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04TEGUCIGALPA1567
2004-07-15 18:29:00
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Embassy Tegucigalpa
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HONDURAS READY TO ADVANCE ON DOHA, UNEASY ABOUT G-

Tags:  ETRD ECON EAGR PGOV HO WTO 
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UNCLAS TEGUCIGALPA 001567 

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE

STATE FOR WHA/CEN, WHA/EPSC, AND EB
STATE PASS USTR FOR JWOLFE

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETRD ECON EAGR PGOV HO WTO
SUBJECT: HONDURAS READY TO ADVANCE ON DOHA, UNEASY ABOUT G-
90

REF: A) State 150176

B) Tegucigalpa 778
C) Urs July 12 e-mail

UNCLAS TEGUCIGALPA 001567

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE

STATE FOR WHA/CEN, WHA/EPSC, AND EB
STATE PASS USTR FOR JWOLFE

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETRD ECON EAGR PGOV HO WTO
SUBJECT: HONDURAS READY TO ADVANCE ON DOHA, UNEASY ABOUT G-
90

REF: A) State 150176

B) Tegucigalpa 778
C) Urs July 12 e-mail


1. (U) EconOff delivered ref A talking points to Vice
Minister for External Trade Irving Guerrero on July 13. As
Honduran officials have stated in the past (ref B),the GOH
is eager to move forward with the Doha Round negotiations
and are generally supportive of U.S. positions, but regard
themselves as largely peripheral to the major conflicts
which have slowed progress on the negotiations thus far.


2. (SBU) Vice Minister Guerrero expressed some concern about
the formation of the G-90 group of developing countries, and
the attention being paid to this group by both the USG and
the European Union. He raised the fear that the focus on
the G-90 will "divide poor countries into two groups", with
those developing countries outside the G-90 (such as
Honduras) being left out of key conversations.


3. (SBU) Regarding the selection of a successor to WTO
Director General Supachai, Guerrero stated that Honduras has
not yet chosen a preferred candidate, but he shared the
sense (ref C) that a high ranking official with greater
international clout would be preferable to a lower level
official such as a former trade minister, given the crucial
period ahead for the organization.

Palmer