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01ABUJA1529	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SPECIAL ADVISOR [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Howard F. Jeter; Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 22 Ambassador Jeter, DOE Energy Advisor, and Econoff (notetaker) met in Abuja with Special Advisor to the President for Petroleum Affairs and Energy, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman. Dr. Lukman indicated [...]	2001-06-29 15:05:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PGOV NI OIL

01ABUJA1532	NIGERIA: SEVEN U.S. COMPANIES BID FOR NATIONAL ID [...] (U) Summary. Seven U.S. companies, in two separate consortia, made oral presentations for a USD 200 million national identification card project on June 28. The actual presentation of bid proposals appeared to be open and transparent, with a total of four consortia competing for the bid. Ho [...]	2001-06-29 17:47:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV NI
01ABUJA1679	NIGERIA: MOTOROLA'S BID FOR GSM EQUIPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Following up from his meeting with Motorola representatives on July 9 (following septel from Lagos),Ambassador Jeter met the Principal Secretary to President Obasanjo, Stephen Oronsaye, on July 10 and with Vice President Atiku Abubakar on July 11. The Vice President confirmed [...]	2001-07-16 16:53:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV PREL ETRD BEXP ECON NI
01ABUJA1688	NIGERIA: LETTER FROM PRESIDENT OBASANJO EXPLAINS AWARD DECISION FOR DELTA II AND III POWER PLANT PROJECT [...] Summary. In a July 6 letter addressed to U.S. Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham (original forwarded to AF/W for transmittal to DOE),President Obasanjo provided the most comprehensive and clear explanation for the reasons behind the decision to award Marubeni/Hitachi the contract to rehabi [...]	2001-07-17 13:20:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ENRG PREL ETRD BEXP ECON NI
01ABUJA1918	NIGERIA: SECRETARY EVANS LETTER TO PRESIDENT [...] Action request, para 4. 2. Department of Commerce requested Post input on the efficacy of sending a Secretarial letter on behalf of Proctor & Gamble (P&G) to President Obasanjo. The Mission believes P&G's interests would be best served by approaching Chief Kolawole Babalola Jamodu, Min [...]	2001-08-01 15:11:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EINV NI
01ABUJA1956	NIGERIA: PROCTOR AND GAMBLE [...] Mission appreciates Department of Commerce's flexibility in redirecting the Secretary's letter to the Minister of Industries. Please note that this does not imply an overall policy change away from commercial advocacy at the Presidential level as Ref A suggests. Based on recent interaction w [...]	2001-08-07 10:25:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ECON PREL NI
01ABUJA1957	(C) NIGERIA: PRIVATIZATION DIRECTOR TO QUIT JOB [...] (S) Summary. Ambassador Jeter hosted Nasir El-Rufai, Director-General of the Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE),for lunch on August 1 to discuss the current status of the NITEL GSM Equipment contract. EconOff attended as notetaker. El-Rufai was very candid about his relationship with the [...]	2001-08-07 10:36:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	EINV PGOV ECON PINR NI
01ABUJA2235	NIGERIA: CODEL WATTS AND BIZDEL DISCUSS INVESTMENT [...] Summary: Ambassador Jeter accompanied Codel Watts, AUSTR Whitaker and executives from Phillips Petroleum, Syntroleum, Proctor and Gamble and Qualcomm to breakfast with President Obasanjo. Pointing to the need for foreign investment in non-oil sectors, the President encouraged the U.S. compani [...]	2001-09-06 15:44:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON OVIP NI
02ABUJA1024	NIGERIA: NITEL PRIVATIZATION HITS DEAD-END AS IIL [...] Summary: Investors International (London),Ltd. (IIL) was unable to meet the GON deadline for its $1.185 billion payment for NITEL. The GON must now decide what to do with NITEL, IIL, and the privatization process. Of immediate issue is whether the GON will refund IIL,s 10% deposit. Through [...]	2002-03-28 09:59:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON BEXP ECPS EINV PGOV NI
02ABUJA1163	NIGERIA: GON IMPLEMENTS PROTECTIONIST TARIFF [...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: On March 6, the Government of Nigeria (GON) approved extensive, apparently politically-motivated tariff amendments largely designed to protect domestic special interests, particularly in agriculture and the processed food sector. Most domestic manufacturers saw [...]	2002-04-12 15:17:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV PGOV NI
02ABUJA1194	SUBJECT: NIGERIA: RESOURCE ALLOCATION DECISION [...] Summary and Introduction: The April 5 Supreme Court judgment, which ruled that offshore resources belong to the Federal Government not the coastal states, also removed external debt and oil cash calls from "first line payments." Rather than pay Nigeria,s external debt solely from national gov [...]	2002-04-16 16:23:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV NI
02ABUJA1214	NIGERIA: SUBMISSION FOR 2002 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON [...] Overview: Nigeria is yet to generate any significant new export activity under AGOA. Main reasons for this lack of progress appear to be Nigeria's unfavorable exchange rate and investment climate. Moreover, the Government of Nigeria and USG have been unable to finalize the visa regime that w [...]	2002-04-17 17:38:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON ELAB EINV PHUM PREL NI AGOA
02ABUJA1215	NIGERIA: GON STRATEGY FOR THE U.S. BILATERAL PARIS [...] Summary: Director General of the Debt Management Office (DMO) Akin Arikawe April 8 explained that Nigeria no longer wanted to sign its bilateral Paris Club agreement with the USG until negotiations (with more favorable terms for Nigeria) were completed with the UK and Japan. Arikawe stressed [...]	2002-04-17 17:39:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV NI
02ABUJA1675	NIGERIA: OBASANJO NOT WILLING TO OVERTURN [...] (C) During a late evening May 18 conversation with Ambassador Jeter (rest of meeting reported reftel),President Obasanjo remarked that he would not reverse the decision raising the tariffs on detergent, including Proctor and Gamble's Ariel brand. While wanting to encourage Proctor and Gamble [...]	2002-06-04 14:31:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EINV ETRD BTIO NI
02ABUJA1807	NIGERIA: 2002 BUDGET DEBATE [...] (C) Summary and background. The Financial Year 2002 Budget entered the political spotlight last week as President Obasanjo met legislators and the Nigerian Federal Executive Council debated the subject. Obasanjo's original budget for USD $7.10 billion (848 billion Naira) went to the legislatu [...]	2002-06-18 14:22:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EINV NI
02ABUJA1810	NIGERIA: AN AGOA POWERHOUSE AFTER ALL? [...] Summary. In contrast to the widespread view that Nigeria is ill prepared to benefit from the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA),a survey by textile and apparel consultants Jack S. Smith and Heidi Scheller suggests the Nigerian textile and apparel industry could become a primary AGOA b [...]	2002-06-18 17:11:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD ECON NI AGOA
02ABUJA1811	NIGERIA: POST PERSPECTIVE ON JUNE 24 TIFA COUNCIL [...] Classified by CDA Andrews for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) The Nigerian delegation to the June 24 Trade and Investment Framework Agreement Council in Washington will be headed by Minister of Commerce Engineer Mustafa Bello. The annual Council meeting provides an opportunity for senior [...]	2002-06-19 05:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV ECON NI
02ABUJA2567	NIGERIA'S PRIVATIZATION PROGRAM: STATUS [...] No summary [...]	2002-09-03 15:55:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EINV ECPS ENRG PGOV NI
02ABUJA2685	NIGERIA: GON AND PRIVATE SECTOR ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT [...] Summary: In mid-August, Special Advisor for the Department of the Treasury's Government Debt Issuance and Management (GDIM) program, Thomas Briggs visited Nigeria, presenting a proposal on the establishment of a regional securities clearing and settlement facility for sub-Saharan Africa to s [...]	2002-09-17 17:59:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON ETRD ECIN NI
02ABUJA2686	SUBJECT: NIGERIA: USTDA VISIT A SUCCESS STORY [...] Summary. United States Trade and Development Agency (TDA) Special Assistant for Projects Thomas Hardy completed agreements for feasibility studies for fertilizer and housing projects worth $722,000, discussed programs with the Ministers of Solid Minerals and Agriculture, and briefed senior s [...]	2002-09-17 18:15:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EAGR ECPS EAID EAIR EINV EPET EMIN KPAO NI
02ABUJA2738	NIGERIA: OIL WORKERS' STRIKE CAUSES SHORT-LIVED [...] PENGASSAN, Nigeria's white collar oil and gas union, in cooperation with the blue collar Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG),held a one day "warning strike" on September 23 to protest the planned privatization of certain downstream operations of the Nigerian National Petroleum [...]	2002-09-25 15:32:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ELAB EPET NI
02ABUJA2884	NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ROUNDUP CABLE [...] This periodic economic report includes: --Dutch Auction Holds Naira Steady --Supplemental Budget Withdrawn --IMF and GON begin Article IV Consultations --Hotels' Privatization in Jeopardy --Business Opportunities for U.S. Firms in Lagos State --Nigeria to sign Paris Club Debt Agreement with U [...]	2002-10-22 08:52:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD NI
02ABUJA2961	NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ROUNDUP OCTOBER 30 [...] This periodic economic report includes: --U.S.-Nigeria Air Cargo: Taking Advantage of AGOA --GON Re-Thinks Nigeria Airways Deal --GON to Set Domestic Content Requirement for JV Oil Contracts --Local Concerns Over Niger Delta Dredging U.S.-Nigeria Air Cargo: Taking Advantage of AGOA ------ [...]	2002-10-30 10:59:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET EINV EAIR NI
02ABUJA3101	NIGERIA: "VOLUNTARY" CAP ON INTEREST RATES [...] (SBU) Summary. Most bankers see the October Bankers Committee "voluntary" agreement to cap interest rates at 22.5 percent as neither sustainable nor truly voluntary. Some industry insiders view the move as politically motivated. The Central Bank and the Bankers Committee endorsed the ceilin [...]	2002-11-14 07:49:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON PREL PGOV NI
02ABUJA3180	NIGERIA: UPDATES ON ALSCON AND AJAOKUTA [...] (U) Summary. The Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE) has confirmed that the GON was going forward with the Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON) and Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited (ASCL). U.S. manufacturer Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA) is one of three companies expressing intere [...]	2002-11-25 07:52:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON PREL PGOV NI
02ABUJA3202	NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ROUNDUP NOVEMBER 27 [...] This periodic economic report includes: --U.S./U.K. Team Bids on Management Contract for Nigerian PTT --Nigeria Buys U.S.-Made Buses --World Bank to Work Closer with States --Environmental Success Story: Getting the Red Out in the Delta U.S./U.K. Team Bids on Management Contract for NITEL [...]	2002-11-27 13:42:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD SENV EINV NI
02ABUJA3345	NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ROUNDUP DECEMBER 19 [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-19 16:03:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ECPS NI
02ABUJA3358	NIGERIA: 2003 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE DRAFT [...] Following is Post's draft of the 2003 National Trade Estimate for Nigeria. Dept. is requested to provide end-year trade and investment data in the trade summary. 2. NIGERIA TRADE SUMMARY In 2002, the U.S. trade deficit with Nigeria was $X.X billion, an improvement over the 2001 defi [...]	2002-12-23 07:31:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EINV EFIN NI
02ABUJA387	NIGERIA: PROPOSED POST-JEPC BILATERAL ECONOMIC [...] This cable contains an action request in para 14. 2. During extensive discussions with GON officials late last year and throughout this month, including the President's Chief Economic Advisor (CEA),we have reached general agreement on a way forward on a post-JEPC arrangement. This new a [...]	2002-02-06 09:03:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV NI
02ABUJA630	NIGERIA: GUM ARABIC SUCCESS STORY [...] Summary. Ambassador Jeter and AUSTR Whitaker visited Jigawa and Kano states on January 28 and 29 respectively. Two years of negotiations, involving the U.S. private sector, Nigerian State and Federal Governments, USTR and the U.S. Embassy resulted in the January 28 launching of the Gum Arabi [...]	2002-02-26 15:46:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EAID EAGR NI
02ABUJA649	NIGERIA: 2002 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW ON IPR [...] Mission provides response to ref A request for views on Nigeria,s compliance with TRIPS and recent trends in IPR protection. 2. Summary and Introduction: The Government of Nigeria (GON) appears to be making progress bringing its IPR legislation into compliance with TRIPS. Areas where an [...]	2002-02-28 11:10:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON EINV NI IPR
02AMMAN2363	JORDAN QIZ UPDATE APRIL 2002 [...] (sbu) QIZ exporters and park managers are cautiously optimistic for a strong 2002 export season. Production is steady throughout the QIZ's, orders are on the rise, and new investment interest is beginning to trickle in once more. With the apparent passing of the immediate crisis in the West [...]	2002-05-13 13:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ELAB JO
02AMMAN2371	EU ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT DOES LITTLE FOR JORDAN'S [...] (sbu) Jordan's Association Agreement with the EU entered into force May 1 after a five-year ratification process that had frustrated Jordan and embarrassed EU diplomats here. While both sides have publicly lauded the agreement as a catalyst for investment and trade, privately the GOJ, EU and [...]	2002-05-14 07:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV JO WTRO EUN
02AMMAN2420	NEW JORDANIAN TELECOM REGULATOR FACES CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) The GOJ's recent reform of its telecom regulatory infrastructure thrusts its now fully independent regulator into the role of decision-maker at a time of transition, opportunity, and challenge. As it finds its feet, the regulatory agency must find creative ways to encourage market entr [...]	2002-05-15 14:11:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS BEXP EINV JO
02AMMAN2624	NOMINATION FOR AWARD FOR CORPORATE EXCELLENCE [...] No summary [...]	2002-05-23 05:58:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EINV ELAB ETRD JO
02AMMAN2706	MICROSOFT EXPANDS INVESTMENT IN JORDAN [...] (U) Estarta Solutions, the result of a merger between two prominent and well-established Jordanian IT companies, represents a significant expansion of Microsoft's investment and presence in Jordan. The new company bills itself as an international IT solutions company and consultant specializ [...]	2002-05-28 12:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS BEXP EINV JO
02AMMAN2819	JORDAN ASKS FOR VIEWS ON FTA MEETINGS [...] (sbu) Majed Hammoudeh, the director of the Foreign Trade Policy Directorate at the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT),called to broach the subject of bilateral meetings foreseen by the Free Trade Agreement. ------------------------- Rules of Origin Committee ------------------------- [...]	2002-05-30 15:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV JO OPIC
02AMMAN3082	PROGRESS ON JORDAN PHOSPHATE MINES PRIVATIZATION [...] (SBU) The GOJ is moving forward with the privatization of the Jordan Phosphate Mines Company (JPMC),Jordan's largest company and the largest, single exporter, with plans to sell a substantial chunk of the firm to a Canadian company. If successful, the transaction could bring in up to USD70 [...]	2002-06-11 10:17:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EIND EMIN JO
02AMMAN3296	JORDAN: TRADE MINISTRY IN TALKS WITH ISRAEL TO [...] (c) GOJ Trade Ministry officials tell us they have begun talking to their Israeli counterparts about improving current QIZ operations and regulations. The GOJ's proposals include both improvements to existing logistical procedures as well as changes to the structure of required Israeli input [...]	2002-06-19 05:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV IS JO
02AMMAN3394	SYRIAN SOFT DRINKS SWAMP U.S. PRODUCTS [...] (SBU) The local subsidiaries of Pepsi and Coca Cola say that their soft drink sales are off by up to 40 percent from 2001 due to a new bilateral trade agreement between Jordan and Syria that has led to an influx of Syrian soft drink products concurrent with the continuing boycott of American [...]	2002-06-24 06:52:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV BEXP JO
02AMMAN3641	AQABA AUTHORITIES HOST QIZ PROGRAM [...] (u) Aqaba Chief Commissioner Akel Biltaji hosted a group of some 50 QIZ exporters and park managers for a two-day program in the Special Economic Zone to tout improved port services and to sell the Aqaba International Industrial Estate as an investment option. Participants were pleased with [...]	2002-07-03 13:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ELAB IS JO
02AMMAN3648	SURF'S UP: THE EBB AND FLOW OF THE JORDANIAN [...] (SBU) While anecdotal evidence suggests that a nationwide boycott of American products has waned for the time being, support at the street level remains strong. Despite GOJ efforts in various fora to discourage the action, boycotters seem to be determined to make a statement by rejecting what [...]	2002-07-03 14:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV JO
02AMMAN4060	JORDAN: 2002 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT SINCE KING ABDULLAH SUCCEEDED TO THE THRONE IN 1999, JORDAN HAS TAKEN STEPS TO ENCOURAGE FOREIGN INVESTMENT. KEY REFORMS HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN IN THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, TOURISM, AND SERVICES SECTORS. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC INVESTMENT LAWS GRANT SPECIFIC IN [...]	2002-07-23 07:04:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB KIDE EFIN ECON ETRD JO OPIC
02AMMAN4086	PALESTINIAN-JORDANIAN BUSINESSMEN PONDER ROLE IN [...] (SBU) A group of Palestinian-Jordanian businesspeople met with econoffs July 11, to discuss what they believe might be the leading investment opportunities and economic prospects following the establishment of a Palestinian state, as well as the role of Palestinian-Jordanians in promoting de [...]	2002-07-24 10:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAL EINV EAID PREL IS JO
02AMMAN5485	JORDAN AND THE QIZ EXPERIENCE [...] The Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ) initiative has had a net positive, and increasingly widely-felt, effect on Jordan's economy, political dynamics, and social structure. While the success of the initiative to date is irrefutable, the QIZ's will have to face a number of hurdles in the near [...]	2002-09-24 07:47:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV JO IS
02AMMAN5515	JORDAN'S TRADE MINISTRY GEARING UP FOR JOINT [...] (u) The Ambassador delivered the USG's official invitation to convene the 2002 U.S.-Jordan Joint Commission to Jordanian Trade Minister Salah al Bashir on September 22. Accepting the invitation, Bashir provided the GOJ's preferences for dates, events, and agenda items for the Joint Commissio [...]	2002-09-25 06:58:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EAGR JO OPIC
02AMMAN5692	MINOR CABINET RESHUFFLE UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN ANY [...] (C) The Palace announced a minor Cabinet reshuffle on September 26 involving five portfolios. Amman had been rife with rumors of a reshuffle since the King's August 15 announcement that elections were postponed until the Spring. In recent conversations with the Ambassador, several young, prog [...]	2002-10-02 14:57:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EINV EAGR PINR JO
02AMMAN5737	BIOS ON NEW CABINET MEMBERS [...] (U) King Abdullah and Prime Minister Abul Ragheb reshuffled the Cabinet on September 26 adding 4 new members to the Cabinet, and reassigning one Cabinet member to a new portfolio. Para 2 contains biographical data on the new ministers. 2. (U) New members of the Cabinet are: A. (U) Mini [...]	2002-10-03 13:29:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON EINV EAGR PINR JO
02AMMAN6060	A VIRTUAL SUCCESS: JORDAN'S ICT FORUM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Jordan's second ICT Forum was held Sept. 30-Oct. 1 in Amman. Featuring addresses by King Abdullah, Intel CEO Craig Barrett, John Gage, Chief Researcher and Director of the Science Office for Sun Microsystems, and AOL Strategic Advisor George Vradenburg, the event attracted more [...]	2002-10-20 08:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS BEXP EINV JO
02AMMAN6288	JORDAN'S UNUSED INDUSTRIAL CAPACITY [...] (u) Summary: We have been following with interest attempts by Israeli industrialist Stef Wertheimer to secure support for a new industrial park (or parks) in Jordan. While there does not seem to be a need for new industrial parks in Jordan given a current glut of unused industrial infrastru [...]	2002-10-29 07:41:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EAID IS JO
02AMMAN6374	JORDAN FUND LAUNCHED [...] (U) Amid an enthusiastic reception, the Government of Jordan launched the Jordan Fund, a $50 million fund designed to attract foreign investment and provide capital to the local private sector. Deutsche Bank is acting as International Advisor for the Fund, with Jordanian investment banking f [...]	2002-10-31 08:58:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON KTDB KIDE JO OPIC
02AMMAN6469	TEXTILE DIVERSIFICATION CHALLENGES IN JORDAN [...] (U) Embassy Econ staff and USAID Jordan have maintained an extensive and productive dialogue with Jordan's government and private sector along the lines of reftel recommendations since the inception of the QIZ initiative in 1998. The GOJ in particular is eager to see Jordan's industrial base [...]	2002-11-05 12:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTEX ETRD EINV JO
02AMMAN6517	JORDAN'S QIZ MANAGERS SEEKING CONFERENCE DURING [...] (u) Summary: Building on U/S Larson's visit to Amman last month, QIZ park managers and GOJ officials are proposing an investment promotion event to coincide with the December 11-12 FTA Joint Commission meeting in Washington. We believe such an event could help encourage both new QIZ investm [...]	2002-11-06 08:48:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV BEXP IS JO
02AMMAN6581	JORDAN'S JOINT COMMISSION AGENDA [...] (u) Summary: Jordan's government and private sector have developed an ambitious schedule of events in support of the December 11 U.S.-Jordan FTA Joint Commission meeting (detailed schedule below). Their plan envisages three days of FTA-related meetings and press events to raise awareness o [...]	2002-11-08 10:26:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV KPAO JO OPIC
02AMMAN6586	JORDAN TELECOM DEBUTS ON AMMAN STOCK EXCHANGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a well-subscribed initial public offering (IPO),Jordan Telecom (JTC) stock had its first day of public trading on the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) November 3. The listing made JTC the largest company on the ASE in terms of operating capital, and placed the Amman bours [...]	2002-11-11 06:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS BEXP EINV JO
02AMMAN6937	AQABA PIZZA HUT FIRE AN ACCIDENT [...] (SBU) Econoff spoke to Arab Food Catering Company owner Khaled Dhaleh November 27 to check on press reports about a "suspicious" fire in a Pizza Hut in Aqaba. Dhaleh, whose company owns the Pizza Hut, Burger King, and Popeyes restaurants in Jordan, said the November 25th fire was caused by a [...]	2002-11-27 14:39:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ASEC PTER JO
02AMMAN6952	QIZ UPDATE - IRAQ WORRIES, TRANSSHIPMENT RUMORS, [...] (sbu) Despite continuing political uncertainty in the region, QIZ exporters in Jordan continue to report solid production and growth. Most exporters are booked through the winter, some new investor interest is evident, and many current investors are expanding production. Many QIZ exporters [...]	2002-12-01 10:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV IS IZ JO
02AMMAN7328	JORDAN: CAPITALIZING ON THE JOINT COMMITTEE [...] (u) Jordan's government and business community are hailing the first annual U.S.-Jordan Joint Economic Committee meeting held in Washington December 11, and the private-sector trade events that surrounded it, as unqualified successes. Jordanian participants were impressed by and appreciativ [...]	2002-12-18 12:03:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV SENV BEXP JO
02ANKARA8064	THE NEW GOVERNMENT'S ECONOMIC CHALLENGES, AND SOME BENCHMARKS [...] (SBU) Summary: The new Turkish Government's most pressing economic challenge is to bolster market confidence sufficiently to avoid another financial crisis and begin to step away from the financial precipice on which Turkey has been perched for the past two years. Other challenges include: [...]	2002-11-08 09:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV TU
02ANKARA8255	CITIBANK CLIENTS GET SLAPPED WITH $1.5 BILLION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Citibank's foreign investor clients in Turkey were recently disallowed long-standing preferential tax treatment on T-bill income. These investors' T-bill income from 1997 to present was reassessed at a 44 percent tax rate, rather than the preferential 11 percent tax rate, resul [...]	2002-11-15 11:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EINV EFIN TU
02ANKARA8379	INCOMING GOVERNMENT'S ECONOMIC ACTION PLAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The economic elements of the incoming government's action plan, announced by Party leader Tayyip Erdogan on November 16, reflect AK's efforts to balance its desire to boost the "real economy" and help the poor with its need to reassure markets and maintain fiscal discipline. [...]	2002-11-18 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV EINV TU
02ANKARA8594	UNCERTAINTY FOR PENDING AND EXISTING BOT/TOR [...] (C) Summary and comment: Embassy has long emphasized to the GOT the importance of a rapid and fair settlement to the pending BOT/TOR projects, which still have not been resolved (reftels). It now appears the GOT is considering re-negotiation of the contracts for the BOT projects that are alr [...]	2002-11-25 14:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
02ANKARA9054	DRAFT NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-19 13:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EFIN ECON KIPR TU
02ANKARA9074	AMBASSADOR'S DEC. 17 MEETING WITH INTERIOR [...] (U) Summary: In a December 17 meeting with new GOT Interior Minister Aksu, Ambassador discussed anti-torture efforts; police exchange programs; child abduction cases; trafficking in persons; and the problems faced by Amcits Victor and Kristy Bedoian in their efforts to operate a hotel in Van P [...]	2002-12-20 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CASC PHUM SNAR EINV TU
02ANKARA9181	TURKISH GOVERNMENT FULLY RESOLVES CITIBANK TAX [...] (SBU) Citibank General Manager for Turkey Mark Robinson informed us December 23 that Turkish Finance Minister Kemal Unakitan reversed a Finance Ministry tax assessment of Citibank and its foreign clients who invest in Turkish T-bills through Citibank. As described reftel, a Finance Ministry [...]	2002-12-30 10:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PREL TU
02COLOMBO1452	SRI LANKA: FIRST HALF ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE [...] Summary: After a year of declining indicators in 2001, growth in the Sri Lankan economy turned positive in the first half of 2002. Central Bank figures show that GDP expanded by 0.1 percent in the first quarter, far off the government's target of 3.7 percent growth for 2002. Available data [...]	2002-08-08 05:46:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD PGOV CE ECONOMICS
02COLOMBO1610	Telecommunication reforms and opportunities in Sri [...] Summary: Sri Lanka plans extensive reforms in the telecommunications sector with the aim of developing a technology-neutral, open and convergent telecommunications market. One of the most significant developments will be the opening of international voice services. Other planned reforms inc [...]	2002-09-03 09:54:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KTDB BEXP ECPS ECON EINV ETRD CE ECONOMICS
02COLOMBO1633	SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT FINANCE-DOLLAR DEBT AND [...] Summary: The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) has requested proposals for a financial facility of up to $350 million to finance the budget deficit. The funds raised in this issue will ease pressure from the local money market and interest rates. The proceeds will be part of a Rs 329 billion ( [...]	2002-09-06 02:32:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KTDB BEXP ECON EINV ETRD EFIN CE ECONOMICS
02COLOMBO2194	SRI LANKA: DEPUTY USTR HUNTSMAN PUSHES FURTHER [...] (U) Summary: Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Jon M. Huntsman Jr. used his November 19-22 visit to Sri Lanka to push the GSL to move forward with key economic reforms. He delivered this message during separate meetings with President Kumaratunga, Prime Minister Wickremesinghe and [...]	2002-11-26 10:33:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EINV CE USTR ECONOMICS
02COLOMBO2196	SRI LANKA: FIRST JOINT COUNCIL MEETING UNDER [...] Summary: In the first Joint Council meeting under the US - Sri Lanka TIFA, the GSL identified its goal as an eventual Free Trade Agreement, and, in the interim, stronger ties in the bilateral trade relationship and in the WTO. The US representatives focused on the USG commitment to closer co [...]	2002-11-26 10:52:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EINV CE USTR ECONOMICS
02COLOMBO2315	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF COMMERCE A/S LASH TO [...] On behalf of the country team and the entire mission community, I extend to you a warm welcome in advance of your visit to Sri Lanka. Your visit comes at an exciting time, with the government of Sri Lanka (GSL) making real progress toward its twin goals of peace and economic development. Thi [...]	2002-12-16 11:27:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EINV CE USTR ECONOMICS
02COLOMBO2346	SRI LANKA: COMMERCE A/S LASH PUSHES INVESTMENT [...] Summary: Following up on President Bush's July commitment to Prime Minister Wickremesinghe to examine areas for greater economic engagement with Sri Lanka, William H. Lash III, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Market Access and Compliance, brought a Commerce Department delegation to Sri La [...]	2002-12-24 05:58:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EINV CE USTR CWC
02HARARE1385	2002 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR ZIMBABWE [...] No summary [...]	2002-06-07 07:20:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB EFIN ETRD ECON EIND ZI
02HARARE2628	MFA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES GILMAN SHOOTING, MELFORT [...] (c) Summary. The Ambassador and DCM met with MFA Division Director for Europe and the Americas, Joey Bihma, and acting desk officer Henry Mukonoweshuro on November 20 at Bihma's invitation. A cordial, almost conciliatory, Bihma stated that he wished to address the shooting by police of Rich [...]	2002-11-21 07:36:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CASC EINV ASEC ODIP ZI
02KUWAIT5415	KUWAIT ACTING OIL MINISTER ON PROJECT KUWAIT, [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-17 07:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ETRD PREL KU SA QA IR ENRG EINV
02KUWAIT5417	(C) KUWAITI INTERESTS IN IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOK, increasingly confident that the US is determined to eliminate Saddam Hussein's regime, is more and more willing to let its public support show, even as it maintains its formal commitment to Arab League and GCC opposition to any pre-emptive strike on Iraq. Prominent Kuw [...]	2002-12-17 08:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EINV KU IZ
02KUWAIT5464	KUWAIT: SENIOR ADVISOR ON STATUS OF PROJECT KUWAIT [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-22 07:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV KU
02RANGOON1233	PREMIER DIVESTS, PETRONAS DIGS IN [...] (C) Summary: Premier Oil's decision to pull up stakes here seems based more on financial necessity than the pressure of boycotts. Petronas, Premier's partial owner and business partner in Burma, agreed to sell back its shares in Premier in exchange for the British firm's position in the Yetagu [...]	2002-09-25 05:35:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV BM
02RANGOON1248	BURMESE INVESTMENT CLIMATE STILL HOSTILE [...] (U) As a companion to the recently submitted Burma investment climate statement, we want to summarize the key problems that plague the country. The full text of the investment climate statement will be posted on the National Trade Data Bank and is available via email from wohlauerbv@state.gov [...]	2002-09-27 05:53:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD BM
02RANGOON1468	BURMESE ECONOMY: YES WE HAVE NO BANANAS...OR [...] (SBU) Summary: The regime's continued mismanagement of the Burmese economy has given another push to its downward slide in recent months. The government's increasing reliance on trade restrictions, rather than fiscal and monetary policy measures, has slashed imports and halted temporarily the [...]	2002-11-14 08:36:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN BM
02TEGUCIGALPA2494	Honduras Asks for Help on Paris Club and HIPC [...] (U) Summary and Action Request. The Honduran government has requested support of the USG (and other donors) to extend to June 2003 in its Paris Club debt service deferral and changes in the methodology used for HIPC and Paris Club debt relief and funding of the GOH's Poverty Reduction Strateg [...]	2002-09-05 15:07:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID EINV ETRD PGOV SENV HO
02TEGUCIGALPA2563	PRE-QUALIFICATION FOR 25-YEAR HONDURAN CELLULAR [...] (SBU) Summary. Two American cellular companies were among six who applied for pre-qualification to bid on the GOH's 25-year cellular service contract. The winner of the bid will be the only competition for Honduras' current cellular provider, Celtel (majority owned by Motorola). Conatel plan [...]	2002-09-11 23:10:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EINV KPRV HO
02TEGUCIGALPA2647	HONDURAS AND TEXTILES - DIVERSIFICATION WILL NOT BE [...] Summary. Ref a requested that Post discuss the impact of the elimination of import quotas in 2005 on Honduras' textile and apparel industry and plans in the government and private sector to diversify into other industrial sectors. Embassy has been carrying on a dialogue with the GOH and Hond [...]	2002-09-19 22:13:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EFIN EAGR EAID KTEX HO
02TEGUCIGALPA2660	HONDURAN ECON HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 2002 [...] The Ministry of Finance projects that the GDP will grow by 2.5 percent in 2002 (most likely overstated) and that the central government's fiscal deficit as a percent of GDP will be 5.9 percent. This is higher than the GOH's earlier estimate of 5.6 percent of GDP and far higher than its targe [...]	2002-09-20 22:28:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EAIR ELTN PGOV PREL KPRV KTDB KPWR HO ENGR
02TEGUCIGALPA2829	NEW LAND CASE IN ROATAN GOOD TEST FOR GOH RESOLVE [...] (SBU) Summary. American citizens Jean and Roger Moore were suddenly and forcefully evicted from their Roatan home in August of this year when the Melvyn McNab family presented (and local judicial officials accepted) unsubstantiated arguments that they had claim to this land. A recently done ca [...]	2002-10-09 20:11:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EAID EAGR PGOV AMGT HO
