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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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09LONDON257 | (C) UK REQUESTS INFORMATION ON BANK MELLAT TO [...] (C) Foreign Office (FCO) officials requested from us January 27 all releasable information on Bank Mellat's support for Iran's nuclear regime that their mission can share with the Malaysian government - ideally before the High Commissioner's next meeting with Malaysian officials the week of Fe [...] | 2009-01-28 17:51:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KNNP IR UK |
09LONDON2598 | LITTLE ENTHUSIASM FOR LEGISLAITVE PRIORITIES IN QUEEN'S [...] (U) Summary. In an annual tradition, the Queen formally opened the new session of Parliament November 18 and laid out the Government's legislative priorities for the coming Parliamentary session. In a speech drawn up by the Government, the Queen announced plans for 10 new bills, two draft bills [...] | 2009-11-20 08:05:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN MOPS PINR UK |
09LONDON265 | SUBJECT: BRITISH PRESS CASE AGAINST IRISL WITH XXXXXXXXXXXX [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-29 15:02:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC KNNP IR UK |
09LONDON2650 | CITY OF LONDON LORD MAYOR DEFENDS UK FINANCIAL [...] (C) Summary. At his inaugural banquet on November 16, Nick Anstee, incoming Lord Mayor of London and official representative of London's financial services industry, urged businesses to learn from their mistakes, but also emphasized that the UK government needs to support London's financial firms, [...] | 2009-11-25 17:35:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON PGOV EFIN UK |
09LONDON2705 | UK BANKS: LARGE EXPOSURE TO THE UAE, BUT STILL SMALL TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: UK banks have greater exposure to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) than their global counterparts, but the potential impact of debt problems in Dubai on the UK banking sector is unlikely to be significant, say industry analysts. Analysts viewed the initial media frenzy following th [...] | 2009-12-03 17:17:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK |
09LONDON2710 | UK BANKS: LARGE EXPOSURE TO THE UAE, BUT STILL SMALL TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: UK banks have greater exposure to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) than their global counterparts, but the potential impact of debt problems in Dubai on the UK banking sector is unlikely to be significant, say industry analysts. Analysts viewed the initial media frenzy following th [...] | 2009-12-04 09:10:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK |
09LONDON2785 | PRE-BUDGET REPORT INCREASES SPENDING, RAISES VAT [...] (U) Summary. UK spending levels for 2010-11 will increase slightly, by GBP 31 billion, up 2.2 percent from current levels, as outlined in the HM Treasury's December 9 Pre-Budget Report (PBR). In his speech on the PBR to Parliament, Chancellor Darling forecast a 4.75 percent contraction for t [...] | 2009-12-11 19:29:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV UK |
09LONDON284 | David Cameron Attacks HMG's Fiscal Stimulus Package As [...] (SBU) Conservative Party Leader David Cameron has used a high-profile appearance at Davos to attack the Prime Minister's economic recovery plan. Cameron called on Cabinet Ministers to show "a frankness and a candor and an honesty about how we got here, about how we are going to get out of it. [...] | 2009-01-30 16:38:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK |
09LONDON2857 | UK HOSTS OVERSEAS TERRITORIES LEADERS AT ANNUAL CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-18 10:22:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM ECON EFIN ETRD KCRM KDRG |
09LONDON338 | MPs Examine Role of Media in Economic Crisis [...] (SBU) As part of its enquiry into the banking crisis, the House of Commons' Treasury Committee looked at the role of the media in financial stability and whether financial journalists should operate under reporting restrictions during banking crises. A committee specialist told the Embassy th [...] | 2009-02-06 15:18:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK |
09LONDON38 | CONSERVATIVES ANNOUCE THEIR PLAN FOR RECOVERY [...] (SBU) Summary: Conservative Party leader David Cameron unveiled his economic plan to deal with the debt crisis in a speech delivered January 5. Cameron's speech was sharply critical of Gordon Brown's economic stimulus policies and argued the debt crisis was a result of Labour's mishandling o [...] | 2009-01-06 17:12:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK |
09LONDON452 | UK STUDYING RANGE OF OPTIONS FOR 1267 SANCTIONS [...] (C/NF) Summary: The UK is actively considering a wide range of options for the upcoming 1267 Review, from doing nothing and allowing last year's changes from UNSCR 1822 to fully come into effect, to studying the proposal for an independent review body. A challenge for the UK and the U.S., FCO [...] | 2009-02-20 14:16:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN KTFN ETTC UNSC UK |
09LONDON478 | MPs Examine Banking Remuneration As Prime Minister [...] (U) Banking remuneration structures have become hotly debated in the UK following the part-nationalization of some of the country's largest banks. RBS in particular caused a media outcry when it announced it planned to pay GBP 1 billion in bonuses for 2008, despite share prices falling 90 per [...] | 2009-02-24 15:34:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK |
09LONDON50 | U/S LEVEY ENCOURAGES UK TO TIGHTEN PRESSURE ON IRAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Treasury U/S Stuart Levey told British officials on November 19-20, 2008 he was encouraged by reporting out of Tehran citing the economic restraints brought on by President Ahmadinejad's mismanagement, and the effect low oil prices was having on Iran's fiscal situation. However, pre [...] | 2009-01-08 15:23:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN KTFN ECON IR UK |
09LONDON551 | LONDON: PRENOTIFICATION OF ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-02 18:12:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PARM PREL UK |
09LONDON63 | UK WORKING WITH EU TO IMPROVE BURMA SANCTIONS [...] (SBU) The UK shares our goal of maintaining a united position on Burma, and is optimistic that under the Czech presidency, the EU will continue to strengthen its sanctions regime against the Burmese leadership. Garret Roberts and Mark Butcher of the Foreign Office's International Organization [...] | 2009-01-12 09:59:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV BM EU UK |
09LONDON658 | PAKISTAN: UK APPRECIATES USG APPROACH TO TOKYO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-16 14:57:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREL EFIN IBRD IMF PK UK |
09LONDON712 | (C) KAZAKHSTAN: OUSTED BTA BANK HEAD ABLYAZOV [...] (C) Summary. After what he labeled a "political ouster" from the Chairmanship of BTA Bank at the behest of President Nazarbayev, Mukhtar Ablyazov maintained to London Poloff that BTA Bank was Kazakhstan's "healthiest bank." Dismissing the recent Kazakh legal case against him as unfounded, Ably [...] | 2009-03-23 15:03:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN EINV KDEM KZ UK |
09LONDON723 | LORD TURNER: REFORM UK REGULATORY FRAMEWORK AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Lord Turner, chairman of the Financial Services Authority (FSA),recommended an overhaul of the UK's regulatory regime and an end to its "light touch" approach to supervision, in his review of the causes of crisis and recommendations for strengthening the banking sector. Turne [...] | 2009-03-24 16:43:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK |
09LONDON785 | UK: INFO ON GREEN INVESTMENTS [...] SUMMARY: The UK has announced it will spend $760 million (535 million BPS) over two fiscal years (2008/9, 2009/10) on environmental aspects of a financial stimulus package. This is 18% of their complete fiscal stimulus package. Additional UK green stimulus measures will not be known until the [...] | 2009-03-31 11:28:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN SENV ENRG KGHG UK |
09LONDON821 | G20 REFLECTIONS: GORDON BROWN DESERVES CREDIT FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The London G20 Summit emphasized a new global partnership and produced impressive commitments on trade, the IMF and regulatory reform, according to panelists at a Business for New Europe seminar. They were impressed by the G20's recognition of the need for global coordinated a [...] | 2009-04-06 16:10:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK |
09LONDON871 | FAILED BOND AUCTION RAISED CONCERN OVER UK'S BORROWING [...] (SBU) The UK is borrowing its way out of recession. HMG aims to sell a record GBP 146.4 billion of debt this fiscal year and as much as GBP 147.9 billion in 2010 to pull the UK out of its worst recession since 1980. An undersubscribed gilt auction on March 25 triggered great concern in the go [...] | 2009-04-14 14:39:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK |
09LONDON925 | LONDON: INFORMATION FOR TERRORISM FINANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-20 20:36:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER UK |
09LUANDA107 | CONCERNED OVER ECONOMY, DOS SANTOS PRAISES [...] (C) Responding to remarks made by Ambassador Mozena during a February 17 call, President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos agreed that the U.S. and Angola have made significant progress over the past year in strengthening our bilateral ties, especially in the areas of health and military-to-military coop [...] | 2009-02-17 18:29:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAIR MARR ECON ETRD EFIN EAID AO |
09LUANDA159 | GRA SLASHES BUDGET AS MACRO OUTLOOK DETERIORATES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Following steep declines in the oil revenues that generate much of Angola's income, the GRA will cut spending on goods and services across all ministries by 36 percent and subsidies and social transfers by 40 percent from Angola's previously approved 2009 budget. Our contacts tel [...] | 2009-03-13 12:51:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | AO ECON EFIN ENIV EPET PGOV |
09LUANDA17 | IMPROVING ANGOLA'S INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] (C) Summary: During a January 7 meeting with Ambassador Mozena, President Dos Santos's recently designated pointman for improving Angola's investment climate, Aguinaldo Jaime, acknowledged that corruption is a significant barrier to attracting investment to Angola. In his role as chairman of [...] | 2009-01-09 13:20:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD AO |
09LUANDA237 | GOVERNOR OF CENTRAL BANK TO BE SACKED FOR SPENDING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-09 12:09:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | AO ECON EFIN ENIV PGOV |
09LUANDA25 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NONPROLIFERATION SANCTIONS: [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-14 09:07:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC GM PREL PARM EFIN AO |
09LUANDA250 | GOVERNOR OF CENTRAL BANK SACKED; NEW GOVERNOR HAS [...] (C) Summary: As predicted in ref (A),Angolan central bank Governor Amadeu de Jesus Mauricio was sacked by President Dos Santos on April 11. The press has been silent about the reasons for the dismissal, but it appears Mauricio was let go because he had failed to secure authorization from eith [...] | 2009-04-14 17:09:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | AO ECON EFIN ENIV PGOV PINR |
09LUANDA51 | NEW CHINA CREDIT LINE UNDER CONSIDERATION [...] (C) Summary: During a January 23 call by Ambassador Mozena, Chinese Ambassador Bolum Zhang said negotiations will soon begin between China and Angola for a new loan package valued in the USD "multiple single digit billions." Zhang said the new agreement will not be backed by oil, but should re [...] | 2009-01-27 07:51:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EFIN EAID CH AO |
09LUANDA69 | ANGOLA: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Angola's 2009 Investment Climate Statement -- Openness to Foreign Investment -- Conversion and Transfer Policies -- Expropriation and Compensation -- Dispute Settlement -- Performance Requirements and Incentives -- Right to Private Ownership and Establishment -- Protection of Property Righ [...] | 2009-02-05 16:12:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | OPIC KTDB USTR EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB |
09LUANDA746 | IMF APPROVES FIRST STAND-BY AGREEMENT FOR ANGOLA [...] (C) SUMMARY. On 23 November, the IMF approved a $1.4 billion dollar financing package for Angola, the first IMF deal to be signed with Angola since the end of the civil war in 2002 and the largest IMF financing package to date for a sub-Saharan African country during the current global crisis. [...] | 2009-12-10 18:04:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | AO ECON EFIN PGOV |
09LUSAKA218 | Zambia's Currency Tumbles -- and With It, Reserves [...] (SBU) Summary. In recent months, the Bank of Zambia (BoZ) depleted one-third of its foreign exchange reserves in its attempts to "dampen volatility" of the precipitously depreciating Zambian Kwacha. Central bank foreign reserves have fallen to 900 million, which covers about two months of im [...] | 2009-03-31 05:54:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ZA |
09LUSAKA282 | POST TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-27 07:50:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER ZA |
09LUSAKA646 | FAO BUDGET DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-21 11:24:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | FAO EFIN AORC EAGR EAID KUNR UN ZA |
09LUSAKA686 | BANDA WAVES AWAY WORLD BANK CORRUPTION WARNING [...] (C) Zambian President Rupiah Banda told a World Bank Vice President he could not undertake a robust anti-corruption stance because he "has multiple constituencies to satisfy." During a late September meeting on the margins of UNGA in New York, IBRD Africa Vice President told the Zambian lea [...] | 2009-10-05 10:44:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR EFIN PGOV IBRD ZA |
09LUSAKA749 | ZAMBIA BUDGET: HAPPY TALK AND HORSE FEATHERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Zambian Minister of Finance Situmbeko Musokotwane presented the Zambia government's (GRZ) 2010 budget to Parliament October 9 three months earlier than the traditional speech (ref A). The proposed budget's themes were similar to last year's with a slight change from "Embracing" [...] | 2009-10-23 08:23:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN PGOV KCOR ZA |
09LUSAKA80 | MINING SECTOR MALAISE WORSENS [...] (SBU) Summary. Zambia's mining sector has been hit hard by the fall in commodity prices induced by the global economic recession. Responding to pressure from the private sector, the Zambian Government (GRZ) has announced its intention to withdraw its windfall tax on mining revenue as well a [...] | 2009-02-05 10:05:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN ECON EFIN ZA |
09LUXEMBOURG100 | LUXEMBOURG READY TO SIGN TAX TREATY AMENDMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Luxembourg's dependency on its financial sector has stirred considerable fear among its leaders over designation as a tax haven. Driven by desires to stay off any list and come into compliance with OECD standards, Treasury Minister Frieden visited Washington on 23 March and me [...] | 2009-04-03 14:19:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL LU |
09LUXEMBOURG106 | LUXEMBOURG WILL SUPPORT KOSOVO'S MEMBERSHIP IN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-15 05:54:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL KV LU |
09LUXEMBOURG305 | LUXEMBOURG: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IRISL [...] (U) Charge d'affaires alerted Foreign Minister Asselborn and Political Director Georges Frieden of the substance of this demarche upon initial notification from British Embassy DCM Amanda Ross and the Department on October 19. Addtional background was then provided to working level contacts at [...] | 2009-10-26 15:31:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KNNP LU |
09LUXEMBOURG313 | LUXEMBOURG: DISPATCHES FROM THE DUCHY-OCTOBER 2009 [...] (U) Embassy Luxembourg is pleased to present the October 2009 edition of "Dispatches from the Duchy" to capture highlights from the local press, diplomatic and international communities, and news not otherwise reported during the month. Prepared by (acting) POL/ECON Chief Adam Center. This m [...] | 2009-11-03 13:27:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ELAB PGOV EAGR EFIN PHUM LU |
09LUXEMBOURG62 | LUXEMBOURG SEEKS DIALOGUE ON DESIGNATION AS A TAX [...] (U) This cable contains action request for Department. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (S/NF) SUMMARY: Luxembourg Minister of Justice Luc Frieden (protect) privately discussed with Ambassador the issue of USG's perception of Luxembourg as a possible tax haven. Frieden's discussions with t [...] | 2009-03-04 07:32:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | SECRET//NOFORN | KFPC ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BEXP PGOV PREL LU |
09MADRID1015 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, OCTOBER 5-16 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-16 14:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ENRG SP |
09MADRID1039 | SPANISH PRESIDENT ZAPATERO CALLS FOR RENEGOTIATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-23 11:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN SP |
09MADRID1061 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, OCTOBER 26-30 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-30 14:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG KGHG SP |
09MADRID1076 | FOLLOW UP ON TOKYO DONOR CONFERENCE PLEDGES [...] Post has coordinated with the Embassy of Japan in Madrid and determined that Spain intends to follow through on its pledge to support Pakistan made during the Tokyo Donor Conference. The Spanish MFA noted that the participation of Deputy Foreign Minister Angel Lossada at the Tokyo Conference [...] | 2009-11-04 13:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN PREL SP AF PAK |
09MADRID1087 | SPAIN CONSIDERS INFORMATION SHARED BY IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Iran briefing delegation, with representatives from DOS and Treasury, held discussions with a number of Spanish interlocutors, as well as E3 country resident diplomats, on October 22 and 23 in Madrid. MFA Director General for Foreign Policy Alfonso Lucini (P-equivalent) m [...] | 2009-11-06 11:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KNNP MNUC PARM PREL SP IR |
09MADRID1088 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, NOV. 2-6 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-06 13:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB KIPR SP |
09MADRID109 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, JAN 26-30 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-30 17:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EFIN EPET SP |
09MADRID1095 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, NOV. 9-13 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-13 16:07:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EFIN EINV KGHG SP |
09MADRID1115 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, NOVEMBER 16-20 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-20 16:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EFIN EIND EINV ENRG KIPR PGOV SP |
09MADRID1162 | SPAIN ECONOMIC WEEKLY, NOV. 23-DEC. 4 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-04 17:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ELAB SP |
09MADRID1214 | SPAIN ECONOMIC ROUNDUP, DEC. 7-24 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-24 11:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EFIN EINV ENRG SP |
09MADRID125 | GOS MOVES TO SUPPORT AUTO INDUSTRY WITH MODEST [...] (U) Summary. Spain is the eighth largest producer of automobiles in the world, making any downturn in the automotive industry significant for the Spanish economy. With domestic production down 45 percent in December from the year before, it is no surprise that more than half of Spain's 70,000 [...] | 2009-02-04 17:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN WTO SP PREL ETRD |
09MADRID129 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, FEB. 2-6 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-06 10:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB KIPR PGOV PREL SP |
09MADRID1367 | MADRID ECONOMIC BIWEEKLY, DEC 22-JAN 2 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-02 12:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EFIN EINV ENRG KGHG KIPR SP |
09MADRID14 | MADRID ECONOMIC BIWEEKLY, DEC 22-JAN 2 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-07 15:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EFIN EINV ENRG KGHG KIPR SP |
09MADRID151 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, FEB. 9-13 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-13 18:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ELAB KIPR SP |
09MADRID152 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, FEB. 9-13 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-13 18:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ELAB KIPR SP |
09MADRID154 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, FEB. 9-13 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-13 18:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ELAB KIPR SP |
09MADRID158 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, FEB. 9-13 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-13 18:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ELAB KIPR SP |
09MADRID161 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, FEB. 9-13 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-13 18:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ELAB KIPR SP |
09MADRID162 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, FEB. 9-13 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-13 18:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ELAB KIPR SP |
09MADRID171 | GOS SEEKS TO PROMOTE ELECTRIC VEHICLES, WOULD WELCOME USG [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-17 17:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ENRG PREL SENV SP |
09MADRID172 | GOS SEEKS TO PROMOTE ELECTRIC VEHICLES, WOULD WELCOME USG [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-17 17:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ENRG PREL SENV SP |
09MADRID178 | SPAIN'S EFFORTS SUPPORTING MARCH 2 GAZA DONOR'S [...] Per reftel demarche, sources at the Spanish MFA have said that FM Moratinos spoke recently with Benjamin Netanyahu and Tzipi Livni, telling them that Spain will cooperate with new Israeli administration as soon as a coalition government is formed. Spain will continue its focus on multilateral [...] | 2009-02-19 17:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PGOV PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG SP |
09MADRID184 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, FEB. 16-20 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-20 17:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND ELAB PREL SP |
09MADRID206 | ECONOMY CONTINUES DECLINE, RECOVERY REMAINS DISTANT [...] (SBU) Summary: Spain's unemployment rate of 14.4 percent is the highest in the European Union (EU),and its economy is officially in a recession. The government is responding to the crisis with a series of stimulus and support measures, relying heavily on deficit spending. With over 3 millio [...] | 2009-02-26 09:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL SP |
09MADRID207 | ECONOMY CONTINUES DECLINE, RECOVERY REMAINS DISTANT [...] (SBU) Summary: Spain's unemployment rate of 14.4 percent is the highest in the European Union (EU),and its economy is officially in a recession. The government is responding to the crisis with a series of stimulus and support measures, relying heavily on deficit spending. With over 3 millio [...] | 2009-02-26 10:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL SP |
09MADRID220 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, FEB. 23-27 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-28 15:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EFIN EIND EINV ENRG ETRD SP |
09MADRID240 | INFORMATION IN ADVANCE OF THE G-20 MEETINGS: SPAIN [...] (SBU) Summary. Per ref A request, the responses below provide detailed economic and policy information regarding Spain in advance of the April 2 London Summit. President Zapatero has made it a matter of national pride to be included in the G-20 financial discussions, and has spoken often of [...] | 2009-03-05 11:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN SP PREL |
09MADRID245 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, MARCH 2-6 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-06 17:07:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND ELAB SP |
09MADRID25 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, JAN. 5-9 [...] (U) The number of registered unemployed rose to 3.1 million in December, according to the Ministry of Labor and Immigration. This is almost exactly one million above the level of December 2007 and a 50 percent increase for the year. Spain has the highest unemployment rate in the EU, with Eur [...] | 2009-01-09 15:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ELAB KIPR SOCI SP |
09MADRID255 | SPAIN: STATUS REPORT ON YARKAS, JAILED AL QAEDA [...] (S) SUMMARY: This cable provides an update on recent Embassy attempts to engage the GOS on designation of Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas, aka "Abu Dahdah," the convicted leader of the Al Qaeda (AQ) cell in Spain. The issue remains unresolved, and has taken a twist following allegations beginning in Apri [...] | 2009-03-09 17:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | EFIN PTER KTFN SP |
09MADRID266 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, MARCH 9-14 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-13 23:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ENRG EPET SP |
09MADRID288 | SPAIN: DEMARCHE ON FINANCIAL CRISIS IN [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Economy Ministry and Presidency officials acknowledged March 17 the importance of support from the international community and the EU for troubled central and eastern European economies on a case-by-case basis, though one official noted that direct EU support for non- [...] | 2009-03-18 14:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON EFIN EUN PREL SP |
09MADRID292 | SPAIN CONFIRMS PARTICIPATION IN APRIL 17 PAKISTAN [...] Per reftel, Embassy coordinated with the Japanese Embassy in Madrid to deliver points on the ministerial-level Donors Conference for Pakistan on April 17, 2009, in Tokyo. MFA Deputy Director Carlos Morales confirmed Spain's participation, but said that the delegation's senior representativ [...] | 2009-03-20 11:53:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK SP |
09MADRID294 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, MARCH 16-20 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-20 15:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ECPS SP |
09MADRID323 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, MARCH 23-27 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-27 16:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD SP |
09MADRID336 | BANK OF SPAIN TAKES OVER CCM SAVINGS BANK [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-30 16:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV SP |
09MADRID360 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, MARCH 30-APRIL 3 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-03 16:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB EPET KIPR SP |
09MADRID39 | SPAIN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED URGING IMMEDIATE SUPPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-13 13:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG SP |
09MADRID397 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, APRIL 6-17 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-19 13:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB EPET KIPR SP |
09MADRID414 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, APRIL 20-24 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-27 08:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB SP |
09MADRID434 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, APRIL 27-30 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-04 06:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG SP |
09MADRID446 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, MAY 2-8 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-08 15:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB ENRG SP |
09MADRID469 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, MAY 11-14 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-14 14:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB ENRG KIPR SP |
09MADRID497 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, MAY 18-22 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-22 13:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN SP |
09MADRID542 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, MAY 25-JUNE 5 [...] (U) The Venezuelan government agreed May 22 to pay Banco Santander $1.05 billion (755 million euros) for the Santander-owned Banco de Venezuela. The price is 110 million euros less than the amount Santander had sought from the GOV, which was the same as the price it had agreed upon last year [...] | 2009-06-05 13:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ENRG PBTS SP PREL |
09MADRID576 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, JUNE 8-12 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-15 10:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN SP |
09MADRID58 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, JAN. 12-17 [...] (U) On January 16, the GOS announced revised projections for 2009 that included a 15.9 percent average unemployment rate and a GDP contraction of 1.6 percent. The projection for the GOS budget deficit in 2009 is 5.8 percent, almost double the EU Maastricht limit. According to Second Vice Pre [...] | 2009-01-16 16:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ENRG SP |
09MADRID591 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, JUNE 15-19 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-19 16:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ENRG SP |
09MADRID613 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, JUNE 22-26 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-26 14:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND SP |
09MADRID63 | TERRORISM FINANCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED: [...] (C) Econoff met with MFA's Counter-Terrorism Acting Deputy Director Santiago Losada on January 16 to notify him that the U.S anticipated delivering a listing request to the 1267 Committee on February 2 on 5 individuals believed to be related to Lashkar- e-Tayyiba. Econoff noted that this would [...] | 2009-01-20 14:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PTER PINR PREL PK |
09MADRID64 | TERRORISM FINANCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED: [...] (C) Econoff informed MFA's Acting Deputy Director for Counter-Terrorism Santiago Losada that the US would announce on January 16 four new domestic designations of individuals associated with Al Qaida and submit these names to the UN 1267 Committee. Losada expressed appreciation for the reftel [...] | 2009-01-21 07:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PINR PREL PTER IR SP |
09MADRID648 | PAKISTAN: SPAIN'S FOLLOWUP ON TOKYO DONORS' [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-01 12:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PK SP |
09MADRID654 | UNEMPLOYMENT ZAPATERO'S MAJOR WORRY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-02 14:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV SP |
09MADRID659 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, JUNE 29-JULY 2 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-02 17:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB ENRG KFLU SP |
09MADRID688 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, JULY 6-10 [...] (U) The IMF predicted on Wednesday that Spain,s economy will shrink 4% this year, a significant downward assessment from the previous forecast of -3%. The IMF also lowered its 2010 growth forecast for Spain to -.08%, making Spain the only country to have its 2010 forecast revised downward. T [...] | 2009-07-10 12:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG EWWT SP |
09MADRID721 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, JULY 13-17 [...] (U) The Minister of Economy and Finance announced 11 billion Euros of new financing for Spain,s autonomous regions. Under the plan, Cataluna will receive the largest share, at 3.9 billion Euros, followed by Andalucia at 3.1 billion, Madrid at 1.7 billion, and Valencia at 1.2 billion. The cont [...] | 2009-07-17 13:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EAIR SP |
09MADRID746 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, JULY 20-24 [...] (U) Spain,s tourism industry, traditionally one of the pillars of the Spanish economy, has fallen victim to the economic crisis. Spain experienced an 11.4% decrease in visitors in the first half of 2009 compared with the same period in 2008, when the country received a record high number of t [...] | 2009-07-24 11:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EAIR ELTN EIND SENV |
09MADRID787 | ANDORRA PROPOSES TAX INFORMATION EXCHANGE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-05 13:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN SP AN |
09MADRID79 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, JAN 19-23 [...] (U) Fourth quarter 2008 unemployment rose 2.6 points to 13.9 percent, the highest rate since 2000. The number of unemployed increased by 609,100 from the previous quarter and now is over 3.2 million. The 13.9 percent fourth quarter rate is a steep increase from the 8.6 percent rate from a yea [...] | 2009-01-23 16:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ENRG ETRD SP |
09MADRID794 | GUIDANCE REQUEST ON TAX INTERPRETATION ISSUE AFFECTING [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paras 2 and 13. 2. (SBU) Summary and action requests: Post has received requests for assistance in regard to what appears to be a change in GOS interpretation of tax incentives for foreign-owned multinational holding companies based in Spain. Such [...] | 2009-08-10 08:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ECON PGOV PREL SP |
09MADRID820 | MADRID ECONOMIC BI-WEEKLY, AUGUST 3-14 [...] (U) On August 13, the Council of Ministers in special session approved a royal decree/law providing additional assistance of 420 euros (about $605) per month for six months to the long-term unemployed whose benefits have run out and who lack other sources of income. This supplemental assistan [...] | 2009-08-14 11:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB EFIN ECPS KIPR |
09MADRID829 | ANDORRA PROPOSES DRAFT TIEA LANGUAGE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-18 15:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN SP AN |
09MADRID839 | SPAIN'S TRILATS RE:GIBRALTAR & BILATS WITH UK [...] Summary. FM Moratinos attended a Spain-UK-Gibraltar ministerial meeting on July 21 in Gibraltar, the first time in 300 years a Spanish Minister has set foot on the Rock. While Moratinos received significant negative press from critics who believed his trip weakened sovereignty claims, he insis [...] | 2009-08-20 14:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV PREL SP IR |
09MADRID852 | MADRID ECONOMIC BIWEEKLY, AUG 17-22 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-22 10:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KFLU SP |
09MADRID969 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, SEPTEMBER 21-25 [...] The grant program has replaced earlier tax incentives for wind farms and covers 30% of the qualifying costs of investments. (ABC, 9/23; Treasury statement, 9/22; Iberdrola statement, 9/23) Santander's Brazilian Subsidiary Plans Big Share Offering 6.(U) The Brazilian subsidiary of Banco S [...] | 2009-09-28 06:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB ENRG SP |
09MALABO27 | EQUATORIAL GUINEA RAW, PAPER 4: THE BUSINESS OF CORRUPTION [...] (U) Triggered by changes underway in Washington D.C., upcoming personnel rotations in Embassy Malabo and animated by the recent attack on the capital, this is the fourth in a series of cables intended to update our perspective on Equatorial Guinea, and to provide a ground-level view of one of t [...] | 2009-03-12 10:40:00 | Embassy Malabo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECIN ECON EFIN PGOV EPET ENRG KCOR PINR |
09MANAGUA1013 | ADVISORY OPINION REQUEST [...] (SBU) Post requests Department concurrence in a finding of INA Sec. 212(a)(2)(I) inadmissibility for Armando Jose Garcia Campos (26-OCT-1950, NIC),and requests approval to revoke subject's valid B1/B2 visa, on the basis that he is inadmissible to the United States for engaging in money laund [...] | 2009-10-14 21:07:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS EFIN KCRM NU |
09MANAGUA1014 | ADVISORY OPINION REQUEST [...] (SBU) Post requests Department concurrence in a finding of INA Sec. 212(a)(2)(I) inadmissibility for Armando Jose Garcia Campos (26-OCT-1950, NIC),and requests approval to revoke subject's valid B1/B2 visa, on the basis that he is inadmissible to the United States for engaging in money laund [...] | 2009-10-14 21:07:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS EFIN KCRM NU |
09MANAGUA1084 | NICARAGUA: INPUT FOR THE 2010 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE [...] The U.S. goods trade deficit with Nicaragua was $611 million in 2008, a decrease of $103 million from $714 million in 2007. U.S. goods exports in 2008 were $1.1 billion, up 22.8 percent from the previous year. Corresponding U.S. imports from Nicaragua were $1.7 billion, up 6.3 percent. Nicarag [...] | 2009-10-30 18:23:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD EAGR EFIN ECPS SOCI TBIO NU |
09MANAGUA1128 | Nicaragua's Economic Decline Continues [...] (SBU) While forecasts of Nicaragua's 2009 economic growth rate differ slightly, they all point to a gloomy horizon, despite signs that the global economic crisis is coming to a close. A recent consumer and business confidence survey found that most Nicaraguans share this pessimism. According to dat [...] | 2009-11-06 15:27:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL NU |
09MANAGUA1151 | NICARAGUA'S TAXMAN COMETH [...] (C) The Nicaraguan National Assembly passed a sweeping tax reform package with the approval of President Ortega on December 3, which, according to most observers, will lead to price increases and decreased demand during an economic downturn. The GON cited the need for increased tax revenues in [...] | 2009-12-21 22:51:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL NU |
09MANAGUA116 | NICARAGUA: ORTEGA TELLS MICROFINANCE PROTESTORS TO PAY UP [...] (U) Summary. During the overnight hours of January 13 and 14, protestors in the northern Department of Nueva Segovia blocked the Pan-American Highway for more than eight hours, demanding that the Nicaraguan National Assembly pass legislation (the Ley Moratoria) to "protect" borrowers from high [...] | 2009-01-27 15:02:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EAID PGOV PREL NU |
09MANAGUA133 | NICARAGUA: PRIVATE SECTOR LEADERS CONTEMPLATE [...] (C) Summary. Prominent business leaders and economists convened for the Ambassador's first economic roundtable of the new year on January 28. The primary topic centered squarely on the aftermath of the fraudulent November 9 municipal elections and the way forward for the Nicaraguan private [...] | 2009-02-03 16:34:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL NU |
09MANAGUA173 | NICARAGUA: ORTEGA TIGHTENS HIS BELT, BUT GON [...] (C) Summary. Faced with a withdrawal of European budget support and decreased economic growth as a result of the global economic crisis, on January 20, President Daniel Ortega issued a presidential decree introducing a number of austerity measures to cut $67 million in expenditures from the 2 [...] | 2009-02-13 20:41:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EAID PGOV PREL NU |
09MANAGUA284 | NICARAGUA: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Embassy Managua reports three international submarine fiber optic telecommunication cables, two in the Caribbean and one in the Pacific, parallel to Nicaragua's coasts and within the country's 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone. They are the Americas Region Caribbea [...] | 2009-03-17 17:46:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG |
09MANAGUA303 | NICARAGUA'S TAX COLLECTING REGIME [...] (C) Summary. Nicaragua,s income taxpayer base, despite impressive growth in collections during recent years, remains at less than 2% of the population. Very few Nicaraguans file income tax returns, but all are subject to the 15% Value Added Tax (IVA). Only 360 companies pay 90% of total inc [...] | 2009-03-19 23:50:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL NU |
09MANAGUA343 | NICARAGUA: BANKERS REPORT STABILITY, BUT NO GROWTH [...] (C) Summary. Despite rumors of economic meltdown and possible capital flight, Nicaragua's highly dollarized banking sector appears to be holding its own. Officials from the Superintendent of Banks (SIBOIF) and the Central Bank as well as prominent banking executives tell us that liquidity i [...] | 2009-03-31 23:11:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV NU |
09MANAGUA389 | NICARAGUA: SHOOTING ATTEMPT AGAINST ATTORNEY [...] (SBU) Summary: On the morning of April 6, an unknown assailant fired four gunshots at Attorney General Hernan Estrada near his residence in Managua. Two of the bullets grazed Estrada, but he only suffered minor injuries. Estrada held a press conference in the afternoon where he blamed religi [...] | 2009-04-08 20:48:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR ECON EFIN EIND NU |
09MANAGUA54 | NICARAGUA: 2009 BUDGET REMAINS ELUSIVE [...] (U) Summary. The GON remains without an approved 2009 budget as a result of the political stalemate in the Nicaraguan National Assembly (ref A). Finance Minister Alberto Guevara presented President Ortega's budget to the National Assembly back in October, but since then it has lingered in th [...] | 2009-01-14 20:01:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID ECON PGOV PREL NU |
09MANAGUA571 | NICARAGUA: IMF REPRESENTATIVE ON BUDGET SUPPORT, [...] (C) The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Resident Representative in Nicaragua told the Ambassador on June 4 that the IMF is negotiating with the Nicaraguan Government (GON) and other international financial institutions to provide $85 million in direct budget support for the Ortega Administ [...] | 2009-06-09 22:14:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV NU |
09MANAGUA603 | NICARAGUAN GOVERNMENT RENEWS LEGAL ACTION AGAINST OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: A Managua judge announced on June 11 that he would hold hearings June 22-26 regarding accusations that 39 people committed "crimes against the economy of the country, fraud, and influence peddling" in connection with the 2001 government bailout of four Nicaraguan banks. The list o [...] | 2009-06-17 23:18:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN ECON NU |
09MANAGUA625 | NICARAGUA: EMBEZZLEMENT CRIPPLES MICROFINANCE INSTITUTION [...] (C) Throughout the last year, U.S. and other international investors have been embroiled in a bitter dispute over control of the Board of Directors of one of the largest and most successful microfinance institutions in Nicaragua, the Association for the Development of Small, Medium and Micro [...] | 2009-06-23 22:32:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV NU |
09MANAGUA643 | NICARAGUA: ORTEGA CUTS SPENDING AT IMF BEHEST, BUT DEFICIT INCREASES [...] (C) On June 22, IMF Resident Representative Humberto Arbulu Neira told the Ambassador that Nicaragua has a "60 percent" chance of obtaining IMF budget support for 2009 and 2010. To improve the odds, Arbulu said that Nicaragua must cut expenditures from the 2009 budget. In line with the IMF [...] | 2009-06-29 16:57:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EAID NU |
09MANAGUA683 | NICARAGUAN GOVERNMENT PLANS PILGRIMAGE TO IMF HEADQUARTERS [...] (C) In his farewell call on the Ambassador, Humberto Arbulu-Neira, the outgoing IMF Resident Representative in Nicaragua, said that he now only gives the GON a 30 percent chance of successfully negotiating a budget support program with the IMF, due to the GON's failure to enact pension reform [...] | 2009-07-10 21:25:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV NU |
09MANAGUA754 | NICARAGUA: 2009 ECONOMIC INDICATORS BLEAK SO FAR [...] (U) Key Nicaraguan economic indicators from the first quarter of 2009 forecasted a challenging future for the rest of the year. Not surprisingly, remittances from Nicaraguans working abroad have suffered declines given the economic slowdown in the United States. Imports and exports have both s [...] | 2009-08-03 16:41:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID ECON PGOV PREL NU |
09MANAGUA831 | NICARAGUAN FOREIGN MINISTER: U.S. BEHIND [...] (C) Summary. On August 5, Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Samuel Santos to discuss the ongoing Honduras crisis, Nicaragua's efforts to secure international lending, and bilateral relations. Santos acknowledged that Nicaragua's financial situation had worsened severely, threatening key s [...] | 2009-08-21 21:48:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EFIN NU |
09MANAGUA834 | NICARAGUA: RESPONSE TO BUDGET TRANSPARENCY DEMARCHE [...] (U) In response to Ref A demarche on budget transparency, Ovidio Reyes, Director of Fiscal and Economic Affairs, GON Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, told econoffs on August 13 that the national budget of Nicaragua is available on the Finance Ministry's website and is published in the Ni [...] | 2009-08-24 22:22:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL NU VZ |
09MANAGUA929 | NICARAGUA: BANCENTRO DENIES ROLE IN MICROFINANCE [...] (C) Summary: In a conversation with the DCM and Econcouns on September 18, BANCENTRO Managing Director Julio Cardenas defended his bank's handling of microfinance institution ACODEP's accounts in the wake of allegation that a former ACODEP president embezzled more than $3 million from the micr [...] | 2009-09-24 21:41:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON NU |
09MANAGUA934 | NICARAGUA: APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE - FAMA, PROMUJER, BANEX, FDL [...] (SBU) The following information is provided in response to Ref A seeking Embassy Managua comments on OPIC's plans to provide financing to Banco del Exito (BANEX),FAMA, PROMUJER, and FDL, through its Microfinance Growth Fund (MIGROF). 2. (SBU) The microfinance industry is under threat in Nic [...] | 2009-09-28 17:25:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN EAID ECON PGOV PREL NU |
09MANAGUA941 | NICARAGUAN MICROFINANCE: A SECTOR IN CRISIS [...] (C) Summary. Nicaragua's microfinance (MFI) sector, a vital source of finance for economic development, is under siege. A decline in credit availability as a result of the global financial crisis, the continuing and very serious "No Pago" (No Payment) movement, and a drought that is causing [...] | 2009-09-28 21:44:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV NU |
09MANAGUA949 | NICARAGUA: APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE - PROCREDIT [...] (SBU) The following information is provided in response to Ref A seeking Embassy Managua's comments on OPIC's plans to provide financing to Banco ProCredit Nicaragua via a subordinated loan to ProCredit Holdings A.G. ("PCH"). 2. (SBU) The microfinance industry is under threat in Nicaragua. [...] | 2009-09-29 21:37:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN EAID ECON PGOV PREL NU |
09MANAMA100 | BAHRAIN'S FM TO ATTEND MARCH 2 CONFERENCE IN SHARM [...] (SBU) CDA discussed reftel with MFA U/S Abdulaziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa February 18. Shaikh Abdulaziz said Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmad Al Khalifa would attend the March 2 Sharm Al-Shaikh conference on Gaza relief. The FM would announce new Bahraini assistance still to be determined, [...] | 2009-02-19 12:31:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KWBG EFIN PHUM BA |
09MANAMA101 | BAHRAIN: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-19 12:50:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP BA |
09MANAMA150 | BAHRAIN: GCC ASSISTANCE FOR THE PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-12 16:06:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG EFIN PGOV PTER PHUM BA |
09MANAMA2 | BAHRAIN'S BUDGET SQUEEZE [...] (C) Summary: Following a sharp decline in oil prices, the GOB is decreasing its budget projections by more than 50%, but will likely need to resort to deficit financing anyway. In the face of raised expectations from last year's record oil prices, significant reductions in promised public proj [...] | 2009-01-04 12:13:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV BA |
09MANAMA233 | BAHRAIN TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-16 11:48:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER BA |
09MANAMA27 | INCREASING FINANCIAL PRESSURE ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-15 09:40:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KNNP MNUC IR BA |
09MANAMA336 | BAHRAIN SUPPORTS KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK BID [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-03 12:10:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL KV BA |
09MANAMA354 | BANK DEFAULT CAUSES RIPPLES IN BAHRAINI BANKING [...] (C) Summary: The financial dispute between the Saad group controlled by Saudi billionaire Ma'an Al Sanea and the Al Ghosabi company (reftel) is affecting a number of Bahrain-based financial institutions. End Summary. 2. (C) The Central Bank of Bahrain was apparently taken by surprise by th [...] | 2009-06-11 13:48:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN SA BA |
09MANAMA365 | BAHRAIN COMMITTED TO COUNTER TERROR FINANCE [...] (C) Summary. Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary Daniel Glaser met with GOB officials May 21 on the margins of the annual MENAFATF meetings to discuss the pardon of convicted terrorist financier Adil Amin, counter terrorist and proliferation finance cooperation in regard to Iran, and the coo [...] | 2009-06-17 12:12:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER PREL IR BA |
