EMBASSY MAPUTO TRADE AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE AND

UNCLAS MAPUTO 001285 SIPDIS SIPDIS AF/S FOR HTREGER EB/TPP/MTA EKOCH USDA/ITP/FAS FOR BERTSCH USTR FOR BHIRSH DOC FOR BVAUGHAN AND MROLLIN E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ECON ETRD SUBJECT: EMBASSY MAPUTO TRADE AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING REF: STATE 152063 ¶1. (U) The US and Mozambique do not currently have any bilateral trade agreements for which we can monitor compliance, however Mozambique is a member of the World Trade Organization. ¶2. (U) The US and Mozambique do have a Bilateral Investment Treaty, which took effect in March 2005. Post has reported on and continues to monitor any investment disputes or concerns that government actions might have violated the BIT. ¶3. (U) The point-of-contact at Post: Brooke Williams, Economic/Commercial Officer, email: WilliamsBL@state.gov, telephone: 258-21-492797 extension 3422. Raspolic