most analysts believe the official figures do not capture the full picture, particularly as the poor are hurt most by risi [...] | 2008-01-29 11:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KLAB EG |
08CAIRO1526 | DR. BOUTROS-GHALI'S THOUGHTS ON WHAT LAYS AHEAD FOR IMFC [...] (U) Below is the text of a letter to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson received July 13, 2008 regarding Finance Minister Youssef Boutros-Ghali thoughts on the International Monetary Finance Committee (IMFC). Post is forwarding hard copies directly to Secretary Paulson via fax. 2. (U) Begin [...] | 2008-07-17 14:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAID EG |
08CAIRO1863 | EGYPTIAN SUBSIDIES HIT THE FISCAL BOTTOM LINE HARD [...] (U) Recent data released by the GOE on spending during fiscal year 2007-8 (July-June) highlight the impact of inflation and the rising cost of government subsidies on the GOE budget. Sharp increases in revenue due to economic growth and tax increases were offset by a 25% increase in public spe [...] | 2008-08-25 05:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN EINV EG |
08CAIRO202 | MFA ON LEBANON SUPPORT, IRAN RELATIONS [...] (C) We delivered demarche on Lebanon (reftel a) and note verbale to MFA Cabinet advisors Hossam Zaki and Nazih Neggary on January 4. They told us the GOE fully supports Lebanon and an immediate presidential election. They said that the GOE agrees that the tribunal needs to be supported, and t [...] | 2008-02-05 14:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN EINV SY LE IR EG |
08CAIRO2062 | INFLATION STILL A WORRY FOR THE EGYPTIAN CENTRAL [...] (U) Summary: The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) raised key lending and deposit rates by 50 basis points on September 18. Year-on-year inflation was 25.5% in August, and the latest move by the CBE reflects its worries over continued inflationary pressure on the economy, even as it noted that food [...] | 2008-09-21 14:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV EG |
08CAIRO2098 | NAZIF AFFIRMS IMPORTANCE OF ESF, PLEDGEST CONTINUED REFORM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-25 13:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EG |
08CAIRO2153 | REFORM FATIGUE AT THE HOUSING MINISTRY Classified By: Ambassador Margaret Scobey for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) ------- Summary ------- [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-07 14:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN EG PGOV KDEM PREL |
08CAIRO2160 | FINANCIAL TURMOIL REACHES THE NILE: EGYPT'S STOCK [...] (U) Summary: Egypt's benchmark stock index has fallen 22% in the last two days to reach multi-year lows. Traders and analysts have at long last begun to worry that global economic turmoil will hurt the Egyptian economy more than originally thought. Despite having well-capitalized banks and lim [...] | 2008-10-08 14:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EG |
08CAIRO2221 | IS THE EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT READY FOR A GLOBAL SLOWDOWN? [...] (SBU) Summary: Egypt's stock market, like nearly all globally, has been significantly down this year and the global financial crisis has only accelerated that decline. The index is down 50 percent from its April historic highs, and in October, the most intense period of global financial crisi [...] | 2008-10-20 10:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV EG |
08CAIRO2224 | GAMAL MUBARAK ON ECONOMIC ISSUES AND THE BILATERAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-20 15:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EG |
08CAIRO2275 | MFA ADVISOR AND PDAS FELTMAN DISCUSS REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: NEA PDAS Feltman and MFA Senior Advisor Hossam Zaki discussed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, the global financial crisis, and Iraqi debt relief during an October 26 meeting in Cairo. Zaki said that recording progress on Israeli-Palestinian negotiations is [...] | 2008-10-30 07:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN ECON KPAL IZ IS SY IR EG LE |
08CAIRO2279 | EGYPT TRIES TO GET SMARTER IN DELIVERING FOOD [...] (U) Summary: The Egyptian government has expanded its smart card pilot for the delivery of subsidized food products. According to the Ministry of Social Solidarity (MSS),which is responsible for the delivery of subsidies, it has expanded its pilot smart card program, which was first piloted [...] | 2008-10-30 13:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EFIN EINV EG PGOV |
08CAIRO2395 | TREASURY DAS MENDELSOHN DISCUSSES TERROR FINANCE [...] (S) Summary: Treasury DAS for Intelligence and Analysis Howard Mendelsohn met with Ashraf Mohsen, counter terrorism coordinator for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and State Security Brigadier General Hisham Abda on November 13. Also accompanying were Eugene Oleynikov from Treasury's Office [...] | 2008-11-20 13:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | EFIN EG PGOV PREL PTER |
08CAIRO2404 | NEA/ELA DIRECTOR DISCUSSES QIZ EXPANSION WITH [...] (U) Summary: In a meeting with NEA/ELA Director Nicole Shampaine, officials from the Egyptian Ministry of Trade and Industry expressed their frustration with what they felt was excessive delay in United States Trade Representative's (USTR's) consideration and approval of a 2007 request to expa [...] | 2008-11-24 12:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV PREL IS EG |
08CAIRO2410 | READOUT FROM THE 15TH QIZ JOINT COMMITTEE MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: the Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) Joint Committee held its quarterly meeting in Cairo on November 24. The Egyptians requested a reduction in Israeli inputs, citing insufficient supply, and the Israelis agreed to work with companies in both sides to help them meet the existing [...] | 2008-11-24 14:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV PREL IS EG |
08CAIRO2436 | Economic and financial leaders debate Egypt's economic [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-30 13:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EG |
08CAIRO2457 | JOINT DEMARCHES ON INCREASING DIPLOMATIC PRESSURE [...] On December 2 DCM joined with UK, German, French and Italian counterparts to deliver reftel Iran demarches to MFA Deputy Minister Wafa Bassim. By prior agreement, UK DCM took the lead in presenting the non-paper and talking points on financial pressure on Iran (ref A) and Italian DCM presente [...] | 2008-12-03 13:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL KNOP MNUC IR EG |
08CAIRO2503 | QUINT POLICY PLANNING TALKS FOCUS ON REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary. The November 18 "Quint" consultations with policy planners from Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt (host) and the U.S. yielded a comprehensive dialogue on a range of regional issues, including Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, piracy off the Horn of Africa, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. [...] | 2008-12-15 14:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV KPAL EFIN SY LE SU IR IS IZ EG XF |
08CAIRO2507 | MOVING FORWARD ON QIZ EXPANSION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph six. 2. (SBU) On December 14, econcouns met with Ali Awni, chief of the Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) Unit of the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI). Awni stated that he hoped further consideration of the proposed QIZ expansion to Up [...] | 2008-12-16 07:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IS EG |
08CAIRO2508 | GOE LOOKS AT RETAIL AND DISTRIBUTION SECTOR [...] (SBU) FCS and Econ counselors met recently with the Minister of Trade and Industry's newly hired advisor for internal markets, Sahar El Salab. El Salab was until recently a vice president of CIB, Egypt's largest private bank. In her new role, she is charged with reforming Egypt's internal ma [...] | 2008-12-16 09:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON EFIN EG |
08CAIRO2545 | FOUR EGYPTIAN COMPANIES LOSE QIZ ELIGIBILITY [...] (U) The Government of Egypt has publicly announced that four Egyptian companies have had their eligibility to export under the Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) protocol suspended. The companies suspended are The Misr Company for Industrial and Textile Investments, The International Textile Hou [...] | 2008-12-22 09:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL EG IS |
08CAIRO2557 | EGYPT DELAYS SALE OF SECOND TRANCHE OF TELECOM EGYPT [...] (U) Summary: The Government of EgyptQs planned sale of 20% of Telecom Egypt, the countryQs sole fixed-line provider, has been put off indefinitely. Citing unfavorable market conditions and worries over the global economic crisis, the Ministry announced that it was scuttling the offering orig [...] | 2008-12-23 12:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EFIN EINV PGOV EG |
08CAIRO278 | OPIC CONSIDERING LOW COST MORTGAGE PROGRAM IN EGYPT [...] (SBU) OPIC has been trying for several years to provide financing to Egypt's mortgage market. As part of that effort, OPIC VP Robert Drumheller visited Cairo February 5-6 to discuss an OPIC proposal to guarantee a loan to a local bank to provide low cost mortgages to Egypt's nascent mortgage [...] | 2008-02-13 13:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EG |
08CAIRO282 | INFLATION RISES AGAIN [...] (U) Inflation increased to 10.5% year-on-year (y-o-y) in January, up from 6.9% y-o-y in December. The Central Bank responded by raising interest rates 25 basis points (bp) on February 7, defying expectations that rates would remain unchanged in order not to slow economic growth. The Central [...] | 2008-02-13 16:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EG |
08CAIRO528 | MIC RESPONDS TO U/S FORE LETTER; COMMENTS FURTHER [...] (S) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: On March 13, the Ambassador, accompanied by the Administrator's Special Advisor for the Middle East George Laudato, USAID's David McCloud, USAID Mission director and econ counselor (notetaker) met with Minister for International Cooperation Fayza Aboulnaga. Dis [...] | 2008-03-17 10:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
08CAIRO530 | INFLATION REACHES 12.1% IN FEBRUARY [...] (U) Inflation surged to 12.1% year-on-year (y-on-y) in February, up from 10.5% y-o-y in January. Food prices led the rise, reflecting rising global food prices. Local analysts believe the Central Bank will raise interest rates again this month, but predict that greater exchange rate flexibil [...] | 2008-03-17 12:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EG |
08CAIRO563 | EGYPTIANS DEMAND A NEW MINIMUM WAGE [...] (U) Demonstrations over rising prices have turned into calls for a new minimum monthly wage for public sector employees. The current minimum wage of LE 40 ($7.20)/month for unskilled workers has not changed since the 1980s. University professors and doctors have joined the call for a new pay [...] | 2008-03-23 07:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EG |
08CAIRO72 | Updating Information for Terrorism Finance Coordination [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-17 05:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN EG |
08CAIRO779 | INFLATION REACHES 14.4% IN MARCH [...] (U) Egypt's inflation rate continued to climb in March, reaching 14.4% year-on-year (yoy) in March, a three-year high, up from 12.1% in February (ref A). Food inflation led the way, rising 20.5% yoy in March, up from 16.8% in February. Bread and grain prices increased 48.1% yoy and food oil [...] | 2008-04-15 16:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EFIN EINV EG |
08CAIRO90 | CENTRAL AUDITING AGENCY CRITICIZES GOE BUDGET MANAGEMENT [...] (U) Parliament witnessed heated debates on January 10 over the Central Auditing Agency's (CAA) report on the FY 2005-06 and 2006-07 budgets. Gawdat El Malt, head of the CAA, lauded the Nazif government's success in spurring economic growth and attracting investment, but noted the oft-repeated [...] | 2008-01-21 13:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EG |
08CAIRO932 | RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - EGYPT [...] (SBU) Rising global food prices are hitting Egypt's poor hard and are the major contributor to stubbornly high inflation (14.4% y-o-y in March). Past episodes of rising food prices (e.g., 2003-05) pushed Egypt's poverty rate up, and some fear this is happening again now. Almost every interna [...] | 2008-05-05 15:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAID EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV EG |
08CAIRO959 | GOE RAISES FUEL PRICES TO OFFSET SALARY INCREASE [...] (SBU) Parliament passed a series of revenue generating measures to offset the cost to the budget of the 30% wage increase announced by President Mubarak on April 30 (reftel). The measures include fuel and cigarette price increases, higher automobile registration fees, and imposition of some n [...] | 2008-05-11 09:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EPET PGOV EG |
08CANBERRA1010 | AUSTRALIAN CENTRAL BANK SLASHES OFFICIAL BANK RATE [...] (U) Summary: Australia slashed its official cash rate by 100 basis points on Tuesday, based on fears that the economy will slow down and on concerns about international financial markets. Initial reactions have been positive, with Australia share prices rising on Tuesday. End summary. 2. [...] | 2008-10-07 06:03:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON AS |
08CANBERRA1020 | TOUGH WEEK FOR AUSTRALIAN ECONOMY [...] (U) Summary: This was a bad week for Australia's economy, primarily because of the effects of the global financial crisis. Stocks down 16%. Australian dollar down over 10%. Commodities softening, confidence down, unemployment up. Rudd is making reassuring statements and announced a new b [...] | 2008-10-10 05:38:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN AS |
08CANBERRA1037 | AUSTRALIA ANNOUNCES NEW SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN; [...] (C/REL AUS) Addressing Parliament on October 15, Foreign Minister Smith announced Australia would impose new travel and financial sanctions against Iran, with immediate effect, that go beyond requirements of United Nations Security Council resolutions. The sanctions, similar to those previous [...] | 2008-10-15 06:17:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL EFIN AS |
08CANBERRA1039 | AUSTRALIA WILL NOT ATTEND GEORGIA DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-16 00:02:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN GG PREL RS EUMEM KMCA KCRS AS |
08CANBERRA1079 | AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR TAKES A DIVE [...] (SBU) Buffeted by falling commodity prices, fear of global economic recession, and dropping domestic interest rates, the Australian dollar has lost 37% of its value against the U.S. dollar, falling faster since July than even the Icelandic krona. The Aussie dollar has lost 27% of its trade-wei [...] | 2008-10-27 06:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD AS |
08CANBERRA1097 | G-20 LEADERS SUMMIT: LATEST AUSTRALIAN VIEWS FROM [...] (C/NF) Australian thinking about the goals for the upcoming G-20 leaders summit has evolved, according to newly-appointed Prime Minister's Special Envoy for the International Economy Mike Callaghan. Callaghan was about to leave later in the day for China, the UK and the United States. Sharin [...] | 2008-10-30 06:33:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON PREL AS |
