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09STATE81678
2009-08-05 19:38:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Secretary of State
Cable title:
REQUEST FOR DATA ON U.S. FIRMS' ACCESS TO FOREIGN
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 STATE 081678
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
FOR ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL SECTIONS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON ETRD BEXP WTRO
SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR DATA ON U.S. FIRMS' ACCESS TO FOREIGN
GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT MARKETS
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 STATE 081678
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
FOR ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL SECTIONS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON ETRD BEXP WTRO
SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR DATA ON U.S. FIRMS' ACCESS TO FOREIGN
GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT MARKETS
1. (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs four and
five for action request.
2.(SBU) SUMMARY: The current dearth of information on U.S.
sales in foreign government procurement markets makes it
difficult to accurately assess the effectiveness of
government procurement commitments in trade agreements and
could dampen moves to push for further liberalization of
government procurement markets. To address this concern, the
State Department, U.S. Department of Commerce and the Office
of the United States Trade Representative seek information on
the number and value of government contracts U.S. companies
have won in the past three years in countries where we have
government procurement commitments in our international
agreements. In addition, any information available
demonstrating that a trade agreement made a positive impact
on the number of contracts won by U.S. firms would prove
helpful. The information will help demonstrate the
importance and value of having government procurement
commitments in international trade agreements. Posts should
not approach host governments regarding this request.
3. (U) TRADE AGREEMENT PARTNERS: The United States made
international government procurement commitments in the
plurilateral WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA)
and regional and bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs).
With the exception of the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement,
all of our free trade agreements have government procurement
commitments that give U.S. suppliers reciprocal access to our
trading partners' government procurement market and
establishes transparent and equitable procedures for
conducting government procurements. Besides the United
States, the WTO GPA includes the following countries:
Canada
European Community and its 27 member states (Austria,
Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland,
Italy, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden,
United Kingdom, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary,
Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Bulgaria and Romania)
Hong Kong-China
Iceland
Israel
Japan
Korea
Liechtenstein
The Netherlands with respect to Aruba
Norway
Singapore
Switzerland
Taiwan became the 41st member in July 2009, but for the
purposes of this exercise will not be included in the
information gathering.
FTA partners with government procurement commitments:
NAFTA (Mexico and Canada)
Australia
Bahrain
CAFTA-DR (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras,
Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic)
Chile
Israel
STATE 00081678 002 OF 002
Morocco
Oman
Peru
Singapore
Note: Canada, Israel and Singapore are also parties to the
GPA
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Action Request
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4. (SBU) Action addressees should collect information on
government procurement contracts won by U.S. firms and by
foreign companies supplying U.S.-sourced goods. Publicly
available sources, U.S. companies, local American Chambers of
Commerce and/or other associations may offer this
information. Please do NOT request the information from host
government. Only include contracts valued at over USD
60,000. Please include the date of the contract award (or
the year if the date is unavailable),the U.S. company or
companies involved, the value to U.S. companies, the name of
the government entity that undertook the procurement (if
available),a general description of the good or service
contract won, whether a trade agreement helped the company
win the contract, and whether it involved a joint tender with
a local company.
5. (U) Delivery: Please e-mail responses by August 28 to
Brian Woodward at the U.S. Department of Commerce at
Brian.Woodward@mail.doc.gov and Nathan Lane at EEB/TPP/MTAA
at LaneNP@State.gov. Please cc the commercial coordinator
for your bureau; commercial coordinators are: EAP/EP:
MDastin; EUR/ERA: JPurl; NEA/RA: MKelly; and, WHA/EPSC:
SGarro. If Post needs more time to provide full information,
please send an interim response estimating the date of
completion. You may call Woodward (202 482-0375) or Lane
(202 647- 9252) with any questions about this request. Upon
request Woodward will send a spreadsheet with headings for
the information sought. Thank you greatly for your
assistance.
CLINTON
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
FOR ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL SECTIONS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON ETRD BEXP WTRO
SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR DATA ON U.S. FIRMS' ACCESS TO FOREIGN
GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT MARKETS
1. (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs four and
five for action request.
2.(SBU) SUMMARY: The current dearth of information on U.S.
sales in foreign government procurement markets makes it
difficult to accurately assess the effectiveness of
government procurement commitments in trade agreements and
could dampen moves to push for further liberalization of
government procurement markets. To address this concern, the
State Department, U.S. Department of Commerce and the Office
of the United States Trade Representative seek information on
the number and value of government contracts U.S. companies
have won in the past three years in countries where we have
government procurement commitments in our international
agreements. In addition, any information available
demonstrating that a trade agreement made a positive impact
on the number of contracts won by U.S. firms would prove
helpful. The information will help demonstrate the
importance and value of having government procurement
commitments in international trade agreements. Posts should
not approach host governments regarding this request.
3. (U) TRADE AGREEMENT PARTNERS: The United States made
international government procurement commitments in the
plurilateral WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA)
and regional and bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs).
With the exception of the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement,
all of our free trade agreements have government procurement
commitments that give U.S. suppliers reciprocal access to our
trading partners' government procurement market and
establishes transparent and equitable procedures for
conducting government procurements. Besides the United
States, the WTO GPA includes the following countries:
Canada
European Community and its 27 member states (Austria,
Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland,
Italy, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden,
United Kingdom, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary,
Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Bulgaria and Romania)
Hong Kong-China
Iceland
Israel
Japan
Korea
Liechtenstein
The Netherlands with respect to Aruba
Norway
Singapore
Switzerland
Taiwan became the 41st member in July 2009, but for the
purposes of this exercise will not be included in the
information gathering.
FTA partners with government procurement commitments:
NAFTA (Mexico and Canada)
Australia
Bahrain
CAFTA-DR (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras,
Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic)
Chile
Israel
STATE 00081678 002 OF 002
Morocco
Oman
Peru
Singapore
Note: Canada, Israel and Singapore are also parties to the
GPA
--------------
Action Request
--------------
4. (SBU) Action addressees should collect information on
government procurement contracts won by U.S. firms and by
foreign companies supplying U.S.-sourced goods. Publicly
available sources, U.S. companies, local American Chambers of
Commerce and/or other associations may offer this
information. Please do NOT request the information from host
government. Only include contracts valued at over USD
60,000. Please include the date of the contract award (or
the year if the date is unavailable),the U.S. company or
companies involved, the value to U.S. companies, the name of
the government entity that undertook the procurement (if
available),a general description of the good or service
contract won, whether a trade agreement helped the company
win the contract, and whether it involved a joint tender with
a local company.
5. (U) Delivery: Please e-mail responses by August 28 to
Brian Woodward at the U.S. Department of Commerce at
Brian.Woodward@mail.doc.gov and Nathan Lane at EEB/TPP/MTAA
at LaneNP@State.gov. Please cc the commercial coordinator
for your bureau; commercial coordinators are: EAP/EP:
MDastin; EUR/ERA: JPurl; NEA/RA: MKelly; and, WHA/EPSC:
SGarro. If Post needs more time to provide full information,
please send an interim response estimating the date of
completion. You may call Woodward (202 482-0375) or Lane
(202 647- 9252) with any questions about this request. Upon
request Woodward will send a spreadsheet with headings for
the information sought. Thank you greatly for your
assistance.
CLINTON