Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09BUENOSAIRES1032
2009-09-16 19:36:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Buenos Aires
Cable title:
ARGENTINA: GOVERNMENT SEEKS USG SUPPORT AGAINST
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BUENOS AIRES 001032
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/16/2024
TAGS: ECON PREL EFIN EINV ETRD AR
SUBJECT: ARGENTINA: GOVERNMENT SEEKS USG SUPPORT AGAINST
"G14" PROPOSAL
REF: STATE 92560
Classified By: CDA Tom Kelly for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L BUENOS AIRES 001032
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/16/2024
TAGS: ECON PREL EFIN EINV ETRD AR
SUBJECT: ARGENTINA: GOVERNMENT SEEKS USG SUPPORT AGAINST
"G14" PROPOSAL
REF: STATE 92560
Classified By: CDA Tom Kelly for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) During a meeting with Argentine Vice Minister for
Foreign Affairs Victorio Taccetti, who had convoked Charge
d,Affaires on September 14 to discuss the Department of
Labor's report on goods produced by child and force labor,
Taccetti expressed concern about a proposal to marginalize
the G20. He said that the Australian Prime Minister had
called Argentine President Fernandez de Kirchner to mobilize
their efforts against a proposal to give greater emphasis to
the "G14" global economies, a grouping that would exclude
both Argentina and Australia.
2. (C) Taccetti pointed to Italian and French efforts to
promote the G14. Though he could only speculate on French
President Sarkozy's motivations, Taccetti thought that it
stemmed from an interest in heading off efforts to expand
permanent membership in the UN Security Council by making the
global economic grouping a bit more exclusive, thereby giving
Brazil and India, for example, the sensation of greater
influence.
3. (C) Taccetti warned that a G14, even if it included Mexico
and Brazil, would be insufficient for representing Latin
America. Mexico, he said, was too linked to the U.S.
economy, while Brazil, due to its size and its distinct
Portuguese background, represented its own global interests
rather than those of the region. Argentina, he argued, was a
more apt representative of the full range of Latin American
countries.
4. (C) Taccetti concluded by saying that any strong U.S.
statements in favor of sustaining the role and breadth of the
G20 would be welcomed by the Government of Argentina.
KELLY
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/16/2024
TAGS: ECON PREL EFIN EINV ETRD AR
SUBJECT: ARGENTINA: GOVERNMENT SEEKS USG SUPPORT AGAINST
"G14" PROPOSAL
REF: STATE 92560
Classified By: CDA Tom Kelly for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) During a meeting with Argentine Vice Minister for
Foreign Affairs Victorio Taccetti, who had convoked Charge
d,Affaires on September 14 to discuss the Department of
Labor's report on goods produced by child and force labor,
Taccetti expressed concern about a proposal to marginalize
the G20. He said that the Australian Prime Minister had
called Argentine President Fernandez de Kirchner to mobilize
their efforts against a proposal to give greater emphasis to
the "G14" global economies, a grouping that would exclude
both Argentina and Australia.
2. (C) Taccetti pointed to Italian and French efforts to
promote the G14. Though he could only speculate on French
President Sarkozy's motivations, Taccetti thought that it
stemmed from an interest in heading off efforts to expand
permanent membership in the UN Security Council by making the
global economic grouping a bit more exclusive, thereby giving
Brazil and India, for example, the sensation of greater
influence.
3. (C) Taccetti warned that a G14, even if it included Mexico
and Brazil, would be insufficient for representing Latin
America. Mexico, he said, was too linked to the U.S.
economy, while Brazil, due to its size and its distinct
Portuguese background, represented its own global interests
rather than those of the region. Argentina, he argued, was a
more apt representative of the full range of Latin American
countries.
4. (C) Taccetti concluded by saying that any strong U.S.
statements in favor of sustaining the role and breadth of the
G20 would be welcomed by the Government of Argentina.
KELLY