09MANAMA371 | MENAFATF PLENARY - MAY 2009 [...] The Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force (MENAFATF) held a plenary session (MENAFATF IX),and working group meetings from May 17-21, 2009 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Manama, Bahrain. Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Daniel G [...] | 2009-06-21 04:56:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PTER BA |
09MANAMA383 | THE BAHRAIN BANKING SECTOR 2009: A PRIMER [...] Summary: Bahrain hosts 412 diverse financial institutions ranging from local lenders to large-scale project finance investment banks. Supported mostly on the back of petrodollars, this sector has grown to become the largest contributor to the Bahraini economy. This cable outlines the banking [...] | 2009-06-25 10:39:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN BA |
09MANAMA53 | BAHRAINI FINANCIAL SECTOR SHOWING CRACKS [...] (C) Summary: Effects of the financial crisis are beginning to manifest in Bahrain's banking and finance sector. Many banks are facing capital shortages and the Central Bank is facing a possible "liquidity trap." Central Bank officials expect Bahrain to trail the U.S. economy by a year, and a [...] | 2009-01-29 13:08:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN BA |
09MANAMA54 | BAHRAINI ECONOMIC OUTLOOK DECLINING, AND HIGHLY [...] (C) Summary: Bahrain's financial services sector has begun to feel the effects of the global economic crisis, leaving the economy vulnerable to disruption by oil price fluctuations. Decreasing liquidity and slumping real estate prices have delayed major development projects, and Moody's downg [...] | 2009-01-29 14:22:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN BA |
09MANAMA569 | TAXATION OF UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE IN BAHRAIN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-24 14:37:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN EFIN ECON EAID BA |
09MANAMA646 | 2010 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT - BAHRAIN [...] Summary: The following is Post's submission of its National Trade Estimate for 2010 including reports on Sanitary and Phytosanitary and Standards-Related Foreign Trade Barriers. End Summary. -------------- TRADE SUMMARY -------------- 2. The U.S. goods trade balance with Bahrain went from [...] | 2009-11-05 12:53:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD BA |
09MANAMA668 | BAHRAIN CENTRAL BANK CRITICIZED FOR FINANCIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-24 12:21:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN BA |
09MANILA1056 | Revenue Crunch Leads to Questionable Book Tax [...] Summary: The Philippine Bureau of Customs decision to levy duties on foreign book imports has generated an outcry in the Philippine media, led by internet forums, and by affected businesses. Philippine Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago has called for a formal investigation into the decision, n [...] | 2009-05-18 00:36:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV RP |
09MANILA107 | Financial Crisis Impact on Assistance to the Philippines [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-16 04:57:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ECIN RP CN XE XD |
09MANILA108 | Financial Crisis Impact on Assistance to the Philippines [...] (SBU) Summary: The global financial crisis has caused asset values to decline and unemployment to increase and will slow Philippine GDP growth; but record high foreign reserves, less reliance on international trade, banking sector reforms, and the government's improved fiscal position leave t [...] | 2009-01-16 05:21:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ECIN RP CN XE XD |
09MANILA109 | PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT NOTIFIED OF SANCTIONS ON A.Q. KHAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-16 07:15:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNU GM PREL PARM EFIN RP |
09MANILA1121 | MICROFINANCE TO EMPOWER MUSLIM FILIPINAS [...] (U) Summary: The first Islamic microfinance program in the Philippines aims to empower Muslim women living in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao, a region in the southern Philippines plagued by poverty and conflict. The intent is to expand the program nationwide to help Muslim Filipinas [...] | 2009-05-27 08:56:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PHUM KWMN KISL RP |
09MANILA1138 | PHILIPPINES ABSTAINS ON WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-29 07:58:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PGOV PREL RP KV |
09MANILA1192 | Philippine First Quarter Growth Disappoints [...] (U) Summary: Philippine Gross Domestic Product fell 2.3% from the fourth quarter of 2008, the weakest performance in two decades. Capital formation dropped; personal consumption sputtered; and the government's much trumpeted fiscal stimulus did little to support economic growth. In response, [...] | 2009-06-04 05:28:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ECIN RP CN XE XD |
09MANILA1219 | NO BASIS FOR REMOVAL OF JOSE SISON'S TERRORIST [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: Post believes it would be inadvisable for the Government of the Netherlands to remove New People's Army (NPA) leader Jose M. Sison's terrorist designation, as detailed in reftel A. The NPA continues to carry out terrorist attacks against commercial interests, ambushes of po [...] | 2009-06-08 08:30:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC KTFN PGOV PREL PTER RP NL |
09MANILA1351 | Philippine Growth Target Cut, Fiscal Deficit Up [...] (SBU) Summary: The Philippine government further cut economic growth targets and increased its budget deficit ceiling after disappointing first-quarter economic growth data (Ref A). The official unemployment rate has tapered, but more Filipinos are working fewer hours. While some groups push [...] | 2009-06-26 07:14:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ECIN RP CN XE XD |
09MANILA1436 | Philippine Position on the ITSO Extraordinary Assembly [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-08 04:06:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECON ECPS EFIN INTELSAT KTIA PREL RP TSPA |
09MANILA1467 | REVIEW OF UN 1267 SANCTIONS TRANCHE 1 AND 2 NAMES [...] Post discussed reftel points with Mr. Winston Almeda, Special Assistant for Counterterrorism to the Undersecretary for Special Concerns in the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Mr. Almeda conveyed the DFA's appreciation for our notifying them of the key findings of the USG review, and sai [...] | 2009-07-13 08:08:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER RP UNSC |
09MANILA1723 | REVIEW OF UN 1267 SANCTIONS TRANCHE 3 NAMES [...] Post conveyed reftel points to Ms. Lizel Alcantara, assistant to the Undersecretary for Special Concerns in the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Emboff underscored that USG views each case under review as unique, and that we will consider a variety of factors in reaching a decision on wh [...] | 2009-08-14 05:46:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC |
09MANILA2281 | Philippine Economic Update [...] (SBU) Summary: The government's economic team reports that the Philippine economy continues to grow. The balance of payments is in surplus; international reserves are at a record high; foreign direct investment is increasing; the banking system remains sound; and the stock market is reboundin [...] | 2009-10-31 23:08:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ECIN RP CN XE XD |
09MANILA378 | Philippines: Holding Up But Pain Increasing [...] (SBU) Summary: The Philippines is unlikely to slip into recession in 2009 (Refs A and B). However, the global financial crisis is inhibiting capital formation, depressing trade, dampening tourism, and eliminating jobs in some sectors. The Philippine Central Bank cut interest rates again in [...] | 2009-02-20 08:34:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ECIN RP CN XE XD |
09MANILA680 | Economic Crisis/Fiscal Crunch in the Philippines [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government abandoned its 2008 balanced-budget goal and plans a higher deficit of 2.2% of Gross Domestic Product for 2009 -- a modest stimulus relative to the deficit spending being pursued by regional neighbors in response to the global financial crisis. We assess that the [...] | 2009-03-27 08:15:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ECIN RP CN XE XD |
09MANILA690 | PHILIPPINE FINANCE SECRETARY ON GLOBAL AND LOCAL ECONOMICS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador discussed the global and Philippine economic situation, the Millennium Challenge Compact, and U.S. commercial interests with the Philippine Finance Secretary Gary Teves on March 30. The Secretary expressed support for the U.S. approach to the upcoming Group of 20 [...] | 2009-03-30 09:08:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL RP WTO |
09MANILA796 | Philippines: Keeping Afloat in Choppy Waters [...] (SBU) Summary: The Philippines is suffering from increasing economic pain, but continues to weather the global downturn better than most of its neighbors. The government has responded to the crisis mainly through monetary easing and measured fiscal expansion. There has been limited protectio [...] | 2009-04-15 09:08:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ECIN RP CN XE XD |
09MANILA85 | Philippines: 2009 Investment Climate Statement, Part One [...] Part One of PostQs 2009 Investment Climate Statement is transmitted in paragraph 2, in accordance with reftel instructions. 2. Begin text: 2009 Investment Climate Statement -- The Philippines Openness to Foreign Investment The Government of the Philippines (GRP) generally acknowle [...] | 2009-01-14 08:54:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR RP |
09MANILA86 | Philippines: 2009 Investment Climate Statement, Part One [...] Part Two of PostQs 2009 Investment Climate Statement is transmitted in paragraph 2, in accordance with reftel instructions. 2. Begin text: 2009 Investment Climate Statement -- The Philippines Efficient Capital Markets And Portfolio Investment The Philippines is open to foreign por [...] | 2009-01-14 08:54:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR RP |
09MAPUTO1236 | MOZAMBIQUE HOPING TO CASH IN ON WORLD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Less than 250 days to the FIFA Soccer World Cup in South Africa, the largest event to be held on the African continent. Mozambique's preparations for the World Cup highlight the country's progress, or lack thereof, on a number of developmental challenges, including a lack of r [...] | 2009-11-06 10:07:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND MZ SCUL EINV |
09MAPUTO1373 | END OF FUEL SUBSIDY COULD SPARK TROUBLE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GRM's announcement that it would end fuel subsidies that have kept fuel prices in the country artificially low could cause trouble in the first quarter of 2010. The end of the subsidy will raise gas prices, food prices, and public transportation costs, financially strainin [...] | 2009-12-17 14:13:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EPET ETRD EAID EFIN AMGT ASEC |
09MAPUTO381 | PRESIDENT CONCERNED ABOUT MOZAMBIQUE'S ECONOMY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 17, President Guebuza summoned the Charge to discuss the potential impact of the financial crisis on Mozambique, raising particular concerns about the effect of slowing economic growth on poverty reduction. Guebuza recently created a ministerial working group to discuss [...] | 2009-03-18 17:05:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN ECON MZ |
09MAPUTO488 | MOZAMBIQUE: BUDGET TRANSPARENCY [...] (U) The following responds to reftel questions on the Government of Mozambique's (GRM) budget and transparency. 2. (SBU) The GRM is scheduled to receive and is already receiving U.S. foreign assistance using FY 09 funds. 2009 USG assistance in Mozambique will top $350 million dollars, in [...] | 2009-04-16 14:46:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL MZ |
09MAPUTO626 | FOREIGN MINISTER ON LABOR ISSUES AND OTHER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Long-standing problems associated with obtaining work authorizations for USG-supported health programs received prominent press attention in recent weeks, prompting unhelpful rhetoric from the Labor Minister. While traveling with President Armando Guebueza on his "Open Presidency [...] | 2009-06-03 16:16:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN EINV EAID ASEC MZ |
09MAPUTO65 | 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - MOZAMBIQUE [...] Mozambique encourages foreign direct investment. CPI, the government's Investment Promotion Center, seeks to bring investors to Mozambique and should be a potential investor,s primary contact with the government. CPI is particularly interested in increasing investment in the central and nor [...] | 2009-01-22 14:25:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC MZ |
09MAPUTO655 | MOZAMBIQUE: FY2008 SPECIAL SELF-HELP (SSH) STATUS [...] SUMMARY: This cable is a status report for the Ambassador's Special Self-Help Program (SSH) in Mozambique for FY08. The Embassy chose seven projects for funding according to SSH selection criteria and Mission objectives. Examples of projects include construction of a computer lab/library, r [...] | 2009-06-11 15:28:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EAGR ETRD EFIN MZ |
09MAPUTO713 | RISING CONCERNS ABOUT NARCOTRAFFICKING AND MONEY [...] (S/NF) Summary: Large-scale narcotics shipments pass through Mozambique, taking advantage of a vast and lightly guarded coastline. Money laundering may be increasing. Narcotraffickers in the country have connections to South Asia, and some appear to have links to the ruling Frelimo party and t [...] | 2009-07-01 04:55:00 | Embassy Maputo | SECRET//NOFORN | SNAR EFIN KCOR PTER PGOV PREL MZ |
09MARSEILLE5 | MONACO REACHES OUT ON TAX HAVEN COOPERATION [...] (SBU) On March 30, Monaco's Minister of State (Prime Minister-equivalent) Jean-Paul Proust telephoned CG. Proust said he wanted to pass the message that the Government of Monaco is fully engaged with the EU on "tax haven" matters already, but they are also fully disposed to engage on this issu [...] | 2009-03-30 14:22:00 | Consulate Marseille | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PREL FR |
09MASERU15 | LESOTHO 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Embassy Maseru submits the following information for Lesotho's 2009 Investment Climate Statement. Lesotho is open to foreign direct investment (FDI) and generally treats foreign investors well. With most investment originating from East Asia, FDI in Lesotho is primarily channeled into export-or [...] | 2009-01-20 07:16:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV USTR KTDB OPIC LT |
09MASERU414 | DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS' CONSULTATIVE FORUM BRIEFED BY IMF [...] (U) On Tuesday, November 17, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) hosted the Development Partners' Consultative Forum (DP CF) briefing by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission on Article IV consultations. The IMF expects Lesotho's economic growth to be around 1.5% in 2009. [...] | 2009-11-23 15:03:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN LT |
09MASERU448 | LESOTHO: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Embassy Maseru submits the following information for Lesotho's 2010 Investment Climate Statement. Lesotho is open to foreign direct investment (FDI) and views FDI as a means to drive growth, improve international competitiveness, and obtain access to foreign markets. Virtually all business sect [...] | 2009-12-31 08:46:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC LT |
09MASERU99 | LESOTHO: DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK AND IMF [...] DCM delivered reftel's demarche April 15, 2009, to the Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Timothy Thahane, who is also the Governor for the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Lesotho. DCM indicated that the IMF board has already approved Kosovo's application fo [...] | 2009-04-16 14:42:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL KV LT |
09MBABANE107 | SWAZI PS ON USG IN UNHRC; KOSOVO; MADAGASCAR; [...] (S) SUMMARY: On April 27, DCM Morrison discussed several pending demarches with Clifford Mamba, Principal Secretary (PS) for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. PS Mamba was positive about support for the U.S.'s candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council, promised to consu [...] | 2009-04-28 06:43:00 | Embassy Mbabane | SECRET | AU EFIN IO MA PGOV PREL WZ SADC ZI KV |
09MBABANE290 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FISCAL TRANSPARENCY [...] On September 30, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Legal Advisor Melusi Masuku and Socio-Political Analyst Vulindlela Kunene. PolOff had discussed the fiscal transparency requirement in a prior meeting with Mr. Kunene; however the officers were still relatively u [...] | 2009-10-28 14:22:00 | Embassy Mbabane | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PREL WZ |
09MBABANE83 | SEC WORKS WITH SWAZI CENTRAL BANK [...] SUMMARY: On March 17 - 19, two Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) officials, funded by USAID, participated in a regulatory workshop on Ponzi and pyramid schemes, sponsored by the IMF and hosted by the Central Bank of Swaziland (CBS). The conference convened working level bank officials f [...] | 2009-03-30 14:59:00 | Embassy Mbabane | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV WZ |
09MBABANE85 | EFFECTS OF WORLD ECONOMIC DOWNTURN ON SWAZILAND'S INSULATED [...] SUMMARY. Swaziland's financial market, fairly insulated from the global banking crisis, has kept banks that operate in Swaziland safe. Swaziland's small domestic market makes it heavily dependent on sugar exports and exports to the South African market. This vulnerability to commodities pricing [...] | 2009-03-31 07:34:00 | Embassy Mbabane | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN WZ |
09MELBOURNE111 | AUSTRALIAN BANKS EXPANDING IN U.S. AND ASIA [...] (SBU) Australia's dominant "big four" banks have emerged from the global financial crisis healthy and looking abroad to expand. One bank has acquired a mid-sized U.S. regional bank and plans to purchase more, while the other banks are looking to China and Indonesia for growth. These banks are [...] | 2009-10-09 22:41:00 | Consulate Melbourne | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD AS |
09MELBOURNE37 | COSTELLO AND OTHERS ON NEXT STEPS FOR [...] (C/NF) Consul General hosted former Treasurer Peter Costello and other prominent Victorians at the first of a series of focus group lunches on the future of U.S./Australian relations. Participants agreed that the United States' credentials as a center for world finance had been damaged and th [...] | 2009-03-09 21:55:00 | Consulate Melbourne | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON AS |
09MELBOURNE47 | BUSINESS LEADERS STILL WORRIED ABOUT U.S. PROTECTIONISM [...] (C/NF) Melbourne based business leaders are worried that global economic conditions are still ripe for protectionist policies in the guise of stimulus packages. During a luncheon at Consul General's residence, business leaders asked if the U.S. Congress would backtrack on free trade. They hai [...] | 2009-04-14 01:06:00 | Consulate Melbourne | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON ETRD AS |
09MELBOURNE58 | BANKING CHIEFS CONCERNED ABOUT AUSTRALIA CREDIT [...] (C/NF) The CEO of Australia's largest bank and J.P. Morgan's Chairman for its Australia and New Zealand business see Australia losing its AAA credit rating as one of the worst case recession scenarios. While both characterized the downgrade as unlikely, they expressed concern that the impact [...] | 2009-04-29 05:07:00 | Consulate Melbourne | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ETRD EFIN AS |
09MELBOURNE72 | MAJOR CHANGES TO AUSTRALIAN PRUDENTIAL REGULATION [...] (C/NF) The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's (APRA) senior banking regulator said that changes to Australia's regulation infrastructure will be minor and in line with global consensus. While Australia's major banks remain healthy, there is still substantial debate about whether the [...] | 2009-06-19 00:33:00 | Consulate Melbourne | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON ETRD AS |
09MELBOURNE81 | Standard and Poor's Bullish on Australian Economy [...] (SBU) Analysts at Standard and Poor's Melbourne headquarters predict a mild and short recession in Australia. The country's states remain among the best rated in the world despite the February downgrading of Queensland from AAA to AA. While Australia maintains a substantial current account de [...] | 2009-07-15 05:29:00 | Consulate Melbourne | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD AS |
09MEXICO1006 | MEXICAN BUDGET AND INFORMATION TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The access to information law passed in 2002 represents a vital element of the country's democratic transition and set a new international standard for transparency legislation. The new budget and fiscal accountability law passed in 2006 also represented a considerable improv [...] | 2009-04-07 16:43:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN MX |
09MEXICO1145 | Mexico Economic Weekly - April 20 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...] | 2009-04-23 13:33:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO1260 | H1N1 ECONOMIC RELIEF PACKAGE - BEST MEDICINE? [...] (SBU) Summary: In an effort to resuscitate an economy laid low by the flu, on May 5 the Mexican government unveiled a stimulus package totaling 18.8 billion pesos (USD 1.4 billion). As the hardest hit sectors, tourism and SMEs will be the main beneficiaries of the plan, although Mexico's pork [...] | 2009-05-07 19:59:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD KFLU TBIO PINR PGOV PREL MX |
09MEXICO1298 | MORE HELP FOR MEXICO'S SME'S HIT HARD BY H1N1 [...] This is the second in a series of cables reporting on the economic impact of the influenza outbreak in Mexico. 2. (SBU) Summary: In response to criticism of last week's economic rescue package (see reftel) for businesses hurt by the influenza outbreak was met with mixed reviews, with many b [...] | 2009-05-12 19:24:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD KFLU TBIO PINR PGOV PREL MX |
09MEXICO1306 | Mexico Economic Weekly - May 12 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...] | 2009-05-12 19:28:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO1307 | TOUGHER MEXICO ANTITRUST LAW IN THE WORKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While Mexico has one of Latin America's most open economies, its tenacious monopolies and weak regulation reduce consumer choice, boost the cost of doing business, and hamper Mexico's economic growth. Last month, influential PAN Senator Santiago Creel introduced a bill to amend [...] | 2009-05-12 20:38:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PINR PGOV PREL MX |
09MEXICO1312 | TOUGHER MEXICO ANTITRUST LAW IN THE WORKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While Mexico has one of Latin America's most open economies, its tenacious monopolies and weak regulation reduce consumer choice, boost the cost of doing business, and hamper Mexico's economic growth. Last month, influential PAN Senator Santiago Creel introduced a bill to amend [...] | 2009-05-13 14:32:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PINR PGOV PREL MX |
09MEXICO1428 | Mexico Economic Weekly - May 22 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...] | 2009-05-23 18:42:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO1477 | MEXICO LOOKS TO CONSOLIDATE CENTRAL AMERICAN TRADE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mexico will launch negotiations later this year with its Central American neighbors to consolidate its three trade agreements in the region into one treaty. With this initiative, Mexico appears to be looking beyond the current global crisis and position itself as the fulcrum o [...] | 2009-05-29 20:24:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PINR PGOV PREL MX |
09MEXICO1496 | MEXICO ON KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-02 16:01:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KV MX |
09MEXICO1591 | Mexico Economic Weekly - June 5 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...] | 2009-06-08 13:39:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO160 | 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - MEXICO [...] Mexico is open to foreign direct investment (FDI) in most economic sectors and has consistently been one of the largest recipients of FDI among emerging markets. In recent years, Mexico has become increasingly aware of its loss of competitiveness relative to other emerging economies, notably Ch [...] | 2009-01-21 22:38:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD OPIC USTR KTDB MX |
09MEXICO165 | MEXICO ON NONPROLIFERATION SANCTIONS: A.Q. KHAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-22 18:03:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC GM PREL PARM EFIN MX |
09MEXICO1669 | Mexico Economic Weekly - June 12 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...] | 2009-06-12 22:55:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO1687 | TERRORISM FINANCE: MEXICO'S RISK BASED ASSESSMENT [...] The US Embassy Mexico City and Consulates already have robust vetting mechanisms in place to vet participants in USG-funded programs for law enforcement and human rights related concerns. Adding Non-governmental organizations to the vetting process requires slight modifications. We intend [...] | 2009-06-15 23:17:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PREL PTER |
09MEXICO1841 | GOM FOCUSES ON MEXICO'S COMPETITIVENESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 22, the World Economic Forum (WEF) released "The Mexico Competitiveness Report 2009," which provides a comprehensive overview of the country's current competitiveness and highlights Mexico's strengths and weaknesses. Ranked 60th in the Global Competitiveness Index 2008 [...] | 2009-06-26 18:00:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX |
09MEXICO1862 | Mexico Economic Weekly - June 26 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...] | 2009-06-29 16:02:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO1890 | MEXICAN AUTO INDUSTRY ON ROUGH ROAD, SEEKING ROADSIDE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While the Obama Administration has acted firmly to aid the United States' beleaguered automotive industry, the Mexican auto manufacturers are looking askance at their own government's seemingly lackluster response. In separate conversations, representatives from Mexico's auto [...] | 2009-06-30 21:28:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PINR PGOV PREL MX |
09MEXICO1894 | MEXICAN RAILROAD COMPANIES DERAILED FROM MONOPOLISTIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 24, cargo railroad companies Ferromex and Ferrosur were found guilty of monopoly practices and slapped with the maximum fine allowed under Mexican law (roughly equal to US$ 6 million each) by Mexico's anti-trust watchdog agency, the Federal Competition Commission (CFC). [...] | 2009-06-30 23:36:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PINR PGOV PREL MX |
09MEXICO195 | Mexico Economic Weekly - January 23 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements individual reporting from the Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...] | 2009-01-23 23:49:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO1978 | FUNDED APEC CASH COURIER WORKSHOP, SYDNEY, JUNE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-07 19:29:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ABUD EFIN SNAR ID |
09MEXICO2018 | POTENTIAL EFFECT OF ELECTIONS ON MEXICO'S ECONOMIC AGENDA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The worse-than-expected congressional election defeat for Calderon, giving the PRI a near majority in the House of Deputies, will now afford the PRI the opportunity to assume greater initiative and certainly assert greater leverage in debates over the economic reform agenda. P [...] | 2009-07-10 00:12:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PINR PGOV PREL MX |
09MEXICO2038 | Mexico Economic Weekly - July 10 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Joe Salazar (salazarje3@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...] | 2009-07-13 19:47:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO2179 | Mexico Economic Weekly - July 24 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Joe Salazar (salazarje3@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...] | 2009-07-24 21:47:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO2519 | Mexico Economic Weekly - August 21 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...] | 2009-08-26 02:36:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO2601 | Mexico Economic Weekly - August 21 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...] | 2009-08-31 23:19:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO262 | Mexico Economic Weekly - January 30 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements individual reporting from the Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...] | 2009-01-29 20:45:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO2666 | Mexico Economic Weekly - September 4 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...] | 2009-09-08 23:02:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO2709 | GOM PROPOSES 2010 ECONOMIC PLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On September 8, the GOM submitted its 2010 budget and fiscal reform proposals to Congress following weeks of market speculation about what the GOM would propose. The speculation follows looming risk of Mexico's possible credit downgrade. Plunging revenues (due to falling oil p [...] | 2009-09-15 21:37:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO2711 | FINANCE SECRETARY BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON 2010 BUDGET [...] (U) This is an action request for Treasury. See Para 9. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Finance Secretary Agustin Carstens briefed Ambassador on Mexico's 2010 budget, submitted September 8 to Mexico's Congress. . In facing what Carstens described as the "double shock" of the cyclical recession as well a [...] | 2009-09-15 22:09:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO2746 | Mexico Economic Weekly - September 18 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...] | 2009-09-18 22:34:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO2784 | Mexico Economic Weekly - September 25 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...] | 2009-09-25 13:14:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO2832 | THE GOM'S 2010 REVENUE PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Fiscal reform has become a critical element in addressing the GOM's 2010 budget shortfall, resulting from plunging revenues (due to falling oil production/prices and economic recession),and public expenditure that grew in tandem with skyrocketing oil prices from 2002-08 (see re [...] | 2009-09-30 15:40:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV PINR SENV |
09MEXICO2885 | Mexico Economic Weekly - October 02 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...] | 2009-10-05 22:20:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO299 | COOPERATION ON RENEWABLE ENERGY - AN OPENING TO ENGAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Efforts to deepen US-Mexican collaboration on energy issues has been constrained in recent years by Mexico's sensitivity about foreign involvement in the hydrocarbons sector. Since the Calderon Administration's energy reform bill was approved in October 2008 and oil prices have [...] | 2009-02-05 13:44:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG EINV PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO2996 | Mexico Economic Weekly - October 16 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...] | 2009-10-16 22:41:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO30 | ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN MEXICO [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the global financial crisis has weakened MexicoQs economy, most analysts do not fear a repeat of the 1995 peso collapse. Financial conditions in Mexico Q most notably the absence of a large foreign debt Q have improved measurably over the financial situation existing [...] | 2009-01-07 19:35:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG EINV PGOV MX |
09MEXICO3010 | 2010 GOM BUDGET: OPPOSITION REJECTS AND BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary. Facing an October 20 deadline to approve the GOM's 2010 proposed revenue bill, PRI leaders, governors, and lawmakers met on October 12 to coordinate a consensus on the budget. According to local press reports, PRI lawmakers revealed that they will reject the GOM's 2% anti-pover [...] | 2009-10-19 18:58:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV PINR SENV |
09MEXICO3053 | TREASURY A/S COHEN AND GOM OFFICIALS DISCUSS [...] (U) Summary. On October 1, Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes (TFFC) David S. Cohen met with Government of Mexico (GOM) officials in Mexico City, Mexico to discuss the collaboration between the GOM and U.S. Treasury on joint efforts to target the finances [...] | 2009-10-23 17:32:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV PINR SENV |
09MEXICO3094 | Mexico Economic Weekly - October 23 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...] | 2009-10-27 23:10:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO3110 | SENATE TAKES UP 2010, WITH SENATORS DIVIDED OVER PROPOSED [...] (SBU) Summary. As rating companies quietly consider downgrading Mexican debt, the Senate has now noisily taken up the Revenue Bill that the Chamber of Deputies amended and approved October 20. The Chamber had watered down the GOM's original proposal of modifying tax rates and tax laws design [...] | 2009-10-29 00:11:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO3120 | Mexico Economic Weekly - October 30 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...] | 2009-10-30 17:29:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO3186 | Mexico Economic Weekly - November 6 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...] | 2009-11-09 22:56:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO3205 | CONGRESS APPROVES MOST 2010 REVENUE LEGISLATION [...] Summary. Legislators watered down the original GOM revenue and tax proposals (see reftel),eliminating some key elements of the original package, but maintaining an increase in value added taxes (IVA) and income tax rates. Finance Secretary Carstens said the package will help revive the econo [...] | 2009-11-10 23:25:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO33 | ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN MEXICO [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the global financial crisis has weakened MexicoQs economy, most analysts do not fear a repeat of the 1995 peso collapse. Financial conditions in Mexico Q most notably the absence of a large foreign debt Q have improved measurably over the financial situation existing [...] | 2009-01-07 19:36:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG EINV PGOV MX |
09MEXICO3311 | Mexico Economic Weekly - November 20 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...] | 2009-11-23 18:18:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO3382 | CONGRESS APPROVES 2010 SPENDING LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 17, the Mexican Congress approved the 2010 budget, voting 437-25 to pass the spending bill, which includes MX$3.18 trillion (US$244 billion) in outlays. The budget for 2010 implies a deficit of 0.75% of GDP excluding debt from state oil monopoly Pemex, but with Pe [...] | 2009-12-01 20:02:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO3418 | Mexico Economic Weekly - December 4 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...] | 2009-12-04 20:29:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO3486 | BANK GOVERNOR APPOINTMENT SPARKS CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] Summary. (U) On December 9, President Calderon nominated Finance Secretary Agustin Carstens as the country's new central bank governor (Banxico). Carstens, whose nomination still needs to be ratified by the Senate, will replace Guillermo Ortiz who finishes his second six-year term at the end [...] | 2009-12-11 13:42:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO413 | GOM INTERVENES TO STOP SPECULATION ON PESO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-13 23:16:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX |
09MEXICO45 | CALDERON ANNOUNCES MORE MEASURES TO STIMULATE ECONOMY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Calderon announced on January 7 a new set of measures to help offset the impact of the global financial and economic crisis and stimulate the economy. "The National Accord in Favor of the Families' Economy and Employment" is the third economic program announced by the [...] | 2009-01-08 22:28:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG EINV PGOV MX |
09MEXICO451 | MEXICO ON THE UPCOMING MARCH 2 CONFERENCE IN SHARM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-19 18:43:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PGOV PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG MX |
09MEXICO544 | STANFORD FRAUD CASE SHAKES MEXICAN INVESTORS [...] (SBU) Summary: Mexican investors' confidence has been shaken once again by the financial scandal surrounding billionaire Robert Allen Stanford, this time affecting more Mexicans than the earlier Madoff case. Stanford Financial Group's Mexican subsidiary, Stanford Fondos S.A. de C.V., has repo [...] | 2009-02-25 22:51:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG EINV PGOV MX |
09MEXICO577 | MEXICO TO MAKE MODEST CONTRIBUTION TO SHAR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 18:28:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PGOV PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG MX |
09MEXICO582 | Mexico Economic Weekly - February 27 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...] | 2009-02-27 19:03:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO659 | FUNDED APEC CASH COURIER WORKSHOP, MANILA, DECEMBER 3-5, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-05 21:58:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ABUD EFIN SNAR ID |
09MEXICO671 | CLEAN AND RENEWABLE ENERGY - POSSIBLE INITIATIVES WITH [...] Summary and Introduction: The GOM is interested in working more closely with the USG on renewable energy, energy efficiency and climate change. Post believes the Mexican position offers a significant opportunity to develop closer ties in a priority area for both countries and is exploring sev [...] | 2009-03-06 22:22:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG EINV PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO701 | CHINESE VP TRIP TO MEXICO - JOURNEY BEGINS WITH A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Last month,s three-day visit by Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping to Mexico was the first stop of a six-nation tour in the region. In his meetings with President Calderon, senior government officials, congressional leadership, and businessmen, Vice President Xi called for the rapid adv [...] | 2009-03-10 16:43:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN ETRD CH MX |
09MEXICO725 | MEXICO AND THE G-20 MEETINGS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Calderon has announced three sets of economic stimulus packages to help offset the impact of the global financial and economic crisis and stimulate the economy. The Mexican banking sector remains solid with an adequate capitalization rate. However, the deepening of t [...] | 2009-03-11 17:03:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN MX |
09MEXICO771 | Mexico Economic Weekly - March 13 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...] | 2009-03-13 23:00:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MEXICO811 | EVERY CRISIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY; MEXICO SEES POSITIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: While the deepening global crisis has worsened Mexico's economic outlook for 2009, the Mexican government feels it has a cushion to weather the crisis and shield its public finances in 2009 and 2010. The Finance Secretariat's chief economist pointed to the successful oil hedgin [...] | 2009-03-19 22:21:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX |
09MEXICO973 | Mexico Economic Weekly - April 3 [...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Jonathan Austin (austinjt@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...] | 2009-04-03 16:02:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX |
09MILAN96 | PRIVATE EQUITY IN ITALY: GROWING, BUT IN THE RIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: Even in the midst of economic crisis, Italy's small private equity (PE) marketplace is expanding. Larger multinational PE firms and those in search of "mega-deals" are playing a smaller role, but local PE outfits see a potential for smaller, less-leveraged, longer-horizon, "buy [...] | 2009-04-28 16:16:00 | Consulate Milan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON IT |
09MINSK127 | BELARUS: WORLD BANK, IMF SEE NEED FOR EXCHANGE RATE [...] (SBU) Post has met recently with a visiting World Bank team and the new IMF resrep. Their consensus view, shared by post, is that that resolution of the economic crisis in Belarus will require fundamental steps by the GOB beyond simply obtaining further loans and credits. Recognition of thi [...] | 2009-04-22 16:47:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PINR BO |
09MINSK14 | BELARUS: POPULATION DISTRESSED AND DISILLUSIONED BY [...] On January 1, Belarus' National Bank announced a sharp devaluation of the national currency against the U.S. dollar, Euro (EUR) and Russian ruble (RUR),fulfilling an IMF condition for a USD 2.5 billion loan. The devaluation received highly skeptical responses from independent economic observ [...] | 2009-01-09 13:07:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV EFIN BO |
09MINSK394 | BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - DECEMBER 4, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Council of Europe Official Discusses Death Penalty with GOB, A CoE Condition (para. 2) - Santa Claus May Be Sent to Prison in Belarus (para. 3) - Despite Differences, [...] | 2009-12-04 20:04:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EFIN ETRD EINV BO |
09MINSK413 | BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - DECEMBER 18, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Christian Democracy Party Denied Registration, Members Harassed and Discredited (para. 2) - State TV Criticizes Opposition Activists over Abduction Allegations (para. [...] | 2009-12-18 17:10:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EFIN ETRD EINV BO |
09MINSK426 | BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - DECEMBER 31, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society, Media -------------------- - GOB Drafts a Bill to Regulate the Internet (para. 2) - Independent Polling: Belarusians Feel Economic Pinch, Criticize GOB Policies; Although Majority Stil [...] | 2009-12-31 13:04:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EFIN BO |
09MINSK69 | BELARUS: DEEP DROPS IN EXPORTS TO RUSSIA, U.S. SHOW IMPACT [...] (SBU) Among other official Belarusian trade statistics, two figures stand out: decreases in exports to both Russia and the U.S. over 50 percent or more from 2007 to 2008. Russia is a major trade partner, and the U.S. significantly less so, but these figures confirm that the global financial c [...] | 2009-02-27 14:17:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL PGOV BO |
09MINSK78 | BELARUS: ECONOMY UNDER CONTINUED PRESSURE, BUT ON TRACK WITH [...] (SBU) Charge met March 5 with visiting IMF European Department Advisor Christopher Jarvis to discuss the economic situation in Belarus and the current state of the USD 2.46 billion provided to Belarus under a 15-month Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) by the IMF in January 2009 (reftels). Jarvis re [...] | 2009-03-05 18:00:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN PINR BO |
09MINSK87 | BELARUS: FINANCIAL CRISIS FORCES INWARD LOOK AT ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) As the global financial crisis hits Belarus' ailing economy harder month after month, the GOB is trying various methods to counterbalance it, though to little avail. While IMF conditions are being met, independent economic observers generally recognize that only radical market reforms [...] | 2009-03-17 09:35:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV BO |
09MONROVIA102 | LIBERIA: GENERAL AUDITING COMMISSION REAFFIRMS [...] (U) Summary: During an introductory call by the Ambassador, Auditor General (AG) John Morlu II praised President Sirleaf's commitment to anti-corruption and reaffirmed his support for her efforts to improve transparency and accountability in government in the face of frequent resistance. Morl [...] | 2009-02-02 17:02:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ECON PINR LI |
09MONROVIA103 | LIBERIA: AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF MONROVIA (FOR [...] (SBU) The American International School of Monrovia (AISM) was established in 2007 with the strong encouragement and support of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. The GOL provided the land and building, and sees AISM as an essential element in creating a climate that will facilitate foreign inve [...] | 2009-02-02 17:06:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ETRD ECON OPIC LI |
09MONROVIA119 | LIBERIA: GOL ANNOUNCES PRICE CUTS AND TAX CUTS [...] SUMMARY: The Liberian Ministry of Commerce lowered price ceilings on rice, petroleum and cement on January 29. The cuts come three days after the President announced a decrease in business and personal tax rates during her annual "State of the Nation" address January 26 (ref A). The President [...] | 2009-02-06 17:00:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PGOV ECON EAGR LI |
09MONROVIA219 | LIBERIA: IMPACT OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS WORSENS [...] SUMMARY: Both the GOL and International Monetary Fund (IMF) report that the impact of the global financial crisis on Liberia may be more serious than previously expected (reftels). The IMF has revised Liberia's growth projections downward from 10.3% to 6% for 2009, and from 14.8% to 8% in 201 [...] | 2009-03-24 17:35:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EFIN LI |
09MONROVIA262 | LIBERIA: POWER PROJECT AND MINING CONCESSION RECEIVE [...] (U) The Liberian Legislature ratified two major concessions April 1: the $150 million Buchanan Renewable Power (BRP) plant to produce electricity by burning chipped rubber wood (Ref A),and the $2.6 billion China Union Mineral Development Agreement (MDA) to mine iron ore (Ref B). The two conce [...] | 2009-04-14 13:18:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN LI |
09MONROVIA352 | LIBERIA VOTES FOR KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-22 13:35:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL KV LI |
09MONROVIA375 | LIBERIA: DRAFT BUDGET IS BIGGER AND MORE DETAILED [...] (U) The GOL submitted its 2009-10 draft budget for legislative consideration on May 19. Despite the global financial crunch, the budget, at $347 million, shows a 16% increase over last year's and over 400% growth from the $80 million budget when the Sirleaf administration took office. It incl [...] | 2009-05-29 11:51:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON EAID PGOV LI |
09MONROVIA415 | LIBERIA: BANKING SYSTEM STABILIZING DESPITE CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary: Although banking services remain concentrated in Monrovia, the number of banks is increasing and most are expanding their reach outside the capital. Indicators of financial soundness are improving, and there is competition to increase services beyond money transfers and fee-bas [...] | 2009-06-10 17:52:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV PGOV LI |
09MONROVIA46 | LIBERIA: NATIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY ON OPIC PROJECT [...] (SBU) Summary: The new head of National Housing Authority has assured Post that the title granting 100 acres of land to the National Housing Authority for an OPIC-funded housing project is clear, and that title to the remaining 200 acres should be confirmed shortly. Post has asked the Ministr [...] | 2009-01-15 08:07:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ECON OPIC LI |
09MONROVIA469 | WITHDRAWAL OF SAUDI LOAN IMPERILS LIBERIA'S PORT REFORM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Saudi Development Fund may be unable to fulfill its promise to provide a $50 million soft loan to renovate the Freeport of Monrovia, after Saudi Arabia and Liberia were unable to reschedule outstanding debt on terms comparable to the Paris Club. Without the Saudi loan, the [...] | 2009-06-30 13:05:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN PREL LI |
09MONROVIA52 | LIBERIA: Donor Support Remains Essential As Economy [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The IMF remains cautiously optimistic about Liberia's economic outlook and we anticipate current USG assistance programs will be adequate to address the challenges of the financial crisis. Liberia's rubber exports are down (for domestic reasons),resumption of timber exports is [...] | 2009-01-20 16:13:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ETRD EINV ECON LI |
09MONROVIA524 | LIBERIA'S FINAL BUDGET A STUDY IN WISHFUL THINKING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the midst of anemic commodity prices, flagging interest from would-be concessionaires and reduced growth forecasts, Liberia's National Legislature has approved an amended budget for 2009-2010, adding almost $25 million in expenditures to the Ministry of Finance's proposed $34 [...] | 2009-07-20 11:03:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN LI |
09MONROVIA540 | UNSC LIBERIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: INFO REPSONSE [...] In response to our request, the MFA provided the following information on Martin George: Name: Martin O. N. George Date of Birth: August 3, 1947 Place of Birth: Buchanan, Grand Bassa County Passport No.: Not available Parents: Rev. Coker A. J. George, Sr. (Deceased) Mrs. Etta Russel [...] | 2009-07-24 10:52:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC LI |
09MONROVIA628 | LIBERIA PASSES LONG-AWAITED PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ACT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-28 13:46:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN LI |