02TEGUCIGALPA2833	CORRECTED COPY - NEW LAND CASE IN ROATAN GOOD TEST [...] (SBU) Summary. American citizens Jean and Roger Moore were suddenly and forcefully evicted from their Roatan home in August of this year when the Melvyn McNab family presented (and local judicial officials accepted) unsubstantiated arguments that they had claim to this land. A recently done ca [...]	2002-10-09 22:43:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EAID EAGR PGOV AMGT HO
02TEGUCIGALPA2857	EMBASSY ADVOCACY FOR AES AS THE DECISION ON THE 210 [...] (SBU) The Embassy continues to advocate strongly for a transparent process that will treat American investors fairly, as the state electricity company ENEE's decision on the winner of the 210MW electricity tender approaches. ENEE's decision, like the bid opening itself (ref b),has been postpo [...]	2002-10-11 15:43:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV ECON HO
02TEGUCIGALPA2897	AES PROJECT: ANNOUNCEMENT OF 210MW BID WINNER [...] (SBU) Once again, the announcement of the winning bid in the 210MW energy contract has been delayed (bids were presented on July 26). Angelo Botazzi, the general manager of the state-owned electricity company ENEE, now says the decision will be announced sometime before October 23rd. As the [...]	2002-10-17 22:29:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV ECON HO
02TEGUCIGALPA2967	GOH POSITIVE INITIATIVES TO RESOLVE OUTSTANDING [...] (SBU) Summary. Clear property ownership is important to improving the well-being of the Honduran urban and rural poor, as well as to the resolution of outstanding Amcit investment disputes. Although the GOH has not formed a small Commission to address the outstanding Amcit disputes as Embass [...]	2002-10-28 16:40:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EAID EAGR PGOV AMGT HO
02TEGUCIGALPA2972	HONDURAN-U.S. BILATERAL TRADE AND NON-TRADE ISSUES [...] (U) In response to refs a & b, Post identifies the following outstanding bilateral trade and non-trade issues that could negatively impact perception of a U.S.-Central American free trade agreement in the U.S. private sector and Congress. Agriculture Import Restrictions ------------------- [...]	2002-10-28 21:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR ECON ELAB EINV PREL XK HO USTR
02TEGUCIGALPA2996	RENEWED DEBATE ON DOLLARIZATION IN HONDURAS, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Liberal Party congressman and businessman Jaime Rosenthal Olivia and banker Jorge Bueso Arias have renewed their appeals for dollarization in recent weeks. The two bankers argue that replacement of the lempira with the dollar would help increase capital investment and lower in [...]	2002-10-30 18:28:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV HO ETRDECD ETRD
02TEGUCIGALPA3126	PRESIDENT MADURO RESPONDS TO COMMERCE SECRETARY [...] (SBU) During a November 12 meeting, Honduran President Maduro provided DCM a letter in response to Commerce Secretary Evans' October 22 letter advocating for a fair and SIPDIS transparent process in the 210MW energy bid sent on behalf of AES. The original letter was sent via FedEx 2 day del [...]	2002-11-14 22:15:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ENRG BEXP HO
02TEGUCIGALPA3150	Congress Issues Favorable Report on InterAirports [...] Summary. On November 11, a congressional commission released a favorable report finding that U.S.-led consortium InterAirports, which was awarded the contract to manage Honduras' four international airports in October 2000, has complied with all the terms of the concession contract. InterAir [...]	2002-11-19 21:23:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EINV HO
02TEGUCIGALPA3151	CELLULAR PROVIDERS PRE-QUALIFIED [...] (SBU) Summary. Bellsouth was one of three firms found to prequalify to participate in the upcoming 25-year wireless telephone service concession on November 7, along with the Chilean company ENTEL and a Swiss-Honduran consortium. Digicel Honduras, a company with partial U.S. ownership, was di [...]	2002-11-19 21:28:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINV KPRV HO
02TEGUCIGALPA3184	AES AND ELECTRICITY TENDER: GOH AWARDS TO LUFUSSA [...] (C) The Honduran state-owned electricity company ENEE announced that Honduran company Lufussa was the winner of the 210MW electricity tender, ignoring Lufussa's failure to comply with bid requirements and serious allegations of impropriety. ENEE's decision represents a heavy blow for U.S. com [...]	2002-11-21 15:29:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG BEXP EINV ECON EAID PREL HO
02TEGUCIGALPA3273	AES WILL CHALLENGE HONDURAN ELECTRICITY BID RESULTS [...] (SBU) Summary. AES and two other companies presented challenges to the State-owned electricity enterprise ENEE's decision to award Lufussa the contract for the 210MW bid. AES challenged ENEE's failure to disqualify Lufussa for the lack of inclusion of sufficient transmission facilities in its [...]	2002-12-03 21:08:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG BEXP EINV ECON EAID PREL KJUS HO
02TEGUCIGALPA3276	LABOR PROBLEMS AT CHIQUITA: MANAGEMENT BEGINS [...] (SBU) Summary: Chiquita and its union have begun case-by-case discussions over the contentious issue of alleged absenteeism by a high percentage of its workforce. EmbOffs recently toured Chiquita's plantation and met with both management and labor. EmbOffs urged them to continue dialogue. B [...]	2002-12-03 23:04:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EINV EAGR ETRD PGOV PHUM HO
02TEGUCIGALPA3416	ENEE BOARD ANNULS BID FOR 210 MW CONTRACT; [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 19, the Board of Directors for the State-owned electricity company ENEE announced the annulment of the bid for a 210 MW electricity contract. In announcing the annulment, the Board said that the various legal challenges presented by bidders to the decision to award [...]	2002-12-20 19:19:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG BEXP EINV ECON EAID PREL KJUS HO
02TEGUCIGALPA3479	ADVOCACY CASE: GOVERNMENT TURNAROUND LEADS TO AES [...] (SBU) Summary. AES Honduras signed a contract on December 27 with the state-owned electricity company ENEE to provide 200 MW of electricity starting within three years. The deal came after the ENEE Board of Directors annulled the tender award to Lufussa on December 19. In an emergency meetin [...]	2002-12-30 21:28:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ECON EAID BEXP PREL KJUS HO

03ABUDHABI1088	UAE OIL OFFICIAL'S VIEWS ON IRAQ AND THE OIL [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company's (ADNOC) Deputy CEO, Abdullah Bin Nasser Al-Suwaidi does not believe that the oil market would collapse following a military conflict with Iraq and removal of Saddam Hussein fro [...]	2003-03-05 13:58:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
03ABUDHABI1101	UAE PREPARES FOR IMPACT OF WAR ON STOCK MARKET [...] (U) Local press reported on March 3 that the General Manager of the Stock and Commodity Authority -- the UAE equivalent of the SEC -- Abdullah Al Turifi, told UAE financial institutions that he expects the possible war with Iraq to have long-term impact on UAE stock markets. Nevertheless, the [...]	2003-03-08 09:09:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV TC
03ABUDHABI1137	DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTER TO GO [...] CLASSIFIED BY DCM RICHARD A. ALBRIGHT FOR REASONS 1.5 (B,D). 2. (C) UAE Central Bank Governor Sultan bin Nasser Al-Suweidi told Econchief March 8 that the long- anticipated Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC -- a much-publicized plan to create a state of the art financial service [...]	2003-03-10 10:53:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC EINV PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI1138	ABU DHABI NATIONAL OIL COMPANY (ADNOC): TOUGH NUT [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2.(C) Summary and comment: Aspiring participants in the UAE oil market -- including American oil companies -- continue to find it difficult to get a foot in the door at ADNOC, the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company. ADNOC of [...]	2003-03-10 10:54:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
03ABUDHABI1292	(C) ABU DHABI'S OIL PRODUCTION CAPACITY (C- [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S/NF) Summary and comment: In separate meetings with Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) CEO Yousef bin Omeir and Deputy CEO Abdulla Nasser Al-Suweidi on March 17, Econchief was provided an unprecedented l [...]	2003-03-17 14:18:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	KPRP PINR ENRG EINV EPET ETRD
03ABUDHABI1337	(C) WESTERN OIL EXEC CLARIFIES COMMENTS REGARDING [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C/NF) A western oil executive previously commented to Econchief that the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) is producing about 10 percent or 200,000 barrels per day (b/d) over its current OPEC quota of 2. [...]	2003-03-19 12:41:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
03ABUDHABI1340	STRATEGIC DIALOGUE FOLLOW-UP: OPIC COVERAGE [...] (SBU) In a meeting with Finance Minstate Dr. Muhammad Khalfan bin Khirbash (the de facto Finance Minister) on March 18, the Ambassador followed-up on the issue of OPIC coverage for the UAE, first raised by the UAEG last Fall in the context of the bilateral Strategic Dialogue meetings in Washin [...]	2003-03-19 12:42:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EINV PREL PHUM PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI1513	(C) DOLPHIN GAS PROJECT: STILL NO GAS SALES AGREEMENTS AS UAE SHAYKHS WRANGLE OVER PRICING [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Almost one year after the selection of U.S. firm Occidental Petroleum to assume a 24.5 percent stake in the Dolphin project to pump natural gas from Qatar to the UAE, actual gas pu [...]	2003-03-30 13:20:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	EPET PGOV ENRG ECON EINV IR TC
03ABUDHABI1603	TFIZ01: SOME GOOD EFFECTS, SOME BAD, BUT MOSTLY [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary and Comment: Continued high oil prices have largely immunized the UAE economy from any major fall-out from the ongoing Iraq war. On a micro level, Kuwaiti traders are said to be placing large orders fo [...]	2003-04-02 14:22:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP BBSR ECON ETRD EINV TC
03ABUDHABI1663	ADGAS ADMITS QATAR UNDERCUTTING LNG MARKET; PLANS [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ABU DHABI CONCEDES LNG MARKET TO QATAR -------------------------------------- 2. (C) The managing director of the Abu Dhabi Gas Liquification Company (ADGAS),Hassan Al-Marzooki, told Econchief April 2 that his fir [...]	2003-04-07 13:00:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
03ABUDHABI1960	FISH STOCKS HEAVILY DEPLETED OFF THE UAE [...] (SBU) Summary: A yearlong study of the UAE's fish and marine resources conducted by Bruce Shallard and Associates of New Zealand for the Environmental Research and Wildlife Development Agency (ERWDA),found commercial and non-commercial fish stocks significantly depleted since the last survey [...]	2003-04-23 13:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS EINV EIND ETRD ECON TC
03ABUDHABI2081	UAEG WILL ATTEND GLOBAL FORUM ON FIGHTING CORRUPTION [...] (U) Classified by Econchief Tom Williams, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Post confirmed 4/30 that the UAE Ministry of Justice will participate in the "Global Forum On Fighting Corruption" to be held 5/29-31 in Seoul, Korea. The Ministry of Justice has not yet selected its represent [...]	2003-04-30 10:49:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV EAID EINV ECON ETRD TC
03ABUDHABI2256	UAEG LAYS OUT SPECIFIC PROPOSALS FOR IRAQ [...] (U) Classified by Charge D'Affaires Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary and comment: UAE Ministry of Finance Assistant Undersecretary for Revenue and Budget Khalid Al- Bustani laid out for Econchief 5/6 the UAEG's priorities for Iraq reconstruction. A memo he [...]	2003-05-10 12:14:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP BBSR ECON ETRD EINV TC
03ABUDHABI2345	ABU DHABI: A RENTIER STATE IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE [...] (U) Classified by Charge D'Affaires Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) Local press reported that commercial and residential rents in Abu Dhabi jumped between twenty and thirty percent in the last year as the UAE capital maintained its status as one of the world's most [...]	2003-05-14 09:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD TC
03ABUDHABI2369	UAEG DOWNGRADES REPRESENTATION TO THE THIRD GLOBAL FORUM DUE TO SARS; NOTIFIED OF U.S. PARTICIPATION [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Despite earlier indications to the contrary (ref A),the UAE Justice Ministry notified Post 5/14 that the Minister and his staff would not/not attend the Third Global Forum on Fighting Corruption. [...]	2003-05-17 12:06:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV EAID EINV ECON ETRD TC
03ABUDHABI2403	GREATER TRANSPARENCY FOR THE UAE BUDGET IN-LINE [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) UAE Minister of State for Finance Dr. Mohammed Khalfan Khirbash forwarded the 2003-2005 federal budgets to the UAE Cabinet for approval 5/18, and announced that future budgets would be based on int [...]	2003-05-19 12:46:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI2454	UAEG CONFIRMS ITS DELEGATION TO THE THIRD GLOBAL [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed via diplomatic note May 25 that the following will represent the UAE at the Third Global Forum on Fighting Corruption: -- Ministry of Foreign Affair [...]	2003-05-25 13:06:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV EAID EINV ECON ETRD TC
03ABUDHABI2528	SUCCESS IN IRAQ PLAYS WELL WITH ONE SENIOR UAE [...] (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) Deputy Managing Director Khalifa Al-Kindi queried DCM during a 5/19 courtesy call about the future of Iraq and the roadmap for peace between Israel and t [...]	2003-05-28 11:19:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV PREL PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI2761	UAEG PREDICTS NO MAJOR MOVEMENT AT THE JUNE [...] (U) Classified by Acting DCM Thomas E. Williams, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) UAE Ministry of Petroleum Director of Economic Affairs and OPEC delegate Hamdan Al-Akbari told Acting DCM June 9 that he believes oil market supply and demand are balanced, current pricing is "adequate," [...]	2003-06-09 11:32:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
03ABUDHABI3164	UAE: 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-07 06:51:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON KSPR KTBD KPRP OPIC TC
03ABUDHABI3208	ABU DHABI'S NEXUS OF ECONOMIC POWER, PART II: THE [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). ------------ Introduction ------------ 2. (C) This is the second cable in a series that focuses on the informal, and less visible, power structure of Abu Dhabi emirate and -- through the power of the purse st [...]	2003-07-09 13:32:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EINV EPET PINS PREL PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI3506	UAE OIL MINISTER SAYS OPEC QUOTAS WILL REMAIN [...] (U) UAE PETROLEUM MINISTER OBEID BIN SAIF AL-NASIRI TOLD LOCAL REPORTERS ON JULY 27 THAT HE EXPECTS OPEC'S PRODUCTION QUOTAS TO REMAIN UNCHANGED AT THE CARTEL'S JULY 31 MEETING IN VIENNA. HE SAID THAT OPEC COULD NOT JUSTIFY A PRODUCTION INCREASE AT THIS TIME BECAUSE OIL PRICES ARE WITHIN A RA [...]	2003-07-28 13:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EINV EPET TC
03ABUDHABI3591	UAEG REQUESTS LIST OF U.S. DELEGATES TO THE [...] POST RECEIVED A DIPLOMATIC NOTE FROM THE UAE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS FORMALLY REQUESTING THE NAME OF THE HEAD OF THE U.S. DELEGATION TO THE SEPTEMBER 23-24 IMF/WORLD BANK MEETINGS IN DUBAI, AS WELL AS A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF THE MEMBERS OF OUR DELEGATION PARTICIPATING IN THE MEETINGS. [...]	2003-08-03 11:43:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI3721	UAE MAY CUT OIL PRODUCTION LATER THIS YEAR [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i., Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) acknowledged publicly on August 10 that it will cut oil production in the last quarter of 2003 to undertake major repair work in the Lower Zakum a [...]	2003-08-12 13:30:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
03ABUDHABI3786	INVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE: UAE [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-17 12:56:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC BTIO EINV TC
03ABUDHABI3939	MISSION SEEKS BILATERALS WITH US OFFICIALS ON THE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST; PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 3. 2. (U) AS A MAJOR DONOR TO THE RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTS IN BOTH AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ AND A STEADFAST PARTNER IN OUR EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORIST FINANCING, THE UAEG HAS DEMONSTRATED IT IS WILLING TO GO THE DISTANCE TO SUPPORT U.S. POLICI [...]	2003-08-27 11:13:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ECIN EFIN EINV OVIP PREL PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI4202	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY SNOW AND THE U.S. [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Secretary Snow: I would like to welcome you to the UAE as you prepare for the 2003 annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) in Dubai. Dubai's leadership has investe [...]	2003-09-15 13:27:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC ECIN EFIN EINV OVIP PREL PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI4361	UAE'S REPRESENTATIVE TO OPEC "SURPRISED" BY [...] (U) Classified by Economic Section Chief Oliver B. John, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) In a 9/28 meeting with Econ Chief, UAE Ministry of Petroleum Director of Economic Affairs and OPEC delegate Hamdan Al-Akbari said he was "a little bit surprised" by the organization's decision las [...]	2003-09-28 09:49:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
03ABUDHABI4694	UAE: DOLPHIN SIGNS MAJOR GAS SUPPLY AGREEMENTS [...] (C) Summary and comment: The Ambassador met with Occidental Petroleum CEO Dr. Ray Irani 10/21 -- days after Dolphin Energy Limited (DEL) signed two long-term supply agreements with the UAE's major power and water companies. DEL, in which Oxy maintains 24.5 percent equity, intends to begin pum [...]	2003-10-21 13:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
03ABUDHABI526	SHOW ME THE MONEY: INSIGHTS INTO THE UAE BUDGET [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-02 05:05:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI772	AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI AND AMCONSUL DUBAI FACILITATE U.S. [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Comment and summary. The U.S. Mission to the UAE has facilitated a number of high-profile business deals in the UAE during the last year. Family connections and political influence remain key to doing bus [...]	2003-02-17 14:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP BBSR ECON ETRD EINV TC
03ABUDHABI936	THE DIFFICULTIES OF DOING BUSINESS IN ABU DHABI [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard Albright for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) In a 2/19 meeting with Econ FSN, an Emirati businessman from one of Abu Dhabi's lesser families harshly criticized the local business climate, particularly in contrast with the relative simplicity and openness of Dub [...]	2003-02-26 06:07:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EINV TC
03ABUJA1026	NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ROUNDUP JUNE 13 [...] (U) This periodic economic report from Abuja and Lagos includes: --Obasanjo Highlights Economy in Inaugural Speech . . . But Disputes Poverty Figures --Obasanjo Holds Off Naming Cabinet --GON Bans Import of Baryte, Mineral Used for Oil Drilling --World Airways Lands in Lagos --Parallel Marke [...]	2003-06-12 09:29:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EAIR EPET NI
03ABUJA1339	THE ABUJA SULLIVAN SUMMIT WAS A SUCCESS [...] Summary: The Sixth Leon H. Sullivan Summit, convened July 12-17 in Abuja was momentous and successful. The overarching Summit theme was "Africa: A Continent of Possibilities" and the week lived up to its name. President Bush, the first Republican President to visit Africa, made a historic a [...]	2003-08-07 09:16:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL SOCI EINV XA NI
03ABUJA1359	PRIVATIZATION OF GON MINORITY SHAREHOLDINGS [...] Action request, para 8. 2. Summary. The Government of Nigeria (GON) wants to privatize the approximately forty percent minority share it holds in foreign oil service companies (OSCs) operating in Nigeria; e.g., in Halliburton Nigeria. The GON wants to divest itself by way of private pl [...]	2003-08-08 18:51:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EINV BTIO KIDE NI
03ABUJA1812	NEPA INVOKES FORCE MAJEURE IN AES CONTRACT [...] (SBU) Summary: Nigeria's National Electric Power Authority (NEPA) on October 7 invoked force majeure and informed AES that it (NEPA) would be unable to pay approximately 18 million USD due on the Lagos Emergency Power Barge Project (the Ebute plant). Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OP [...]	2003-10-17 15:23:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EFIN EINV NI
03ABUJA1936	AES: GON PUSHING FOR PPA RENEGOTIATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Charge met October 29 with AES officials from London and Lagos, to discuss AES's ongoing attempts to collect from Nigeria's National Electric Power Authority (NEPA) arrears on the Ebute power plant PPA (reftel). The AES officials said they had met and would meet with a number o [...]	2003-11-10 13:34:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EFIN EINV NI
03ABUJA1972	TEXTILE MANUFACTURERS: AGOA WILL NOT SAVE US [...] (SBU) Summary: Nigerian textile manufacturers are uniformly bleak about the prospects that AGOA alone will bring about a substantial increase in their apparel or textile trade. Nigeria's industry is not competitive, and it is in decline. Various industry representatives told Lagos and Abuja [...]	2003-11-19 10:39:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON EFIN NI
03ABUJA2161	NIGERIA: WHITE ELEPHANT STEEL COMPLEX TO GULP MORE [...] (C) Summary: In June 2003, the GON awarded SOLGAS (a U.S.-based energy company) sole rights to refurbish the yet to operate Ajaokuta Steel Complex, to sell energy to the national grid from the Complex's electric plant, and to operate a yet to be built LNG-fired electric plant. Despite claims [...]	2003-12-17 05:11:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EINT EINV ELAB ENRG ETRD NI
03ABUJA2184	IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENT FOR AMERICAN INVESTMENT [...] The Embassy, including FCS, proposes that the Department of Commerce consider Instituting a program to improve the climate for American private investment in Nigerian industries that would export to the U.S. under AGOA. Such a program would seek to create partnerships between individual Niger [...]	2003-12-19 11:32:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP BTIO EINV NI AGOA
03ABUJA367	NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ROUNDUP FEBRUARY 20 [...] This periodic economic report from Abuja and Lagos includes: --Canned Beer and Soda Coming Soon to Nigeria --Nigeria's Juice Ban Squeezes Out U.S. Exports --Trucks Roll Only at Night in Port Harcourt Canned Beer and Soda Coming Soon to Nigeria ------------------------------------------- [...]	2003-02-20 14:09:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAGR ELTN EPET EIND EINV NI
03ABUJA380	NIGERIA COMPLETES FINANCING PACT FOR BILLION [...] (U) On January 23, Nigeria LNG (NLNG) held a signing ceremony for the six Nigerian banks providing $160 million of the $1.06 billion financing for Nigeria's fourth and fifth liquefied natural gas production trains. State-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) holds 49 percent of [...]	2003-02-21 13:16:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV OPEC
03ABUJA416	Nigeria: 2003 Special 301 Review on IPR [...] Piracy of optical media remains a major issue in Nigeria. Lack of enforcement resources and trained enforcement staff, coupled with inadequate public and government understanding and appreciation of the benefits of IPR protection, make reversing this situation a difficult, long-term effort. Th [...]	2003-02-28 07:28:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON EINV NI
03ABUJA495	NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ROUNDUP MARCH 13 [...] This periodic economic report from Abuja and Lagos includes: --GON Bans Import of Toothpicks, Water, Biscuits, Spaghetti, and Noodles --Obasanjo Sacks Author of Controversial Audit Report --Central Bank Warns of Excess Liquidity --Nigerian Customs Posts Banner Year --GON to Sell Steel Rollin [...]	2003-03-13 15:34:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCRM EINV BEXP EFIN ETRD KPRV ECON NI
03ABUJA600	NIGERIA: TARIFF AND BAN INFORMATION [...] Mission provides the following clarifications on GON trade policy measures as requested by reftel. Mission understands that Washington agencies will use this information to prepare a formal high-level demarche to deliver to the GON. The timing of the demarche will be key to its effectiveness. [...]	2003-04-01 14:49:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EINV NI
03ABUJA647	NIGERIA: CONSULTANTS CONCERNED ABOUT AVIATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Aviation consultants sponsored by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently completed an evaluation of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority's (NCAA) efforts to improve its safety oversight. They found few improvements since a 2001 International Civil Aviation Orga [...]	2003-04-07 17:26:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EAID EINV NI
03ABUJA653	NIGERIA: DELTA OIL CRISIS MAY PINCH THE ECONOMY [...] News that Chevron returned to Escravos to gradually resume oil production is encouraging. Shell also may soon return. However, armed local groups remain a wild card. Their ability to foil resumption of oil production is all too real as evidenced by the April 6 pipeline disruption only a few day [...]	2003-04-08 09:33:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EPET ENRG EINV PGOV PREL NI
03ABUJA680	NIGERIA: SUBMISSION FOR 2003 PRESIDENT'S [...] The following paragraphs provide information on Nigeria for use in the President's 2003 report to Congress on AGOA, as requested in Reftel, in the following areas: --AGOA Trade and Investment --Progress Toward a Market-Based Economy --Political Pluralism and The Rule of Law --Poverty Reducti [...]	2003-04-14 16:34:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EINV ELAB PHUM PREL NI AGOA
03ABUJA682	NIGERIA: MOTOROLA'S SUCCESS MARKS MAJOR [...] (C) On March 31, the GON awarded Motorola a $49.9 million contract to expand Nigerian Telecommunications' (NITEL) cellular telephone network. This award is a major advocacy victory for the Mission as well as an important landmark on Nigeria's road to greater transparency. It is the most sign [...]	2003-04-14 17:31:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP EINV ECPS ETRD ECON PGOV NI
03ABUJA728	NIGERIA: NOMINATION FOR THE SECRETARY'S AWARD [...] There are several American companies in Nigeria that might qualify for the Secretary's Award for Corporate Excellence; however, one stands heads and shoulders above the rest. Chevron is the largest single American investor in Nigeria and the second largest producer of Nigerian oil. It is al [...]	2003-04-22 20:25:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EINV ELAB ETRD SENV NI
03ABUJA887	NIGERIA: INFORMATION ON GON FISCAL TRANSPARENCY [...] Paragraph 2 provides answers to reftel questions. 2. A. Does the host government publish the national budget in a timely manner? Answer: Yes, with minimum delay (under one year). B. Where sub-national levels of government are significant, are their combined fiscal positions pub [...]	2003-05-14 16:49:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	AA AMGT EAID ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD NI
03ABUJA905	NIGERIA: VP ON POLITICS, PROSPECTS FOR REFORM [...] (C) Summary: DCM 8 May met with VP Atiku Abubakar and others in Washington. Atiku sought continued USG support for market-based economic reforms but volunteered that President Obasanjo remained uncomfortable about giving up State control. Atiku hoped to make progress on AGOA and to lift fu [...]	2003-05-16 16:34:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS ETRD EPET EINV KDEM EAID NI
03ABUJA910	NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ROUNDUP MAY 16 [...] This periodic economic report from Abuja and Lagos includes: --GON Approves World Airways --Ministry of Aviation Launches Nigerianglobal --Nigeria Bans Ice Cream Imports GON Approves World Airways -------------------------- 2. Minister of Aviation Kema Chikwe announced at an April 10 p [...]	2003-05-19 07:38:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EAIR NI
03ABUJA990	NIGERIA: OIL COMPANY SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter, Consul General and CG Lagos staff met EXXON/MOBIL, Halliburton and ChevronTexaco Managing Directors on May 27 to encourage more timely notification of the Mission in the event of hostage-takings, occupation of facilities, or interruption of oil company operati [...]	2003-06-05 14:49:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ASEC CASC ECON EINV NI
03AMMAN1082	JORDAN-AMERICAN BUSINESS COMMUNITY FORMS OSAC [...] (U) At a February 18 meeting convened by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Jordan (the Jordanian American Business Association--JABA),approximately 30 representatives of the Jordanian-American business community took the first step towards the establishment of an Overseas Security Advisory Co [...]	2003-02-20 05:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV CASC ASEC JO
03AMMAN11	JORDAN: POST VIEWS ON ENLARGING INTERARAB FUND [...] (sbu) Summary. In response to proposals to increase the size and nature of OPIC's support for the Amman-based InterArab Fund, Embassy staff took a hard look at the Fund's current activities as well as the factual basis of persistent local rumors about improprieties involving the Fund's mana [...]	2003-01-02 08:31:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV JO OPIC
03AMMAN1157	JORDAN STALLS ON BIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FM Muasher told the Ambassador that he wants a three month delay in the Exchange of Instruments of Ratification that would bring the Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) into force in order to allow the government time to assess the Treaty's impact on a pending investment dispute [...]	2003-02-23 14:07:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV JO
03AMMAN1544	JORDANIAN TELECOMS PREPARED FOR CONFLICT PRESSURES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In recent meetings with Jordanian telecom operators, we were assured that fixed-line and wireless telecom networks were prepared for pressures on their systems in the event of a conflict in neighboring Iraq. Plans have been made to protect physical infrastructure, fleets, offi [...]	2003-03-13 15:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINV BEXP JO
03AMMAN1621	JORDAN GOVERNMENT DISSOLVES BOARD OF CENTURY [...] (c) Summary. The Jordanian Minister of Industry and Trade has dissolved the Board of the Century Investment Group following accusations of financial and managerial improprieties made by some stockholders. Century is a leading investor in QIZ companies and an outstanding example of business [...]	2003-03-18 14:20:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD BEXP JO
03AMMAN2196	TF1Z01: JORDAN TELECOM REGULATOR NIJEM ON THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Muna Nijem, the head of the Jordanian Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) concluded a week of meetings recently in Washington with FTC, DOS, and World Bank officials in which she emphasized her commitment to make the TRC, with USG assistance, the strong body the sect [...]	2003-04-10 14:39:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINV ECON JO
03AMMAN244	MIXED SIGNALS OUT OF AQABA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the past year, impressive progress in a number of areas in the Aqaba Special Economic Zone (ASEZ),much of it due to US Government support, is evident. However, in areas in which USAID assistance has not been deployed, significant obstacles remain, such as an inefficient b [...]	2003-01-13 10:52:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD PREF KPAL JO
03AMMAN2829	SECRETARY POWELL, FM MUASHER EXCHANGE BIT [...] (SBU) On May 13, Secretary Powell and Jordanian FM Muasher exchanged Instruments of Ratification of the American-Jordanian Bilateral Investment Treaty, bringing entry into force of the Treaty in thirty days. The exchange was held in a brief ceremony before a press event during the Secretary' [...]	2003-05-15 07:30:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV KTIA JO
03AMMAN2998	JORDAN'S AMCHAM PLANS IRAQ SUPPORT EFFORTS [...] (u) The Jordan-American Business Association is putting together a program to support efforts by Jordanian companies to assist in Iraq reconstruction efforts. The centerpiece of the plan, which envisions a host of activities both to get Jordanian companies into Iraq and to sell Jordan as a [...]	2003-05-21 09:31:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EAID JO IZ
03AMMAN3056	JORDAN QIZ UPDATE MAY 2003 [...] (u) This message has been cleared by Embassy Tel Aviv. 2. (sbu) Summary: Putting war worries to rest, Jordan's QIZ exporters maintained solid growth throughout the first four months of the year and are bullish on prospects for the balance of 2003. Both the government and private sector [...]	2003-05-22 13:15:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ELAB IS JO
03AMMAN3099	MIDDLE EAST TRADE INITIATIVE ASSESSMENT - JORDAN [...] (c) Senior Jordanian officials issued strongly supportive statements both in public and in private following the President's May 9 announcement regarding the Middle East Trade Initiative. In comments repeated privately to the Ambassador (ref b),Planning Minister Bassem Awadallah told the J [...]	2003-05-26 14:48:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EINV JO
03AMMAN3190	JORDAN'S IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION CONFERENCE A HOT [...] (u) Summary: Surprising local organizers, reservations for a June 5 Iraq Reconstruction conference are flooding in from throughout the region. Confirmed bookings have already exceeded the organizers' rosiest predictions, even with a sticker price three times the going rate for conferences i [...]	2003-06-02 08:55:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EAID IZ JO
03AMMAN3375	JORDANIAN RESPONSE: CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS [...] (U) As per REFTEL, responses to questions addressing government fiscal transparency in Jordan are as follows: a-3 b-There are no significant subnational levels of government c-The Jordanian national budget is published in the Royal Gazette, as well as in national newspapers and on the Inte [...]	2003-06-09 11:25:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EAID ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD JO
03AMMAN3456	JORDAN IRAQ CONFERENCE SENDS NEEDED MESSAGE [...] (sbu) Summary: The June 5 "Doing Business With Iraq" conference organized by four leading Jordanian business associations left local businessmen better informed and better prepared to take advantage of opportunities. Despite a vocal minority of "old economy" businessmen who grilled U.S. sp [...]	2003-06-11 07:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EAID IZ JO
