EGYPT: WTO DOHA EUROPEAN AG PROPOSAL

UNCLAS CAIRO 008334 SIPDIS SENSITIVE NEA FOR ELA, RA NEA PLEASE PASS USTR FOR DWOSKIN, HAFEMEISTER, AND SAUMS COMMERCE FOR STEVE JACOBS TREASURY FOR BILL SCHALL USDA/FAS FOR ROBERTS AND YOUNG E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETRD ECON EAGR EG SUBJECT: EGYPT: WTO DOHA EUROPEAN AG PROPOSAL REF: A. STATE 199861 ¶B. CAIRO 8185 AND PREVIOUS The following is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ¶1. (U) Econoff delivered Ref A demarche on October 30 to Dr. Samiha Fawzy, First Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry (MFTI). FAS delivered key points to the DG at the Ministry of Agriculture. Egypt will continue to press for an improved European WTO Agriculture proposal. ¶2. (SBU) Fawzy also provided Econoff with the October 27 communique issued by African trade ministers in Cairo following their consultative meeting on upcoming WTO negotiations (sent via e-mail to NEA/ELA and USTR). The communique acknowledges the U.S. proposal as a "step in the right direction" to be "built on and improved" in the upcoming negotiations. RICCIARDONE