08CANBERRA1098 | G-20 SUMMIT: BACKGROUND ON AUSTRALIA [...] (SBU) The following is keyed to State 114420. AUSTRALIAN G-20 SUMMIT KEY OBJECTIVES AND PRIORITIES --------------------------------------------- ------- 2. (C/NF) Australia has three key objectives: -- To ensure that any reforms to global financial mechanisms do not threaten the effect [...] | 2008-10-30 23:36:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN AS |
08CANBERRA1105 | DEMARCHE RE IRAN DESIGNATIONS DELIVERED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-31 07:08:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PREL PARM EFIN KNNP AS |
08CANBERRA1112 | AUSTRALIAN REGULATOR GRANTS LIMITED ACCESS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Australian regulators on October 31 announced new procedures to grant limited access for investors to their frozen mortgage funds. Funds faced problems before GOA announced bank guarantees, but the guarantees made their situation more uncertain. Financial industry response to [...] | 2008-11-03 04:56:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN AS |
08CANBERRA1114 | AUSTRALIAN CENTRAL BANK SLASHES INTEREST RATES - [...] (U) Summary. On November 4 the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) slashed the official cash rate by 75 basis points, to 5.25%. Again, the cut was greater than expected, showing the RBA has placed protecting growth ahead of restraining inflation. This comes in the wake of a whole series of unif [...] | 2008-11-04 04:36:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON AS |
08CANBERRA1119 | CORRECTED COPY - AUSTRALIA AND FATF IRAN STATEMENT [...] (U) This message replaces Canberra 1117. 2. (SBU) In response to points raised in reftel, DFAT International Legal Branch Sanctions and Transnational Crime Section Director Peter Scott told us on November 5 that Australia, a member of FATF, has issued a circular on the Australian Transac [...] | 2008-11-05 06:28:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KNNP PARM PREL AS |
08CANBERRA1121 | AUSTRALIAN MID-YEAR ECONOMIC UPDATE - GROWTH, SURPLUSES [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 5, Treasurer Wayne Swan released the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) 2008-09, the annual update to the Australian Government's budget for the 2008-2009 fiscal year, which runs from July 1 to June 30. The update lowered the estimated growth rate from 2.75 [...] | 2008-11-06 06:02:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN AS |
08CANBERRA1202 | AUSTRALIAN VIEWS ON DECEMBER ASEAN MEETINGS IN [...] (C) Australia expects only modest outcomes from the ASEAN meetings in Thailand during mid December, to include adoption of the ASEAN Charter and the development of the Human Rights Body, but believes these achievements could be threatened by Thailand's current political tensions. In the ASEAN [...] | 2008-12-01 09:26:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN EFIN AS |
08CANBERRA1205 | AUSTRALIA SEEKS MORE INFO ON PAKISTAN CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary. Econoff met with Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and AusAID officials December 2 to discuss reftel potential Pakistan donors conference. The GOA officials were unable to make any commitments, but are clearly interested. However, they need more details before they [...] | 2008-12-02 05:13:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF AS PK |
08CANBERRA1207 | AUSTRALIA SHARES CONCERNS ON PROTECTIONISM [...] (C) GOA shares US concerns about protectionism in some G20 members. Australia has already made approaches in several G20 capitals, and is ready to cooperate closely with US. DFAT said the UK should be added to the list of countries taking protectionist steps because of how it has raised i [...] | 2008-12-02 07:05:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD PREL ECON WTRO AS |
08CANBERRA1208 | AUSSIE RESERVE BANK AGAIN SLASHES INTEREST RATES [...] (U) Summary. On December 2, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) announced a 100 basis points reduction in the cash rate to a record low of 4.25 per cent. RBA continues to prioritize demand ahead of inflation. End summary. RBA SLASHES RATES AGAIN 2. (U) The RBA today slashed the officia [...] | 2008-12-02 20:46:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON AS |
08CANBERRA1215 | AUSTRALIA BARELY AVOIDS NEGATIVE GROWTH [...] (SBU) Summary. Australia's economy grew by less than 0.1% in the September quarter; excluding farms, the economy contracted 0.3%. Despite the fiscal stimulus package and aggressive interest rate cuts, contraction in the current quarter and recession in 2009 seem likely. End summary. LATES [...] | 2008-12-03 23:46:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN AS |
08CANBERRA1252 | Pressure on Australia's Current Account Deficit? [...] (SBU) Summary. Australia's current account deficit (CAD) fell sharply to its lowest level in six years from almost A$20 billion in the March quarter (7 per cent of GDP) to A$9.8 billion in the June quarter (3.2 per cent of GDP) due to a boost to export prices (especially coal and iron ore) and [...] | 2008-12-10 06:02:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD ECON AS |
08CANBERRA1266 | AUSTRALIA TACKLES EXECUTIVE PAY - DON'T EXPECT TOO [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Rudd has been outspoken on the need for reform of executive pay to better balance compensation with risk management. Australian regulators are working on high-level general principles on executive pay with an eye on what emerges as the international consensus. T [...] | 2008-12-12 04:16:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON AS |
08CANBERRA1270 | AUSTRALIA UNDECIDED ON PAKISTAN CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) GOA remains uncertain whether it will be able to attend a Pakistan donors conference at the Foreign Minister level, and on what sort of commitment it could make. DFAT Pakistan Director Lisa Rice-Madan reiterated that the uncertainty about the details of the conference (now including its [...] | 2008-12-12 05:56:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK |
08CANBERRA1302 | AUSTRALIA ROLLS OUT FURTHER STIMULUS [...] (SBU) The Australian Government announced a $4.7 billion (USD 3.2 billion) nation building package, on 12 December 2008, with the aim of strengthening the economy and creating up to 32,000 jobs. The package provides new funds for rail investment, brings forward road spending, allocates funds [...] | 2008-12-19 06:31:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN AS |
08CANBERRA1314 | DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES - [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-23 21:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN PARM IR AS |
08CANBERRA301 | AUSTRALIA'S IMPLEMENTATION OF FINANCIAL PROVISIONS [...] (C) Australia recently completed updating laws and regulations designed to facilitate its implementation of financial and other provisions of Iran-related Security Council resolutions, including UNSCR 1803. Australian banks are fully compliant with the measures, which entered into force on M [...] | 2008-03-27 05:54:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN ETTC PARM KNNP MNUC AS |
08CANBERRA322 | POLLING POTENTIAL DONORS ON ASSISTANCE TO KOSOVO [...] Per ref. B, DFAT has provided a formal response to our approach regarding assistance to Kosovo. DFAT Europe Division Acting First Assistant Secretary John Griffin wrote to Polcouns on 28 March that Australia is best placed to assist Kosovo through support and advocacy in multilateral organiz [...] | 2008-04-02 04:27:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN EU EUN KV AS |
08CANBERRA357 | AUSTRALIAN PARTICIPATION IN PARIS CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) Pol/Mil Officer met with Erika Thompson, Executive Officer for Afghanistan, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),on April 8 to obtain information on Australia's participation in the Paris Conference on Afghanistan. Ms. Thompson confirmed that Australia will be represented at [...] | 2008-04-08 22:52:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL AS |
08CANBERRA456 | DESPITE INFLATION, INTEREST RATES UNCHANGED FOR NOW [...] (U) The Reserve Bank of Australia today did not raise the official cash rate; it remains at 7.25%. Despite higher than expected inflation (reftel),the RBA noted that the substantial tightening since mid-2007 and "difficult" conditions in international financial markets were acting to restrai [...] | 2008-05-06 06:05:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON AS |
08CANBERRA490 | RUDD DELIVERS FOR WORKING FAMILIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Rudd Government's first budget has slowed the growth of government spending and hit "the rich" to combat inflation, while delivering its election promises and looking after Rudd's "working families." There is means testing of family benefits, tax cuts, spending on the ALP's [...] | 2008-05-14 07:20:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV SENV AS |
08CANBERRA623 | BABCOCK & BROWN'S SHAREPRICE MELTDOWN [...] (U) Summary: Australian investment bank Babcock & Brown (B&B) lost over half its share value in the week of June 9 over concerns it could not manage its debt load. B&B stock has been recovering this week. The Australian Securities Exchange has said there is no sign of market manipulation; r [...] | 2008-06-18 06:54:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON AS |
08CANBERRA846 | AUSTRALIA ADVISED OF DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-27 02:52:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PREL PARM EFIN KNNP AS |
08CAPETOWN36 | SOUTH AFRICA'S 2008 BUDGET [...] (U) Summary. South Africa Minister of Finance Trevor Manuel delivered his annual Budget Speech before Parliament on February 20, 2008. According to Manuel, South Africa continues to have a positive fiscal outlook despite global economic turmoil. GDP growth was projected at 4 percent with [...] | 2008-02-21 14:27:00 | Consulate Cape Town | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN ENRG BEXP KTDB SF |
08CARACAS1042 | STRUCTURED NOTES RESOLUTIONS: TARGETED AT VARGAS? [...] (C) Summary: Our contacts point to Banco Occidental de Descuento (BOD) president Victor Vargas as the primary target of recent BRV resolutions ordering banks to divest themselves of structured notes within 90 days (ref A). They claim the regulatory action was taken following a business dispu [...] | 2008-07-28 20:39:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1061 | CHAVEZ ANNOUNCES INTENTION TO NATIONALIZE BANCO DE [...] (SBU) President Chavez announced on July 31 his intention to nationalize Banco de Venezuela, one of Venezuela's four largest banks, currently owned by the Spanish Grupo Santander. According to press reports, Chavez suggested three reasons for this move: first, the government "could use a ba [...] | 2008-07-31 22:28:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN VE |
08CARACAS1127 | CHAVEZ' ECONOMIC DECREES STRENGTHEN EXECUTIVE [...] (C) Summary: The laws decreed by President Chavez July 31 further consolidate executive control over the economy. In the specific area of food supply and the more general area of consumer protection, they give the Executive broad command and control powers and greater expropriation authoritie [...] | 2008-08-12 21:47:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAGR ELAB PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1135 | BANCO DE VENEZUELA EXECUTIVE EXPECTS RAPID CLOSE [...] (C) Banco de Venezuela (BdV) Vicepresident and Chief Economist Milton Guzman (strictly protect throughout) shared with EconCouns on August 12 his expectation that the BRV's nationalization of BdV, announced by President Chavez July 31 (ref A),would be completed in three to six weeks. "The g [...] | 2008-08-13 20:27:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN VE |
08CARACAS1197 | BRV SEEKS NULLIFICATION OF INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Lawyers associated with the government filed a brief on June 12 before the Supreme Court seeking nullification of a key clause in Venezuela's Investment Law as well as a reinterpretation of the Constitution. Article 22 of Venezuela's Investment Law is currently interpreted to [...] | 2008-08-25 16:34:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PREL PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1245 | BRV ENACTS CREDIT CARD LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Legislation approved by the National Assembly on September 4, (posited as necessary for public order and social interest) codifies existing regulations and promulgates new ones for the credit card industry in Venezuela. Among its most significant clauses, the law prohibits ba [...] | 2008-09-05 21:37:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1304 | VENEZUELA'S PARALLEL EXCHANGE RATE RESUMES ITS RISE [...] (U) After remaining largely stable since March, Venezuela's parallel exchange rate has jumped by more than 40 percent over the past month, from 3.4 bolivars (Bs) to the dollar on August 14, to 4.8 Bs/USD as of September 15. The BRV has been regularly intervening in the parallel market since [...] | 2008-09-18 14:34:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN VE |
08CARACAS1328 | INVESTIGATION INTO FINANCIAL FRAUD SHOWS BRV'S [...] (C) Summary: The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) has opened an investigation into financial fraud associated with four bond issuances in late 2006 and 2007. This investigation included a public, high-profile raid of one of Venezuela's largest brokerage houses in July 2008 during whic [...] | 2008-09-22 19:40:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN VE |
08CARACAS1338 | BRV NOT IMMUNE TO INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL TURMOIL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuelan (BRV) has not escaped recent problems in the US financial sector unscathed. The government holds about USD 300 million and private banks an additional USD 400 million in structured debt notes issued by the bankrupt Lehman Brothers. The fi [...] | 2008-09-23 18:40:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN VE |
08CARACAS136 | REVISED INDEX SHOWS CONTINUED HIGH INFLATION IN [...] (SBU) According to the newly revised official consumer price index (CPI),inflation rose to 3.4 percent in January 2008. This figure, which works out to 50 percent on an annual basis, is slightly higher than the 3.3 percent inflation figure from December 2007, and will put additional pressu [...] | 2008-02-01 20:57:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN VE |
08CARACAS1365 | STRUCTURED NOTE DEADLINE PASSES, ISSUE FIZZLES [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 24 the deadline for Venezuelan banks to sell their holdings of bolivar-denominated structured notes passed with little apparent effect on the banking sector. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) showed an unusual amount of flexibility in its implementation o [...] | 2008-09-29 14:30:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN VE |
08CARACAS1382 | AS ELECTION APPROACHES, WHERE'S THE SPENDING? [...] (C) Summary: An anticipated jump in spending prior to the November 23 state and local elections by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) does not appear to have materialized. Local analysts primarily attribute this surprising failure to boost spending significantly to increasing incomp [...] | 2008-09-30 20:33:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EFIN VE |