03AMMAN3514	IRAQ'S PRIVATE SECTOR INDUSTRIALISTS LOOK FOR LEG [...] (u) Summary: In a meeting with econoff hosted by the local AmCham, a visiting delegation from the Iraq Federation of Industries requested a meeting with CPA Chief Ambassador Bremer, and sought support for the establishment of a joint US-Jordanian-Iraqi Chamber of Commerce. Federation Board [...]	2003-06-15 06:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN3549	EMBASSY AMMAN INPUT: 2003 REPORT ON INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Amman submits the following case for bureau consideration. Per instructions REFTEL, post notes that the case involves a U.S. company that purchased a non-U.S. company with an outstanding claim. END SUMMARY ---------------- CASE DESCRIPTION ---------------- 2. [...]	2003-06-16 08:05:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN PGOV KIDE JO
03AMMAN3826	JORDAN'S PRIVATIZATION PROGRAM MOVES FORWARD [...] (SBU) The Jordanian Executive Privatization Commission (EPC) announced June 24 four bidders as finalists for the purchase of a 26% stake in the Arab Potash Company (APC),the world's fifth largest potash producer. The Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, the German firm Kali und Salz, China's [...]	2003-06-26 10:30:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EINV ETRD JO
03AMMAN3830	A/USTR NOVELLI'S JUNE 21 MEETING WITH TRADE [...] (sbu) Summary: A/USTR Novelli discussed the President's MEFTA plans, US-Jordan FTA follow-up, and QIZ's with Trade Minister Salah Eddin al Bashir in a June 21 meeting on the margins of the World Economic Forum at the Dead Sea. Novelli and Bashir also discussed the possibility of expeditious [...]	2003-06-26 12:32:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV IS JO
03AMMAN3863	JIPA Rolls Out Plans for Intellectual Property [...] (U) The Jordanian Intellectual Property Association (JIPA) announced at a June 25 fund-raising breakfast plans for its upcoming Intellectual Property Week (IP Week) to be held in Amman, Jordan on August 11-14, 2003. The weeklong workshop is the first of its kind in the region and JIPA hopes t [...]	2003-06-29 06:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD EINV JO
03AMMAN3931	OIL AND JOBS FOR JORDAN: AMERICAN FIRM HAS BIG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Washington Group International (WGI) executives updated post on lurching, but continuing, progress on the commissioning of a magnesium oxide plant for the Arab Potash Company (APC) and shared ideas on proposed energy synergies that could result in significant cost savings and j [...]	2003-06-30 13:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ENRG JO
03AMMAN3947	IRAQI BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN JORDAN MEETS CPA [...] (SBU) Summary. In a meeting with CPA advisors visiting Jordan, a group of Amman-based Iraqi business people said that they controlled substantial capital and technical resources that they wanted to contribute to the reconstruction of Iraq. In order to facilitate communication with the auth [...]	2003-07-01 05:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV PINR IZ JO
03AMMAN3988	OPIC SOVEREIGN DEBT FACILITY FOR JORDAN [...] (SBU) Citibank Jordan General Manager Suhair Al-Ali told ECON/C July 1 that Citigroup had scheduled a July 13 presentation to Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb on the proposed use in Jordan of OPIC's new "Non-Honoring of Sovereign Guarantee Insurance" facility. She hoped that an OPIC official [...]	2003-07-01 14:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV JO
03AMMAN3991	Secretary Powell/Trade Rep Zoellick Discuss [...] (SBU) King Abdullah convened a breakfast meeting June 23 with Secretary Powell and Trade Representative Zoellick at the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Jordan to discuss the President's Middle East free trade initiative with the heads of Arab delegations to the WEF. Participating Arab m [...]	2003-07-01 14:41:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV JO XF
03AMMAN4029	PALESTINIAN BUSINESS GROUP VENTS FRUSTRATION [...] (U) Summary. Under Secretary of Treasury John Taylor and Under Secretary of Commerce Grant Aldonas met with a group of Palestinian business leaders on the margins of the World Economic Forum on June 21, 2003 (attendees list at end of cable). The business leaders discussed their skepticism [...]	2003-07-03 07:07:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ECPS JO IS IZ
03AMMAN4416	GOJ RECEPTIVE TO OPIC SOVEREIGN DEBT FACILITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: OPIC Director for Insurance for Africa and the Middle East Jim Williams and Citibank executives met with King Abdullah, GOJ officials, and representatives of Bechtel July 13 to discuss potential OPIC support for a variety of infrastructure projects in Jordan. While a number of [...]	2003-07-17 09:47:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN EINV JO
03AMMAN4503	AL TAJAMMOUAT QIZ PLANS BIRTHDAY BASH, U.S. [...] (u) Al Tajammouat QIZ park manager Halim Salfiti is planning in September to commemorate four years of successful QIZ activity at his industrial park. The event will highlight Tajammouat's success at bringing in investment and creating local jobs, and will formally inaugurate the "village w [...]	2003-07-22 06:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV JO
03AMMAN4535	USG PERSONNEL DISADVANTAGED BY AMMAN-BAGHDAD AIR [...] ACTION RECOMMENDATION AT PARA 6. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Personnel from various U.S. and other governments' agencies have expressed concern over a shortage of capacity on flights into and out of Baghdad via Amman. Restrictions on the use of the two carriers currently operating under CPA mandate [...]	2003-07-23 07:52:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD EINV JO
03AMMAN4588	IRAQI MOBILE TENDER CONFERENCE SET FOR AMMAN [...] Action recommendation at paragraph 4. 2. (U) The Coalition Provisional Authority of Iraq (CPA) announced July 21 that a bidders' conference for companies with an interest in a recently-issued mobile telecom services tender in Iraq would be held in Amman July 31. The tender, which will be [...]	2003-07-24 13:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EINV ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN4929	JORDAN: 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT SINCE KING ABDULLAH SUCCEEDED TO THE THRONE IN 1999, JORDAN HAS TAKEN STEPS TO ENCOURAGE FOREIGN INVESTMENT. KEY REFORMS HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN IN THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, TOURISM, AND SERVICES SECTORS. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC INVESTMENT LAWS GRANT SPECIFIC IN [...]	2003-08-06 07:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB KIDE EFIN ECON ETRD JO OPIC
03AMMAN5890	TRAVEL TO IRAQ FROM JORDAN: NEW HACC CHARTER [...] (U) Post has received multiple inquiries about travel to Iraq by way of Jordan, and is in planning stages for the creation of a logistics center to assist USG personnel transiting Jordan en route to Iraq. As this logistics center is not yet operational, the Embassy wishes to supply he Departm [...]	2003-09-13 08:39:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD EINV JO
03AMMAN6506	JORDAN: EMBASSY COMMENTS ON OPIC APPLICATION [...] (U) As requested in a memorandum dated September 23, 2003 from OPIC Applications Officer Sharon Williams, the Embassy has reviewed the application for up to $300 million in OPIC Political Risk Investment Insurance for an "Aqaba Special Economic Zone" project that was submitted to OPIC by Cit [...]	2003-10-09 18:02:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV JO
03AMMAN6621	OIL, GAS, AND ELECTRICITY FOR IRAQ: ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordanian Minister of Energy Mohammed Bataineh told DCM on October 14 that little progress beyond statements of principle has been made in talks on the provision of Iraqi oil to Jordan. He expressed pride at the completion of the first phase of the Egypt-Jordan gas pipeline and [...]	2003-10-16 16:11:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETRD EINV JO
03AMMAN6945	JORDAN: LEADING U.S. INVESTOR RUNS INTO MORE [...] (SBU) Summary. The largest U.S. investor in Jordan, the Albemarle Company of Richmond, Virginia, is "heartbroken" by the GOJ's October 15 sale of 50% of its stake in the Arab Potash Company -- Albemarle's joint venture partner in the Jordan Bromine Company -- to the Potash Corporation of Sa [...]	2003-10-28 14:52:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV JO
03AMMAN7292	JORDAN QIZ UPDATE - BUFFETED BUT UNBOWED, THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Hit hard by unpredictable delays in delivery of fabric inputs through congested Aqaba port and even less-predictable Israeli port and customs bottlenecks, Jordan's Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs) nonetheless continue to outperform last year's record export volumes. Governm [...]	2003-11-06 15:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ELAB EAID IS IZ JO
03AMMAN7299	NEW ENERGY MINISTER ADDRESSES OIL SUPPLY ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Newly appointed Jordanian Minister of Energy Azmi Khreisat told the Ambassador on November 5 that Jordan has agreed to purchase three million barrels of Iraqi oil before the end of the year. He expressed optimism about the six-nation power grid initiative and the Egyptian gas pip [...]	2003-11-06 18:00:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PREL JO IZ
03AMMAN7392	THIRD (OR FOURTH?) MOBILE LICENSE TENDER PROVOKES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) has announced a tender for what is being billed as a third mobile telephony license in anticipation of the January 1, 2004 end of the current mobile telephony duopoly under its WTO obligations. The tender has provoked unfa [...]	2003-11-13 10:19:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINV JO
03AMMAN7579	GOOD VIBES AT IRAQI MOH BRIEFING FOR BIG PHRMA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministry of Health (IMoH) will take over the importation of pharmaceuticals from the World Health Organization (WHO) by the end of November, and the IMoH drug formulary will be complete by early December. IMoH welcomes advice from PhRMA on the restructuring of Kimadia [...]	2003-11-20 17:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV JO IZ
03AMMAN7647	IRAQ MOT, RJ, AND BOEING MOVE FORWARD ON NEW IRAQI [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministry of Transport (IMOT) is moving ahead on a proposal to replace defunct Iraqi Airways with a new Iraqi airline that will be majority-owned by private Iraqi investors, managed by Royal Jordanian Airways (RJ),and receive assistance from Boeing. The proposed new air [...]	2003-11-23 15:48:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EINV JO IZ
03AMMAN765	JORDAN'S AMCHAM PLANS 2003 PROGRAM [...] (u) With the regional outlook uncertain for the coming months, the Board of Directors of JABA, Jordan's AmCham, have restructured their event planning for 2003. They are shifting more of their events to late in the year and planning more trips to the U.S. in an effort to keep momentum going [...]	2003-02-04 12:05:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV BEXP JO
03AMMAN793	CBJ TAKES ACTION AS LOAN SCANDAL WINDS DOWN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the wake of last year's "Shemailah" banking scandal involving unsecured bad loans by three Jordanian banks (REF B),the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) has assumed management of the two banks most weakened by the losses. The move signals a determination by the CBJ to use newl [...]	2003-02-05 13:17:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV JO
03AMMAN7989	RJ FINALIZES CODESHARE WITH AMERICA WEST, BUT [...] (SBU) On December 6, Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJ) finalized a memorandum of understanding with America West Airlines (AW) providing for a codeshare arrangement between RJ flights originating/ending in New York (Kennedy) and Chicago (O'Hare) and connecting AW flights going to Phoenix and Las V [...]	2003-12-09 16:44:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV JO IZ
03ANKARA1015	TURKEY: DEMARCHE ON SWITZERLAND'S PROPOSED [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-11 08:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1390	GOT PRESSES BOT COMPANIES TO CUT PRICES [...] (C) Summary: Energy Minister Guler has asked the BOT projects to cut their electricity tariffs, which are set in the companies, contracts with the Ministry of Energy (MENR). The BOTs, which include U.S.-owned companies Trakya Elektrik (Enron) and Doga Enerji (Edison Mission),have informed th [...]	2003-03-04 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1473	AMBASSADOR RAISES FOREIGN INVESTMENT ISSUES WITH [...] (SBU) AMB paid an office call on Finance Minister Kemal Unakitan March 7 largely to discuss the status of the 2003 budget (septel). AMB also raised the need to improve the foreign investment climate in Turkey, and wanted to cite several examples. 2. (SBU) AMB said the Citibank General [...]	2003-03-07 12:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1623	TURKEY STILL STRUGGLING TO IMPROVE INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Treasury Director General for Foreign Investments Melek Us told us March 13 that the lack of high-level direction over the past several months has stymied the bureaucracy's ability to take decisions needed to improve the foreign investment environment. The government has subm [...]	2003-03-13 15:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON PGOV TU
03ANKARA2498	NO ENDORSEMENT OF OPIC FINANCE APPLICATION FOR [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-16 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PARM PREL TU EINV IZ

03ANKARA2914	AK REVIVES PLANS TO SELL STATE LANDS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PM ERDOGAN ANNOUNCED RECENTLY THAT THE GOT IS PLANNING TO REALIZE BETWEEN $25-30 BILLION IN NEW REVENUE FROM THE SALE OF STATE-OWNED "FOREST LAND," MUCH OF IT TREELESS SUBURBAN SQUATTER SETTLEMENTS. THE OPPOSITION CHP AND SEVERAL NGOS CRITICIZED THE PROPOSAL, AND PRESIDENT SEZ [...]	2003-05-06 04:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV TU
03ANKARA2953	UPDATE ON BOT COMPANIES IN TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Energy Minister Guler is continuing to pressure the BOT projects to cut their electricity tariffs, threatening parliamentary investigations or legal troubles if they do not. The BOTs, which include U.S.-owned companies Trakya Elektrik (Enron) and Doga Enerji (Edison Mission),ha [...]	2003-05-07 07:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA3288	Readout on FM Gul's Visit to Bulgaria: Energy [...] (SBU) Summary: MFA characterized FM Gul's recent visit to Bulgaria as a success. Turkish investment in Bulgaria and trade in energy were key subjects of discussion during the Gul visit. MFA told us that the agreement to buy electricity from Bulgaria may not be commercially sensible for Turk [...]	2003-05-20 13:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ENRG EINV BG TU
03ANKARA343	GOT ANNOUNCES 2003 PRIVATIZATION [...] SUMMARY: DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SENER ANNOUNCED JANUARY 13 THE 2003 PRIVATIZATION PROGRAM, ADOPTED EARLIER BY THE HIGHER PRIVATIZATION COUNCIL. IT SETS AN AMBITIOUS TARGET OF $4 BILLION IN PRIVATIZATION REVENUE. IT INCLUDES FOUR MAJOR STATE ENTERPRISES - PETKIM (PETROCHEMICALS),TEKEL (TOBAC [...]	2003-01-15 04:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG TU
03ANKARA3815	TURKEY ECONOMIC UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The increasing likelihood of a delay beyond end-June in the Fifth Review under Turkey's IMF program so far has not dampened the relatively buoyant mood in the markets, as the lira continues to trade strongly against the dollar. The Central Bank intervened again this week, to [...]	2003-06-12 13:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV PGOV TU
03ANKARA3916	FIFTH REVIEW DELAY RAISES NEW CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF Resident Representative Odd Per Brekk indicated to us today that, even with speedy conclusion of the GOT's letter of intent, the IMF's fifth review "cannot" be completed by the end of June, bringing into full play tough end-of-June performance targets. Benign markets stem [...]	2003-06-18 04:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV PGOV TU
03ANKARA3976	UPDATE ON BOT COMPANIES [...] (SBU) Summary: President of the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) Yusuf Gunay told EconCouns June 17 that EMRA was working on a response to the recent letter from the export credit agencies regarding the BOT contracts (reftel). The U.S. BOT companies, Trakya Elektrik (Enron) and Doga [...]	2003-06-20 05:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA4074	TURKISH MARKETS SOFTEN AS IMF CONCERNS RE-EMERGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish markets have softened in recent days on worries about delays in completion of the IMF program's fifth review. Two leading brokerages (JPMorgan and Merrill Lynch) reduced their exposure to Turkish assets in their models, citing IMF worries. Some progress has been regis [...]	2003-06-26 03:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV TU
03ANKARA416	THE AK GOVERNMENT'S DOMESTIC ENERGY STRATEGY: [...] (C) Summary and comment: Two months into its administration, the AK Government has not yet clearly defined its domestic energy strategy, except to announce general support for liberalization and its desire to decrease electricity prices. Although the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) [...]	2003-01-16 13:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA4180	MARKET FIRMS ON Q1 GROWTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish markets rebounded on July 1, helped by strong growth figures for the first quarter and a perception that relations with both the U.S. and IMF are on a positive track, following announcements of both a July 9 IMF mission and FM Gul's impending visit to Washington. The T [...]	2003-07-02 04:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV TU
03ANKARA4358	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON ENERGY MINISTER GULER [...] (SBU) Summary: In his July 9 farewell call on Energy Minister Guler, Ambassador highlighted the importance of continued cooperation in developing the East-West Energy Corridor and stressed that Turkey's ability to attract foreign investment into its domestic energy market will depend heavil [...]	2003-07-11 07:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV PREL TU
03ANKARA4387	20032 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY [...] OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT Turkey has been pursuing liberal and outward-oriented economic policies since the mid-1980s. The Government of Turkey (GOT) views foreign direct investment as vital to the country's economic development and prosperity. Accordingly, on paper Turkey has one o [...]	2003-07-12 04:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB EFIN TU
03ANKARA4424	Ambassador's Meeting with DPM Sener on Economic [...] (SBU) Summary: In his farewell call on Deputy Prime Minister Sener on July 10, the Ambassador encouraged the GOT to stick with the economic reform program, emphasizing anti- corruption and other measures which would help boost foreign direct investment. The Ambassador also highlighted the ne [...]	2003-07-14 14:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PREL TU
03ANKARA4489	Delivery of Treasury Letter on Iraqi Assets and [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-17 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PREL TU
03ANKARA4528	PRIVATIZATION CHIEF SAYS SALES ARE MOVING FORWARD [...] (SBU) Summary: New Privatization Administration (PA) President Metin Kilci says strong political support is enabling him to proceed with long-delayed privatizations. The Higher Privatization Council's approval of the controversial sale of Petkim to the Uzan family was an important step forward [...]	2003-07-18 13:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA4545	2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY - [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-21 08:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB EFIN TU
03ANKARA4546	2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY - [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-21 08:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB EFIN TU
03ANKARA4547	2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY - [...] OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT The Government of Turkey (GOT) views foreign direct investment as vital to the country's economic development and prosperity. Accordingly, Turkey has one of the most liberal legal regimes for FDI in the OECD. With the exception of some sectors (see below),[...]	2003-07-21 08:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB EFIN TU
03ANKARA4548	2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY - [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-21 08:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB EFIN TU
03ANKARA4692	LITTLE PROGRESS ON RESOLVING BOT AND CARGILL/ADM [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish authorities are making little if any progress toward resolving the investment disputes involving U.S. power generation and starch-based sweetener companies. The BOT issue is being held up in part due to disagreements between the Energy Ministry and the Energy Market R [...]	2003-07-24 12:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL TU
03ANKARA5314	GETTING THE MOST OUT OF THE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy recommends an ambitious agenda for the next Economic Partnership Commission meeting, tentatively slated for October, as a way to advance our economic agenda with Turkey and bolster the broader bilateral relationship. We suggest sessions on economic reform, foreign dir [...]	2003-08-20 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV PREL ENRG TU
03ANKARA5641	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER BABACAN [...] (C) Summary: In a September 3 courtesy call, Ambassador urged State Minister Babacan to wrap up talks on the U.S. financial package quickly, stick to the economic reform program, and take concrete steps to resolve problems facing U.S. investors. Babacan said he had instructed his staff to c [...]	2003-09-05 13:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV EAID PREL TU
03ANKARA5646	A POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO THE BOT ISSUE? [...] (SBU) Summary: An Enron executive says a "trial balloon" floated by the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) has the potential to lead to a solution to the dispute between the GOT and BOT power generating companies over pricing and other contractual issues. The idea would be for EMRA to [...]	2003-09-05 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG EFIN TU
03ANKARA5757	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MINISTER OF FINANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN HIS FIRST MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER UNAKITAN, THE AMBASSADOR EXPRESSED HIS VIEW THAT TURKEY HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD ON RECENT GOOD NEWS BY ACCELERATING REFORMS AND RESOLVING INVESTMENT DISPUTES. THE FINANCE MINISTER CLAIMED THE GOT WAS STRONGLY COMMITTED TO REFO [...]	2003-09-11 07:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV PREL TU
03ANKARA5850	Ambassador's Meeting with TOBB President Rifat [...] (SBU) In the Ambassador's first call on Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (Turkish acronym TOBB) President Rifat Hisarciklioglu, the two sides discussed Iraq reconstruction, economic reform, the upcoming Economic Partnership Commission meeting, and investment climate issues. H [...]	2003-09-16 07:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA5879	Cargill and ADM Move a Step Closer to Higher Sugar [...] (SBU) Summary: A key GOT board has recommended increasing the quota for corn syrup producers to 15 percent of the total sugar quota, which, if implemented, will help Cargill and ADM/TateLyle avoid production losses on their massive investments in Turkey. Although the sugar beet industry is p [...]	2003-09-17 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EAGR TU
03ANKARA5967	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY PM SENER [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Eric Edelman reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary: In a first meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy PM Sener seemed open to helping the U.S. with companies' problems in Turkey. In reply to the Ambassador's caution against complacency on the reform program, [...]	2003-09-22 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV PREL PTER EFIN TU IZ
03ANKARA6165	PRIVATIZATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. After years of slow motion on privatization, IMF conditions and the AK government,s more business-oriented approach seems to have led to a decisive phase in Turkey,s privatization program. How serious the GOT has become will be known by the end of the year, by when three of t [...]	2003-10-02 04:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA6199	MEETING WITH TREASURY U/S CANAKCI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN A MEETING WITH ECONOFFS, TURKISH TREASURY U/S CANAKCI DESCRIBED THE STILL-EARLY STATE OF PLAY WITH THE IMF SIXTH REVIEW MISSION. CANAKCI CLAIMED THE GOT WAS ON TRACK TO MEET OR GET CLOSE TO END-YEAR INFLATION, GROWTH AND FISCAL TARGETS. HE WAS ALSO OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ACHIEVING [...]	2003-10-02 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID EINV PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA6390	INVESTMENT DISPUTES: PROGRESS FOR CARGILL/ADM, [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOT announced October 9 that it will will increase the quota for non-sugar sweetener producers to 15 percent of the total sugar quota for the year that began September 1, which means Cargill and ADM can avoid potentially ruinous production cuts. Cargill, however, is still [...]	2003-10-10 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECPS ETRD PGOV TU
03ANKARA6423	BOT PROBLEMS STILL UNRESOLVED [...] (SBU) According to representatives from Enron and Doga (Edison Mission),the Turkish government is making no serious effort to resolve BOT problems, and the Energy Ministry (MENR) and Energy Market Regulaory Authority (EMRA) remain at odds on how to proceed. Enron's lawyer recently told EconC [...]	2003-10-15 07:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA6530	MFA on Economic Partnership Commission Agenda, [...] (SBU) At an October 15 meeting with MFA on the upcoming Economic Partnership Commission (EPC) meeting, we suggested that both sides to focus on achieving progress on investment issues. MFA acknowledged that it was making preparations on investment issues, and suggested that the EPC include tw [...]	2003-10-17 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL ETRD EINV ENRG TU
03ANKARA6538	GAS MARKET UPDATE FROM EMRA AND BOTAS [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkey's ambitious program to liberalize and privatize its natural gas market has stalled. The Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) told us that it has completed the necessary secondary regulations for the implementation of the Natural Gas Law and has already issued 32 l [...]	2003-10-17 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ENRG PREL TU
03ANKARA6554	LATEST NEWS ON 2003 AND 2004 PRIVATIZATION AND [...] (SBU) Summary. President of the Privatization Authority (PA) and Treasury Undersecretariat Director General for State Economic Enterprises updated Econoffs on the progress of the 2003 privatization and workforce reduction programs and expectations for 2004. The 2003 privatization program app [...]	2003-10-20 10:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV TU EINV
03ANKARA6568	AMBASSADOR AND STATE MINISTER TUZMEN DISCUSS TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: The highlight of the Ambassador's October 14 call on State Minister Kursad Tuzmen was that -- for the first time in living memory -- Tuzmen did not push for U.S. lifting of textile quotas, saying the strong lira meant Turkish exporters could not even fill existing quotas. Tuz [...]	2003-10-21 05:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL EINV TU IZ IR
03ANKARA6612	GOT DECIDES TO TAKE OVER BOT COMPANIES [...] (SBU) Summary. The longstanding disputes between Build Operate Transfer (BOT) electricity generation plants and the Turkish government may have reached a new level due to the government's apparent decision to take over these facilities on what appears to be the presumption of corruption. Ac [...]	2003-10-22 12:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA6696	ENERGY MINISTRY DENIES BOT TAKEOVER PLANS [...] (SBU) Energy Minister Guler issued a statement denying the GOT would consider seizing BOTs, but continuing to pressure companies over high electricity prices. Separately, in a meeting with Econoffs, the Energy Ministry Undersecretary took a similar line. The ENRON BOT told Post it has yet t [...]	2003-10-24 13:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA6906	MFA Requests More on Iraq Issues at Economic [...] (SBU) MFA's only substantive comment on our draft Economic Partnership Commission (EPC) agenda was that Iraq economic issues merit a separate session on the agenda. The Turkish side does not expect its companies to gain Iraq reconstruction subcontracts at this meeting, but views the opportuni [...]	2003-11-05 11:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL ETRD EINV ENRG TU
03ANKARA7051	PRIVATIZATION UPDATE: UPDATE: ONE STEP FORWARD, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Turkish government has canceled the privatization of Tekel,s tobacco operations, because bids submitted were far lower than expected. Though the cancellation is a blow to the privatization program, the government did accept the high bid for the smaller alcohol side of Tekel [...]	2003-11-13 06:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV TU
03ANKARA7103	ENRON'S RESPONSE TO BOT PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) Summary. ENRON's lawyer has forwarded a proposal to AK Party Vice-Chair Reha Denemec in an attempt to reach a compromise with the Ministry of Energy (MENR) over its BOT project. ENRON continues to demand an unconditional license and appears anxious to resolve the dispute over electrici [...]	2003-11-14 14:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA7113	GOT CLAIMS VESSEL TRAFFIC SYSTEM NOT FULLY [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkish Maritime Undersecretariat officials told us that the testing phase of the Vessel Traffic System (VTS) in the Istanbul area would have to be extended beyond the end-October deadline due to technical problems. Turkish Coastal Safety and Ship Rescue Management Director G [...]	2003-11-14 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA7115	AMBASSADOR-ZIYAL MEETING ON IRAQ, REGIONAL ISSUES, [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Eric Edelman for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). Summary ------- 2. (C) At their November 13 meeting, MFA Undersecretary Ugur Ziyal told the Ambassador that the GOT wanted to engage the USG on regional issues, particularly Iraq. Ziyal maintained that the USG a [...]	2003-11-14 15:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL ETRD IZ KIPR TU EINV
03ANKARA7180	DOGA ENERGY'S RESPONSE TO BOT PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) Summary. DOGA Energy sent a letter to us explaining how it has responded to speculative reports attributed to GOT sources about alleged corruption in the DOGA Energy BOT Project. DOGA contends that the contracts were vetted and approved by the relevant GOT authorities. The main source [...]	2003-11-18 15:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA7311	SCENESETTER FOR THE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: A successful EPC will help our efforts to strengthen a bilateral relationship that has been through difficult times this year. Two developments -- the still-fragile recovery of the Turkish economy, and the development of economic opportunities in Iraq -- should create opportuni [...]	2003-11-24 08:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EFIN EINV TU
03ANKARA7442	ENERGY REGULATOR PESSIMISTIC ABOUT REFORM [...] (C) Summary. EconCouns met with Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) President Yusuf Gunay for an update on energy issues, including the pending Petroleum Law, electricity market reform, gas market reform, and Build-Operate-Transfer disputes. Gunay had mixed feelings about the Petrole [...]	2003-12-04 11:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA7777	DRAFT NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-19 11:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EFIN ECON KIPR TU
03ANKARA7785	AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH FINANCE AND ECONOMY [...] (Sbu) Summary: In December 17 meetings with Economy Minister Babacan and Finance Minister Unakitan, the Ambassador stressed the need for continued fiscal discipline, structural reform and resolution of foreign investment disputes. Both Ministers reconfirmed the GOT's commitment to continue ec [...]	2003-12-19 11:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV EIND PGOV KIPR TU
03ANKARA7790	Economic Partnership Commission: Comment on [...] (U) This is an action cable. See paras 13 and 14. Summary/Introduction -------------------- 2. (SBU) Washington's draft EPC action plan can help build a stronger bilateral economic and commercial relationship with Turkey on economic reform, investment, trade, energy and regional iss [...]	2003-12-19 13:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL ETRD EINV ENRG BEXP KIPR TU IZ
03BRASILIA2407	PENSION REFORM: GOB VEERS, TACKS, TAKES ON WATER [...] (U) Lula's crucial pension-reform bill was approved by the Chamber of Deputies special committee on July 23 -- but only after undergoing political buffets and a perhaps fateful overhaul. In a fundamental about-face, the GoB has accepted that all current public-sector employees will remain elig [...]	2003-07-31 10:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV BR
03BRASILIA2546	Central Bank Eases Reserve Requirement [...] The Central Bank (CB) on Friday August 8 reduced its reserve requirement on banks' demand deposits from 60 to 45%. That requirement thus reverts to what had been its long-term level from June 2000 until the CB raised it in February of this year, at the peak of Brazil's recent inflation uncert [...]	2003-08-11 10:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV BR
03BRASILIA2859	MINISTER ROUSSEFF EXPLAINS NEW ENERGY MODEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Mines and Energy Minister Rousseff and Vice Minister Tolmasquim have provided EmbOffs a two-hour presentation of Brazil's new energy model. The Minister summed up the new model as re-establishing the concept of public service as the sector's prevalent principle. It aspires [...]	2003-09-04 12:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV ECON BR
03BRASILIA2889	Tax Reform: GoB Passes Its Latest Legislative Test [...] SUMMARY: Lula's administration has recorded its latest key legislative win, with the Chamber of Deputies' 378-53 approval of the GoB tax-reform bill on September 4. In so doing, the GoB was compelled to make some relatively minor extra concessions to Brazil's governors. All observers predi [...]	2003-09-08 10:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EIND EINV PGOV BR
03BRASILIA3043	Brazil: Build-Up to Possible Follow-On IMF Agreement [...] (SBU) IMF ResRep Zandamela told us September 16 that the crux of any follow-on IMF program for Brazil after its current one expires this December will be whether the two sides can devise a mutually satisfactory formula stipulating that the GoB may only use its IMF funds with the IMF's explicit [...]	2003-09-19 16:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EIND EINV PGOV BR
03BRASILIA3122	NEW DECREE TO FACILITATE IMPORTATION OF COPIED DRUGS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GoB has taken its latest step in laying the legal groundwork necessary to import copied versions of patented pharmaceuticals. President Lula signed a decree on September 4 revising the implementation of Article 71 of Brazil's 1996 patent law, which governs the granting of co [...]	2003-09-26 19:37:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD PGOV ECON EINV SOCI BR
