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06ROME3243
2006-12-07 09:33:00
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Embassy Rome
Cable title:
ANTI-COUNTERFEITING TRADE AGREEMENT (ACTA):
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UNCLAS ROME 003243
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE PASS TO USTR STAN MCCOY AND RACHEL BAE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETRD EINV KIPR PGOV IT
SUBJECT: ANTI-COUNTERFEITING TRADE AGREEMENT (ACTA):
ITALY'S INTEREST
REF: A. ROME 3205 B. STATE 182554
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Internet distribution.
UNCLAS ROME 003243
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE PASS TO USTR STAN MCCOY AND RACHEL BAE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETRD EINV KIPR PGOV IT
SUBJECT: ANTI-COUNTERFEITING TRADE AGREEMENT (ACTA):
ITALY'S INTEREST
REF: A. ROME 3205 B. STATE 182554
This cable is SBU please protect accordingly, not for
Internet distribution.
1. (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4.
2. (SBU) The presumed GOI lead for ACTA, Fabrizio Pagani,
Chief of Staff to the Undersecretary to the Prime Minister,
has asked whether there will be an ACTA "launch" session in
January. He has also asked whether Washington agencies have
responded to his concerns we conveyed in ref A.
3. (SBU) COMMENT: Although GOI officials expressed
reservations about ACTA in our initial demarche to them,
Pagani's follow-up call signals GOI interest. END COMMENT.
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ACTION REQUESTED
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4. (U)Please provide guidance on the possible January
meeting and how to respond to Pagani's concerns (ref A).
END ACTION REQUEST.
BORG
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE PASS TO USTR STAN MCCOY AND RACHEL BAE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETRD EINV KIPR PGOV IT
SUBJECT: ANTI-COUNTERFEITING TRADE AGREEMENT (ACTA):
ITALY'S INTEREST
REF: A. ROME 3205 B. STATE 182554
This cable is SBU please protect accordingly, not for
Internet distribution.
1. (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4.
2. (SBU) The presumed GOI lead for ACTA, Fabrizio Pagani,
Chief of Staff to the Undersecretary to the Prime Minister,
has asked whether there will be an ACTA "launch" session in
January. He has also asked whether Washington agencies have
responded to his concerns we conveyed in ref A.
3. (SBU) COMMENT: Although GOI officials expressed
reservations about ACTA in our initial demarche to them,
Pagani's follow-up call signals GOI interest. END COMMENT.
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ACTION REQUESTED
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4. (U)Please provide guidance on the possible January
meeting and how to respond to Pagani's concerns (ref A).
END ACTION REQUEST.
BORG