Demarche on WTO Trade Facilitation

UNCLAS ANKARA 003797 SIPDIS USDOC FOR ITA/MAC/DDEFALCO, SJACOBS, KWIEHAGEN DEPT PLEASE PASS USTR FOR MROHDE GENEVA FOR USTR RSHUB E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETRD TU USTR WTO SUBJECT: Demarche on WTO Trade Facilitation Ref: State 1561625 Econoff presented reftel points and the U.S. proposal on trade facilitation to the Foreign Trade Undersecretariat, MFA, and the Customs Undersecretariat. Semine Uygun, Head of the WTO Department at the Foreign Trade Undersecretariat, told us on June 10 that interagency consultations on this issue are ongoing, and that the GOT was not likely to formulate a position on this proposal until July. Pearson