03BRASILIA3124	BRAZIL: NO POST-CANCUN REGRETS OR SECOND THOUGHTS [...] (U) All public and official signs are that the GoB still feels solid self-satisfaction over its performance at Cancun. It displays zero compunction over Cancun's collapse or the possible damage to the WTO's future, while reaffirming that the WTO remains the planet's indispensable multi-lateral [...]	2003-09-26 19:51:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL EFIN ECON EINV BR FTAA
03BRASILIA3405	GOB TAKES STEPS TO REDEFINE REGULATORS, STATUS [...] (U) SUMMARY: A GoB draft bill aims to better demarcate the powers and responsibilities of Brazil,s nine federal regulatory agencies. The most material change would shift authority for awarding and monitoring concessions from the agencies to the corresponding GoB Ministries. The bill,s main [...]	2003-10-22 14:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV EWWT ECPS ECON BR
03BRASILIA3682	BRAZIL'S PROSPECTS FOR A RETURN TO ECONOMIC GROWTH [...] SUMMARY. Brazil's government, economists and media all now voice expectation of forthcoming relative economic relief. Hardly anyone dissents from the forecast of 3/3.5% GDP growth in 2004. Optimists suggest a parallel with 2000, when Brazil's GDP grew 4.4% after the previous year's 0.7%, des [...]	2003-11-18 13:44:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB PHUM PREL EINV SOCI BR
03BRASILIA3773	MORE DOUBTS ABOUT ENERGY INVESTMENT IN BRAZIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A visiting OPIC/private sector delegation found scant reassurance about Brazil's New Energy Model or investing in Brazil's energy sector during November 19 meetings with Brazil's energy regulatory agency (ANEEL) and the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME). ANEEL's Superintend [...]	2003-11-28 09:11:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV ECON BR
03BRASILIA3813	BRAZIL: MORE BUZZING AT BNDES [...] Brazil's National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) remains in media focus, with totally divergent forecasts as to the fate of its leftist Lula- appointee President, Carlos Lessa. Lessa last week flaunted his lack of remorse over the maverick actions and comments which had rai [...]	2003-12-03 09:57:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV EIND ETRD EAGR PGOV SOCI BR
03BRASILIA3910	LULA'S PENSION REFORM PASSES. WHEN'S THE NEXT ONE? [...] After seven-plus months of legislative tussle, Lula's pension-reform bill passed its required second Senate floor vote on December 11 by 51 votes to 24, two votes over the minimum 49 (three-fifths) required. The twelve votes of opposition-party PSDB and PFL senators -- spurred by the fiscal [...]	2003-12-12 18:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV EINV SOCI BR
03BRASILIA3942	PRESIDENT LULA ANNOUNCES BRAZIL'S NEW ENERGY MODEL [...] President Lula announced Brazil's new energy model and signed the provisional measures (MP) to implement it on December 11. The MP was published in the Official Daily of the Union December 12. The GoB had long reiterated its intent to introduce the model before year's end, but there was dou [...]	2003-12-17 17:22:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV ECON BR
03BRASILIA3953	LULA'S TAX REFORM PASSES: WHAT IT LEAVES TO BE [...] LULA'S TAX-REFORM BILL PASSED ITS SECOND SENATE VOTE ON DECEMBER 17 BY 64 VOTES TO FIVE AND WILL BECOME LAW WHEN PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE ON DECEMBER 22. HAVING ALREADY GAINED PASSAGE OF HIS PENSION REFORM BILL LAST WEEK (REF A),LULA HAS THUS ACHIEVED HIS TOP TWIN LEGISLATIVE PRIOR [...]	2003-12-18 14:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV EINV SOCI BR
03BRASILIA3982	BRAZIL: UPDATES TO 2003 NTE [...] Per Ref A, this cable transmits post's draft of the 2003 NTE. A separate copy is being emailed directly to USTR (Cronin and Blue). IMPORT POLICIES Brazil's arithmetic average applied tariff was an estimated 11.5 percent in 2003. Brazil currently maintains no applied tariff rates in exce [...]	2003-12-23 14:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIN ECON EINV PGOV BR
03BRASILIA80	BRAZIL'S PENSION ("PREVIDENCIA") PROBLEM: A BASIC [...] Lula's GoB is set to tackle the abysmal fiscal problem of Brazil's pension system (current budget drain: five-plus percent of GDP.) Of that system's total deficit in 2002, its three million public-sector pensioners accounted for Rs 53 billion; its 20.8 million private sector retirees for just [...]	2003-01-09 09:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PGOV ECON EINV SOCI BR
03COLOMBO1027	FY 2003 TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY [...] Post response for Maldives to reftel survey request follows: a. Does host government publish national budget in a timely manner? 1 - Does not publish, or publishes with significant delay (three years or more) 2 - Yes, with some delay (one year or more) 3 - Yes, with minimum delay (under [...]	2003-06-12 10:34:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	AA AMGT EAID EFIN EINV EPET ETRD MV ECPN
03COLOMBO106	SRI LANKA'S LABOR RECORD MERITS RETAINING GSP [...] (SBU) Summary: Though the GSL does need to improve its handling of certain labor-related issues, it also has some of the best labor conditions in the region. The AFL-CIO petition to lift GSP privileges from Sri Lanka focuses on the one main area - union access in the Export Processing Zones ( [...]	2003-01-21 09:28:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON EINV CE USTR ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1161	FTA'S DOMINATE SRI LANKA'S TRADE POLICY [...] Summary: The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) is in the process of developing a coherent trade policy, focused on increasing market access for Sri Lankan goods through free trade agreements. Two US Representatives who recently were in Sri Lanka on a private visit sponsored by a local business [...]	2003-07-03 11:03:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1214	Mission requests status of Iraqi Mission in [...] This is an Action Request. Please see Para 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a July 9 meeting with Charge, MFA Acting Foreign Secretary (and former DCM at the Sri Lankan Mission in Washington) JDA Wijewardena expressed concern that the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) in Baghdad was planni [...]	2003-07-11 06:05:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EINV CE IZ IN
03COLOMBO1389	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2003 FOR SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-11 07:10:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	CE ECONOMICS EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV
03COLOMBO1478	Sri Lanka Country Commercial Guide, FY 2004 [...] Below is the Executive Summary of the Sri Lanka Country Commercial Guide, FY 2004. Per reftel, Post has sent the entire text of the Guide to Washington agencies, and will be uploading the guide to CS intranet soon. BEGIN TEXT. Country Commercial Guide Sri Lanka Fiscal Year 2004 [...]	2003-08-25 09:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV BEXP CE OPIC ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1540	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR MALDIVES, [...] The following is the 2004 Investment Climate Statement for the Republic of Maldives. This statement will be included in the Post's FY 2004 Maldives Country Commercial to be sent separately. Begin text. INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT MALDIVES, SEPTEMBER 2003. Openness to Foreign Investm [...]	2003-09-05 05:40:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV MV OPIC ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1684	Ambassador Lunstead presents credentials to [...] (C) The Ambassador, accompanied by the Deputy Chief of Mission, called on President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga on the evening of September 26 at her official residence to present his credentials. In a very brief ceremony (according to Sri Lankan practice, no formal remarks were made [...]	2003-09-29 07:38:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EINV US CE LTTE
03COLOMBO1708	Key Muslim Minister discusses peace process [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met September 30 with Rauf Hakeem, Muslim party leader and Minister of Ports and Shipping. Asked for his views regarding the peace process, Hakeem expressed his concern over the Tigers' absence from the negotiating table and their apparent efforts to marginalize [...]	2003-10-01 11:05:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI EINV CE LTTE
03COLOMBO1883	CONTENTIOUS LABOR DISPUTE RESOLVED IN EXPORT [...] Summary: A controversial labor dispute at an export processing zone (EPZ) garment factory producing for international labels, which drew international attention, was resolved recently. The US-based Free Labor Association (FLA) and a local independent public policy institution intervened to [...]	2003-11-03 06:26:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON EAID EINV KTEX CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO336	SRI LANKA: MISSION ASSISTANCE TO US [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-28 03:57:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BBSR ECON ETRD EINV CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO495	SRI LANKA: ECONOMIC GULF BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: The economic gulf between northern and southern Sri Lanka, formed over two decades of conflict, is poised to widen in the coming years. Sri Lanka, though nominally a united nation, is in fact divided on multiple fronts - political, military, social and economic. Since the form [...]	2003-03-25 09:44:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PTER EINV CE LTTE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO53	SRI LANKA'S PARLIAMENT PASSES GROUND-BREAKING [...] Summary: The Sri Lankan Parliament passed three important bills containing ground-breaking, and contentious, labor reforms on January 8. The bills contain new industrial dispute resolution and termination procedures. The legislation is expected to improve industrial relations by prompt and [...]	2003-01-09 11:15:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB EINV ETRD PGOV PHUM CE ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO747	FY 2003 TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY [...] Post response to reftel survey request follows. Post consulted IMF and WB rep offices in Colombo and Central Bank contacts in preparing this response. a. Does host government publish national budget in a timely manner? 1 - Does not publish, or publishes with significant delay (three year [...]	2003-05-05 10:18:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	AA AMGT EAID EFIN EINV EPET ETRD CE ECPN
03COLOMBO751	2003 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES: SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-06 06:11:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIDE EINV CE ECONOMICS
03HANOI1258	VIETNAM: P.L. 108-7 - Consolidated Appropriations [...] This cable was originally sent May 5, 2003 but encountered TERP transmission problems. Post apologizes for the delay. Responses to reftel questionnaire follow: a. Does host government publish national budget in a timely manner? 2 - Yes, with some delay (more than one year) b. Wher [...]	2003-05-22 10:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AA AMGT EAID ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD VM FINREF
03HANOI1437	VIETNAM: Ongoing evolution of the role of [...] (U) Summary: The gradual process of judicial reform and development of a "rule-of-law" state in Vietnam have contributed to the rise in the prominence of lawyers. The just-concluded Nam Cam trial (ref b) showcased pilot changes in court proceedings that are supposed to put defense attorney [...]	2003-06-11 08:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD EINV SOCI VM
03HANOI1559	VIETNAM: REORGANIZATION OF IPR AGENCIES - FUTURE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a move that has left Vietnamese IPR agencies, foreign donors, and trademark holders/seekers stunned and seriously concerned, the Government of Vietnam has decided to transfer the trademark function from the National Office of Industrial Property (NOIP) in the Ministry of Sc [...]	2003-06-20 10:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON KIPR VM IPROP
03HANOI1808	VIETNAM: 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-16 02:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	BTA ECON EINV ELAB ETRD FINREF KTBD OPIC VN
03HANOI1814	TRYING TO GET THE MOF BEYOND CENTRAL PLANNING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a July 11 meeting, the Ambassador urged the Ministry of Finance (MOF) to issue investment licenses to three U.S. insurance companies and to be ready to meet BTA obligations related to customs valuation that come due in December 2003. Ambassador also raised USG concerns over [...]	2003-07-16 09:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV EIND VM BTA WTO
03HANOI1918	U.S. JOINT VENTURE DISPUTE IN DAK LAK PROVINCE [...] (U) Summary. On July 24, Ambassador met with the Director of the Dak Lak Provincial Department of Planning and Investment (DPI) to discuss a joint venture dispute involving an American company, McCullagh International. Nhu admitted that the case could have a "negative impact on business inv [...]	2003-07-29 09:52:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ECON VM BTA
03HANOI199	VIETNAM: ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK - TYCO [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 21, 2003, the Vietnamese Supreme Court reversed a May 2002 landmark decision by the Ho Chi Minh City Economic Court that would have recognized an international arbitral award for the first time in that city. The Mission has been assisting Tyco Services Singapore sin [...]	2003-01-24 09:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ETRD VM
03HANOI208	VIETNAM: SON LA DAM APPROVED BY NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (U) SUMMARY: In December, the 11th National Assembly gave "final" approval for the long-planned construction of the Son La Dam and hydroelectric plant in northwest Vietnam. The planning phase for this project has spanned more than 30 years and has instigated one of the more lengthy and intere [...]	2003-01-27 09:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON SENV EINV EAID VM ETMIN
03HANOI2540	STORM OVER RESTRICTIVE AUTO COMPONENT TARIFFS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since last year the GVN has sought to develop Vietnam's auto industry by increasing the local content in domestically produced vehicles. Tax and tariff policy has been the main policy used to achieve this goal. Reps of foreign automakers with production in Vietnam believe the [...]	2003-10-02 08:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EIND EFIN EINV ECON VM
03HANOI2678	U.S. and Vietnam initial air services agreement [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: On October 9, the U.S. and Vietnam entered into a five-year air services agreement that, while maintaining some restrictions, contains many Open Skies provisions. The agreement will eventually allow three passenger carrie [...]	2003-10-21 02:37:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV PREL VM
03HANOI2795	Vietnam: Review of BTA Implementation [...] (U) December 10 will mark the second anniversary of the entry-into-force of the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA). Ensuring timely and effective implementation of the BTA remains a critical component of our economic relations with Vietnam. We continue to provide significant techni [...]	2003-10-31 08:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON EAID PREL VM IPROP BTA WTO
03HANOI386	Vietnam: Second Annual U.S.-Vietnam BTA Joint [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please protect accordingly. -------- OVERVIEW -------- 2. (SBU) Ensuring timely and effective implementation of the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) continues to be the centerpiece of our economic relations with Vietnam. The BTA continues [...]	2003-02-18 10:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON EAID PREL OVIP VM
03HANOI489	Vietnam: First Round of Bilateral Textile Talks [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: USTR Special Textile Negotiator David Spooner led a 10 person USG delegation to Hanoi to begin negotiation of a bilateral textile agreement. The negotiations, originally scheduled to take place February 19-21, were shortened by half because weather conditions i [...]	2003-02-28 09:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV KTEX VM LABOR
03HANOI688	Vietnam: Second Annual BTA Joint Committee [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED -- PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. 2. (SBU) Summary and Introduction: DUSTR Jon Huntsman led the U.S. delegation and Vice Minister of Trade Luong Van Tu headed the GVN side at the plenary session of the second annual meeting of the Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) [...]	2003-03-21 00:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON KIPR KTEX PREL VM
03HANOI710	VIETNAM: DUSTR HUNTSMAN MEETINGS-THE MANY TRACKS OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a visit to Hanoi in early March to chair the second annual U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) Joint Committee meeting (septel) and participate in the Asia Society Conference, DUSTR Jon Huntsman, accompanied by Ambassador Burghardt, met separately with Deputy P [...]	2003-03-24 08:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV EIND VM
03HANOI725	March 12-14 US-Vietnam Aviation Negotiations [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Substantial progress was made during civair negotiations March 12-14 with the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) on a limited bilateral aviation agreement. The Vietnamese accepted elements of the model U.S. O [...]	2003-03-25 07:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV PREL VM
03HARARE1070	Economy Slides Further [...] (SBU) Summary: Zimbabwe's free-falling economy has taken a turn for the worse. Fuel, electricity and even bank notes are becoming scarcer. Business leaders who laid hopes on the GOZ's economic reform process a few months ago are increasingly joining the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)' [...]	2003-05-29 14:00:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE1099	2003 INVESTMENT DISPUTE AND EXPROPRIATION REPORT - [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-02 15:02:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ECON KIDE KSPR EINV EFIN ZI
03HARARE1165	2003 INVESTMENT DISPUTE AND EXPROPRIATION REPORT - [...] Summary: This year's Expropriation Report updates some claimants detailed in the 2002 report, and adds some claimants whose property remains in limbo. As in last year's report, the only claimants are American citizen (Amcit) owners of Zimbabwean real estate, both farming property and rural/w [...]	2003-06-09 07:51:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ECON KIDE KSPR EINV EFIN ZI
03HARARE1503	Environmental Impact of the Current Crises on [...] Summary: This report, focusing on the status of wildlife in Zimbabwe, will be the first of several related reports on Zimbabwe's deteriorating environmental situation. The combination of land seizures, economic pressure, general lawlessness, and hunger have taken a heavy toll on Zimbabwe's w [...]	2003-07-25 07:54:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EINV ETRD SENV ZI
03HARARE1521	Banknote Shortage Still Acute [...] Summary: It has become exceedingly difficult to secure paper money in Zimbabwe. Bank lines stretch to several blocks, with angry account-holders occasionally resorting to violence. The GOZ is blaming the Reserve Bank, opposition party and several others, but taking no visible action to allev [...]	2003-07-28 11:39:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN ZI

03HARARE1547	Zimbabwe's Ailing Economy: Where It Stands [...] (SBU) Summary: The Zimbabwean economy has plummeted more than anyone thought possible, the curious tragedy of a place that had all the right stuff - fertile land packed with minerals, sophisticated infrastructure run by well-educated populace, high-income tourist destinations - now in disinteg [...]	2003-07-31 13:49:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE1577	Cargill Makes Bootleg Currency [...] (U) Summary: By printing their own Zimbabwean currency, Cargill executives have found an inventive solution to Zimbabwe's banknote shortage. End Summary. "Cargill" Cash -------------- 2. (SBU) With few banknotes available, Cargill had been unable to compensate small-scale cotton growers. [...]	2003-08-06 11:35:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE1578	Zimdollar Tumbles Further [...] Summary: The Zimdollar has fallen another 25 percent from Z$3350 to 4200:US$1. End Summary. 2. In early May, the Zimdollar still traded at Z$1450:US$1, so the three month devaluation stands at around two-thirds. While a number of factors are weakening the Zimdollar, oil parastatal NOCZIM [...]	2003-08-06 11:57:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE1593	Still Otherworldly Economic Policy [...] Summary: Past-week events affirm the GOZ is still committed to self-destructive economic policies. We observe no GOZ reckoning of the economy's sorry state. End Summary. New Farm/Conservancy Acquisitions --------------------------------- 2. Even while the so-called Utete Commission is s [...]	2003-08-08 09:36:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE1605	Industry Braces for Forced Indigenization [...] Summary: Zimbabweans reflexively cringe when their near-octogenarian president boasts of a new economic initiative. Robert Mugabe's policies have already produced farms with no crops, gas stations with no gas and banks with no money. Although still just an idea percolating in ZANU-PF circle [...]	2003-08-13 09:57:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV PGOV ELAB ZI
03HARARE1616	Harare's Inflation Woes [...] Summary: High inflation and negative real interest rates continue to wreak havoc on the pensions and savings of many Zimbabweans. The Zimdollar is in freefall, now trading at Z$5,000:US$ 1. While select high-end investors have profited from Zimbabwe's collapsing currency and runaway inflatio [...]	2003-08-14 14:18:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV PGOV ELAB ZI
03HARARE1635	Govt Outlaws Large Cash Sums [...] Summary: Zimbabwe's cash saga continues. The GOZ has made it illegal for anyone to charge a premium for banknotes or possess Z$5 million (US$1,000). End summary. 2. Meanwhile, the banknote crisis continues unabated. Supermarkets have a higher mark-up on banknotes than on any other product. [...]	2003-08-18 12:05:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE1652	Inflation 400 Percent; Zimdollar 5,000:1 [...] Summary: Year-on-year inflation has reached 400 (actually 399.5) percent while the Zimdollar has fallen to Z$5,000:US$. The Government still seems unwilling to let the market (or an independent central bank) determine interest or exchange rates. As a result of this strained macroeconomic e [...]	2003-08-21 06:18:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE1655	Scapegoating of Reserve Bank Intensifies [...] Summary: Although the Government's daily Herald has cast blame in many corners for the country's cash shortage, its recent attacks on the Reserve Bank (RBZ) have been frenzied and unrelenting. This makes little sense, but then in today's Zimbabwe, what does? End Summary. Latest Villain? [...]	2003-08-21 14:44:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE1677	Businessmen foresee recovery (somehow) [...] (U) Summary: Local businessmen assured a visiting congressional staffer that the Zimbabwean economy can regain past prowess. While despairing of the present economic climate, the businessmen's medium-term hopefulness stunned our visitor, a seasoned Zimbabwe- watcher. Although we share our i [...]	2003-08-26 06:36:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE1697	Ho-Hum Supplementary Budget [...] Summary: The GOZ's supplementary budget announcement held no surprises. Spending for calendar year 2003 increased 85 percent, accounting for higher than forecast (by the GOZ) inflation. In his speech to parliament, Finance Minister Herbert Murerwa brokered no solutions to Zimbabwe's many eco [...]	2003-08-27 07:34:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE1710	GOZ triples fuel price - again [...] Summary: The GOZ has raised the controlled price of leaded fuel from Z$ 450 to 1,170/liter. Not enough to reawaken Zimbabwe's somnolent gas stations, but it does partly formalize GOZ recognition of the falling Zimdollar. End Summary. A 17-fold increase since February --------------------- [...]	2003-08-28 14:49:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET EINV ZI
03HARARE1725	What is Zimbabwe's GDP? [...] Summary: Sources differ widely about Zimbabwe's present gross domestic product (GDP). It may be as low as US$3.5 billion. End Summary. 2. The GOZ's Central Statistical Office stopped publishing GDP figures in 1995, just before the country began its relentless downhill slide. Misleading [...]	2003-09-02 06:37:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE1762	Zimbabwe Economic Policy: Is Rigor Mortis [...] (SBU) Summary: As with directionless negotiations about negotiations in the political sphere, the GOZ keeps boasting of meaningful economic reform that it never gets around to. Long-promised initiatives - more banknotes, devaluation, better land reform, the return of fuel and less public spen [...]	2003-09-09 05:50:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE1955	Masvingo Splinters into Dual Economies [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite both an apparent end to the 3- year drought and relative harmony between local ZANU-PF and MDC parties, Zimbabwe's southern Masvingo province faces tough economic times ahead. Only those with access to U.S. dollars are doing well. The rest often depend on outside food [...]	2003-09-26 08:48:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE2006	Zimbabwe Economic Crises Update [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-02 12:09:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE2016	"Export or Die" for Mutare Businesses [...] (U) Summary: Zimbabweans in and around Mutare, the country's third largest city, continue to fare better than most countrymen. On a recent sojourn, we observed the same U.S. dollar/local crevice found in Masvingo (ref). Clearly, however, Mutare's export sector enables more to reach the privi [...]	2003-10-06 13:09:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE2062	Will Land Reform Ever Work? [...] (SBU) Summary: After the Presidential Land Review Committee's failure to prescribe solutions to land reform's shortcomings (ref),many on the ground are wondering if Zimbabwe will ever have a vibrant agrarian sector again. There is still a certain measure of self- delusion - white farmers hop [...]	2003-10-15 09:16:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE2074	Inflation: 456 Percent and Rising [...] Summary: Zimbabwe's year-on inflation rate has risen to 456 percent. Within months, it could spiral to hyper- levels. End summary. 2. The recent increase takes into account the zimdollar's hefty pre-September devaluation, when it fell from Z$2350 to Z$5600:US$1 in just two months. Zimbab [...]	2003-10-16 10:04:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE2091	GOZ has no money for fuel [...] Summary: Oil parastatal NOCZIM has been unable to import fuel for GOZ purposes over the past week. End summary. 2. The fuel shortage is affecting Zimbabweans in a variety of ways: - The National Railway of Zimbabwe (NRZ),a critical cog in the country's economic infrastructure, has can [...]	2003-10-20 13:43:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE2140	Rare Public Rift Among GOZ Ministries [...] (SBU) Summary: Disagreement among moderates and hardliners has spilled into public fora, a rare and refreshing occurrence in this insular government. End summary. 2. (SBU) Over the past year, the GOZ's media and more militant ministers have increasingly castigated the GOZ's economic team f [...]	2003-10-28 12:26:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE2149	GOZ Still Scapegoats Exporters [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOZ continues to blame export firms for its foreign exchange shortage. If today's lead story in the official press is a curtain-raiser for the November 20 budget speech, the Mugabe administration may kill what's left of Zimbabwe's once hearty export sector. End summary. [...]	2003-10-29 13:10:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE2166	Devaluation of Fits and Spurts [...] Summary: The zimdollar has held steady since August 22, dropping a mere 1 percent. For a currency that has depreciated from Z$18 to 5650:US$1 since 1998, this may seem surprising. The zimdollar's 6-year record indicates, however, that the next steep devaluation lurks around the corner. End [...]	2003-10-31 07:59:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE2184	Mugabe to Restructure Economic Team [...] (SBU) Summary: In a clear indication that hardliners are winning out over Finance Ministry and Reserve Bank (RBZ) moderates (refs a/b),President Mugabe has announced his intent to shake up his economic team. It also suggests the November 20 budget speech will offer Zimbabwe's beleaguered pr [...]	2003-11-03 14:32:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE2189	GONO TO RUN CENTRAL BANK CHIEFarer [...] (U) Summary: President Mugabe has decided on Jewel Bank Managing Director Gideon Gono as the new Reserve Bank governor. Gono's close ties to Mugabe make it unlikely he will be an assertive, independent central banker. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Since the GOZ eased Leonard Tsumba from the gove [...]	2003-11-04 14:36:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE2224	Firms Wrestling, Writhing [...] (U) Summary: Rickety infrastructure, high inflation and intrusive government - the fun never stops for finance directors in Zimbabwe. It's a credit to their ingenuity that they keep their companies in business. End Summary. 2. (U) DCM Whitehead and the economic/commercial section met thi [...]	2003-11-10 08:39:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD PGOV ZI
03HARARE2255	Inflation Hits 526 Percent [...] Summary: Year-on-year inflation has reached 526 percent. Jarred by spiraling prices, Zimbabweans anxiously await Thursday's budget speech. End Summary. 2. The Central Statistical Office's most recent inflation figures encompass October 2002-October 2003. Basic foods and transportation ar [...]	2003-11-18 13:45:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE2261	Central Banker Gono: What to Expect [...] (SBU) Summary: Gideon Gono's assiduously-crafted image as Zimbabwe's star businessman/negotiator will not survive his Reserve Bank tenure. The economy he's about to steward is a sliver of its former self. Initially, we expect Gono to quietly advocate market-oriented policies through his per [...]	2003-11-20 08:19:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE2268	2004 budget: Quick Readout [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-21 08:23:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE2284	2004 budget was nonevent [...] Summary: Consider two dissonant facets of last Thursday's budget announcement- a) The Robert Mugabe government projected this year's economic growth at minus-13.2 percent, ensuring Zimbabwe remains the planet's worst performing peacetime economy. b) It proposed no significant new initiativ [...]	2003-11-24 11:56:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE2302	Gono will speak on Dec 17 [...] (U) Summary: Zimbabwe's business community eagerly awaits incoming Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono's first policy statement, now scheduled for December 17. Most critical is where Gono comes down on currency markets. End Summary. 2. (U) After Finance Minister Herbert Murerwa's vacuou [...]	2003-11-26 09:00:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE2329	Weary retailer asks, what next? [...] (U) Summary: A major Zimbabwe retailer has just lived through violent occupations, price controls, imperious ministers, high inflation and shortages of fuel, electricity and cash. Its Chief Operating Officer now wonders what more the GOZ can throw at him. End Summary. 2. (SBU) The Embassy [...]	2003-12-02 05:29:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV ZI
03HARARE2342	Mugabe shifts blame for recession [...] (SBU) Summary: In his December 2 State of the Nation address to Parliament, President Mugabe slammed foreign exchange fraud rather than sanctions for the country's economic downturn, adopting a slightly less confrontational stance toward the U.S. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Over the past year, t [...]	2003-12-03 13:17:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV ZI
03HARARE2365	Govt may ax EPZs [...] Summary: Yesterday's Herald suggests the GOZ may eliminate export processing zones (EPZs),taking to the next level its obliteration of a once-thriving and diversified economy. End summary. 2. The lead article in the State-run Herald's business section announces: "EPZs fail to deliver - RB [...]	2003-12-09 05:48:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
03HARARE2410	Emigrants Fuel Housing Construction [...] Summary: Zimbabwean living abroad and Export Processing Zones (EPZs) are keeping the country's building sector afloat. Only they can afford mounting costs. End summary. 2. An unpublished study reveals that Zimbabweans abroad are funding two-thirds of residential building, according to Co [...]	2003-12-15 14:23:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
03HARARE2421	GOZ to seize equipment on resettled farms [...] (U) Summary: The GOZ has taken fast track land reform to the next level, authorizing its agents to seize equipment such as tractors, sprinklers and ploughs from former commercial farmers. End Summary. 2. (U) Statutory Instrument 273A of 2003 allows the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture and R [...]	2003-12-17 04:53:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV ZI
03HARARE2442	Gono: Exporters Can Keep More [...] Summary: Although the mechanics are still fuzzy, it appears Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono has adopted a more realistic monetary and exchange policy. In his first policy speech yesterday, Gono offered exporters more favorable formulas for revenue retention. He also stated that the Res [...]	2003-12-19 09:00:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE336	Mission Assistance to U.S. Business [...] Reftel asks us to summarize efforts to assist U.S. businesses, including success cases, here in Zimbabwe. Because of our strained bilateral relations, it is often not practical for the Embassy to advocate on behalf U.S. businesses. We have lobbied the GOZ, thus far unsuccessfully, to return [...]	2003-02-19 07:30:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BBSR ECON EINV ETRD ZI
03HARARE347	GOZ Announces Export Support Mechanism [...] Summary: As previewed in reftel, the GOZ has announced a long-awaited support mechanism for exporters, which amounts to a targeted devaluation on export revenue. This is welcome news for exporters, but it is unclear if forex-starved importers will be able to access U.S. dollars at the new 80 [...]	2003-02-20 10:19:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD ZI
03HARARE433	What is Zimbabwe's new exchange rate? [...] (SBU) Summary: Businessmen in Zimbabwe have spent the past week trying to figure out how the GOZ's new export support mechanism will work. Although different interpretations abound, two cabinet officials apparently reassured a group of prominent CEOs yesterday that exporters would enjoy a si [...]	2003-02-28 05:41:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD ZI
03HARARE448	Econ 101 for Mugabe's Finance Minister [...] (SBU) We have learned of an exchange between Finance Minister Herbert Murerwa and Dairiboard CEO Anthony Mandiwanza. 14 CEOs had recently called on Murerwa to plead for an end to the GOZ's convoluted macroeconomic policies. The Finance Minister began the session by apologizing that his offic [...]	2003-03-03 14:30:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD ZI