08CARACAS1388 | COMMUNAL ECONOMY CENTER [...] (SBU) Summary. EmbOffs visited a newly inaugurated communal economic center near Caracas. The center, extremely modern by Venezuelan standards, offers a space for communal cooperatives to sell local goods. However, many of the cooperatives did not sell locally produced goods or sold cheap [...] | 2008-10-01 15:10:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1427 | IPR CHANGES FOR PHARMACEUTICALS [...] (C) Summary. On September 12, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) agency responsible for intellectual property protection issued a press release resurrecting the Industrial Property Law of 1955, which expressly prohibits intellectual property rights for pharmaceuticals and other produc [...] | 2008-10-08 20:39:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD ECIN PREL PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1428 | FALLING OIL PRICES: CLEAR BUT NOT PRESENT DANGER [...] (C) Summary: Venezuela's economic model is dependent on ever-rising oil prices. As such, the economy is clearly vulnerable to reduced global demand for oil, an increasingly likely consequence of the current global financial crisis. With oil prices already down 25 percent from their historic [...] | 2008-10-08 21:18:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET VE |
08CARACAS1443 | VENEZUELA: LABOR UNREST CONTINUES AT COCA-COLA [...] (C) Summary. Coca-Cola has taken control of most of its installations this week following the 4th labor blockade of 2008. Despite a Supreme Court ruling in favor of the company, earlier this year, radical National Assembly members have continued to push the claims of ex-company contractors. [...] | 2008-10-10 20:20:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1444 | VENEZUELA: BRV SHUTS MACDONALD'S FOR TWO DAYS [...] (SBU) The 115 MacDonald's restaurants in Venezuela were closed for 48 hours on October 9 following an inspection by the tax authority, Seniat. According to a Seniat press release, Seniat fined as many as 16 of the MacDonald's restaurants 1,150 BsF ($535 at the official exchange rate) because [...] | 2008-10-10 22:14:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1453 | BRV DEVELOPS PUBLIC FINANCE TOOLS TO SQUEEZE [...] (C) Summary: The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's (BRV's) public finance system has undergone a series of important changes since 2005 that give the Executive the tools to limit significantly the resources available to state and municipal governments. These governments receive the vast ma [...] | 2008-10-16 19:18:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1455 | BRV SUBMITS 2009 BUDGET, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH [...] (U) Press reports indicate that the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) has submitted the 2009 budget to the National Assembly (AN),though it has not yet been formally presented by the Minister of Finance as is the custom. According to these reports, which cite AN deputy and president of [...] | 2008-10-16 20:28:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN VE |
08CARACAS1463 | TAX AUTHORITY RAMPS UP TAX ENFORCEMENT AND MONEY [...] (SBU) Summary. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, through its tax agency, has ramped up enforcement of Plan Zero Evasion (Evasion Cero) first announced in 2005. The Plan involves audits of company accounting procedures and violations include fines, closures and "voluntary payments" of ta [...] | 2008-10-17 20:51:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1477 | 2009 VENEZUELAN BUDGET: OPTIMISM FADES [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 21, Minister of Finance Ali Rodriguez formally presented the 2009 budget to the National Assembly. The budget continues to use unrealistic economic assumptions, such as a low inflation rate and overstatement of oil production and related revenue. Whereas the pres [...] | 2008-10-22 21:29:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1507 | VENEZUELA: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT UPHOLDS [...] (SBU) On October 17, the Venezuelan Supreme Court (Court) upheld the constitutional viability of international arbitration. The decision interpreted Article 258 of the Constitution, which states "The law shall promote arbitration, conciliation, mediation and any other means of alternative d [...] | 2008-10-30 20:48:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1522 | OPEN UP AND SAY AHHHH: VENEZUELA'S HEALTH CARE [...] (C) Summary. Conditions in public hospitals continue to deteriorate and private hospitals face a growing threat of nationalization. Despite multiple 2008 budgetary authorizations for increases in health care worker salaries, labor actions continue by health care workers. One public health [...] | 2008-11-03 18:28:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1525 | VENEZUELAN MILITARY INTELLIGENCE CONDUCTS RAID ON [...] (U) According to media reports, Directorate of Military Intelligence (DIM) officials raided offices of Stanford Bank in Caracas on Friday October 31. (Note: Stanford Bank, an affiliate of the Houston-based Stanford Financial Group, is one of two U.S. banks operating in Venezuela. It is a sm [...] | 2008-11-04 18:29:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ASEC VE |
08CARACAS1554 | THE 64 BILLION DOLLAR QUESTION: HOW MUCH CASH [...] (C) Summary: President Chavez has argued that the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) can endure a period of low oil prices by drawing down his government's savings. While no one disputes the BRV Government (GBRV) has accumulated financial assets during the oil bonanza, the value and liqu [...] | 2008-11-10 10:37:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1562 | GBRV ANNOUNCES FORMATION OF JOINT DEVELOPMENT BANK [...] (U) The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) announced November 8 that Russia and Venezuela had agreed to create a binational bank and that Finance Minister Ali Rodriguez would travel to Russia the following week to finalize details. Rodriguez and an official from Russia [...] | 2008-11-10 16:54:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN VE |
08CARACAS1583 | BNP PARIBAS REPRESENTATIVE SEES FEW PROSPECTS FOR [...] (C) BNP Paribas country representative in Venezuela Gregorio Toulemonde (strictly protect throughout) said he was "very worried" about the overall economic situation in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV). He predicted a difficult 2009, with the BRV government (GBRV) "desperately see [...] | 2008-11-14 20:36:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET VE |
08CARACAS1584 | VENEZUELA: INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-14 20:51:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN VE |
08CARACAS1613 | BANESCO PRESIDENT CONCERNED OVER ALLEGED U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Banesco President Juan Carlos Escotet visited the Charge November 18 to express his concern about an alleged investigation of Banesco by the USG. (Note: Banesco is by most measures Venezuela's largest bank, holding 12 percent [...] | 2008-11-20 21:02:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN VE |
08CARACAS1669 | VENEZUELA: TAX AUTHORITY SURPASSES 2008 REVENUE [...] (U) Summary. The tax authority of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) announced December 2 it had already reached its tax revenue goal for budget year 2008. Tax officials predict record tax revenues for budget year 2009 and continue to find creative methods to increase compliance with [...] | 2008-12-05 18:42:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1690 | NATIONALIZATIONS WITHOUT COMPENSATION AS GBRV [...] (C) Summary: In 2008 the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) has announced but not finalized a growing number of nationalizations. To the best of our knowledge, deals or payments are still pending for three multinational cement companies (Cemex, Holcim, and LaFarge),s [...] | 2008-12-09 21:07:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EIND VE |
08CARACAS1757 | WOOD GROUP VICE PRESIDENT SAYS PDVSA "TECHNICALLY [...] (C) Summary: According to a Wood Group executive, PDVSA is "technically bankrupt," owing up to USD 7 billion to its suppliers in Venezuela. The situation is particularly critical at smaller oilfield service companies, which are finding credit drying up as banks refuse to grant them new loan [...] | 2008-12-22 18:36:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EFIN VE |
08CARACAS1765 | CHAVEZ ORDERS THE EXPROPRIATION OF JEWISH-OWNED [...] (U) On December 21, during the last "Alo, Presidente" broadcast of 2008, President Chavez ordered the mayor of Libertador Borough of Caracas Jorge Rodriguez to expropriate a large commercial center in the final stages of construction. In his latest tirade against the private sector, Chavez r [...] | 2008-12-23 16:07:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV KIRF VE |
08CARACAS186 | BANCO MERCANTIL PRESENTS POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: In a February 12 meeting with the Ambassador, senior economists of Banco Mercantil, one of Venezuela's four largest banks, argued that President Chavez was facing simultaneous adverse political and economic shocks following the December 2 referendum. Given his current vulnerabil [...] | 2008-02-15 14:47:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
08CARACAS190 | BRV QUIETLY SELLS "STRUCTURED NOTES" [...] (SBU) According to press reports this week, over the past several weeks the BRV has sold "structured notes" to selected banks for a total sale of between USD 100 and 270 million dollars. Structured notes in this context are products that combine Argentine, Ecuadorian, and/or Colombian debt ac [...] | 2008-02-15 20:31:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN VE |
08CARACAS197 | VENEZUELAN KEY RESOURCES AND CRITICAL [...] In response to reftel A, Venezuela has little or no critical infrastructure (as defined in reftel A) and few key resources that are vital to the United States. Venezuela's most significant resource that is supplied to the US is petroleum and petroleum products. Venezuela produces approximat [...] | 2008-02-19 17:18:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ECON ETTC PGOV PTER PERL EAGER EFIN |
08CARACAS204 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES CREATION OF BINATIONAL [...] (U) On February 14 the National Assembly approved three laws ratifying agreements with Iran and five ratifying agreements with Belarus. The Iranian agreements include a pact to create the Iranian-Venezuelan Binational Bank that was signed in Tehran on November 19, 2007; a binational developm [...] | 2008-02-19 20:43:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KCRM IR BO VE |
08CARACAS313 | INFLATION STARTING TO TAKE ITS TOLL ON VENEZUELA'S [...] (C) Summary: Inflation, including the repressed inflation reflected in rolling shortages of price-controlled goods, is quickly becoming a stone around the neck of the BRV's economic management team. While most independent and opposition-aligned economic analysts agree that the primary cause [...] | 2008-03-06 16:07:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
08CARACAS376 | BRV MOVES TO CONTROL PARALLEL RATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The parallel exchange rate has fallen almost 40 percent since its November 2007 high. The BRV has played a major role in bringing the rate down by selling dollar-denominated debt instruments for bolivars, thus effectively supplying dollars to the parallel market. Given the ma [...] | 2008-03-17 16:20:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN VE |
08CARACAS475 | BRV DEBT: MANAGEABLE LEVELS, PUZZLING STRATEGY [...] (SBU) Summary: At first glance, the BRV's sovereign debt, which totals about 19 percent of GDP when converting between bolivars (Bs) and dollars at the official exchange rate, seems low relative to other middle-income countries. A closer look suggests a slightly less rosy picture, although o [...] | 2008-04-04 13:35:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN VE |
08CARACAS493 | BRV UNVEILS NATIONAL INFLATION INDEX [...] (SBU) Summary: The Central Bank (BCV) and National Statistics Institute (INE) unveiled on April 7 a national consumer price index (CPI-N),which replaces the metropolitan Caracas index (CPI-C) as the BRV's official inflation measure. According to the CPI-N, prices rose 3.1, 2.1, and 1.7 perc [...] | 2008-04-08 12:22:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN VE |
08CARACAS525 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE [...] (C) Acting EconCouns and Econoff delivered ref A demarche and associated non-paper to Francisco Canela, head of the Financial Intellegence Unit (UNIF) of the Superintendency of Banks (SUDEBAN),on April 11. Canela repeated past assurances (ref B) that all banks operating in Venezuela were su [...] | 2008-04-15 12:21:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PARM PREL KNNP MNUC IR VE |
08CARACAS558 | BRV ANNOUNCES 3 BILLION USD BOND ISSUANCE TARGETED [...] (U) The Ministry of Finance (MoF) announced on April 21 a USD 3 billion sovereign debt issuance. The issuance is composed of two "Sovereign International Bonds" (SIBs),dollar-denominated bonds maturing in 2023 (9 percent coupon) and 2028 (9.25 percent coupon),with each representing 50 perc [...] | 2008-04-22 20:19:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN VE |
08CARACAS566 | VENEZUELA'S BANKING SECTOR: ARE THE GOOD TIMES [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the last four years, Venezuela's banking sector has registered rapid growth and record profits. The good times may be ending, however. The economy is slowing down; the BRV has tightened monetary policy to counter inflation; and banks are subject to increasing government [...] | 2008-04-25 20:01:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN VE |
08CARACAS587 | BRV SELLS USD 4 BILLION IN SOVEREIGN BONDS [...] (U) The Ministry of Finance (MoF) published on April 28 the results of the Sovereign International Bond (SIB) issuance announced April 21 (reftel). Per these results, the MoF will sell SIBs worth a total amount (face value) of USD 4 billion. The announcement does not specify the amount allo [...] | 2008-04-29 14:46:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN VE |
08CARACAS647 | CADIVI AT FIVE YEARS: GETTING WORSE [...] (C) Summary: Complaints about delays and corruption in CADIVI, the BRV's Commission for Administering Foreign Exchange, are increasing among private sector contacts. Although it has authorized more foreign currency liquidation on a daily basis thus far in 2008 than it did in on average 2007, [...] | 2008-05-12 21:08:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
08CARACAS648 | DUTCH BIT BITES THE DUST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuela has revoked its bilateral investment treaty (BIT) with the Netherlands effective November 1, 2008. The BIT remains in force for 15 years for investments made before the date of revocation. Both ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips are pursuing arbitration under the Dutch BIT. [...] | 2008-05-12 21:23:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON EFIN PREL VE |
08CARACAS68 | VENEZUELA'S ECONOMY IN 2008: A DIFFICULT YEAR AS [...] (C) Summary: 2008 is likely to be a difficult year for Venezuela economically due to continued inflation, shortages, and policy-induced distortions. Nonetheless, the BRV's relatively strong external and fiscal positions, buoyed by record crude prices, should allow it to weather these problem [...] | 2008-01-17 20:26:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET EINV PGOV VE |
08CARACAS69 | BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] Per request in reftel, this cable transmits the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Begin text ------------------------------ Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ Given economic and political uncertainties, a recent history o [...] | 2008-01-17 20:38:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC VE |
