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05VIENNA1593
2005-05-13 14:15:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Vienna
Cable title:
AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS
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UNCLAS VIENNA 001593
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON ETRD AU WTO
SUBJECT: AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS
REF: STATE 81619
UNCLAS VIENNA 001593
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON ETRD AU WTO
SUBJECT: AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS
REF: STATE 81619
1. (SBU) On May 12, Econ Unit Chief deliverd reftel talking
points to Gabriela Habermayer, Head of the Ministry of
Economy's Multilateral Trade Affairs Division. Habermayer
said the GoA shared USG concerns that most initial offers
lacked ambition. Habermayer admitted that the EU's initial
services offer was also less ambitious than it could have
been. The Commission, in Habermayer's opinion, wanted to
proceed "carefully" given the low quality of the initial
services offers. She added that the EU was conducting an
internal "reality check" to gauge what could be done to keep
the services negotiations on track.
2. (SBU) Habermayer cautioned that many developing countries
still perceived an informal sequencing of the negotiations,
(i.e., real progress on the agricultural and goods
negotiations) was necessary before services could move
forward. Habermayer stressed the GoA supported intensifying
the negotiations in all sectors, moving forward
simultaneously on parallel tracks.
Brown
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON ETRD AU WTO
SUBJECT: AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS
REF: STATE 81619
1. (SBU) On May 12, Econ Unit Chief deliverd reftel talking
points to Gabriela Habermayer, Head of the Ministry of
Economy's Multilateral Trade Affairs Division. Habermayer
said the GoA shared USG concerns that most initial offers
lacked ambition. Habermayer admitted that the EU's initial
services offer was also less ambitious than it could have
been. The Commission, in Habermayer's opinion, wanted to
proceed "carefully" given the low quality of the initial
services offers. She added that the EU was conducting an
internal "reality check" to gauge what could be done to keep
the services negotiations on track.
2. (SBU) Habermayer cautioned that many developing countries
still perceived an informal sequencing of the negotiations,
(i.e., real progress on the agricultural and goods
negotiations) was necessary before services could move
forward. Habermayer stressed the GoA supported intensifying
the negotiations in all sectors, moving forward
simultaneously on parallel tracks.
Brown