09MONROVIA76 | LIBERIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] There is growing investor interest in Liberia, particularly in agriculture, construction, the extractive industries and tourism. UN sanctions on timber exports were lifted in 2006 and on diamonds in early 2007 as Liberia became compliant with the Kimberly Process. The removal of sanctions open [...] | 2009-01-22 10:18:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB ECON PGOV OPIC USTR KTDB LI |
09MONROVIA804 | IMF THINKING ON LIBERIA'S HIPC COMPLETION POINT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Resisting political pressures to hasten Completion Point under the Highly Indebted Poor Countries Initiative before the end of 2009, an International Monetary Fund team led by Africa Director Antoinette Sayeh, Liberia's former Finance Minister, estimated that Liberia may achieve [...] | 2009-11-02 08:38:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ECOM LI |
09MONROVIA838 | FISCAL SQUEEZE SPARKS CALLS FOR BUDGET TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While the global downturn could be expected to impose some constraints on Liberia's 2009-2010 budget, the Ministry of Finance's admission that revenue collection fell a full 25 percent short of planned expenditures in the first quarter alone has raised questions about the efficac [...] | 2009-11-18 17:28:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN LI |
09MONROVIA98 | LIBERIA: AMBASSADOR RECEIVES DRIVER'S LICENSE DURING [...] (SBU) During a courtesy call by the Ambassador, Minister of Transportation Jackson Doe clarified that in addition to land, sea and air transport, MOT has jurisdiction over the National Port Authority, meteorology and hydrology functions, and over all insurance firms. The GOL is working on plan [...] | 2009-01-30 13:15:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN ECON EAIR EWWT EFIN LI |
09MONTERREY137 | MONTERREY: MONEY LAUNDERING MOVES FROM BANKS TO CASH [...] (SBU) Summary. Monterrey is a major destination for illegal bulk money transfers and money laundering from the United States. Although Mexico only intermittently prosecutes money launderers, our industry contacts believe that due to corporate self regulation and Mexican laws, money launderin [...] | 2009-04-08 19:05:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND EINV ETRD PGOV MX |
09MONTERREY202 | MEXICAN ECONOMIC RECESSION DEEPENS; BUSINESS COMPLAINS [...] (U) Summary. Mexico's growth rate showed a sharp 8.2% annualized decline in the first quarter of 2009, indicating a deeper recession than expected. Several local economists now project that Mexico's economy will decline 6-7% in 2009. Credit remains tight and confidence is still low, [...] | 2009-05-29 16:23:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN MX |
09MONTERREY206 | MEXICAN AUTO INDUSTRY HIT HARD BY U.S. RECESSION BUT EXPECTS [...] (U) Summary. The deep U.S. recession has dramatically reduced demand in the Mexican auto industry, a key source of industrial production and exports. Mexican auto producers are in an ornery mood, strongly criticizing the importation of used U.S. cars and their government's lack of su [...] | 2009-06-02 15:47:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELTN ETRD EFIN ELAB PGOV MX |
09MONTERREY278 | MAQUILA ASSOCIATION WARNS OF LOSING COMPETITIVENESS [...] Summary. With the economic crisis and falling oil revenue impacting Mexico's federal budget, maquila owners are concerned that federal lawmakers will raise taxes on their industry to increase government revenue. John Castany, President of the Nuevo Leon Maquila Association, told EconOff on [...] | 2009-07-23 21:18:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN MX |
09MONTERREY292 | NUEVO LEON ECONOMIC OUTLOOK IMPROVING SLIGHTLY [...] (SBU) Summary: The State of Nuevo Leon's Secretariat of Economic Development (SEDEC) estimates that the 2009 GDP decline for the state will be less than the national average and that employment will increase during the remaining months of the year. SEDEC expects monthly exports to stabilize [...] | 2009-07-31 14:13:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD EIND EINV ELAB ECON MX |
09MONTERREY304 | MONTERREY ECONOMISTS PREDICT INFLATION; NUEVO LEON CUTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Two noted Monterrey economists cautioned about a potential rise in inflation when the Mexican economy finally begins to rebound, which one economist predicted would occur over the next two to three quarters. Both believed overall year-end GDP would post a significant decline. [...] | 2009-08-06 19:11:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD EIND EINV ELAB ECON MX |
09MONTERREY314 | MONTERREY ECONOMIST WEIGH PROSPECTS FOR RECOVERY IN [...] (SBU) Summary. Monterrey-based economists remain hopeful as employment in Mexico's formal sector recorded its second straight month of growth in July. Even though they believe the worst of the recession may be over, David Martinez, the Chief Economist for Nuevo Leon's Secretary of Economic [...] | 2009-08-19 17:16:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD EINV ELAB PGOV ECON MX |
09MONTERREY351 | NUEVO LEON BUSINESS LEADERS SHARE DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES ON [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador's September 2 - 4 trip to Monterrey offered him opportunities to receive varied perspectives on the state of the economy in Nuevo Leon, during sessions with the Group of Ten (leaders representing some of Mexico's largest industrial and financial conglomerates),th [...] | 2009-09-23 19:58:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ECIN EFIN EINV MX |
09MONTERREY371 | NUEVO LEON'S NEW CABINET HAS FEW SURPRISES [...] (SBU) Summary: New Nuevo Leon Governor Rodrigo Medina released the names of his cabinet members on October 3. With the exception of his choice for the Secretary of Public Security, Medina's choices overwhelmingly reflect continuity from the prior administration, which is not surprising give [...] | 2009-10-06 22:31:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN SOCI PINR MX |
09MONTERREY438 | NUEVO LEON BUSINESS COMMUNITY PESSIMISTIC ABOUT NEW FISCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Reaction to the passage of the modified 2009 Fiscal Law in Nuevo Leon ranges from stoic to pessimistic. Local business leaders and economists cite decreasing competitiveness, growing uncertainty, uncontrolled spending, and a failure to broaden the tax base among their stronges [...] | 2009-11-23 22:46:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ECIN EFIN EINV MX |
09MONTERREY456 | NANOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH TAKING ROOT IN NUEVO LEON [...] (SBU) Summary. Nuevo Leon's Nanotechnology Incubator, the state's newest addition to its nanotechnology infrastructure, is nearing completion and promises to provide pilot scale production facilities to multiple institutes working together to further nanotechnology initiatives in northeastern [...] | 2009-12-14 20:24:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND EINT EINV PGOV TSPL MX |
09MONTERREY89 | MEXICAN ECONOMISTS EXPECT DISMAL ECONOMY THROUGH 2010 [...] (U) Summary. Macroeconomics has become a hot topic among Monterrey businessmen as they try to determine the length and depth of the U.S. recession and its impact on Mexico. The Mexican economy is closely linked to the United States, and the U.S. recession has been transmitted to Mexico [...] | 2009-02-23 19:45:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD MX |
09MONTEVIDEO105 | CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT LAYS OUT GOU'S ECONOMIC POLICY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Central Bank President Mario Bergara told the Charge d'Affaires that Uruguay remains relatively well-positioned to confront the worldwide economic slowdown -- its banking sector remains healthy, consumer spending is solid, and its fiscal house is in order. While some in the bu [...] | 2009-02-20 16:44:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN UY |
09MONTEVIDEO106 | ARGENTINE DEPOSITS IN URUGUAY ON THE RISE [...] Deposits by non-residents -- mainly Argentine nationals -- in Uruguayan banks rose by a significant 41 percent in 2008 to USD 2.5 billion (equivalent to 18 percent of total deposits). The increase is largely attributed to a perception by depositors of an increase in instability in neighboring [...] | 2009-02-20 16:44:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ARG UY |
09MONTEVIDEO138 | URUGUAY: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (S) Consultations with relevant Embassy sections led to the determination that Uruguay possesses no/no critical infrastructure so vital to the U.S. that its incapacitation or destruction would have a debilitating impact on U.S. security, national economic security, national public health or sa [...] | 2009-03-10 15:06:00 | Embassy Montevideo | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP UY |
09MONTEVIDEO187 | URUGUAY ENDORSES OECD STANDARDS ON TRANSPARENCY AND [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. Summary ------- 2. (U) Uruguay formally endorsed the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) standards on transparency and exchange of information in immediate response to its place [...] | 2009-04-06 16:18:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON UY |
09MONTEVIDEO217 | URUGUAY TO VOTE "ABSTAIN" ON KOSOVO'S IMF AND [...] Central Bank President Mario Bergara and MFA Deputy Director for Political Affairs Ambassador Julio Moreira told charge in separate conversations April 14 and 17 that Uruguay would vote "abstain" on Kosovo's applications for IMF and WB membership. Uruguay has yet to recognize Kosovar independ [...] | 2009-04-17 17:57:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KV UY |
09MONTEVIDEO218 | URUGUAY: UPDATED INFORMATION FOR TERRORISM FINANCE [...] Per reftel, Embassy Montevideo submits the following contact information for TFCO and Deputy TFCO: 2. TFCO Name: Jack DOUTRICH Title: Economic Officer, Economic and Commercial Section Chief Phone Number: 598 2 1770-2329 Unclassified Email: doutrichjt@state.gov Classified Email: doutrichj [...] | 2009-04-17 20:10:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER UY |
09MONTEVIDEO308 | FOLLOW UP ON URUGUAY'S ABSTENTION VOTE ON KOSOVO'S [...] (C) Charge met on May 27 with Minister of Economy and Finance Alvaro Garcia, Uruguay's World bank Governor, to follow up on the GOU's stated intention (ref B) to submit an abstaining vote on Kosovo's inclusion in the World bank. Minister Garcia agreed to verify with the MFA and indicated he w [...] | 2009-06-04 13:40:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KV UY |
09MONTEVIDEO318 | PRESENTATION BY NASDAQ MANAGING DIRECTOR ON URUGUAYAN [...] SUMMARY: Steven Phillips, Managing Director of NASDAQ and an experienced financier, came to Montevideo to participate in the Innovation Forum (reftel) and to discuss ways in which Uruguay could revitalize its moribund capital markets. In a presentation to the Capital Markets Development Grou [...] | 2009-06-08 21:52:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN UY |
09MONTEVIDEO378 | POINTS AND NON-PAPERS DELIVERED ON UNSCR 1874 [...] (SBU) Emboff delivered points and left ref A and B non-papers with the Director of the International Affairs Office at the MFA Minister Nury Bauzan, Head of the Central Bank's Financial Intelligence Unit Daniel Espinoza and Head of Sectariat for Anti-Money Laundering in the President's Office. [...] | 2009-06-30 18:24:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PARM PREL KNNP MNUC MTCRE KN UY |
09MONTEVIDEO388 | Uruguay: Macroeconomic Roundup [...] Uruguay's economy grew 2.3 percent in QI/09 over QI/2008. Despite the year-over-year increase, the economy is now shrinking, and seasonally-adjusted GDP dropped 2.9 percent in QI/2009 from QIV/08. Analysts expect GDP to continue falling in the second quarter and zero to slightly negative grow [...] | 2009-07-02 13:18:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN UY |
09MONTEVIDEO403 | URUGUAY: STEPS TOWARD MEETING TAX TRANSPARENCY [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. Summary - - - - 2. (SBU) Uruguay's tax policy chief David Eibe told the Charge July 10 that Uruguay is moving forward on its commitment to meet OECD standards on transparency and exchange of tax informat [...] | 2009-07-13 15:46:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON UY |
09MONTEVIDEO489 | URUGUAY'S RELATIONSHIP WITH ARGENTINA: NOT THE [...] (C) The relationship between Uruguay and Argentina, which has been strained since early 2006 by a dispute over the installation of a cellulose pulp plant on the Uruguayan shore of the Uruguay River, has continued to deteriorate. Political tensions, which range from the three-year long blockade [...] | 2009-08-21 14:48:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EFIN EINV ARG UY |
09MONTEVIDEO519 | URUGUAY: GOVT LAUNCHES INDEPENDENT SAVINGS PROTECTION [...] The GOU launched the Corporation of Bank Savings Protection (COPAB) on September 1. The COPAB succeeds the Superintendence of Bank Savings Protection, which was created as a Central Bank division soon after Uruguay's 2002 banking crisis. Like its predecessor, the COPAB will be in charge of p [...] | 2009-09-10 17:48:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID UY |
09MONTEVIDEO558 | URUGUAY AVOIDS ECONOMIC RECESSION, GOU THRILLED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Uruguay's GDP grew by a mild 0.5 percent in the second quarter of 2009, thus avoiding an economic recession. Growth was widespread among sectors, with only agriculture and electrical generation declining. The rise was led by rising public expenditure and public investment, whi [...] | 2009-09-25 19:31:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV UY |
09MONTEVIDEO580 | URUGUAY: DAS BASTIAN TOUTS U.S. BUSINESS' ROLE IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Department of Commerce DAS Walter Bastian stressed opportunities for commercial and technical exchange with Uruguay, especially at the state level, and emphasized to U.S. business representatives the importance of corporate social responsibility and their roles as representatives [...] | 2009-10-09 12:13:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD UY |
09MONTEVIDEO584 | URUGUAY: DAS BASTIAN TOUTS U.S. BUSINESS' ROLE IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Department of Commerce DAS Walter Bastian stressed opportunities for commercial and technical exchange with Uruguay, especially at the state level, and emphasized to U.S. business representatives the importance of corporate social responsibility and their roles as representatives [...] | 2009-10-13 17:13:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD UY |
09MONTEVIDEO670 | OTA SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES OPERATIONS IN URUGUAY [...] SUMMARY: Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) recently launched a program in Uruguay, with the visit to date of five missions from its Banking, Debt Management and the Financial Crimes Teams. There are several additional missions planned by the Banking and Financial Crimes teams us [...] | 2009-11-25 17:42:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID ECON UY |
09MONTEVIDEO734 | INCSR II -- URUGUAY [...] Post submits the 2009-2010 INCSR II report. An e-mail copy with tracked changed was delivered by e-mail, per reftel instructions. 2. While the level of money laundering and related crimes is considered relatively low in Uruguay, the country's financial system remains vulnerable to th [...] | 2009-12-17 16:57:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM PTER SNAR UY |
09MONTEVIDEO74 | CONCERNED ABOUT INFLATION, GOU TIGHTENS MONETARY POLICY AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Uruguay has steadily taken steps to moderate the impact of the global economic slowdown in recent months, including measures to keep consumer confidence and spending steady. However, concerns about rising inflationary pressures caused a shift in emphasis in late January. Whil [...] | 2009-02-09 11:00:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAGR UY |
09MONTEVIDEO760 | URUGUAY: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) This is a CORRECTED COPY of 09 Montevideo 760. Embassy point of contact for this report is Pol/Econ officer Eric Theus. ------------------ GENERAL ASSESSMENT ------------------ 2. (SBU) Uruguay is a willing partner of the U.S. in counterterrorism efforts. It supports the fight agains [...] | 2009-12-22 15:36:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC KCRM KPAO KHLS EFIN UY |
09MOSCOW1136 | RUSSIAN SME SECTOR: DESPERATELY SEEKING SOLUTIONS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified and not for internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) The economic crisis has hit Russian SMEs hard, resulting in significant setbacks to the sector's development. Access to credit, administrative barriers, corruption, and hig [...] | 2009-05-04 13:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV RS |
09MOSCOW1148 | RUSSIA-UKRAINE: "COMPLICATED" ENERGY TALKS [...] (C) Summary: In a May 4 meeting, MFA Second CIS Director Viktor Sorokin repeatedly described Tymoshenko's April 29 energy talks with Putin as "complicated." In one-on-one, small group, and the plenary meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee on Economic Cooperation, it was decided that Ga [...] | 2009-05-05 13:24:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG EFIN RS UP |
09MOSCOW1182 | RUSSIAN BANKING SECTOR'S SECOND CRISIS [...] (C) Summary. Russia's banking sector is preparing for a second wave of the financial crisis. Banks have been setting aside a higher-than-required share of in-house resources as provisions against an anticipated rise in non-peforming loans (NPLs). Some observers, including Sberbank President [...] | 2009-05-08 12:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RS |
09MOSCOW1224 | PUTIN'S ASIAN MEDIA LEITMOTIF: I'M IN CHARGE [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Putin's interview with Japanese media and his briefer exchanges with reporters while in Japan and Mongolia have given pundits a wealth of information to analyze for signs of splits within the ruling "tandemocracy," as well as for indications of Putin's predilections [...] | 2009-05-14 14:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM ECON EFIN RS |
09MOSCOW1336 | RUSSIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UN CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) Summary. Econoff delivered reftel demarche on May 21 to Alexander Pankin, Deputy Director, Multilateral Organizations Department, Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Pankin noted that a number of countries, including Russia, had difficulties with the text presented by General Assembly [...] | 2009-05-22 13:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN UNGA |
09MOSCOW1386 | MEDVEDEV AND THE "GOLDEN MEAN" [...] (C) In a May 25 speech on budget priorities, the first-ever to the Cabinet, President Medvedev acknowledged that the economic downturn was far from over. Medvedev also appeared to side with economic conservatives, who favor sharp reductions in government spending, in the televised May 25 spe [...] | 2009-05-28 12:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD RS |
09MOSCOW149 | RUSSIA WELCOMES PRESIDENT OBAMA BUT FOREIGN POLICY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-22 15:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EFIN RS |
09MOSCOW160 | RUSSIAN CENTRAL BANK ENDS GRADUAL RUBLE DEVALUATION [...] (C) In a post-trading day press conference on January 22, Central Bank (CBR) Chairman Sergei Ignatiyev announced the end of the CBR's policy of gradual ruble devaluation. The announcement came two months after the CBR embarked on a series of 1-percent devaluations against a currency "basket" [...] | 2009-01-23 15:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RS |
09MOSCOW1617 | GOR ROLLS THE DIE ON THE CAR INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) In an effort to inject life into its moribund car sector, the GOR -- through Sberbank -- has committed 500 million Euros (about USD 700 million) to the Magna consortium's successful bid for GM's European car unit Opel. For the GOR, the hope is that GM technology will improve Russian car [...] | 2009-06-19 10:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND EFIN GM RS |
09MOSCOW1626 | IMF'S MISSION TO MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary. IMF Senior Resident Representative for Russia Odd Per Brekk gave us an overview of the recent Article IV consultations with the GOR. He explained that non-vital spending comprised too much of the country's 2009 fiscal deficit. Right-sizing the deficit and directing more of the [...] | 2009-06-19 13:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RS |
09MOSCOW1647 | FOR RUSSIAN WOMEN, SURVIVAL TRUMPS RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite liberal laws and official Russian policy protecting women's rights, Russian women routinely suffer rights abuses in their daily lives, including violence and sexual harassment. Centuries-old patriarchal attitudes continue to hold sway. Soviet ideology temporarily and [...] | 2009-06-23 07:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM EFIN SOCI KWMN RS |
09MOSCOW1696 | FIRST BRIC SUMMIT OFFERS NO CONCRETE RESULTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Though labeled a resounding success by Russian President Medvedev, the first formal BRIC summit offered few concrete results. While downplaying the future role of the group, Russian MFA officials stressed that BRIC was a consultative forum that aims to address pressing global pr [...] | 2009-06-29 14:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECIN EFIN BR CH IN RS |
09MOSCOW1704 | DEMARCHE ON RECENT U.S. NOMINATION OF THREE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-30 11:12:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN ETTC RU |
09MOSCOW1912 | RUSSIA AND CHINA CONTINUE QUIET ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) In contrast to the high-profile visit of President Obama to Moscow two weeks ago and the attendant expectations for a "reset" U.S.-Russian bilateral relationship, Chinese President Hu Jintao's June 16-18 official visit was low key and almost routine. Moscow and Beijing are continuing a [...] | 2009-07-24 12:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECIN EFIN EINV CH RS |
09MOSCOW1958 | SECRETARY OF COMMERCE LOCKE'S MEETING WITH RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. During a meeting with Russian Minister of Economic Development Elvira Nabiullina on July 7 in Moscow, Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke stressed U.S. support for continued Russian integration into the world economy, including WTO accession, and raised several trade issues. Minis [...] | 2009-07-30 11:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN RS |
09MOSCOW2021 | RUSSIA'S RESPONSE TO UNSC DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-07 13:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER |
09MOSCOW203 | KUDRIN SAYS U.S. ECONOMY KEY TO RUSSIA'S RECOVERY [...] (C) Summary. In a January 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Aleksey Kudrin said the U.S. economy's recovery would be critical to a Russian economic recovery this year. He said that policy coordination with the U.S. in particular and among G-20 countries in general would produ [...] | 2009-01-29 15:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD RS |
09MOSCOW2045 | DELIVERY TO RUSSIA OF UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-10 10:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC |
09MOSCOW2053 | AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG DELEGATION MEETINGS IN MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary: Russian Foreign Ministry and financial officials, including Deputy Foreign Minister Alexei Borodavkin, assured Ambassador Philip Goldberg and his delegation that Russia fully supports United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1874 and was already taking measures regardin [...] | 2009-08-11 11:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC EFIN KNNP UNSC RU KN |
09MOSCOW2064 | GOR APPROVES 2010-12 BUDGET PARAMETERS: ARE THEY [...] (C) The GOR has approved the macroeconomic parameters of the 2010-12 federal budget based on a moderately conservative assessment that the oil price will remain at $55-57/bbl for Urals. Revenues are expected to grow slightly in line with nominal GDP and expenditures are planned at near current [...] | 2009-08-12 13:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN RS |
09MOSCOW2141 | RUSSIA'S QUARTERLY GDP DROP WORST EVER: HAS IT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-20 13:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN RS |
09MOSCOW2151 | STAFFDEL BRANEGAN IN MOSCOW: INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-21 12:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN RS |
09MOSCOW2238 | GOR PLANS $10 MILLION DONATION TO PALESTINIAN [...] (C) We delivered reftel letter to Aleksandr Nikolayevich Rudakov, Palestine Desk Senior Counselor from the MFA's Middle East and North Africa Department. Rudakov stated that, in March, Russia pledged a $10 million biannual donation to the Palestinian Authority (PA),but he also admitted that [...] | 2009-08-28 13:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EAID KWBG PGOV OPDC PREL IS RS |
09MOSCOW2298 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY GORDON [...] (C) Phil, we're all looking forward to seeing you out here next week. U.S.-Russian relations continue to feel the momentum from the July summit; your visit will be important in sharpening the focus of the Bilateral Presidential Commission and identifying areas where we can collaborate on a br [...] | 2009-09-04 10:30:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR SENV ECON EFIN RS |
09MOSCOW2354 | MEDVEDEV'S CALL FOR REFORM: ANYONE LISTENING? [...] (C) Summary: President Medvedev's article "Russia Forward," released on the Internet with little fanfare September 10, launched a vociferous debate among politicians and analysts about the feasibility and probability of the kinds of reforms needed to implement his vision for a more diverse eco [...] | 2009-09-14 15:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS |
09MOSCOW239 | RUSSIA WELCOMES PRESIDENT OBAMA BUT FOREIGN POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary. Russia will not change its foreign policy goals because of the financial crisis or difficulties in relations with the West and neighbors, according to FM Lavrov in his annual press conference on January 16. Blaming the conflicts in 2008 mostly on the West, Lavrov nonetheless e [...] | 2009-02-02 09:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EFIN RS |
09MOSCOW2402 | RUSSIA SUPPORTS US POSITION ON FAO BUDGET [...] (C) Embassy Moscow delivered reftel points to Valery I. Yudin, Administrative and Budgetary Expert in the MFA's International Organizations Department. Yudin stated that Russia fully supported the U.S. position advocating for zero nominal growth in the FAO budget cycle 2010-2011. He commente [...] | 2009-09-18 14:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | FAO EFIN AORC EAGR EAID KUNR UN RS |
09MOSCOW2416 | "RUSSIA, FORWARD!" 10 DAYS LATER: TANDEM [...] (C) Summary: Debate over President Medvedev's "Russia, Forward!" article continues unabated, though focus has turned from content and prospects for realizing his vision to consequences for the tandem. Medvedev's defense of his presidential authority in interviews with foreign correspondents - [...] | 2009-09-22 09:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS |
09MOSCOW2417 | NIZHNIY NOVGOROD HEEDS THE CALL FOR ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary: On the sidelines of meetings of the U.S. - Russia Foundation in Nizhniy Novgorod September 15-16, Ambassador Beyrle emphasized the overall "reset" in U.S.- Russia relations to develop trust by promoting economic cooperation and face-to-face exchanges, a message that local author [...] | 2009-09-22 09:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RS ECON EFIN PINR |
09MOSCOW2450 | UNITED RUSSIA POISED TO SWEEP ELECTIONS IN MOSCOW [...] (SBU) Summary: United Russia has a great advantage and is poised to sweep the elections in the Moscow Oblast, where opposition groups have little support and laws are easily broken. The hot button political issues in the October 11 elections are taxes, land distribution, and corruption. End [...] | 2009-09-26 13:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR EFIN KDEM KCOR RS |
09MOSCOW2483 | AMBASSADOR BEFORE FED COUNCIL: "RESET" WITH [...] (C) Summary: On September 21, Ambassador Beyrle addressed the Federation Council's International Relations Committee, highlighting President Obama's visit to Moscow and the importance of developing closer relations between the U.S. and Russia. Questions from committee members focused on how t [...] | 2009-09-30 07:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PMAR PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS |
09MOSCOW253 | RUSSIA CONSIDERING EXPENSIVE PATH TO FREE-FLOATING [...] (C) Summary. The ruble will almost certainly breach the level at which the Central Bank (CBR) has pledged to intervene to prevent further depreciation tomorrow. Experts are divided as to whether the Central Bank will implement its pledge to intervene. One school of thought holds that the r [...] | 2009-02-02 15:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RS |
09MOSCOW2609 | HAS THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY BOTTOMED OUT? [...] (SBU) President Medvedev recently announced that the worst of the recession was over, but real losses suffered by the economy were more severe than anticipated. The industrial sector, particularly the single-company towns, was hard hit, with unemployment remaining at an unprecedented high. Me [...] | 2009-10-20 05:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV RS |
09MOSCOW2619 | POPULAR PUTIN CAN'T HELP GOVERNOR AND UNITED [...] (C) Summary: A two-day visit to the upper Volga city of Saratov gave us the opportunity to hear about the "power vertical," by which federal government and United Russia political party authorities exercise control over oblast-level activities. The very top-down approach to decision-making ha [...] | 2009-10-21 11:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PMAR PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS |
09MOSCOW2652 | RUSSIAN FEDERAL CUSTOMS SERVICE DROPS LAWSUIT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation announced on October 22 that it had dropped its USD 22.5 billion RICO lawsuit against the Bank of New York Mellon (BONY),filed in the Moscow City Arbitration Court, in exchange for BONY paying USD 14 million to Russia to cove [...] | 2009-10-26 14:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV RS |
09MOSCOW2732 | GM'S DECISION TO RETAIN OPEL STUNS THE RUSSIANS [...] (C) The GM Board's decision to retain Opel and not sell to the Sberbank/Magna consortium has come as an unpleasant surprise to the Kremlin. Some GOR officials believe the USG, not GM, made the decision for political rather than economic reasons. Sberbank and Russian labor unions have not yet [...] | 2009-11-05 12:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EIND EFIN RS |
09MOSCOW2755 | RUSSIAN MFA ON MOLDOVA ELECTIONS, TRANSNISTRIA, [...] (C) Summary. The MFA said that in late October, Moscow had urged Moldovan Communist Party leader Voronin and presidential hopeful Lupu to compromise in the November 10 Moldovan presidential election, without proposing specific details for any agreement. Still, Russian officials believed the [...] | 2009-11-09 15:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN RS MD |
09MOSCOW2757 | NIZHNIY NOVGOROD: TRANSFORMING RUSSIA'S DETROIT [...] (C) Summary: This year's Nizhniy Novgorod Scientific and Industrial Forum focused on President Medvedev's "Five I's" (innovation, investment, intellect, infrastructure and institutions). Nizhniy Novgorod Governor Shantsev, perceived to be business friendly and well connected to the Kremlin, [...] | 2009-11-10 13:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EIND RS |
09MOSCOW2779 | UNITED RUSSIA'S NEXT STEPS AFTER TAINTED REGIONAL ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-12 12:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PMAR PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS |
09MOSCOW278 | RUSSIA WELCOMES PRESIDENT OBAMA BUT FOREIGN POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary. Russia will not change its foreign policy goals because of the financial crisis or difficulties in relations with the West and neighbors, according to FM Lavrov in his annual press conference on January 16. Blaming the conflicts in 2008 mostly on the West, Lavrov nonetheless e [...] | 2009-02-05 14:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EFIN RS |
09MOSCOW2781 | MEDVEDEV'S ANNUAL ADDRESS: POLITICAL FOCUS ON [...] (C) Summary: President Medvedev's second annual address to a joint session of the State Duma and Federation Council today built upon the intellectual foundation he had already laid in his September article "Russia, Forward!" (Ref A). Repeatedly citing the article and specific proposals from the [...] | 2009-11-12 15:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PMAR PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS |
09MOSCOW2782 | MEDVEDEV'S ANNUAL ADDRESS: ECONOMIC FOCUS SHOWS [...] (C) Summary: In contrast to his 2008 address, in which he focused first and foremost on foreign policy, the war with Georgia and harsh criticism of the United States, the overwhelming focus of Medvedev's November 12 annual address was on domestic shortcomings and the need to take steps to addr [...] | 2009-11-12 15:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PMAR PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS |
09MOSCOW2882 | UNITED RUSSIA UNVEILS "RUSSIAN CONSERVATISM," [...] (C) Summary: United Russia's national and regional leaders met in St. Petersburg November 20-21 for their annual review of party business. The highlights of the congress were the November 21 addresses by President Medvedev and Prime Minister Putin. Medvedev praised United Russia for acting q [...] | 2009-11-25 12:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PMAR PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS |
09MOSCOW2886 | BELYKH WANTS TO REFORM KIROV [...] (C) Summary: Kirov Oblast Governor Nikita Belykh met with Ambassador Beyrle November 18 to provide a review of his first year in office and discuss the road ahead. A former member of the opposition, Belykh declared, "I did not want power, and still do not want power, but power must be made to [...] | 2009-11-27 08:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM EAID ECON EFIN EMIN RS |
09MOSCOW2947 | PUTIN WAXES ELOQUENT ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC ISSUES [...] (SBU) In his annual live Q&A session with the nation, Prime Minister Putin spent longer on economic and socio-economic issues (65 minutes) than on any other topic. He praised the government,s efficiency during the crisis, comparing it favorably with the 1998 crisis. He echoed President Mede [...] | 2009-12-04 17:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN ENRG RS |
09MOSCOW3050 | U/S HORMATS MEETINGS ON RUSSIAN BILATERAL ECONOMIC [...] (C) Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Robert Hormats visited Moscow from 1-3 December, conducting meetings with a wide variety of audiences, including the Russian Presidential Administration, Russian Foreign Ministry and Economic Development Ministry offic [...] | 2009-12-18 15:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN RS |
09MOSCOW3053 | UNDER SECRETARY HORMATS MEETINGS WITH RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Robert Hormats visited Moscow from 1-3 December, conducting meetings with a wide variety of audiences, including the Russian Presidential Administration, Russian Foreign Ministry and Economic Development Ministry off [...] | 2009-12-18 16:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN RS |
09MOSCOW3123 | CHANGING ROLES IN THE TANDEM LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Recent changes in the public messages and actions of President Medvedev have led to increased uncertainty among regional authorities and bureaucrats. Medvedev's recent decisions to dismiss officials in response to public outcries over the Perm nightclub tragedy and remove prison officials [...] | 2009-12-28 14:12:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PMAR PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS |
09MOSCOW330 | RUSSIA FORUM 2009 UNCOVERS POLICY DEBATE ON [...] (C) Summary. This year's Russia Forum, hosted by Troika Dialog, highlighted fundamental disagreements in the Russian government on the best policy mix to manage the economic crisis. First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, voicing a "conservative" approach, declared the GOR would reduce bu [...] | 2009-02-11 13:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RS |
09MOSCOW334 | CRISIS-RESPONSE MEASURES FOR THE RUSSIAN CAR [...] (SBU) Russia's car companies are heavily indebted and steadily losing market share to foreign competitors. The GOR continues to employ a range of state support measures to help Russia's major vehicle manufacturers cope with the global financial crisis, including direct financial support, subs [...] | 2009-02-12 09:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD WTO RS |
09MOSCOW364 | KUDRIN URGES COORDINATED U.S.-RUSSIAN EFFORTS ON [...] (C) Summary. In a February 11 meeting with Under Secretary for Political Affairs William Burns, the Ambassador, and NSC Senior Director for Russian Affairs Michael McFaul, Finance Minister Aleksey Kudrin gave a general outline of the GOR's efforts to remedy the crisis domestically, including [...] | 2009-02-13 13:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD RS |
09MOSCOW430 | LITTLE HOPE FOR RUSSIA'S ATROPHIED INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (C) The GOR's stated commitments to modernizing and developing Russia's transportation infrastructure are unlikely to materialize soon. With a looming budget deficit, the government has cut infrastructure financing repeatedly. Some investment bankers argue that investing in infrastructure pro [...] | 2009-02-20 12:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND EFIN RS |
09MOSCOW439 | CATERPILLAR'S GIANT TRUCKS FALL VICTIM TO RUSSIAN [...] (C) The giant trucks that Caterpillar produces for the mining and construction industries have become an apparently unintended victim of Russia's recent duty increases on cars. The heavy duty vehicles, which cost about one million dollars each, currently enter Russia under a customs code reserv [...] | 2009-02-20 15:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EIND EFIN ECON RS |
09MOSCOW464 | MFA ASKS HOW CAN WE AID GAZA WITHOUT INVOLVING [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on February 25 to MFA Counselor for Israel and Palestine Aleksandr Rudokov, who said that Russia recognized the importance of the March 2 conference in Sharm al-Sheikh to address the humanitarian needs of the Palestinian people, but previous commitments could [...] | 2009-02-25 14:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG RS |
09MOSCOW502 | SUBJECT: DVORKOVICH AND A CRISIS OF "PLANETRAY [...] (C) In a February 27 meeting with the Ambassador, President Medvedev's Economic Assistant, Arkadiy Dvorkovich, said he predicts the downturn in Russia will be deeper and longer than the GOR had originally thought. He said the GOR would cover a large deficit this year out of the Reserve Fund b [...] | 2009-03-02 13:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL RS |
09MOSCOW508 | HIGH-LEVEL GOR PERSONNEL MOVES: SHELL GAME OR [...] (C) Summary: Blessed by the Kremlin, a list of 100 names of potential presidential appointees reflects compromises between elite groups loyal to Medvedev and Putin. While the list pleased some interested in greater transparency in personnel policy, the revised version that includes the son of [...] | 2009-03-02 15:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON EFIN RS |
09MOSCOW534 | GROWING CONCERNS OVER RUSSIA'S EXTERNAL DEBT [...] (C) Russia's external debt situation has become a source of increasing concern and speculation among local analysts and international bankers. The mid-February tempest over a press report that the GOR planned to coordinate a large-scale restructuring of much of Russia's private external debt [...] | 2009-03-04 15:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RS PGOV PREL |
09MOSCOW535 | INFORMATION REQUST IN ADVANCE OF G-20 MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Russia's economic downturn appears to be accelerating. Oil and gas revenues have plummeted; industrial production has fallen by 16 percent. Growth is forecast at negative 2.2 percent his year but will likely be even worse as the economy has been contracting at close to 10 percent in re [...] | 2009-03-04 16:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN RS |
09MOSCOW575 | HIGH-LEVEL RUSSIAN BUSINESS DELEGATION TO [...] (C) In a March 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Russian businessman Viktor Vekselberg, who is heading a high-level Russian business delegation to Washington this week, said the GOR had attached great importance to the delegation and its reception. The Ambassador responded that the timing was i [...] | 2009-03-11 08:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD RS |
09MOSCOW586 | GOR GEARS UP PRINTING PRESS TO FINANCE DEFICIT, [...] (C) While the GOR continues to debate its revised 2009 budget, two aspects of the budget have become clear in recent weeks: the GOR plans to run a substantial deficit and to finance the deficit with foreign currency in the Reserve Fund (RF),which will be sold to the Central Bank (CBR),which [...] | 2009-03-11 13:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RS PGOV PREL |
09MOSCOW620 | RUSSIA TRADES LOANS FOR PRESTIGE IN THE CIS AMID [...] (C) Summary. Despite its own increasing financial woes, the Russian government has recently pledged economic assistance to Kyrgyzstan, Belarus and Armenia, as well as $7.5 billion to a new Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEc) anti-crisis fund. Discussions with Ukraine and Tajikistan on fin [...] | 2009-03-13 14:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN RS ZK |
09MOSCOW621 | RUSSIA'S 2009 REVISED FEDERAL BUDGET EXPECTED SOON [...] (C) Summary. Finance Minister Aleksey Kudrin announced this week that the Russian Cabinet would begin its official review of the revised 2009 federal budget on March 16, almost three months to the day after Prime Minister Putin called for a revised budget. Intense intra-Cabinet negotiations [...] | 2009-03-13 15:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RS |
09MOSCOW686 | RUSSIA KEEPS RELATIONS WITH PAKISTAN ON THE CHEAP [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche, accompanied by a colleague from the Japanese Embassy, on March 19 to MFA Pakistan desk chief Andrey Starkov, who said that Russia would send a representative to the Pakistan Donors Conference in Tokyo. He could not say at what level the GOR would be represent [...] | 2009-03-20 11:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK RS |
09MOSCOW709 | RUSSIAN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE: DAY OF RECKONING [...] (C) As the bottom falls out of Russia's commercial real estate market, developers are scrambling to refinance hundreds of millions of dollars of debt to complete projects in the face of disappearing cash flows. Tight financing and lack of demand have halted commercial development projects thr [...] | 2009-03-23 13:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EIND EFIN RS |
09MOSCOW754 | FALLING RUSSIAN RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE PRICES [...] (C) Residential real estate prices have already fallen more than 28 percent since their October 2008 peak, with some market participants predicting total drops of 75 percent before prices hit bottom. Similar to commercial developers (reftel),"mass-market" Moscow developers owe billions of do [...] | 2009-03-26 14:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND EINV EFIN RS |
09MOSCOW859 | RUSSIA'S ECONOMY: STABILITY OR THE EYE OF THE [...] (C) The Russian economy shows signs of having stabilized in recent weeks, with oil prices edging up, the ruble stable, and a rally in the Russian stock markets. Deputy Prime Minister Shuvalov bullishly proclaimed last week that the economy had reached bottom and predicted a recovery by the en [...] | 2009-04-03 15:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV RS |
09MOSCOW880 | PUTIN'S LECTURES DUMA ON GOR'S ANTI-CRISIS MEASURES [...] (SBU) Summary: In an address widely believed to have been postponed so as not to conflict with last week's G-20 London Summit and the meeting of Presidents Obama and Medvedev, Prime Minister Putin presented his first annual report to the Duma. Putin devoted much of his hour-long speech, whi [...] | 2009-04-06 14:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV PINR RS |
09MOSCOW910 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PAKISTAN DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-09 15:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK RS |
09MOSCOW923 | BANKING CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS DIVISIONS OVER [...] (U) Officials from Russia's Central Bank and Sberbank presented opposing views of the duration of the economic crisis and the possibility of a second banking crisis at this week's Moscow Higher School of Economics annual conference. Aleksei Ulyukaev of the Russian Central Bank argued the most [...] | 2009-04-10 10:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV RS |
09MOSCOW947 | SENIOR PRESIDENTIAL AIDE ON ANTI-CRISIS MEASURES, [...] (C) In an April 10 meeting with Congressman Mike Rogers (R-MI) and the Ambassador, President Medvedev's Economic Assistant, Arkadiy Dvorkovich, defended the GOR's anti-crisis measures. Support for the banking system, especially in dealing with non-performing loans, was a GOR priority. High [...] | 2009-04-14 10:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL RS |
09MOSCOW987 | GOR BAILOUTS DONE, DEBT RESTRUCTURING NOW FLAVOR [...] (C) As we have previously reported (Refs A - D),the GOR has made a major change in policy in the last two months with respect to assisting cash-strapped Russian firms with their foreign debts. Several recent cases have made clear that the GOR is serious and that these firms can no longer exp [...] | 2009-04-17 13:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RS |
09MUMBAI108 | INDIAN GOVERNMENT ECONOMIC ADVISORS STAND BY 7 PERCENT PLUS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-16 10:00:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV EAGR EIND IN |
09MUMBAI170 | MUMBAI MASALA: CORPORATE BONDS, SOLAR ENERGY, AND RETAIL [...] (U) Table of Contents: - Capital Market Regulator talks about the Corporate Bond Market and the Financial Crisis - Ispat Energy Plans 500 MW Concentrating Solar Thermal Energy Project in Gujarat - Wal-Mart Expands its Indian Footprint while Other Big Retailers Pause to Regroup [...] | 2009-04-24 12:39:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG IN |
09MUMBAI186 | INDIA'S "INTERNATIONAL WORKER" PROVISION FOR PENSION FUNDS [...] Summary: (SBU) Social security in India is most closely approximated by provident funds (PF),an employment-based retirement fund, similar to a U.S. 401(K) plan. In October 2008, the Indian Ministry of Labor and Employment created a new category of mandatory coverage for "international work [...] | 2009-05-11 11:56:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ELAB IN |
09MUMBAI195 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: WILL POWER SECTOR POLITICS IN MAHARASHTRA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-15 12:04:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG EPET PGOV IN |
09MUMBAI198 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: CONGRESS COMEBACK IN WESTERN INDIA [...] (U) Summary: In the 2009 national election in western India, the Congress Party gained seats in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, along the lines of national trends. The Congress lost only one seat in Gujarat, much less than was expected. The Congress hopes that the momentum in Maharashtra wi [...] | 2009-05-19 11:27:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PINR IN ECON EFIN |
09MUMBAI238 | INDIAN CORPORATE BOND MARKET MOVING SLOWLY BUT STEADILY [...] (SBU) Summary: Since September 2008, the Indian corporate bond market has witnessed an increase in trading volumes as Indian companies found it difficult to raise money through other routes. Both the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) have taken in [...] | 2009-06-12 06:39:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ECON IN |
09MUMBAI273 | MUMBAI ECONOMISTS DISCUSS NEXT STEPS NECESSARY TO COUNTER [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 16, a group of leading economists in Mumbai discussed possible economic reforms by the newly-elected Congress-led government. All economists agreed that the mood in the Indian economy is currently buoyant and confidence ruled. Nevertheless, they cautioned that timely g [...] | 2009-06-30 06:11:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EAGR IN |
09MUMBAI282 | INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES FORUM HOLDS PANEL WITH [...] (U) Summary. On June 17, the International Financial Services Forum (IFSF),Mumbai - a collaborative effort of Consulate Mumbai and the British High Commission - hosted a panel-discussion entitled, "Working with Indian Regulators." The panel, comprised of three of India's most distinguished [...] | 2009-07-06 08:53:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON IN |
09MUMBAI311 | MUMBAI BUSINESSES FINDING NEW MECHANISMS FOR TRADE WITH [...] (C) Summary: While large Indian conglomerates are wary of investing in Iran, Mumbai's small and medium size trade companies continue to do business with their Iranian counterparts, explaining the 42 percent increase in India's non-petroleum and non-crude oil trade with Iran in the last year. [...] | 2009-07-28 08:32:00 | Consulate Mumbai | SECRET | EINV ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD ETTC EIND KCRM IR KS |
09MUMBAI316 | MUMBAI MASALA: 2003 MUMBAI BOMBINGS, RBI KEEPS INTEREST [...] (U) Table of Contents: - Three Convicted for 2003 Mumbai Bombings - RBI Keeps Interest Rates on Hold, Expresses Concerns Over Inflation - Successful Trafficking Bust By Navi Mumbai Police - Global Office Equipment Supplier Office Depot Thinks Big But Will Tread Cau [...] | 2009-07-31 10:05:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ECON PHUM KDEM KWMN PTER IN |