08CARACAS838 | CHAVEZ ANNOUNCES NEW ECONOMIC MEASURES: MUCH ADO, [...] (C) Summary: President Chavez announced on June 11 a series of economic measures to stimulate domestic production and reduce inflationary pressures. Calling for a national productive alliance, Chavez detailed measures including creation of a USD 1 billion government controlled fund to inves [...] | 2008-06-12 23:00:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
08CARACAS844 | CORRECTED COPY: CHAVEZ ANNOUNCES NEW ECONOMIC [...] (U) This cable is a corrected copy of CARACAS 838, with a pass line to USDA added. 2. (C) Summary: President Chavez announced on June 11 a series of economic measures to stimulate domestic production and reduce inflationary pressures. Calling for a national productive alliance, Chavez d [...] | 2008-06-13 16:41:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAGR PGOV VE |
08CARACAS870 | TERRORISM FINANCE: NOTIFICATION OF U.S. DOMESTIC [...] (C) As requested, Charge d'Affaires (CDA) delivered information in paragraphs four and six of reftel and copies of the Treasury Department Press notice to representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). 2. (C) MFA officials declined to schedule a meeting for June 18. Instead CDA [...] | 2008-06-19 19:41:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN PTER PINR EFIN PREL VE LE |
08CARACAS930 | STRUCTURED NOTES REDUX: NEW RESOLUTION ROILS [...] (C) Summary: A Ministry of Finance (MoF) resolution ordering Venezuelan banks to divest themselves of "structured notes" issued by foreign investment banks has roiled the local banking sector. Local banks hold an estimated USD 5 billion worth of these instruments, which are bolivar-denomina [...] | 2008-07-03 22:12:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN VE |
08CARACAS998 | NEW BANKING SUPERINTENDENT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT HEALTH [...] (C) Summary: Newly appointed Superintendent of Banks Maria Elena Fumero (strictly protect throughout) told Ecouncouns she believes the financial sector is generally in good shape. The structured notes (reftel) were problematic, she said, but did not represent a systemic threat to the sector [...] | 2008-07-18 23:01:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KTFN VE |
08CASABLANCA104 | SOURCES OF WEALTH IN CASABLANCA - INTERNAL, EXTERNAL, ILLICIT [...] (SBU) Summary: In Casablanca, Morocco's largest city and economic capital, prosperity is increasingly on display, raising the question of where it comes from. Family money, the banking and real estate sectors, and a strong-performing stock market account for some wealth. Remittances from Moroccans [...] | 2008-05-23 16:42:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV KDEM MO |
08CASABLANCA224 | SCANDAL AT THE CASABLANCA STOCK EXCHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Morocco Council for the Code of Ethics in Securities Markets, (CDVM) moved decisively the week of 17 November to address a simmering scandal at the Casablanca Stock Exchange (CSE),recommending to the Minister of Finance that the Exchange,s entire leadership be dismissed for [...] | 2008-11-26 17:06:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINT MO PGOV |
08CASABLANCA235 | DIFFICULTIES IN MOROCCO'S MICROCREDIT SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Central Bank of Morocco and the National Federation of Microcredit Associations (FNAM) moved decisively the week of 8 December to address difficulties in Morocco's microcredit industry, recommending that a national credit bureau be established. The Central Bank reported tha [...] | 2008-12-15 17:13:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINT MO PGOV |
08CASABLANCA27 | EL FASSI'S FIRST 100 DAYS: TOO EARLY TO TELL, BUT TIME TO ACT [...] (SBU) Summary: 100 days into El Fassi's tenure as Prime Minister, many Casablancans feel they have little on which to judge the new government, though they feel it is time for action. Citizens expressed anger over the increase in value-added tax on cars, and a sense of urgency about the need t [...] | 2008-02-05 10:28:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KDEM MO |
08CASABLANCA270 | DONKEY CARTS BY DIOR: CASABLANCA GOES UPSCALE [...] (SBU) Summary: An explosion of high-end stores has hit Casablanca in the past few years, causing one magazine to declare luxury a new sector in Morocco. While some view the luxury boom as evidence of newfound upward mobility, others believe the rich are just getting richer, though it is not a [...] | 2008-01-14 09:23:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KDEM MO |
08CASABLANCA282 | EXXONMOBIL SELLS SHARES IN MOROCCAN AFFILIATE [...] (SBU) Summary: ExxonMobil will announce on January 30 a strategic decision to sell its shares of Mobil Oil Maroc to Libya Oil Holdings Limited, a Libyan-government entity. The sale's impact on Morocco is expected to be minor. End Summary. --------------------------------------------- EXXON [...] | 2008-01-29 17:06:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET ENRG EFIN MO |
08CASABLANCA62 | ANTI-PIRACY EFFORTS IN CASABLANCA DO NOT DETER [...] (SBU) Summary: Following a series of seizures of pirated CDs and DVDs, Moroccan authorities destroyed some 80,000 discs on March 27 in Casablanca. Undeterred, illegal CD and DVD vendors remain in business, buoyed by strong demand and the knowledge that periodic raids are annoying, but not rui [...] | 2008-04-03 13:58:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KDEM MO |
08CASABLANCA81 | MOROCCAN ROYAL FAMILY HOLDING ONA FIRES CEO [...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco's largest conglomerate, the palace-controlled ONA, dismissed its CEO on April 11, charging that he mismanaged Wana, the company's telecommunications subsidiary. The abrupt nature of the dismissal has been the talk of Casablanca business circles for the past week, and has refo [...] | 2008-04-24 11:06:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KDEM MO |
08CHENGDU286 | MCC ELIGIBILITY: THE CASE FOR TIMOR-LESTE [...] On December 12, the Ambassador briefed Finance Minister Pires, Foreign Minister da Costa, Vice Prime Minister Guterres, Acting Speaker of Parliament Guterres, the head of Timor's MCC team, and President Jose Ramos Horta on the MCC Board's decision to not reselect Timor-Leste as Compact eligibl [...] | 2008-12-15 09:10:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MCC ECON EFIN TT |
08CHENGDU293 | SOUTHWEST CHINA: QUAKE RECONSTRUCTION AND ECONOMIC STIMULUS [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: According to two prominent researchers in Chengdu, the national-level economic stimulus plan will bolster Sichuan Province's economy during the two to three year windo [...] | 2008-12-18 09:16:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN CH |
08CHENGDU299 | ASSISTANCE TO RETURNING LABORERS IN SOUTHWEST CHINA'S [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Authorities in southwest China's Guizhou province have set up booths at the capital city's train station to assist the thousands of migrant laborers who are returning [...] | 2008-12-31 08:25:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB CH |
08CHENNAI100 | NEW HYDERABAD AIRPORT STILL IN HOLDING PATTERN [...] (U) Sonia Gandhi, chair of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA),formally inaugurated the new Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGI) in Hyderabad on March 14, 2008, with much fanfare. The inauguration heralded the planned opening of the facility on March 16 (ref B). Almost immediately afte [...] | 2008-03-17 10:50:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV IN |
08CHENNAI263 | TAMIL NADU EXPERIENCES POWER SHORTAGES, INEVITABLE [...] (SBU) Summary: Decades of under-investment in power generation have finally caught up with the South India state of Tamil Nadu, which is currently experiencing unprecedented disruptions of electricity supply. This under-investment, combined with strong economic growth and accompanying demand [...] | 2008-08-07 08:48:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY KNNP ECON EINV PGOV EFIN IN RS |
08CHENNAI359 | FALLOUT FROM GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS HITTING SOUTH INDIA, [...] (SBU) Summary: Our contacts in South India remain largely optimistic about the longer-term trajectory of the region's economy, but they are bracing for a rough ride in the short-term. Banks are tightening credit, importers are facing rising costs as the rupee drops, and exporters are not benef [...] | 2008-10-24 00:47:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD IN |
08CHENNAI378 | INVESTMENT IN SOUTH INDIA CONTINUES, AS DO JITTERS ABOUT [...] (SBU) Assistant US Trade Representative Michael Delaney met on November 10 with business leaders from key sectors of South India's economy, urging progress on the WTO Doha Round and assessing how the region's business are weathering the current economic slowdown. While all of Delaney's interloc [...] | 2008-11-14 07:45:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD EINV PGOV IN RU |
08CHENNAI99 | NEW AIRPORTS IN HYDERABAD AND BANGALORE WILL BRING [...] (SBU) Summary: The new airports slated to open in the next several weeks in both Hyderabad and Bangalore promise to bring world-class modernity and comfort to air travelers in South India. The opening of the new airports will also close the cities' current airports for commercial aviation, one [...] | 2008-03-14 10:46:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV IN |
08CHIANGMAI128 | NORTHERN THAILAND CREATES A SPACE FOR U.S. INVESTMENT [...] Northern Thailand boasts many attributes that are attractive to foreign investors, including low labor and land costs, making the region an inviting alternative to the growing costs of operating in Bangkok. Moreover, favorable tax incentives in the north, combined with sophisticated transporta [...] | 2008-08-26 09:51:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR ECIN ECPS EFIN EIND EINV ELAB ELTN CH |
08CHIANGMAI163 | TOURISM SECTOR TRIES TO WEATHER POLITICAL STORM AT HOME, [...] The Chiang Mai tourism sector, thought of as one of the cornerstones of the local economy, is preparing to struggle through the upcoming tourist season expected to be affected by both the on-going political instability in Bangkok and the financial troubles abroad. Local hotels and tour compani [...] | 2008-10-24 14:01:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL TH |
08CHIANGMAI97 | REMITTANCES FROM THAILAND LIFT INCOMES IN BURMA [...] (SBU) Remittances transferred from the one-to-two million Burmese migrant workers in Thailand are an important source of income for their families in Burma. With migrant workers transferring about half of their incomes to their relatives in Burma, anywhere from $375 million to $1 billion could [...] | 2008-06-23 09:59:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL PHUM EAID EIND ELAB ETRD TH BM |
08CHISINAU1001 | MOLDOVA: FINANCING FOR DEVELOMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-07 11:53:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL MD |
08CHISINAU1017 | ECONOMY MINISTER DESCRIBES PROGESS AND [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador Chaudhry's October 6 courtesy call on Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Igor Dodon, the Minister explained that the GOM had privatized over 90 percent of land and 80 percent of enterprises following independence. Since then Moldova had succeeded in [...] | 2008-10-10 05:47:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET RS MD |
08CHISINAU1107 | MOLDOVA RECEIVED DEMARCHE CONCERNING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-13 05:32:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN MD |
08CHISINAU1126 | MOLDOVA: 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-19 14:44:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN SNAR KCRM KTFN ASEC MD |
08CHISINAU113 | MOLDOVA'S ECONOMY RESILIENT IN 2007 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Moldova's economy remained resilient in 2007, overcoming the negative impacts of Russian trade bans, higher tariffs for natural gas and a devastating drought. Although GDP growth was less than forecast (below 4 percent) and inflation was higher than projected (13.1 percent),for [...] | 2008-02-06 14:14:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV MD |
08CHISINAU1144 | ECONOMIC MINISTER DESCRIBES MINIMAL [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador Chaudhry's November 13 meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, Igor Dodon, the Minister explained that the global financial crisis had not affected Moldova initially. Moldova might face the return of some citizens working abroad in the EU a [...] | 2008-11-21 12:39:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET RS MD |
08CHISINAU1161 | MOLDOVA RECEIVED DEMARCHE CONCERNING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-01 05:59:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL UNSC PINR MD |
08CHISINAU1273 | GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS IN MOLDOVA [...] Summary: Moldova's underdeveloped banking sector and stock market and the absence of speculative capital have enabled the country to avoid any initial shock from the global economic crisis. Quite the opposite, the country is set to finish 2008 with seven percent GDP growth and record high l [...] | 2008-12-30 08:22:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV KTDB MD |
08CHISINAU264 | TERRORISM FINANCE, ABU GHADIYAH--MOLDOVA WILL BLOCK AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-11 11:10:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC IZ SY MD |
08CHISINAU270 | MOLDOVAN LEU UP AGAINST THE U.S. DOLLAR [...] (SBU) The Moldovan Leu (MDL) continues its steady appreciation against the USD. On March 11, the National Bank of Moldova's (NBM) official exchange rate (set for accounting purposes) was MDL 10.9357 per USD and MDL 16.7924 per Euro. Year-on-year the MDL has appreciated 16.7 percent against th [...] | 2008-03-11 13:58:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AFIN ECON EFIN PGOV MD |
08CHISINAU372 | MOLDOVA'S NEW ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: In July 2007, in response to concerns from the international community about insufficient anti-money laundering (AML) safeguards in the Government of Moldova's (GOM) tax and capital amnesty law, Parliament adopted USG-drafted amendments and a new, modern AML law. The GOM and regu [...] | 2008-04-02 12:30:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV MD |
08CHISINAU39 | MOLDOVA 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Embassy Chisinau submits the 2008 Investment Climate Statement in response to reftel. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. Moldova continues to take steps toward developing a stronger economy, reforming a cumbersome regulatory framework, combating corruption a [...] | 2008-01-15 12:34:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR MD |
08CHISINAU511 | MOLDOVA WILL REPORT ON UNSCR 1803 COMPLIANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-13 14:30:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR MD |
08CHISINAU619 | MOLDOVA RECEIVES REFTEL TALKING POINTS ON U.S. DOMESTIC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-13 14:33:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC BA QA MD |
08CHISINAU637 | MOLDOVA RECEIVES TALKING POINTS ON DESIGNATION OF NAMES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-18 13:16:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN ETTC PTER PREL CVIS KVPR MD |