03HARARE489	Zimbabwe May Dollarize Energy [...] (U) Summary: Another pillar of the GOZ's mind- withering, and failed, interventionist economic policies may crumble. Parastatal Zesa is negotiating U.S. dollar energy tariffs with selected exporters. End summary. Differentiated Tariffs ---------------------- 2. (SBU) While recently tourin [...]	2003-03-10 09:16:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD ZI ENGR
03HARARE492	Zimbabwe's Ghost Exports: The Case of Fertilizer [...] (SBU) Summary: Top executives of Zimbabwe's sole ammonium nitrate producer charge GOZ officials and others are illegally exporting fertilizer, triggering shortages on the domestic market. End summary. A Trail of Illegal Exports -------------------------- 2. (SBU) Although Sable Chemicals [...]	2003-03-10 10:54:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV ZI
03HARARE531	Economic Reform Still Meager [...] Summary: By abandoning a fanciful official exchange rate, the GOZ has taken its first baby steps toward economic reform. If serious, its next target should be price controls. End summary. Reforms to Date --------------- 2. In past weeks, the GOZ has finally recognized that an official r [...]	2003-03-14 08:17:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD ZI
03HARARE542	IMF Assesses Zimbabwe [...] Summary: Unless the GOZ augments its recent devaluation with additional reforms, a visiting International Monetary Fund delegation predicted the country will lose voting rights in June. End summary. 2. Alongside World Bank observers, the IMF team concluded the annual "Article 4" review of t [...]	2003-03-17 08:37:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD ZI
03HARARE590	Finance Head Dislikes Price Controls [...] (SBU) Summary: During a meeting with Ambassador Sullivan, Finance Minister Herbert Murerwa agreed that economic intervention has gone too far. He expressed hope that he and other GOZ moderates will be able to push through reforms that reach beyond last month's devaluation. End summary. Le [...]	2003-03-21 09:46:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD ZI
03HARARE615	Business Leaders Push Envelope - Gently [...] (SBU) Summary: Zimbabwean business leaders told us they are increasingly willing to assert themselves with GOZ ministers. Still, they acknowledge that their outspokenness has its limits and carries some risks. End summary. Modest Break-Through? --------------------- 2. (SBU) Ambassador Su [...]	2003-03-26 10:19:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD ZI
03HARARE619	Business and the Stayaway [...] Summary: Zimbabwe's business sector remained mostly neutral during the opposition-led stayaway March 19-20. Most companies sympathize with many opposition aims, but are unwilling to test the wrath of the GOZ. End summary. 2. We have spoken to over a dozen multinational and local company he [...]	2003-03-26 14:19:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD ZI
03HARARE625	Tractor Sales Nearly Dead [...] (SBU) Summary: Zimbabwe's largest tractor dealer says sales last year were off 98 percent from the late-1990s, a measure of commercial agriculture's staggering nosedive. Meanwhile, the GOZ is assisting an indigenous firm to import cheap Renault tractors from India by making foreign exchange a [...]	2003-03-27 11:20:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EINV ETRD ZI
03HARARE643	No Coal/No Power [...] Summary: Aged machinery at Zimbabwe's coal miner constrains output and, ultimately, domestic energy generation. End Summary. 2. In January we reported that most of Wankie's haulers, dump trucks, rope shovels and front-end loaders were grounded, causing the strategic company to undersupply [...]	2003-03-31 14:08:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN ECON EINV ETRD ZI
03HARARE653	GOZ Ups Grain Subsidy [...] (U) Summary: The GOZ has increased nearly 4-fold the amount it pays growers for maize. By leaving the crop's low consumer price intact, however, the cash-starved GOZ assumes a weighty subsidy. End summary. 2. (U) The GOZ also announced an approximate doubling of the producer price for whe [...]	2003-04-01 14:43:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EINV ETRD ZI
03HARARE675	Increasing South African Leverage over Zimbabwe [...] (SBU) Summary: Zimbabwe's growing dependence on South African energy - and diminishing ability to pay for it - renders the southern neighbor infinite leverage here. End Summary. 2. (U) Domestic power generation is in shambles, mostly due to coal-miner Wankie Colliery's dilapidated state (r [...]	2003-04-04 09:22:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD ZI
03HARARE710	Exporters Traverse Minefield [...] (SBU) Summary: Battered but unbowed, exporters in the Eastern Zimbabwe town of Mutare are still hanging tough. But how long can these resourceful industrialists withstand a sub-market exchange rate, energy rationing and political turmoil? End Summary. Dogged Perseverance ------------------ [...]	2003-04-10 15:02:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV ZI
03HARARE752	GOZ hikes fuel price again [...] (U) Summary: In an attempt to alleviate severe shortages, the GOZ has approximately tripled gas and doubled diesel prices. Economic impact will be substantial. End Summary. 2. (U) Leaded petrol's controlled price rises Z$ 145 to 450 and diesel Z$ 119 to 200. It was a politically- charg [...]	2003-04-16 11:42:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON EINV ETRD ZI
03HARARE781	Zimbabwe's Fuel Hikes: Why No Leadership? [...] (SBU) Summary: A week after raising fuel prices 3- fold, President Mugabe has offered no rationale or counsel to a shell-shocked populace. The aging Marxist seems unable to verbalize the case for economic orthodoxy. End Summary. 2. (U) Each day, this economy becomes more surreal. Many l [...]	2003-04-23 10:06:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET PGOV EINV ETRD ZI
03HARARE805	GOZ Still Distrusts Exporters [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOZ believes most export firms shelter earnings, depriving the country of hard currency to import energy, fuel and other necessities. In response, the GOZ has erected counterproductive export obstacles. End Summary. 2. (U) An April 25 article in the GOZ-run Herald began: [...]	2003-04-28 12:55:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV ZI
03HARARE852	Haphazard Economic Reform [...] (U) Summary: The GOZ's rigidly statist economic policy has metamorphosed into a hodgepodge approach since January. Yet the Government still lacks commitment, consensus and leadership to see through broad economic liberalization. End Summary. The Low Point ------------- 2. (U) Last Novemb [...]	2003-05-06 05:52:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE873	Fuel Crisis Intensifies [...] (U) Summary: Zimbabwe's fuel supply continues to worsen. Most motorists are grounded, importing their own or buying it at exorbitant black market prices. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Even though the GOZ has increased the leaded fuel price 6-fold since February, it is still unable to pay a dimin [...]	2003-05-07 13:22:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET PGOV EINV ETRD ZI
03HARARE951	Zimdollar Slips Again [...] (U) Summary: The Zimdollar devalued sharply from Z$ 1451 to 2100: US$1 last week. Economists expect it to soon reach Z$2500-3000, Harare's present desperation street price. As a consequence, it now appears unlikely the GOZ will be able to phase out its unaffordable fuel subsidy. End Summary [...]	2003-05-19 08:37:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE960	Zimbabwe's Looming Default Crisis [...] (SBU) Summary: Once this - or a future - GOZ eliminates negative real interest rates, local bankers expect borrowers to default en masse. The coming default crisis underlines how difficult it will be to rationalize Zimbabwe's distortion-laden economy. End Summary. Only Decent Investment is [...]	2003-05-19 12:15:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
03HOCHIMINHCITY1100	BALANCING ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY IN SOC TRANG AND [...] (SBU) Summary: DCM (then Charge) and ConGen Poloff visited Soc Trang and Tra Vinh Provinces during October 1-3, to examine firsthand the situation for the ethnic Khmer in the Mekong Delta, in light of continuing reports of discrimination from sources overseas. Situated in an area that once be [...]	2003-11-10 07:29:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ECON PGOV PREL EINV ETRD SOCI KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
03HOCHIMINHCITY337	CHURCH AND STATE MAINTAIN BALANCE IN TAY NINH PROVINCE [...] (U) On a recent one-day trip to meet with provincial and Cao Dai Church leaders in Tay Ninh Province, the Ambassador came away with a mostly positive impression of the current state of health of both the province and the religion which predominates there. Tay Ninh, while still on the fringes [...]	2003-04-08 11:21:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PHUM PREL ETRD EINV VM HUMANR RELFREE
03HOCHIMINHCITY450	KON TUM: STILL STRUGGLING..... AND GOING NOWHERE FAST [...] (SBU) Returning to Kon Tum for the first time in a year, the Consul General found little changed in the poorest and least developed of the four Central Highlands provinces. While poverty continues to be the biggest story in Kon Tum, local officials seemed hopeful that construction of new hig [...]	2003-05-20 13:38:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PHUM PREL SOCI ETRD EINV VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE LABOR
03HOCHIMINHCITY572	NEWEST HCMC VICE CHAIRMAN: BAD HABITS TO BLAME FOR [...] (SBU) HCMC People's Committee's newest Vice Chairman, Nguyen Van Dua, discussed urban planning and quality of life issues with Consul General in an initial courtesy call on June 11. Vice Chairman Dua focused on HCMC's serious waste management, land use and trafffic issues, and its efforts to [...]	2003-06-23 11:09:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SENV SOCI PREL EINV
03HOCHIMINHCITY585	THICH QUANG DO -- HOW FREE AT LAST? [...] (SBU) Summary: During a June 30 meeting with Consul General, recently "released" United Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) deputy Thich Quang Do launched into a two- hour plus discourse on religion, democracy, freedom, and capitalism. Confirming press reports, he said he would soon attempt [...]	2003-06-30 17:44:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV PREL EAID EINV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
03HOCHIMINHCITY655	REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT AS A GATEWAY TO THE U.S.? [...] Summary: Recent advertisements carried in local Ho Chi Minh City newspapers for a real estate investment opportunity in Houston, Texas, attracted significant interest among local investors and the local press. Post interest was aroused by implications in the advertisements that this investme [...]	2003-07-21 10:27:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CJAN ECON SOCI VM EINV
03HOCHIMINHCITY767	VIETNAM: LOCAL BUSINESS KNOWS VALUE OF TRADEMARKS-- [...] Summary: In a seminar on trademark protection in the U.S. and Vietnam, USG and private speakers introduced the system of trademark registration and enforcement in the US. Well over a hundred local businesspeople attended the seminar in Ho Chi Minh City, which was one of four locations around [...]	2003-08-21 12:57:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ECON KIPR VM IPROP
03HOCHIMINHCITY777	COFFEE AND COCOA IN DAK LAK PROVINCE -- THE POT [...] (U) Summary: Hopes for economic prosperity in Vietnam's Dak Lak province remain centered on agriculture, especially cash crop coffee. While low coffee prices have meant continued slow growth, they have also spawned diversification programs. During a visit to the largest of the four Central [...]	2003-08-27 00:36:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PREL EINV ETRD EAGR SOCI VM
03ISTANBUL1015	MARKET ANALYSTS OPTIMISTIC FOR THE SHORT-TERM, BUT [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Istanbul market analysts have welcomed recent progress in Turkey-IMF relations and indications that the oft-delayed fifth review can be wrapped up by early to mid-August. As a result they are "optimistic" for [...]	2003-07-23 12:51:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV TU
03ISTANBUL1200	ISTANBUL ECONOMISTS CHEER RECENT GOOD NEWS, BUT [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2.(SBU) Summary: Istanbul market analysts are pleasantly surprised by recent positive developments in the economy, and accept the rationale for the IMF's preemptive decision to reschedule much of Turkey's 2004 and 2005 debt repay [...]	2003-08-14 14:06:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV TU
03ISTANBUL1364	UNEMPLOYMENT: TURKEY'S OTHER CRISIS [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: While market attention is focused on IMF program implementation and the sustainability of Turkey's debt, joblessness and underemployment remain the key preoccupations of the bulk of the Turkish population. [...]	2003-09-16 05:18:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV TU
03ISTANBUL1449	WEIGHING CORPORATE TURKEY'S FOREIGN EXCHANGE RISK [...] (SBU) Summary: Central Bank Governor Sureyya Serdengcti this month added his voice to those expressing concern about the risks to the Turkish economy posed by the growing open positions of companies in the real sector. Observers agree that while the Turkish banking sector-- whose own open pos [...]	2003-09-30 13:42:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV TU
03ISTANBUL1676	REACTION MUTED TO NEW PENSION OPPORTUNITIES [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Turkey's new private pension system was unveiled with much fanfare at the end of October, with optimistic prognosticators predicting that up to 10 million Turks will enroll over the next decade. Initially six [...]	2003-11-12 06:21:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV TU
03ISTANBUL1687	GEBZE INDUSTRY SEES AWAKENING ECONOMY [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Industrialists in the Marmara region industrial town of Gebze told visiting P/E Section Chief and Poloff that recent positive economic developments are finally beginning to be felt at their level, and that they [...]	2003-11-12 13:53:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV TU
03ISTANBUL1849	MACROECONOMIC RESULTS BRING OPTIMISM IN ISTANBUL, [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Recent soundings among leading Istanbul market analysts and participants highlight the extent to which Turkey's continued strong macroeconomic performance has left them more optimistic about the future. With s [...]	2003-12-18 10:51:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV TU
03ISTANBUL777	TACKLING TURKEY'S PRODUCTIVITY GAP: MICRO MATTERS [...] (SBU) Summary: While most attention in Turkey remains focused on the country's macroeconomic fundamentals, a new McKinsey Global Institute report is directing attention to the productivity gap that separates Turkey from the U.S. and Europe and the microeconomic reforms that must be taken to c [...]	2003-05-31 09:26:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV TU
03KABUL1022	AFGHANISTAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR UPDATE - [...] (C) The Ministry of Communications (MOC) is facing an assortment of challenges as the government of President Karzai enters the Afghan year 1382. The Ministry,s relations with its sole telecom service provider, Afghan Wireless Communications Company (AWCC),continue to deteriorate while a sec [...]	2003-04-20 04:56:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EINV ECON ELAB AF
03KABUL1193	UPDATE ON FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL CEMENT PRODUCTION PROJECT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 15. 2. (C) Summary: From April 22 to 29, Texas-based Fidelity International was in Kabul to pursue a $1.8 billion cement deal with the Afghan government. Substantial progress was made, including the granting of an investment license by th [...]	2003-05-08 05:05:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON ETRD AF PTGOV
03KATHMANDU1257	NEPAL: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW FINANCE [...] (C) In a June 29 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Dr. Prakash Chandra Lohani said that the Government of Nepal (GON) is preparing for another round of negotiations with the Maoists and making some headway in persuading political parties to join the new government. He said that [...]	2003-07-03 09:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ETRD EINV NP
03KATHMANDU1369	NEPAL: JOINT STATEMENT CONDEMNING MAOIST [...] (U) Ref A cable resent to expanded list of addressees (AmEmbassies Berlin and Paris). 2. (U) On July 21, the Industrial Security Group in Nepal released a press statement condemning Maoist extortions of individuals and businesses during the current cease-fire. Despite provisions in the c [...]	2003-07-21 23:03:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PGOV ECON EINV NP
03KATHMANDU1978	NEPAL: HYDROPOWER PLANT WITH US INVESTMENT TO [...] (C) After Nepali Army intelligence of an impending Maoist attack forced its temporary shutdown on October 12, the Bhote Koshi hydrolectric power plant will resume full service late on October 14. Sam Nott, the American plant manager, says he expects all staff to return to the site and the 3 [...]	2003-10-14 07:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC ENRG EINV CASC NP
03KATHMANDU313	NEPAL: INFORMATION ON U.S. MISSION ASSISTANCE TO [...] (U) This message contains business sensitive information; please handle accordingly. 2. (U) AmEmbassy Kathmandu welcomes the efforts of EB and H in highlighting Embassy initiatives to promote American business. The mission submits the following four key efforts and successes, as requeste [...]	2003-02-21 11:26:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP BBSR ETRD EINV NP
03KUWAIT1056	SADDAM,S DEFEAT COULD BE A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY FOR [...] (C) Summary: Long before the fighting began on Kuwait's northern border, Kuwaiti firms were bombarding the Embassy with requests to do business with U.S. and coalition forces here, and expressing commercial interests in a post-Saddam Iraq. Kuwaiti businessmen see Kuwait as the logical jumpin [...]	2003-03-24 11:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV IZ KU
03KUWAIT1213	PROMOTING U.S. (AND OTHER FOREIGN) TRADE WITH, AND [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-02 13:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD EAID BEXP PREL IZ KU
03KUWAIT2235	MIDDLE EAST TRADE INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-26 14:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EINV KU
03KUWAIT2291	WORKING TO DEVELOP THE ECONOMIES OF IRAQ AND THE [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-28 13:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV PREL IZ KU ZP
03KUWAIT3555	NEW CABINET MANTRA: PRIVATE SECTOR WILL ADD JOBS [...] (C) Summary: With Kuwait's population expanding at a rapid pace, the new GOK says it will finally turn to the private sector in an effort to bolster its economy. During courtesy calls last week with many of the new Ministers, the Ambassador was on more than one occasion treated to the GOK's l [...]	2003-08-04 13:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EINV ELAB ETRD KU
03KUWAIT4279	INVITATION TO ARAB FINANCE MINISTERS [...] Minister of Finance, HE Mahmoud Al-Nouri, accepts reftel invitation to Secretary Snow's breakfast scheduled for September 22nd in Dubai. 2. Minister Al-Nouri's contact information at the IMF/World Bank: Kuwait Delegation Office 7th Floor - Office Tower Dubai International Convention Ce [...]	2003-09-16 13:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KEMPI EFIN EINV KU
03KUWAIT4459	(C) IRAQ ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION -- THOUGHTS ON [...] (S) SUMMARY: Relative to the size of its economy, Kuwait has been the most generous supporter in the world of OIF and of humanitarian assistance to Iraq. It will likely continue to play this role willingly for some time. There are, however, several factors that augur against a large GOK ple [...]	2003-09-29 08:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	ECON PREL EAID EINV IZ KU
03KUWAIT4798	(C) KUWAIT FM SAYS GOK'S IRAQ PLEDGE WILL BE [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah at the airport on October 20, immediately prior to the FM's departure for visits to Poland, Hungary and Spain, where he will represent Kuwait at the October 23-24 Madrid conference. This was the first opportunit [...]	2003-10-20 15:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EINV EFIN PREL KU IZ
03KUWAIT5103	(SBU) NEIGHBORS FOREVER: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with the Chairman of the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry's (KCCI) Finance and Investment Committee, Mr. Faisal Al-Mutawa, on November 3. Conversation centered on the immediate GOK reaction to the recent Madrid Donors' Conference and KCCI and GOK efforts [...]	2003-11-06 08:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV PREL KU IZ
03KUWAIT5654	KUWAIT INFORMATION REQUEST - BTU GROUP [...] As requested in reftel, post searched its records and found the following information for Al-Mal Kuwaiti Company and the Industrial and Financial Investments Company. Al-Mal Kuwaiti Company (KSCC) is a shareholding investment company established in 1980, with approximately 35 employees. Its [...]	2003-12-15 06:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KU
03LAGOS103	ELECTIONS 2003: THE PROSPECTIVE ECONOMY AND THE [...] Summary. On November 19 some forty corporate executives representing a broad cross-section of the non-oil sector met at the Lagos Business School to discuss the potential economic impact of the 2003 general elections. During the session led by Professor Pat Utomi, many executives expressed co [...]	2003-01-14 09:37:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND EINV ETRD PGOV NI
03LAGOS1196	THE BIRTH OF PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES IN NIGERIA: [...] Nigerian universities, once among the best in Africa, deteriorated badly under 30 years of military rule. Nor was their plight alleviated during the last four years of democratic governance. They remain overcrowded, poorly funded and decrepit. Currently, there are 42 universities: 25 feder [...]	2003-06-12 10:37:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL CMGT CVIS SOCI PGOV EAID ECON EINV
03LAGOS123	NIGERIAN STOCK EXCHANGE SEEKS USAID PARTNERSHIP [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) seeks USAID assistance to expand its services. The NSE plans to attract more Nigerians and foreign investors to the equities market through greater accessibility and new investment vehicles in derivative markets. The NSE raised the is [...]	2003-01-16 06:41:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV EAID NI
03LAGOS148	NIGERIA: NOT ONLY GAS FLARES IN NIGERIA, ITS' [...] (C) Summary: Arson is strongly suspected in the December 24 fire that destroyed the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) headquarters and records. The fire followed by barely a week a newspaper article asserting that there is solid, extensive and documented proof that GON official [...]	2003-01-17 16:13:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ECON EPET EINV DS DSS ITA IP AF OSAC
03LAGOS185	MEETING WITH ADDITIONAL SECRETARY (WTO) MENON [...] (U) ECON M/C CALLED ON COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY MINISTRY ADDITIONAL SECRETARY S.N. MENON ON JANUARY 21. MENON IS THE SENIOR-MOST OFFICIAL AT THE MINISTRY WITH RESPONSIBILITIES FOR WTO AND THE EU. ECON M/C REVIEWED A NUMBER OF ISSUES WITH MENON INCLUDING: OUR WTO AGRICULTURAL AND EXPORT CREDIT [...]	2003-01-25 12:33:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EINV EAGR IN
03LAGOS1870	NIGERIA: USITC STUDY ON U.S. - SUB-SAHARAN [...] (U) U.S. Mission Nigeria is pleased to provide the following information in response to reftel. -------------------------------------------- DEVELOPMENTS IN NIGERIAN ECONOMIC, TRADE AND INVESTMENT POLICIES -------------------------------------------- 2. (U) In August 2003, the GON un [...]	2003-09-05 16:28:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EFIN NI XA
03LAGOS2140	NIGERIA: RESPONSE TO EX-IM QUERIES ON NIGERIAN [...] (U) Rumors of distress in the Nigerian banking sector have raised doubts about the industry's health and prompted questions about certain banks' stability. Post's response follows. 2. (U) Rumors of a list of distressed banks first surfaced in mid-August. Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) an [...]	2003-10-17 12:46:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON PINR NI EXIM
03LAGOS2144	NIGERIAN BANKS: LARGELY HEALTHY BUT HARDLY [...] (U) Summary: Rumors of distress have whispered through Nigeria's financial sector since mid-August, fueled in part by the suspension of two banks from the industry's clearinghouse and in part by investigations of ten or twelve others said to be facing temporary liquidity problems. Some banks [...]	2003-10-17 13:23:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON PINR NI

03LAGOS2287	PRESIDENT SHUFFLES THE DECK WITH NEW OIL ADVISOR [...] (U) SUMMARY. On Monday, November 3, the GON announced the removal of Jackson Gaius-Obaseki as the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Funsho Kupolokun, former Special Assistant to the President on Petroleum Matters, was appointed new GMD, effect [...]	2003-11-04 17:41:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PINR PREL EINV NI
03LAGOS2387	FOUR WORN AND UNDER-UTILIZED REFINERIES FOR SALE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Nigeria's Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has set November 14 as the deadline for investors to submit expressions of interest to be core investors (51 percent) in the country's four refineries. Major U.S. oil companies tell us they are not interested. Labor is taking a cautiona [...]	2003-11-20 14:54:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ELAB PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI NI
03LAGOS2422	NIGERIA'S TRANSITION TO A DEREGULATED DOWNSTREAM [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the monthly Businessman's Lunch held at the American Guest Quarters pub in Lagos on November 6, executives of two major fuel marketing companies confirmed that the sector is essentially deregulated, and that there is no significant threat of mass action by organized labor (ref [...]	2003-11-26 10:22:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PINR EINV NI
03LAGOS2434	EXPAT OIL WORKERS KIDNAPPED IN NIGER DELTA -- MORE [...] (SBU) On Thursday, November 27, seven expatriates were kidnapped in Nigeria's Niger Delta region. One has escaped or has been released. No American citizens appear to be involved. 2. (CO) The seven expatriate employees of the Canadian pipe-coating company Bredero Shaw were kidnapped off [...]	2003-11-28 15:55:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EPET PGOV PINR PHUM EINV NI
03LAGOS2462	SECOND FIDDLE NO LONGER [...] (U) Summary: Two major players, MTN Nigeria Communications Limited and Econet Wireless Nigeria Limited, dominate Nigeria's mobile communications industry. The latter has long played second fiddle to its much larger competitor, but Econet executives insist that with Vodacom Group's purchase of [...]	2003-12-05 17:41:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON EINV NI
03LAGOS2467	FUTURE OF NIGERIAN OIL & GAS [...] Cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2.(SBU) Summary: On July 11 and 12, Econoffs met with a variety of oil producing and servicing companies to gain insight into the current state of the Nigerian oil and gas industry and assess the country's potential contri [...]	2003-12-05 19:35:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	NI ECON EINV EPET ENRG
03LAGOS2493	ETHNIC CLASHES ON THE BENIN RIVER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On Friday, December 5, Itsekiri militants attacked Ijaws in boats and in villages on the Benin River, north of Warri. There are reports of houses burned and 19 persons killed. Nigerian military forces reacted quickly, and although some related skirmishes were reported on Satur [...]	2003-12-09 16:48:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EPET PGOV PHUM PINR EINV NI
03LAGOS2574	PRICE CAPS AND STRIKES CAUSE NIGERIA'S DOWNSTREAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Barely 60 days after President Obasanjo declared Nigeria's downstream petroleum sector officially and completely deregulated, and 30 days after he replaced the head of the powerful national petroleum corporation, a GON regulatory agency shut down fuel stations of a US-based compan [...]	2003-12-18 05:39:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ELAB PGOV NI
03LAGOS2607	NIGERIA: 2004 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] (U) In response to reftel, Post is pleased to provide the following update to the 2003 National Trade Estimate Report. The figures in paragraph 2 will be updated by USTR. ------------- TRADE SUMMARY ------------- 2. (U) The U.S. trade deficit with Nigeria was $4.9 billion in 2002, a d [...]	2003-12-22 05:54:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIN EINV ECON NI
03LAGOS265	EXPLOSION IN LAGOS [...] Sensitive But Unclassified. 2. At approximately 1110 on Sunday, February 2, 2003, there was an explosion in Idumagbo Street, located between the Carter Bridge and Third Mainland Bridge on Lagos Island. The area is a lage market and residential area comprised of two and three story busi [...]	2003-02-03 16:45:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KCRM CASC PINS EIND EPET PGOV EINV NI
03LAGOS384	NIGERIA: ENERGY UPDATE, FEB 20 [...] (U) This periodic update covering energy issues includes: --Oil Strike Suspended, No Effect on Exports --Wellhead Blows in Ogoniland --Local Content Rule Gives U.S. Firms Opportunity and Risk --Gas Developments, and --Almost Never Ever Power Anywhere -------------------------------------- [...]	2003-02-25 06:32:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EFIN ECON EINV PINS NI
03LAGOS470	NIGERIA: OUTREACH TO NCEMA AND NISER [...] Introduction and summary. Staff of ConGen's Economic Office reached out to two institutions of learning in the city of Ibadan in Oyo State on February 25. This former capital of Nigeria's old Western State is notable for several research institutions including the University of Ibadan, the p [...]	2003-03-05 09:45:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EAID PINS NI
03LAGOS499	NIGERIA: ENERGY UPDATE, FEB 28 [...] This periodic update covering energy issues includes: --Long Lines - Short on Answers; Fuel Crisis Continues --Obasanjo Offers Onshore/Offshore Compromise --Exxon-Mobil Produces Early from Yoho Fields, and --Marginal Oil Fields Awarded --------------------------------------------- ------- [...]	2003-03-07 12:08:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EFIN ECON EINV PINS NI
03LAGOS524	DON'T SHOW ME THE MONEY; NIGERIA GOING [...] SUMMARY: As in many developing economies with high inflation and a devalued currency, consumers in Nigeria often must bring literally bags of money to the store to make even routine purchases. Checks are used almost exclusively for business-to-business transactions, and credit cards are acce [...]	2003-03-12 15:15:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN NI
03LAGOS568	NIGERIAN LOCAL VIOLENCE CAUSES MINIMAL IMPACT [...] Summary. A violent clash between local activists and police left seven dead in Delta state late last week. While Shell Oil moved non-essential staff from pockets of disturbance, there appears to be no disruption in oil production at this time. End Summary. 2. A simmering dispute betwee [...]	2003-03-17 23:58:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EFIN ECON EINV PINS NI
03LAGOS677	TFIZ01: NIGERIA ENERGY UPDATE, March 31 [...] (U) This update includes: -- When Will the Oil Flow? Delta Crisis Update -- Running on Empty: Refineries, Power Company and Consumers Face Same Plight -- Deep Water Deals: Joint Development Zone Advances ------------------------------------------- When Will the Oil Flow? Delta [...]	2003-04-01 09:00:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EFIN ECON EINV PINS NI
03LAGOS685	PLANES, TRAINS, AND AUTOMOBILES: AFRICAN MINISTERS [...] Summary: The first annual African Ministerial Forum on Integrated Transportation (AMFIT) met in Abuja March 9 - 13. Ministers called for better policy coordination and private sector participation to help integrate African countries with the rest of the world. Ambassador Jeter, Deputy Assista [...]	2003-04-02 06:49:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAIR NI EINV ELNT
03LAGOS707	TFIZ01: WAITING FOR A SIGN: NIGERIA OIL EXECS [...] (SBU) Summary: In the informal setting of a monthly luncheon, oil company executives today talked about the crisis in the Niger River delta (refs A and B),and indicated the industry is in no hurry to return evacuated employees to the swamps. They consider the loss of revenue from the closed [...]	2003-04-04 06:48:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EFIN ECON EINV PINS NI
03LAGOS713	NIGERIA'S NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION: MIXED [...] Summary: The Niger Delta Development Corporation (NDDC) was established in 2001 to ensure sustainable development of Nigeria's troubled oil-producing region. Events of the last month in the Delta region suggest that the NDDC has failed to meet the test. Since 2001, the NDDC has received about [...]	2003-04-04 11:59:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EPET EINV EFIN PGOV NI
03LAGOS731	TFIZ01: BACK IN BUSINESS - CHEVRON NIGERIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Contrary to recent news reports and statements by oil executives that companies are not ready to resume operations in the delta region anytime soon, Chevron confirmed today that it had been returning workers to its transfer station and tank farm at Escravos this week. As of Apr [...]	2003-04-04 17:53:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EFIN ECON EINV PINS NI
03LAGOS827	NIGERIA ENERGY UPDATE, April 22 [...] (U) This update includes: -- Slowly but Surely: Delta Oil Operations Ramp Up -- Between the Lines: Fuel Shortages Continue During Elections -- Fits and Starts: NEPA Privatization Continues while Power Capacity Expands Amidst Crises and Outages --------------------------------- [...]	2003-04-23 06:29:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EFIN ECON EINV PINS NI
03LAGOS87	AGOA AND NIGERIA: CAN ITS TEXTILE FIRMS STILL [...] Summary. Textile provisions of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) encourage millions of dollars in foreign investment, create thousands of new jobs and boost exports across Africa, except in Nigeria. Sub-Saharan Africa's second largest economy has not taken advantage of AGOA's dut [...]	2003-01-13 07:56:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ECON KTEX NI
03MAPUTO1007	AMBASSADOR'S END-OF-TOUR REPORT [...] (U) Summary. Bilateral political and economic relations between the U.S. and Mozambique have improved and deepened. At a political level, bilateral cooperation is excellent, with Washington acknowledging the impressive transition to democracy and the GRM willing to cooperate with the U.S., for [...]	2003-07-21 08:58:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EINV MZ HIV AIDS PEPFAR
03MONTREAL245	QUEBEC TELECOMS STRUGGLE WITH OVERCAPACITY, LACK OF [...] SUMMARY: QUEBEC'S TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY, A SECTOR WHICH AT ITS PEAK IN 1999 SUPPORTED 114,500 JOBS, CUT MORE THAN 21,000 JOBS IN 2002. ANALYSTS ARE PREDICTING ANOTHER ROUGH YEAR WITH LOW INVESTMENT RATES AND A POSSIBLE INCREASE IN BANKRUPTCIES IN SMALLER COMPANIES. END SUMMARY. 2. MON [...]	2003-02-25 12:19:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ETTC CA BEXP
03NASSAU1635	BAHAMIAN OFFICIALS VISIT TO CHINA -- COURTESY OR CONFIDANTS? [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-21 18:17:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EINV PINR PGOV CH JA BF
03OTTAWA1306	Still no details on revised Canadian ITER bid [...] In December 2002 during the 7th ITER Negotiations meeting in Barcelona, the Canadian delegation announced that in light of the competing proposals made by the European Union and Japan to host ITER, it would reassess its offer with a view to indicating a revised position early in 2003. 2. [...]	2003-05-08 16:23:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPL TNGD ENRG EINV CA