09MUMBAI327 | FOREIGN INVESTORS CHASE INDIAN ECONOMY'S GOOD NEWS BUT WEAK [...] (SBU) Summary: According to investors and finance professionals in Mumbai, economic sentiment in India is on the upswing. Key indicators, including rising capital markets, corporate earnings, and manufacturing indices confirm this belief. Foreign institutional investors (FII) are returnin [...] | 2009-08-07 11:46:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND EINV ETRD EAGR IN |
09MUMBAI328 | INDUSTRY DEBATES NEED FOR INCREASED FDI LIMITS AS REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: After years of fast-paced growth, the Indian life insurance industry saw a seven percent decline in premiums collected in 2008-09. Industry experts asserted that these declines were more the result of domestic factors such as the interest rate hikes in mid-2008 rather than the [...] | 2009-08-07 12:36:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV IN |
09MUMBAI341 | INDIA'S SECRETARY FOR ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENDS NUCLEAR FUEL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-21 09:51:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY BEXP EINV EFIN ECON PREL IN |
09MUMBAI346 | MINISTER FOR CORPORATE AND MINORITY AFFAIRS PROMOTES [...] (SBU) Summary: In a recent talk in Mumbai, Salman Khurshid, Union Minister of State for Corporate Affairs and Minority Affairs, promised a "hands off" attitude towards the state's role in corporate governance. He praised the effective handling of the Satyam scandal, but called for further [...] | 2009-08-25 10:37:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV SOCI IN |
09MUMBAI371 | MUMBAI ECON MASALA: ECONOMISTS EXPRESS CONCERN OVER FISCAL [...] Mumbai Econ Masala Contents: n Economists Point to Rising Production and Capex as Positive Economic Indicators~. n ~But Note Concerns of Rising Inflation and Fiscal Deficit n Deficit Continues to Concern Economists n Interest-Rate Futures Reintroduced in India Econo [...] | 2009-09-10 05:48:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EFIN EIND EINV IN |
09MUMBAI373 | A USER'S GUIDE TO THE RESERVE BANK OF INDIA AND THE INDIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the last decade, the Indian banking sector has deepened, matured, and grown, and many of its banks have become leaders in the new Indian economy. Moreover, foreign banks have also succeeded in expanding in the Indian market, and have become a significant part of the banki [...] | 2009-09-11 08:56:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV IN |
09MUMBAI415 | ARE CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE U.S. IN [...] Summary: As efforts to introduce clean and renewable energy in India grow, energy entrepreneurs hope that a mix of government policies, international technology transfers, and better access to financing will spur the development of a competitive clean energy industry. Many Indian companies ha [...] | 2009-10-30 09:19:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG EPET ETRD ETTC IN |
09MUMBAI439 | PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS IN INDIA BELIEVE BETTER TIMES AHEAD [...] SUMMARY: Fund managers at private equity (PE) firms are expressing renewed confidence in high-growth opportunities in India, after a long hiatus. While the market for private equity dried up from a high of $17.3 billion in FY2007 to $3 billion in year-to-date FY2009, PE investors report that [...] | 2009-11-19 09:09:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG ELTN IN |
09MUMBAI444 | GOLDEN" MAHARASHTRA'S ECONOMY IS STILL INDIA'S BIGGEST, BUT [...] (U) Summary: The state of Maharashtra has historically been the seat of economic and financial power in India. State government officials, members of the business community, and investors told Congenoffs that Maharashtra's historical status as the top investment destination is also driven by [...] | 2009-11-25 12:14:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB ENRG ETRD IN |
09MUMBAI479 | INDIAN NUCLEAR ESTABLISHMENT HIGHLIGHTS REPROCESSING AND [...] (U) Summary: The U.S.-India Business Council's delegation of U.S. commercial nuclear energy vendors engaged with the Indian nuclear energy establishment in Mumbai to discuss the role of U.S. companies in augmenting India's nuclear energy capacity. The Nuclear Power Corporation of India, the go [...] | 2009-12-17 07:41:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG KNNP ETRD IN |
09MUMBAI56 | INDIA'S LABOR INTENSIVE SMALL BUSINESS SECTOR STRUGGLING IN [...] (U) Summary: During a discussion with Consul General, stakeholders from the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) noted that shrinking global demand, and not lack of bank credit, is hurting the sustainability of MSME business operations. They pointed out that most MSMEs could not get [...] | 2009-02-10 09:13:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECIN ECON IN |
09MUMBAI85 | MUMBAI BUSINESS COMMUNITY RAISES CHALLENGES TO IMPROVING [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with Mumbai-based business executives and corporate governance experts, CongenOff heard that corporate governance is still at a nascent stage in India. While most acknowledged that the size of the Satyam Computer scandal was exceptional, interlocutors also believe t [...] | 2009-03-02 05:53:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV EAGR IN |
09MUMBAI96 | RBI CUTS TWO KEY INTEREST RATES TO SPUT LENDING AS INDIA [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 4, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI),long anticipated, lowered two interest rates by 50 basis points in an effort to boost credit, raise consumer confidence, and spur economic growth. With inflation dropping, the RBI has more room to cut interest rates, though most obs [...] | 2009-03-09 13:27:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EFIN EIND EINV ETRD IN |
09MUNICH166 | DIM PICTURE OF ECONOMIC SITUATION IN GERMANY DRAWN BY [...] At a conference celebrating the 60th anniversary of the influential Munich-based think-tank, ifo, President Hans-Werner Sinn dueled with German Federal Bank (Bundesbank) President Axel Weber on the outlook for the German economy. Sinn, one of Germany's most influential and most-quoted economi [...] | 2009-07-06 05:50:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL GM |
09MUNICH197 | REGIONAL BAVARIAN VIEWS ON A GERMAN CREDIT CRUNCH [...] (SBU) With a persistent focus among media and business leaders on the question of whether Germany is caught in a credit crunch, ConGen Munich surveyed local finance and business leaders to understand what is happening in Bavaria, one of Europe's largest economies. There is a liquidity supply [...] | 2009-07-31 05:47:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL GM |
09MUSCAT1003 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OMAN REVIEWING U.S. WTO REMANUFACTURING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-05 10:34:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETRD PREL ECON MU |
09MUSCAT1033 | OMAN - DESIGNATION OF MALAYSIAN BANK AND BANK MELLAT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-18 12:53:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KNNP PARM MU |
09MUSCAT11 | OMAN HAILS FREE TRADE AGREEMENT IMPLEMENTATION [...] (U) The U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA) officially entered into force on January 1, 2009 after an exchange of diplomatic notes in Washington, D.C. and the signing of a corresponding proclamation by the President. Ratified in 2006, the agreement has been hailed by Oman's public and priva [...] | 2009-01-05 15:46:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON ETRD EFIN MU |
09MUSCAT12 | OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER READOUT OF GCC SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: In a January 4 meeting with the Ambassador, Oman's foreign minister stated that Gulf leaders at the GCC Summit in Muscat agreed to move ahead with plans for a common currency - without Omani participation - despite the bleak global financial environment. Due to intense competitio [...] | 2009-01-05 15:57:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EFIN IN IR PK MU |
09MUSCAT148 | OMAN'S COMMERCE MINISTER: U.S. LEADERSHIP CRITICAL TO [...] (C) American leadership is "critical" to the world's recovery from the global economic crisis, according to Oman's Minister of Commerce & Industry, Maqbool bin Ali bin Sultan. The minister told the Ambassador February 26 that now is the time for the U.S. to assert the leadership that "the wo [...] | 2009-02-28 12:00:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN MU |
09MUSCAT161 | Ambassador and MinFin Macki Talk Economy-- Oman's [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an hour-long discussion with the Ambassador, one of Oman's most influential ministers reviewed the global, regional, and domestic economic situation, making a strong case, buttressed by recent Moody's and S&P assessments, that Oman was on a strong financial footing that would p [...] | 2009-03-03 13:46:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV MU |
09MUSCAT19 | OMAN DENOUNCES ISRAEL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY [...] (C) Summary: The Secretary General of Oman's foreign ministry harshly criticized "Israeli aggression" in Gaza and the alleged inaction of the UN Security Council and international community to stop the killing of Palestinians in a January 7 assembly of the local diplomatic corps. He stated [...] | 2009-01-07 13:32:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG ECON EFIN KCRM MOPS MU |
09MUSCAT195 | Pakistan Donors Conference: Oman [...] (SBU) Charge d'Affaires delivered reftel information March 17 to Lyutha al-Mughairy, Office Director for Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Secretary General Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi. Al-Mughairy said she understood U.S. concerns regarding Pakistan and would raise the matter directly with the MF [...] | 2009-03-18 12:34:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN IBRD IMF PK MU |
09MUSCAT331 | SULTAN QABOOS SHARES VIEWS ON IRAN, SYRIA, ECONOMICS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-15 09:17:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS EFIN IR SY AE SA MU |
09MUSCAT369 | UPDATING INFORMATION FOR TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] Per reftel, Embassy Muscat's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) and Deputy TFCO are: TFCO Nicole Martin Economic-Commercial Officer Office: 968-24-643-623 Fax: 968-24-694-355 Cell: 968-99-459-987 e-mail: martin@state.gov e-mail 2: martinn2@state.sgov.gov [...] | 2009-04-22 14:04:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN ETTC PTER |
09MUSCAT53 | MORE SPENDING AND RECORD DEFICIT IN OMAN'S 2009 BUDGET [...] (C) Despite a slowing economy, Oman's 2009 budget forecasts increased government revenues and spending. It also features a record high deficit of over USD 2 billion that could increase if the projected annual average sales prices for Omani crude oil fails to reach the USD 45/barrel target. Cu [...] | 2009-01-21 13:18:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN ENRG EPET ETRD MU |
09MUSCAT565 | URGENT FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE: VOTING FOR KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK [...] (SBU) DCM and PolEcon Officer met on May 31 with Mohammed al-Hassan, Political Affairs Director for the Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi. When asked whether Oman planned to support Kosovo for World Bank membership, Al Hassan said that Oman's vote will fall in line wi [...] | 2009-06-02 14:17:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KV PREL MU |
09MUSCAT84 | FTA HIGH ON OMANI AGENDA, BUT MORE U.S. ASSISTANCE NEEDED [...] (SBU) Since its January 1 implementation, the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA) continues to capture the attention of the regional business community as well as the Omani government. Post has experienced a significant increase in outside inquiries and comments regarding both the FTA and ne [...] | 2009-02-01 12:43:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KMPI MU |
09NAIROBI1036 | KENYA ECONOMIC NOTES: MAY 2009 [...] Leading Indicators Suggest Negative Per Capita Growth 2. Kenya Tourism Shows Signs of Life 3. USG-Sponsored IPR Conference Raises Awareness 4. Export Processing Zones (EPZ) Fared Well in 2008 Â [...] | 2009-05-22 07:51:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB ECPS EINV EFIN ETRD KIPR PINR KE |
09NAIROBI1093 | KENYA: VOTE FOR KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] (SBU) ON June 3, the Government of Kenya submitted its votes (via email) in favor of Kosovo's World Bank membership. Copies of the ballots and the World Bank's confirmation of receipt have been forwarded via email to the Kosovo desk, Treasury, and the Kenya desk. Kenya previously voted in fa [...] | 2009-06-03 12:55:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL KV KE |
09NAIROBI119 | KENYA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: JANUARY 2009 [...] (SBU) IMF SEES SLOW GROWTH/RECESSION IN 2009 2. (SBU) TEACHERS STRIKE; POLICE MAKE ARRESTS 3. (SBU) CIVAIR LEADERSHIP UP IN THE AIR Â [...] | 2009-01-21 14:56:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV EAGR ELAB EINV EFIN ETRD EAID BEXP PINR |
09NAIROBI1268 | KENYA, IRENA, AND CLEAN ENERGY INITIATIVES [...] Per reftels, post informed Kenyan Ministry of Energy Senior Deputy Secretary for Administration Paul Ngatia on June 24 that the United States welcomes the formation of the International Renewal Energy Agency (IRENA) and is considering signing the IRENA Statute at the June 28-30 consultative me [...] | 2009-06-24 14:00:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KGHG SENV ECON ETRD EFIN KE |
09NAIROBI178 | KENYA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: FEBRUARY 2009 [...] (SBU) KENYA STRUGGLES WITH GROWING DEFICIT 2. (SBU) TEACHERS CALL OFF STRIKE 3. (SBU) SEACOM CABLE SET TO LAND JUNE 27 Â [...] | 2009-02-03 12:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB ECPS EINV EFIN ETRD EAID BEXP PINR ASEC |
09NAIROBI1885 | KENYA BACK TO THE FUTURE: CHARTERHOUSE BANK LOOKS [...] (C) Ambassador met with Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Governor Njuguna Ndung'u at the latter's request on September 2. Ndung'u provided Ambassador with a heads-up that Charterhouse Bank (reftel a),which has been closed by order of the Ministry of Finance and supervised by the CBK for the last [...] | 2009-09-08 14:09:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KCRM KE PGOV PREF KCOR |
09NAIROBI2007 | KENYA: SEPTEMBER ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] KENYA BUREAU OF STANDARDS CHIEF SACKED; POTENTIAL POSITIVE STEP 2. GDP GROWTH BELOW TARGET, GOK MULLS IMF PROGRAM REQUEST, AND FOOD/ENERGY PRICES SET TO RISE 3. AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOR AGRICULTURAL REFORM IN FACE OF RECURRING DROUGHT 4. TURKANA WIND PROJECT PROMISES NEW ENERGY CAPACITY [...] | 2009-09-23 14:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ELAB ECPS EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PINR KCOR |
09NAIROBI2129 | SOMALIA - PRIVATE FINANCING FOR THE TFG [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 1, AF/E,s Senior Somalia Desk Officer and the Djibouti Somalia Watcher met with Banque Pour le Commerce et l,Industrie ) Mer Rouge (Bank for Commerce and Industry ) Red Sea; BCIMR) CEO Ould Amar Yahya at the Djibouti main office. BCIMR is the only international bank [...] | 2009-10-07 09:34:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PINR SO |
09NAIROBI2260 | KENYA: OCTOBER ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] IMF FORECASTS CY2009 2.7% ECONOMIC GROWTH 2. TOURISM SHOWS SIGNS OF RECOVERY 3. WILDLIFE THREATENED BY DROUGHT AND INCREASED POACHING 4. CORRUPTION SURFACES AT THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION Â [...] | 2009-10-30 09:35:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ELAB ECPS EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PINR KCOR |
09NAIROBI2398 | SOMALIA - WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE TFG'S FINANCES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Somalia Transitional Federal Government's (TFG) finances are generally funneled through four accounts that we are aware of: a UN trust fund, the PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) mechanism, the Central Bank, and a government account at the Somali money transfer company Dahabshil [...] | 2009-11-23 17:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN ECON KDEM EAID SO |
09NAIROBI2408 | KENYA: CHINA DRILLING FOR OIL IN ISIOLO [...] (SBU) Summary: The China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) is drilling for oil in the Isiolo region of Kenya. Kenya won't realistically know until January 2010 if they have struck a commercially viable deposit. To date, oil exploration in Kenya has been unsuccessful. Kenya has no o [...] | 2009-11-25 11:18:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG SENV KE |
09NAIROBI428 | KENYA ECONOMIC NOTES: MARCH 2009 [...] (SBU) ECONOMIC ADVISOR TO GOK LEADERS: "GET REAL" 2. (SBU) IMF MISSION EXPLORES SUPPORT FOR KENYA 3. (SBU) HORTICULTURE EXPORTERS LOOK TO THE U.S. MARKET 4. (SBU) KENYAN TRAVEL TO THE U.S. DECLINES Â [...] | 2009-03-03 09:13:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB ECPS EINV EFIN ETRD EAID BEXP PINR ASEC |
09NAIROBI600 | AMBASSADOR URGES GOK TO BEGIN ENFORCING ITS [...] In his keynote address at a March 11 workshop on brand protection and the observance of intellectual property rights organized by the Kenya Association of Manufacturers, Ambassador Ranneberger urged the Government of Kenya to begin enforcing the recently enacted Anti-Counterfeit Act of 2009 in [...] | 2009-03-25 14:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD EINV EFIN ECON PGOV KCOR KE |
09NAIROBI638 | KENYA ECONOMIC NOTES: APRIL 2009 [...] (SBU) Drought Contributes to GOK Fiscal Woes; A Macro Update 2. (SBU) Shipping News from the Port of Mombasa 3. (SBU) Coastal Tourism in Decline 4. (SBU) Broadband Comes to Kenya 5. (SBU) Anti-Money Laundering Legislation Still Stalled 6. (U) Kenya Expands Geothermal Production [...] | 2009-04-01 08:21:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB ECPS EINV EFIN ETRD EAID BEXP PINR ASEC |
09NAIROBI761 | DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD BANK BID [...] (SBU) Emphasizing the high priority the USG places on Kosovo's success and the need for Kenya's support for Kosovo's application to the World Bank and IMF, the Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Minister of Finance Kenyatta on April 15. Kenyatta, carefully considering the Ambassador's po [...] | 2009-04-16 06:06:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL KV KE |
09NAIROBI809 | KIBAKI ADDRESSES OPENING OF PARLIAMENT [...] Summary: At the April 21 opening of the third session of Parliament, 199 of 222 members of Parliament (MPs) attended and listened attentively to the President's and Speaker's speeches. In their opening prayers, religious leaders called for peace, unity, and strength even as the country was goin [...] | 2009-04-24 12:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAGR SENV KE UG |
09NAIROBI86 | KENYA PASSES LONG AWAITED ANTI-COUNTERFEIT GOODS BILL [...] Summary: On 10 December 2008, Kenya's Parliament finally passed a long awaited anti-counterfeit goods bill, which substantially raises penalties for individuals convicted of manufacturing, importing, and selling knockoffs. President Mwai Kibaki signed it December 24 and it is expected to be p [...] | 2009-01-13 14:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR KCRM ETRD PHUM EINV EFIN ECON PGOV KE |
09NAIROBI866 | DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD BANK BID [...] (SBU) On May 4, Econ Counselor followed up with the Kenyan Ministry of Finance regarding Kenya's vote on Kosovo membership of the IMF and World Bank. Staff in the office of the Ministry of Finance's Economic Secretary (third ranking in the Ministry) confirmed that Kenya faxed in its "yes" vot [...] | 2009-05-04 11:41:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL KV KE |
09NAIROBI992 | KENYA'S NEW BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE PROMISES GROWTH [...] Summary: Kenya will revolutionize its telecom industry when it initiates its first fiber optic internet connection on June 27. This broadband connection will vastly improve the quality of internet access to Kenya and contiguous landlocked countries. With increased internet capacity, the fibe [...] | 2009-05-15 09:12:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ETRD ETTC ECON EINT PGOV EFIN EINV KE |
09NAPLES53 | CAN ITALY'S ETERNAL "SOUTHERN QUESTION" BE SOLVED? [...] (SBU) Summary: The economy of southern Italy has been in a sad state for over a decade, with almost zero growth and chronic unemployment. The worldwide economic crisis does not bode well for a region where 22.5 percent of the population lives below the poverty line. Only one-half of one per [...] | 2009-04-23 10:37:00 | Consulate Naples | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KCRM KCOR IT |
09NAPLES74 | GROWTH PLUMMETS IN ITALY'S CAMPANIA REGION [...] (SBU) Summary: A new report by Italy's central bank shows that the country's second-most populous region, Campania, has the lowest growth rate in Italy and the lowest rate of employment of any region in the EU. The region has experienced stagnant growth for about fifteen years, but the globa [...] | 2009-06-23 07:39:00 | Consulate Naples | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KCRM KCOR IT |
09NAPLES90 | FIXING ITALY'S SOUTHERN PROBLEM: BERLUSCONI'S "NEW DEAL" [...] (SBU) Summary: Using American comparisons such as "New Deal" and "Marshall Plan," Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has outlined his government's new plan for the South, which he intends to supervise personally. The three priority sectors are infrastructure, tourism, and innovation. The Ita [...] | 2009-08-13 15:53:00 | Consulate Naples | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN KCOR KCRM IT |
09NASSAU107 | CHINESE VICE PREMIER'S VISIT BRINGS $150 MILLION [...] (U) Summary: Chinese Vice Premier Hui Langyu arrived in Nassau on February 17 for an official two-day visit to The Bahamas. The Government of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas (GCOB) and the Government of the People's Republic of China (GOC) signed four memorandums of understating on February [...] | 2009-02-19 15:44:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD BF |
09NASSAU13 | NASSAU-WYNDHAM TO CLOSE FOR TWO MONTHS AND HOTEL [...] (U) On January 6 the Wyndham Nassau Resort and Crystal Palace Casino announced they will close from August 17 - October 5 (the bottom of the slow season) in order to cut costs during the economic crisis. Tourist arrival numbers and hotel occupancy rates dropped during the last three months o [...] | 2009-01-08 15:07:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ELAB BF |
09NASSAU140 | FORMER AG CLAIMS U.S. LAW ENFORCEMENT ILLEGALLY [...] (U) On March 4 local media reported remarks by former Attorney General Alfred Sears that U.S. federal agents and prosecutors have been illegally approaching financial institutions in The Bahamas for information. Sears cited no specific cases but said it is becoming common for U.S. officials [...] | 2009-03-06 18:25:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN BF |
09NASSAU149 | BAHAMIANS WORRIED OVER IMPACT OF STOP TAX HAVEN [...] (U) Summary: News concerning the proposed Stop Tax Haven Abuse bill, which names The Bahamas as one of 34 secrecy jurisdictions, has generated considerable discussion in local media and amongst politicians. The financial services sector makes up 15 percent of the country's GDP and, tourism i [...] | 2009-03-11 20:37:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN BF |
09NASSAU159 | CLICO BAHAMAS LIQUIDATED FOLLOWING COLLAPSE OF TRINIDAD'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: Nearly one hundred agents were laid off from one of The Bahamas largest insurance companies, CLICO Bahamas Ltd., the week of March 2 as the company goes into liquidation. Concerns were raised when Trinidad based parent company, CL Financial, collapsed due to massive losses and [...] | 2009-03-16 16:14:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ETRD BF |
09NASSAU180 | CHINA AGREES TO FINANCE RESORT PROJECT IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Baha Mar Resort officials announced on March 10 that the ExIm Bank of China and the China State Construction Engineering Corporation have formally agreed to finance a major construction project in Nassau. Bahamian officials are hopeful that this project, which has been stalled [...] | 2009-03-19 19:34:00 | Embassy Nassau | SECRET | ECON EFIN ETRD BF |
09NASSAU20 | BAHAMAS: DEMARCHE ON DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche points regarding the designation of additional Iranian entities to Donna Lowe, Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Legal Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on January 8. Ms. Lowe acknowledged the points of the demarche and provided no additional [...] | 2009-01-09 20:56:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN PARM IR BF |
09NASSAU202 | PM VOWS TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY IN FINANCIAL [...] (U) Summary: In an address to Parliament on March 25, Prime Minister Ingraham announced his government's plans to 'reaffirm' their commitment to transparency and exchange of information on offshore tax standards. Ingraham said a press release detailing The Bahamas' plans to enforce evolvin [...] | 2009-03-30 17:11:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN BF |
09NASSAU207 | NASSAU MONTHLY -- MARCH 2009 [...] (U) This is a monthly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. -- SOUTHCOM Still Loves Nassau -- Nassau World's Busiest Cruise Port, Visitor Numbers Still Down -- PM: Government Revenue "Disastrous" -- Unemployment Hits 15 Year High -- Old Police [...] | 2009-03-31 20:58:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BF |
09NASSAU226 | BAHAMAS DELEGATION FOR THE SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-14 19:34:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT AORC APER BEXP ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD KSUM PGOV |
09NASSAU247 | CODEL IMPRESSED BY OPBAT, STRONG BILATERAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CODEL Conyers visited The Bahamas April 7-9 to review OPBAT operations and assess current drug and migrant challenges. GCOB officials led by Prime Minister Ingraham described the negative impact of the situation in Haiti on both OPBAT and The Bahamas. PM Ingraham stressed th [...] | 2009-04-20 20:14:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV HA BF |
09NASSAU251 | SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS: PM ASSERTS BAHAMAS WILL [...] (U) A banner headline April 20 captured the Bahamian media's coverage of Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham's attendance at the Summit of the Americas (SOA): "PM Lobbies U.S. on Tax Bill". All media prominently reported the PM's statement that The Bahamas did not deserve to be named as a secrec [...] | 2009-04-21 20:53:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KPAO PGOV PREL BF |
09NASSAU291 | BAHAMAS VOTES FOR KOSOVO AT IMF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Ingraham, also Finance Minister, has decided to support Kosovo's membership in the IMF. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs clarified that the GCOB's decision does not constitute a change in policy on recognition, however. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Charge d'Affaires re [...] | 2009-05-04 18:53:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KV BF |
09NASSAU293 | NASSAU MONTHLY - APRIL 2009 [...] This is a monthly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. -- Rum Drinkers Mourn as Bacardi Closes for Good -- Reality TV Comes to The Bahamas -- Arrested Gambling Kingpin "Would Not Support National Lottery" -- Embassy Re-Plants JFK Tree for Earth [...] | 2009-05-06 17:38:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BF |
09NASSAU320 | BAHAMAS: SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ON DPRK ENTITIES [...] (S/NF) Post deliverd reftel demarche points and non-paper on the UN Security Council 1718 Sanctions Committee designation of three additional North Korean entities subject to the relevant asset freeze provisions to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Permanent Secretary, and Head of Legal Divi [...] | 2009-05-19 20:49:00 | Embassy Nassau | SECRET//NOFORN | KNNP EFIN ETTC PREL PARM |
09NASSAU345 | BAHAMAS VOTES FOR KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Finance informed Post May 29 that the GCOB had decided to support Kosovo's World Bank membership and was voting accordingly, by fax by the end of the day. ZUNIGA-BROWN [...] | 2009-05-29 18:30:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL BF |
09NASSAU349 | UK DIRECT RULE COMING SOON TO TURKS AND CAICOS [...] (SBU/NF) SUMMARY: The UK is set to introduce direct rule in the British Overseas Territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) to address evidence of official corruption and financial mismanagement as the protests of the embattled ex-Premier and his successor fall on deaf ears. Domestic op [...] | 2009-06-03 15:09:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SMIG PHUM ECON ETRD EFIN BF TK UK |
09NASSAU353 | BAHAMIAN TOURISM LOSING ITS COMPETITIVE EDGE [...] (SBU)SUMMARY: CEO and Chairman of BahaMar Resort, Starkis Izmirlian, told Chamber of Commerce officials that The Bahamas is in jeopardy of losing its competitive edge in tourism if steps are not taken to improve the educational system and infrastructure. Izmirlian noted that the tourism arri [...] | 2009-06-03 17:54:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON BF |
09NASSAU358 | BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT DEBT REACHES "DANGER" MARK [...] (U) The Central Bank of The Bahamas reported that by June 2010 the national debt will rise to 43.2 percent of GDP - a threshold well above the generally accepted "danger" level (40 percent). Agencies such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Standard and Poor's become concerned when t [...] | 2009-06-09 21:33:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN BF |
09NASSAU41 | THE BAHAMAS LOOKS HOPEFULLY TO CHINA TO SPUR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Amid the recent economic downturn The Bahamas has turned to China for a crucial infusion of liquidity to finance investment and capital projects. The two governments recently signed the agreement to proceed with the construction of the national stadium - China's gift to The Bah [...] | 2009-01-22 21:40:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN BF |
09NASSAU412 | BAHAMAS: DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTING FINANCIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-09 16:52:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP ECON EFIN PARM PREL BF |
09NASSAU414 | BAHAMAS MONTHLY -- JUNE 2009 [...] This is a monthly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. -- IMF Recommends Increasing Revenue by 1.75 Percent -- Admission Applications for College of The Bahamas Increases by 20 Percent -- 10,000 Bahamians Apply for Unemployment Benefits -- [...] | 2009-07-09 17:50:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BF |
09NASSAU460 | BAHAMAS NEGOTIATING 14 NEW TAX INFORMATION [...] (U) Minister of State for Finance Zhivargo Laing announced on July 29 that The Bahamas is negotiating Tax Information Exchange Agreements (TIEA) with 14 countries. This announcement comes on the heels of Prime Minister,s Ingraham pledge to enforce standards on tax transparency after The Baham [...] | 2009-08-04 19:40:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN BF |
09NASSAU526 | CHINA CHAIRMAN BANGGUO TO VISIT; SIGN MAJOR [...] (U) China,s Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People,s Congress and the country,s second-highest ranking party officer, Wu Bangguo, will make an official visit to The Bahamas September 3-6 to sign three major trade and investment agreements with the GCOB. These agreements incl [...] | 2009-09-02 19:19:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | BF ECON EFIN ETRD |
09NASSAU56 | A GRIM OUTLOOK FOR 2009 FORECASTED AT THE BAHAMAS [...] SUMMARY: Presenters at the Annual Bahamas Business Outlook Seminar held on January 15 painted a grim financial picture for the year ahead. Prime Minister Ingraham delivered the key note address, noting diversification is not necessarily the golden ticket to alleviating economic woes, while [...] | 2009-01-28 20:23:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV BF |
09NASSAU560 | CHINESE OFFER “GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES†TO THE BAHAMAS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The highest ranking Chinese official ever to have visited The Bahamas, Chairman Wu Bangguo, announced several lucrative financial agreements for major infrastructure and tourism projects in The Bahamas totaling USD 164.3 million dollars. These agreements include a financing framework f [...] | 2009-09-15 14:14:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | BF ECON ETRD EFIN |
09NASSAU605 | Embassy Nassau Response to OPIC-Supported Global Renewable [...] (U) The following information is provided in response to the questions posed in reftel paragraph 5. 1) The need for renewable energy capital in the Bahamian Market: The Bahamas is an archipelago with substantial potential wind, solar and wave/current energy resources that are well suited to [...] | 2009-10-02 15:48:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN |
09NASSAU62 | THE STANDARD AND POOR'S CONTROVERSY [...] SUMMARY: Standard and Poor's Sovereign Report released on December 29, 2008 has generated heated debate between the governing Free National Movement (FNM) and opposition Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) officials. The report states that the FNM's decision to delay several PLP signed contract [...] | 2009-01-30 16:44:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV BF |
09NASSAU634 | IT'S STILL NOT BETTER IN THE BAHAMAS: ECONOMIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: Economic indicators for The Bahamas remained strongly negative. Central Bank reports point to loan defaults of almost USD 1 billion, decreased private sector lending, a government debt-to-revenue ratio of almost 50 percent of GDP and a slumping tourist sector. In an effort to [...] | 2009-10-14 15:57:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD |
09NASSAU764 | Nassau Monthly - November 2009 [...] (U) This is a monthly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. -- Retirements, Cabinet Shakeup Leads to New Appointments -- Airport Wait Times Cut as Secondary Screening Checkpoint Demolished -- Tourism: Hotel Deals Hurt Revenues; Cruise [...] | 2009-12-15 17:44:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BF |
09NASSAU83 | THE BAHAMAS 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Openness to Foreign Investment: The Bahamian Government generally encourages and offers incentives for foreign investment in all sectors of the economy except those the Government reserves exclusively to Bahamian citizens. Reserved businesses include: wholesale and retail operations; commiss [...] | 2009-02-05 17:53:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR BF |
09NASSAU88 | BAHAMAS: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COUNTERING [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points and non-paper regarding the threat of terrorist abuse against the charitable sector to Donna Lowe, Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Legal Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on February 6. Ms. Lowe aknowledged the points of the demarche and pro [...] | 2009-02-09 15:03:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID BF |
09NDJAMENA113 | CHAD'S PUBLIC FINANCES (I): PROBLEMS ARE DAUNTING [...] (SBU) IMF Resident Representative Joseph Karangwa briefed Ambassador March 26 on the current troubled status of Chad's public finances, especially its public revenue management problems, from the IFI perspective. He emphasized Chad's looming budgetary shortfall this year, as oil revenues are [...] | 2009-04-01 16:29:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EPET EFIN IMF IBRD CDB EAID PREL |
09NDJAMENA115 | CHAD'S PUBLIC FINANCES (II): SEARCHING FOR [...] (U) This is an action message. See para 11 below. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Finance Minister Gata Ngoulou told Ambassador and DCM March 30 that Chad's public finances were in serious disarray, but that the budget picture was not yet "disastrous." Ngoulou pointed out that Ch [...] | 2009-04-02 11:19:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EPET EFIN IMF IBRD CDB EAID PREL |
09NDJAMENA135 | IMF EFFORTS IN CHAD: HITTING EVERY OBSTACLE ON [...] (SBU) Christian Josz, IMF Deputy Division Chief in the African Department and head of the IMF delegation to start a Staff Monitored Program (SMP) in Chad, briefed the diplomatic corps April 15 on the results of his team's efforts. Josz stated that despite a positive start to his visit, he had [...] | 2009-04-17 10:42:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EPET EFIN IMF IBRD CBD EAID PREL CD |
09NDJAMENA140 | GOC OFFERS ITS OWN VERSION OF BUDGET REVISION [...] (SBU) Finance Minister Gata Ngoulou outlined April 21 for Ambassador the GOC's plan to address the budget revenue shortfall precipitated by the drop in the price of oil, a resource that accounts for 75 percent of the GOC's budget. The GOC will fill the USD 80 million gap between 2009 receipts [...] | 2009-04-23 07:41:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EPET EFIN IMF IBRD CBD EAID PREL CD |
09NDJAMENA194 | ESSO LEANS TOWARD ASSISTING GOC ON 2009 BUDGET [...] (SBU) ESSO-Chad Chief Stephane de Mahieu told Ambassador Nigro May 20 that the oil company was leaning toward agreeing to the GOC's request for flexibility with royalty and tax payments in 2009 by advancing some expected second half-2009 payments to the second quarter, to help the GOC stay on [...] | 2009-05-22 12:02:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PREL EPET EFIN AU SU LY CD |
09NDJAMENA200 | RISING COST OF LIVING IN CHAD'S CAPITAL [...] (U) The prices of basic goods in Chad's capital, N'Djamena, have risen significantly over the past year. The consumer price increase is up 15 percent in the twelve-month March 2008 - March 2009 period; prices for basic grains and cereals rose 25 - 30 percent; home rental rates in the capital [...] | 2009-05-27 14:35:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL APER ECON ETRD ELAB EFIN CD |
09NDJAMENA245 | JUNE 19 MEETING WITH MINISTER OF FINANCE CLARIFIES STATE [...] (U) Charge d'Affaires met June 19 with Minister of Finance Gata Ngoulou to discuss Chad's revised 2009 budget, which has been reduced to USD 804 million in revenue and USD 1.7 billion in expenditures. (The initial 2009 budget adopted by Chad's National Assembly in November 2008 forecast reve [...] | 2009-06-19 17:19:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EFIN CD |
09NDJAMENA250 | CHAD WILL ATTEND IRENA PREPARATORY MEETING IN EGYPT [...] (U) Following instruction in reftel, Post met with the Director of Energy at the Ministry of Energy, Mbodou Djourab, June 22. The Director confirmed that Chad would attend the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) preparatory meeting to be held in Egypt at the end of this month. Djou [...] | 2009-06-23 11:05:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL APER ECON ETRD ELAB EFIN CD |
09NDJAMENA282 | CHAD STARTS IMF PROGRAM BASED ON BUDGET REVISIONS [...] (SBU) The IMF and GOC announced July 7 an agreement for a six-month IMF "Staff Monitored Program" to run April-October 2009, based on Chad's revised 2009 budget that meets IMF's requirements for better public revenue management in the face of diminished oil prices. The IMF-GOC agreement, aft [...] | 2009-07-13 09:32:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EFIN ECIN PGOV PREF CD |
09NDJAMENA398 | IMF STILL "HOPEFUL" AS CHAD MISSES BUDGET TARGETS [...] (SBU) IMF Chad chief Christian Josz, in Chad conducting a review of the Fund's current Staff-Monitored Program, told Ambassador September 11 that the GOC had not met its mid-term program targets, citing extra-budgetary capital investment and spending, as well as excessive reliance on credit an [...] | 2009-09-16 10:52:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EPET EFIN IMF PREL IBRD CBD EAID CD |
09NDJAMENA424 | IMF SAYS GOC MISSES SPENDING TARGETS ON [...] (SBU) In a meeting October 1, IMF ResRep Joseph Karangwa told Charge and A/DCM that the IMF,s Staff-Monitored Program (SMP) for the GOC had gone completely off track, and that Chad would not meet spending targets through the end of 2009. The IMF would likely agree to a GOC request to "extend" [...] | 2009-10-02 12:28:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN IMF PREL IBRD CBD EAID CD |
09NDJAMENA436 | CHAD: BIG SPENDING AND GOVERNMENT-PROVIDED HOMES [...] (U) With the National Assembly in session and the security situation here still calm, the pace of activity on a number of domestic issues that we have been tracking has picked up. -- On October 9, the Council of Ministers approved a long-awaited 2010 budget, which will shortly be presented [...] | 2009-10-09 13:46:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF ECON EFIN CD |
09NDJAMENA540 | C-130 AIRCRAFT FOR CHAD: EMBASSY NDJAMENA [...] (C) Embassy N'Djamena supports USG assistance to help Chad meet its legitimate needs for military air transport along the lines proposed Ref B, namely the package of C-130Rs, C-130Fs, and maintenance services at a cost of about USD 115 million. The visit here of an interagency assessment team, [...] | 2009-11-17 15:45:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PGOV ECON PREF PTER EFIN SU LY CD |
09NDJAMENA563 | BLACK GOLD RISING? CHAD'S PROSPECTIVE OIL [...] (SBU) ESSO/Chad has returned to a normal pattern of payment to the GOC, after the 2008-2009 decline in world oil prices and the restructuring of the ESSO-GOC payment agreement resulted in lower-than-normal GOC oil revenues in the first half of 2009, ESSO/Chad chief De Mahieu told Ambassador No [...] | 2009-11-25 12:42:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EFIN PREF PREL IMF MASS MARR IBRD |
09NDJAMENA602 | "INTRA-CHADIAN DIPLOMACY" AND "CHADIAN NATIONAL [...] (SBU) National Mediator Abderamane Moussa told the Ambassador December 14 that the GOC's "national reconciliation" efforts continued to claim success, with the return of former armed rebels and former regime opponents to Chad. Moussa cited three recent events: the return to Chad this week [...] | 2009-12-16 13:18:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF MARR PHUM ECON EFIN PINR SU |
09NDJAMENA79 | WORLD BANK WANTS GOC PRIME MINISTER TO VISIT HQ IN [...] (SBU) World Bank Director of Operations for Chad Mary Barton-Dock told Ambassador March 4 the Bank's relationship with the Government of Chad had not progressed in the month and a half since the Bank had "partially" reopened its Chad office. A meeting between WB President Zoellick and Prime M [...] | 2009-03-10 06:27:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF EAID EFIN AU CD |
09NDJAMENA99 | THE SIX BILLION DOLLAR DEAL: UPDATING THE CHAD [...] (SBU) ESSO-Chad's General Manager Stephane de Mahieu told Ambassador March 18 that falling oil prices had devastated the Government of Chad's budget picture for 2009: the GOC earned USD 1.2 billion/billion in revenue in 2008, but would get as little as USD 150 million/million for 2009, largely [...] | 2009-03-23 14:19:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PREL EPET EFIN AU SU LY CD |
09NEWDELHI103 | INDIA MANAGING IMPACT OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS ALTHOUGH [...] (SBU) Summary. Per Ref A, Mission provides an update on how India is weathering the global financial crisis and subsequent economic slowdown and on the political economy of the impact and government response. India's economy, already slowing from lower domestic spending in a high interest re [...] | 2009-01-16 12:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD IN |
09NEWDELHI1030 | REFORM PROSPECTS IN NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: More than 400 million Indians cast their vote in India's national parliamentary elections this past month and seem to have decisively signaled that they want stability and continuity in the national government, handing Congress an 18-year best performance of more than 200 seats [...] | 2009-05-20 12:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV PTER IN |
09NEWDELHI104 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of January 12-16, 2009, including the following: -- Trade Roundtable with Canada, EU, NZ, Australia -- Update on the Pension Sector -- FDI Slows in November -- Aviation Industry Likely to Fare Better in 20 [...] | 2009-01-16 12:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI1042 | UNSCR 1718 DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DPRK ENTITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-22 09:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM KN IN |
09NEWDELHI1048 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 18-22, 2009, including the following: -- Ministry of Finance Reorganization -- Insurance Bill Passage Likely in Winter Parliament -- CCI Goes Live -- India Notifies Initiation of Safeguard Duty Inve [...] | 2009-05-22 10:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV ELAB EMIN ENRG EPET |
09NEWDELHI1049 | JOINT US TREASURY AND DOD SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury hosted a successful regional conference on Countering Terrorist Financing in the Charitable Sector from April 14-16 in New Delhi, India, with assistance from U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) as well. Interagency [...] | 2009-05-22 11:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER KCRM EFIN PK IN |
09NEWDELHI1096 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 26-29, 2009, including the following: -- Indian Telecom Major Bharti Airtel and MTN of South Africa Back in Merger Negotiations -- Government Aims to Present Budget by Early July -- Bharti Wal-Mart t [...] | 2009-05-29 13:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI1099 | GOVERNMENT SIGNALS PERFORMANCE IS PARAMOUNT IN KEY ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary. The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) announced the remainder of its 79-member council of ministers on May 28, who join the earlier round of ministers announced on May 22 (see reftel). The week-long process of selection seems to have placed more weight on capable [...] | 2009-05-29 14:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV PTER IN |
09NEWDELHI1162 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 1-5, 2009, including the following: -- GDP Growth of 6.7% Surprises on the Upside -- Infrastructure Sector Recovers Somewhat in April -- Some Signs of Expanding Manufacturing Sector -- FY 2009-10 Be [...] | 2009-06-05 13:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI117 | INDIA QUIETLY POSITIVE TOWARD A.Q. KHAN SANCTIONS [...] (SBU) Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (Americas) Gaitri Kumar told PolCouns January 16 that while India's policy was not to comment officially about the nonproliferation sanctions applied to the A.Q. Khan proliferation network January 12, India nevertheless viewed them as positive [...] | 2009-01-20 12:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC GM PREL PARM EFIN IN |
09NEWDELHI1222 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 8-12, 2009, including the following: -- MOF Preparing for Budget Session -- Indian Commerce Minister Meets with USTR, Others on WTO -- Tax Concessions Proposed for Broadcast & Film Industry -- Will [...] | 2009-06-12 13:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI1223 | U/S BURNS AND AHLUWALIA CHART NEXT STEPS IN THE BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns met with Planning Commission Deputy Chairman, and close economic adviser to the Prime Minister, Montek Singh Ahluwalia on June 11 to discuss proposals for moving the economic relationship forward. They focused on ways [...] | 2009-06-12 14:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV PTER IN |
09NEWDELHI1235 | INVESTOR APPETITE FOR INDIA RETURNING BUT GOVT BETTER NOT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-15 12:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV PTER IN |
09NEWDELHI1237 | INVESTOR APPETITE FOR INDIA RETURNING BUT GOVT BETTER NOT [...] (SBU) Summary. Econoff and ConGenoffs met with Mumbai contacts on June 1 and 2 to gauge investor reaction to the elections and signs of recovery in the Indian economy. In contrast to reports at the beginning of 2009 that investors were waiting for political uncertainty to end with the May el [...] | 2009-06-16 03:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV PTER IN |
09NEWDELHI1284 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 15-19, 2009, including the following: -- Inflation Hits Negative Territory -- India Imposes Restrictions on Chinese Mobiles, Extends Tight Norms on Toys and Dairy -- Panel Advises Increase in Supp [...] | 2009-06-19 11:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI1330 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 22-26, 2009, including the following: -- India To Be Fastest Growing Economy in 2010 -- India Signals Openness to Re-Start Doha Round Negotiations -- GOI Announces New PPP Norms -- GOI Announces [...] | 2009-06-26 13:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI1392 | INDIA'S ECONOMIC SURVEY FOCUSES ON GROWTH AND FISCAL [...] (U) Summary: The Economic Survey for India's Fiscal Year (IFY) 2008-09 (4/1/2008 to 3/31/2009) presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in India's Parliament on July 2 paints a resilient picture of the Indian economy. The Survey sees a 'U shaped' recovery for growth in IFY 2009-10 (4/1/2 [...] | 2009-07-06 13:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI1401 | THE NEW BUDGET INVESTS IN RURAL INDIA, BUT POSTPONES FISCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented a rural-oriented 2009-2010 central government budget on July 6 which many say reflect his style: pragmatic, not flashy, and indifferent to market expectations. Indeed, the initial reaction of many to the budget was one of disappointm [...] | 2009-07-07 14:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR EPET PREL PGOV IN |
09NEWDELHI1433 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 6-10, 2009, including the following: -- Sharma Sees Recovery Signs in Exports -- Update on India's Balance of Payments -- Price Rise for Petrol and Diesel -- Lower House of Parliament Passes Railwa [...] | 2009-07-10 13:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI1464 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE CLINTON'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Madame Secretary: Mission India warmly welcomes you to India. This is an opportune moment in the relationship between the world's largest democracies. The Congress Party's strong showing in the April elections allowed formation of a new and strong Indian government--freed from the constrain [...] | 2009-07-15 12:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET//NOFORN | EAGR EAID ECIN EFIN EINT EINV ENRG ETRD ETTC |