08CHISINAU645 | MOLDOVA RECEIVED TALKING POINTS ON U.S. DOMESTIC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-19 12:45:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC KU MD |
08CHISINAU677 | MOLDOVA RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELA-BASED HIZBALLAH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-27 09:45:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC VE LE MD |
08CHISINAU829 | MOLDOVA RECEIVES DEMARCHE REGARDING THE DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-18 07:18:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC AG MD |
08CHISINAU847 | MOLDOVA RECEIVES DEMARCHE REGARDING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-22 06:38:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN PARM IR MD |
08CHISINAU850 | Moldova Receives Demarche on Designation of Additional [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-22 12:27:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN IR GM MD |
08CHISINAU999 | MOLDOVA: FINANCING FOR DEVELOMENT DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-07 09:24:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL MD |
08COLOMBO1063 | AUSTR DELANEY'S VISIT TO SRI LANKA [...] (U) Summary: Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for South Asia Michael Delaney visited Sri Lanka November 11-14 to engage with key government and business leaders, to discuss issues related to U.S.- Sri Lanka Trade and Investment Framework Agreement talks, and to review labor issues raised in [...] | 2008-11-26 07:51:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV CE |
08COLOMBO1075 | MALDIVES 2009 BUDGET PRESENTED; 2008 DEFICIT INCREASES [...] (SBU) On November 25, Ali Hashim, Maldives Minister of Finance and Treasury, presented the GORM budget for 2009, proposing a total expenditure of Rf 13.6 billion (approx. USD 1.1 billion). Revenue is estimated at Rf 7.9 billion (USD 0.6 billion),resulting in a deficit of about Rf 5.8 billion [...] | 2008-11-28 05:57:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID MV |
08COLOMBO1076 | MALDIVIAN PRESIDENT NASHEED REQUESTS $8-10 MILLION [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Maldivian President Nasheed telephoned Ambassador the morning of November 27 to request a USG loan of 8 to 10 million U.S. dollars to help bridge a financial shortfall the Maldivian Government faces to meet its budgetary obligat [...] | 2008-11-28 06:30:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL ECON EAID MV |
08COLOMBO1123 | SRI LANKA PASSES 2009 BUDGET [...] Summary: (SBU) Parliament easily passed the 2009 GSL budget on December 8, one month following President Rajapaksa's presentation of the draft on November 6. This is Rajapaksa's fourth budget since coming into office in 2005 on a platform of poverty reduction, steering investment to disadvan [...] | 2008-12-09 11:54:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV MARR KMCA CE |
08COLOMBO1133 | SRI LANKA: FINANCING HARDSHIPS IN NEW YEAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Sri Lanka's macroeconomic outlook for 2009 is weakening. In November Central Bank reserves declined, for the fourth straight month, to around $2 billion, or less than 2 months of imports. The trade deficit in the first ten months expanded by 78%, and the Central Bank (CB) expe [...] | 2008-12-15 11:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV KMCA CE |
08COLOMBO120 | SRI LANKA: TOURISM DOWN 12% IN 2007; COULD HAVE BEEN [...] Summary: The escalating ethnic conflict continues to hurt the Sri Lankan tourism industry, which experienced a 12% decrease in visitors in 2007 compared to 2006. Industry representatives have mixed assessments of the possible impact of the recent escalation of violence and the consequent bad [...] | 2008-01-31 10:54:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN PTER CE |
08COLOMBO133 | MALDIVES ECONOMY GREW BY 6.6% IN 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: In 2007, Maldives economy grew by 6.6%, marking a return to its pre-tsunami growth path. Tourism drove the growth, with visitors up 12% to over 675,000. Tourism-related activities, such as transport and communications, and construction of new resorts, also contributed to growt [...] | 2008-02-05 10:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID MV |
08COLOMBO193 | SRI LANKA: EXPORTS TO U.S. DECLINE BUT STILL NINE TIMES [...] (U) Summary: The United States merchandise trade deficit with Sri Lanka in 2007 was $1.84 billion. Sri Lanka's exports to the United States were $2.1 billion, while U.S. exports to Sri Lanka were $227 million -- a ratio of about nine-to-one. The EU replaced the United States as Sri Lanka's l [...] | 2008-02-25 11:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN EAID CE |
08COLOMBO281 | SRI LANKA: CITIBANK BLOCKS SRI LANKAN AIRLINE [...] (SBU) Summary: Citibank Sri Lanka has blocked a $250,000 transaction between Sri Lankan Airlines and Iranian Bank Melli, in accordance with Executive Order 13382 sanctions against Bank Melli. The blocked transaction was intended to pay for routine civil aviation overflight fees due to the gov [...] | 2008-03-19 01:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN KNNP CE IR |
08COLOMBO313 | UNSCR 1803: SRI LANKA REVIEWING "LINE BY LINE" [...] (C) Summary: Sri Lanka's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Central Bank both responded to post's demarches on UN Security Council Resolution 1803 with assurances that Sri Lanka would meet its international obligations with respect to sanctions against Iran. The MFA acting Director General for U [...] | 2008-03-27 10:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KNNP UNSC IAEA IR CE |
08COLOMBO335 | SRI LANKAN AIRLINES APPLICATION TO OFAC TO RELEASE [...] (C) Summary and recommendation: Sri Lankan Airlines has submitted a license application to the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) requesting release of a Pounds Sterling 125,124.70 payment that Citibank's Sri Lanka branch blocked in accordance with Executive Order 13382 because the r [...] | 2008-04-01 12:20:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KNNP KTFN IR CE |
08COLOMBO366 | SRI LANKA: 2007 GDP GROWTH REPORTEDLY 6.8%; FITCH [...] (SBU) Summary: Sri Lanka continued its healthy economic growth in 2007, reporting a 6.8% increase in real gross domestic product for the year. Weaknesses in the government's statistical methodology suggest the actual growth figure may have been lower, probably closer to 6%. The reported outco [...] | 2008-04-09 11:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN KMCA CE |
08COLOMBO450 | SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT SEEKS LOWER BORROWING COSTS BY [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Seeking to reduce government borrowing costs, Sri Lanka opened ten percent of its short-term local currency Treasury bill market to foreign investors. The Central Bank calculates, accurately it appears after the first day of trading, that offering the 3-12 month de [...] | 2008-05-09 04:59:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV KMCA CE |
08COLOMBO471 | SRI LANKA: MIHIN LANKA LOSES MONEY, SUSPENDS OPERATIONS, [...] (SBU) Summary: Mihin Lanka, a budget airline started by the government of Sri Lanka a year ago, has been hemorrhaging public money. The airline stopped flying on May 1 when the last of its two wet-leased aircraft was reclaimed after Mihin was unable to make lease payments, but plans to resume [...] | 2008-05-15 09:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EINV EFIN CE |
08COLOMBO491 | SRI LANKA REMITTANCES UP AGAIN IN 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: Sri Lankan migrant worker remittances rose 15% to $2.5 billion in 2007. Remittances are the second largest source of foreign exchange earnings to the country, after garment exports. Each year, over 200,000 Sri Lankans -- about one percent of the population -- leave to work abr [...] | 2008-05-21 11:50:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EFIN KWMN KCRM PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG CE |
08COLOMBO572 | MALDIVES: FIU WANTS AND NEEDS USG ASSISTANCE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the lack of a developed Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU),Maldives -- a moderate, pro-U.S. Islamic state -- is taking steps to combat financial crimes and enact legislation that will make it more difficult for money launderers or terrorist financing networks to abuse [...] | 2008-06-11 11:54:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER ETTC PREL MV |
08COLOMBO58 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2008 - MALDIVES [...] Per reftel, below is the investment climate statement for Maldives for 2008. INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT-MALDIVES FEBRUARY 2008 Investment Climate --Introduction Maldives is comprised of over 1,190 islands, of which 198 are inhabited and 95 are exclusive resort islands. The popu [...] | 2008-01-14 02:57:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KTDB OPIC ECON USTR EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV MV |
08COLOMBO61 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2008 - SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-14 10:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | CE ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR |
08COLOMBO694 | SRI LANKA: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN [...] (U) On July 21 Ambassador spoke with Foreign Secretary Palith Kohona following Post's transmittal of the non-paper concerning the additional Iranian entities designated under E.O. 13382 (ref A) and information on Ambassador Burns' participation in the in the P5 1 talks with the Iranians (ref B [...] | 2008-07-21 10:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PARM PREL KNNP IR CE |
08COLOMBO76 | SRI LANKA: INFLATION 17.5% IN 2007; CENTRAL BANK SAYS [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Sri Lanka's inflation remained high in 2007, averaging 17.5% for the year after spiking to around 20% at times. Consumers and business both felt the impact, with food and fuel prices rising most steeply. Correspondingly high interest rates compounded the pain. The [...] | 2008-01-16 11:58:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID CE |
08COLOMBO779 | MALDIVES: DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS [...] (SBU) We conveyed on August 21 reftel points on the U.S. Treasury's designation of five Iranian nuclear and missile entities to Mohamed Niyaz, Third Secretary at the Maldives High Commission in Colombo, and asked that the Maldives seek to identify and freeze any assets related to these entities [...] | 2008-08-22 05:05:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN MV IR GM |
08COLOMBO780 | SRI LANKA: DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS [...] (SBU) We conveyed on August 21 reftel points on the U.S. Treasury's designation of five Iranian nuclear and missile entities to Gihan Indragupta, Assistant Director of UN and Multilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and asked that the GSL seek to identify and freeze any assets related [...] | 2008-08-22 05:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN CE IR GM |
08COLOMBO821 | SRI LANKA: IMF CONCERNED ABOUT ECONOMIC POLICY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a meeting with Econoffs, IMF officials visiting Sri Lanka for "Article IV" consultations privately expressed concerns about Sri Lanka's persistently high inflation, various fiscal problems, and external imbalances. Taken together, these signs from the Sri Lankan economy [...] | 2008-09-02 01:59:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON KMCA CE |
08COLOMBO922 | SRI LANKA: ECONOMY GROWING, BUT PROBLEMS REMAIN [...] (U) Summary: Despite the war, Sri Lanka's GDP grew by a respectable 6.6% in the first half of 2008. The Sri Lankan rupee (SLR) remains relatively steady due to Central Bank intervention. Other key macro indicators weakened. Inflation remains high at 24.3%. The trade deficit expanded sharply [...] | 2008-10-07 11:50:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD KMCA CE |
08COLOMBO984 | SRI LANKA/MALDIVES: DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN [...] (SBU) On October 28 the Ambassador delivered reftel points and FATF 1803 guidelines to Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona. The Ambassador strongly urged the GSL to take local action against the Export Development Bank of Iran (EDBI) and to cease any activities the GSL may have with this instit [...] | 2008-10-30 07:03:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN MNUC PREL PARM KNNP CE MV |
08CONAKRY123 | GUINEA: 2008 PARIS CLUB DEBT REDUCTION AGREEMENT, [...] (SBU) Pursuant to REFTEL, ON April 8, Econoff gave a copy of the draft debt reduction agreement to the point of contact at the Ministry of Finance, Hamzata Diakite. Mr. Diakite has reviewed the draft and raised questions about some debt figures in the annex to the draft. These proposed chang [...] | 2008-04-21 05:22:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN KTIA GV |
08CONAKRY154 | RESPONSE - CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT IN GUINEA [...] The below information is in response to reftel request regarding China's engagement in Guinea. ------------- CHINESE FOCUS ------------- 2. China's interest in Guinea is primarily economic with significant investment in the following sectors: energy, mining, agriculture, infrastructu [...] | 2008-05-02 11:40:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAGR ECPS EFIN MARR PREL SENV TRGY XA |
08CONAKRY195 | AGOA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Pursuant to REFTEL, on April 13, Econoff met with the Secretary General at the Ministry of Finance, Mr. Falilou Barry, regarding the upcoming AGOA Forum to be held July 14-16 in Washington, D.C. 2. The Secretary General expressed his gratitude for the information and stated that he would c [...] | 2008-05-14 13:42:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV EFIN EAID GV |
08CONAKRY199 | BUREAU VERITAS - RUMORS AND REALITY [...] SUMMARY. Guinea signed a contract with an international firm for the provision of transactional customs valuation services, which should increase customs collections and reduce fraudulent import practices. Meanwhile, a local business association is protesting the new service, because they sa [...] | 2008-05-16 11:36:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN EFIN ECON PTER EWWT GV |
08CONAKRY2 | LIVING ON LESS THAN $1 PER DAY - WHY ENDS DON'T MEET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. From shoe shiners to accountants, an informal Embassy survey demonstrates just why Guinea is considered one of the poorest countries in the world. This snapshot of average salaries in both the private and public sectors illustrates all too clearly the substantial economic hards [...] | 2008-01-02 09:02:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN EFIN ECON EMIN GV |
08CONAKRY28 | BUSINESS UNRUFFLED BY STRIKE THREAT - CONTE CRONY STILL IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Local businesses are confident that a negotiated settlement to the labor union strike threat will be accomplished tonight. Meanwhile, a Conte crony is not yet out of legal trouble. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On January 9, Econoff met with members of the Conseil National du Patr [...] | 2008-01-10 05:57:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY288 | WORLD BANK RESREP VOICES CONCERNS ABOUT CURRENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a meeting with the Ambassador, the World Bank representative to Guinea confirmed rumors that the presidency had canceled the Rio Tinto contract. He also confirmed that the GoG used French assistance funds to pay off the mutineers. Finally, he shared his perspective on th [...] | 2008-06-12 15:12:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR EFIN EMIN ETTC KDEM PGOV PREL GV |