03OTTAWA1543	2003 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] Mission Canada has updated the the non-NAFTA investment disputes (Claimants B, F, and H) and will e-mail the text as requested in ref A. We have not updated the NAFTA Chapter 11 disputes being handled by L/CID (Claimants A, C, D, E, and G). We are not aware of any new investor-state disputes [...]	2003-05-30 13:36:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN PGOV KIDE CA
03OTTAWA1862	A/S WAYNE'S MEETING WITH ABDULLA BIN AL-ATTIYAH, [...] (SBU) Summary: During a bilateral meeting held June 25 on the margins of the International Arab Banking Summit in Montreal, A/S Anthony Wayne and Abdulla bin al-Attiyah, Governor of the Central Bank of Qatar, discussed the regional economic situation with a focus on the fight against terror [...]	2003-06-30 20:03:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECIN EFIN ETRD EINV ETTC PREL PTER PINR QA XF
03OTTAWA1863	A/S WAYNE'S MEETING WITH LEBANESE MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary: During a bilateral meeting held June 25 on the margins of the International Arab Banking Summit in Montreal, A/S Anthony Wayne and Lebanese Minister of Economy and Trade Marwan Hamadeh discussed the regional economic situation with a focus on the fight against terrorist finan [...]	2003-06-30 20:05:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECIN EFIN ETRD EINV ETTC CVIS PREL PTER PINR LE XF ETRN
03OTTAWA1865	A/S WAYNE'S MEETING WITH FAHIM MOUDAD, DEPUTY [...] (SBU) Summary: During a bilateral meeting held June 25 on the margins of the International Arab Banking Summit in Montreal, A/S Anthony Wayne and Fahim Moudad, Deputy Governor of the Banque du Liban, discussed the fight against terrorist financing; cooperation on Iraq; and the Lebanese econo [...]	2003-06-30 20:08:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECIN EFIN ETRD EINV ETTC PREL PTER LE XF
03OTTAWA1866	A/S WAYNE'S MEETING WITH AHMED MOHAMED ALI [...] (SBU) Summary: During a bilateral meeting held June 25 on the margins of the International Arab Banking Summit in Montreal, A/S Anthony Wayne and Ahmed Mohamed Ali al-Khawi, Chairman of the Yemen Banking Association (YBA),discussed the fight against terrorist financing and Yemen's economic [...]	2003-06-30 20:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECIN EFIN ETRD EINV ETTC PREL PTER PINR YM ZR
03OTTAWA2002	2003 CANADIAN INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR CANADA Openness to Foreign Investment General Attitude ---------------- 2. With few exceptions, Canada offers foreign investors full national treatment within the context of a [...]	2003-07-15 20:13:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV KTDB KSPR CA OPIC
03OTTAWA334	CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION IN [...] (U) This message is sensitive, but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) This message was prepared with assistance from Amconsul Calgary. 3. (U) Critical infrastructure protection is among the areas listed for bilateral action in the Ridge-Manley Smart Border plan. Canada is [...]	2003-02-03 21:55:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ETRD EINV CA
03OTTAWA385	Air Canada's financial woes may spur GOC to alter fees [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-07 20:07:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EINV CA
03OTTAWA443	CANADIAN CEO'S PUSH "NORTH AMERICAN SECURITY AND [...] THE CANADIAN COUNCIL OF CHIEF EXECUTIVES (CEOCOUNCIL.CA),THE ORGANIZATION WHICH BUILT NORTH AMERICAN BUSINESS SUPPORT FOR U.S.-CANADA FREE TRADE IN THE 1980'S (AND THEREBY BUILT MUCH OF THE FRAMEWORK FOR NAFTA AND FTAA),IS LAUNCHING A SIMILARLY AMBITIOUS AGENDA FOR THE CONTINENT'S TRILATER [...]	2003-02-14 17:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD EINV CA
03OTTAWA578	CANADA'S ACTION ON ASIA PULP AND PAPER [...] (SBU) On February 28 Finoff touched base with Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAIT) for an update on GOC action with regard to proposals on Asia Pulp and Paper restructuring. The joint letter to President Megawati to be drafted by the Canadian Embassy in Jakarta (ref A) has been cl [...]	2003-02-28 22:03:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV SENV CA AA
03OTTAWA612	Canadian Transportation Strategy Unveiled: Aviation [...] The Government of Canada's strategic vision for transportation policy was unveiled on February 25th, 2003. There appear to be no radical departures from past GOC positions; gradualism is the key note struck by the authors of the policy statement. The policy vision addresses all modes: air, mar [...]	2003-03-06 17:07:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EINV CA
03OTTAWA789	Border Facts and Economic Impact [...] The Canadian-U.S. border is a key life-line in the functioning of a large part of our economy. The economic relationship between Canada and the United States is unparalleled. It is the largest merchandise trade relationship in the world with over US$1.1 Billion in goods crossing the border e [...]	2003-03-19 21:50:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ELTN ASEC EINV PREL CA
03RANGOON1118	SANCTIONS FORCE GOB TO LOOK FOR DOLLAR SUBSTITUTES [...] (C) Summary: Following the recent application of new U.S. trade and financial sanctions on Burma, the GOB has faced considerable difficulty in utilizing U.S. dollars for official foreign trade transactions. Third country entrepreneurs are unable, or unwilling, to issue letters of credit in U. [...]	2003-09-12 10:12:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EINV KFPC PGOV BM
03RANGOON178	BURMA'S ENERGY POLICY: BETTER LUCKY THAN GOOD [...] (C) Summary: Burma may have found a patch for its energy problems in 2003. A slower decline at the aging A'Pyauk gas fields (about 50 miles north northwest of Rangoon),unexpectedly large finds of gas in the recently developed Nyaungdon field (about 20 miles northwest of the capital),and bet [...]	2003-02-10 02:52:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EINV BM
03RANGOON910	BURMA'S INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Table of Contents: Summary Preface: U.S. Investment in Burma Subject to Sanctions Â [...]	2003-07-31 07:15:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB BM OPIC
03SANAA1091	PL-108-7 TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT [...] (U) Below is Post's response to the information requested in ref A. A. Does host government publish national budget in a timely manner? Answer: Yes, with minimum delay. B. Where Subnational levels of government are significant, are their combined fiscal position published. Answer: No, [...]	2003-05-13 13:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EAID ECON EFIN EINV ETRD YM EPTED COM
03SANAA1202	MIDDLE EAST TRADE INITIATIVE: YEMEN [...] (C) Summary: The ROYG will respond very positively to the Middle East Trade Initiative. Yemen should accede to the World Trade Organization in five years and that process should help reinvigorate efforts to conclude a Bilateral Investment Treaty. Sub regional FTAs could have wide benefits fo [...]	2003-05-31 08:32:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EINV YM COM
03SANAA1690	2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - REPUBLIC OF [...] THE FOLLOWING IS EMBASSY'S YEAR 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR YEMEN. 2. BEGIN TEXT OF INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: A. 1. Openness to Foreign Investment The Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG) is committed to attracting foreign investors by improving its overall investmen [...]	2003-07-13 07:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV YM OPIC ECON COM
03SANAA2203	HADRAMAUT: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, MARITIME SECURITY [...] (c) Begin summary: During an August 7-11 trip to the Hadramaut, Embassy officials met with Governor Hilal, Deputy Governor Ulufi, political figures, and members of the Civil Democratic Forum -- a Yemeni NGO -- to discuss the region's future. In Mukalla, Governor Hilal and members of Yemen's [...]	2003-09-03 12:18:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR ECON EFIN EINV PINR YM COM MARITIME SECURITY
03SANAA2204	CANADIAN NEXEN IN THE HADRAMAUT: THE TERMINAL AND [...] (c) Begin summary: During an August 7-11 visit to the governorate of Hadramaut, Embassy officials toured oil company Canadian Nexen's Central Pumping Facility (CPF) and Export Terminal. Nexen said it has good relations with its neighbors and there have been no threats to the pipeline, but no [...]	2003-09-03 12:19:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PTER EINV PREL ECON YM COM ENERGY
03SANAA2250	YEMEN: WTO ACCESSION UPDATE [...] (u) Summary: Minister of Industry and Trade Khaled Rajeh Sheikh will lead the Yemeni delegation to the WTO ministerial in Cancun. Yemen is moving steadily forward on WTO accession and expects to accede in 3-5 years. The European Commission (EC) is launching a five-year, seven million Euro pro [...]	2003-09-10 08:02:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EINV YM COM
03SANAA2356	TREASURY INVITATION DELIVERED TO YEMENI FINANCE [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-21 06:45:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KMPI EAID EFIN EINV
03SANTODOMINGO5562	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT AND TOP ECONOMIC TEAM WORRIED [...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING AN OCTOBER 8 MEETING AT THE NATIONAL PALACE, PRESIDENT MEJIA TOLD THE AMBASSADOR THAT HE IS CONCERNED ABOUT DELAYS IN DISBURSEMENT UNDER THE GODR'S STANDBY AGREEMENT WITH THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF),DELAYS IN DISBURSEMENT OF A $1OO MILLION INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOP [...]	2003-10-09 01:52:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG DR
03SANTODOMINGO5564	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT AND TOP ECONOMIC TEAM WORRIED [...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING AN OCTOBER 8 MEETING AT THE NATIONAL PALACE, PRESIDENT MEJIA TOLD THE AMBASSADOR THAT HE IS CONCERNED ABOUT DELAYS IN DISBURSEMENT UNDER THE GODR'S STANDBY AGREEMENT WITH THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF),DELAYS IN DISBURSEMENT OF A $1OO MILLION INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOP [...]	2003-10-09 01:59:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG DR
03SANTODOMINGO6075	AMBASSADOR AND EXIM BANK METTINGS WITH PRESIDENT, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and Ex-Im Bank officials had a series of meetings October 20-21, with President Mejia, members of his economic cabinet and International Monetary Fund Representatives. Mejia expressed frustration about delays in disbursement of loans from the IMF and the multilater [...]	2003-10-29 11:26:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ECIN ENRG EINV DR
03SANTODOMINGO7458	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2004 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE [...] The following updates the National Trade Estimate Report for the Dominican Republic as requested by Reftel for 2004. TRADE SUMMARY For January through September of 2003, the United States had a trade deficit with the Dominican Republic of $112 million, a deterioration of $263 million from [...]	2003-12-19 11:18:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD EINV
03TEGUCIGALPA1141	HONDURAN ECON HIGHLIGHTS: MARCH AND APRIL 2003 [...] The Central Bank of Honduras expects the GDP to increase by 3.0 to 3.5 percent in 2003. It grew by 2.0 percent in 2002, which was lower than the increases of 2.7 and 4.8 percent in 2001 and 2000, respectively. The Bank expects the GDP to reach more than 121 billion lempiras (USD 7.03 billion) [...]	2003-05-15 21:39:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG EINV EAIR ELAB PGOV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1169	HONDURAN ECON HIGHLIGHTS: MARCH AND APRIL 2003 [...] (U) The Central Bank of Honduras expects the GDP to increase by 3.0 to 3.5 percent in 2003. It grew by 2.0 percent in 2002, which was lower than the increases of 2.7 and 4.8 percent in 2001 and 2000, respectively. The Bank expects the GDP to reach more than 121 billion lempiras (USD 7.03 billio [...]	2003-05-20 20:32:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG EINV EAIR ELAB PGOV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1259	2003 EXPROPRIATION REPORT: HONDURAS [...] (U) HONDURAS The United States Government is aware of thirteen (13) claims of United States persons that may be outstanding against the Government of Honduras (GOH). The U.S. Government is also aware of numerous other investment disputes involving U.S. investors, the majority of whi [...]	2003-06-03 15:17:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN PGOV KIDE KSPR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA131	MINISTRY OF TOURISM BUILDS ON HONDURAS' STRENGTHS [...] (U) Summary. President Maduro came into office intent on nurturing the fledgling tourism industry in Honduras. By tapping successful businessman (and Maduro cousin) Thierry de Pierrefeu to serve as Tourism Ministry, he assured that there would be a no-nonsense business approach to this prio [...]	2003-01-17 15:18:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1487	Bilateral Labor Consultations on Margins of CAFTA [...] (SBU) Summary. A joint delegation from the Departments of Labor and State emphasized June 17-19 the need for the GOH to increase its protection of labor rights and for the private sector to augment its respect for labor rights, with U.S.-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) soon openi [...]	2003-06-25 13:18:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PHUM ECON EINV PGOV PREL KJUS HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1548	LABOR/MANAGEMENT RELATIONS EXCELLENT AT STANDARD [...] (SBU) Summary: Standard Fruit (Dole) and its union maintain good relations, with both sides saying that the two have worked closely together since Hurricane Mitch in 1998. In fact, Dole has announced an expansion of its investment in Honduras. While the union has declined in numbers and stre [...]	2003-07-01 23:11:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EAGR EINV ETRD PHUM PGOV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1580	Minister of Labor Looking to Create Temporary [...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Labor German Leitzelar has proposed a three-year program that seeks to create almost 132,000 "temporary" jobs in Honduras. By doing so, Leitzelar is seeking to achieve incremental changes in the labor situation without confronting head-on the politically difficult [...]	2003-07-03 15:41:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PHUM ECON EINV PGOV PREL KJUS HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1645	AES Attempts to Salvage 200MW Energy Contract and [...] (SBU) AES Honduras' efforts to salvage its 200MW energy contract, awarded and signed Christmas day, 2002 (ref g) despite having overcome an unfair government procurement process and political influence, may be reaching the end of the road this month. Apparently, due to financial and managemen [...]	2003-07-11 22:08:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV ECON HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1686	HONDURAN TEXTILE INDUSTRY DOWNTURN HIGHLIGHTS USITC [...] Post submits the following report in response to reftel request for the biennial report of the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) on the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA),as required by section 215(a) of the CBERA. 2. Summary: The slowdown and sluggish recovery of th [...]	2003-07-16 17:17:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EIND KTEX HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1880	COMMENTS OF FIRST LADY AND "DARK SIDE" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 5, a Casa Presidential spokesperson told reporters that President Ricardo Maduro's wife, Aguas Ocana, had returned to her native Spain for an indefinite period of time on personal business. Local media had reported on the departure the previous day, speculating that [...]	2003-08-08 23:04:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EINV EAID HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1912	HONDURAN ECON HIGHLIGHTS: AUGUST 2003 [...] The GOH is running out of time to attain their goal of 3.2 percent economic growth for 2003, over 2002's growth of 2.5 percent. Goals proved difficult after unexpected high levels of bank liquidity and stagnant international prices of agricultural goods like coffee and bananas hindered the e [...]	2003-08-13 21:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EAIR ELTN PGOV PREL KPRV KTDB KPWR HO ENGR
03TEGUCIGALPA1923	2003 Investment Climate Statement for Honduras [...] Provided below is the 2003 Investment Climate Statement for Honduras. Responses are keyed to reftel. ----------------------------------- A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment ----------------------------------- 2. The Honduran government is generally open to foreign investment and welco [...]	2003-08-14 17:40:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV HO OPIC
03TEGUCIGALPA2042	Honduras: 2002 Preliminary Macroeconomic Update [...] The Honduran economy grew at a rate of 2.5 percent in 2002, similar to its 2.6 percent growth rate in 2001. Since the population growth rate is approximately 2.6 percent, Honduras has enjoyed essentially zero real per capita economic growth over the last two years. Major factors influencing t [...]	2003-08-28 19:08:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAID PGOV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2062	SUMMARY OF THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM ASSESSMENT OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 28, 2003, the IMF staff submitted to its Board of Directors the results of the Financial System Stability Assessment (FSAP) performed by a joint World Bank-IMF team between October 2002 and February 2003. This cable contains a summary of their findings. In the report, t [...]	2003-08-29 21:59:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID EINV PTER SNAR PGOV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA225	Honduras: 2002 Preliminary Macroeconomic Update [...] The Central Bank of Honduras estimates economic growth in terms of real GDP in 2002 of two percent, lower than the rate of growth in 2001 and lower than the rate of population growth. The Consumer Price Index rose by 7.7 percent in the first eleven months of 2002; inflation for the year is pr [...]	2003-01-24 22:55:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAID PGOV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2250	Big Bang, Motorola Wants Out - Honduras Telecom [...] (U) Summary. Within the next week, President Maduro is expected to make a "Big Bang" announcement on the opening of the telecommunications market to private carriers wishing to enter into joint ventures and begin servicing communities as sub-contractors of Hondutel. Two American companies alr [...]	2003-09-22 19:37:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINV KPRV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2302	INTERAIRPORTS AT AGE THREE: A NEW CONTRACT, A NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: InterAirports, the international consortium that operates Honduras' four international airports, has recently renegotiated its contract with the GOH. The new contract would resolve many of the issues that have troubled InterAirports in its three years of operation, specifically [...]	2003-09-29 14:24:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV PGOV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2385	Honduran Gasoline Pricing: Tempest in a Teapot [...] (SBU) Summary. In September, former Industry and Trade Minister for President Maduro Juliet Handal began a public campaign to criticize the Honduran government's method of establishing maximum gasoline prices. Handal has argued in press conferences and appearances in front of the Honduran Na [...]	2003-10-09 15:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV ECON PGOV PINR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2461	MERENDON MINING REQUESTING RETRACTION IN ICP [...] (U) This is an action request (see paragraph 2). 2. (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The Embassy has received complaints from Canadian citizen Merendon Mining Corp. Ltd. President Gary Sorenson and now from his U.S. attorney, William Rogers of the law firm Arnold and Porter, regarding the [...]	2003-10-21 16:29:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EFIN ECON HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2612	Telecom Procurement Practices, Less Than Fair? [...] (U) Summary and action request. In an effort to promote transparency in its procurement practices, the Government of Honduras (GOH) decided to contract the UNDP to manage procurements for major infrastructure projects by the state owned telephone company, Hondutel. Unfortunately, in the firs [...]	2003-11-05 22:09:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINV KPRV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2662	IMF IN HONDURAS: PROSPECTS FOR AND OUTCOMES OF AN [...] (C) Summary: If the Maduro government comes to an agreement with the IMF, the National Congress is likely to approve the necessary measures. Of those measures, an increase in the fuel tax could potentially be the most difficult, and runs the risk of adding a new constituency, the transportati [...]	2003-11-12 21:25:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV EAID ETRD EINV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2792	HONDURAS REACHES PRELIMINARY AGREEMENT WITH IMF ON [...] (C) Summary. On November 25, the GOH and visiting IMF mission announced a preliminary agreement on a Letter of Intent (LOI) for a three-year Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility Program (PRGF). The central government deficit targets are 3.5 percent of GDP in 2004, 3.0 percent of GDP in 200 [...]	2003-11-28 22:48:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV EAID ETRD EINV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2942	UNDP Responds to Embassy Inquiries on Telecom [...] (SBU) Summary. Post thanks Washington agencies for a rapid response to reports of possible unfair procurement practices by UNDP Honduras. We have been able to discuss the Hondutel telecom tenders involving Harris Communications and Midwest Cable with UNDP General Coordinator for telecom bids [...]	2003-12-18 21:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINV KPRV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA546	HONDURAN ECON HIGHLIGHTS: DECEMBER 2002-JANUARY 2003 [...] The GDP rose by 2 percent in 2002, which was lower than economic growth rates in previous years of 2.7 percent in 2001 and 4.8 percent in 2000. Per capita income fell by 0.6 percent during 2002, and the Consumer Price Index rose by 8 percent. The international reserves totaled USD 1.5 billi [...]	2003-02-27 22:43:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG EINV EAIR ELTN PGOV PREL KPRV KTDB KPWR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA622	HONDURAN ECON HIGHLIGHTS: FEBRUARY 2003 [...] As part of the GOH efforts to reach an agreement with the IMF, an executive decree was issued by President Maduro to reduce public expenditure in salaries to the equivalent of 10.1 percent of the GDP. The measures include: freezing public sector employee wages for all of 2003, e [...]	2003-03-07 22:18:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG EAGR EINV ELAB PGOV SENV HO
03THEHAGUE1879	NETHERLANDS 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] Attached we transmit the text of the 2003 investment climate statement for the Netherlands. This update corresponds with chapter VII in the FY 2003 Country Commercial Guide. The full text of the ICS has also been transmitted by e-mail to EUR/IFD/OIA for the attention of Neil Feird and Ann Mc [...]	2003-07-24 15:02:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON KTDB EFIN KIDE NL OPIC
03THEHAGUE2163	Secretary Abraham's 8/13 Meeting with Dutch [...] (U) Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham met with Dutch Economics (also energy and telecommunications) Minister Laurens Jan Brinkhorst on August 13 in The Hague. In response to a question from Brinkhorst, the Secretary described the factors that led to the California electricity shortages - e [...]	2003-08-27 13:18:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG TPHY EINV KNNP IZ IR NL EUN
03THEHAGUE2177	Netherlands: Corporate Governance Issues High on [...] Summary: Dutch officials told the Ambassador that Sarbanes-Oxley implementation is still a matter of great concern to the Dutch financial community. They acknowledge that U.S. regulators have some flexibility in implementing the law's provisions but fear European voices will not find a recep [...]	2003-08-28 14:44:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV NL EUN
03THEHAGUE2750	DUTCH 2004 BUDGET: TOUGH DEFICIT REDUCTION PACKAGE [...] THE DUTCH PARLIAMENT HAS APPROVED A TOUGH DEFICIT REDUCTION PACKAGE AIMED AT LIMITING THE 2004 BUDGET DEFICIT TO 2.3 PERCENT OF GDP, WELL UNDER THE THREE PERCENT STABILITY AND GROWTH PACT (SGP) CEILING. ON OCTOBER 1, THE PARLIAMENT APPROVED A CY 2004 BUDGET THAT COMBINES SHARP SPENDING REDUC [...]	2003-10-31 16:21:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PREL EINV ELAB PGOV MCAP NL
04ABUDHABI1290	UAEG INFORMED OF INTERNATIONAL SHIP AND PORT [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered ref information April 24 to UAE Federal Customs Authority Deputy Director General Saeed Al- Marri, who undertook to forward the International Ship And Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code to the customs authorities in each of the UAE's seven emirates. He reminded Econof [...]	2004-04-25 12:55:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
04ABUDHABI13	AL-SUWEIDI BROTHERS: INFLUENTIAL ABU DHABI FAMILY [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (SBU) Summary: In a country where tribal affiliation and family connections shape the local commercial landscape, the Al-Suweidi is one of the largest and most influential tribes in the UAE. The Al-Suweidi ca [...]	2004-01-03 11:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EINV EPET PINS PREL PGOV TC
04ABUDHABI1465	UAE OIL MINISTER calls for OPEC to take steps to [...] (U) ON THE MARGINS OF AN ENVIRONMENT CONFERENCE IN ABU DHABI ON MAY 8, UAE PETROLEUM MINISTER OBEID BIN SAIF AL- NASIRI CALLED FOR OPEC TO "DO SOMETHING" ABOUT HIGH OIL PRICES AND RAISE THE CARTEL'S OFFICIAL PRODUCTION QUOTA. HE NOTED THAT OPEC MEMBERS ALREADY ARE OVERPRODUCING THE CURRENT Q [...]	2004-05-09 11:23:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EINV EPET TC
04ABUDHABI1701	UAEG RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON ILSA [...] (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) The Ambassador raised ref A talking points May 23 with UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hamdan bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (HbZ) and expressed USG concern about re [...]	2004-05-24 11:48:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC IR
04ABUDHABI1710	UAEG STUDYING ATOMIC ENERGY POTENTIAL; SEEKS USG [...] (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 5. 3. (C) UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hamdan bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (HbZ) told the Ambassador May 23 [...]	2004-05-24 13:26:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EINV KNNP TC GM
04ABUDHABI195	UPPER ZAKUM FIELD UPDATE [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). This cable contains business proprietary information. Please protect. 2. (C) In late December, Ambassador and Econchief met with Exxon Mobil (Al-Khalij) President Frank Kemnetz, who provided an update on the st [...]	2004-01-20 05:37:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
04ABUDHABI2028	UAE: BOGUS REPORT CLAIMS EXXONMOBIL WINS BID TO [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires Richard A. Albright, a.i., for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) A Middle East Economic Survey (MEES) article this week, citing "sources close to the Supreme Petroleum Council" (SPC),claimed that the SPC had selected U.S. firm ExxonMobil to develop the m [...]	2004-06-21 09:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
04ABUDHABI2033	UAEG DECLINES TO PROVIDE FURTHER INFO ON GAS [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C/NF) In a June 14 meeting with Econoff, Chief Operating Officer of Mubadala (and former Projects Manager for UAE Offsets Group) Khaldoon Al-Mubarak (protect) said the UAEG would not provide fu [...]	2004-06-21 13:43:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC IR
04ABUDHABI2203	PRIMER ON UAE INSURANCE MARKET [...] The UAE insurance sector is a small contributor to the federation's economy, but enjoys significant levels of protection from foreign competition. Most recent data available shows that the insurance sector contributed $630 million to the UAE economy in 2002 -- less than 1 percent of the UAE' [...]	2004-07-04 12:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ECIN TC
04ABUDHABI2206	UAE COMPLIANT WITH INTERNATIONAL SHIP AND PORT [...] According to the International Maritime Organization (IMO),all of the UAE's major seaports and oil and gas terminal operators were ISPS certified by the July 1 deadline. The following UAE seaports received ISPS certification: Dubai Dry Dock (Dubai) Jebel Ali Port (Dubai) Port Rashid (Dub [...]	2004-07-04 12:48:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV
04ABUDHABI2254	UAE: MAJOR SHAKE-UP IN THE SUPREME PETROLEUM [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C/NF) Summary and comment: In a surprise move, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Shaykh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan overhauled the membership of the secretive Supreme Petroleum Council (SPC) on June 29. [...]	2004-07-06 14:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EINV EPET PINS PREL PGOV TC
04ABUDHABI2263	UAEG RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON IRAN GAS NEGOTIATIONS [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Charge delivered ref A talking points to MFA Assistant Secretary Abdullah Rashid Al-Noaimi July 6, and expressed our concerns about Abu Dhabi's potential project to import gas from Iran. Al [...]	2004-07-07 11:07:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC IR
04ABUDHABI2272	A trickle, but no rush of people and capital [...] (C) Summary: Terror attacks and insecurity have prompted a small number of expatriates to leave Saudi Arabia and relocate to the United Arab Emirates, according to business, government, and diplomatic contacts, as well as press reports. The limited exodus concerns individuals, not entire firm [...]	2004-07-07 13:35:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EINV SA TC
04ABUDHABI2343	UAE: JULY 2004 APPENDIX TO 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] (U) This appendix serves as an update to the 2003 Investment Climate Statement for the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It has been provided to assist investors in the interim period resulting from the U.S. Government's decision to begin publishing the Country Commercial Guide (of which the Invest [...]	2004-07-13 11:36:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON KSPR KTBD KPRP OPIC TC
04ABUDHABI2437	UAE NEARING MAXIMUM OIL PRODUCTION LIMITS [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires Richard A. Albright, a.i., for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C/NF) Summary: During a July 20 meeting with Charge and Econoff, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) Deputy CEO and new member of the Supreme Petroleum Council (see ref C) Abdullah Nasser Al [...]	2004-07-21 11:53:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
04ABUDHABI3412	UAE EXPLORES BUILDING NUCLEAR PLANT FOR POWER, [...] (U) Summary: The UAE signed an MOU with the Government of South Korea to undertake a feasibility study regarding building a nuclear power plant in UAE. If constructed, the plant could potentially double the country,s power and water generation capabilities, and it would be the first nuclear [...]	2004-09-28 13:39:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EINV KNNP GM TC
04ABUDHABI3483	UAE DRAFT COMPANIES LAW WILL ALLOW GREATER THAN 49 [...] (SBU) Summary: If enacted in its current draft form, a new UAE companies law will allow the Ministry of Economy and Commerce to grant exceptions to the 51/49 percent ownership requirement on a case-by-case basis. This exception will allow U.S. and other foreign companies to own more than 49 [...]	2004-10-04 10:37:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRO TC
04ABUDHABI3526	SCENESETTER FOR USTR ZOELLICK'S TRAVEL TO THE UAE [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Michele J. Sison for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Ambassador Zoellick: I would like to welcome you to the UAE. Your visit comes during a dynamic period in the U.S.-UAE bilateral relationship. Over the last few years, relations between the UAE and the U.S [...]	2004-10-06 14:27:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP TC ETRD ECON EINV PREL
04ABUDHABI4260	NEW ECONOMY MINISTER PRAISES PRIVATE SECTOR [...] (C) Ambassador called on Sheikha Lubna Al-Qasimi, the New Minister of Economy and Planning, on November 27 to congratulate her on assuming her role as the first UAE woman cabinet member. Sheikha Lubna commented that, in her view, the cabinet shake up reflected the UAEG's effort to bring in pr [...]	2004-11-28 09:37:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ERTD ECON EINV TC

04ABUDHABI652	UAE OIL MINISTER: "OPEC MAY REVIEW PRODUCTION [...] (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) UAE Oil Minister Obaid Al-Nasseri told reporters last week that OPEC would stand by the April 1 production cuts, but review its policy at the OPEC meeting at the end of March. Indeed, the [...]	2004-03-09 13:59:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
04ABUDHABI735	UAE: SUPREME PETROLEUM COUNCIL DELAYS DECISION ON UPPER ZAKUM [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C/NF) Summary and comment: Almost two years after international oil companies submitted bids, the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) on January 27 presented its recommendation for the award of a 28 percen [...]	2004-03-16 06:56:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
04ABUDHABI790	FORMER UAE OIL MINISTER SHARES "SECRET" DOCUMENT [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C/NF) Special Adviser to the President and the UAE's first Oil Minister Man'a Al-Otaiba recently passed the Ambassador a document on Abu Dhabi oil production marked "secret," and dated February 16, 2003. Al-O [...]	2004-03-21 05:15:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
04ABUJA1164	CHANGE IN MANAGEMENT AT ABUJA'S NATIONAL HOSPITAL: [...] (C) CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. 2. Summary: The GON's decision to terminate International Hospital Group's (IHG) management contract at the National Hospital appears to stem not from irregularities on the part of the British management group, but rather on its intolerance for irregularit [...]	2004-07-01 07:45:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PINR TBIO SOCI NI
04ABUJA1323	NIGERIA'S ECONOMIC TEAM: COMMITMENT TO REFORM BUT [...] (S/NF) Summary: President Olusegun Obasanjo's economic "Dream Team" is largely doing the right thing but operates mainly at the macroeconomic level, while the micro-economy continues to suffer. Team members appear to enjoy shallow support at the level of the Presidency and Vice Presidency, [...]	2004-07-29 13:23:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV PREL NI
04ABUJA1381	NIGERIA: U.S. COMPANY LOSES BID, ALLEGES [...] (U) ACTION REQUESTED PARAGRAPH THIRTEEN. 2. (SBU) Summary: Earlier this year, Nigeria's Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) solicited bids in the sale of a majority stake in ALSCON, the state aluminum smelting plant. The bid by an American corporation, BFIGroup Corporation, to acquire the [...]	2004-08-12 04:11:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR PREL BEXP EINV EFIN NI