09NEWDELHI1489 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 13-17, 2009, including the following: -- Informal WTO Talks to be Held in September -- EGoM to Help Steer the Long Delayed 3G Spectrum Auction -- Adequacy of India's Foreign Exchange Reserves -- [...] | 2009-07-20 07:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI150 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of January 20-23, 2009, including the following: -- Montek Ahluwalia on 2009: "Brace Yourselves" -- Canadian FIPA/BIT Still Being Scrubbed -- GOI May Relax SEZ Norms Due to Low Export Demand -- Tourism in [...] | 2009-01-23 12:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI1544 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 20-24, 2009, including the following: -- GOI Releases Online Customs and Tariff Database -- Report on Benefits to India of Increasing FDI in Higher Ed -- Minister Sharma on Retail Growth and Agricul [...] | 2009-07-24 14:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI1608 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 27-31, 2009, including the following: -- Tax Breaks Clear the Way for Oil and Gas Auction -- Passing of FY 2010 Budget Trumps Economic Reforms -- India Plans September WTO Mini-Ministerial to Reener [...] | 2009-07-31 12:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BEXP KIPR IN CN |
09NEWDELHI1649 | U.S.-INDIAN RELATIONS: NEXT STEPS IN THE STRATEGIC [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Following on the August 5 Interagency Policy Committee meeting to discuss the Strategic Dialogue, Mission offers its views on next steps in the run up to the Prime Minister's November visit. We spell out dialogue goals, describe ways to move forward, flag pitfalls and propose po [...] | 2009-08-06 15:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS ENRG EFIN CVIS AMGT IN |
09NEWDELHI1658 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of August 3-7, 2009, including the following: -- Exports Decline for 9th Straight Month; Imports Decline More -- Possible Law to Clarify Sector-specific Investment Caps -- India and South Korea Sign Trade A [...] | 2009-08-10 02:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EFIN EPET ETRD BEXP KIPR IN XB XA |
09NEWDELHI1766 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of August 17-21, 2009, including the following: -- Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council Reconstituted -- Dr. Subir Gokran Likely to be Next RBI Deputy Governor -- Ministry of Finance Releases Direct T [...] | 2009-08-21 13:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID ECIN ECPS EINT EAGR EFIN EINV ENRG EPET |
09NEWDELHI1808 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of August 24-28, 2009, including the following: -- India Announces Foreign Trade Policy for 2009-2014 -- ICRIER Seminar On Express Delivery Issues -- Washington Apples Bring Bonanza to Indian Importers -- [...] | 2009-08-31 02:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD BEXP PHUM PINR |
09NEWDELHI1861 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of August 31 - September 4, 2009, including the following: -- India Hosts WTO Mini-Ministerial to Re-energize Doha -- India's Own Trade Continues to Plunge -- More Investment Options for Foreign Venture Cap [...] | 2009-09-08 03:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD BEXP PHUM PINR |
09NEWDELHI1902 | DUSTR Marantis Visit to Re-energize Trade Policy Forum [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy U.S. Trade Representative (DUSTR) Demetrios Marantis visited New Delhi August 11-13 to meet with GOI officials and private sector representatives to prepare for USTR Ambassador Kirk's participation in a bilaterl Trade Policy Forum (TPF) ministerial in Delhi later this fal [...] | 2009-09-11 14:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV EAGR EFIN CVIS KGHG ECPS PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI1903 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 8-11, 2009, including the following: -- Possible Warming of India-Pakistan Bilateral Trade Ties -- India's First Annual Foreign Trade Barriers Report -- Jet Airways Pilots Strike - An End in Si [...] | 2009-09-14 02:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD BEXP PHUM PINR |
09NEWDELHI191 | INDIA: MODEST LIBERALIZATION OF INVESTMENT NORMS IN WAKE OF [...] (SBU) Summary. In response to reftel A, Post reports that India has not adopted nor indicated plans to restrict sovereign wealth fund (SWF) investments generally, although media reports that part of the government may wish to restrict Singapore's two SWFs in India. More broadly, India has no [...] | 2009-01-30 12:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD IN |
09NEWDELHI192 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of January 27-30, 2009, including the following: -- Govt, Central Bank Lower GDP Projections -- Study Projects $6-10 billion for India from EU FTA -- Study Projects Continued Growth in Higher-Income Househo [...] | 2009-01-30 12:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI193 | APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: EYE FUND I [...] (SBU) This is in response to reftel, seeking Post input on OPIC providing a direct loan to Eye Fund I ("Eye Fund I"),a social fund managed by Deutsche Bank Social Investment Group for the purpose of supporting five downstream loans into the eye care sector in certain developing countries. On [...] | 2009-01-30 13:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IN EINV |
09NEWDELHI194 | APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: REPCO HOME FINANCE LIMITED [...] (SBU) This is in response to reftel, seeking Post input regarding OPIC providing an Investment Guaranty to support a third party loan to Repco Home Finance Limited ("REPCO") for the purpose of expanding its affordable mortgage lending business in southeast India. The US Sponsor connection is [...] | 2009-01-30 13:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IN EINV |
09NEWDELHI1944 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 14-17, 2009, including the following: -- Financial Sector Reforms Still In Play -- Invest India to Boost Foreign Investment -- DOT to Allow Remote Access Monitoring Financial Sector Reform [...] | 2009-09-17 13:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD BEXP PHUM PINR |
09NEWDELHI1999 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-25 13:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD BEXP PHUM PINR |
09NEWDELHI2013 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 21-24, 2009, including the following: -- AIG Downsizing In India -- Slow Going for Financial Sector Reform -- India Retains U.S. FAA Category 1 Status -- World Bank Approves $4.3 billion Loans [...] | 2009-09-29 13:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD BEXP PHUM PINR |
09NEWDELHI2037 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 29-October 1, 2009, including the following: -- Foreign Equity Investment Passes $10 Billion Mark -- FIPB Approves 13 Proposals in September 2009 -- Air India Strike Ends -- India's Small but [...] | 2009-10-01 14:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD BEXP PHUM PINR |
09NEWDELHI2087 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of October 2-8, 2009, including the following: -- Reserve Bank of India Warns Banks of Real Estate Risks -- Bombay Stock Exchange Rises on Improved Data, FII Inflows -- 3G Auction Delayed -- Telecom Expert [...] | 2009-10-09 13:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD ECPS BEXP PHUM PINR IN |
09NEWDELHI2120 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of October 9-15, 2009, including the following: -- No End in Sight for Strengthening Rupee -- Industrial Production Points to Recovery No End in Sight for Strengthening Rupee ---------------------------- [...] | 2009-10-16 12:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD ECPS BEXP PHUM PINR IN |
09NEWDELHI2164 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of October 16-22, 2009, including the following: -- India to Launch Satellites to Monitor Climate Change -- New Secretaries for Space and Atomic Energy -- India's Outward FDI Declines, while FDI Inflows still Ro [...] | 2009-10-23 12:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD ECPS BEXP PHUM PINR TSPA |
09NEWDELHI22 | INDIA PRODS ECONOMY WITH MORE FISCAL AND MONETARY STIMULUS [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 2, the government announced additional fiscal and monetary steps aimed at reviving economic growth, mainly through lowering the cost of borrowing to banks -- to pass on to consumers - as well as easing policies aimed at helping hard hit sectors of the economy, especi [...] | 2009-01-06 12:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD IN |
09NEWDELHI2209 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of October 23-29, 2009, including the following: -- Central Bureau of Investigation Raids Department of Telecom Offices -- The RBI Takes A Bow -- Economic Advisory Council Expects Better Days Ahead [...] | 2009-10-30 13:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD ECPS BEXP PHUM PINR TSPA |
09NEWDELHI2245 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of November 2-6, 2009, including the following: -- No Major Changes Yet to Monetary Policy -- Insurance Sector Growing -- Alok Nigam: New Joint Secretary of Financial Services -- Tarun Das Retires No Ma [...] | 2009-11-06 12:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD ECPS BEXP PHUM PINR TSPA |
09NEWDELHI2280 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of November 9-13, 2009, including the following: -- Buzz Misleads on WTO Government Procurement Agreement -- RBI Audits Could Lead to Further Opening of the Banking Sector -- Corporate Profits Up, Sales Not [...] | 2009-11-13 09:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD ECPS BEXP TRGY IN |
09NEWDELHI230 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of February 2-6, 2009, including the following: -- India Largest Recipient of Worker Remittances -- Government Anticipates 1.5 million Job-loss by March Due to Global Downturn -- India's FY2008 Investment [...] | 2009-02-06 10:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI2334 | Secretary Chu Focuses on Clean Energy and Climate Change in [...] (SBU) Summary: During November 13-14 meetings with Government of India (GOI) officials, scientists, students, NGO and industry representatives in New Delhi, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu stressed the vast scope for bilateral cooperation, noting that the world's current emphasis on clean energ [...] | 2009-11-19 06:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV EFIN EINV PREL TSPL KSCA KGHG IN |
09NEWDELHI2335 | Secretary Chu Focuses on Clean Energy and Climate Change in [...] (SBU) Summary: During November 13-14 meetings with Government of India (GOI) officials, scientists, students, NGO and industry representatives in New Delhi, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu stressed the vast scope for bilateral cooperation, noting that the world's current emphasis on clean energ [...] | 2009-11-19 06:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV EFIN EINV PREL TSPL KSCA KGHG IN |
09NEWDELHI2350 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of November 16-20, 2009, including the following: -- India Ready for FATF Evaluation -- Disinvestment Gets a Push -- Commerce Minister Plans to Double India's Share in Global Trade Within the Next Five Yea [...] | 2009-11-20 11:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD ECPS BEXP TRGY TINT BG NP |
09NEWDELHI2358 | India Wrestles With Food Price Inflation - Plans to Import [...] (SBU) Summary: The government of India (GOI) is struggling to contain double-digit food price inflation, while sitting on near-record food grain stocks. An uneven 2009 monsoon that significantly reduced the rice output combined with regressive GOI decisions on grain stocks, support prices and [...] | 2009-11-20 15:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EAID EFIN ECIN EINV SENV PGOV IN |
09NEWDELHI2395 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of November 23-27, 2009, including the following: -- Industrial Growth on Path to Recovery -- RBI Warns Banks Dealing with Iran, Pakistan, and Others -- FATF Mutual Evaluation Spurs Tougher AML Regulations I [...] | 2009-11-27 10:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ECIN EIND PK IR UZ TU TP IN |
09NEWDELHI241 | SATYAM PUTS THE SPOTLIGHT ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN INDIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Indian government and industry leaders are working to make the fraud and failure of corporate governance at Satyam appear to be an isolated incident. However, industry insiders and legal experts view Satyam as indicative of widespread lack of corporate governance especially in [...] | 2009-02-10 05:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EIND KCRM KCOR IN |
09NEWDELHI2437 | TOP CONCERNS OF U.S. CIVAIR COMPANIES IN INDIA [...] (SBU) Summary: At a roundtable discussion with Emboffs on November 23, representatives of U.S. airlines, express delivery services and aircraft manufacturers discussed their doing business concerns in order to provide input to government-to-government meetings scheduled to take place on the ma [...] | 2009-12-04 02:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL PTER ETRD EFIN ECON IN |
09NEWDELHI2445 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of November 30 to December 4, 2009, including the following: -- Trade Contraction Moderating -- World Bank Commits Increased Funding for India -- Competition Commission Focuses on the 'Common Man' -- GOI Has N [...] | 2009-12-04 12:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EAID ECIN EIND ELTN ETRD IN |
09NEWDELHI2482 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of December 7, to December 11, 2009, including the following: -- New Chief Economic Advisor -- GOI Seeks Additional Funds from Parliament -- GOI Drafts New Postal Legislation -- GDP Growth on Path Towards Reco [...] | 2009-12-11 12:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PINR EFIN EINV EAID ECIN EIND ELTN ETRD IN |
09NEWDELHI2515 | High Food Inflation Eclipses Economic Recovery [...] SUMMARY: Despite a promising overall economic outlook, rising food price inflation continues to pose a serious challenge to the Government of India (GOI). Food prices increased by a staggering 19.95 percent for the week ending on December 5, the fastest pace in eleven years. Causes of the ris [...] | 2009-12-17 13:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EAID EFIN ECIN EINV SENV PGOV IN |
09NEWDELHI252 | INDIAN AUTO INDUSTRY IN FOR A BUMPY RIDE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-11 01:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL WTO |
09NEWDELHI2528 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of December 14, to December 18, 2009, including the following: -- All's Quiet in Parliament on the Economic Reform Front -- Unbundling Electricity in Tamil Nadu -- U.S. Firm Azure Power Opens India's First [...] | 2009-12-18 14:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EAID ECIN EIND ELTN ETRD IN |
09NEWDELHI280 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of February 9-13, 2009, including the following: -- India Modifies FDI Procedures -- Inflation Continues to Fall -- December Industrial Output Falls -- Interim Railway Budget Announced -- FII Holdings Fal [...] | 2009-02-13 12:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI324 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of February 17-20, 2009, including the following: -- Inflation Declines to 14-Month Low -- India-ASEAN FTA Authorization May Be Postponed -- State-owned Banks to Be Recapitalized -- GOI Extends Duty Credit [...] | 2009-02-20 11:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI332 | INDIA TO PARTICIPATE IN SHARM AL-SHEIK CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Poloff on February 18 conveyed reftel points to MEA Deputy Secretary of West Asia and North Africa Division, Suhil Khan, informing the GOI of U.S. intention to make a pledge of humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian Authority at the Sharm al-Sheikh March 2 conference and encouraging [...] | 2009-02-23 09:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG IN |
09NEWDELHI368 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of February 23-27, 2009, including the following: -- UPA Government's Last Relief Package to Exporters -- UPA Sneaks in Another Last Minute Vote Sweetener -- Government Attempts Clarification of FDI Policy [...] | 2009-02-27 12:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI414 | IACC Removed from Mission India Business Executive Program [...] Summary. After uncovering a series of fraudulent visa cases and unqualified applicants directly supported by the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (IACC),Mission India has removed the IACC from its visa facilitation Business Executive Program (BEP). In FY-2007 and FY-2008, the refusal rate [...] | 2009-03-05 06:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC ECON EFIN IN |
09NEWDELHI435 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 2-6, 2009, including the following: -- India Continues to Slow Down -- Inflation Declines to 7-Year Low; RBI Moves -- FDI Clarifications Just Cloud the Issue -- FATF Gives Go Ahead for India Mutual [...] | 2009-03-06 09:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI44 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of January 5-9, 2009, including the following: -- India's Exports Continue to Fall in December -- Export Tax Makes Indian Basmati Rice Expensive -- Government Hopeful on Insurance Sector Bills -- GOI Manda [...] | 2009-01-09 12:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI471 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 9-13, 2009, including the following: -- Industrial Index Declines Again -- Foreign Direct Investment High Through December -- Inflation Continues To Soften -- Characteristics of Service Sector Ent [...] | 2009-03-13 11:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI493 | AFFORDABLE HOUSING: A RAY OF LIGHT IN AN OTHERWISE GLOOMY [...] (U) Summary: After a period of unprecedented growth, the Indian real estate sector is in the midst of a protracted slowdown. Housing prices are in a phase of adjustment; having been reduced 20-30% in the major metros, and developers are not sure they have yet hit the bottom. However, a ray of [...] | 2009-03-17 11:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EIND IN |
09NEWDELHI532 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 16-20, 2009, including the following: -- Inflation Falls to a Historic Low -- Foreign Direct Investments High Through January -- India Discusses Free Trade Pact with Chile -- New Pension Scheme fo [...] | 2009-03-20 13:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI557 | INDIA: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-24 12:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP |
09NEWDELHI576 | INDIA'S ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGES LACK A GREEN FOCUS [...] This cable is in response to Ref A seeking information regarding green investments in India's economic stimulus packages. On December 7, 2008, the Government of India announced a fiscal stimulus package of approximately 4 billion USD (Ref B). This was followed-up on January 2, 2009 with a GO [...] | 2009-03-26 10:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EFIN ENRG KGHG IN |
09NEWDELHI596 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 23-27, 2009, including the following: -- Much Ado: Tata Nano Finally Launched -- Infosys Postpones Hiring; IBM Plans to Shift Jobs to India -- Wind-power Producers in Tamil Nadu Can Charge More -- [...] | 2009-03-27 12:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI663 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 30-April 3, 2009, including the following: -- Update on India's External Sector -- Indian Carriers Cancel Aircraft Orders -- Boeing Opens Research and Technology Center -- Bihar Govt Official Comm [...] | 2009-04-03 10:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI694 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: THE INDIAN RURAL VOTER [...] (SBU) Summary: It is conventional wisdom in India that the rural voter is more important than the urban voter, mainly because there are more than twice as many rural as urban residents in India and polling in recent years has indicated that rural voters are more likely to vote than urban voter [...] | 2009-04-09 10:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV PTER IN |
09NEWDELHI770 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of April 13-17, 2009, including the following: -- India Misses Export Target -- Inflation Declines, Food Still Expensive -- Domestic Steel Users Oppose Antidumping Duty -- Company Expects Approval of Firs [...] | 2009-04-17 12:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI796 | U.S.-INDIAN RELATIONS: CLEARING THE BRUSH [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) In advance of the April 24 Interagency Meeting to discuss India policy, Mission offers its views on the next steps that should be taken to move the relationship forward in the near term. We are focused on high priority items whose resolution will lay the groundwork for a stronge [...] | 2009-04-22 12:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS ENRG EFIN CVIS AMGT IN |
09NEWDELHI8 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of December 29, 2008 to January 2, 2009, including the following: -- Trade Figures Decline for Second Consecutive Month -- 3G Telecom Spectrum Auction Postponed -- Most Indian Carriers Cut Domestic Fares - [...] | 2009-01-02 11:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI826 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of April 20-24, 2009, including the following: -- India's Outward FDI Plans Up, But Actual Flows Down -- RBI Cuts Interest Rates In Its Monetary Policy -- ......And Lowers Growth Estimates -- Retail Food I [...] | 2009-04-24 14:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI838 | APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: ROOT CAPITAL, INC. [...] (SBU) This is in response to reftel, seeking Post input on OPIC providing a direct loan to Root Capital, a 501(c)(3)for the purpose of expanding its global financial services business as a non-bank to farmers and artisans, agricultural companies and cooperatives globally. 2. (SBU) The only [...] | 2009-04-27 09:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IN EINV |
09NEWDELHI872 | INDIAN ECONOMY SHOWING SIGNS OF RECOVERY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Indian economy is showing some signs of recovery from the current slowdown, with many analysts predicting that the downward cycle is expected to bottom out in the second half of FY 2009-10 (October-April). The core sector (including power, cement, and steel) and automobiles [...] | 2009-05-01 11:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI873 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BHUTAN RE KOSOVO'S MEMBERSHIP IN IMF [...] (SBU) Post delivered talking points contained in reftel to Tenxin Rondel Wangchuk, Counselor, at the Royal Bhutanese Embassy in New Delhi on May 1, 2009. Econoff informed Wangchuk of the importance of Bhutan's participation in the vote, even if Bhutan has not recognized Kosovo's independence. [...] | 2009-05-01 11:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL KV IN US BT |
09NEWDELHI878 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of April 27 to May 1, 2009, including the following: -- India Signals Plans to Purchase IMF Bonds -- Slowdown in Mergers and Acquisitions -- Regulator Issues Notices to 12 Accounting Firms -- India Conside [...] | 2009-05-01 13:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI937 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 4-8, 2009, including the following: -- Indian IT Industry Reactions to U.S. Tax Plan -- Indo-Pak Border Trade Increases to About $80M -- New Chief of National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL) [...] | 2009-05-08 12:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI991 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 11-15, 2009, including the following: -- Exports Continue Contraction -- March Industry Growth Down -- But Manufacturing Sector Showing Revival Signs -- Consumer Inflation Shows Some Abatement -- SE [...] | 2009-05-15 12:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NEWDELHI994 | INDIA'S NEW PENSION SCHEME AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP IN [...] (SBU) Summary: India's Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) opened the "New Pension Scheme" (NPS) to all Indians between the ages of 18-55, including private sector companies, self-employed professionals and informal sector low wage workers, on May 1, 2009. The NPS had pr [...] | 2009-05-15 13:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
09NIAMEY132 | NIGER EXPROPRIATES TELEPHONE UTILITY SONITEL [...] SUMMARY: On February 12, the Government of Niger (GON) unilaterally announced a decision to reduce the term of the operating license of the country's privatized telecoms provider SONITEL, effectively ending the management of Dataport LTD, the foreign-owned consortium that had purchased 51% own [...] | 2009-03-16 07:08:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ECPS KPRV ELAB EINV KMCA NG |
09NIAMEY22 | 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: NIGER [...] Openness to Foreign Investment The Government of Niger (GON) welcomes foreign private investment and considers it to be critical to economic growth. Under the Investment Code (revised in 2000) industrial investments enjoy tax and customs exemptions and even, in some cases, exemptions from th [...] | 2009-01-20 07:18:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR NG |
09NIAMEY29 | NIGER COMMENTS ON PROPOSED OPIC SUPPORT TO ECP AFRICA FUND [...] Post views proposed OPIC support to the Emerging Capital Partners (ECP) Africa Fund III PCC as supportive of economic development in the ECOWAS region. 2. With the exception of the mining sector, companies based in Niger are unlikely to benefit directly from this type of private equity fund [...] | 2009-01-26 16:54:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD OPIC USTR NG |
09NIAMEY327 | NIGER VOTES "YES" ON KOSOVO IMF/IBRD MEMBERSHIP [...] Minister of the Economy and Finance Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine, Niger's Governor to the IMF and World Bank, advised post on May 5 that the Government of Niger had cast an affirmative vote for the Republic of Kosovo to accede to both organizations. 2. Minister Zeine, who had been away from Nia [...] | 2009-05-06 06:14:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID EFIN ECON AORC KV NG |
09NIAMEY368 | NIGER VOTES "YES" ON KOSOVO IBRD/IDA/IFC MEMBERSHIP [...] Minister of the Economy and Finance Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine, Niger's Governor to the IMF and World Bank, advised post on May 19 that the Government of Niger had cast an affirmative vote on May 7 for the Republic of Kosovo to accede to the IBRD (World Bank),International Development Associati [...] | 2009-05-21 06:23:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID EFIN ECON AORC KV NG |
09NIAMEY869 | ENCOURAGING NIGER BUDGET TRANSPARENCY [...] Ambassador delivered to the Government of Niger (GON) Foreign Minister ref A demarche encouraging central government budget transparency as requested. FM responded that the GON continues to work on improving transparency and that she will share the contents of the demarche with the Minister of [...] | 2009-11-06 17:17:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL KMCA NG |
09NICOSIA114 | NORTHERN CYPRUS AML UPDATE [...] (SBU) A European Commission-sponsored group of six experts visited northern Cyprus February 2-6 to assess the jurisdiction's progress against its anti-money laundering (AML) action plan. The report's key findings are: -All but one of the key laws identified in the Action Plan have been legisla [...] | 2009-02-12 14:03:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETER CY |
09NICOSIA142 | CYPRIOT PLANS FOR SHARM AL-SHEIKH DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-20 15:10:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAL KWBG EFIN PGOV PTER PHUM GZ CY |
09NICOSIA172 | CYPRUS ECONOMY: SO FAR, BETTER THAN MOST [...] (SBU) Summary: Local economists expect the Cyprus economy to continue achieving slightly positive GDP growth this year despite being buffeted by the international economic crisis. A diversified economy, a generally stable real estate market, banks that avoided the excesses of those in money cen [...] | 2009-03-06 14:20:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN CY |
09NICOSIA179 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (U) This telegram contains Embassy Nicosia's assessment of critical infrastructure and key resources on Cyprus which, if destroyed, disrupted, or exploited, might have an immediate and deleterious effect on the United States. Embassy responses are keyed to Reftel. 2. (SBU) Reftel Para 13: [...] | 2009-03-12 09:42:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER PGOV EFIN ENRG KCIP CY |
09NICOSIA180 | CYPRUS: FINANCIAL CRISIS IN EASTERN EUROPE [...] (C) Summary: The Governor of Cyprus' Central Bank is fairly confident that Eurozone nations in eastern and central Europe will be provided with sufficient assistance from the EU and ECB to avoid systemic risk. Non-Eurozone member states he believes will not be allowed to fail, but he is less c [...] | 2009-03-13 11:50:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECOIN ECON EFIN EUN PREL CY |
09NICOSIA21 | CYPRUS: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] EU nationals permanently residing in the Republic of Cyprus, and EU registered legal entities with jurisdiction, central management or primary place of business in the Republic of Cyprus may acquire real estate (of any type or size) without prior approval by the District Administration Offices [...] | 2009-01-16 13:09:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR CY |
09NICOSIA235 | CYPRUS: GOC NEGATIVE REACTION TO INCSR [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ACTION REQUEST CONTAINED IN PARA. 5. 2. (SBU) On March 27, Embassy Econ Officer and Econ Specialist met with Eva Papakyriacou, Head of the local Financial Intelligence Unit (known as MOKAS) and Michalis Stylianou, Sen [...] | 2009-04-03 13:21:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR EFIN CY |
09NICOSIA275 | CYPRIOT PROPERTY PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) Summary. While the worst effects of the global financial crisis have largely bypassed Cyprus so far, bureaucratic delays transmitting title deeds to individuals seems to be leading to growing problems in the property sector here. Local banks have a very high exposure to the property and [...] | 2009-04-24 10:18:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL CY |
09NICOSIA277 | NORTHERN CYPRUS: PROGRESS SLOW BUT STEADY ON AML [...] (U) At the last Financial Action Task Force (FATF) plenary held in Paris 25-27 February, the northern part of Cyprus was deleted from the list of areas of concern for money laundering activity. This was in response to the north Cyprus "administration" having completed a series of legislative [...] | 2009-04-24 12:49:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER CY |
09NICOSIA315 | CYPRUS: COURT DECISION IMPACT ON ECONOMY AND [...] (C) The decision by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) requiring other EU member-states to enforce rulings made by Republic of Cyprus (RoC) courts in regard to property in the part of Cyprus under Turkish Cypriot (TC) administration is having a profound impact on economic confidence in nort [...] | 2009-05-13 10:09:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL CY |
09NICOSIA363 | NORTH CYPRUS' ECONOMY "MINISTER" - YOUNG AND EAGER [...] (SBU) Sunat Atun, the recently appointed "Minister of Economy" in the "TRNC government" told us on May 29 that he intends to intensify efforts in north Cyprus to combat money laundering and welcomes continued cooperation with the EU and USG towards this end. Atun said "we want to develop our f [...] | 2009-06-04 05:45:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD EFIN CY |
09NICOSIA444 | CYPRUS SUPPORTS UNSCR MEASURES ON NORTH KOREA [...] (C) Per reftels, on June 29 Poloffs delivered ref points on UNSCR 1718 and 1874 to MFA North Korea Desk Officer, Sevag Avedissian. Avedissian stated that the GOC shares the international community's concerns over North Korea and plans to implement the financial and inspection-related measures [...] | 2009-07-07 08:06:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC ECON EFIN KNNP KN CY |
09NICOSIA522 | NORTH CYPRUS BUDGET WOES AND MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (SBU) Summary: The north Cyprus economy continues to deteriorate and the "government" is faced with a relatively massive budget deficit. They are trying to reduce the largest single government expense item, civil servant compensation, but the unions have already begun work-to-rule and strikes [...] | 2009-08-11 12:57:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PTER CY |
09NICOSIA594 | CYPRUS: GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS FINALLY HITS [...] (SBU) Summary: As we begin to see signs of recovery from the global economic crisis, Cyprus is just beginning to feel pain. For months the Finance Ministry (MinFin) minimized in its public statements the risks to the local economy posed by the international economic situation, but on Septemb [...] | 2009-09-17 12:57:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN CY |
09NICOSIA726 | CYPRUS: WILL CONSULT WITH EU STATES ON ADDING [...] (SBU) On November 13, Poloff delivered ref points and accompanying non-paper to Alkis Ieromonachou, Counselor in the MFA's Political Affairs Division, Department of Multilateral Affairs and International Organizations. Ieromonachou said Cyprus would review the information and consult with othe [...] | 2009-11-13 10:58:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EFIN PARM ETTC EUN UNSC CY |
09NICOSIA740 | CYPRIOT OFFICIALS: "LOTS OF RUSSIAN MONEY FLOWS, [...] (C) Summary: Cyprus continues to enjoy close economic ties with Russia and to depend on that country for more than 25 percent of bank deposits and about one-third of foreign direct investment. However, much of that investment is simply doing a round-trip back to Russia to take advantage of Cypr [...] | 2009-11-20 14:28:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL RU CY |
09NICOSIA790 | CYPRUS: Relatively Gloomy Economic Outlook [...] (SBU) Summary. Cyprus was late entering its current recession and it will be late exiting it. Underlying structural problems (such as rigidities in the labor market - including exceptionally strong unions and a blanket wage indexation system - along with a large and extremely well-compensated [...] | 2009-12-22 14:11:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN CY |
09NOUAKCHOTT130 | FOLLOWING THE MONEY PART 2 [...] (C) Summary: This cable is a follow-on to post's first following the money cable (REF A). Six months after the coup, the economic situation in Mauritania has deteriorated precipitously. There are increasing signs that the junta is running out of money and hard currency is becoming increasing [...] | 2009-02-12 14:30:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN PGOV MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT260 | MAURITANIAN ECONOMY DETERIORATING AND LIKELY TO [...] (C) Summary: The foreign exchange market in Mauritania has stopped functioning and the Central Bank has been rationing foreign currency since November 2008. The difference between the parallel and official exchange rates has grown from zero to 10%. While large companies with connections abroa [...] | 2009-04-12 09:31:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EMIN PGOV MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT53 | MAURITANIA 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] President Abdallahi's government strongly encouraged foreign direct investment and economic liberalization. The government's investment and development strategy emphasized private sector development, which was seen as the main engine of economic growth. Privatization, liberalization, and inves [...] | 2009-01-19 16:52:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV OPIC KTDB USTR EFIN ELAB MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT611 | IMF AGREES TO A NEW THREE YEAR PROGRAM WITH [...] (C) Summary. A delegation of IMF advisors visited Mauritania to mark the resumption of GIRM and IMF relations following the 2008 coup d'etat. The IMF announced a Special Drawing Right loan valued at USD 80 million for Mauritania, as well as plans for a three-year IMF aid plan to begin in 201 [...] | 2009-09-22 16:19:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IMF MR |
09OSAKAKOBE45 | KANSAI ECONOMIC RECOVERY OUTLOOK [...] (SBU) Summary. Kansai-based business people and experts are generally optimistic on the mid to long term outlook for Kansai's economic recovery. In the short term, they cite lack of economic confidence and the uncertainty over Japan's leadership and political outlook are the biggest obstacl [...] | 2009-03-16 23:13:00 | Consulate Osaka Kobe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV JA |
09OSLO126 | NORWAY'S PLANS FOR MARCH 2 CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Egypt invited Norway to co-chair the March 2 conference and FM Jonas Gahr Stoere has accepted. Norway's thoughts are very much in line with the U.S. perspectives outlined in reftel. FM Stoere will participate in the conference in his capacity as head of the AHLC donor coordination mechan [...] | 2009-02-24 06:35:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG NO |
09OSLO134 | NORWEGIAN CENTRAL BANK WEATHERS GLOBAL CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary. During a February 27 meeting with Econ Officer, Norwegian Central Bank (Norges Bank) Deputy Governor Jan Qvigstad candidly discussed the tepid Norwegian economy withstanding the global financial blizzard. Fending off icy credit markets and snowballing unemployment claims, the [...] | 2009-02-27 14:36:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN NO |
09OSLO169 | NORWAY GIVES $2.3M FOR PAKISTAN IDPS, HAPPY TO [...] (C) Summary: Last week Norway announced $2.3 million of aid that will go to UNICEF and the ICRC to help the northwest frontier provinces. While thrilled to be included in the Friends of Pakistan (FOP) group, as well as being asked to join the upcoming Tokyo Donor's conference, the GON sees it [...] | 2009-03-16 14:51:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PHUM PREF EFIN IBRD IMF PK NO |
09OSLO179 | NORWEGIANS HAPPY WITH SHARM EL-SHEIK INROADS, [...] (C) Summary: The GON found the conference in Sharm el-Sheik both constructive and surprisingly positive in tone, and hopes it will help bring Arab and Gulf donors deeper into the AHLC framework. Norway continues to emphasize the structural importance of the Palestinian Authority (PA) in Gaza, [...] | 2009-03-19 10:48:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EUN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER NO |
09OSLO233 | PAKISTAN DONOR CONFERENCE: NO NEW MONEY FROM NORWAY [...] (C) Summary. Although Norway considers itself a strategic donor to Pakistan, it will not be able to pledge new monies at the upcoming donor conference. Norway will be represented by its Deputy Development Minister and welcomes the conference discussions, especially if they promote coordinatio [...] | 2009-04-07 14:25:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK NO |
09OSLO270 | NORWAY SHOULD SUPPORT KOSOVO IMF/WORLD BANK [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-15 13:53:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL NO |
09OSLO275 | EMBASSY OSLO'S TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-20 07:28:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PTER NO |
09OSLO391 | NORWAY WILLING TO CONSIDER EXPORT LICENSING [...] (C) Poloff spoke with Kristine Hansen, senior advisor in the MFA WTO section on June 10. Hansen said that Norway was well aware of the proposal, and does not have a problem with its content, but must engage in a consultative process with ministries and industry, and is not fully aware of the [...] | 2009-06-11 14:34:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD |
09OSLO416 | NORWEGIANS WILL IMPLEMENT NORTH KOREA RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarches to Jo Hovik, Senior Advisor in the MFA Legal Section. Hovik said that UNSCR 1718 was already fully implemented into Norwegian law, and UNSCR 1874 is being worked on by the MFA in concert with other ministries. Norway has a law which automatically incorpo [...] | 2009-06-26 14:06:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN ECON EFIN KNNP |
09OSLO444 | NORWEGIAN TERRORISM FINANCE PREVENTION PROCEDURES [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Anniken Enersen, Senior Advisor in the MFA legal section. Enersen explained that while 1267 sanctions committee names are quasi-automatically incorporated into Norwegian law (after administrative entry done by the MFA),our independent naming of E.O. [...] | 2009-07-14 14:54:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID NO |
09OSLO576 | FRANK NORWEGIAN OPINIONS ON OUR UNGA PRIORITIES [...] (C) Summary: Poloff met on September 18 with Lars Petter Henie, Deputy Chief of the UN Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss reftel A on our UNGA priorities and reftel B on FAO zero nominal growth. Henie was very frank in the discussion. He found the food security confe [...] | 2009-09-18 14:00:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA FAO EFIN AORC EAGR EAID KUNR KPKO |
09OSLO77 | TERRORISM FINANCE: NORWAY'S RESPONSE TO UPCOMING [...] (C) Embassy Oslo delivered points in reftels to Norway's Foreign Ministry. The Foreign Ministry will ensure that the names in both reftels will be forwarded to their financial enforcement agency, immigration and welfare authorities and to the Finance Ministry. WHITNEY [...] | 2009-01-16 09:34:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PTER PINR PREL NO |
09OSLO783 | NORWAY: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Consistent with instructions in ref A, the following is Embassy Oslo's submission for the narrative of the 2009 Country Report on Terrorism for Norway: Begin text. Norwegian authorities considered the threat of terrorist attacks in Norway low and the widespread belief among the genera [...] | 2009-12-21 14:25:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR NO |
09OSLO8 | NORWAY PROMISES BUDGET SUPPORT FOR PA WITHIN THE [...] (C) Ingrid Schoyen, Assistant Director General of the Mid-East Section of the MFA told poloff, in response to reftel demarche, that Norway would, within this week, release the 228 million kroner (approx $33 million) Norway pledged to the Palestinian Authority at the Paris donors' conference. S [...] | 2009-01-06 14:46:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG EFIN PGOV PTER PHUM NO |
09OTTAWA116 | BANK OF CANADA GOVERNOR DEFENDS OPTIMISTIC GROWTH FORECAST [...] (U) Summary: The Governor of the Bank of Canada predicts the Canadian economy will recover from the global financial crisis in late 2009, with growth approaching 4 percent in 2010. However, Canadian economic recovery is dependent on a range of domestic and international factors, including the [...] | 2009-02-12 20:36:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA |
09OTTAWA161 | CANADA: INFORMATION FOR LONDON G-20 MEETINGS [...] (sbu) Ref a requested information regarding Post's outlook on the continuing impact of the economic and financial situation on Canada, as well as Canada's expected priorities and objectives for the London G-20 Summit on April 2. Econcouns John Carwile (carwilejl@state.sgov.gov) and EMIN Eric B [...] | 2009-03-04 20:00:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA ECON EFIN |
09OTTAWA165 | TERRORISM FINANCE: CANADA UNLIKELY TO COSPONSOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-05 16:50:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | EFIN ETRD KTFN ETTC CA CH |
09OTTAWA212 | High unemployment rates speed passage of Canadian budget [...] (SBU) Summary: The combination of worse-than-expected unemployment numbers and high unemployment in key opposition Parliamentary ridings put pressure on Liberal Senators to pass budget and stimulus legislation quickly and with less than the usual level of rancor. The budget legislation receive [...] | 2009-03-13 20:33:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA |
09OTTAWA220 | ABOUSFIAN ABDELRAZIK IS WELCOME TO RETURN TO [...] (C) On March 17, Katherine Burke, Senior Policy Advisor, International Crime and Terrorism, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade told Econoff that Abousfian Abdelrazik, a Canadian and Sudanese dual citizen currently living in the Canadian Embassy in Khartoum, has not run afoul [...] | 2009-03-17 21:04:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC CA SU |
09OTTAWA246 | Canada's Green Investments in its Stimulus Package [...] Begin Summary: Canada's federal budget for FY 2009 (April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2010) introduced on January 29, 2009 announced approximately C$3.64 billion dollars (USD$2.97 billion at current exchange rates) for "Green Spending"; the Budget was passed on March 12, 2009. The federal budget for F [...] | 2009-03-26 18:13:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ENRG CA KGHG SENV |
09OTTAWA254 | CANADA TO ATTEND APRIL 17 PAKISTAN DONORS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-30 19:19:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN IBRD PK CA |
09OTTAWA321 | Canada tries to keep credit markets open as foreign bankers [...] SBU) Summary: The traditional conservatism of the Canadian banking sector helped it avoid some of the damage suffered in other G-7 countries during the international financial crisis. Canada's banks have had fewer toxic assets to deal with and much higher capital reserve requirements. Howeve [...] | 2009-04-29 17:07:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA |
09OTTAWA329 | DEMARCHE: SRI LANKA INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-30 19:41:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | CA ECON EFIN KDEM PHUM PREL |
09OTTAWA34 | 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR CANADA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-14 18:36:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB USTR OPIC PGOV CA |
09OTTAWA393 | Talk of Retaliation Against "Buy American" Escalates in [...] (SBU) Summary: Calls for retaliation against "Buy American" provisions in U.S. federal legislation are growing in Canada. Canadian officials and businesses claim "Buy American" actions threaten serious economic damage here, both to American and Canadian firms and their joint supply chains. I [...] | 2009-05-27 19:17:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA |
09OTTAWA425 | Prime Minister announces proposal to expand NAFTA's [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Harper is receiving guarded support from Canada's provinces over his proposal to counter "Buy American" measures by expanding the NAFTA government procurement chapter. The government hopes such an expansion will secure access for Canadian suppliers to the U.S. su [...] | 2009-06-04 20:23:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA |
09OTTAWA435 | GOC AGREES WITH USG APPROACH TO UN CONFERENCE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-08 17:15:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN UNGA CA |
09OTTAWA440 | Canadian municipalities adopt resolution to counter US Buy [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 6, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) adopted a non-binding "Buy Canadian" resolution on municipal procurement to counter alleged Canadian losses resulting from "Buy American" legislative provisions. The resolution called on municipalities to only purchase go [...] | 2009-06-09 15:47:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA |
09OTTAWA453 | CANADA TO CONSIDER PROPOSAL TO INCREASE [...] (SBU) Doug Rubbra, Senior Trade Policy Officer, Multilateral Market Access, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade explained that the GOC initially opposed the U.S. sponsored proposal advocating for increased transparency in export licensing. However, according to Rubbra the pr [...] | 2009-06-11 13:57:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD CA |
09OTTAWA512 | CANADA SUPPORTS U.S. ITSO POSITION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-07 15:16:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA AORC ECON ECPS EFIN PREL TSPA |
09OTTAWA521 | CANADA AGREES WITH U.S. ADVISORY ON UNSCR 1874 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-09 20:50:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP ECON EFIN PARM PREL |
09OTTAWA581 | Canada's Foreign Investment Reforms Create A More Open [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's July 17 federal court action against U.S. Steel attempts to force the company to meet the production and employment commitments it made to the Federal Government in 2007 in exchange for permission to take over Canada's Stelco. At that time, the GOC exercised its legal r [...] | 2009-07-27 19:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL CA |
09OTTAWA621 | CANADA ON SOMALIA SANCTIONS: NO INFO TO SHARE YET [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-11 19:02:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC CA |
09OTTAWA630 | UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS: CANADA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-17 16:44:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PREL PTER UNSC KTFN CA |
09OTTAWA70 | Canada's Coming Federal Budget and Stimulus Prospects [...] (SBU) Summary: With the economy dominating the political landscape (ref a),Canada's opposition parties have made the January 27 federal budget a litmus test of PM Harper's ability to make his Conservative minority government work. Ottawa observers estimate that the budget will pass with just [...] | 2009-01-26 13:07:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA |
09OTTAWA748 | Treasury Discussions with Canada Regarding Export Credits [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 2, Treasury DAS for Trade and Investment Sharon Yuan, Treasury Director for Trade Finance Steve Tvardek, Embassy EMIN, Embassy Commercial MC and Senior ECON FSN met with officials from key GOC departments and representatives from Canada's export financing agency to [...] | 2009-09-25 19:53:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EFIN EAIR ECON EINV PREL CA |