08CONAKRY32 | CONTROL AND RESHUFFLING OF THE CENTRAL BANK - DON'T COUNT [...] SUMMARY. While a Conte loyalist is still at the helm of the Central Bank and providing President Conte with access, it appears that Prime Minister Kouyate has restricted access to the Bank by Conte's cronies. Meanwhile, the Central Bank Governor has reshuffled the organization of the Bank as [...] | 2008-01-11 07:32:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN EFIN ECON EMIN GV |
08CONAKRY37 | PRESIDENT APPROVES FINAL 2008 BUDGET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At the end of December, President Conte signed the 2008 budget, with only slightly different figures from the original budget submitted by the Prime Minister in October. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On December 27, President Conte signed Guinea's 2008 budget, improving over the [...] | 2008-01-15 12:14:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN EFIN ECON EMIN PGOV GV |
08CONAKRY392 | GUINEA - DEMARCHE ON DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] On July 22, Econoff met with Karakomba Camara, Secretary General of the Minister of Finance, to deliver reftel demarche regarding the designation of additional Iranian entities under E.O. 13382. Post provided Camara with Department nonpaper, and will provide a French language translation as [...] | 2008-07-23 05:44:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN PARM IR GV |
08CONAKRY59 | GUINEA POC FOR MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANK [...] (U) Pursuant to REFTEL, Embassy Conakry identifies its Point of Contact (POC) for reviewing Multilateral Development Bank (MDB) proposals. 2. (U) Name: Kim Jordan Position: Economic Officer U.S. Embassy Conakry, Guinea Cellphone: Country code (224) 64 30 40 76 Emba [...] | 2008-01-22 12:19:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID ECON EINV PREL GV |
08CONAKRY62 | PRICE OF FLOUR EXPLODES IN GUINEA [...] Post has independently confirmed the press report of a significant increase in the price of flour this week. The local press reported that the price of the 50 kg sack of flour went from 34.80 USD (150,000 GnF) to 48.83 USD (210,000 GnF) in just one week. This represents a 40% increase in the [...] | 2008-01-22 15:53:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN EFIN ECON GV |
08CONAKRY725 | GUINEA STILL HAS NO 2009 BUDGET [...] (U) SUMMARY. With just one month left in the 2008 fiscal year and the National Assembly budgetary session only days away from expiring, the GoG has yet to finalize even a draft 2009 budget. Given the lengthy budgetary process, it is unlikely that a budget will be in place by the end of the fi [...] | 2008-12-01 14:28:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV GV |
08CONAKRY87 | GOVERNMENT RELEASES MINISTERIAL AUDITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 7, the Guinean Government finally released the audits requested by Prime Minister Kouyate last year to address alleged corruption. While the overall total amount lost, 45 million USD, has been known for some time (REFTEL),the release allows a closer inspection of eac [...] | 2008-04-14 05:32:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN EFIN ECON EMIN PGOV GV |
08COPENHAGEN51 | DANISH MFA "STILL WORKING" ON FUNDS FOR LEBANON [...] (SBU) The Danish government continues to wrestle with internal bureaucratic questions of how to fund a contribution for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (reftel). Danish MFA acting Middle East head Steen Norlov and Lebanon desk officer Jakob Rogild Jakobsen told us February 6 that the foreign [...] | 2008-02-07 14:37:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM DKEM EFIN LE SY DA |
08COPENHAGEN553 | OCTOBER 22 GEORGIA DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-16 09:35:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN PREL GG DA |
08COPENHAGEN574 | DANISH BANKING/INDUSTRIAL TITANS DOWNBEAT ON [...] (SBU) At an October 27 dinner hosted by the Ambassador in honor of visiting Citi Chairman Sir Win Bischoff, Danish Central Bank Chairman Nils Bernstein was decidedly pessimistic in his assessment of Danish economic and banking sector prospects in the near-to-medium term. Speaking in an improm [...] | 2008-10-28 12:06:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN DA |
08COPENHAGEN579 | DANISH REACTION TO DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-31 08:28:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN IR DA |
08COPENHAGEN595 | DENMARK: LEVERAGING FATF STATEMENT ON IRAN INTO [...] (S) We discussed reftel points with Danish Government officials on November 4 and November 12, stressing the importance that Denmark adopt at least one of the preventive measures set forth in reftel to address risks posed by Iran. According to Nikolaj Harris, Head of Section of the Danish Fore [...] | 2008-11-13 08:47:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL EFIN DA |
08COPENHAGEN613 | DENMARK: REVOCATION OF IRAN U-TURN GENERAL LICENSE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-21 15:23:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM PREL EFIN DA |
08COPENHAGEN668 | 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: DENMARK [...] Following is the 2009 Investment Climate Statement (ICS09). ICS09 will form part of the 2009 Country Commercial Guide for Denmark. 2. INVESTMENT CLIMATE - Denmark Introduction Denmark is characterized by political, economic and regulatory stability. The macroeconomic environment is [...] | 2008-12-16 15:46:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC DA |
08COTONOU215 | BENIN: UNSCR 1803 RELATED DEMARCHES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-18 06:12:00 | Embassy Cotonou | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM NSG MNUC EFIN KNNP IR BN |
08COTONOU256 | CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT IN BENIN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-30 08:38:00 | Embassy Cotonou | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR ECPS EFIN MARR PREL SENV TRGY BN |
08COTONOU39 | BENIN'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Please find below Embassy Cotonou's submission for Benin's 2008 Investment Climate Statement keyed to the topics in Reftel. ------------------------------ Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. President Yayi, in office since April 2006, aims to establish double [...] | 2008-01-16 10:41:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC BN |
08COTONOU406 | BENIN DELEGATION TO AGOA FORUM [...] Benin's official delegation to the AGOA forum in Washington, D.C. will be led by Ernestine Attanasso, the Director General of Foreign Trade at the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. The Embassy was informed on July 11 that Benin's Minister of Industry and Commerce, Gregoire Akofodji, would no [...] | 2008-07-11 12:52:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV EFIN EAID BN |
08COTONOU408 | SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT YAYI'S TRIP TO THE U.S., [...] (SBU) Summary: Benin,s President Boni Yayi travels to Washington, D.C., July 15-21, 2008, primarily for talks with the World Bank and the IMF and to seek assistance for plans to energize the country,s agricultural sector and to follow-up on earlier requests for food aid. His request for meeti [...] | 2008-07-11 21:56:00 | Embassy Cotonou | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP EAID EAGR PGOV PREL PINR EFIN LY BN |
08COTONOU420 | BENIN: POLITICAL STATE OF THE NATION - NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: The uncertain legitimacy and role of Benin's Presidential Mediation Entity (OPM) headed by National Mediator, Albert Tevoedjre, is indicative of the political quagmire that engulfs the administration of reform-minded President Boni Yayi. The latter is beset on one hand by the i [...] | 2008-07-15 19:36:00 | Embassy Cotonou | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI EFIN PINR KDEM BN |
08COTONOU497 | BENIN: Delivery of Non-Paper on Iran Entities and [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-22 11:25:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN IR GM BN |
08COTONOU5 | GOB TAKES MEASURES AGAINST INFLATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-03 07:44:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV BN |
08COTONOU779 | BENIN'S 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Please find below Embassy Cotonou's submission for Benin's 2009 Investment Climate Statement keyed to the topics in reftel. ------------------------------ Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. President Yayi, in office since April 2006, aims to establish double [...] | 2008-12-15 08:15:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC BN |
08DAKAR1011 | PRESIDENT WADE FIRES BUDGET MINISTER AFTER REVELATIONS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 7 cabinet meeting, President Wade fired Budget Minister Ibrahima Sarr and named Mamadou Abdoulaye Sow, a career Senegal Treasury official, as the new Minister. The Presidential decree to remove Sarr -- which came just hours after Wade met the IMF Resrep -- fol [...] | 2008-09-02 17:09:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV ETRD EAID KCOR SG |
08DAKAR1046 | FINANCE MINISTER REGAINS CONTROL OF SENEGAL,S UGLY [...] (S) Summary: During an August 25 courtesy call, Senegal's Finance Minister Abdoulaye Diop revealed to the Ambassador that he had "wrested control" of Senegal's public finances from the Budget Ministry, subordinate to the Finance Ministry. In doing so, the former budget Minister, and ally of [...] | 2008-09-10 17:31:00 | Embassy Dakar | SECRET | EFIN KCOR EAID ECON PGOV SG |
08DAKAR114 | 2007 Country Reports on Terrorism: Senegal [...] The following narrative is Posts submission for the 2007 Country Terrorism Report (CTR): Senegal The Government of Senegal cooperated with the Untied States in identifying terrorist groups operating in Senegal. More work remained to be done, however, to develop first responder services, [...] | 2008-01-29 11:23:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KHLS AEMR SG KDMR |
08DAKAR1140 | INVESTIGATING SENEGAL'S BUDGET BLACKHOLE [...] (C) Summary: A special investigative IMF team came to Senegal to look into a budget crisis caused by revelations of massive extra-budgetary commitments. To bring back even a semblance of balance, the government must cut USD 240 million in expenditures and raise USD 360 million. The IMF does [...] | 2008-10-03 11:15:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL EAID ECON SG |
08DAKAR119 | PRESIDENT WADE CHAIRS NEPAD ROUND TABLE ON AFRICAN [...] SUMMARY: A donor round table was held in Saly-Portugal, Senegal on January 23-24, 2008 to discuss the priorities of the Infrastructure Component of NEPAD. President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal is the chairman on this component along with those of energy, environment, and information technology [...] | 2008-01-29 16:43:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ECON PGOV SG |
08DAKAR1190 | WESTERN DONORS EXPRESS CONCERNS ABOUT BUDGET AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Charge accompanied a delegation of Ambassadors and international organization representatives to the Prime Minister,s office on October 10 to seek an update and clarification of the GOS,s payment arrears, off-budget expenditures and plans for the Government to bring accounts in [...] | 2008-10-17 12:07:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN SG |
08DAKAR1246 | SENEGAL'S ECONOMIC INDICATORS DROP AS THE GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senegal continues to struggle to find the means to pay off its large stock of internal debt owed to private suppliers. The accumulated effects of financial indiscipline and adverse exogenous factors are negatively impacting projected GDP growth, inflation, and government defic [...] | 2008-10-31 07:41:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAID SG |
08DAKAR125 | RESULTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS ASSESSMENT TEAM VISIT TO [...] (SBU) This cable is largely derived from the initial report by an interagency Financial System Assessment Team (FSAT),which conducted an onsite visit to Senegal November 5-9, 2007. The team met with a wide array of government and private sector entities in Senegal and came away with a nuance [...] | 2008-02-04 08:59:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER KCRM PREL SNAR PGOV SG |
08DAKAR126 | RESULTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS ASSESSMENT TEAM VISIT TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-04 09:26:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER KCRM PREL SNAR PGOV SG |
08DAKAR1282 | SENEGAL ACHIEVES MILESTONE IN RENEWED EFFORT TO ACHIEVE AN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: By presenting comprehensive concept papers in a timely manner for important projects, including roads, irrigation, and judicial reform, Senegal has achieved an important milestone in its effort to sign an MCC Compact. MCC Vice President John Hewko told the MCA-Senegal Steering [...] | 2008-11-05 17:40:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KMCA ECON EFIN EINV ETRD SG |
08DAKAR1298 | IMF MISSION HOPES FOR U.S. SUPPORT ON SENEGAL'S PSI AT [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and should not be shared outside of approved USG channels. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Senegal's Policy Support Instrument with the IMF faces a critical Board Review and assessment in December. The Mission carrying out the second review of the program h [...] | 2008-11-10 14:55:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV EAID SG |
08DAKAR1318 | GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS IMPACT ON SENEGAL [...] Summary: As the White House prepares to host the G-20 Summit to address current risks to the global economy, the likely impact on Senegal of the financial crisis is mixed. Neither Senegal nor the central bank of the Franc CFA monetary zone are holding the sophisticated mortgage and debt inst [...] | 2008-11-13 17:15:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EAID EMIN SG |
08DAKAR1431 | SENEGAL'S LATEST TREASURY BONDS; A CREATIVE APPROACH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In early December, Senegal launched a USD 40 million treasury bond offering as one part of the government's plan to pay off the debt it owes to private sector contractors. In marketing the bonds, the regional central bank and the Ministry of Finance reportedly promised subscrib [...] | 2008-12-16 14:52:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD SG |
08DAKAR1432 | SENEGAL MEETS DEADLINE BUT PROBLEMS REMAIN AHEAD [...] (C) Summary: Senegal's Finance Minister, Abdoulaye Diop, has been scrambling to meet the prior actions and find new financing to cover the country's internal debt in advance of the IMF Board's judgment on the country's Policy Support Instrument (PSI) second review, scheduled for December 19. [...] | 2008-12-16 16:26:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EAID PGOV KCOR FR SG |
08DAKAR153 | SENEGAL'S ACCELERATED GROWTH STRATEGY - MOVING FORWARD OR [...] SUMMARY: On December 31, 2007, Senegal's National Assembly passed a law to speed up the implementation of one of President Wade's cornerstone economic policies, the Accelerated Growth Strategy (AGS). The legislation also combines the AGS' goals into Senegal's 2006-2010 Poverty Reduction Stra [...] | 2008-02-07 11:53:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID ETRD EINV SG |