04ABUJA1559	Continental Airlines to Fly to Nigeria? [...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraph 7. 2. (U) Ambassador, EconCouns and Econoff met with Chris Amenechi of Continental Airlines and Continental's Nigerian law firm, George Etomi & Partners, on September 7 at the Ambassador's office. Amenechi provided documents to the Ambassador [...]	2004-09-08 13:48:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV PGOV NI ETRA
04ABUJA1670	AVIATION MINISTER MAKES PITCH IN BEHALF OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Aviation Minister Yuguda pleaded with Econ Counselor September 27 for the USG not to put up obstacles to Virgin Nigeria's plans to serve U.S. cities under the US-Nigeria open skies agreement. Yuguda said Obasanjo would be "devastated" were the USG to do so. Econ Counselor repe [...]	2004-09-29 05:52:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EINV PREL NI
04ABUJA1820	NIGERIA'S BUDGET FOR 2005 [...] (U) Summary: President Obasanjo delivered a speech on his USD 12.2 billion (Naira 1.618 trillion) Budget proposal for 2005 to a joint session of the National Assembly on October 12. The 2005 budget, the second under Nigeria's economic reform program NEEDS (National Economic Empowerment and [...]	2004-10-28 10:56:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD EAIR EINV NI
04ABUJA2118	GON AVIATION MINISTER PROTESTS EMBASSY PRESS [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-23 07:37:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EINV PREL NI
04ABUJA2119	GON AVIATION MINISTER RESTATES CASE THAT VIRGIN [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-23 07:37:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EINV PREL NI
04ABUJA2128	NIGERIAN CONSULTANT EXPLAINS GON THINKING ON [...] (SBU) Begin summary. On December 6, Embassy Economic Officer and Consulate Economic Specialist met in Lagos with Bismarck Rewane, the financial adviser to Nigeria's Federal Ministry of Aviation in attracting investors for a new national air carrier, the planned Virgin Nigeria Airways. Rewan [...]	2004-12-23 12:34:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EINV PREL NI
04ABUJA2135	GON AVIATION MINISTER PROTESTS EMBASSY PRESS [...] Following is the proposed letter to Nigeria's Minister of Aviation mentioned in ref A. 2. Begin text. Mr. Minister: Thank you for your letter of December 21, 2004 in response to the media briefing on Virgin Nigeria by the U.S. Embassy's Economic Counselor on December 16 (FMA/20/2004 [...]	2004-12-23 15:58:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EINV PREL NI
04ABUJA290	NIGERIA: SUBMISSION FOR 2004 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON [...] (U) Per ref A, Post provides the following update to the 2003 President's Report on AGOA. ------------------------- AGOA Trade and Investment ------------------------- 2. (U) Nigeria has not capitalized on African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) benefits to a discernible degree. Niger [...]	2004-02-23 05:16:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ELAB ECON PREL NI AGOA USTR
04ACCRA1608	GHANA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS JULY 2004 [...] This report covers noteworthy economic events and activities in Ghana for July 2004. The issues covered are: -- Launch of Private Sector Development Strategy -- Ghana Hosts Talks on ECOWAS Common External Tariff -- One to Watch: Economy of Ghana Network Launched -- New Fees on Food Imports [...]	2004-08-04 16:25:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ETRD EAGR EINV GH
04ACCRA1645	GHANA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- AUGUST 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-10 17:38:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON ETRD EAGR ELAB KTDB PGOV GH
04ACCRA1681	USITC STUDY AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON U.S. -- [...] In response to Ref A, Post submits the following information to assist the USITC in its investigation for its study, U.S. Trade and Investment with sub-Saharan Africa. This cable builds on Post's previous submission of November 2003 (Ref B),and includes activities of USAID's West Africa Regio [...]	2004-08-16 17:13:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV PREL GH
04ACCRA1790	GROUNDBREAKING SHOWCASES NEWMONT MINING'S ATTEMPT [...] (SBU) On August 25 DCM and EconOff attended groundbreaking ceremonies hosted by Newmont Mining for the first of two planned mines in Ghana. When completed, the 450 million-dollar project in the Brong-Ahafo region will represent the largest foreign investment in Ghana to date. Newmont clearly [...]	2004-09-02 13:51:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EMIN GA
04ACCRA1978	UPDATE ON U.S. INVESTOR'S PLANS TO TAKE OVER FOR [...] (C) Charge and EconChief met with Amcit representatives of Ghana International Air (GIA) to discuss its agreement with the Government of Ghana (GoG) to create a new airline to take over Ghana Air's routes. GIA reps confirmed that the GoG and GIA have agreed to form a partnership, with the GoG [...]	2004-10-04 18:13:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EINV GH
04ACCRA2044	GHANA'S PARLIAMENT MEETS ONE LAST TIME BEFORE [...] (C) Ghana's Parliament convened October 5 for a final, abbreviated session prior to the December elections. Parliament's agenda includes a number of bills and agreements important to the U.S. This includes the Ghana-OPIC Agreement, the Ghana-Kaiser Aluminum Agreement on the Sale of Valco, the [...]	2004-10-16 17:51:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAIR ENRG EINV EIND PREL GH OPIC
04ACCRA2142	EMBASSY OUTREACH TRIP TO GHANA'S WESTERN REGION [...] Summary: On October 20-21, DCM led an Embassy delegation to Takoradi, capital of Ghana's Western region, to reach out to business and Western military command contacts and public diplomacy audiences outside of Accra. (We recently did a similar road show in Kumasi, Ashanti region). Emboffs m [...]	2004-11-01 06:58:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EINV MOPS OTRA CVIS GH
04ACCRA2205	KAISER COMPLETES SALE OF VALCO TO THE GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Kaiser Aluminum has sold its 90-percent stake in the Volta River Aluminum Company (Valco) to the Government of Ghana (GoG)for USD 18.5 million. After Parliament ratified the sale agreement on October 28 (septel),GoG and Kaiser officials met in London on October 29 to complete the officia [...]	2004-11-08 17:22:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EMIN ENRG GH EXIM OPIC
04ACCRA2213	GHANA: FINAL PARLIAMENT ACTION IN 2004 [...] This cable highlights significant legislation that passed Parliament during its October 5 - November 4 session and follows up on bills of particular US interest, as highlighted Reftel. 2. In its final session of 2004, Parliament ratified the OPIC-Ghana Investment Incentives Agreement, passe [...]	2004-11-09 12:28:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EAIR ENRG GH OPIC
04ACCRA2303	GOVERNMENT OF GHANA'S MIXED RESPONSE TO WESTERN [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has responded to Western Wireless International's (WWI) filing for international arbitration under UNCITRAL rules (reftel). The MoJ claims that WWI is restricted by contract to settling disputes with the GoG in Ghanaian courts under Ghanaian law an [...]	2004-11-23 15:19:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINV GH
04ACCRA2305	IMF READOUT ON GHANA'S ECONOMY [...] (SBU) The IMF has raised 2004 growth estimates for Ghana to 5.5 percent. Inflation should stay at 11-13 percent and the balance of payments improved in 2004 due to large cocoa exports, donor aid flows and record remittances. There is concern on the fiscal side, with wages and fuel subsidies [...]	2004-11-23 16:05:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ENRG GH OPIC
04ACCRA2319	FINANCE MINISTER'S UPBEAT STATUS REPORT ON GHANA'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Finance Minister Osafo Maafo gave an optimistic appraisal of Ghana's planning for the Millennium Challenge Act (MCA) during a November 22 meeting with Ambassador Yates. In response to concerns raised by the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC),Osafo Maafo reconfigured Ghana [...]	2004-11-29 11:22:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KMCA EAID EINV EAGR EFIN GH OPIC MCA
04ACCRA2527	ALCOA'S BID FOR VALCO [...] (SBU) Summary. EconOffs met with Randy Phillips and Jeff Heeter of Alcoa December 14. Phillips and Heeter were in Ghana to follow up on Alcoa's proposal to purchase a larger stake in the Volta Aluminum Company(VALCO) and develop Ghana's bauxite reserves. The proposal also includes the const [...]	2004-12-22 08:30:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EMIN ENRG GH EXIM OPIC
04ACCRA2536	GHANA 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Post is pleased to provide below the 2005 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for Ghana. This report revises and updates the ICS submitted August 2004. A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment Attracting foreign direct investment remains a key objective of Ghana's economic recovery program, w [...]	2004-12-22 22:38:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD EFIN BEXP KTDB ELAB GH OPIC USTR
04ACCRA56	FOLLOW-UP TO EVIAN SUMMIT ANTI- CORRUPTION/TRANSPARENCY DECLARATION: IDENTIFICATION OF PILOT COUNTRIES [...] Summary. Anti-corruption and transparency are critical issues in Ghana. While the G-8 program could add value to on-going anti-corruption and transparency initiatives in Ghana, and while we think Ghana could ultimately participate successfully, the timing is not good for including Ghana as on [...]	2004-01-12 12:01:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KCOR PGOV ECON EINV EPET ETRD GH
04ADANA12	COMMERICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN SE TURKEY [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-21 15:18:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV TU ADANA
04ADANA150	BFIF 2004 END OF YEAR REPORT [...] Adana greatly appreciates the support from EB for two projects during 2004. Thanks to BFIF funding post was also able to send the American Corner/Gaziantep Director to Ankara for consulations with FCS staff from May 26-29, 2004. (Note: The American Corner is housed in the Gaziantep Chamber [...]	2004-12-01 17:08:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ABUD AMGT BTIO ECON EINV ETRD ADANA
04ADANA56	SE TURKEY ECONOMY LINKED TO TEXTILE CHANGES, IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-07 07:37:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN TU ETRA ADANA
04AMMAN3293	JORDAN-IRAQ POWER SECTOR COOPERATION: MORE SMOKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the past eight months, the Jordanian Ministry of Energy (JMOE) and the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity (IMOE) have engaged in a series of meetings on power sector cooperation that has received substantial publicity in the Jordanian press. The talks that have been held have [...]	2004-04-29 10:25:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV JO IZ
04AMMAN350	JORDAN: BUSINESS CONFIDENCE STRONG [...] (SBU) Summary: As a new year begins, Jordan's economy continues to perform well and the business community is looking forward to continued strong activity, based in part on new opportunities in Iraq and under the U.S. FTA, as well as on good policies at home. Nevertheless, business people [...]	2004-01-15 16:27:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD EINV JO
04AMMAN3951	U/S LARSON MEETING WITH PAKISTANI MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) U/S Larson met with Minister Shaikh for 15 minutes on May 15 on the margins of the WEF at the Dead Sea in Jordan. Also present in the meeting were Larson visit control officer Greg Lawless and notetaker Amy Schedlbauer. 2. (SBU) Larson gave the minister a copy of the draft G-8 Plan o [...]	2004-05-19 13:52:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL PK EFIN JO
04AMMAN3955	U/S LARSON MEETING WITH QATARI MINISTER OF ECONOMY [...] (SBU) U/S Larson met with Qatari Minister of Economy and Commerce Mohammed Bin Ahmed Bin Jassim Al-Thani on May 15 at the margins of the World Economic Forum at the Dead Sea in Jordan. Larson opened by seeking the views of the Qataris on the G-8 reform initiative. He passed a copy of the late [...]	2004-05-19 13:55:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EPET EAID QA IZ NG
04AMMAN3956	U/S LARSON MEETING WITH AFGHAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN [...] (SBU) U/S Larson met with Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah on the margins of the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Saturday, May 15. Larson asked Abdullah to review the latest draft of the G-8 plan of support for reform. After handing over a copy, Larson outlined the scope of the initiati [...]	2004-05-19 13:56:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EINV AF SA
04AMMAN4310	ENERGY MINISTER ADDRESSES TRANSPARENCY CONCERNS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to Energy Minister Khreisat, the al-Samra power plant construction tender has been and will remain transparent, despite complaints by U.S. contractor Black & Veatch (B&V). In a May 24 meeting, Khreisat also shared the Energy Ministry,s plans for modernization of the Z [...]	2004-05-31 14:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV JO
04AMMAN5430	OFFICIAL/INFORMAL FOR DCM AMBASSADOR JAMES JEFFREY [...] (SBU) Post personnel have recently been in contact with a Jordanian conference organizer who has expressed his readiness to organize a conference focusing on investing opportunities in both Iraq and Jordan. The conference, tentatively planned to be held in Amman and dated October 5-7, would b [...]	2004-07-02 08:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN JO IZ
04AMMAN5611	2004 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, post updates an outstanding investment dispute by a "U.S. person" against the Government of Jordan (GOJ). Claimant A refers to Jacobs Engineering Group of Pasadena, California. Claimant B refers to Arab Potash Co., Ltd., which at the time the dispute arose was 52 [...]	2004-07-07 14:49:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN PGOV KIDE CASC JO OPIC
04AMMAN5676	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO KERAK QIZ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a June 23 visit to the Kerak QIZ, Ambassador led the press through a tour of Camel Textile's factory-based training center helping to build skills of local Jordanian garment workers. In a separate, private tour, the Ambassador witnessed a rapidly growing garment factory [...]	2004-07-08 14:37:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL ETTC EINV KTIA JO
04AMMAN6410	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT APPENDIX, 2004 - [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-28 14:29:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV JO
04AMMAN6441	SOCIAL SECURITY CHAIR WANTS TO SOLVE "PENSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The sustainability of the national pension fund is a source of concern to Social Security Corporation (SSC) chairman Khalid Al-Wazani - but he has a plan to address these problems. There is progress on the SSC,s proposed buyout of the stake held by the Arab Potash Company in J [...]	2004-07-29 16:55:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON KPRV PINR JO
04AMMAN6726	NONVIOLENT IRAQI OPPOSITION FIGURES AIR FAMILIAR [...] SUMMARY: A two-day meeting held in Amman in late July offered an opportunity for prominent, nonviolent members of the Iraqi opposition to the coalition forces (CF) and Iraqi interim government (IIG) to meet with prominent, but predominantly non-official, Americans. The meeting produced a few [...]	2004-08-10 14:29:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL JO IZ
04AMMAN6760	JORDAN'S KING ABDULLAH VISITS ASIA SEEKING TRADE, [...] (U) SUMMARY: King Abdullah's swing through Asia was aimed at diversifying the Kingdom's trade and investment partners and seeking bilateral assistance. The King succeeded in obtaining several grants and loans from China and South Korea; Jordan and Korea also signed a tax treaty. The King's [...]	2004-08-11 13:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV EAID JO CH KS TH
04AMMAN8596	ICT EVENTS SPOTLIGHT EMERGENT SECTOR OF JORDAN'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: Three recent and ongoing events have thrust Jordan,s growing information and communications tecnology sector once more into the spotlight. The industry, which has benefited from active royal patronage and substantial USAID and other donor support, has successfully carved out a nic [...]	2004-10-18 14:00:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EAID EINV BEXP PGOV JO
04AMMAN9226	ZARQAWI'S HOMETOWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Zarqa, Jordan,s second-largest city, is the home of the bulk of Jordan,s heavy industry and infamous terrorist Abu Mus,ab Al-Zarqawi. Zarqa has been on a losing streak for the past decade. Underrepresented in the Jordanian government and the Parliament because of its large Pales [...]	2004-11-18 12:30:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SENV EINV ETRD SOCI JO IZ
04ANKARA1228	Economic Partnership Commission: Update on [...] (SBU) MFA U/S Ziyal and U/S Larson agreed to discuss implementation of the Economic Partnership Commission Action Plan (ref c) by telephone at 10:30 EST on March 5. Embassy recommends that U/S Larson encourage Turkey to adhere to the economic reform program; press for resolution of U.S. busi [...]	2004-03-02 09:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL ETRD EINV ENRG BEXP KIPR TU IZ
04ANKARA136	TURKEY'S ECONOMY: WHY WE NEED TO KEEP UP THE [...] (C) Summary: Government leaders are celebrating a successful economic year, with inflation dropping to 18.4 percent, growth near the 5 percent target, and interest rates on the massive public debt falling dramatically. The sense of crisis has faded. The AK Government deserves some credit f [...]	2004-01-09 07:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV PGOV ETRD TU
04ANKARA1511	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF FINANCE: [...] (Sbu) Summary: At a lunch meeting at the residence March 9, Finance Minister Unakitan discussed U.S. investment disputes in Turkey, said the Uzans' cell phone company has a potential buyer who is in touch with Motorola, and asserted both GOT ownership of the economic reform program and a GOT d [...]	2004-03-15 08:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ECON PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA1605	Danistay Rules Against Cargill Zoning Amendment [...] (U) Last week, the Turkish Danistay (Council of State) upheld a lower Danistay ruling, which struck down the amendments to the Iznik Lake Environmental Development Plan which enabled Cargill to build its USD 90 million corn syrup plant. The Ministry of Public Works, the Prime Ministry, and Ca [...]	2004-03-17 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EAGR TU
04ANKARA1861	ANOTHER INVESTMENT PROBLEM: THE CASE OF THE OIL [...] (SBU) Lawyers representing U.S.-based Toreador Resources Corporation called on the Ambassador March 22 to seek the Mission's assistance in resolving a problem that is preventing Toreador from repatriating the proceeds of its $53 million capital investment in Turkey. They explained that the [...]	2004-03-29 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EPET PREL TU
04ANKARA21	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH INDUSTRY MINISTER [...] (Sbu) Summary: Minister of Industry Ali Coskun told Ambassador the GOT would introduce legislation to solve Cargill's zoning problem in January and claimed the GOT was working on the data exclusivity problem. Coskun seemed to take the Ambassador's point on the need to resolve some American co [...]	2004-01-05 08:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN PGOV TU
04ANKARA2189	AMBASSADOR RAISES HUMAN RIGHTS REFORM, TIP, AMCIT [...] (C) Summary: In an April 14 meeting with Justice Minister Cicek, the Ambassador praised GOT human rights reforms and encouraged further progress in the run-up to the December EU Summit. He recommended the Embassy and GOT establish a regular exchange of information on trafficking in persons (T [...]	2004-04-15 16:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CASC EINV KCRM KWMN JO TU
04ANKARA2195	SCENESETTER FOR ECONOMY MINISTER BABACAN'S [...] (Sbu) Summary: Economy Minister Ali Babacan comes to Washington after the IMF's Seventh Review and several months of better-than-expected macroeconomic performance. Senior USG interlocutors could usefully use the meetings to praise GOT accomplishments while warning against complacency, reiter [...]	2004-04-16 11:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV BEXP PREL TU
04ANKARA23	MFA U/S Ziyal Letter to U/S Larson on EPC [...] MFA transmitted a letter from Undersecretary Ziyal to U/S Larson via diplomatic note on the Economic Partnership Commission. In the letter, Ziyal affirms the importance of the economic reform program, addressing investment issues, moving forward on a Turkey Qualifying Industrial Zone, and co [...]	2004-01-05 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL EINV TU
04ANKARA2334	INDUSTRY MINISTER PROMISES SWIFT ACTION ON CARGILL [...] (SBU) On April 21, the Ambassador met with Industry and Commerce Minister Ali Coskun to press for resolution of U.S. company disputes, particularly Cargill,s zoning issue. Highlighting the importance of foreign direct investment for raising living standards and the opportunities to showcase th [...]	2004-04-26 10:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EINV TU
04ANKARA2505	Interior Ministry U/S on Aviation Security, [...] (SBU) In an April 21 meeting with Interior Ministry Undersecretary Harput, DCM raised the continuing gap in border controls for international passengers transferring to domestic flights, police protection for the U.S. Consul General in Istanbul, and the Bedoian investment case. Mustafa Bal, h [...]	2004-05-04 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EAIR ASEC EINV TU
04ANKARA2697	ADVANCING OUR ECONOMIC INTERESTS IN TURKEY AHEAD [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Eric S. Edelman. Reason: 1.4(b,d) 2. (C) Summary: We have time to make one more hard push to advance our core economic interests in Turkey ahead of the end-June Presidential visit and NATO Summit. We need to use every opportunity during this period to enc [...]	2004-05-12 16:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EINV ETRD PTER TU
04ANKARA2842	Dillingham Pulling Out of Turkey [...] In an April 27 letter to the Ambassador, Dillingham Construction International Inc. (DCII) advised that, due to the judicial system's failure to uphold its rights, it will pull out of Turkey and refrain from bidding on future projects. DCII's experience in Turkish courts creates serious doubt [...]	2004-05-20 13:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV BEXP ETRD TU
04ANKARA2915	TREASURY UNDERSECRETARY ON IMF, U.S. MONEY [...] (Sbu) Summary: Treasury U/S Canakci told Econoffs May 24 that the GOT would decide soon about both the U.S. Financial Agreement and the future IMF role. Econoffs delivered ref a financial points. Despite the recnt market downturn, Canakci was confident about Treasury's financing position for [...]	2004-05-25 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PREL TU
04ANKARA3234	AMBASSADOR, FINANCE MINISTER DISCUSS TERROR [...] (C) Summary: In a June 9 meeting to discuss USG recommendations aimed at strenghthening Turkey's regime to combat terrorist finance, Finance Minister Unakitan stressed the importance that his government attaches to the issue, but unfortunately turned for discussion of the details to MASAK Pr [...]	2004-06-10 13:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER EINV ETRD TU
04ANKARA342	AMBASSODOR AND FINANCE MINISTER ON THE ECONOMY AND [...] (SBU) In a January 16 meeting, Ambassador congratulated Finance Minister Unakitan on Turkey's economic successes in 2003, but warned that the recovery remained fragile and that the GOT needed to implement the reform program fully. He predicted that the Prime Minister would hear similar comment [...]	2004-01-20 09:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN PREL TU
04ANKARA377	Update on Investment Issues Facing U.S. Companies [...] (SBU) Following up on the Ambassador's recent meetings with economy ministers, the Embassy has pressed GOT authorities hard to resolve the numerous disputes involving U.S. companies. We have stressed that progress in these cases will help make the Prime Minister's visit to Washington a succes [...]	2004-01-21 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EAGR KIPR TU
04ANKARA4	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES U.S. VISIT, CYPRUS, NATO [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Turkish PM Erdogan December 31 in advance of Erdogan's late-January U.S. visit. The Ambassador said White House officials view the visit as an opportunity to enhance U.S.-Turkey relations and set the stage for the June NATO Summit in Istanbul. The USG and G [...]	2004-01-02 11:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR EINV AM CY TU
04ANKARA402	GOT STICKS TO HARD LINE ON BOT ENERGY PROJECTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite Energy Minister Guler's recent public comment that he had a "secret plan" to resolve the BOT energy disputes by the end of the month, we see no sign of progress. In fact, the companies and the government are not even seriously discussing possible compromises. Instead, [...]	2004-01-22 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV PREL US
04ANKARA4047	JULY 2004 APPENDIX TO THE 2003 INVESTMENT [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-21 13:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB EFIN TU
04ANKARA433	TUPRAS AND OTHER PRIVATIZATION NEWS [...] (SBU) On 16 January EconCounselor and EconOff met with Privatization Authority (PA) President Meltin Kilci to review recent events in the Tupras sale (Ref A) and discuss upcoming events. Kilci was clearly relieved finally to have an (apparently) successful tender in a major privatization, and [...]	2004-01-23 09:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PREL TU
04ANKARA4332	TURKEY INVESTMENT ISSUES: GOOD NEWS FOR CARGILL, [...] (SBU) In recent months, the Turkish Government has taken several steps to resolve outstanding disputes with U.S. companies and to open its economy to foreign investment. The most notable recent step was the passage of industrial zones legislation that Cargill believes will solve the zoning pr [...]	2004-08-03 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EMIN ECPS BEXP TU
04ANKARA45	MFA's Accepts Almost All of EPC Action Items [...] (SBU) Econoff discussed reftel's updated version of the Economic Partnership Commission's (EPC's) Agreed Action Items with Mehmet Gucuk, MFA's Deputy Director General for Bilateral Economic Affairs, on December 30. Gucuk, who said he was transmitting the Ministry's official views on this after [...]	2004-01-06 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EINV TU
04ANKARA4892	BOSPHORUS VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLES AND THRACE BYPASS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Acting Econ Counselor delivered ref a and b demarches to GOT MFA Energy Deputy Director Hakki Akil. Akil expressed strong disappointment at USG objections to "Voluntary Principles on straits oil tankers and bypass pipelines." He denied press reports that the GOT was supporting [...]	2004-08-28 06:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EWWT PREL ELTN EINV SENV TU
04ANKARA5051	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS BOSPHORUS DEMARCHES TO ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador delivered ref a-d demarches on Bosphorus bypass issues on August 31 to Minister of Energy Hilmi Guler. Ambassador stressed that the USG did not support a specific route or project, but called for timely, transparent decisions from the GOT on permits, specifically fo [...]	2004-09-08 15:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EWWT PREL ELTN EINV ENRG SENV TU UK
04ANKARA5306	SECRETARY ABRAHAM'S SEPTEMBER 21 VISIT TO ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) Your visit to Turkey comes a few months after the President,s June visit to Ankara and Istanbul for bilateral meetings and the NATO Summit, at a time when bilateral and political relations are generally on track. Your meeting with Energy Minister Hilmi Guler will provide an excellent op [...]	2004-09-17 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EWWT EMIN ETRD EINV OVIP TU
04ANKARA5698	SECRETARY ABRAHAM,S SEPTEMBER 21 BILATERAL MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham and Turkey Energy Minister Hilmi Guler covered a range of energy issues in a meeting in Istanbul on September 21. Areas identified for continued and deepened cooperation were Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline completion in mid 2005; promotion [...]	2004-10-04 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EWWT EMIN ETRD EINV OVIP TU
04ANKARA6009	Turkey FDI: Investment Climate Efforts Stall [...] (SBU) Summary. Government and private sector sources agree there was little significant improvement in Turkey's investment climate in 2004. Foreigners' real estate purchases amounted for a large portion of an increase in FDI recorded in Central Bank figures. Creation of a semi- government [...]	2004-10-22 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV TU
04ANKARA608	Deputy Treasury Undersecretary on U.S. Company [...] (SBU) Cavit Dagdas, a Deputy Undersecretary at the Turkish Treasury, told us the GOT is working toward a useful Investor Advisory Council meeting in March, in which foreign companies give frank advice on how to improve the investment climate. He also asked for USG help in ensuring that the U. [...]	2004-01-30 12:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV KIPR TU
04ANKARA6206	AMBASSADOR EDELMAN'S OCTOBER 25 VISIT TO IZMIR [...] (SBU) Summary: Izmir provincial and municipal, business and academic officials warmly welcomed Ambassador Edelman during his first official visit to Izmir, October 25. Focusing on commercial issues, Ambassador encouraged both the business community and municipal officials to create an atmos [...]	2004-11-02 15:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA6480	TURKEY TELECOM SECTOR: LIBERALIZATION IS HARD TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A combination of poor service and high costs for telecom and information technology users impedes foreign investment and hampers Turkey's global competitiveness. While many Turkish officials express commitment and optimism, telecom sector liberalization is proceeding slowly, [...]	2004-11-19 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EFIN EINV TU
04ANKARA6491	A SNAPSHOT OF PRIVATIZATION IN TURKEY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After a long period of inaction on major privatizations, the GOT is attempting to move forward with its largest ticket items--including Turkey's telecom monopoly, Turk Telecom; petroleum refining company, Tupras; Tekel's tobacco arm; Petkim and Turkish Airlines (THY); and steel [...]	2004-11-19 16:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV PGOV TU
04ANKARA6673	TURK TELECOM FINALLY TO BE PRIVATIZED? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The long-awaited opening of the tender process for the privatization of Turkey's fixed line telecom monopoly, Turk Telecom (TT),was announced on November 25, with the Privatization Administration (PA) seeking bids through the end of next May for a 55 percent block sale to a "s [...]	2004-12-01 15:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECPS PGOV TU
04ANKARA6678	TURKEY STEAM ENERGY CONFERENCE IN ISTANBUL - [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A well-attended energy conference in Turkey provided expressions of commitment on the part of the government to move forward on energy liberalization, but failure to articulate next policy, legislative, and regulatory steps. The private sector is eager to move ahead and take a [...]	2004-12-02 09:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV EWWT TU
04ANKARA6797	TURKEY: IMPORTANT, BUT TENTATIVE, STEP ON NATURAL [...] (SBU) Summary: In a possible step forward on long-delayed gas sector liberalization, the Turkish State Pipeline Company BOTAS announced a tender for six of its natural gas import contracts in November. Although legal obstacles may eventually require that the tender be switched to gas volumes, [...]	2004-12-07 05:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV EPET TU
04ANKARA6849	No Objection to Sumahan Project [...] Embassy has no derogatory information on equity participants in the Sumahan hotel project. 2. Turkey is enjoying a record year in tourism, with 16.7 million foreign visitors (up 25 percent) in the first 11 months of 2004. Turkey's government expects to earn USD 13 billion in receipts from [...]	2004-12-10 09:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD TU
04ANKARA6948	TURKEY NUCLEAR ENERGY - ANNOUNCE IT AND THEY WILL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey is pursuing the ambitious goal of adding nuclear energy to its power mix over the next decade, and is seeking U.S. or French know-how as its technology of choice. Raised earlier this year when PM Erdogan visited France, nuclear energy cooperation was also hastily added to [...]	2004-12-15 05:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV TRGY TU
04ANKARA6963	TURKEY: US STEEL INTERESTED IN PRIVATIZATION [...] (SBU) Three Pittsburgh based US Steel executives called on Ambassador Edelman December 14 to discuss United States Steel's interest in purchasing the Turkish government's 46% stake in Erdemir, Turkey's largest steel company. Led by Senior VP John Connelly, the group noted that the pending s [...]	2004-12-15 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV BEXP EIND TU
04ANKARA7003	DRAFT NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-17 08:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EFIN ECON KIPR TU
04ANKARA7154	Turkey FDI: GOT Expectations Tied to EU Accession [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-27 13:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV TU
04ANKARA851	GLIMMERS OF TURKISH RE-ENGAGEMENT WITH THE WORLD [...] (Sbu) Summary: Country Director Andrew Vorkink painted a mixed picture on Turkish re-engagement with the World Bank. In two sectors, energy and banking, the GOT has shifted to meaningful engagement in recent weeks, in both cases working with the Bank to develop a new interagency-coordinated st [...]	2004-02-12 15:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ENRG EINV PGOV TU
04ANKARA879	TURKISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PLEASED WITH BAGHDAD [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish Union of Chambers (TOBB) advisor Guven Sak told us February 13 that TOBB was very pleased with its February 9 visit to Baghdad, and was considering possible follow-up visits to Kirkuk and perhaps other cities. Sak expressed appreciation for CPA's and CJTF-7's efforts t [...]	2004-02-13 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV PREL TU IZ
04BOGOTA144	CODEL FRIST'S MEETINGS IN BOGOTA [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 5, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist met separately with Minister of Defense Jorge Alberto Uribe Echavarria, Minister of Foreign Relations Carolina Barco, and Vice Minister of Trade Claudia Maria Uribe. Senator Frist also had the opportunity to discuss the upcoming fr [...]	2004-01-07 23:32:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD KSUM PHUM PINR PREL PTER CO CODEL
04BOGOTA1657	WOMEN'S WORLD BANKING CALI OPIC APPLICATION [...] Per reftel, Econoffs reviewed Women,s World Banking Cali (WWB) and have found it to be a reputable organization. WWB was established in 1982 and is known in Latin America as a financially sound microcredit agency. It won the Inter-American Development Bank,s Award for Excellence in Microfinanc [...]	2004-02-17 21:52:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV CO
04BOGOTA3373	UPDATE ON VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLES PROCESS IN [...] (SBU) British Petroleum (BP) and the Colombian Association of Petroleum Producers (ACP) hosted a briefing for British and U.S. emboffs on ACP's draft work plan regarding the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights (VPs) for the extractive industry. ACP and BP requested USG and UK as [...]	2004-04-01 18:16:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EPET PHUM PREL CO