09OTTAWA756 | Canadian Finance Minister Announces Canadian Economy [...] (SBU) Summary: The Canadian government's plan to eliminate the nation's budget deficit and return to pre-recession growth rates by 2015 without cutting spending or raising taxes is leaving some economists scratching their heads. Ottawa observers suggest that the optimistic forecast is an atte [...] | 2009-09-28 21:20:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA |
09OTTAWA762 | Canadian Government announces plan to eliminate tariffs on [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's plan to eliminate tariffs on a broad range of manufacturing should take effect in early 2010. GOC submits that the elimination of tariffs for inputs in key manufacturing sectors will help facilitate economic recovery and improve Canadian competitiveness. Critics in C [...] | 2009-09-30 17:57:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA |
09OTTAWA78 | LIBERALS TO SUPPORT BUDGET, WITH CONDITIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff publicly confirmed on January 28 that his party will support PM Harper's latest "flawed" budget (septel),on the condition that the government submit three reports to Parliament this year on its budget implementation, notably about actual expendit [...] | 2009-01-28 22:01:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN CA |
09OTTAWA80 | Canada Budget Offers Economic Stimulus [...] (SBU) Summary: Although battered by economic shocks, Canada is well positioned for economic recovery if and when commodity prices rise and U.S. demand returns. To best position Canada for eventual recovery, the Conservative government's January 27 budget provides massive (by Canadian standards [...] | 2009-01-30 21:13:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA |
09OTTAWA816 | Canada Appreciates Learning Results of U.S. Review of [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-28 14:02:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC CA |
09OTTAWA835 | Canadian Response to UK Decision to Ban the Provision of [...] (C) ECONOFF demarched Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT) Iran Deputy Director Gallit Dobner regarding referenced cable. She expressed surprise that the UK was moving forward with this action given that it is one of a suite of actions the Like-Minded Countries have considere [...] | 2009-11-13 22:12:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KNNP XF ZP ZR IR UK CA |
09OTTAWA84 | Canada warns "Buy American" legislation would trigger [...] (SBU) The "Buy American" provisions in the U.S. economic stimulus bill in the Senate have received widespread critical attention in Canada - the United States' largest trading partner. -- Running front-page headlines, newspapers across Canada have been uniformly negative about the "Buy American [...] | 2009-02-03 21:12:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA |
09OTTAWA9 | CANADA AND ICSID SECRETARY-GENERAL NOMINATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-07 20:15:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA KIDE EINV ECON EFIN |
09OTTAWA92 | Response to OPIC on Operation Eyesight Universal [...] (SBU) The health NGO Operation Eyesight Universal Foundation (OEUF) is well known and highly regarded in Canada. USAID's Canadian counterpart, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA),cites OEUF as having been a key partner for more than thirty years. The 2007 OEUF annual report [...] | 2009-02-05 13:49:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV CA |
09OUAGADOUGOU1166 | BURKINA FASO: 2009-2010 INSCR PART II MONEY LAUNDERING AND [...] (U) Per reftel request, below is Part Two of the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report concerning Money Laundering and Financial Crimes. 2. (U) The following are the responses for Burkina Faso to the 2010 INCSR, Part II, Money Laundering and Financial Crimes (paragraph numbers a [...] | 2009-12-16 16:37:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU2 | BURKINA FASO: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] As requested in reftel, Embassy provides the following narrative for the 2008 Country Report on Terrorism. 2. Burkina Faso continued to lack the resources necessary to protect its borders adequately and to monitor the movement of potential terrorists. However, in December, Burkina Faso was [...] | 2009-01-05 09:37:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KRCM KHLS AEMR UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU27 | BURKINA FASO 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] In response to reftel, the following is the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Burkina Faso. Table of Contents ----------------- A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment 2. Conversion and Transfer Policies 3. Expropriation and Compensation 4. Dispute Settlement 5. Perfor [...] | 2009-01-15 17:09:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON PGOV EFIN KTDB OPIC USTR UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU581 | OFDA'S CONTRIBUTION IN BURKINA FASO RECOGNIZED [...] On the 16th of July, USAID/OFDA's Acting Regional Advisor attended a ceremony presided over by the Minister of Health where UNICEF turned over 18 vehicles and a large quantity of equipment and supplies to the MOH in order to help it detect malnutrition and treat cases of severe acute malnutrit [...] | 2009-07-22 15:54:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR ECON EFIN UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU606 | BURKINA FASO: UNSC DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-30 13:37:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC PREL PTER UNSC UV |
09PANAMA21 | EMBASSY ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING OUTREACH [...] (C) Summary: Spearheading Mission Panama's anti-money laundering outreach, Ambassador Stephenson met with Colon Free Zone (CFZ) General Manager Nilda Quijano during a December 17 visit to Colon. Quijano described the competitive advantages of the CFZ for legitimate businesses and the steps be [...] | 2009-01-08 21:03:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN SNAR KTFN PM |
09PANAMA255 | LAWYERS VS. EVERYONE ELSE - GOP STRIVES TO PREEMPT [...] (C) Summary. The Government of Panama intends to announce financial transparency measures before the April 2 G20 Meeting to ensure that Panama is not placed on the OECD Blacklist of "tax havens." In a March 25 letter to the OECD, the GOP acknowledged that it does not want its financial center [...] | 2009-03-26 20:14:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PM PREL SNAR |
09PANAMA293 | PANAMA ANNOUNCES KEY TAX HAVEN SOLUTION - A PATH [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOP announced on April 7 that it intends to regulate bearer shares. This breakthrough, when fully executed, will solve Panama's most pressing transparency issue, fulfill the USG's most prominent financial crimes regulatory recommendation, and remedy Panama's sole grave rema [...] | 2009-04-08 14:12:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN SNAR PREL PGOV PM |
09PANAMA309 | SICA MULTILAT [...] (U) GOP Protocol Director Ambassador Flavio Mendez has confirmed acceptance of President Obama's invitation to attend the Sunday, April 19, 2009 SICA Multilateral. President Martin Torrijos and Vice-President Samuel Lewis Navarro will participate in the 8am meeting. STEPHENSON [...] | 2009-04-16 20:56:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AORC APER BEXP ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD KSUM |
09PANAMA320 | PANAMA: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM [...] (U) Summary: Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) represent over 92% of Panamanian businesses. This cable surveys an unrepresentative sample of small businesses and attempts to get a glimpse into their experiences. The six entrepreneurs interviewed appeared confident about their businesses. Th [...] | 2009-04-21 17:45:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PM EFIN ELAB |
09PANAMA322 | PANAMA: DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD BANK [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-21 21:32:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KV |
09PANAMA323 | CODEL LEVIN DISCUSSES OVERCOMING FTA ROADBLOCKS [...] (SBU) Summary. Codel Levin, composed of Representative Sandy Levin (D-MI and Chairman of the Trade Subcommittee of the Ways & Means Committee),met with Panamanian President Martin Torrijos on April 20. The discussion centered on the U.S-Panama Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and the two core issues [...] | 2009-04-22 14:54:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP OVIP ECON ETRD EFIN PM |
09PANAMA367 | TORRIJOS BRIEFS MARTINELLI AS TIEA THREATENS FTA [...] (SBU) Vice-President Lewis reported to the Ambassador that President Torrijos recommitted to his endgame (reftels) for the U.S.-Panama FTA (FTA) during his first meeting with President-elect Martinelli. That endgame calls for the Obama Administration to submit the FTA to Congress, after which [...] | 2009-05-06 22:58:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL PGOV EFTA EFIN SNAR PM |
09PANAMA373 | MARTINELLI'S U.S. AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE SUPPORTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Jaime Aleman, President-elect Martinelli's Ambassador-designate to Washington, told Ambassador Stephenson today (May 7) that Martinelli would support initiation of Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) negotiations with the United States soon as part of Panama's 2002 and 20 [...] | 2009-05-07 23:23:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EFTA ETRD PGOV PM PREL SNAR |
09PANAMA435 | PANAMA LAUNCHES CONTROVERSIAL FTA MEASURES AMID [...] (C) Encouraged by front-page coverage of U.S. officials noting progress on the U.S.-Panama Free Trade Agreement (FTA) early in the week of May 18, the current (Torrijos) and in-coming (Martinelli) governments of Panama took actions on May 20 designed to pave the way for U.S. Congressional appr [...] | 2009-06-01 17:37:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EFTA ELAB ETRD PGOV PM PREL SNAR |
09PANAMA454 | PANAMA LAUNCHES CONTROVERSIAL FTA MEASURES AMID [...] (C) Encouraged by front-page coverage of U.S. officials noting progress on the U.S.-Panama Free Trade Agreement (FTA) early in the week of May 18, the current (Torrijos) and in-coming (Martinelli) governments of Panama took actions on May 20 designed to pave the way for U.S. Congressional appr [...] | 2009-06-05 18:45:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EFTA ELAB ETRD PGOV PM PREL SNAR |
09PANAMA481 | PANAMA: 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (U) Below is Embassy Panama's input for the congressionally mandated annual report on investment disputes as contemplated in Section 527 of the FY 94-95 Foreign Relations Authorizations Act. The United States is aware of one case in which United States citizens have an outstanding claim agai [...] | 2009-06-16 15:32:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC ECON EFIN ENIV KIDE PGOV PM OPIC |
09PANAMA490 | PANAMA FTA LABOR REFORMS: TIME IS TICKING AWAY. [...] (C) President Torrijos issued four executive decrees on June 5 to bring the Panamanian labor code into alignment with International Labor Organization (ILO) standards, as he continues his attempt to fulfill his Free Trade Agreement (FTA)-related promises to the Obama Administration. However, [...] | 2009-06-18 18:24:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EFTA ELAB ETRD PGOV PM PREL |
09PANAMA535 | GOP SET TO LAUNCH TIEA NEGOTIATIONS WITH OECD [...] (SBU) Minister of the Economy and Finance (MEF) Alberto Vallarino will assume leadership of the Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA)/OECD-G20 transparency issues by spearheading the GOP's efforts to negotiate TIEAs with OECD nations. "Not having a TIEA could severely damage our service-b [...] | 2009-07-07 23:03:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EFTA ETRD PM PREL |
09PANAMA640 | ONCE AGAIN, GOP SET TO LAUNCH TIEA NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) GOP Ministers informed the Ambassadors to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries that Panama will enter Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) negotiations with a sufficient number of OECD countries to prevent Panama from being blacklisted as a tax [...] | 2009-08-24 12:06:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EFTA ETRD PM PREL |
09PARAMARIBO127 | SURINAME: FOREIGN MINISTER ASSURES AMBASSADOR THAT [...] (SBU) As noted reftel b, we have tried since early April to engage the Surinamese MFA on matters concerning Kosovo, largely without success. 2. (SBU) Finally, on 29 April and in response to my direct entreaty, the MFA responded in writing with the following: "the Republic of Suriname [...] | 2009-05-04 17:02:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL KV |
09PARAMARIBO128 | CORRECTED COPY: SURINAME: FOREIGN MINISTER ASSURES [...] (SBU) As noted reftel b, we have tried since early April to engage the Surinamese MFA on matters concerning Kosovo, largely without success. 2. (SBU) Finally, on 29 April and in response to my direct entreaty, the MFA responded in writing with the following: "...the Republic of Surinam [...] | 2009-05-04 18:48:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL KV NS |
09PARAMARIBO140 | SURINAME: POST RESPONSE ON KOSOVO WORLD BANK VOTE [...] (SBU) Post staff have actively engaged the Government of Suriname (GOS) on this and other Kosovo-related issues. Demarches were made on Kosovo recognition and the International Court of Justice vote to the Head of the the European Division and the Acting Head of the International Organizations [...] | 2009-05-14 18:22:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL KV NS |
09PARAMARIBO162 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: SURINAME WILL ABSTAIN ON THE [...] (SBU) As requested in Reftel A, Embassy Paramaribo contacted Suriname's Central Bank, Finance Ministry, and Foreign Ministry concerning Kosovo's candidacy for World Bank membership. On June 3, Ambassador Lisa Bobbie Schreiber Hughes learned from Foreign Ministry Acting Permanent Secretary Amb [...] | 2009-06-03 19:15:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL KV NS |
09PARAMARIBO32 | SURINAME: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] (U) Post submits the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Suriname. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------- 2. The Government of Suriname (GOS) welcomes Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into the country and has on several occasions identified it as key in achieving [...] | 2009-01-26 12:08:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB PGOV USTR NS |
09PARAMARIBO432 | SURINAME: 2009 Country Reports on Terrorism [...] (SBU) Post is pleased to submit the 2009 Country Report on Terrorism for Suriname. Suriname The likelihood of Suriname being used by terrorists as a base for their operations or as a safe haven remains unchanged from 2008. Suriname's lead agency for counterterrorism is the Central [...] | 2009-12-21 20:08:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR NS |
09PARAMARIBO46 | SURINAME: EFFECTS OF FINANCIAL CRISIS CREEPING UP ON [...] (U) SUMMARY. Suriname's financial system has remained relatively unscathed by the international financial crisis; however, the world economic slowdown has begun to impact the country's overall economy due to Suriname's vulnerability to price shocks in the commodities market, the drastic fluctua [...] | 2009-02-11 19:01:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EPET ECON PREL NS |
09PARIS1021 | GOF MOVES BEYOND SOCIAL UNREST TO LABOR AND PENSION REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: After a spring of layoffs, "boss-nappings" and talk of social revolution, the GOF enters the annual vacation period having weathered what it hopes is the worst of the economic crisis. President Sarkozy by most accounts has successfully managed (some would say co-opted) relations [...] | 2009-07-28 10:13:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EFIN ETRD PREL FR |
09PARIS1047 | PARIS CLUB - JULY 2009 MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: During the July Paris Club meeting, creditors agreed to voluntarily go beyond the terms of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative to forgive 100 percent of their claims pertaining to Haiti, which reached completion point under the Initiative on June 30. The Club a [...] | 2009-08-03 08:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
09PARIS1084 | UNSC SOMALIA SANCTIONS: GOF SAYS IT WILL SEARCH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-10 12:16:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC FR |
09PARIS1251 | FRANCH BANKERS' PITTSBURGH NIGHTMARE [...] (SBU) Meeting on the anniversary of the Lehman failure, leading French financiers told Ambassador Rivkin that capital requirements and accounting rules, rather than compensation, are the critical issues at the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh. They are fearful that the G20 will stiffen both capital re [...] | 2009-09-15 10:52:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL FR |
09PARIS1387 | SEPTEMBER 2009 PARIS CLUB MEETING; NEGOTIATION WITH CAR [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 15, the Paris Club and the Central African Republic (CAR) negotiated a new debt relief agreement recognizing that country's completion of the enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative. Creditors agreed voluntarily to go beyond HIPC terms to forgive [...] | 2009-10-14 11:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
09PARIS1437 | FRENCH AID TO PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Econ Counselor and Poloff delivered the demarche in ref A to Annie Evrard, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) desk officer for Pakistan, and Guillaume Cruse, an official from the Agence France de Development. Both are members of the interagency Afghanistan-Pakistan "cell" and familiar w [...] | 2009-10-26 16:44:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PREL FR PK |
09PARIS1451 | FRANCE: RETHINKING INDUSTRIAL POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary. President Sarkozy has initiated a national debate on the country's long-term industrial policy. After a three and half month consultative process starting this month with small/medium sized enterprises and industries (SME/SMIs),unions, local governments, experts, and the gene [...] | 2009-10-28 16:52:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EFIN ETRD FR |
09PARIS1508 | (S) REACTION TO IRANIAN BANK SUBSIDIARY DESIGNATION [...] (C) On November 12, Embassy delivered demarche on subject designation to MFA DAS-equivalent for non-proliferation Martin Briens. He said he expects more Iranian banks to try to open foreign subsidiaries to ease some of the pressure of UN sanctions, including in countries at Europe's doorstep s [...] | 2009-11-13 11:05:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP EFIN IR MY FR |
09PARIS1510 | (C) REACTION TO IRANIAN BANK SUBSIDIARY DESIGNATION [...] (C) On November 12, Embassy delivered demarche on subject designation to MFA DAS-equivalent for non-proliferation Martin Briens. He said he expects more Iranian banks to try to open foreign subsidiaries to ease some of the pressure of UN sanctions, including in countries at Europe's doorstep s [...] | 2009-11-13 17:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP EFIN IR MY FR |
09PARIS1548 | FRANCO-CUBAN RELATIONS: RESPONSE TO REVIEW FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: France advocates democratic advancement and the protection of fundamental human rights in conjunction with the joint EU position on Cuba. Although diplomatic ties have been frayed since 2003, the GOF supports continued dialogue with Havana on democratization and the release of p [...] | 2009-11-23 12:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC EFIN EINV PREL PHUM FR CU |
09PARIS1599 | FRANCE'S "GRAND EMPRUNT": STIMULATING LONG-TERM GROWTH [...] (U) Summary: France is finalizing its second-round stimulus package, which emphasizes investment in research and innovation. President Sarkozy will consult with unions, business and other social partners before final approval in early December, and launch the program in January 2010. The prop [...] | 2009-11-30 16:55:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL FR |
09PARIS1687 | MICHEL BARNIER: WHO IS THE NEW EU COMMISSIONER FOR INTERNAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Michel Barnier's selection as European Commissioner for the Internal Markets is the culmination of years of maneuvering for a senior EC post. As Foreign Minister, Barnier called for a strong Europe based on a "Franco-German" rather than "Anglo-Saxon" model, and as Agriculture Mi [...] | 2009-12-15 09:58:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN ECON PREL PINR FR EU |
09PARIS197 | SARKOZY ADDRESSES FRANCE ON THE ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary: In a 90-minute broadcast on the economic crisis, President Sarkozy said he and German Chancellor Merkel will insist on "structural change" in the international financial system at the G20 Summit in London. France must focus on employment to get out of the crisis, he said, invi [...] | 2009-02-06 17:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL FR |
09PARIS212 | FRANCE ROLLS OUT AUTO SUPPORT PROGRAM [...] (SBU) President Sarkozy announced a 9 billion euro aid package for France's struggling auto sector. The sector provides direct and indirect jobs for nearly 10 percent of the work force. The GOF plan includes loans for Renault, Peugeot, Renault Trucks (Volvo) and their suppliers and incentives [...] | 2009-02-11 14:56:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL WTO FR |
09PARIS284 | PARIS CLUB - JANUARY 2009 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: During the January 2009 Paris Club Tour d'Horizon, creditors agreed to consider committing up front to a debt reduction for Seychelles, although they agreed that conditions should be stringent. While Haiti's situation was challenging, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) believ [...] | 2009-02-26 12:19:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
09PARIS287 | FINANCING FRANCE'S RECOVERY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As EU president last fall, President Sarkozy pressed unsuccessfully for a coordinated European economic stimulus. The best he could get was a commitment to national efforts in the range of 1.5 to 2 percent of GDP. At home, Sarkozy wasted no time in acting on his proposals. To [...] | 2009-02-27 07:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ECON PREL FR |
09PARIS290 | FRANCE: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] Embassy Paris notes no significant developments since last year with respect to GOF actions to protect critical infrastructure. After mission-wide consultation, Embassy Paris did not identify any physical infrastructure or resources in France whose loss would immediately affect the security, [...] | 2009-02-27 16:00:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PINS ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP FR |
09PARIS295 | THE CRISIS AND FRANCE'S BANKING SECTOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: French banks have remained generally profitable, despite almost USD 20 billion in subprime write-downs and credit losses. The government has provided banks with capital injections and guarantees on credit financing to bolster market confidence and encourage interbank and money m [...] | 2009-03-02 06:58:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ECON PREL FR |
09PARIS315 | FRANCE: LATEST ECONOMIC TRENDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With unemployment near 8% (and rising) and the French economy expected to contract 1.5% in 2009, France is facing up to a deeper recession and slower recovery than anticipated even two months ago. Declining government revenues and an automatic spike in social outlays will drive [...] | 2009-03-04 12:48:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ECON PREL FR |
09PARIS320 | FRANCE/G20: FIXATION ON TAX HAVENS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the context of the international financial crisis, President Sarkozy has repeatedly cited the need for international action on "tax havens," a point on which he recently said he sees "zero room to negotiate" in the G20 (ref A). Sarkozy appears to have garnered substantial Eu [...] | 2009-03-04 18:16:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ECON PREL FR |
09PARIS321 | FRANCE/G20: FIXATION ON TAX HAVENS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the context of the international financial crisis, President Sarkozy has repeatedly cited the need for international action on "tax havens," a point on which he recently said he sees "zero room to negotiate" in the G20 (ref A). Sarkozy appears to have garnered substantial Eu [...] | 2009-03-05 07:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ECON PREL FR |
09PARIS330 | The Standing Group for Global Energy Dialogue, February [...] Summary: The International Energy Agency's Standing Group for Global Energy Dialogue (SGD) met February 25-26 in Paris to discuss to review a range of outreach work to non-IEA countries, to discuss the activities of other energy organizations, and to discuss next steps for the IEA. Topics in [...] | 2009-03-06 11:23:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET IEA OECD |
09PARIS414 | FRANCE ON CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The senior Economics Ministry official responsible for Economic Policy and Europe agrees that the financial situation in Central and Eastern Europe is serious. The EU and member states are taking actions to support central European member states. The main approach must be mult [...] | 2009-03-20 17:36:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EUN PREL FR |
09PARIS415 | FRENCH UNLIKELY TO OFFER MUCH AT PAKISTAN TOKYO [...] (C) Embassy delivered points in reftel to French MFA officer Jasmine Zerinini deputy director of the newly created office of France's special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan on March 16. She had no information when we spoke to her about French intentions with respect to new financial pled [...] | 2009-03-20 17:55:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK FR |
09PARIS49 | SARKOZY, MERKEL: INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL COORDINATION [...] (SBU) Summary: At a January 8-9 "think-in" on capitalism, involving practitioner-politicians and philosopher-economists, President Sarkozy and German Chancellor Merkel said the G20 Summit on April 2nd must set up a new framework of global economic governance to avoid systemic risks in the fut [...] | 2009-01-14 17:45:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL FR |
09PARIS493 | FRANCE'S EVOLVING INDUSTRIAL POLICY [...] Summary: President Sarkozy's domestic and European industrial policy objectives reflect a blend of political Gaullist traditionalism and results-oriented economic strategy. Sarkozy defends "France's grandeur" through a vision of strategic sectors for which he shuns foreign capital at home [...] | 2009-04-03 10:50:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EFIN ETRD PREL FR |
09PARIS499 | PARIS CLUB - MARCH 2009 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The March 10, 2009 Paris Club Tour d'Horizon covered Afghanistan, Burundi, Central African Republic (CAR),Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Grenada, Haiti, Iraq, Jamaica, the Seychelles, and Sri Lanka. Creditors provided "financing assurances" f [...] | 2009-04-03 16:08:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
09PARIS519 | OUT-TAKES ON G20 SUMMIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Economics and Foreign Affairs Ministry contacts confirm the GOF is satisfied with the unity and balance achieved at the G20 summit in London, calling President Obama's role "constructive" on key areas for the French. The GOF supported the U.S. proposal to triple IMF resources l [...] | 2009-04-10 15:49:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EUN PREL FR |
09PARIS520 | GREEN INVESTMENTS IN FRENCH STIMULUS [...] Summary: "Green" investments, as defined reftel, account for roughly 3.5 Q 4.0 billion euros of the 26 billion euro French economic stimulus package passed in February 2009. Funds for public rail, energy generation, alternative energy investments, nuclear power, energy distribution and tra [...] | 2009-04-10 15:50:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV EFIN KGHG FR |
09PARIS57 | DRC/RWANDA: FRANCE SUPPORTS USG APPROACH ON UNSC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-15 14:49:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER ZF UNSC FR |
09PARIS623 | SRI LANKA IMF ARRANGEMENT: RESERVATIONS BUT NO FINAL [...] (C) In response to USG concerns regarding an IMF Stand-By Arrangement to stabilize the Sri Lankan economy (reftel),the French Economics Ministry and Ministry of Foreign Affairs told us on April 30 and May 5, respectively, that the GOF has not yet taken a final position. Economics Ministry Off [...] | 2009-05-05 14:58:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ECON KDEM PHUM CE FR |
09PARIS629 | PARIS CLUB - APRIL 2009 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: During the January 2009 Paris Club Tour d'Horizon, creditors agreed to consider committing upfront to a debt reduction for Seychelles, although they agreed that conditions should be stringent. While Haiti's situation was challenging, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) believe [...] | 2009-05-07 07:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
09PARIS643 | PARIS CLUB - APRIL 2009 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: During the April Paris Club meeting, the IMF reported Afghanistan's PRGF was back on track. Some creditors expressed a willingness to extend Afghanistan's debt treatment, but Russia noted some 'technical problems.' The World Bank and the Fund had approved Cote d'Ivoire's decisi [...] | 2009-05-12 15:58:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
09PARIS681 | NO NEW BIO-INFO ON PIRATES, BUT FRANCE WANTS TO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-20 09:06:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC FR |
09PARIS715 | PARIS CLUB - MAY 2009 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: During the May 13 Paris Club meeting, creditors were willing to extend Afghanistan's debt treatment, but Russia blocked the move. Paris Club members expressed concerns about Brazil's proposed loan to Argentina's state-owned airline Aerolineas Argentinas, but agreed to seek more [...] | 2009-05-28 14:50:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
09PARIS81 | FRANCE AND THE ECONOMIC/FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: France anticipates a steep but short-lived economic contraction in 2009, followed by a slow recovery, according to government and private sector economists. Sharp slowdowns in key trading partners (Germany, Spain) as well as longstanding problems with international competitive [...] | 2009-01-21 17:11:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL FR |
09PARIS82 | FRANCE AND THE ECONOMIC/FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: France anticipates a steep but short-lived economic contraction in 2009, followed by a slow recovery, according to government and private sector economists. Sharp slowdowns in key trading partners (Germany, Spain) as well as longstanding problems with international competitive [...] | 2009-01-21 17:11:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL FR |
09PARIS973 | PARIS CLUB - JUNE 2009 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Paris Club's June 23 meeting, the U.S. opposed a proposal to give new seniority status to crisis-related bilateral financing. Russia dropped its opposition to extending Afghanistan's Club treatment, clearing the way for continued debt relief as Afghanistan implements its [...] | 2009-07-20 10:16:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
09PARIS982 | UNSC LIBERIA AND DRC SANCTIONS: FRENCH HAVE NO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-21 14:18:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC CG LI FR |
09PESHAWAR133 | NWFP: CAN SWAT'S CROPS BE SAVED? [...] (SBU) Pakistan will suffer a 35 percent crop loss in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) this year, and up to a 70 percent crop loss in the conflict-hit areas of Malakand Division, according to the NWFP provincial government and local economists. These Consulate contacts conclude that it is [...] | 2009-06-17 04:41:00 | Consulate Peshawar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ENRG EFIN PGOV PK |
09PHNOMPENH123 | CAMBODIA: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (SBU) Post has reviewed the criteria set forth in reftel, and reports that there are no critical infrastructure nor key resources within Cambodia whose loss could critically impact either directly or indirectly the public health, economic security, and/or national and homeland security of the U [...] | 2009-02-24 01:14:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP CB |
09PHNOMPENH205 | U.S. BUSINESSES CONCERNED ABOUT FINANCIAL, NOT POLITICAL, [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. The future stability of the Cambodian financial sector was foremost on the minds of U.S. business representatives during a monthly AmCham breakfast meeting hosted by the Ambassador March 26. Not dissimilar to problems in the U.S., turmoil in the real estate market, [...] | 2009-03-27 09:58:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV EINV CB |
09PHNOMPENH248 | PHNOM PENH'S TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS [...] Phnom Penh's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officers are as follows: Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer Melissa Sweeney, Economic Officer Office: 855 23728401; General: 855 237284000 Cell: 855 12501276 Email: Sweeneyma@state.gov; Sweeneyma@state.sgov.gov Deputy Terrorism Finance C [...] | 2009-04-20 04:49:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER CB |
09PHNOMPENH401 | Counterfeit U.S. Currency on the Rise in Cambodia [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) reports a significant increase of counterfeit U.S. currency circulating in Cambodia. In recent months, the amount of fake bills forwarded to the NBC by commercial banks has tripled compared to the total amount received over the past decade. [...] | 2009-06-16 04:37:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV CB |
09PHNOMPENH437 | Cambodia: Demarche Delivered UNSCR 1874 Financial [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel talking points and Treasury Department Advisory June 29 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation via diplomatic note. Acting Deputy Chief of Mission and Econoff also shared a copy of the diplomatic note with Neav Chanthana, Deputy Governor, N [...] | 2009-07-02 03:57:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP CB |
09PHNOMPENH441 | CAMBODIA: NO PLANS TO ATTEND THE EXTRAORDINARY [...] (U) Acting Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche and non-paper July 2 to Chhy Sokha, Deputy Director of General Administration, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MoPT). (NOTE: Mr. Chhy's department is responsible for international cooperation within the MoPT. END NOTE.) He was n [...] | 2009-07-02 11:23:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | APRC ECPS EFIN INTELSAT KTIA TSPA CB |
09PHNOMPENH71 | 2009 Investment Climate Statement - Cambodia [...] Cambodia, a developing country, began the transformation from a command economy to the free market in the late 1980s. It is now integrating into the regional and world trading framework. In 1999, Cambodia joined the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and in September 2004, became [...] | 2009-01-28 10:02:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KIPR OPIC KTDB USTR CB |
09PHNOMPENH816 | ENCOURAGING CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pol/Econ Chief October 22 delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MoEF),reiterating that improvements in budget transparency would be a key focus in future years. The MoEF highlighted the ministry's diligent implementation of the Public Financial Ma [...] | 2009-10-30 09:21:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EFIN EAID ECON CB |
09PHNOMPENH97 | CAMBODIA'S ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Hun Sen announced to an assembled audience of the country's top economists and development partners at the Third Cambodia Economic Forum February 5 that projections for Cambodia's economic have been revised downward to 6 percent for 2009, indicating the more sobe [...] | 2009-02-12 05:33:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD CB |
09PODGORICA121 | GOM SUPPORTS KOSOVO'S WB MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-13 12:52:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL MW |
09PODGORICA159 | THE TWO MONTENEGROS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 11 municipalities that make up "northern Montenegro" account for half of the country's territory and the majority of its natural resources. However, they lag significantly behind the coast and center of the country in every leading economic indicator. The disparity between [...] | 2009-07-01 17:26:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAID EFIN KCRM MW |
09PODGORICA49 | NEW CONFLICT OF INTEREST LAW: IMPROVED, BUT NOT ENOUGH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Montenegro's new Law on the Conflict of Interest, adopted in January, restricts the private business activities of public officials. But while many observers concede that it is a step forward from the roundly criticized previous law, they question the independence of the commis [...] | 2009-02-24 19:17:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON MW |
09PODGORICA78 | THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS HITS MONTENEGRO [...] (SBU) Summary: The global economic crisis is hitting Montenegro. IMF and other experts are predicting a sharp deceleration in growth in the near term, with GDP growth likely to decline to about two percent in 2009-2010. Credit growth is also likely to continue to decrease, given banks' reduce [...] | 2009-04-01 14:32:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL MW |
09PORTAUPRINCE24 | HAITI: DEMARCHE ON USG DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-08 19:59:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM EFIN KNNP IR HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE290 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-16 12:22:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | SECRET | HA PTER ASEC EFIN KCIP |
09PORTAUPRINCE413 | HAITI:DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF KOSOVO'S IMF AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 19:21:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL KV |
09PORTAUPRINCE629 | HAITI: UNSCR 1874 DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-07 13:25:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE ECON EFIN KNNP NK HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE644 | CHIEF OF STAFF MILLS MEETS WITH GOH MINISTERS AND [...] (U) Summary. The Secretary's Counselor and Chief of Staff Cheryl Mills, along with staff aide Meghann Curtis, assessed Haiti's development and reconstruction needs in a visit July 6-7 that included a tour of a USAID-funded IOM projects outside Port-au-Prince, and meetings with the Prime Minister, [...] | 2009-07-16 14:44:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR ENRG ECON EFIN HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE679 | KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) Poloff delivered demarche urging the recognition of Kosovo by the Republic of Haiti on July 29, 2009, to Director of Political Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Patrick Izidore. 2. (SBU) Isidore assured Poloff that the Government of Haiti (GoH) has been considering the m [...] | 2009-07-30 18:43:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE ECON EFIN KNNP NK KVIR |
09PORTAUPRINCE86 | 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - HAITI [...] (U) Haiti's openness to foreign investment is codified in its laws. Import and export policies are non-discriminatory and are not based upon nationality. There is no significant public opposition to foreign investment in Haiti. The Government of Haiti (GoH) has made notable progress in rece [...] | 2009-01-27 14:22:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | KIDE EINV ECON EFIN PGOV HA OPIC USTR KTDB ETRD |
09PORTLOUIS159 | SEYCHELLES SILENT ON KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-28 13:09:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL SE |
09PORTLOUIS163 | LACK OF COMMUNICATION MAY DELAY MAURITIAN VOTE ON KOSOVO [...] (SBU) On May 29, Post delivered demarche points (ref A) to Minister Counselor Deepak Gokulsing, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Likewise, on June 1, Post spoke with Second Secretary and U.S. Desk Officer for the Mauritius MFA, Mrs. Brinda Trilok, on the issue. The MFA officials insisted tha [...] | 2009-06-02 13:17:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL MP |
09PORTLOUIS168 | MAURITIUS TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO, PRIME MINISTER SAYS [...] (C) On 4 June, Prime Minister Ramgoolam called CDA to report that he had decided Mauritius would recognize Kosovo on or soon after 17 July. When asked the reason for the complete shift of GOM position (see refs),the PM said that he had been swayed by the series of talking points delivered o [...] | 2009-06-05 08:02:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KV MP |
09PORTLOUIS412 | SEYCHELLES TO DROP CASE AGAINST LXE SOLAR AND JIE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a U.S. District Court, LXE Solar and Jie (George) Xiao have charged Seychelles with seizing an 8.5 million dollar bank account; the suit seeks the return of the funds plus 30 million dollars in damages. Seychelles has denied the allegations, stating that the account was legally [...] | 2009-12-23 11:00:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EFIN SE |
09PORTLOUIS5 | AIR MAURITIUS CAN'T FLY OVER THIS HEDGE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Air Mauritius made a very bad bet. After increasing its hedge ratio to 80 percent of its projected fuel requirements until mid-2010 at an average price of USD 105 per barrel, the airline is losing about USD 8.4 million per month. These severe self-inflicted losses have led to st [...] | 2009-01-07 12:41:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EFIN ECON ETRD OPIC USTR MP |
09PORTLOUIS63 | NO CRITICAL FOREIGN DEPENDENCIES IN MAURITIUS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-19 12:32:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG MP |
09PORTLOUIS64 | CHINESE PRESIDENT SPREADS LARGESSE AND BRUISES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although diplomatic relations between China and Mauritius date back to 1972, the first visit to Mauritius of a Chinese President took place this week from February 16- 17. President Hu Jintao visited Mauritius as part of a four- leg African tour that also included Senegal, Mali, [...] | 2009-02-20 08:51:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR EFIN MARR PREL SENV TRGY CH MP |
09PORTLOUIS67 | NO CRITICAL FOREIGN DEPENDENCIES IN SEYCHELLES [...] (C) Seychelles is a small, developing island nation without significant mineral or other natural wealth. Post does not believe Seychelles possesses critical infrastructure or key resources the loss of which would have a critical impact on the public health, economic security, or national secur [...] | 2009-02-24 09:44:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG SY |
09PORTOFSPAIN121 | RESPONSE FOR INFORMATION ON ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (C) Summary: Trinidad and Tobago's lack of compliance with the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) anti-money laundering and counter terrorism finance (AML/CTF) recommendations jeopardizes its role as a regional financial leader. CFATF's executive director is calling on the GOTT to [...] | 2009-03-17 17:09:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PINR KTFN TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN172 | FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO [...] (U) Post provides the following responses to ref (A) questions on fiscal transparency in Trinidad and Tobago. A more complete assessment of fiscal transparency in T&T is contained in ref (B). 2. (SBU) QUESTION: Is the central government expected to receive or is it already receiving U.S. fo [...] | 2009-04-10 18:52:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN223 | SHRIMP-TURTLE: TRINIDAD & TOBAGO UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: State/OES requested Post follow up on the January 2009 Turtle Excluder Device (TED) Certification Visit. EconOff spoke with GOTT Fisheries officials Elizabeth Mohammed and Luanna Martin concerning their progress. No progress has been made since GOTT failed to regain the Section 6 [...] | 2009-05-13 19:38:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN SENV ETRD TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN233 | CARICOM: HEADS OF GOVERNMENT DISCUSS REGIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: CARICOM heads of government met May 24 in Port of Spain to discuss a regional response to the economic crisis. They encouraged member countries intending to approach the IMF to do so sooner rather than later, but also stressed the need for a medium-term regional approach to th [...] | 2009-05-27 18:00:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EFIN ECIN TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN361 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR JULY [...] Airline boss quits ---------------------- State-owned Caribbean Airlines'(CA) CEO Philip Saunders recently tendered his resignation citing personal reasons. Saunders joined the airline in October 2007, and his resignation comes amidst reports that the airline has been unable to turn a profit [...] | 2009-09-04 15:06:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EFIN ELAB ELTN ETRD TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN370 | FY2010 BUDGET - IN THE RED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The FY 2010 GOTT budget totals $7.03 billion with a projected deficit of $1.2 billion, about 5.3 percent of GDP, based on average annual oil prices of $55/barrel and natural gas at $2.75/million cubic feet. This would be the second year in a row of budget deficits after a string [...] | 2009-09-14 16:36:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EPET ETRD EWWT BEXP PGOV TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN39 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR DECEMBER 2008 [...] Inflation falling says CBTT 2. Tourism slows in Tobago 3. Legislative Agenda for 2009 - 2010 4. GOTT Encourages Comparison Shopping 5. GOTT Invests US $16.3 Million in Food Security 6. PriceSmart a Good Investment  [...] | 2009-01-28 14:49:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAGR EINV ETRD BEXP TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN405 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR SEPTEMBER, 2009 [...] Foreign exchange crisis or not?! 2. Trinidad and Tobago off credit watch list 3. TT Eximbank line of credit for exports to Cuba 4. Inflation/Repo rate continues to fall 5. Ship building ... way to economic diversification 6. India to set up weather station 7. Lack of funds halts [...] | 2009-10-15 16:06:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND TPHY TD |
09PRAGUE109 | CZECH FINANCE MINISTER KALOUSEK ON EU, G-20 [...] (C) Finance Minister Miroslav Kalousek stressed to Charge February 25 the importance of global coordination of financial market regulatory reform and noted the Czech Republic favored evolutionary rather than revolutionary changes. The February 22 informal G-5 meeting in Berlin had discussed s [...] | 2009-02-27 06:11:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL EUN EZ |
09PRAGUE116 | CZECH REPUBLIC: TERRORISM FINANCE: DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-02 16:24:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | EFIN ETRD ETTC KTFN EZ |
09PRAGUE120 | CZECH REPUBLIC: INFORMATION REQUEST IN ADVANCE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Czech Government (GoCR) views the EU response to the financial crisis as an important test of its EU presidency. Within EU fora, the GoCR has consistently warned against protectionism and beggar-thy-neighbor policies, as well as revolutionary changes to regulation and overs [...] | 2009-03-04 15:42:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV EUN EZ |
09PRAGUE157 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT: CZECH REPUBLIC [...] (S) Post recommends the following additions to the list of critical infrastructure and key resources (CI/KR) for the Czech Republic. -- Baxter International pharmaceutical plant at Bohumil. This is one of the few plants in the world that produces an avian influenza (H5N1) vaccine. Baxter i [...] | 2009-03-20 15:34:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP EZ |
09PRAGUE200 | CZECHS TO ATTEND TO PAKISTAN DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-10 12:47:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK PREL EZ EUN |
09PRAGUE203 | CZECHS WILL SUPPORT KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD BANK BID [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarch April 9 and 10 to MFA South and South East Europe Director Tomas Szunyog, Finance Ministry International Department Head Eva Anderova, and Czech National Bank International Organizations Department Head Petr Prochazka. Szunyog and Anderova reported that the C [...] | 2009-04-10 13:41:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN KV EZ EUN |
09PRAGUE213 | CZECH REPUBLIC: TERRORIST FINANCE COORDINATION [...] Post's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) is Michael S. Dixon, Senior Economic Officer; phone 420-257-022-319; unclassified e-mail: DixonMS@state.gov; classified e-mail: DixonMS@state.sgov.gov. The deputy to TFCO is: until June 15, 2009 -- Malgorzata "Margaret" Bula-Duane, Econom [...] | 2009-04-17 15:28:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER EZ |
09PRAGUE288 | CZECHS VOTED IN FAVOR OF KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK [...] (SBU) In response to ref a demarche, Finance Ministry staffer Vlkova confirmed that the Czech Republic submitted its vote in favor of Kosovo World Bank membership on or about May 11. Vlkova added that the Czech Republic has been actively lobbying other World Bank members to vote in a similar [...] | 2009-05-27 14:14:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL KV EZ |