08DAKAR217 | PRESIDENT WADE CHAIRS NEPAD DONOR ROUND TABLE ON THE GREAT [...] SUMMARY: A donor round table was held in Saly Portugal, Senegal on February 12 - 13, 2008 to discuss the implementation of a $10.5 billion "Great Green Wall" that aims to develop a green belt from Dakar to Djibouti. President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal, as chairman of NEPAD's environmental co [...] | 2008-02-22 12:52:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ECON PGOV SG |
08DAKAR424 | PRICE HIKES CHALLENGE SENEGAL'S SOCIAL STABILITY [...] SUMMARY: Senegalese, especially urban dwellers, are somewhat bewildered by the recurrence and scope of price hikes in local markets, supermarkets, and from specialty vendors. Price increases in gasoline, cooking fuel, vegetable oil, rice, sugar, cement, and transportation services have creat [...] | 2008-04-10 11:59:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV SG |
08DAKAR442 | IMF MISSION SHARES POSITIVE BRIEF WITH SKEPTICAL DONORS [...] (SBU) On April 9, an IMF mission shared with donors its mostly positive assessment of Senegal's economy and the first review of Senegal's Policy Support Instrument (PSI). Mission head Johannes Mueller claimed that Senegal's GDP growth increased from 2.3 percent in 2006 to 4.8 percent in 2007, [...] | 2008-04-16 15:20:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID SG |
08DAKAR471 | RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - [...] SUMMARY: Guinea-Bissau is a net importer of basic foodstuffs, most significantly rice. Rising world market prices and reduced local production due to poor rainfall are impacting availability and price. So far, there have not been demonstrations or unrest to protest the rising cost of living [...] | 2008-04-24 14:03:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD EFIN SOCI PGOV PU |
08DAKAR52 | 2008 GUINEA-BISSAU INCSR PART II: FINANCIAL CRIME AND MONEY [...] This cable is Part Two of the 2007-2008 National Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),Financial Crimes and Money Laundering report for Guinea-Bissau. Included is a narrative overview (paras 2-11). Para 12 contains responses keyed to the numbered questions beginning with Reftel paragrap [...] | 2008-01-14 10:47:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR PU |
08DAKAR523 | RESPONSE ON IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senegal's 2007-08 cereal deficit is estimated at 1.4 million metric tons (MT),a significant increase from previous years. The country could face a cereal shortage of 250,000-400,000 MT in the next six months and with low global stocks and high commodity prices, it is not know [...] | 2008-05-06 14:57:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON ETRD EFIN SOCI PGOV SG |
08DAKAR588 | CORRUPTION AND MONEY LAUNDERING IN GOS SALE OF [...] (S) Senior Senegalese and IMF officials have confidentially shared with us their concerns that the government, apparently with President Abdoulaye Wade's blessing, is preparing to enter into a privately negotiated, potentially corrupt deal to sell the government's holdings in Sonatel, Senegal [...] | 2008-05-21 16:28:00 | Embassy Dakar | SECRET | EFIN EINV KCOR PGOV PREL EAID SN |
08DAKAR601 | ASECNA EVICTED FROM SENEGAL'S AIRPORTS - NEW POLICY FOR [...] This is an action request for PM/ISO and AF/W; see paras 10-11. 2. Summary: On May 10, following the previous day's announcement by Minister of Civil Aviation, Farba Senghor, the government of Senegal (GOS) took over operations of Senegal's airports, essentially kicking out the regional a [...] | 2008-05-23 12:26:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EFIN SG |
08DAKAR649 | PRESIDENT WADE'S MONUMENT TO THE REBIRTH OF AFRICA: LOOKING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In an effort to leave a legacy for himself that identifies with the glories of Africa's past achievements and even more with Africa's future, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade has mobilized Pierre Goudiaby Atepa, a Senegalese architect and businessman, to arrange the construct [...] | 2008-06-05 12:48:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID EFIN PINS KDEM SG |
08DAKAR661 | IMF RESREP SPEAKS OUT ON SENEGAL'S BUDGET PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) Summary: During recent press interviews, IMF Resrep Alex Segura underscored growing concerns about Senegal's critical budget deficit. He stated that the deficit (currently estimated at more than USD 300 million) could weaken the economy and speculated that the government could have dif [...] | 2008-06-06 14:52:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID PGOV SG |
08DAKAR675 | BUDGET MINISTER TRIES TO REASSURE CHARGE ON GOS' [...] (S) Senegal's Budget Minister Sarr attempted to reassure Charge that the government's proposal to sell its large stake in Sonatel is being carefully studied with an eye to preserving the national interest. The impression he gave, however, was that the Presidency is determined to sell, and li [...] | 2008-06-10 15:04:00 | Embassy Dakar | SECRET | EFIN EINV KCOR PGOV PREL EAID SG |
08DAKAR714 | LOTS OF GAS BUT NO MONEY TO PAY FOR IT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Rogers Beall, CEO of oil and gas concern Fortesa International, he said his Senegal concession has proven natural gas reserves of 1 trillion cubic feet (TCF) and that they already have the capacity to deliver over 300,000 CF per day if and when the state electr [...] | 2008-06-18 13:45:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET BTIO ENRG EINV SENV ECON EFIN SG |
08DAKAR732 | BUDGET MINISTER TRIES TO REASSURE CHARGE ON GOS' [...] (S) Senegal's Budget Minister Sarr attempted to reassure Charge that the government's proposal to sell its large stake in Sonatel is being carefully studied with an eye to preserving the national interest. The impression he gave, however, was that the Presidency is determined to sell, and li [...] | 2008-06-20 12:35:00 | Embassy Dakar | SECRET | EFIN EINV KCOR PGOV PREL EAID SG |
08DAKAR778 | SUDATEL SHOULD BRING A NEW DYNAMIC TO SENEGAL'S ICT [...] SUMMARY: According to sources from the Ministry of Infrastructure and Telecommunications, Sudanese telecommunications company Sudatel should begin its business operations and ICT infrastructure investment in Senegal in October 2008. Though Sudatel claims to be an independent, private firm, j [...] | 2008-07-02 10:24:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINV EFIN ECON PGOV SG |
08DAKAR813 | SENEGAL'S JUNE BOND ISSUANCE FALLS SHORT [...] SUMMARY: On June 19, Senegal's Ministry of Finance launched two treasury debt products through the regional central bank. The result was disappointing for the government, with only USD 155 million purchased out of the total issuance of USD 238 million. The GOS is planning to use this revenu [...] | 2008-07-10 17:28:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV SG |
08DAKAR821 | SENEGAL'S PREPARATION FOR THE 2008 AGOA FORUM [...] SUMMARY: On July 9, Senegal's Ministry of Trade Mamadou Diop Decroix convened a stakeholder meeting to evaluate the preparations for the GOS' participation in the July 14-16 AGOA Forum. He also spurred a debate as to why AGOA has been a failure in Senegal. Representatives from the private se [...] | 2008-07-14 10:59:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD SENV EAGR EINV EFIN EAID SG |
08DAKAR852 | SENEGAL ASKS DONORS TO SPEED BUDGET SUPPORT AND TAXES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Senegal (GOS) appears increasingly desperate to find the means to cover its current accounts deficit. At the request of the Minister of Finance, on July 10 the IMF Resrep sent an email to a number of donors imploring them to accelerate their disbursements of d [...] | 2008-07-22 17:03:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID EAIR ECON PGOV SG |
08DAMASCUS126 | CONVERTING DESIGNATIONS UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER [...] (S) Summary: The February 13 White House announcement of amended Executive Order 13338 (E.O. 13460) provides a powerful tool to target corrupt regime insiders, play on widespread public recognition of and opposition to corruption in Syria, and potentially increase pressure on Bashar from the [...] | 2008-02-21 17:39:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | EFIN ETTC PGOV PREL PTER SY |
08DAMASCUS130 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (C) In response to reftel, Post has determined there is no/no critical infrastructure or key resources in Syria that would have an immediate and deleterious effect on the United States if destroyed, disrupted or exploited. Due to the strained bilateral relationship, we do not engage the SARG o [...] | 2008-02-24 13:41:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EFIN EIND EINV ETTC PGOV PTER SY |
08DAMASCUS132 | BUDGET DEFICIT THREATENS SYRIA'S ECONOMIC GROWTH [...] The 2008 Syrian budget typifies the lack of SARG transparency by significantly underreporting petroleum revenues, defense expenditures, and the cost of subsidies. Even though the official numbers are suspect, local economists agree that the SARG's acknowledgement of a 128-percent increase in t [...] | 2008-02-24 15:28:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV SY |
08DAMASCUS142 | REACTIONS TO MAKHLUF DESIGNATION [...] (S) Summary: The February 22 designation of Rami Makhluf pursuant to E.O. 13460 generated considerable discussion, but Syrian media coverage has been minimal. Makhluf's defiant announcement on BBC Arabic radio that the designation was tantamount to a medal of honor was as close to an official [...] | 2008-02-26 16:33:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | ECON EFIN EINV KCOR PGOV SY LE |
08DAMASCUS146 | CORRECTED COPY: REACTIONS TO MAKHLUF [...] (S) Summary: The February 21 designation of Rami Makhluf pursuant to E.O. 13460 generated considerable discussion, but Syrian media coverage has been minimal. Makhluf's defiant announcement on BBC Arabic radio that the designation was tantamount to a medal of honor was as close to an official react [...] | 2008-02-28 13:07:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | ECON EFIN EINV KCOR PGOV SY LE |
08DAMASCUS149 | MAKHLUF PARNTER DETAILS DAMAGE CONTROL OPS INSIDE [...] (S) Summary: An Iraqi-British businessman with extensive dealings in Syria told us that his company is preparing to sever its relationship with Rami Makhluf's Cham Holding Company in an approximately USD 100 million joint venture (in which Cham Holding owns a 65 percent share) in response to [...] | 2008-02-28 16:20:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETTC PGOV SY KCOR |
08DAMASCUS177 | REVERBERATIONS CONTINUE FROM MAKHLUF DESIGNATION [...] (C) The continuing fallout from the designation of Rami Makhluf, President Asad's first cousin, has exposed nascent fissures in the Syrian business community. A senior Alawite told us he had already sold his own shares in Gulfsands and intends to completely divest from Cham Holding in order to [...] | 2008-03-13 17:36:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EFIN KCOR PGOV SY |
08DAMASCUS199 | SYRIAN BUSINESSMEN AND E.O. 13460: A STRATEGY TO [...] (S) Post proposes an operational strategy to use E.O. 13460 to expose and exploit Bashar al-Asad's domestic economic vulnerabilities (ref A). These include the growing influence of a Syrian business class resentful of increased regime extortion despite Bashar's promised economic reforms, the [...] | 2008-03-20 11:25:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | EFIN EINV ETRD ETTC KCOR PGOV SY LE |
08DAMASCUS226 | PRIVATE SECTOR EAGER TO ENGAGE VISITING [...] (C) From March 25-27, Post hosted Mr. Chuck Mills, CEO of Salera Capital, as a visiting State Department speaker. Despite lacking official approval from the Ministry of Culture, audiences from all strata of the Syrian private sector turned out for Embassy-scheduled events. While younger audie [...] | 2008-04-03 15:30:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PPD SY KCOR |
08DAMASCUS348 | SARG PRESSURE POINTS IN CURRENT LEBANESE CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: As Washington assesses options for pressuring Syria on its Lebanon policy, Post suggests six possible measures for consideration. We believe Syria is vulnerable to a PD focus on the Shia/Iran aspect of Syria's support for Hizballah. Immediate designations of additional Syrian [...] | 2008-05-15 13:31:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN ETTC SY LE IZ |
08DAMASCUS54 | ATTACKING BASHAR'S MONEY [...] (S) Summary. As Washington policy makers consider ways to pressure the regime, one possibility would be to go after President Asad's money-men. Four individuals Asad uses to make and move money are Zuhair Sahloul, Nabil Kuzbari, Asad's uncle Mohammad Makhlouf, and his father-in-law, Fawas Akh [...] | 2008-01-24 15:17:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | EFIN ETTC PGOV PREL PTER SY |
08DAMASCUS559 | SUPPORTING SYRIA'S EMERGING PRIVATE SECTOR [...] (C) After 45 years of Baathist socialism, private enterprise is gaining momentum in Syria. Over the past 18 months, the SARG has enacted six major economic reforms that were long advocated by international consultants but bitterly resisted by Baath Party apparatchiks. Encouraged by the refor [...] | 2008-08-07 16:16:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD ETTC KCOR PGOV SY |
08DAMASCUS587 | SYRIANS ADJUSTING TO "NEW NORMAL" OF INFLATION [...] (SBU) Three months after the SARG cut fuel subsidies by 50 percent, the consequent 350 percent increase in the price of diesel has been reflected across the spectrum of goods and services. Official SARG statistics indicate inflation has increased by 15 percent since summer 2007, but many econ [...] | 2008-08-18 14:26:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV SY |
08DAMASCUS599 | MAKHLOUF AIRLINE TO PURCHASE BOMBARDIER AIRCRAFT [...] (C) Reliable media sources are reporting that the first private Syrian airline is in negotiations to purchase Bombardier passenger aircraft from the Canadian manufacturer. The airline, known as Cham Pearl, is principally backed by President Asad's cousin (and Specially Designated National) Ra [...] | 2008-08-20 14:53:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EFIN ETRD PGOV SY |
08DAMASCUS727 | PART I OF A SERIES: IRANIAN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN [...] (SBU) This is the first cable in a three-part series examining Iranian economic activity in Syria. Iranian-Syrian economic cooperation is overstated by both the SARG and Iranian government in an attempt to create the public perception that a mutually beneficial economic relationship has resu [...] | 2008-10-16 16:19:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET ETRD PGOV IR SY |
08DAMASCUS735 | PART II OF A SERIES: IRANIAN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN [...] (SBU) This is the second cable in a three-part series examining Iranian economic activity in Syria. The largest Iranian investment projects in Syria are two car assembly plants that are struggling to break even just one year after opening. Several other projects touted as "investment" are ac [...] | 2008-10-21 13:57:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EFIN EPET ETRD PGOV IR SY |
08DAMASCUS742 | PART III OF A SERIES: IRANIAN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN [...] (C) This is the third and final cable in a three-part series examining Iranian economic activity in Syria. The greatest interaction between the Syrian and Iranian private sectors results from Syria's historical importance in Shi'ism. Iranian religious pilgrims represent the largest single bl [...] | 2008-10-27 11:19:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EFIN EPET ETRD PGOV IR SY |
