Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06MONTEVIDEO860
2006-09-14 19:33:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Montevideo
Cable title:
VAZQUEZ ASKS FOR TRADE AGREEMENT WITH U.S.
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C O N F I D E N T I A L MONTEVIDEO 000860
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR A/S SHANNON AND A/S SULLIVAN
DEPT ALSO FOR WHA/BSC AND EB/TPP
DEPT PASS USTR FOR EISSENSTAT AND CRONIN
TREASURY FOR OASIA
NSC FOR FISK AND CARDENAS
USDOC FOR ITA/MAC/BASTIAN
SOUTHCOM FOR POLAD
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/14/2016
TAGS: PREL ECON ETRD UY
SUBJECT: VAZQUEZ ASKS FOR TRADE AGREEMENT WITH U.S.
REF: MONTEVIDEO 828 AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: Charge d'Affaires James D. Nealon
for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L MONTEVIDEO 000860
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR A/S SHANNON AND A/S SULLIVAN
DEPT ALSO FOR WHA/BSC AND EB/TPP
DEPT PASS USTR FOR EISSENSTAT AND CRONIN
TREASURY FOR OASIA
NSC FOR FISK AND CARDENAS
USDOC FOR ITA/MAC/BASTIAN
SOUTHCOM FOR POLAD
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/14/2016
TAGS: PREL ECON ETRD UY
SUBJECT: VAZQUEZ ASKS FOR TRADE AGREEMENT WITH U.S.
REF: MONTEVIDEO 828 AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: Charge d'Affaires James D. Nealon
for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) At noon today I was called by President Vazquez. He
had two messages. First, he was very pleased that the U.S.
Senate had ratified the Bilateral Investment Treaty, saying
that "it gave him great satisfaction." Second, he told me he
had met this morning with his "trade cabinet" of six
ministers involved in trade talks with the United States.
President Vazquez said that "we decided to move forward and
initiate talks with the United States leading to a trade
agreement. I will send my Chief of Staff, Gonzalo Fernandez,
to Washington to meet with Susan Schwab. I believe that by
October 2 (the date of the JCTI meeting in Montevideo) we
will have a concrete proposal ready."
2. (C) Following the Vazquez call, I was called by Minister
of Industry Lepra, whom Vazquez often uses as his de facto
Foreign Minister on matters relating to the United States.
Lepra suggested that we get together today to make sure that
everything was clear. In our meeting, Lepra told me that
Vazquez had the solid support of all of the ministers in his
"trade cabinet", except for Foreign Minister Gargano. He
confirmed that the President had informed his ministers he
was sending Fernandez next week to request a trade agreement
encompassing over 90 percent of goods. The President wants
an FTA, Lepra said, but he wants it tailor-made for Uruguay,
so that he can sell it politically. It is important that the
agreement be viewed from a political angle from both sides,
he added.
Nealon
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR A/S SHANNON AND A/S SULLIVAN
DEPT ALSO FOR WHA/BSC AND EB/TPP
DEPT PASS USTR FOR EISSENSTAT AND CRONIN
TREASURY FOR OASIA
NSC FOR FISK AND CARDENAS
USDOC FOR ITA/MAC/BASTIAN
SOUTHCOM FOR POLAD
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/14/2016
TAGS: PREL ECON ETRD UY
SUBJECT: VAZQUEZ ASKS FOR TRADE AGREEMENT WITH U.S.
REF: MONTEVIDEO 828 AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: Charge d'Affaires James D. Nealon
for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) At noon today I was called by President Vazquez. He
had two messages. First, he was very pleased that the U.S.
Senate had ratified the Bilateral Investment Treaty, saying
that "it gave him great satisfaction." Second, he told me he
had met this morning with his "trade cabinet" of six
ministers involved in trade talks with the United States.
President Vazquez said that "we decided to move forward and
initiate talks with the United States leading to a trade
agreement. I will send my Chief of Staff, Gonzalo Fernandez,
to Washington to meet with Susan Schwab. I believe that by
October 2 (the date of the JCTI meeting in Montevideo) we
will have a concrete proposal ready."
2. (C) Following the Vazquez call, I was called by Minister
of Industry Lepra, whom Vazquez often uses as his de facto
Foreign Minister on matters relating to the United States.
Lepra suggested that we get together today to make sure that
everything was clear. In our meeting, Lepra told me that
Vazquez had the solid support of all of the ministers in his
"trade cabinet", except for Foreign Minister Gargano. He
confirmed that the President had informed his ministers he
was sending Fernandez next week to request a trade agreement
encompassing over 90 percent of goods. The President wants
an FTA, Lepra said, but he wants it tailor-made for Uruguay,
so that he can sell it politically. It is important that the
agreement be viewed from a political angle from both sides,
he added.
Nealon