Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07AITTAIPEI540
2007-03-09 03:06:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
American Institute Taiwan, Taipei
Cable title:
CHINESE TAIPEI NON-COMMITTAL ON U.S. PROPOSAL ON
VZCZCXYZ0006 PP RUEHWEB DE RUEHIN #0540 0680306 ZNR UUUUU ZZH P 090306Z MAR 07 FM AIT TAIPEI TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4375 INFO RUEHBK/AMEMBASSY BANGKOK PRIORITY 3613 RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING PRIORITY 6440 RUEHEG/AMEMBASSY CAIRO PRIORITY 0031 RUEHBY/AMEMBASSY CANBERRA PRIORITY 4468 RUEHHI/AMEMBASSY HANOI PRIORITY 3246 RUEHJA/AMEMBASSY JAKARTA PRIORITY 4013 RUEHKL/AMEMBASSY KUALA LUMPUR PRIORITY 3694 RUEHML/AMEMBASSY MANILA PRIORITY 9965 RUEHOT/AMEMBASSY OTTAWA PRIORITY 0735 RUEHSJ/AMEMBASSY SAN JOSE PRIORITY 0126 RUEHDG/AMEMBASSY SANTO DOMINGO PRIORITY 0091 RUEHUL/AMEMBASSY SEOUL PRIORITY 8508 RUEHGP/AMEMBASSY SINGAPORE PRIORITY 6835 RUEHTV/AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV PRIORITY 0246 RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO PRIORITY 8549 RUEHHK/AMCONSUL HONG KONG PRIORITY 7692 RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC PRIORITY RUEHBS/USEU BRUSSELS BE PRIORITY RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA PRIORITY 1797
UNCLAS AIT TAIPEI 000540
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EAP/TC,
STATE PASS TO USTR FOR STRATFORD, ALTBACH, AND BERNSTEIN,
USDOC FOR 4431/ITA/MAC/AP/OPB/TAIWAN/JDUTTON AND ERIC
HOLLAWAY
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON ETRD WTO TW
SUBJECT: CHINESE TAIPEI NON-COMMITTAL ON U.S. PROPOSAL ON
ITA DUTY-FREE COVERAGE
REF: STATE 22242
(SBU) On March 6, AIT Econoff delivered demarche per reftel
s\IZWJ: Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) stated
BOFT is aware of the issue, and it is clearly in the interest
of Taiwan's industry for these products to receive duty-free
treatment. He continued, however, that Chinese Taipei was
"not yet ready" to support the U.S. proposal, preferring to
wait for guidance from the World Customs Organization (WCO)
on classification of many of these products. Many of these
products, he noted, did not exist when the ITA was signed and
it would be best for the WCO to develop a comprehensive,
worldwide approach to the issue.
YOUNG
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EAP/TC,
STATE PASS TO USTR FOR STRATFORD, ALTBACH, AND BERNSTEIN,
USDOC FOR 4431/ITA/MAC/AP/OPB/TAIWAN/JDUTTON AND ERIC
HOLLAWAY
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON ETRD WTO TW
SUBJECT: CHINESE TAIPEI NON-COMMITTAL ON U.S. PROPOSAL ON
ITA DUTY-FREE COVERAGE
REF: STATE 22242
(SBU) On March 6, AIT Econoff delivered demarche per reftel
s\IZWJ: Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) stated
BOFT is aware of the issue, and it is clearly in the interest
of Taiwan's industry for these products to receive duty-free
treatment. He continued, however, that Chinese Taipei was
"not yet ready" to support the U.S. proposal, preferring to
wait for guidance from the World Customs Organization (WCO)
on classification of many of these products. Many of these
products, he noted, did not exist when the ITA was signed and
it would be best for the WCO to develop a comprehensive,
worldwide approach to the issue.
YOUNG