Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06BAGHDAD1387
2006-04-27 17:20:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Baghdad
Cable title:
PRT BAGHDAD: CHINESE GOVERNMENT ATTEMPTNG TO
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BAGHDAD 001387
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA-I/POL AND NEA-I/ECON
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/27/2026
TAGS: PGOV PINR PREL ECON EAID ENIV IZ CH
SUBJECT: PRT BAGHDAD: CHINESE GOVERNMENT ATTEMPTNG TO
ESTABLISH BRANCH OF THE BAGHDAD BUSINESS CENTER IN SHANGHAI
Classified By: Classified by Baghdad PRT leader Joe Gregoire for reason
s 1.4 (B) and (D).
C O N F I D E N T I A L BAGHDAD 001387
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA-I/POL AND NEA-I/ECON
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/27/2026
TAGS: PGOV PINR PREL ECON EAID ENIV IZ CH
SUBJECT: PRT BAGHDAD: CHINESE GOVERNMENT ATTEMPTNG TO
ESTABLISH BRANCH OF THE BAGHDAD BUSINESS CENTER IN SHANGHAI
Classified By: Classified by Baghdad PRT leader Joe Gregoire for reason
s 1.4 (B) and (D).
1. (C) During a recent meeting with PRT members, Baghdad
Business Center (BBC) Chairwoman Tamather Al-Janabi disclosed
that the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (CMOC) is interested in
opening a branch of the BBC in Shanghai.
2. (C) Tamather said the CMOC will identify and fund office
space for the BBC and will provide office equipment and
initial support. Chinese commercial interests will
coordinate factory visits of and business meetings with Iraqi
firms interested in establishing ties with China. More than
30 Baghdad-based companies want to establish business ties
with Chinese interests through the Shanghai BBC.
3. (C) The Shanghai BBC will likely be named the Iraqi
Business Alliance and will initially focus and coordinate its
activities with the International Merchandizing Center for
Shanghai.
4. (C) Tamather also said several Chinese commercial
enterprises now based in Syria are interested in
rehabilitating dormant cement factories in Baghdad Province.
The Iraqi Government has been unable to reopen these
factories due to the high cost of rehabilitating them.
5. (C) Comment. Chinese interest in the Baghdad business
sector seems on the rise. With the establishment of a
Shanghai branch of the BBC and potential increased
cooperation between Iraqi and Chinese business, Baghdad may
be at the center of considerable bilateral trade between
China and Iraq, albeit possibly only over the long term.
China's thirst for oil may explain its present interest in
Iraq.
KHALILZAD
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA-I/POL AND NEA-I/ECON
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/27/2026
TAGS: PGOV PINR PREL ECON EAID ENIV IZ CH
SUBJECT: PRT BAGHDAD: CHINESE GOVERNMENT ATTEMPTNG TO
ESTABLISH BRANCH OF THE BAGHDAD BUSINESS CENTER IN SHANGHAI
Classified By: Classified by Baghdad PRT leader Joe Gregoire for reason
s 1.4 (B) and (D).
1. (C) During a recent meeting with PRT members, Baghdad
Business Center (BBC) Chairwoman Tamather Al-Janabi disclosed
that the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (CMOC) is interested in
opening a branch of the BBC in Shanghai.
2. (C) Tamather said the CMOC will identify and fund office
space for the BBC and will provide office equipment and
initial support. Chinese commercial interests will
coordinate factory visits of and business meetings with Iraqi
firms interested in establishing ties with China. More than
30 Baghdad-based companies want to establish business ties
with Chinese interests through the Shanghai BBC.
3. (C) The Shanghai BBC will likely be named the Iraqi
Business Alliance and will initially focus and coordinate its
activities with the International Merchandizing Center for
Shanghai.
4. (C) Tamather also said several Chinese commercial
enterprises now based in Syria are interested in
rehabilitating dormant cement factories in Baghdad Province.
The Iraqi Government has been unable to reopen these
factories due to the high cost of rehabilitating them.
5. (C) Comment. Chinese interest in the Baghdad business
sector seems on the rise. With the establishment of a
Shanghai branch of the BBC and potential increased
cooperation between Iraqi and Chinese business, Baghdad may
be at the center of considerable bilateral trade between
China and Iraq, albeit possibly only over the long term.
China's thirst for oil may explain its present interest in
Iraq.
KHALILZAD