08DAMASCUS862 | BAILING OUT THE SHAM: SARG CONTRACT RESCUES [...] (C) A reputable Syrian website reported that the SARG will supply Syrian public sector entities with "Sham"-model automobiles. The "Sham" (colloquial Arabic for Syria) is a Peugot-based sedan produced by a joint Syrian-Iranian assembly plant (SIAMCO) in rural Damascus that opened in 2007. B [...] | 2008-12-02 12:56:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET ETRD PGOV IR SY |
08DARESSALAAM14 | TANZANIA DECEMBER 2007 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP: EU TRADE [...] In this issue: - Concerns on EU Trade Agreement - Government Heavy Borrowing - GDP on the Rise, Standard of Living Stagnant - Counterfeit Mobile Phones Flood Shops ------------------------------- Concerns on EU Trade Agreement ------------------------------- 2. Following the si [...] | 2008-01-07 09:15:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD TZ |
08DARESSALAAM199 | TANZANIA: REACTION TO OPIC-SUPPORTED INVESTMENT FUND [...] Post welcomes the opportunity to comment on a new OPIC $150 million private equity fund: GEF Africa Consumer Fund to invest in companies targeting essential supply chain products and services throughout the consumer goods and services sector, including logistics support, distribution and trans [...] | 2008-03-31 13:51:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN TZ |
08DARESSALAAM284 | CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT IN TANZANIA [...] Per ref A, Post submits the following response. Focus areas of Chinese engagement in Tanzania include infrastructure investments and bilateral Tanzania-China business engagements, primarily in the tourism sector (see ref B). Some of the highlights of Chinese investment in Tanzania include: [...] | 2008-05-05 08:31:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAGR ECPS EFIN MARR PREL SENV TRGY XA XE TZ |
08DARESSALAAM3 | AUSTR LISER DISCUSSES BOEING AND FLEET EXPANSION WITH AIR [...] (U) AUSTR Florie Liser learned from David Mattaka, Chief Executive Officer of Air Tanzania Company (ATC,) and three ATC Board Directors in a November 13 meeting in Arusha that the Board had recommended to the Government of Tanzania (GOT) to acquire Airbus A-320s (narrow body planes) to expand i [...] | 2008-01-02 14:04:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN EAID ECON PREL TZ |
08DARESSALAAM32 | TANZANIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-15 12:13:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR TZ |
08DARESSALAAM493 | TANZANIA: GRAND CORRUPTION CASES' SLOW, NOT SO [...] (C) The Director of Tanzania's Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB),Edward Hoseah, told our Millennium Challenge Threshold Account coordinator that the PCCB has been give the go-ahead to indict several GOT officials in the Alex Stewart Assayers case, one of six grand corruption [...] | 2008-08-08 09:13:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM EFIN ECON TZ |
08DARESSALAAM809 | ANTI-CORRUPTION SHOCK AND AWE: EX-MINISTERS [...] (C) Summary. Two former cabinet ministers, one of whom is a sitting MP, were brought to court November 25 to face charges in the second of a series of grand corruption cases. The arrest of the two ministers was an encouraging surprise for the public and the donor community, both of which had b [...] | 2008-12-01 02:19:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EFIN ECON TZ |
08DHAKA1070 | BANGLADESH PARTIALLY INSULATED FROM GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (SBU) Despite a sharp drop in local stock markets on October 12, Bangladesh's economy is relatively insulated -- for now -- from the effects of the global financial crisis, according to local economists and bankers. Should a global recession last for an extended period, however, Bangladesh co [...] | 2008-10-14 12:32:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EAID EAGR PGOV BG |
08DHAKA1089 | FOOD ADVISER ASKS FOR U.S. ASSISTANCE FOR FOOD STORAGE [...] (SBU) Bangladesh Food, Disaster Management and Health Adviser A.M.M. Shawkat Ali believes the Caretaker Government can be proud of its achievements in the food arena. In a meeting with the Ambassador, he highlighted food security, including food production, storage, pricing and consumption. A [...] | 2008-10-19 09:26:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ETRD ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BG |
08DHAKA1146 | INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC RELIEF ORGANIZATION (IIRO) [...] (C) Recent press accounts suggested that Islami Bank of Bangladesh had recently released money frozen for two years belonging to the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO). Sister organizations of the IIRO have ties to al- Qaida and have been listed as terrorist-affiliated by the Un [...] | 2008-11-03 11:06:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PINR PREL PTER KTFN BG UN |
08DHAKA213 | SCA PDAS CAMP HIGHLIGHTS ROADMAP DURING BANGLADESH [...] (C) Summary: During a February 3 - 4 visit to Dhaka, SCA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Don Camp emphasized the enduring nature of the U.S.-Bangladesh relationship and reiterated the importance of the Caretaker Government's adherence to the Electoral Roadmap. In meetings with the Ch [...] | 2008-02-14 12:20:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD ECON ELAB EFIN BG |
08DHAKA485 | RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent natural disasters that strained the country's food supply have exacerbated in Bangladesh the effects of high food and commodity prices worldwide. High prices and the loss of some domestic food supplies and livelihoods threaten the food security of Bangladesh's desperatel [...] | 2008-04-30 02:53:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ETRD ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BG |
08DHAKA551 | BANGLADESH ECONOMY LOOKING UP? [...] (SBU) Recent upsurges in Bangladesh's export earnings, remittances and Government of Bangladesh (GOB) revenues point to an economic rebound in the last half of the country's fiscal year, which runs from July 1 to June 30. This is good news after the shocks of the first half of the year, includ [...] | 2008-05-22 11:08:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR PGOV PINR BG |
08DHAKA643 | AMBASSADOR MEETS AGRICULTURE ADVISER [...] (SBU) On May 29, 2008, Ambassador Moriarty and Dr. C.S. Karim, Adviser for the Bangladesh Ministry of Agriculture discussed priorities for the reconstruction of the cyclone-affected area and the problem of child labor at commercial processing facilities. Advisor Karim also expressed an interest [...] | 2008-06-15 10:37:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ETRD ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BG |
08DHAKA904 | BANGLADESH: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN [...] (U) Deputy Pol/Econ Chief August 25 delivered reftel demarche to the Director of the Americas wing at the Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Masudur Rahman. Rahman thanked us for the information, but could not comment on the prospects of similar action on the part of the Government of Ban [...] | 2008-08-26 10:32:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN IR BG |
08DHAKA964 | BANGLADESH FAILING TO MEET INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) A team from the Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering found Bangladesh to be largely non-compliant with international standards to combat money laundering and terrorist finance during an August 18-31 assessment. While the team praised the work of Bangladesh Bank in setting up a Financia [...] | 2008-09-11 08:43:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER KCRM SNAR PGOV PINR BG |
08DILI134 | DEMARCHE TO TIMOR-LESTE ON IRAN SANCTIONS REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-12 01:24:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR TT |
08DILI184 | MAJOR CHANGES IN TIMOR-LESTE FISCAL POLICY [...] Action requested - see para 13 below. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Timor-Leste National Parliament will begin debate this week on a massive supplementary budget that marks a departure from the country's historically conservative fiscal policy. If enacted and fully implemented, the government [...] | 2008-07-14 10:00:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TT |
08DILI281 | MCC ELIGIBILITY: THE CASE FOR TIMOR-LESTE [...] Timor-Leste is Asia's poorest country and ranks among the most impoverished nations of the world in terms of illiteracy, maternal and child mortality, malnutrition, low income and other indices of human development. Its infrastructure is shockingly poor, from roads to schools, to telecommunic [...] | 2008-11-04 07:31:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MCC ECON EFIN TT |
08DILI294 | TIMOR-LESTE: COURT OF APPEALS FINDS BUDGET ALLOCATION [...] (U) Summary. Timor-Leste's Court of Appeals ruled on October 27 that the Government's allocation of monies from the Petroleum Fund into a newly-created Economic Stabilization Fund (ESF) violates the Constitution's provisions against secret budgets. The Court also found that any transfers from [...] | 2008-11-19 08:57:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN ECON TT |
08DILI308 | TIMOR-LESTE LEADERS REACT TO MCC DECISION [...] On December 12, the Ambassador briefed Finance Minister Pires, Foreign Minister da Costa, Vice Prime Minister Guterres, Acting Speaker of Parliament Guterres, the head of Timor's MCC team, and President Jose Ramos Horta on the MCC Board's decision to not reselect Timor-Leste as Compact eligibl [...] | 2008-12-15 23:38:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MCC ECON EFIN TT |
08DILI323 | MAJOR PROJECTS AND GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT IN TIMOR-LESTE [...] (SBU) The poorest country in Asia, Timor-Leste faces large gaps in public infrastructure, from roads to ports, electricity, schools and hospitals. Early decisions after independence in 2002 to eschew international debt and to conserve most of the country's future petroleum wealth constrained [...] | 2008-12-31 08:59:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MCC ECON EFIN TT |
08DILI72 | TIMOR-LESTE FISCAL TRANSPARENCY FOR CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED [...] (U) This cable responds to reftel request for an update on fiscal transparency and accountability of countries receiving USG assistance. Transparency of National Budget ------------------------------- 2. (U) Once approved by the National Parliament and promulgated by the President, the G [...] | 2008-03-04 23:49:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EAID PREL PGOV ID |
08DJIBOUTI430 | CHINA IN DJIBOUTI [...] (U) SUMMARY. China's engagement in Djibouti--through aid and trade--is significant and growing. While Chinese bilateral assistance to Djibouti has long been focused on infrastructure projects, China is also starting to focus more on health, education, and vocational training. Given USAID's f [...] | 2008-05-05 15:00:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAGR ECPS EFIN CH DJ |
08DJIBOUTI553 | DJIBOUTI'S GROWING FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Djibouti has long served as a regional financial services center for the Horn of Africa. As Djibouti increasingly seeks to position itself as a world-class shipping and services platform, it has looked to cement its status as a financial services hub. Three new banks have recent [...] | 2008-06-26 11:35:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PREL DJ |
08DJIBOUTI554 | DJIBOUTI: EFFORTS TO FIGHT TERRORIST FINANCE [...] SUMMARY: During a May 28 seminar co-sponsored by Post and the Central Bank of Djibouti, over thirty participants from the Central Bank, local commercial banks, money transfer operations, and the GODJ Technical Counterterrorism Committee discussed Djibouti's progress in combating terrorist finan [...] | 2008-06-26 12:51:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN KPAO PGOV PTER ECON EFIN ETTC DJ |
08DJIBOUTI567 | IMF IN FINAL NEGOTIATIONS FOR DJIBOUTI PRGF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a June 23 briefing, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation briefed donors in Djibouti on the results of their week-long mission to negotiate a new Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) agreement with the GODJ. While the IMF team was upbeat about the overall ec [...] | 2008-06-30 10:33:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PREL KTFN DJ |
08DJIBOUTI603 | DJIBOUTI: IRANIAN DESIGNATIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel talking points and non-paper to Djibouti Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director of Bilateral Affairs Youssouf Aden Moussa on July 17. 2. (SBU) Moussa had no immediate response, but said that he would transmit the information to the relevant technical minist [...] | 2008-07-17 10:29:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN PARM PGOV IR DJ |
08DJIBOUTI690 | IRANIAN DESIGNATIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel points to GODJ Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director of Bilateral Relations Youssouf Aden Moussa on August 27. 2. (SBU) Moussa said that he would transmit the designations to the relevant authorities, including the Central Bank of Djibouti. 3. (C) COMME [...] | 2008-08-28 06:29:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN IR DJ |
08DJIBOUTI89 | DJIBOUTI: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] SUMMARY: Foreign direct investment in Djibouti in 2007 is five times as large as it was in 2003. Djibouti's economy is service-based, with the country's seaport accounting for the bulk of economic activity. Almost all food and many other goods are imported from Ethiopia, the Arabian Gulf, or [...] | 2008-01-31 06:18:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV |
08DJIBOUTI893 | DJIBOUTI GETS READY FOR JAN 1 VAT TAX [...] (U) SUMMARY. After several years of discussion, the GODJ will implement a 7% value added tax (VAT) beginning in January 2009. During the first implementation phase, only Djibouti's largest companies--those with an annual turnover of almost half a million dollars--will be required to charge VAT [...] | 2008-11-16 14:07:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD ODIP DJ |
08DOHA115 | QATAR BEGS TO DIFFER WITH OUR ASSESSMENT OF ITS [...] (C) Charge, accompanied by P/E Chief, delivered Ref A and B demarches February 7 to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmad Bin Abdullah Al-Mahmoud (number two at the Qatari MFA),stressing our expectation of Qatar's full cooperation in support of the Arab League's goal of bringing about u [...] | 2008-02-07 15:38:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EFIN EINV KDEM LE SY QA |
08DOHA152 | QATAR: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (S/NF) Summary: Post assesses that U.S. investments in Qatar's energy industry, coupled with the onset of regular liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to the U.S. 2008-12, constitute the main critical infrastructure and key resources, which if destroyed, disrupted or exploited might have an im [...] | 2008-02-21 09:57:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV ECON ETTC EAID EFIN EAGR ASEC |
08DOHA169 | QATAR UNLIKELY TO ISSUE WARNING ON IRAN TO BANKING [...] (C) In the context of a broader discussion about Iranian financial activity in the Gulf (see septel),Qatar Financial Center Regulatory Authority (QFCRA) Managing Director for Supervision Michael Lesser told Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey February 25 that the QFCRA is unlikely to issue [...] | 2008-02-27 13:23:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN KNNP MNUC IR QA |