09PRAGUE338 | PART 1: U.S.-EU COUNTER-TERRORIST FINANCING WORKSHOP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the first of two cables reporting on the U.S.-EU Terrorism Finance Workshop held in Prague on May 27-28. In response to U.S. diplomatic efforts, the Czech Presidency of the European Union (EU),in partnership with the upcoming Swedish Presidency, hosted the eighth in a [...] | 2009-06-17 11:53:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC EAID KTFN KWBG KPAL KJUS KCRM KNNP PREL |
09PRAGUE339 | PART 2: U.S.-EU COUNTER-TERRORIST FINANCING WORKSHOP [...] (U) This message contains an Action Request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the second of two cables reporting on U.S.-EU Terrorism Finance Workshop held in Prague on May 27-28. In response to U.S. diplomatic efforts, the Czech Presidency of the European Union (EU),[...] | 2009-06-17 14:05:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC EAID KTFN KWBG KPAL KJUS KCRM KNNP PREL |
09PRAGUE348 | CORRECTED VERSION OF PRAGUE 338 -- PART 1: U.S.-EU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This cable contains significant revisions to Prague 338 and should be regarded as replacing that cable. This is the first of two cables reporting on the U.S.-EU Terrorism Finance Workshop held in Prague on May 27-28. In response to U.S. diplomatic efforts, the Czech Presidenc [...] | 2009-06-23 13:40:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC EAID KTFN KWBG KPAL KJUS KCRM KNNP PREL |
09PRAGUE350 | PART 2: CORRECTED VERSION OF PRAGUE 339 - U.S.-EU [...] (U) This message contains an Action Request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. This cable contains significant revisions to Prague 339 and should be regarded as replacing that cable. This is the second of two cables reporting on U.S.-EU Terrorism Finance Workshop held in Prague [...] | 2009-06-23 14:15:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC EAID KTFN KWBG KPAL KJUS KCRM KNNP PREL |
09PRAGUE382 | CZECH REPUBLIC: REPLY TO DEMARCHES ON [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarches on June 29 to Finance Ministry Financial Analytical Unit official Jaromir Neuzil and Foreign Ministy United Nations Department officials David Masek and Ladislav Steinhubel. Officials in both ministries said that the Czech Republic will instruct its financia [...] | 2009-07-01 15:14:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EZ KNNP PARM PREL |
09PRAGUE410 | CZECH REPUBLIC: REPLY TO DEMARCHE ON USG AND UN [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on July 8 to Finance Ministry Financial Analytical Unit (FAU) Director Milan Cicer and on July 9 to MFA UN Department Official David Frous. Cicer replied that Czech law enforces asset freezes, travel bans, and embargos against people or entities appearing on [...] | 2009-07-14 14:19:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID PK EZ |
09PRAGUE473 | PROPERTY RESTITUTION IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC [...] (SBU) Summary: The United States has an interest in three broad categories of property restitution in the Czech Republic: U.S. citizen, religious communal (including Jewish communal) and Jewish private property. The restitution process started in the early 1990s, yet some restitution issues r [...] | 2009-08-14 13:10:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EFIN EZ |
09PRAGUE568 | CZECH RESPONSE: FAO BUDGET - DEMARCHE FOR ZERO [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche to officials from the Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Foreign Affairs on September 17. The AgMin Officer responsible for relations with the FAO Katerina Tomasova replied September 22 that the GoCR was "disconcerted" by the new FAO budget proposal at a [...] | 2009-09-23 14:53:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN AORC EAGR EAID CZ |
09PRAGUE585 | CZECH REPUBLIC: OPIC-SUPPORTED GLOBAL RENEWABLE [...] Post is not aware of any disparaging or derogatory information with respect to the prospective fund manager, US Renewables Group, LLC. Post supports OPIC's proposed investment in the USRG Emerging market Fund ("the fund"). 2. The Fund's objective's are consistent with the Czech Republic's [...] | 2009-10-01 15:54:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE59 | GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS: CZECH DOMESTIC AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the domestic banking system has remained relatively healthy, the small, open, export- oriented Czech economy is suffering from a significant drop in external demand for Czech exports. According to recently released figures, exports fell a record 18 percent, industrial [...] | 2009-01-30 13:58:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD ECON PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE65 | PM TOPOLANEK TALKS ECONOMY DURING JANUARY 28 [...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 28 meeting with the heads of American and five European chambers of commerce, an engaged Prime Minister Topolanek spoke energetically about the economic slowdown and possible Czech government responses. The PM repeated his government's promise to set a target date [...] | 2009-02-03 11:41:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE671 | PROPOSED NORTH KOREAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS FOR [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche and non paper on November 12 to Milan Cicer, Director of the Czech Financial Intelligence Unit at the Ministry of Finance, and Katerina Sequensova, Director of the MFA UN Department. There was no immediate response. Thompson-Jones [...] | 2009-11-13 15:28:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN PARM ETTC EZ |
09PRAGUE698 | PM FISCHER MEETS WITH AMCHAM AND EMBASSY [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Fischer and members of the American Chamber of Commerce discussed the current investment climate in the Czech Republic at a November 23 dinner hosted by the Charge. AmCham said concerns about the lack of government stability are beginning to take a toll on inves [...] | 2009-11-27 06:10:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE79 | CZECHS CONSIDERING MEASURES TO HELP AUTO INDUSTRY; [...] (SBU) Summary. The Czech Republic produced almost a million road vehicles in 2008, making it one of the largest car manufacturers per capita in the world. The Czech government, however, has yet to introduce any measures to assist the car industry during the current economic slow down, althoug [...] | 2009-02-06 16:54:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL EZ EUN |
09PRAIA211 | CAPE VERDE SUBMISSION FOR 2010 INCR REPORT, PART I [...] Per reftel, Embassy Praia submits the following draft text for the 2010 INCSR report in addition to the e-mail version we have sent in for review. Please direct questions or comments to Dana Brown (browndml@state.gov) Cape Verde I. Summary Because of its location in the At [...] | 2009-11-05 19:58:00 | Embassy Praia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL EFIN ASEC CV |
09PRAIA262 | CAPE VERDE 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-07 18:41:00 | Embassy Praia | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM EFIN PTER SNAR ECON |
09PRETORIA1046 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MAY 22, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 21 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Moody's Upbeat on South Africa's Growth after 'Brief' Recession - Strong Vote of Confidence as Largest South African Bond is Snapped [...] | 2009-05-22 11:04:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
09PRETORIA1139 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JUNE 5, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 22 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Zuma Lays Out Ambitious Program - Recession Adds More Strain to Motor Industry - Mboweni in Bid to Talk Down Currency - South Africa Re [...] | 2009-06-05 15:09:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
09PRETORIA1148 | SOUTHERN AFRICAN COUNTRIES SIGN ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, and Swaziland signed the interim EU-SADC Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) in Brussels on June 4. South Africa did not sign the EPA, nor did Angola or Namibia. The signing of the EPA has raised questions about the future of the Southern Afr [...] | 2009-06-08 14:37:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND EINT SF |
09PRETORIA1191 | 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (U) Post confirms that there are no investment disputes or expropriation claims that would be candidates for inclusion in this report. 2. (U) Post point of contact is Trade and Investment Officer Ann Marie Chiappetta, chiappettaam@state.gov, 27-12-431-4343. LA LIME [...] | 2009-06-15 07:11:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ENIV KIDE SF |
09PRETORIA1192 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JUNE 12, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 23 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - South Africa's Reserves Rise - No Tax Money to Bail Out Firms - Minister Confident South Africa Will Weather Recession - Indian Auto Ma [...] | 2009-06-15 08:09:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
09PRETORIA1247 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JUNE 19, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 24 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Weak Exports Put Pressure on Current Account Deficit - Consumers Avoid Spending - Employment Outlook Still Weak - Zuma and Manuel Scold [...] | 2009-06-19 14:55:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
09PRETORIA1343 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JULY 2, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 26 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Deficit Yawns Wider as Spending Accelerates and Revenues Decrease - Credit Growth Slows - Consumer Confidence Surprises - Moody's Says [...] | 2009-07-02 15:35:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
09PRETORIA1354 | NON-PAPER DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1874 [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel non-paper to Ms. NP Notutela, the Director of United Nations at the South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation on June 30. Ms. Notutela had no comment on the SAG position on the matter. Post will report any substantive responses septel. [...] | 2009-07-06 09:53:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP |
09PRETORIA136 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JANUARY 23, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 4 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Manuel: First Wave of Unemployment Being Seen in Africa - Retail Nosedive Raises Clamor for Big Rate Cut - Tata Increases Stake in Neotel [...] | 2009-01-23 11:13:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
09PRETORIA1463 | SOUTH AFRICA RECEIVES AN A-CATEGORY CURRENCY RATING FROM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-20 14:50:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF |
09PRETORIA1499 | GILL MARCUS APPOINTED SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE BANK GOVERNOR [...] Summary. South African President Jacob Zuma announced the appointment of ABSA Group Non-Executive Chairperson Gill Marcus as South African Reserve Bank (SARB) Governor on July 19, 2009. Born in 1949 to African National Congress (ANC) activist parents, Marcus went into exile in 1970 and joined [...] | 2009-07-24 15:25:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF |
09PRETORIA1500 | QUARTERLY REVIEW OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN ECONOMY WITH KEY [...] (U) Summary: The global economy remained firmly in the grips of a recession in the first quarter of 2009, causing South Africa to record its first recession in 18 years. Declining export demand and lusterless prices of most export commodities acted as powerful brakes on South Africa's growth. [...] | 2009-07-24 15:25:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF |
09PRETORIA1745 | TRADE MINISTER ON THE FUTURE OF TIDCA AND AGOA [...] (U) Summary. The Southern African Customs Union (SACU) will "engage energetically" on the U.S./SACU Trade, Investment, and Development Cooperative Agreement (TIDCA),said South African Minister of Trade and Industry Dr. Rob Davies at a breakfast briefing for the American Chamber of Commerce [...] | 2009-08-27 13:32:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND EINT ETRD SF |
09PRETORIA178 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JANUARY 30, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 5 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Big Rate Cut Expected as Inflation Plummets - South Africa's Leading Indicator Confirms Dismal Growth Outlook - Sharp Rise in Company [...] | 2009-01-30 08:44:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
09PRETORIA1808 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 4, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 34 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - South African Consumers in Debt Trouble - Outlook for Vehicle Sales Brightens - National Broadband Policy Expected "Shortly" - Governme [...] | 2009-09-04 14:19:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
09PRETORIA1809 | THE ROYAL BAFOKENG: TRIBE, COMMUNITY, AND [...] When Kgosi Leruo Molotlegi was crowned king of the Royal Bafokeng Nation (RBN) cloaked in African leopardskin over a Western business suit, his attire reflected his dual role as both tribal chief and modern executive. The RBN he leads is a traditional community, defined by cultural heritage a [...] | 2009-09-04 14:49:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM SF EMIN EFIN SOCI |
09PRETORIA1824 | SOUTH AFRICA PLANNING NEW ASSISTANCE TO ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary: South Africa has given R300 million ($40 million) of budget support to Zimbabwe's Finance Ministry since the formation of the Government of National Unity in Harare. Pretoria is now weighing a Finance Ministry request for additional support of R1,000 million ($134 million). The [...] | 2009-09-08 15:20:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA1928 | SOUTH AFRICAN VIEWS ON G-20 SUMMIT [...] (C) Reftel talking points on the Pittsburgh G-20 Summit were delivered to Director Pebetsa Maleka and Senior Economist Mukondi Mpeiwa of National Treasury's International Finance and Development division on September 21. Maleka and Mpeiwa made the following points in response: -- Reforming [...] | 2009-09-21 12:52:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN SF |
09PRETORIA1981 | QUARTERLY REVIEW OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN ECONOMY WITH KEY [...] (U) Summary: The South African economy recorded negative real growth in the second quarter of 2009, the third successive quarterly contraction. Some 475,000 jobs were lost in the first half of 2009. The trade data continued to reflect depressed global as well as domestic demand conditions. The [...] | 2009-10-01 14:17:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF |
09PRETORIA2012 | CHINA NOW SOUTH AFRICA'S LARGEST EXPORT MARKET [...] (U) Summary. China was South Africa's largest export market in the first half of 2009, according to the South African Revenue Service. End Summary. 2. (U) China has become South Africa's largest export market and biggest trading partner. Total bilateral trade between China and South [...] | 2009-10-06 09:09:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ETRD SF |
09PRETORIA2169 | RECONFIGURED MINISTERIAL CLUSTERS LEAD TO [...] (C) The South African Government on October 19 announced plans to reconfigure ministerial clusters (committees within the Cabinet intended to improve coordination within government). The announcement set off immediate speculation by political analysts and economists over whether the reconfig [...] | 2009-10-23 17:45:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SF ECON EFIN EINV |
09PRETORIA233 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 6, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 6 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Reserve Bank Cuts Interest Rate - South African Notes Pare Gains as Inflation Measure Changes - Trade Deficit Revised Lower - January [...] | 2009-02-06 10:43:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
09PRETORIA241 | SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE BANK CUTS INTEREST RATE BY ONE [...] (U) Summary. The South African Reserve Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has reduced the key policy interest rate, the repo rate, by 100 basis points to 10.5 percent. The rate cut was made possible by declining domestic inflation, which the MPC expects to fall within the target range of [...] | 2009-02-09 09:13:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF |
09PRETORIA2679 | ANC TREASURER GENERAL MATHEWS PHOSA SATISFIED WITH [...] (C) African National Congress (ANC) Treasurer General Mathews Phosa hosted Ambassador Donald Gips and Deputy Chief of Mission Helen La Lime for a meeting that covered current domestic political dynamics, President Jacob Zuma's policies, and the relationship between the United States and South [...] | 2009-12-30 15:47:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN EINV ECPS ETRD MARR MASS SF |
09PRETORIA294 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 13, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 7 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Budget 2009 - Finance Minister Cushions the Blow - Factories Put in Worst Performance in a Decade - Trade Conditions Survey Shows Cautiou [...] | 2009-02-13 13:48:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
09PRETORIA323 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 13, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 8 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Retail Sales Growth Remains Negative - Rand Vulnerable to Higher Risk Aversion - Special Duty on Textiles Considered - SAA Tells Governm [...] | 2009-02-20 12:42:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
09PRETORIA348 | SAG, BUSINESS AND LABOR ADOPT FRAMEWORK DOCUMENT [...] (C) Comment: A working group comprised of government, business and labor representatives has agreed on a strategy to guide South Africa's response to the global economic crisis. Key components of the plan include infrastructure spending, jobs programs, interventions to minimize job losses, [...] | 2009-02-24 07:11:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD SF |
09PRETORIA354 | ONE SOUTH AFRICAN VIEW OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY AND [...] (C) Summary: The South African government is concerned that the global economic crisis might significantly worsen in 2009, causing world trade to implode and capital flows to emerging markets to dry up. Protectionism in the U.S. and Europe is a major concern. The SAG believes the G-20 shoul [...] | 2009-02-24 15:49:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD SF |
09PRETORIA375 | GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS PUSHES SOUTH AFRICA INTO BUDGET [...] Summary. Finance Minister Trevor Manuel announced in his 2009 budget speech that the FY 2010 budget deficit would be 3.9 percent of GDP. To finance the deficit, government debt will increase from 22.6 percent of GDP in FY 2009 to 25.6 percent of GDP in FY 2010. South Africa's short-term econo [...] | 2009-02-27 12:33:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF |
09PRETORIA378 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 27, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 9 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Q4 GDP Down 1.8% - U.S. Trade with South Africa - Government and Auto Industry Officials to Discuss Loan Package - Task Team Recommen [...] | 2009-02-27 14:19:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
09PRETORIA38 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JANUARY 9, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 2 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Optimistic Outlook with Rates, Inflation Easing - Rand at Mercy of Global Forces - Permission to Raise Prices a Relief to Pharmaceutic [...] | 2009-01-09 14:35:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
09PRETORIA4 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JANUARY 2, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 1 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Growth in Credit Slows - COSATU Slammed on Labor Plans - South Africa's Trade Gap Swells - Vodacom Ponders Launching Mobile Money Servic [...] | 2009-01-02 10:18:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
09PRETORIA436 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MARCH 6, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 10 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Government Still Sees Growth in 2009 - Job Growth Data Sparks Disbelief - South Africa's House Prices Still Falling - New Vehicle Sales [...] | 2009-03-06 10:56:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
09PRETORIA449 | SOUTH AFRICA'S GDP CONTRACTS AFTER FORTY QUARTERS OF [...] Summary. South Africa's real GDP contracted by a seasonally adjusted and annualized rate of 1.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008. This was the first quarterly contraction since the third quarter of 1998. Growth was pulled down by weakness in the manufacturing; electricity, water and ga [...] | 2009-03-09 13:55:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF |
09PRETORIA487 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MARCH 6, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 11 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Business Confidence Hits 10-Year Low on Slowdown - State 'Will Not Give Up' on Car Industry - South Africa Needs a Homegrown Response to [...] | 2009-03-13 09:28:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
09PRETORIA533 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MARCH 20, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 12 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Manufacturing Production Has Steepest Fall in Almost Two Decades - Gold Production Declines Sharply - Retail Sales Grow - Moody's to Re [...] | 2009-03-20 13:39:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
09PRETORIA595 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MARCH 27, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 13 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - SARB Cuts Interest Rates - Current Account Deficit Lowest in Almost Three Years - Slowdown 'May Bring Manufacturing Sector to its Knees' [...] | 2009-03-27 10:41:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
09PRETORIA600 | SOUTH AFRICA'S GREEN INVESTMENTS IN STIMULUS [...] (sbu) SUMMARY: This cable responds to reftel request for information on South African green investments in economic stimulus packages in preparation for the G-20 meeting. South Africa relies on coal for over 90 percent of its power generation. It aspires to commit to carbon emission reducti [...] | 2009-03-27 14:55:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EFIN EPET EMIN EINV SENV KGHG SF |
09PRETORIA658 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 3, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 14 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Manufacturing Activity Slumps to Record Low - Vehicle Sales, Exports Continue to Plummet - South Africa Must Try to Save 'Distressed' Se [...] | 2009-04-03 10:51:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
09PRETORIA707 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 9, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 15 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Recession Rules Out Post-Election Policy Shift; Mboweni and Manuel Agree on Rate Cuts - Significant Rise in Reserves - Treasury Wil [...] | 2009-04-09 12:42:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
09PRETORIA708 | QUARTERLY REVIEW OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN ECONOMY WITH KEY [...] (U) Summary: South Africa did not escape the negative consequences of the international financial turmoil, despite the fact that its domestic financial institutions had virtually no direct exposure to the troubled assets that were central to the deterioration of credit markets. Deteriorating [...] | 2009-04-09 12:58:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF |
09PRETORIA71 | QUARTERLY REVIEW OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN ECONOMY WITH KEY [...] (U) Summary: The deterioration in the global economic landscape affected South Africa's third quarter 2008 economic performance. Weaker international demand, falling commodity prices, and the tight domestic economic environment resulted in the lowest quarterly real GDP growth in ten years. Une [...] | 2009-01-14 15:03:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF |
09PRETORIA769 | UPDATING INFORMATION FOR TERRORISM FINANCE [...] AmEmbassy Pretoria's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) and Deputy TFCO are as follows: a. TFCO: Bruce Neuling; Deputy Economic Counselor; office 27-12-431-4347; cell 27-79-111-3200; class e-mail NeulingB@state.sgov.gov; unclass e-mail NeulingBX@state.gov. b. Deputy TFCO: A [...] | 2009-04-17 15:05:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER SF |
09PRETORIA78 | 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT SOUTH AFRICA [...] (U) Summary. In response to Ref A, this cable presents the first part of post?s two-part 2009 Investment Climate Statement for South Africa. This is also Chapter 6 of the Country Commercial Guide for South Africa. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT Chapter 6 Investment Climate Statement FY2009 6.1 Op [...] | 2009-01-15 14:56:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC KTDB |
09PRETORIA80 | 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - SOUTH AFRICA [...] (U) Summary. In response to Ref A, this cable presents the first part of post's two-part 2009 Investment Climate Statement for South Africa. This is also Chapter 6 of the Country Commercial Guide for South Africa. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT Chapter 6 Investment Climate Statement FY2009 6.1 Op [...] | 2009-01-15 16:38:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC KTDB |
09PRETORIA81 | 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT SOUTH AFRICA (PART [...] (U) Summary. In response to Ref A, this cable presents part two of post's two-part 2009 Investment Climate Statement for South Africa. This is also Chapter 6 of the Country Commercial Guide for South Africa 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT Chapter 6 Investment Climate Statement FY2009, continued [...] | 2009-01-15 16:38:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR SF |
09PRETORIA831 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 17, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 17 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Business Index Shows Light at End of Tunnel - Empowerment Fund Changes Strategy to Help Smaller Firms - Telkom and AT&T Launch Strategic [...] | 2009-04-24 14:12:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
09PRETORIA875 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 30, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 18 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - South African Reserve Bank Cuts Repo Rate - Company Failures Rise - Finance Minister Will Have Role in Next ANC Government - South Afri [...] | 2009-04-30 14:16:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
09PRETORIA88 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JANUARY 16, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 3 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - South African Economy to "Feel Pressure" - Manufacturing Output, Business Confidence Dive - South Africa's House Prices Fall - Stadiums [...] | 2009-01-16 12:08:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
09PRETORIA924 | CHARGE D'AFFAIRES CALLS ON DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND [...] (SBU) Summary. Department of Trade and Industry Director General Tsheido Matona said the time was right to move forward on the U.S./SACU Trade, Investment and Development Cooperation Agreement (TIDCA). In a meeting with the Charge d'Affaires on April 29, he saw TIDCA as a venue for promoting [...] | 2009-05-08 10:56:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ETRD SF |
09PRETORIA993 | SOUTH AFRICA SPLITS ITS MINING AND ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The South African government announced the long-anticipated split of the Ministry of Minerals and Energy into two separate ministries to aim for greater focus on these key sectors. Industry is cautiously open-minded about the new appointments. Minister of Mining Susan Shabangu [...] | 2009-05-15 12:52:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ENRG EPET EFIN PGOV SENV SF |
09PRISTINA159 | KOSOVO: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS [...] (U) Per reftel, Post is pleased to provide the following terrorism finance coordination officer contact information: - Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO): Valerie Bilgri Holm, Economic Officer Tel: (381) (38) 59 59 3243 Email: BilgriHolmVK@state.sgov.gov; Bilgri-HolmVK@state.gov [...] | 2009-04-21 14:45:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER KV YI |
09PRISTINA23 | KOSOVO 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) On February 17, 2008 the Kosovo Assembly declared the independence of Kosovo. The United States immediately recognized and formally established diplomatic relations with Kosovo. Prior to the declaration, Kosovo was administered by the United Nations Interim Administrative Mission in Kosovo [...] | 2009-01-20 15:11:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ELAB ETRD YI KV OPIC USTR EINV EGOV KTDB |
09PRISTINA356 | KOSOVO: SIGNS OF FINANCIAL CRISIS SURFACING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo's limited international financial exposure has allowed the country to remain relatively untouched by the global financial crisis. Heavily dependent on international donor assistance, rising public expenditures have managed to stave off any major decline in growth. Howev [...] | 2009-08-20 05:36:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECIN ECON EFIN ETRD ETTC PREL KV |
09PRISTINA404 | KOSOVO: URGENT DECISIONS NEEDED IN NKPP PROCESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In July 2009, the Government of Kosovo (GOK) publicly announced its decision to move forward with the World Bank-funded New Kosovo Power Project (NKPP). The announcement, made in close consultation with key international donors, was long-awaited. After years of delay, it appea [...] | 2009-09-15 15:28:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EAID ECON EFIN ETRD ETTC PREL KV |
09QUITO1026 | ECUADOR ECONOMIC NEWS: ECONOMY CONTRACTS, BALANCE OF [...] (U) The following is a periodic economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. This document is sensitive but unclassified. It should not be disseminated outside of USG channels and should not be posted on the internet. ------- [...] | 2009-10-20 19:37:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN EC |
09QUITO1053 | Ecuador Gradually Solidifies Relationship with Iran's Export [...] (C) The Export Development Bank of Iran (EDBI) continues to make inroads in Ecuador, according to press reports, although it appears to face resistance at mid-levels in the Ecuadoran government and Central Bank - and even more so in the private sector. In delivering Ref A demarche on EDBI, and [...] | 2009-12-22 19:22:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN EC IR PREL MNUC PARM KNNP |
09QUITO1059 | Ecuador's 2010 Budget: Optimistic Assumptions, large [...] (SBU) Marked by optimistic growth and revenue assumptions, a record-level fiscal deficit, and a conspicuous lack of detail about sources of financing, Ecuador's 2010 budget passed the National Assembly December 22. President Correa's administration submitted the 2009 and 2010 budgets simultaneo [...] | 2009-12-23 23:05:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV EC |
09QUITO1061 | Progress on Finalizing Agreement on the New Quito Airport [...] (SBU) Summary: Although numerous hurdles remain, negotiations between Quiport, the private consortium building the new Quito International Airport, the project lenders (including OPIC and Ex-Im),and the Mayor of Quito led to a release of funds on December 7 for continued construction of [...] | 2009-12-24 15:46:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR EFIN ECON PREL IDB EXIM OPIC EC |
09QUITO1068 | ECUADOR ECONOMIC NEWS [...] (U) The following is a periodic economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. This document is sensitive but unclassified. It should not be disseminated outside of USG channels and should not be posted on the internet. ------- [...] | 2009-10-29 14:15:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN EC |
09QUITO121 | A Somber U.S. Business Forum Briefs the Ambassador [...] (C) Summary. On February 13, U.S. companies briefed the Ambassador on the business climate in Ecuador. The tone was somber, as the representative outlined challenges and risks, but also opportunities for their companies, which are representative of many business sectors in Ecuador. Most wer [...] | 2009-02-18 20:41:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV EFIN EPET ECON EC |
09QUITO1218 | ECUADOR: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Embassy submits the narrative in paragraphs 2-9 for the 2009 Country Report on Terrorism: 2. (U) Ecuador's greatest counterterrorism and security challenge remained the presence of Colombian narcotics, criminal and terrorist groups in the northern border region. In order to evade Colom [...] | 2009-12-21 21:54:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC EFIN PINS PREL AEMR KCRM KHLS EC |
09QUITO137 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - NONPROLIFERATION [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel points to the MFA Multilateral Affairs Directorate on January 30 and followed up with Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on February 13. Puma reiterated that the GOE fully supports non-proliferation efforts, especially against non-State actors. Sh [...] | 2009-02-21 00:42:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM EFIN MNUC KNNP GM EC |
09QUITO145 | FOREIGN MINISTER ON REBUILDING BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] (S/NF) Summary. Foreign Minister Falconi told the Ambassador on February 26 that Ecuador wanted to move beyond the difficulties created by expelling two U.S. diplomats and continue counternarcotics cooperation. He said that the GOE is developing ideas on how the two countries can continue to [...] | 2009-02-27 17:35:00 | Embassy Quito | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL SNAR EFIN EC |
09QUITO15 | WHITHER CORREA: A SHIFT FURTHER LEFT [...] (C) Summary: President Correa's rhetoric and actions in the last two months have veered off the pattern we witnessed during much of his earlier presidency. A harder left orientation is evidenced by his trips to Iran and Cuba, debt default, and sharp attacks on the U.S. In the past, while c [...] | 2009-01-14 00:18:00 | Embassy Quito | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL EFIN PGOV SNAR MARR EAID EC VE CU IR |
09QUITO188 | Minister Borja on GOE Response to the Economic Crisis [...] (C) Summary. During a courtesy call with the Ambassador on March 11, Diego Borja, Coordinating Minister for Economic Production, described the broad parameters of how the government will adjust its budget because of falling oil prices. The GOE plans to cut investment spending in half and con [...] | 2009-03-16 15:31:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL EC |
09QUITO191 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (C) This cable responds to reftel request for information on critical foreign infrastructure and resource dependencies. In the Embassy's view, Ecuador does not have critical infrastructure or key resources comparable to those listed in reftel. Ecuador produces petroleum, and its trans-Andean [...] | 2009-03-18 15:24:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP |
09QUITO220 | GOE Policy for a Vulnerable Economy: Buying Time and [...] (C) Summary. The Ecuadorian economy, which is dollarized and heavily dependent on oil exports, is under considerable stress because of falling oil prices and the global economic crisis. Oil prices have risen in March, providing some relief. If oil prices remain at current levels or rise, th [...] | 2009-03-30 13:35:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD EPET EC |
09QUITO223 | ECUADOR FISCAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT 2009 [...] The Government of Ecuador is a recipient of U.S. assistance monies under the FY2009 Foreign Operations Appropriations Act. The following is a narrative on fiscal transparency in Ecuador, as requested in reftel. 2. The Government of Ecuador publishes budget data, which is reasonably trans [...] | 2009-03-30 21:54:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ECON PREL EC |
09QUITO23 | ECUADORIAN TRADE WITH IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Following his participation in President Correa's trip to Iran in December, an Ecuadorian business leader explained to Emboff how potential commerce with Iran could work. To disguise trade with Iran, goods would be routed through Singapore and payments through Dubai. Funds from [...] | 2009-01-15 17:07:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON EFIN IR EC |
09QUITO256 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER VITERI [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador made an introductory call on Finance Minister Elsa Viteri on April 8. Viteri justified Ecuador's debt default and planned restructuring, supported Ecuador's balance of payment safeguard trade measures and mentioned the possibility of further measures, and expresse [...] | 2009-04-14 16:24:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD ECON EC |
09QUITO261 | ECUADOR'S PARTICIPATION IN MULTILATERAL MEETINGS [...] (SBU) MFA Multilateral Affairs' Alternate Coordinator of Summits Marjorie Ulloa confirmed on April 15 that Foreign Minister Fander Falconi will attend the April 18 UNASUR meeting as the "Plus One" with President Rafael Correa (Ref A). 2. (SBU) Ulloa also noted that Coordinating Minister of [...] | 2009-04-16 16:51:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC PGOV ECON EFIN ENRG AMGT APER KSUM |
09QUITO272 | QUITO'S DESIGNATION OF TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] In response to reftel, Quito has assigned Economic Counselor David Edwards as post's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO). Edwards' phone number is +593-2-398-5304; IVG: 644-5304. His email is edwardsdb@state.gov; his classified email is edwardsdb2@state.sgov.gov. 2. Quito's Dep [...] | 2009-04-20 13:43:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER |
09QUITO277 | Ecuador Proposes to Repurchase Bonds with 70 Percent [...] (U) Summary. The Government of Ecuador announced that it provided a bond repurchasing proposal to bondholders on April 20. The GOE said that it will repurchase defaulted bonds at a 70 percent discount, but provided few details as to how it will manage the process. End summary. 2. (U) Ac [...] | 2009-04-21 22:01:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EC |
09QUITO348 | ECUADOR CENTRAL BANK POSTS ROBUST GROWTH DATA [...] (SBU) Summary: According to the Ecuadorian Central Bank data, Ecuador's economy grew 6.5 percent in 2008. This strong growth was driven by heavy public spending. The economy contracted slightly in the fourth quarter due to pressure from the global financial crisis. End summary. 2. (SBU) [...] | 2009-05-14 20:19:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EC |
09QUITO401 | Ecuador Unlikely to Participate in Kosovo World Bank Vote [...] (SBU) On May 29, EconCouns discussed Ref A points, urging Ecuador to vote in the June 3 vote on Kosovo's membership in the World Bank, with Ambassador Lourdes Puma, Director General for Multilateral Affairs in the Foreign Ministry. Puma said that participating in the vote would be implicit re [...] | 2009-06-01 21:39:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL EC KV |
09QUITO408 | Ecuador Requires Banks to Repatriate Some Offshore Assets [...] (C) S... id: 209795 date: 6/2/2009 21:39 refid: 09QUITO408 origin: Embassy Quito classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0019 OO RUEHWEB DE RUEHQT #0408/01 1532139 ZNY CCCCC ZZH O 022139Z JUN 09 FM AMEMBASSY QUITO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0426 INFO RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY [...] | 2009-06-02 21:39:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EC |
09QUITO423 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: UNSC 1718 COMMITTEE DESIGNATION OF DPRK [...] (SBU) On June 5, EconOff delivered reftel points to Ambassador Lourdes Puma, Director General for Multilateral Affairs in the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry. The Embassy sent the MFA a hard copy of the points on May 19, but we have been unable to have a meeting until now due to travel by our GOE [...] | 2009-06-08 20:14:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM XE ZO KN EC |
09QUITO509 | ECUADOR MODIFIES BALANCE OF PAYMENTS SAFEGUARD MEASURES [...] (U) Summary: On June 23, the GOE announced modifications to its import measures implemented in January in response to what it termed a balance of payments (BOP) crisis. Based on recent commitments in WTO BOP Committee meetings, the GOE announced that it was transitioning most of its "safegua [...] | 2009-06-24 23:27:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN EC |
09QUITO510 | ECUADOR ANNOUNCES BOND BUYBACK "A SUCCESS" [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 11, Ecuador's Minister of Finance presented the results of the GOE's bond repurchase, which resulted in the repurchase of 91% of the country's 2010 and 2030 Global bonds at a 65-70% discount. Although President Correa called the repurchase a success, some critics questi [...] | 2009-06-25 13:16:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EC |
09QUITO549 | PRESIDENT'S BROTHER INVOLVED IN PUBLIC CONTRACTING [...] (U) Summary: An Ecuadorian newspaper story on June 14 denounced President Correa's brother Fabricio for alleged corruption in public contracting, claiming he received $80 million worth of government contracts through shell companies based in Panama and other suspicious business dealings. Pre [...] | 2009-07-06 14:19:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EC |
09QUITO559 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - IMPLEMENTING UNSCR [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points and Treasury Advisory to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Leon Aviles on June 30. Aviles said that the GOE agreed with the UN resolutions and will work to implement them. He did have concerns about possible DPRK attempts at counterfeiting USG curr [...] | 2009-07-07 19:57:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP EC |
09QUITO566 | ECUADOR ECON NEWS: ECUADOR JOINS ALBA, BANKS REQUIRED TO [...] (U) The following is a periodic economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Ecuador joins ALBA ------------------ 2. (SBU) On June 24, an extraordinary Summit of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) was held in [...] | 2009-07-08 19:32:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EC |
09QUITO579 | ECUADOR WITHDRAWS FROM WORLD BANK'S ICSID [...] (U) Following President Correa's earlier statements that Ecuador would withdraw from the World Bank's International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)(reftel),on July 2 Correa issued a decree declaring that the country was terminating its agreement with ICSID. The decree [...] | 2009-07-13 14:18:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EC |
09QUITO59 | LENDERS RECEIVE ASSURANCES THAT QUITO AIRPORT PROJECT WILL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In December 2008, representatives of key lenders (including OPIC and Exim Bank) for the new Quito airport received assurances from the GOE's Ministry of Industries, and Quito's Mayor, that Ecuador's new constitution would not adversely affect the project. The lenders' represent [...] | 2009-01-27 15:57:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAIR EINV ECIN EC |
09QUITO60 | ECUADOR ISSUES BALANCE OF PAYMENTS SAFEGUARD MEASURES [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 22, the GOE implemented balance of payment (BOP) safeguard measures on 627 products (almost all consumer goods) for one year, using a mix of ad valorem tariffs and specific tariffs that exceed its WTO bindings, and quotas. The measure will also apply to Ecuador's FT [...] | 2009-01-27 20:02:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN EC |
09QUITO645 | ECUADOR NEWS: CABINET CHANGES; TAX REFORM; SAFEGUARDS ON [...] (U) The following is a periodic economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Cabinet Changes --------------- 2. (U) On July 15, 2009, President Correa designated Ramon Espinel as the new Minister of Agriculture, replacing Walt [...] | 2009-07-27 15:49:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EC |
09QUITO652 | Reflections on Ecuador's Underperforming Economy [...] (C) Summary. Ecuador has not fully realized the economic benefits of its considerable natural resources and capable work force, in large part because of several long-term factors that create an unpredictable and at times difficult business environment. These constraints include a lack of con [...] | 2009-07-29 14:09:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV EPET EMIN ETRD EAGR EC |
09QUITO812 | RECALL 09 QUITO 812 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-04 20:24:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET EINV EFIN ENRG EC |
09QUITO814 | ECUADOR ECONOMIC NEWS: CORREA ANNOUNCES NEW ECONOMIC [...] (U) The following is a periodic economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. This document is sensitive but unclassified. It should not be disseminated outside of USG channels and should not be posted on the internet. ------- [...] | 2009-09-04 20:26:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN EC |
09QUITO815 | QUITO MAYOR STRUGGLES TO LAND NEW AIRPORT DEAL [...] (C) Summary: Ecuador's recent Constitutional Court ruling that all airport fees are government property threatens to derail Quito's new airport. If implemented, the project lenders, including OPIC and Ex-Im Bank, have indicated they will halt construction funding and seek international arbitrat [...] | 2009-09-11 22:54:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR ECON EFIN EC |
09QUITO816 | ECUADOR'S CENTRAL BANK TO USE INTERNATIONAL RESERVES TO [...] (SBU) In an attempt to boost internal demand, President Correa announced August 27 a plan to repatriate US$1.6 billion in international reserves to fund domestic investments. During a September 1 meeting with EconOffs, the General Manager of Ecuador's Central Bank (BCE),Karina Saenz, confirme [...] | 2009-09-04 20:32:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EC |
09QUITO817 | QUITO MAYOR STRUGGLES TO LAND NEW AIRPORT DEAL [...] (C) Summary: Ecuador's recent Constitutional Court ruling that all airport fees are government property threatens to derail Quito's new airport. If implemented, the project lenders, including OPIC and Ex-Im Bank, have indicated they will halt construction funding and seek international arbitrat [...] | 2009-09-11 23:26:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR ECON EFIN PREL EC |
09QUITO820 | ECUADOR SELLS FUTURE OIL PRODUCTION TO PETROCHINA TO [...] (SBU) The Government of Ecuador (GoE) is increasingly looking to China as a source of financing to help alleviate fiscal pressures. The prime example of this is Ecuadorian state-run oil firm PetroEcuador's recent agreement to sell future oil production to China's state-owned oil company PetroCh [...] | 2009-09-04 21:42:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EINV EFIN ENRG EC |
09QUITO871 | Constitutional Court Ruling Keeps Airport Negotiations Alive [...] (C) Summary: On October 5 the Ecuadorian Constitutional Court released a ruling designed to "clarify" its July 23 decision that threatened to scuttle the new Quito airport construction project. While not as clear or expansive as hoped by the project lenders, OPIC staffers told econoff on [...] | 2009-10-07 21:53:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR EFIN ECON PREL BR CA IDB OPIC EXIM |
09QUITO875 | Mixed Ecuadoran reactions to USG concerns over planned deals [...] (C) Embassy delivered Ref A demarche on Ecuador's dealings with the Export Development Bank of Iran (EDBI),a USG-designated entity, to the Central Bank (CBE),Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Superintendent of Banks, and Financial Intelligence Unit. The CBE's General Manager expressed concer [...] | 2009-10-08 22:56:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN EC IR PREL MNUC PARM KNNP |
09QUITO899 | Mixed Signals from GOE Complicate New Airport Negotiations [...] (C) Summary: Meetings on October 14 and 15 between project lenders, Quiport, and the Quito Mayor's office resulted in a one-page protocol that, if ratified by all parties, would allow the Mayor's office to comply with a recent Constitutional Court proclamation and avoid pushing the new Quito in [...] | 2009-10-23 22:39:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR ECON EFIN PREL BR CA IDB OPIC EXIM |
09QUITO901 | AMBASSADOR AND MAYOR BARRERA DISCUSS AIRPORT IN FIRST [...] (SBU) Summary: The new Mayor of Quito, Augusto Barrera, was eager to discuss the airport renegotiation process in his first meeting with the Ambassador on October 16. After a friendly discussion about potential cultural and education exchange programs, Barrera launched into a detailed and str [...] | 2009-10-26 22:05:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR EFIN PREL ECON BR IDB OPIC EXIM |
09QUITO905 | Ecuador's Plans to Terminate All Bilateral Investment [...] (C) The Government of Ecuador is preparing to terminate existing Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) with seventeen countries, including the United States, with the goal of replacing them with investment agreements that do not/not include national treatment, allow only local or regional disput [...] | 2009-10-27 22:20:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN EC PREL ETRD EINV |
09QUITO930 | GoE TAX REFORMS SEEK TO BOOST REVENUE, LIMIT DOLLAR OUTFLOWS [...] (U) On August 26th the GOE proposed to Congress a tax reform bill, aimed at achieving a more equitable distribution of income, combating tax evasion, and reducing the trade deficit. Private sector representatives say they will have difficulty absorbing the additional costs resulting from the n [...] | 2009-09-24 17:39:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV EC |
