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08MONTEVIDEO306
2008-05-23 12:08:00
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Embassy Montevideo
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URUGUAY'S RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT'S FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE
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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETRD EAGR EAID ECON TBIO UY
SUBJECT: URUGUAY'S RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT'S FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE
REF: A) STATE 52628; B) STATE 53353; C) STATE 53346; D) MONTEVIDEO
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UNCLAS MONTEVIDEO 000306
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETRD EAGR EAID ECON TBIO UY
SUBJECT: URUGUAY'S RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT'S FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE
REF: A) STATE 52628; B) STATE 53353; C) STATE 53346; D) MONTEVIDEO
0230
1. (SBU) Econoff delivered ref demarches to Ricardo Nario, MFA
Director for International Economic Affairs, on May 22. Nario
commented that the GOU is in full agreement on the need for a robust
agriculture agreement through Doha. He praised U.S. flexibility in
agricultural talks and saw the EU as the main stumbling block to an
accord. He noted that an agreement this year would send an
excellent signal to help resolve the food crisis.
2. (SBU) Nario also agreed with the USG position on export
restrictions, pointing out that URUGUAY does not impose import or
export restrictions on food (see ref D). Regarding biotechnology,
he noted that Uruguay's stand was midway between that of the U.S.
and the EU. URUGUAY has positioned itself as a "natural country",
he said, a posture which ran somewhat counter to intensive GMO use.
BAXTER
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETRD EAGR EAID ECON TBIO UY
SUBJECT: URUGUAY'S RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT'S FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE
REF: A) STATE 52628; B) STATE 53353; C) STATE 53346; D) MONTEVIDEO
0230
1. (SBU) Econoff delivered ref demarches to Ricardo Nario, MFA
Director for International Economic Affairs, on May 22. Nario
commented that the GOU is in full agreement on the need for a robust
agriculture agreement through Doha. He praised U.S. flexibility in
agricultural talks and saw the EU as the main stumbling block to an
accord. He noted that an agreement this year would send an
excellent signal to help resolve the food crisis.
2. (SBU) Nario also agreed with the USG position on export
restrictions, pointing out that URUGUAY does not impose import or
export restrictions on food (see ref D). Regarding biotechnology,
he noted that Uruguay's stand was midway between that of the U.S.
and the EU. URUGUAY has positioned itself as a "natural country",
he said, a posture which ran somewhat counter to intensive GMO use.
BAXTER