WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS: TRANSMITTAL OF U.S.

UNCLAS JAKARTA 008079 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ECON ETRD WTRO ID SUBJECT: WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS: TRANSMITTAL OF U.S. REQUESTS REF: A. STATE 103842 ¶B. STATE 104561 (SBU) Minister of Trade (MOT) Mari Pangestu, MOT Secretary General Hatanto Reksodipoetro, and MOT Director General for International Trade Cooperation Herry Soetanto left for the WTO trade minister meetings in Geneva on June 26. As such, on June 27 we delivered the U.S. refined services request for Indonesia to Pangestu's office at the MOT and asked her staff to convey it to her in Geneva. We also delivered on June 27 ref A talking points and the refined U.S. request to MOT Directorate General for International Trade Cooperation WTO Director Gatot Prasetyo Ajie. Gatot noted that the Government of Indonesia (GOI) would base its services negotiation positions on prevailing Indonesian laws and regulations. He noted that the GOI and Indonesia's Parliament were in the process of considering a new investment law and implementing regulations that would hopefully improve foreign participation in Indonesia's services sectors. Regarding our Education requests, Gatot said Indonesia might have some flexibility on mode 3, but not modes 1 and 2. Gatot noted that the EU and Australia had recently sent teams to Jakarta to discuss WTO services issues with Indonesia, and he asked whether the U.S. services negotiators would consider a similar visit. AMSELEM