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06NICOSIA1362
2006-08-11 10:40:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Nicosia
Cable title:
CYPRUS: EU MEMBER STATES DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE WTO DISPUTE
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UNCLAS NICOSIA 001362
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON ETRD AORC KIPR EURM WTRO USTR CH CY EUN
SUBJECT: CYPRUS: EU MEMBER STATES DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE WTO DISPUTE
ON CHINA IRR
REF: STATE 126703
(U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect
accordingly.
UNCLAS NICOSIA 001362
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON ETRD AORC KIPR EURM WTRO USTR CH CY EUN
SUBJECT: CYPRUS: EU MEMBER STATES DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE WTO DISPUTE
ON CHINA IRR
REF: STATE 126703
(U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect
accordingly.
1. (SBU) Post delivered on August 10 reftel demarche to Eleni
Pitsillidou, Commercial Officer, at the Ministry of Commerce,
Industry, and Tourism, who has just taken over the EU trade issues
and 133 Committee portfolio from Charalambous Roussos. Pitsillidou
is part of a skeleton staff at the Ministry, as most Cypriot
officials have already departed for their August holidays.
Pitsillidou promised to consider our demarche carefully and discuss
it with her supervisors as well as with the MFA. She said she
expected that the Commission and Member States would discuss this
issue in September at the next 133 Committee meeting.
2. (SBU) We also used this opportunity to reiterate our call for
GOC support in finding a way to revive the stalled WTO Doha
Development Agenda negotiations. Despite having a small
agricultural sector and being a net donor to the EU budget, the GoC
continues to support French positions on CAP reform and limits to EU
flexibility on agricultural market access, largely in return for
French support on unrelated political issues. Pitsillidou defended
the GOC decision, but seemed receptive to our arguments.
SCHLICHER
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON ETRD AORC KIPR EURM WTRO USTR CH CY EUN
SUBJECT: CYPRUS: EU MEMBER STATES DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE WTO DISPUTE
ON CHINA IRR
REF: STATE 126703
(U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect
accordingly.
1. (SBU) Post delivered on August 10 reftel demarche to Eleni
Pitsillidou, Commercial Officer, at the Ministry of Commerce,
Industry, and Tourism, who has just taken over the EU trade issues
and 133 Committee portfolio from Charalambous Roussos. Pitsillidou
is part of a skeleton staff at the Ministry, as most Cypriot
officials have already departed for their August holidays.
Pitsillidou promised to consider our demarche carefully and discuss
it with her supervisors as well as with the MFA. She said she
expected that the Commission and Member States would discuss this
issue in September at the next 133 Committee meeting.
2. (SBU) We also used this opportunity to reiterate our call for
GOC support in finding a way to revive the stalled WTO Doha
Development Agenda negotiations. Despite having a small
agricultural sector and being a net donor to the EU budget, the GoC
continues to support French positions on CAP reform and limits to EU
flexibility on agricultural market access, largely in return for
French support on unrelated political issues. Pitsillidou defended
the GOC decision, but seemed receptive to our arguments.
SCHLICHER