09QUITO938 | ECUADOR ECONOMIC NEWS: CHEVRON FILES FOR ABRITRATION, PLAN [...] (U) The following is a periodic economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. This document is sensitive but unclassified. It should not be disseminated outside of USG channels and should not be posted on the internet. ------- [...] | 2009-09-28 14:16:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN EC |
09QUITO943 | Ecuador Minister states that the GoE will not do business [...] (C ) Summary: Ecuador's Coordinating Minister for Economic Policy, Diego Borja, assured EconCouns November 4 that the GoE will not maintain commercial relations with the Export Development Bank of Iran, a USG-designated entity. Borja asked EconCouns if the USG could provide background informa [...] | 2009-11-09 20:51:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EC IR PREL MNUC PARM KNNP |
09QUITO963 | GOE Defensive on Benefits of Correa's Trip to UK and Russia [...] (SBU) Summary: President Rafael Correa's visits to the UK and Russia on October 26-30 have elicited media carping on the large delegation, Correa's statement about considering recognition of Ossetia and Abkhazia, and what were seen as meager outcomes. Correa's backers and the MFA defended the [...] | 2009-11-17 21:36:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN MARR KPKO KHDP EC RS GG UK |
09QUITO98 | ECUADOR MODIFIES TRADE MEASURES [...] (U) Summary: On January 27 and January 30, the GOE modified its balance of payment (BOP) safeguard measures and standards conformity procedures, in response to importer concerns. The safeguard measures will not be applied to products in transit before the measure went into effect on January [...] | 2009-02-06 21:39:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN EC |
09RABAT103 | MEPI 1ST QUARTER UPDATE FOR MOROCCO [...] Summary: This cable highlights the MEPI programs and initiatives undertaken in Morocco from September 1 - December 31, 2008. During the quarter, MEPI's Tunis Regional Office Deputy Director Kirk Samson visited Morocco and post approved two new local grant proposals. Highlights from existing [...] | 2009-02-03 18:19:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV SCUL EFIN KMPI MO |
09RABAT109 | 2009 BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS GOM'S CONTINUING ROOM TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco's 2009 budget, the first prepared by the government of Abbas El-Fassi, breaks little new ground in comparison with its predecessors. The budget maintains a strong focus on social issues, which account for 53 percent of spending. Reduced subsidy spending has enabled th [...] | 2009-02-04 16:54:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON MA |
09RABAT119 | MOROCCO UNVEILS ANTI-CRISIS MEASURES BUT STILL [...] (SBU) Summary: In the first meeting of his strategy committee on the international economic crisis, Minister of Finance Salaheddine Mezouar on February 4 unveiled the government's initial plans to mitigate its impact on Morocco's manufacturers. On the table are measures to aid enterprises in [...] | 2009-02-06 16:58:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR MO |
09RABAT171 | "MANAGING GROWTH" OR "CONFRONTING CRISIS:" MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Summary: Dueling events on February 24 highlighted contrasting views of how and when Morocco will be impacted by the international financial crisis. In Rabat, Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi presided over the signature of conventions that implement the government's USD 150 million in initi [...] | 2009-02-26 15:54:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAGR ETRD MO |
09RABAT187 | IRAQI DEBT TOWARD MOROCCO NOT LARGE, BUT NOT EASY TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco is likely to eventually forgive all or most of outstanding pre-Gulf War I Iraqi debt owed to the Government of Morocco (GOM). However, a smaller amount is still owed to private enterprises, and GOM officials warn that any attempt to settle the debt will elicit a flood of [...] | 2009-03-04 17:15:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV MO IZ |
09RABAT284 | WIDENING BALANCE OF PAYMENTS DEFICIT SPARKS CONCERN [...] (U) Summary: Last year's sudden swing into the red of Morocco's balance of payments has sparked increasing concern that the country's international position remains its key vulnerability in confronting the world economic downturn. After years of surplus and a narrow deficit (0.1 percent of GDP [...] | 2009-04-06 14:51:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN ECON MO |
09RABAT300 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LYNCH [...] (SBU) Summary: Representative Lynch, we warmly welcome you and your delegation to Morocco. The Kingdom of Morocco, one of our strongest allies in the Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA),is a country "on the move", in the throes, albeit unevenly, of change and reform. Morocco has [...] | 2009-04-07 19:06:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP EFIN PGOV PREL KDEM MO |
09RABAT32 | MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: JANUARY 2009 [...] (SBU) Stock Exchange Begins Year on Down Note: Morocco's benchmark Casablanca MASI index has started the year on a downbeat note, falling below 10,000 for the first time since January 2007. Despite a brief technical correction on Friday, January 8, the index, which lost 13 percent in 2008, re [...] | 2009-01-13 12:17:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAGR EFIN MO |
09RABAT326 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SMITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Representative Smith, we warmly welcome you and your delegation to Morocco. Morocco has been an exemplary partner in the struggle against terrorism, and it serves as a regional model for economic change and democratic reform. Our military and political cooperation is growing, [...] | 2009-04-14 17:12:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP EFIN PGOV PREL KDEM MO |
09RABAT327 | CODEL LYNCH REVIEWS MOROCCO'S TERRORISM FINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In an April 10 meeting with the Ministry of Finance, CODEL Lynch encouraged Morocco's new Financial Intelligence Unit, launched on the morning of the CODEL's visit to Morocco, to closely coordinate with U.S. counterparts to ensure maximum integration with relevant financial au [...] | 2009-04-14 18:14:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PTER ETRD MO |
09RABAT334 | TOURISM MINISTER LEAVES "DOOR AJAR" ON COLONY [...] (U) This cable contains company proprietary information. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Moroccan Minister of Tourism Mohammed Boussaid told Charge on April 17 that U.S. investor Colony Capital's "failure" to fulfill the terms of its amended convention to develop the Taghaz [...] | 2009-04-19 13:33:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON EFIN MO |
09RABAT355 | PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY FUNDING DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Polcouns conveyed reftel USG views on supporting the Palestinian Authority (PA) on April 22, to Lahcen Saile of the Regional Arab Affairs Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He said he would convey the points to Inspector General Azeroual, MFA Middle East head. Econoff also d [...] | 2009-04-27 13:07:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV KWBG MO IS |
09RABAT384 | MOROCCO NOT YET READY TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (C) "For the moment, Morocco does not intend to recognize Kosovo," newly-appointed Director of Bilateral Affairs responsible for Europe, Abdellah Zagour, told PolCouns and Poloff on May 5 (his earliest available meeting). He described the GOM's position as moderate, explaining that Morocco i [...] | 2009-05-05 17:15:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN KV MO |
09RABAT428 | MOROCCO WILL VOTE ON KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-27 16:27:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL MO KV |
09RABAT447 | ECONOMIC GROWTH WEAKENS AS CRISIS' IMPACT HITS HOME [...] (U) Summary: While official GDP growth projections remain near 5 percent for 2009, thanks to this year's bumper agricultural harvest, the outlook for non-agricultural sectors appears increasingly somber as a result of the world economic downturn. Growth outside agriculture was only 1.3 percen [...] | 2009-06-03 17:07:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD MO |
09RABAT566 | MOROCCO SUPPORTS UNSCR 1874 ON NORTH KOREA [...] (SBU) Summary. Morocco supports the USG position on UNSCR 1718 and 1874 and has agreed to take financial measures designed to limit the ability of the Democratic People,s Republic of Korea (North Korea) to fund weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and ballistic missile-related activities. Implem [...] | 2009-07-02 16:15:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KNNP PARM PREL MO |
09RABAT593 | MOROCCO SUPPORTS USG PROPOSALS PURSUANT TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Morocco supports the USG position on the review of the UN 1267 Consolidated List, Driss Ben Fares, Plenipotentiary Minister at the Bureau of Legal Affairs and Treaties at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told EconOff on July 13 after receiving reftel demarche. Providing copies [...] | 2009-07-13 17:51:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PREL PTER UNSC |
09RABAT642 | EFFECTS OF RECESSION STARTING TO APPEAR IN MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Summary: The lingering global recession continues progressively to affect economic growth forecasts for Morocco, as well as the balance of payments and current economic activity. A flurry of reports, prognostications and evaluations in late June and early July describes the Kingdom as [...] | 2009-07-23 14:33:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV MO |
09RABAT651 | MOROCCAN MINISTER OF FINANCE AND G20 COMS [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 22, the Minister of Economy and Finance and the British Ambassador organized a working lunch for G-20 ambassadors and charges to discuss the impact of the world economic crisis on Morocco, as well as individual countries' and collective responses to the crisis. The Mi [...] | 2009-07-27 14:34:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD ECON MO |
09RABAT690 | UN 1267 REVIEW TRANCHE 3 NAMES PASSED TO MOROCCO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-13 13:34:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL PTER KTFN UNSC MO |
09RABAT876 | IOM CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF [...] The Government of Morocco (GOM) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) organized a conference on the Impact of the World Economic Crisis on Migration, October 12 and 13, in Rabat. Minister-delegate for Moroccans Living Abroad Mohammed Ameur, IOM Director General William Swi [...] | 2009-10-28 18:52:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN SMIG PREF MO |
09RABAT917 | MOROCCO RESPONDS TO USG PROPOSALS PURSUANT TO [...] (SBU) EconOff delivered names of interest (reftel) to the Deputy President of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) Abdelhamid Afi on November 13. Afi reiterated the seriousness with which Morocco treats questions about terrorism finance, and undertook to share the names with the President o [...] | 2009-11-17 14:13:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PREL PTER UNSC |
09RABAT950 | OECD-MENA MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE, NOVEMBER 23, MARRAKESH [...] SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: The November 23 OECD-MENA Ministerial Conference in Marrakesh, Morocco, brought government, business, and civil society leaders together to debate policy responses to the global economic crisis as well as government and business climate reforms in the Middle East and [...] | 2009-12-04 15:20:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID ECON EINV SOCI MO |
09RABAT978 | MOROCCO'S FIRST BEACH RESORT UNDER NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Three months after the fanfare surrounding the June 19 inauguration of Morocco's first seaside resort completed under the "Plan Azur" or Blue Plan tourism strategy, Saidia Mediterranean officially closed its doors to tourists. The Saidia resort represents a USD 1.5 billion in [...] | 2009-12-16 14:13:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON EFIN SENV MO |
09RANGOON1 | BURMA: RICE EXPORTS LOWER THAN EXPECTED IN 2008 [...] (C) Despite GOB expectations that rice exports in November and December would total 300,000 metric tons, Burmese traders and military-owned Myanmar Economic Corporation (MEC) exported only 45,000 metric tons of rice during this period. Demand for Burmese rice remains low, as international cu [...] | 2009-01-02 05:11:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM |
09RANGOON134 | BURMA: TAY ZA EXPANDS HIS EMPIRE [...] (C) Tay Za, the regime's favored crony, continues to expand his empire in Burma. Over the past three months he has purchased three large hotels, expanded his airline business, and entered the telecommunications industry. Embassy Rangoon recommends OFAC add Tay Za's newest companies and key [...] | 2009-03-04 04:28:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAIR ETRD PREL PINR BM |
09RANGOON142 | BURMA: REMITTANCES DECLINING DUE TO FINANCIAL [...] (C) As in many developing countries, Burmese rely on remittances from overseas -- which may have totaled upwards of USD 1 billion in FY07-08 -- to supplement incomes and make ends meet. According to unpublished data from the Central Bank, official remittances (those sent through Burmese bank [...] | 2009-03-06 04:50:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PINR ELAB BM |
09RANGOON143 | BURMA: OVERSEAS WORKERS RETURNING HOME BUT JOBS [...] (C) The Burmese Government has officially acknowledged that 10,000 migrant workers have recently returned to Burma -- anecdotal evidence indicates the figure is actually much higher -- and has publicly pledged to provide them with jobs and other assistance. However, Ministry of Labor officia [...] | 2009-03-06 05:19:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ELAB PHUM PGOV BM |
09RANGOON174 | BURMA: REMOVAL OF U MOE MYINT FROM THE VISA BAN [...] (C) U Moe Myint, owner of Myanmar Petroleum Resources Ltd. (MPRL) and Myint and Associates, became subject to the 212F visa ban in 2008 due to alleged connections to the Burmese regime. While he is a successful Burmese businessman, he did not earn this wealth based on his connections to the [...] | 2009-03-18 07:50:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON CVIS EFIN PREL PGOV PINR BM |
09RANGOON178 | BURMA: FOOD INSECURITY A GROWING CONCERN [...] (SBU) Although Burma's overall production of basic foodstuffs -- rice, beans, and cereals - is more than enough to meet domestic need, the GOB's restrictions on internal food distribution, as well as its emphasis on exporting food for profit, prevent sufficient domestically available food fr [...] | 2009-03-19 07:20:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM |
09RANGOON181 | IMPACT OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS ON BURMA'S [...] (C) According to a study undertaken by a Harvard team and international NGO International Development Enterprises (IDE),Burma's agricultural sector has been significantly affected by the world financial crisis, increasing food insecurity, and poverty concerns. The report estimates that ove [...] | 2009-03-20 07:48:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM |
09RANGOON228 | BURMA: WATER FESTIVAL PARTICIPATION AFFECTED BY FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Water Festival, the most-anticipated holiday in Burma, usually boosts Burma's economy, providing jobs for day laborers and vendors while generating profits for those who organize festivities. However, this year's Water Festival was not as profitable as in the past: the Government sold [...] | 2009-04-21 06:55:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL BM |
09RANGOON229 | (C) BURMA: JADELAND CO. SUPPORTING THE REGIME [...] (C) Yup Zaw Hkwang of Kachin State owns the largest jade mining company in Burma, Jadeland Co., and his family provides significant economic and political support to the regime. Yup Zaw Hkwang helped to broker the cease fire agreement between the GOB and the Kachin Independence Organization [...] | 2009-04-21 23:21:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PINR BM |
09RANGOON23 | BURMA: PLANNING MINISTER DISCUSSES U.S. POLICY, [...] (C) The Charge met with Minister of Social Planning and Economic Development U Soe Tha in Nay Pyi Taw on January 5 to discuss assistance issues, the possibility of expanding the Tripartite Core Group (TCG) -mechanism, and the world economic crisis. The Charge laid out USG concerns about Bur [...] | 2009-01-09 06:07:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN PREL PGOV PINR BM |
09RANGOON25 | CONTRACT FARMING IN BURMA (C-AL8-02135) [...] (U) This is a response to an INR request (Ref B). 2. (C) Since 2005, the Burmese Government has encouraged investors from China, Thailand, Bangladesh, and Kuwait to invest in contract farms; to date, only the Thais have a formal agreement to farm 120,000 acres along the Thai-Burma borde [...] | 2009-01-12 00:50:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM |
09RANGOON272 | BURMA: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-13 06:16:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER BM |
09RANGOON298 | BURMA: UPDATE ON CRONY STEVEN LAW'S ACTIVITIES [...] (C) Steven Law, one of the regime's top cronies, continues to expand his businesses in both Burma and Singapore. The authorities recently awarded Law's Asia World Company the rights to build the new international airport in Nay Pyi Taw, and his newest company, Gold Energy Co. Ltd., is const [...] | 2009-05-20 23:41:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PINR BM |
09RANGOON299 | (C) BURMA: SILVERWAVE CO. BENEFITS FROM REGIME TIES [...] (C) Minn Minn Oung, Chairman of Silverwave Group and a number of affiliated companies involved in the agricultural, timber, mining, and energy sectors, provides significant economic and political support to the Burmese regime. Minn Minn Oung admits his companies received government contracts [...] | 2009-05-21 00:33:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PINR BM |
09RANGOON33 | BURMA: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel, this is Embassy Rangoon's submission for the 2009 Investment Climate Statement. Preface ------- 2. U.S. Investment Subject to Sanctions: On May 20, 1997, by Executive Order 13047, the President imposed economic sanctions prohibiting new investment by U.S. persons or entiti [...] | 2009-01-14 08:32:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | OPIC KTDB USTR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BM |
09RANGOON330 | BURMA: TAY ZA REPORTEDLY FALLING OUT OF FAVOR, NEW [...] (C) Tay Za, long a favored crony of Than Shwe, allegedly is falling out of favor due to his companies' inability to meet the demands of senior generals. In recent months, his bid to purchase a new A320 plane for his domestic airline fell through, he was unable to fulfill his contract with th [...] | 2009-06-04 06:01:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PINR PREL BM |
09RANGOON355 | BURMA: CRONIES LAUNCH NEW SOCCER LEAGUE [...] (C) On the alleged order of Senior General Than Shwe, regime cronies and businessmen launched the new Myanmar National Football League (MNL) on May 16, 2009. To date, the MNL has been a huge success, with high attendance and wide national TV and radio coverage. It is unclear if there is any politic [...] | 2009-06-12 04:47:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PINR BM |
09RANGOON377 | BURMA: FY09-10 BUDGET SHORT ON DETAILS BUT CLEARLY [...] (SBU) The Burmese Government published its FY09-10 budget in late May, along with FY08-09 supplementary expenditure figures. As in the past, the GOB's budget publication provides only general guidelines, with little explanation of spending. The largest proportion of public funds will go to [...] | 2009-06-19 07:06:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV PINR BM |
09RANGOON378 | BURMA: UPDATE ON CRONY ZAW ZAW’S ACTIVITIES [...] (C) Regime crony Zaw Zaw continues to expand his businesses in Burma. In addition to Max Myanmar Group of Companies, Zaw Zaw owns a beverage bottling company, a cement plant, a trading company, a jade mine in Phakhant, a rubber plantation in Mon State, and a professional soccer team. Embassy Rangoo [...] | 2009-06-19 05:24:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PINR BM |
09RANGOON386 | BURMA: SANCTIONING TAY ZA'S RIGHT-HAND MAN [...] (C) Lu Lu, a.k.a. Kwan Lu Chan, Chan Kwan Lu, and Zaw Min, is Vice Chairman of Air Bagan and regime crony Tay Za's top assistant and advisor. Known in business circles to be cunning and ruthless, Lu Lu boasts to businessmen that he taught Tay Za "all he knows." Tay Za often designates Lu Lu [...] | 2009-06-24 06:05:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PINR BM |
09RANGOON389 | BURMA: WFP FOOD SECURITY PROGRAM REMAINS UNFUNDED [...] (SBU) The more than five million Burmese who live under the food poverty line rely on feeding programs run by the World Food Programme (WFP) and NGOs to survive. WFP's programs, which support vulnerable populations and marginalized ethnic groups in Northern Rakhine State, Chin State, Shan S [...] | 2009-06-25 05:15:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM |
09RANGOON409 | (S) BURMA AND NORTH KOREA: RICE FOR ARMS [...] (S) A well-placed private business contact reports that the Burmese Government, through military-owned Myanmar Economic Holdings Ltd. (MEHL),has exported approximately 20,000 metric tons of rice to North Korea through June 2009. According to the local director of SGS Consultants, the GOB ha [...] | 2009-07-02 05:17:00 | Embassy Rangoon | SECRET | EAGR ECON EFIN PREL PGOV PINR BM |
09RANGOON412 | BURMA: CRONIES PROVIDE CREDIT TO DELTA FARMERS [...] (C) Agricultural contacts confirm that the majority of farms in the Irrawaddy Delta have recovered considerably from the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis, enabling them to increase rice production by 10 percent over April 2008 levels. In many areas, soil conditions have improved, and NGOs, the UN [...] | 2009-07-07 04:32:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV BM |
09RANGOON414 | BURMA: RICE EXPORTS JUMP; EXPORT BAN POSSIBLE SOON [...] (C) During the first quarter of 2009, Burmese traders and military-owned Myanmar Economic Corporation (MEC) exported approximately 645,000 metric tons of rice, 33 percent more that Burma exported in all of 2008, reflecting increased production. Exported rice came from Mandalay, Sagaing, and [...] | 2009-07-07 05:01:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM |
09RANGOON438 | BURMA: GOVERNMENT INTERVENES IN BEANS AND PULSES [...] (C) Burma continues to deal with fallout from the November 2008 near-collapse of its beans and pulses market. Although the GOB historically was not involved in the sector, since November, the GOB has prohibited foreign companies from trading in beans and pulses. Additionally, GOB officials n [...] | 2009-07-14 02:55:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN PREL PGOV PINR BM |
09RANGOON441 | BURMA: TAY ZA'S COMPANIES MARKET GEMS, CELL PHONE [...] (C) Regime crony Tay Za, at the behest of the regime, is working with the Myanmar Gem Traders Association to promote Burmese jade and gems at the ASEAN International Gem Emporium in Kunming. According to Air Bagan staff, Tay Za is leading the Burmese gem delegation and flew 40 merchants and [...] | 2009-07-15 01:19:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAIR ETRD ECPS PREL PINR BM |
09RANGOON446 | U.S. ECONOMIC SANCTIONS ON BURMA -- SOME [...] (S) Economic sanctions are a cornerstone of U.S. policy toward Burma. The sanctions are broad and include bans on investment, imports of Burmese products, provision of financial services, and targeted sanctions on key regime officials and their cronies. This cable, based on Econoff's two y [...] | 2009-07-16 09:51:00 | Embassy Rangoon | SECRET | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL PGOV PINR BM |
09RANGOON515 | ASEAN NARGIS RELIEF SPECIAL ENVOY URGES INCREASED [...] (SBU) At an August 6 donor meeting in Rangoon, ASEAN's special envoy for post-Nargis recovery urged increased assistance in the Delta, citing dire conditions and the need to set aside "political" considerations. U.S. and Western diplomats, with UN support, emphasized that the political prob [...] | 2009-08-11 10:13:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PINR BM |
09RANGOON526 | CATERPILLAR RE-ENTERING BURMESE MARKET [...] (C) In a August 6 meeting with Charge, Caterpillar executives explained that Caterpillar Asia plans to re-enter the Burmese market to avoid losing further business to regional competitors, notably Chinese firms. Caterpillar's legal department has concluded the firm can export to Burma witho [...] | 2009-08-13 09:40:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PINR BM |
09RANGOON54 | BURMA: 2008 TOURISM LEVELS DOWN 20 PERCENT [...] (C) Burma's 2008 tourism levels fell 20 percent compared to 2007, despite a substantial increase during October through December. Burma attracted 177,018 tourists in 2008, mostly from other Asian countries. Due to the decline, many tourism-related businesses registered financial losses in [...] | 2009-01-28 07:50:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV PINR BM |
09RANGOON56 | BURMA: CONTINUING FOOD INSECURITY IN CHIN STATE [...] (C) The food insecurity situation in Northern Chin State, where a rat infestation continues to destroy crops, has marginally improved, according to the World Food Programme (WFP). WFP and its partners in December launched a food-for-work program in 50 villages in Chin State, assisting more [...] | 2009-01-30 08:19:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM |
09RANGOON57 | BURMA: SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN TRADE IN 2008 [...] (SBU) The Burmese Government recorded an increase in both exports and imports in 2008 compared to previous years. While the value of natural gas exports remained constant, trade was bolstered by substantial exports of jade, gems, and agricultural products. Burmese exports totaled USD 6.6 bi [...] | 2009-01-30 08:19:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV BM |
09RANGOON609 | BURMA: BUSINESS CANDIDATES WILL RUN, LIKE IT OR NOT [...] (SBU) Conversations with a range of private sector contacts suggest the regime is in the process of selecting supportive candidates from the business community to run in the 2010 elections. The regime has reportedly vetted individuals based not only on perceived loyalty but also via a candi [...] | 2009-09-14 10:04:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PINR BM |
09RANGOON643 | BURMA: SOME BUSINESSMEN REPORTEDLY HEARING FROM [...] (C) The GOB has recently conveyed through official channels and via at least one businessman (septel) its desire for better relations with the U.S.. According to an Embassy contact, many in the private sector here think Washington is preparing to respond positively, particularly regarding s [...] | 2009-09-23 09:34:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PINR BM |
09RANGOON644 | BURMESE BUSINESSMAN ON GOB-U.S. RELATIONS, ETHNIC [...] (C) A well-connected Burmese businessman has conveyed informally to the Charge that the GOB is strongly interested in better relations with the USG, mainly to buffer Chinese dominance. Senior figures in Nay Pyi Taw reportedly told the businessman that the GOB does not expect sanctions relief [...] | 2009-09-23 10:31:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PINR BM |
09RANGOON657 | BURMA: FIVE THOUSAND KYAT NOTE CREATES BUZZ, [...] (SBU) The GOB used a prime-time TV broadcast to announce the roll-out of a 5,000 kyat(K) note (worth slightly less than USD 5). The highest note currently in circulation is K1,000 (less than USD 1). Rangoon residents are excited about the new bill, seemingly for its novelty and convenience [...] | 2009-09-25 10:27:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PINR BM |
09RANGOON67 | BURMA: KYAT APPRECIATES 12 PERCENT AGAINST US [...] (C) Although the Burmese kyat traditionally appreciates against the U.S. dollar during the dry season (October-April),the kyat has appreciated more than expected -- 12.4 percent -- since October 2008. Burmese economists, emphasizing the importance of supply and demand, speculate that the r [...] | 2009-02-04 07:48:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PINR BM |
09RANGOON750 | BURMA: A/S CAMPBELL'S MEETING WITH ECONOMISTS AND [...] (C) During a one-hour meeting on Nov. 4 with EAP A/S Campbell, Burmese economists and private sector representatives described Burma's economic woes, including a dearth of credible statistics, rampant corruption, and pervasive GOB ignorance of sound economic policy. Though downbeat about pr [...] | 2009-11-16 07:24:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | BM ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
09RANGOON762 | BURMA: A/S CAMPBELL'S MEETING WITH ECONOMISTS AND [...] (C) During a one-hour meeting on Nov. 4 with EAP A/S Campbell, Burmese economists and private sector representatives described Burma's economic woes, including a dearth of credible statistics, rampant corruption, and pervasive GOB ignorance of sound economic policy. Though downbeat about pr [...] | 2009-11-18 11:58:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | BM ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
09RANGOON780 | BURMA: DOLLAR LOSING GROUND AGAINST THE KYAT [...] (SBU) The last seven weeks have seen a decrease in the U.S. dollar's value against the Burmese kyat. Even accounting for traditional dry season increases, the kyat has appreciated more than in recent years. Factors may include a stagnant local economy with weak demand for imported products, [...] | 2009-11-30 04:42:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV PINR BM |
09RANGOON808 | BURMA: IMF CONDUCTS 2009 ARTICLE IV CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) have concluded two weeks of consultations with the Burma Government, UN representatives, diplomats and business experts, the annual Article IV consultations. The delegation reported the Government of Burm [...] | 2009-12-17 10:05:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV PINR PREL KTIP BM |
09RANGOON820 | INTERNAL DYNAMICS OF BURMESE LEADERSHIP MEETING IN [...] (C) A Burmese businessman well-connected with senior leaders in Nay Pyi Taw informed us this week that, during the regime's quarterly leadership meeting that took place the week of November 23, Burma's generals received their marching orders for the period leading up to national elections in [...] | 2009-12-23 09:29:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PINR BM |
09RANGOON84 | BURMA: EARLY IMPACTS OF WORLD FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (C) Although the Burmese Government claims the world financial crisis is having little to no affect on the country's economy, recent economic trends prove otherwise. Burma's trading sector has been hardest hit, as export earnings from key products including agriculture, garments, and timber [...] | 2009-02-06 06:55:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PINR BM |
09RANGOON963 | BURMA: RICE EXPORTS LOWER THAN EXPECTED IN 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-02 04:40:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM |
09REYKJAVIK101 | Iceland: Tough Times Ahead: Minister of Finance Paints [...] (C) Summary: Iceland Minister of Finance Steingrimur J. Sigfusson predicted difficult times for Iceland in the year ahead at a June 3 meeting with the CDA. Sigfusson promised significant tax hikes and budget cuts, with much of the pain to come in the fall. Negotiations with labor and capital t [...] | 2009-06-05 17:11:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL IC |
09REYKJAVIK102 | ICELAND SETTLES ICESAVE DEPOSIT GUARANTEE DISPUTE WITH THE [...] (U) On June 5, Icelandic media reported that the GOI and the Governments of the UK and the Netherlands had struck a deal over the Icesave dispute. The GOI has agreed to take a $5.44 billion loan from the UK and the Netherlands to repay the minimum deposit guarantee to those who lost their sav [...] | 2009-06-08 17:17:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN PREL IC |
09REYKJAVIK15 | ICELAND ECONOMIC SITUATION EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE FURTHER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-23 16:48:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV IC |
09REYKJAVIK176 | TAX INCREASES AND FISCAL CUTS IN ICELAND'S 2010 BUDGET [...] (U) Summary: The Minister of Finance announced next year's economic forecast and submitted the 2010 state budget bill to parliament October 1 when the parliament reconvened after its summer break. The forecast presented a bleak economic picture for the next two years and the budget was laden w [...] | 2009-10-05 16:49:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN IC |
09REYKJAVIK191 | INVESTING IN ICELAND: OPPORTUNITIES AND OBSTACLES [...] (SBU) Summary: As Iceland struggles to rebound from last year's financial meltdown, the government is reevaluating the future direction of the country, including the role of foreign direct investment (FDI). There is potential for investment in a variety of sectors, particularly those that util [...] | 2009-10-27 16:58:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN IC |
09REYKJAVIK198 | ICELANDIC GOVERNMENT OPTIMISTIC PARLIAMENT WILL [...] (C) In a meeting with Charge and Econoff, Minister of Finance Steingrimur Sigfusson stated that he believes by next week the Icesave agreement will be out of committee and return to parliament for its second reading. He said that the government had learned from the last vote on Icesave and th [...] | 2009-11-04 18:01:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN IC NE PGOV PREL UK |
09REYKJAVIK202 | GOVERNMENT RECONSIDERS AMOUNT OF TAX FOR ENERGY USE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent actions by the government of Iceland (GOI),including a proposal to introduce a significant energy tax in the 2010 budget bill (reftel B),have raised concerns about the current environment for foreign investors. Implementing significant tax increases ex-post-facto, for exa [...] | 2009-11-13 17:21:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IC PGOV PREL |
09REYKJAVIK203 | INDEPENDENCE PARTY LEADER SEEKS MEETING WITH WHITE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-16 16:43:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN IC |
09REYKJAVIK207 | POTENTIAL TRAVEL TO U.S. BY SENIOR ICELANDIC OFFICIALS IN [...] (SBU) Several high-level GOI officials have expressed interest in traveling to the U.S. in early 2010 to meet with officials at counterpart agencies. A visit prior to January is unlikely, as the government lacks the money to finance a trip at the moment and officials are finalizing the 2010 bu [...] | 2009-11-18 16:06:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN IC |
09REYKJAVIK218 | IMF: ICELAND NEEDS FINANCIAL AUSTERITY [...] (C) Summary. Mark Flanagan, leader of the IMF review team here in Reykjavik, believes Iceland's recovery could start in mid-2010, but he cautioned that that the government must take several critical steps to lay the necessary groundwork, including significant fiscal austerity. Prior to the nex [...] | 2009-12-08 16:56:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IC PGOV PREL |
09REYKJAVIK219 | ICESAVE BILL LINGERS AS DIVISIVE FORCE IN GOVERNMENT AND [...] (U) Summary. The coalition government recently reached a negotiated settlement with the opposition that allows the Icesave bill to move to the next stage of the parliamentary process. The settlement was reached only after the opposition used filibustering techniques to stall the bill in the s [...] | 2009-12-08 16:56:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN IC |
09REYKJAVIK223 | PARLIAMENT PASSES A BEVY OF BILLS BEFORE THE NEW YEAR [...] (U) Summary: The Icelandic Parliament worked diligently in the days leading up to its holiday recess and passed a number of key pieces of legislation. Over the weekend of December 18-20, parliament passed 18 bills including a new environmental tax and amendments to the General Penal Code that [...] | 2009-12-23 13:46:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GTIP PGOV PREL ECON EFIN IC |
09REYKJAVIK23 | ICELAND SIGNS TIFA, PUSHES FOR E VISAS [...] (SBU) Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Europe and the Middle East Christopher S. Wilson and Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs Ossur Skarphedinsson signed a Trade and Investment Cooperation Framework Agreement (TIFA) in Reykjavik on January 15. The TIFA establishes a commitment to meet [...] | 2009-01-28 09:46:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN CVIS IC |
09REYKJAVIK27 | ICELAND: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] (U) Post submits the following Investment Climate Statement for Iceland for 2009. Responses are keyed to reftel. This report has been sent by unclassified email to J. Nathaniel Hatcher in EEB/IFD/OIA per reftel instructions. The statistics portion at the end of this report was only sent by [...] | 2009-02-02 15:19:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR IC |
09REYKJAVIK30 | ICELAND CENTRAL BANK CRISIS: ODDSSON'S NAILS FLAG TO MAST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Iceland Central Bank's Chairman of the Board of Governors, David Oddsson, refused Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir's request to resign on Sunday. The Prime Minister made her request by letter of February 2, pending passage of a law allowing the government to dismiss the thr [...] | 2009-02-09 17:58:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN CVIS IC |
09REYKJAVIK39 | ICELANDIC CENTRAL BANK HEAD PUBLICLY GOES ON DEFENSIVE [...] (SBU) Iceland's Central Bank Chairman of Board of Governors David Oddsson refused to accept blame for the October bank collapse and subsequent economic recession during his appearance on Icelandic State Television's current affairs program "Kastljos" on February 24. Well-prepared and often po [...] | 2009-02-25 17:07:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN IC |
09REYKJAVIK58 | ICELAND SCENESTTER FOR TREASURY DAS ERIC MEYER'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Since your previous visit three months ago, you'll find many changes in Iceland's economic and political landscape. Businesses are hurting and unemployment has risen to an unprecedented ten percent. Currency restrictions imposed in December were extended another six months unt [...] | 2009-03-18 17:27:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN IC |
09REYKJAVIK68 | ICELANDIC INTERIM MINISTER OF FINANCE AND FISHERIES [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's farewell call, a tired looking and clearly over-worked Steingrimur J. Sigfusson was confident about the upcoming elections, happy with the progress with the IMF, and encouraged by Iceland's negotiating position with the IceSave accounts. Sigfusson's roles a [...] | 2009-04-07 18:05:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN SENV EFIS PGOV IC |
09REYKJAVIK71 | REYKJAVIK'S UPDATED TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] (U) Post's Terrorism Finance Coordinator is DCM Neil Klopfenstein. He can be reached by phone at +354-562-9200, ext. 2206. His classified email address is KlopfensteinNR@state.sgov.gov His unclassified email address is KlopfensteinNR@state.gov Mr. Klopfenstein's tour will end in late Augu [...] | 2009-04-17 16:18:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER IC |
09REYKJAVIK72 | ICELAND CONSIDERING SUPPORT FOR KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD BANK [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 16:18:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KV IC |
09RIGA100 | LATVIA PLANS TO ATTEND SHARM AL-SHEIKH CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-20 14:12:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KPAL KWBG PGOV PTER EFIN LG |
09RIGA125 | LATVIAN ECONOMY: BAD TO WORSE [...] Summary: Latvia's economic downturn has proved to be worse than expected. Falling household purchasing power, induced by rising unemployment and real wage cuts, is significantly reducing domestic demand. Falling consumption is having a negative effect on tax revenues, which despite higher VAT [...] | 2009-03-05 15:53:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV LG |
09RIGA136 | LATVIA TO PROVIDE REHABILITATION TO 19 GAZAN CHILDREN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-11 12:47:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER EUN LG |
09RIGA152 | HOW MUCH CAN LATVIA'S NEW GOVERNMENT EXPECT TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: The Dombrovskis government is an uneasy coalition that faces very difficult economic choices that will strain political support and heighten personality conflicts within the government. At the same time, leaders seem to understand that continued political instability will only [...] | 2009-03-16 13:58:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PROV ECON EFIN PREL LG |
09RIGA17 | LATVIAN LEADERS SAY DETERMINED TO IMPLEMENT FULLY [...] (C) Summary: Latvian leaders affirmed their commitment to full implementation of fiscal austerity measures negotiated with the IMF in farewell calls with the Ambassador. While PM Godmanis said he wanted to front load the cuts in the public service to get them over with as quickly as possible, [...] | 2009-01-09 09:34:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV PREL LG |
09RIGA188 | Blow to patronage - Latvia limits size of advisory [...] Summary: The Saeima (Parliament) passed a new law that limits the number of advisory councils at state enterprises, and caps the maximum number of members serving on them. Advisory councils are often used by political parties in power as a financing and patronage tool. The move was part of th [...] | 2009-04-03 04:45:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KCOR ETRD PGOV LG |
09RIGA191 | LATVIA: IMF PUTS PAYMENTS ON HOLD UNTIL GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has delayed its next installment of financial aid to Latvia until the government completes its budget amendments. The IMF has also underscored to the government that its efforts to date do not constitute the needed structural reforms. The g [...] | 2009-04-03 14:11:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV LG |
09RIGA215 | LATVIA TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-16 15:27:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER LG |
09RIGA216 | LATVIA SUPPORTS KOSOVO IMF AND WORLD BANK [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 05:41:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KVIR |
09RIGA22 | IRANIAN ENTITY DESIGNATION INFORMATION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-09 15:49:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP MNUC IR GM PARM EFIN LG |
09RIGA298 | LATVIAN HEALTH MINISTRY CUTS BUDGET; TUBERCULOSIS [...] (U) Summary. The Latvian Ministry of Health, like other Latvian ministries, is facing huge budget cuts and restructuring as the country deals with its financial crisis. Officials state that the cuts and reforms will not negatively affect Latvia's ability to provide essential health care or to [...] | 2009-05-29 11:26:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI ECON EFIN LG |
09RIGA314 | SPECTER OF DEVALUATION REAPPEARS - GOVERNMENT BRUSHES IT [...] Summary: Comments by prominent local politicians have resuscitated speculation that Latvia will have to devalue its currency, and their concerns gained some traction when Latvia failed to sell any government debt securities on June 3. The Prime Minister, Finance Minister, and Bank of Latvia in [...] | 2009-06-04 13:53:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PGOV ECON LG |
09RIGA318 | PRESSING LATVIA ON ITS FINANCIAL SITUATION [...] (C/NF) The Latvian government continues to struggle with making the necessary structural reforms to implement the terms of it's IMF/EC assistance package. Failure to do so could have serious consequences not only for Latvia, but for a number of other states in the region. The U.S. has a strat [...] | 2009-06-09 09:08:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN PGOV PREL ECON EUN IMF LG |
09RIGA326 | GOL REACHES CONCEPTUAL AGREEMENT ON BUDGET CUTS [...] Summary. Government coalition parties and key social partners have agreed in principle to cut the central government budget for 2009 by 500 million Lats ($1 billion USD). The decision is limited to setting a target level for budget cuts, and specific budget cutting measures will be decided upo [...] | 2009-06-10 14:39:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV LG |
09RIGA331 | LATVIA TO PULL OUT OF NRF-14 [...] (U) Latvia will not be able to meet its commitment to participate in NRF-14 as part of the Baltic Battalion due to its budgetary situation, Latvian CHOD MG Juris Maklakovs announced on June 11. Maklakovs said he was "embarrassed" to have go to NATO and say that Latvia could not fulfill its co [...] | 2009-06-12 09:08:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PGOV EFIN NATO LG |
09RIGA339 | LATVIA PASSES 2009 BUDGET AMENDMENTS, IMF-EC DECISIONS [...] Summary: The Saeima (Parliament) approved amendments to the 2009 budget, which are intended to satisfy international donor requirements and ensure continued disbursement of international aid. The package is a mix of cuts, especially to social programs, and revenue increases. After the vote, [...] | 2009-06-18 06:31:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV LG |
09RIGA367 | LATVIA - NO COMMENT ON ITSO ARBITRATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-08 07:41:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECON ECPS EFIN KTIA PREL TSPA LG |
09RIGA368 | LATVIA - NO COMMENT ON UNSCR 1874 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-08 07:42:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP LG |
09RIGA401 | LATVIA CONCLUDES IMF DEAL: DIFFICULTIES REMAIN [...] (U) Summary. Latvia concluded an agreement and signed a new Latter of Intent (LOI) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on July 27 following weeks of tense and politically sensitive negotiations. The deal will allow Latvia to access the second tranche of its aid package (USD 285 million [...] | 2009-08-03 13:41:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV LG |
09RIGA413 | PAREX BANK: NO SMOKING GUN, CALLS FOR FURTHER [...] (C) Summary: This cable provides an update on the condition and future direction of Parex Bank and responds to questions from Ref A. The deal to nationalize Parex Bank and the circumstances surrounding its collapse continue to spark controversy in Latvia, including calls by the GOL for a form [...] | 2009-08-07 14:13:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV ECON PINR LG |
09RIGA417 | LATVIAN GDP FALLS 19.6 Percent in Q2 [...] According to a flash estimate released by the Latvian Central Statistics Bureau on August 10, in the second quarter of 2009 Latvia's GDP contracted by 19.6 percent, down 1.6 percentage points from a quarter earlier when the economy declined by 18 percent. This steep decline is consistent with t [...] | 2009-08-11 08:53:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV LG |
09RIGA434 | LATVIA'S ECONOMIC CRISIS LEADS TO POLITICAL [...] (U) Summary: Implementation of austerity budget cuts have revealed intense divides within Latvia,s governing coalition. A particularly divisive political battle intensified in July over cuts in the public health sector, pitting Prime Minister Dombrovskis, and his New Era party, against the Mi [...] | 2009-08-21 12:18:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV LG |
09RIGA484 | LATVIA: POLITICAL INFIGHTING THREATENING PASSAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Political infighting among members of the governing coalition is threatening the passage of a credible 2010 budget. If Latvia does not pass a credible budget, the consequences could include not only the end of international assistance and a weakening of investor confidence, but [...] | 2009-09-30 13:21:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN BTIO PGOV PREL EU LG |
09RIGA494 | LATVIAN PM ASSURES AFGHAN CONTRIBUTION SAFE, [...] (C) Latvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis assured Ambassador Garber that military budget cuts would be limited to ending "non-core activities" and postponing some procurements. "We intend to continue our engagement in Afghanistan as a priority," he remarked, noting that Latvia would see [...] | 2009-10-02 13:48:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN MARR LG |
09RIGA50 | POLITICAL MANEUVERING LIKELY TO STAGNATE LATVIA [...] (C/NF) Summary: Latvia lacks a clear way forward as it seeks to address its deepening economic and political troubles. The next step is talks among all parties in parliament brokered by the President to consider possibilities for a new government, but personality differences and the question [...] | 2009-01-23 15:01:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ECON EFIN LG |
09RIGA508 | LATVIA: 2010 BUDGET DEMARCHE RECOMMENDATION: DEPARTMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) Post seeks Department concurrence on a draft demarche to be delivered to appropriate GOL officials (including the Prime Minister) regarding Latvia's 2010 budget. The demarche will urge the government of Latvia to abide by its signed commitments to the [...] | 2009-10-09 06:44:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ECIN PGOV PREL SW LG |
09RIGA516 | LATVIA: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR SEES CREDIBLE BUDGET [...] (C) Summary: The Bank of Latvia is downplaying the severity of new budget adjustments and the likelihood of significant mortgage relief, while admitting pressure on the lat could intensify unless a serious budget is submitted soon. The Bank is urging the early sale of Parex Bank. End Summary. [...] | 2009-10-16 08:11:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON BTIO SW LG |
09RIGA526 | LATVIA: POLITCAL, ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL COMPLICATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Political, economic and technical barriers may impede the quick restructuring and sale of Parex Bank, which is a key to Latvia's economic recovery. Latvia's other state-owned bank, Land and Mortgage Bank, is facing a deteriorating loan portfolio and may need additional governmen [...] | 2009-10-26 14:56:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ECIN PGOV PREL SW LG |