Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06LIMA1184
2006-03-24 18:59:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Lima
Cable title:
GOP STILL SORTING ITSELF OUT ON FTA SIGNING DATE
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C O N F I D E N T I A L LIMA 001184
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
NSC FOR DAN FISK
USTR FOR AMBASSADOR PORTMAN, SUSAN SCHWAB, BENNETT HARMAN
COMMERCE FOR SECRETARY GUTIERREZ
STATE FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/24/2014
TAGS: ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PE
SUBJECT: GOP STILL SORTING ITSELF OUT ON FTA SIGNING DATE
REF: A. LIMA 1096
B. LIMA 1149
Classified By: Ambassador J. Curtis Struble. Reasons: 1.4 (b/d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L LIMA 001184
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
NSC FOR DAN FISK
USTR FOR AMBASSADOR PORTMAN, SUSAN SCHWAB, BENNETT HARMAN
COMMERCE FOR SECRETARY GUTIERREZ
STATE FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/24/2014
TAGS: ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PE
SUBJECT: GOP STILL SORTING ITSELF OUT ON FTA SIGNING DATE
REF: A. LIMA 1096
B. LIMA 1149
Classified By: Ambassador J. Curtis Struble. Reasons: 1.4 (b/d).
1. (C) The Ambassador met with Prime Minister Kuczynski on
March 22 to discuss possible dates for an FTA signing.
Kuczynski had been briefed by President Toledo on the
Ambassador's private meeting with him a week earlier (ref A).
Kuczynski said that Toledo has moved from determination to
sign on April 7 to uncertainty. The President had asked the
opinion of his ministers during a cabinet meeting the morning
of March 22. The only voices in favor of an April 7 date,
Kuczynski said, are coming from Trade Minister Alfredo
Ferrero and Ambassador Eduardo Ferrero in Washington.
Kuczynski thought it would take the President several more
days to make up his mind.
2. (C) On the evening of March 23, one of UN Presidential
Candidate Lourdes Flores' chief advisors sought out the
Ambassador to pass on a message from the candidate asking
that the United States not sign the FTA until after the first
round.
3. (U) On March 24, for the first time, President Toledo told
the media that he is evaluating the possibility of postponing
the signing of the U.S. trade deal until after the April 9
national elections. He noted that he has a commitment to the
U.S. Congress and White House, but for him the elections are
of utmost importance. If this means that we have to postpone
the signing, we will evaluate it, he said.
STRUBLE
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
NSC FOR DAN FISK
USTR FOR AMBASSADOR PORTMAN, SUSAN SCHWAB, BENNETT HARMAN
COMMERCE FOR SECRETARY GUTIERREZ
STATE FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/24/2014
TAGS: ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PE
SUBJECT: GOP STILL SORTING ITSELF OUT ON FTA SIGNING DATE
REF: A. LIMA 1096
B. LIMA 1149
Classified By: Ambassador J. Curtis Struble. Reasons: 1.4 (b/d).
1. (C) The Ambassador met with Prime Minister Kuczynski on
March 22 to discuss possible dates for an FTA signing.
Kuczynski had been briefed by President Toledo on the
Ambassador's private meeting with him a week earlier (ref A).
Kuczynski said that Toledo has moved from determination to
sign on April 7 to uncertainty. The President had asked the
opinion of his ministers during a cabinet meeting the morning
of March 22. The only voices in favor of an April 7 date,
Kuczynski said, are coming from Trade Minister Alfredo
Ferrero and Ambassador Eduardo Ferrero in Washington.
Kuczynski thought it would take the President several more
days to make up his mind.
2. (C) On the evening of March 23, one of UN Presidential
Candidate Lourdes Flores' chief advisors sought out the
Ambassador to pass on a message from the candidate asking
that the United States not sign the FTA until after the first
round.
3. (U) On March 24, for the first time, President Toledo told
the media that he is evaluating the possibility of postponing
the signing of the U.S. trade deal until after the April 9
national elections. He noted that he has a commitment to the
U.S. Congress and White House, but for him the elections are
of utmost importance. If this means that we have to postpone
the signing, we will evaluate it, he said.
STRUBLE