Identifier
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Classification
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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

Tags:  ECON ETRD WTO TW 
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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

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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.
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