04BRASILIA1005	ENERGY SECRETARY ABRAHAM MEETS BRAZILIAN MINISTERS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham traveled to Brasilia April 19 to meet with Brazil's Science and Technology Minister Campos, Mines and Energy Minister Rousseff, and Foreign Relations Minister Amorim, as a follow- up to the June 2004 Presidential Summit between President Bush and [...]	2004-04-28 11:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG OVIP EINV EFIN PGOV ECON BR
04BRASILIA1087	SLOW PROGRESS ON BRAZIL'S PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS [...] (U) Summary: In recent meetings with emboffs and Treasury desk officer, GoB officials expressed cautious optimism on the progress of legislation governing public-private partnerships (PPPs) and its initial application to infrastructure bottlenecks that threaten Brazilian exports and GDP growt [...]	2004-05-06 12:58:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EFIN PGOV ECON EINV BR
04BRASILIA1098	BRAZIL'S 2004 BUDGET BLUES [...] (U) A high debt-service burden and extensive earmarking leave Brazil's federal government with little room for maneuver in its Reals 413 billion (USD 137 billion) 2004 budget as it tries to pursue its social-policy goals while addressing public concerns over security, unemployment and growth. [...]	2004-05-07 09:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV EINV SOCI PREL BR
04BRASILIA1160	SECOND MEETING OF TREASURY-FINMIN "GROUP FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Treasury U/S for International Affairs John Taylor, Ministry of Finance Treasury Secretary Joaquim Levy, and Economic Policy Secretary Marcos Lisboa presided on April 19 in Rio de Janeiro over the second meeting of the Treasury/Ministry of Finance Group for Growth (GfG),an o [...]	2004-05-13 14:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB PREL EINV BR
04BRASILIA1185	SCENE SETTER: PRESIDENT LULA'S VISIT TO CHINA [...] (U) Summary: Brazil's President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva visits China May 22 - 27, accompanied by a huge entourage of Ministers and business leaders, determined to put Brazil-China relations at the center of his quest for strategic alliances. Trade and investment may be the most visible it [...]	2004-05-14 17:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BR BTIO EAGR ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL CH UNSC WTRO
04BRASILIA1275	AFTER 500 DAYS, THE QUESTION IS: CAN LULA GOVERN? [...] (C) SUMMARY. Lula's man-of-the-people rhetoric and heartfelt commitment to social progress quickly captured imaginations inside Brazil and abroad, but practical results of his first 500 days in office have been far less soaring. Without better economic news, stronger executive capacity and a [...]	2004-05-25 17:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EFIN EINV ENRG PREL SOCI BR
04BRASILIA1307	GRAB BAG OF GOB INDUSTRIAL POLICY MEASURES [...] (U) Summary: As promised, Minister of Development, Industry and Trade (MDIC) Luis Furlan unveiled a huge composite of measures under the umbrella of Industrial, Technology and Foreign Trade Policy (PITCE in the Portuguese acronym) on March 31. A grab bag of recycled programs, financing and [...]	2004-05-27 17:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ECON EINV ETRD KIPR PGOV BR
04BRASILIA1512	ECONOMIC GROWTH RETURNS; PROBLEMS REMAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Latest official figures show the Brazilian economy grew a solid 1.6% in the first quarter of 2004, the second consecutive quarter of growth at an annual rate of over 6%. This still-preliminary growth data has been recently reinforced by, among other positive data points, new [...]	2004-06-18 19:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL EINV BR

04BRASILIA1831	EDITORIAL DECRIES LULA'S TRADE-NEGOTIATOR [...] In the wake of the GoB's surprise walk-out from Mercosul-EU trade talks in Brussels July 21 (Septel),Brazilian media focused heavily on the fact that Brazil's negotiating team had abruptly changed chiefs just the preceding week, with Brasilia-based Regis Arslanian displacing long-time Ambassa [...]	2004-07-23 19:49:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIN ECON EINV PREL PGOV BR
04BRASILIA1832	MERCOSUL/EU TALKS BREAK-OFF: NOT JUST A BRAZILIAN [...] (U) Top GoB negotiators on Wednesday July 21 abruptly broke off EU/Mercosul trade talks in Brussels and returned to Brazil leaving only lower-level staff to continue eventual exchanges on technical parameters or detail. The GoB move was a reaction to the EU's latest agricultural market access [...]	2004-07-23 19:49:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EFIN EINV SOCI PGOV PREL BR
04BRASILIA1917	U/S LARSON ARGUES FOR STRUCTURAL REFORM, IMPROVED [...] (SBU) Summary: U/S Larson congratulated Central Bank President Henrique Meirelles and senior Finance Ministry officials on the success of Brazil's macroeconomic stabilization after the 2002 financial crisis. Larson noted investor concerns about the electrical sector, the judicial system an [...]	2004-07-30 19:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV ENRG EAGR PREL BR
04BRASILIA2221	BRAZIL'S ECONOMY GROWS SOLIDLY FOR THIRD [...] (SBU) Summary: The Brazilian economy grew another 1.5% in the second quarter of 2004, marking the third consecutive quarter of growth at an annual rate of over 6%, according to official figures released August 31. While still preliminary, the growth data confirm what all other recent econo [...]	2004-09-02 18:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL EINV BR
04BRASILIA2245	ZERO SATISFACTION FROM GOB ON SODA-ASH TAX ISSUE [...] (SBU) On August 18, Itamaraty officials presented us their official finding that the Rio state tax policy with regard to soda ash produced by local enterprise ALCALIS does not illegally discriminate against U.S. soda ash producers/exporters. Our own scrutiny of the text of the 2001 Rio State [...]	2004-09-03 20:04:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN EINV PREL PGOV BR
04BRASILIA2447	BRAZIL'S ECONOMIC HIGH POINT REINFORCES LULA'S HAND [...] (U) Summary: Brazil is living one of its best economic moments in recent memory. GDP growth has averaged above 6% on an annualized basis for the last three quarters. The external accounts remain healthy as exports continue to boom; Brazil should run a 1.5% of GDP current account surplus t [...]	2004-09-27 17:58:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PREL BR
04BRASILIA2605	GOB Focuses on Key Projects to Help Close [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction. With exports rapidly increasing, Brazil's transportation infrastructure is bursting at the seams. The country's inefficient (and insufficient) ports, its deficient roads, and its decrepit rail network serve as bottlenecks to the timely dispatch of commercial [...]	2004-10-19 15:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EWWT ETRD BR
04BRASILIA2680	AMBASSADOR AND PLANNING MINISTER MANTEGA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. IN THE AMBASSADOR'S OCTOBER 20 COURTESY CALL UPON GOB PLANNING MINISTER GUIDO MANTEGA, THE LATTER EMPHASIZED BRAZIL'S NEED FOR INCREASED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INVESTMENT. MANTEGA FELT THAT BRAZIL WAS ON THE RIGHT TRACK AND THAT THE SUCCESS, TO DATE, OF THE GOB'S [...]	2004-10-26 19:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD EIND BR
04BRASILIA2711	BRAZIL AND THE IMF: IS THE DANCE OVER? [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB economic braintrust is currently debating whether to follow up Brazil's current precautionary IMF Standby Agreement (SBA) when it expires in March 2005 with another IMF program. Based on the country's fundamentals, there appears to be little need for a follow-on progra [...]	2004-10-28 15:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL BR
04BRASILIA281	CEARA: GETTING BY -- WITH OR WITHOUT LULA, FTAA, ET [...] Ceara state had an especially bleak economic year in 2003, but with better-than-ever trade trends: exports 40% up from 2002, a record surplus, new markets, product diversity, and more small/medium-business activity. State revenues shrank, but the budget evidently stayed well-run. Jobs became [...]	2004-02-06 17:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD BEXP EAGR PGOV ELAB EFIN EINV SOCI BR
04BRASILIA2834	AMBASSADOR AND MINISTER OF MINES AND ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. ON NOVEMBER 8, AMBASSADOR PAID A COURTESY CALL UPON MINISTER OF MINES AND ENERGY DILMA ROUSSEFF. THE MINISTER EXPLAINED TO THE AMBASSADOR THE THINKING BEHIND THE GOB'S NEW ENERGY MODEL, WHICH MINISTRY OFFICIALS CHARACTERIZE AS A "HYBRID" AIMED AT PROMOTING COM [...]	2004-11-17 14:58:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV BEXP PGOV ETRD BR
04BRASILIA2860	BRAZIL NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BANK HEAD DISMISSED [...] (SBU) Summary: President Lula accepted the resignation of National Social and Economic Development Bank (BNDES) head Carlos Lessa November 18, replacing him with Planning and Budget Minister Guido Mantega. Lessa, a leftist economics professor with longstanding ties to Lula and the Workers' P [...]	2004-11-22 12:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV BR
04BRASILIA290	"FOLHA" COMMENTARY SAVAGES GOB ENERGY MODEL [...] The bill to establish the GoB's would-be new energy- model has been passed by the Chamber of Deputies and is now in the Senate committee-stage (Septel.) Over most of the model's key detail there continues to hang a heavy fog of general unclarity. Increasingly, though, private-sector and ind [...]	2004-02-06 18:57:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV EINV SOCI BR
04BRASILIA2905	AMBASSADOR AND MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS DISCUSS THE GOB'S DIGITAL FUTURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. ON NOVEMBER 4, AMBASSADOR PAID A COURTESY CALL ON MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS EUNICIO OLIVEIRA. IN RESPONSE TO THE AMBASSADOR'S PITCH FOR THE GOB TO CONSIDER FAVORABLY THE US STANDARD FOR DIGITAL TELEVISION, THE MINISTER REPLIED THAT BRAZIL WAS KEEPING ITS OPTI [...]	2004-11-24 16:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINV BEXP PGOV ETRD BR
04BRASILIA291	GOB BACK-AND-FORTH OVER EARLY 2004 BUDGET FREEZES [...] SUMMARY. FINANCE MINISTER PALOCCI'S AUSTERITY APPROACH HAS PREVAILED YET AGAIN, WITH PRESIDENT LULA'S DECISION TO ENDORSE THE FREEZE OF 4.5 BILLION REALS (USD 1.6 BILLION) IN 2004 GOB BUDGET EXPENDITURES. LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LAST WEEK HAD BEEN REPLETE WITH REPORTS THAT LULA'S CHIEF OF STAFF [...]	2004-02-09 08:51:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV EINV EIND EAGR SOCI BR
04BRASILIA2921	NEXT STEPS ON OPIC-RELATED INVESTMENT PROBLEM IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The case of Parana State sanitation utility SANEPAR, in which the U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) holds an indirect $18 million stake, remains a potential problem in the bilateral relationship. The Brazilian Federal Government (GoB) repeatedly has said that [...]	2004-11-29 14:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON PGOV BR
04BRASILIA2939	UPCOMING SHAKEOUT IN BRAZILIAN CIVIL AVIATION [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS BASED UPON INPUT PROVIDED BY ECON AND FCS SECTIONS AT AMEMBASSY BRASILIA, AMCONSULATE SAO PAULO, AND AMCONSULATE RIO DE JANEIRO. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. DESPITE RISING PASSENGER LOADS IN THE BRAZILIAN CIVIL AVIATION MARKET, TWO CARRIERS - VARIG AND VASP, WHICH TOGETHER ACCOUNT [...]	2004-12-01 18:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV BEXP PGOV ETRD BR
04BRASILIA3063	PARANA STATE GOVERNOR REQUIAO AND FINANCE [...] (U) To highlight the differences between the GOB and Parana Governor Requiao on investment issues, notably in the SANEPAR case (reftel A),Post is transmitting a December 11 article from the second largest circulation Sao Paulo Daily "O Estado de Sao Paulo", which reports on a recent public co [...]	2004-12-15 12:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PGOV BR
04BRASILIA3100	DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVSIOR SHIRZAD'S NOV, [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. At a November 22 dinner for visiting Deputy National Security Advisor Faryar Shirzad and NSC Director Del Renigar, senior executives of key Brazilian and multinational companies questioned Brazil's continued membership in Mercosur (in its current configuration [...]	2004-12-17 18:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD ECIN EINV BR BL AR
04BRASILIA3106	BRAZIL: BOEING EXECUTIVES DISCUSS INVESTMENT, [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS BASED UPON INPUT PROVIDED BY ECON, POL, AND FCS SECTIONS AT AMEMBASSY BRASILIA AND AMCONSULATE SAO PAULO. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. DURING A NOVEMBER 30-DECEMBER FCS-ORGANIZED GOLD KEY MISSION, BOEING VICE PRESIDENT THOMAS PICKERING, ACCOMPANIED BY ALEXANDER WATSON [...]	2004-12-20 09:11:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EINV BEXP ETRD BR FTAA
04BRASILIA3115	FEW ECONOMIC RISKS AS STRONG GROWTH CONTINUES; [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's economic growth continues at scorching rates. According to third quarter statistics, growth in the 12 months through September 2004 was 5.3%, putting 5% growth for 2004 as a whole well within reach. Central Bank President Henrique Meirelles confirmed the rosy economic [...]	2004-12-20 12:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV BR
04BRASILIA3158	BRAZIL CONTACT FOR MDB LOAN REVIEW [...] Per reftel, the MDB Loan Review Officer for Mission Brazil, located at Embassy Brasilia, is: J. Andrew Plowman, Deputy Economic Counselor E-mail: PlowmanJA@state.gov Tel: 55-61 312-7470 or 55 61 312-7180 Fax: 55-61 312-7658 DANILOVICH [...]	2004-12-23 12:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID ECON EINV PREL BR
04BRASILIA450	BRAZIL'S PUBLIC-DEBT VULNERABILITY LESSENS, FOR NOW [...] (U) Brazil's nominal net public debt and debt/GDP ratio both continued to rise in 2003, but there are grounds for guarded hope that the debt burden is not now the imminent threat it has been in recent years. The debt/GDP ratio (58.2% end-December) is far down from its brief late- 2002 spik [...]	2004-02-29 13:11:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV SOCI BR
04BRASILIA463	BRAZIL: 2003 GDP GROWTH EVEN WORSE THAN EXPECTED [...] (U) The GoB has revised its 2003 growth number downward from its already twice-downscaled estimate of positive 0.3%, to negative 0.2%, Brazil's worst since 1992. In addition to being half a percentage point below its own most recent forecast, the growth figure was below those of even the most [...]	2004-03-01 23:07:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PREL PGOV BR
04BRASILIA464	NEW ENERGY MODEL BILL DELAYED AMID CRITICISM [...] A flurry of industry and press criticism has helped delay the Brazilian Senate's scheduled February 17 committee vote on the new energy model proposed by Minister of Mines and Energy Dilma Rousseff (reftels). The bill sailed through Brazil's lower chamber with fairly insignificant revisions, [...]	2004-03-01 23:07:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV ECON BR
04BRASILIA509	ENERGY-MODEL BILL VOTE DELAYED ANOTHER DAY [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-04 18:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV ECON BR
04BRASILIA528	NEW ENERGY MODEL BILL PASSES SENATE [...] The Brazilian Senate on March 4 approved the new energy model with some changes sought by the energy sector. The most favorable change pertains to the definition of "new energy" and "old energy," a point that determines to which of two energy pools power plants must sell. The bill as passed [...]	2004-03-05 19:57:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV ECON BR
04BRASILIA531	BRAZIL: EXTERNAL DEBT NOTES [...] (SBU) Summary: The GoB hopes to use current relatively positive market sentiment and stronger foreign exchange rates to quietly rebuild reserves. In contrast to very active reshaping of its domestic debt profile, the GoB has been fairly passive on external debt management. While the recent [...]	2004-03-08 10:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV SOCI BR
04BRASILIA582	MERCOSUL AND INDIA/SACU TALKING TURKEY ON TARIFF [...] An article in the March 5-7 `Valor Economico' quoted Itamaraty Negotiator Regis Arslanian's claims of progress in negotiation of the Mercosul-India preferential tariff agreement (PTA). Arslanian also spoke of the quick conclusion of a PTA with the Southern African Customs Union (SACU). Emba [...]	2004-03-11 17:13:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV BR
04BRASILIA613	LULA HANGS FISCALLY TOUGH AMID INFLATION/INTEREST- [...] SUMMARY: Amidst fresh inflation nerves over the pass- through of world commodity and domestic wholesale price pressures to the Brazilian retail level, the Central Bank (CB) is now expected to further delay new interest-rate cuts this week at its monthly COPOM meeting, perhaps at April's also [...]	2004-03-15 17:37:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PGOV ECON EINV ETRD PREL SOCI BR
04BRASILIA644	BRAZIL'S ONGOING DEBATE ON PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS [...] (U) Summary: The American Chamber of Commerce and "Valor Economico" newspaper sponsored a seminar in Brasilia March 10 to stimulate the national debate on Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs),the method by which the GoB seeks private sector investment to help fund essential public services and [...]	2004-03-17 19:49:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EFIN PGOV ECON EINV BR
04BRASILIA666	"Paralysis" of GoB's Microeconomic Program [...] A column in the March 5-7 issue of top financial daily `Valor Economico' summarized pessimists' view that the Diniz scandal and other hurdles have resulted in a semi-breakdown of the legislative progress of the GoB's so-called `microeconomic' reform measures, which are generally acknowledged [...]	2004-03-19 16:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV BR
04BRASILIA701	Latest GoB Testimony on FTAA to Brazilian Congress [...] SUMMARY. On March 23, EconFSN attended a presentation to Brazil's Congress by Ambassador Macedo Soares, the MFA's Undersecretary for South American Affairs and top FTAA negotiator, on the current status of FTAA negotiations. Macedo Soares was speaking at the opening of the Parliamentary Com [...]	2004-03-24 10:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EINV PREL PGOV BR
04BRASILIA790	BRAZIL'S STATE OF GOIAS: RIDING THE AGRICULTURAL [...] (U) Summary. The central Brazilian state of Goias, from which the Federal District of Brasilia was carved 47 years ago, has grown above the average for Brazil over the last several years. The state's economy, fueled primarily by agriculture and an emerging agribusiness, has a growing awarene [...]	2004-04-01 15:10:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR SOCI EFIN EINV ETRD TBIO PGOV BR
04BRASILIA808	CENTRAL BANK SEES NO FEDERAL LEVERAGE ON PARANA [...] (SBU) Econoff raised with Central Bank Deputy Governor for International Affairs Alexandre Schwartsman on February 19 the difficulties that an OPIC-financed investment fund, the Global Environmental Emerging Markets Fund II (GEEMF) is experiencing with its $18 million investment in the state of [...]	2004-04-02 18:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON PGOV BR
04BRASILIA892	LULA BACKS TRADE MINISTER FURLAN AGAINST BNDES'S [...] President Lula has arbitrated a very public victory for Development, Industry and Trade Minister Luiz Furlan in Furlan's latest policy bout with the old-school-leftist- ideologue president of Brazil's National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES),Carlos Lessa. The fight was over [...]	2004-04-14 18:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV BR
04BRASILIA935	GOB'S FINANCIAL-MARKET HONEYMOON FINALLY COOLING? [...] Top front-page story in most national media Friday April 16 was JP Morgan's scaling-back of its recommendation for Brazil bonds from overweight to market-weight, and the sharp market reaction. News accounts generally headlined the JPM report's unease over the direction of GoB fiscal policy, a [...]	2004-04-19 11:51:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL EINV SOCI BR
04BRASILIA936	LULA'S NEXT FISCAL LITMUS TEST: 2004'S MINIMUM-WAGE [...] The annual adjustment of Brazil's official minimum wage takes effect May 1, meaning the GoB usually announces the new number by mid-April. A 'strawman' figure is always included, and funds programmed accordingly, in the GoB's initial budget presentation to Congress the preceding August, but t [...]	2004-04-19 11:51:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ELAB ECON PGOV PREL EINV SOCI BR
04BUCHAREST3560	ROMANIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-30 15:22:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV RO
04CALCUTTA445	OPPOSITION STRIKES IN WEST BENGAL LEAVE GOVERNMENT [...] SUMMARY: In the coming three weeks, starting on November 17, West Bengal will witness three general strikes planned by different political parties protesting the recent hike in petroleum prices by the central government. West Bengal's Left Front government, eager to establish its business-fr [...]	2004-11-16 15:07:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EINV ECON ELAB AMGT IN
04COLOMBO1271	Potential Fallout of MFA Expiration in 2005 [...] Summary: There is heightened anxiety in Sri Lanka's apparel sector, as expiration of the Multi-Fiber Arrangement approaches in January 2005. Sri Lanka's top end producers, controlling about 70% of exports, are expected to be the least affected, as they have gone high- tech, cut costs and le [...]	2004-07-30 06:01:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV KTEX ELAB CE ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO1304	REPUBLIC OF MALDIVES -- JULY 2004 APPENDIX TO [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-06 05:58:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV MV ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO131	BFIF FY04 PROPOSALS FOR SRI LANKA AND THE MALDIVES [...] BFIF funds are critical for Post to carry out Commercial activities in two distant, but substantial markets with strong potential but little US penetration. Post submits the following projects for consideration for FY04 funding. The proposals are listed in priority order under each country h [...]	2004-01-23 07:19:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ABUD ETRD EINV BTIO CE MV ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO1342	SRI LANKA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT APPENDIX, [...] This appendix serves as an update to the 2003 Investment Climate Statement for Sri Lanka. It has been provided to assist investors in the interim period resulting from the U.S. Government's decision to begin publishing the Country Commercial Guide (of which the Investment Climate Statement i [...]	2004-08-17 11:20:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV CE ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO1464	DEVELOPING A COMMERCIAL PLATFORM AT NON-FOREIGN [...] Post appreciates the efforts to better support non-FCS Commercial offices, and welcomes this review. Following are suggestions for consideration. Responses are keyed to the four main areas delineated in reftel. 2. Resource Allocation: -- With limited resources, it makes sense to concen [...]	2004-09-02 09:36:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EINV ECON AMGT AODE CE MV ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO1717	THE INVESTMENT CLIMATE IN SRI LANKA - [...] (U) The agenda for the bilateral Trade and Investment Framework (TIFA) meeting includes an opportunity for the USG to discuss the current investment climate with the GSL. This message describes Post's experiences over the past year. 2. (U) Sri Lanka continues to offer both promise and pe [...]	2004-10-15 07:30:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV CE ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO937	NEW MINISTERS DISCUSS CONTINUITY, BUT NO DETAILS [...] (SBU) Summary: In introductory meetings with Ambassador in April and May, the Ministers of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Power and Energy, Investment and Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources and Ports and Aviation stated that many existing programs would continue, reforms would be mode [...]	2004-06-08 10:34:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV SENV CE ENRG ETRD ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO951	SRI LANKA: REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-09 08:37:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN PGOV KIDE CASC CE OPIC ECONOMICS
04DJIBOUTI111	THE IMPACTS OF AFRICAN RIFT VALLEY GEOTHERMAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: The involvement of the African Rift Geothermal Development Facility (ARGeo) has the potential to bring an end to the stalemate in the negotiations between the Government of Djibouti (GODJ) and the private American company Geothermal Development Associates (GDA). The proposed GDA p [...]	2004-01-26 13:56:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG SENV TRGY EINV DJ
04DJIBOUTI1113	RAILROAD UNIONISTS PROTESTS LATE SALARY [...] (U) Summary: Members of the Djibouti-Ethiopian Railway (CDE) union staged two protests the week of August 15th-19th. Protests on Sunday, August 15th and Wednesday, August 18th were peaceful and did not result in any arrests. The most apparent cause of this week's protests is the late payment [...]	2004-08-19 11:40:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EINV ECON ELTN DJ
04DJIBOUTI1238	DJIBOUTIAN-AMERICAN FISHING COMPANY LOOKING TO [...] (U) Summary: The fishing sector in Djibouti has a new advocate in the form of Djibouti Maritime Management and Investment Company (DMMI),a joint venture owned in majority by Iranian-American investor Mehrdad Radseresht and Djiboutian businessman Youssouf Moussa Dawaleh. DMMI seeks to maximize [...]	2004-09-23 12:29:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON EINV SENV DJ
04DJIBOUTI1365	30th Permanent Conference General Assembly of [...] (U) Summary: The 30th general assembly of the Permanent Conference of African and French Consular Chambers (CPCCAF) took place in Djibouti from October 3 to October 6, 2004. Several Djiboutian high officials in the Djiboutian government, the President of the CPCCAF and the French Ambassador sp [...]	2004-10-26 01:12:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EINV EFIN EAID DJ
04DJIBOUTI1443	PROGRESS CONTINUES AT DORALEH PORT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and Pol/Econoff visited the construction site of the new port facility at Doraleh on November 8 to track progress and obtain an update from the port's project manager K.K. Menon of Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC). Ambassador's last visit had taken place in July. [...]	2004-11-10 12:00:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS EPET ECON EINV EWWT DJ ET TC
04DJIBOUTI1487	INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK SHORT, BUT SWEET [...] (U) SUMMARY: This year's International Education Week (IEW) was successful, despite the fact that the Eid, paired with the Muslim work-week, shortened observance to three and a half days. Embassy-sponsored events included a soccer tournament, book donations, a lecture, art exhibitions, an Amba [...]	2004-11-21 10:35:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SCUL KPAO EINV DJ
04DJIBOUTI1534	MASSIVE TRASH CLEAN UP CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED BY [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Djibouti has taken the first of many small steps to clean up Djibouti in launching a contest for the best "Act and Keep Your City Clean" poster. The contest opened for registration November 6th to 11th for children between the ages of 10 and 20. The contest part [...]	2004-12-02 02:19:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ECON PGOV SCUL EINV DJ
04DJIBOUTI1541	PRESIDENT GUELLEH AND U.S-DJIBOUTI BILATERAL [...] (C) Ambassador met with President Ismail Omar Guelleh on December 2, at her request. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the current state of U.S.-Djibouti bilateral relations as well as developments in the region. Septels cover discussions on Camp Lemonier lease negotiations and regio [...]	2004-12-03 07:25:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ECON EINV SENV DJ TC
04DJIBOUTI340	INVESTMENT IN DJIBOUTI DOMINATED BY ARAB WORLD [...] (U) SUMMARY: President's Advisor on Investment, Fahmi Ahmed Al-Hag, says Djiboutians favor Arab development funds over western funds because of the simplicity of their financing procedures. Al-Hag detailed the current investments to Djibouti from the Arab world. He twice commented that both [...]	2004-03-09 14:12:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV PREL EAID ENRG EWWT SENV SOCI ABLD SA KU DJ TC
04DJIBOUTI487	CISCO SYSTEMS INTERESTED IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY [...] (U) Shehab Meshki, Cisco Systems Regional Sales Manager for East Africa, briefly visited Djibouti March 23-25, 2004. The main purpose of the visit was to make initial contact with key government and business persons to evaluate the possibilities for Cisco investment in Djibouti. Meshki also [...]	2004-04-04 11:52:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EINV ECON ECPS EINT DJ
04DJIBOUTI492	SAUDI INVESTOR DEVELOPING HARAMOUS REGION [...] (U) PolOff, Econ/Comm Assistant and OBO representative met April 4 with Mohammed M. Ali Yamani, Managing Director of Maya Trading Company in Jeddah and Fahmi Ahmed Al-Hag, President Guelleh's Advisor on Investment. Yamani recently signed a contract with the Government of Djibouti, including f [...]	2004-04-05 13:10:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AMGT ABLD ECON ETRD EINV DJ SA
04DJIBOUTI583	PRESIDENT GUELLEH REVIEWS FIVE YEARS IN OFFICE [...] (U) SUMMARY: To commemorate the fifth anniversary of his election April 9, 1999 President Guelleh held a press conference with local journalists (not the opposition) April 7 to outline what he described as his accomplishments. He began with a short speech and answered questions for more than a [...]	2004-04-19 11:04:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EINV SO ECON PHUM SOCI DJ
04DJIBOUTI595	JUSTICE REROUTED, AMCIT SENTENCED [...] (U) U.S. Citizen Alan Funk (PPT# 156160695) has received a six month suspended prison sentence and a 1.6 million DF (U.S.$9,040) fine from the Djiboutian court of appeals for his role in a March 2000 traffic accident in which a Djiboutian man was killed. Funk was absolved of any wrongdoing in [...]	2004-04-21 12:28:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	CMGT KJUS CASC CJAN PHUM PREL ECON EINV KISL DJ
04DJIBOUTI649	USG QUICK RESPONSE IN FLOOD AFFECTED AREAS OF [...] (U) On the early morning of 13 April, following high tides, strong winds and torrential rains in almost all districts of Djibouti, the river El Oued suddenly burst its banks and flooded several areas in Djibouti City affecting over 80 percent of its inhabitants. Water rose over seven feet in [...]	2004-05-03 13:54:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL DJ EINV
04DJIBOUTI730	ETHIOPIAN OFFICIALS HOLD TALKS WITH DJIBOUTI [...] (C) Minister of Cooperation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Mahmoud Ali Youssef, told Ambassador May 20 during their meeting at the MFA on another matter, that the May 18-19 visit of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi to Djibouti had gone very well. Meles had come to Djibouti to [...]	2004-05-23 11:38:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EINV ET KU MY DJ TC
04DJIBOUTI758	DJIBOUTI CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL ANTI-TOBACCO DAY [...] (U) The Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization co-hosted Djibouti's celebration of the "Journee Mondiale Sans Tabac (International Anti-Tobacco Day) on May 31. Pol/Econ officer joined international organization members and women's groups in attendance at the mini-conference the [...]	2004-06-01 06:55:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EINV SOCI PREL DJ
04DJIBOUTI795	HIRING FOR DORALEH PORT AND FREE ZONE SPARK LOCAL [...] (C) Protests by residents of the Afar neighborhood of Arhiba blocked Rue d'Arta for several hours on 8 June 2004. The protests were sparked by information that led the residents to believe that the workforce hired by Dubai Ports International to construct and run the Doraleh Port Facility woul [...]	2004-06-09 12:26:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB ECON EINV CASC ASEC DJ
04DJIBOUTI796	DJIBOUTI INAUGURATES FREE ZONE WITH SUPPORT FROM [...] (U) Summary: Djibouti and its United Arab Emirates investor, Dubai International (DI),inaugurated June 5 the new Djibouti Free Zone (DFZ) with the participation of President Guelleh, cabinet officials, heads of diplomatic missions, and potential DFZ investors. The project, billed "the first o [...]	2004-06-09 14:51:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EINV AA DJ TC
04DJIBOUTI822	ARHIBA PROTESTS IN DJIBOUTI ADDRESSED BY PRIME [...] (U) Seven youths from the Arhiba neighborhood were arrested on the afternoon of 8 June, following protests against hiring practices at Djibouti's new Doraleh Port Facility and Free Zone. These arrests were the subject of a second day of protests on 9 June. 2. (U) Prime Minister, Dileita Mo [...]	2004-06-15 14:34:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB ECON EINV CASC ASEC DJ
04DJIBOUTI874	U.S. COMPANY BLACK AND VEATCH ON DORALEH PORT AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Pol/Econ met 22 June, with visiting Black & Veatch Corporation Director of International Consulting Engineering Services, Shahid Qadri, visiting Han Padron Associates Engineers Project Manager, Tony Bryan, and Director General of Djibouti International Airport, David [...]	2004-06-24 10:41:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EINV ECON EPET DJ
04DJIBOUTI898	THE NEW DJIBOUTI TELECOM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Djibouti Telecom announced the completion of its infrastructure extension on 21 June 2004. The extension is part of the new look that foreign management is bringing to Djibouti Telecom over the course of its two-year transitional period before privatization. This step is part of [...]	2004-07-01 04:57:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ECPS EINV DJ
04DUBLIN1260	IRISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UNHELPFUL ODA [...] Summary: Ireland is skeptical of innovative financing mechanisms for Official Development Assistance (ODA),such as the International Financing Facility and global taxation schemes. The Irish Government, however, has not been public about its skepticism, due to diverse opinions among EU Membe [...]	2004-08-27 14:59:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ECON EINV PREL
04DUBLIN1345	IRELAND'S GAME PLAN ON ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS [...] Summary: Firms in Ireland must move increasingly into high-value goods and services in order to safeguard the country's prosperity, advises a high-profile, government-commissioned report on Ireland's economic competitiveness. The report notes that rising costs, poor performance by indigenous [...]	2004-09-13 15:40:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV EIND ELAB
04DUBLIN1493	EU/IRELAND: AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE BRUTON DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: In an October 4 meeting with Ambassador Kenny, EU Ambassador-designate to the United States John Bruton noted his plans to work with Congress and through public diplomacy to strengthen U.S.-EU relations. Bruton said he would aim to underscore the policy objectives that both side [...]	2004-10-06 07:01:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD EIND EINV ENRG ETTC MASS PARM PHUM SENV
04DUBLIN1606	IRELAND EXPANDS LINKS THROUGH PM AHERN'S ASIA TRIP [...] (SBU) Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Bertie Ahern's October 7-16 visit to Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, and Bahrain was an opportunity to pursue new diplomatic, commercial, and humanitarian links for Ireland in the region, according to Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) officials who spoke [...]	2004-10-22 13:58:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD EINV PHUM
04DUBLIN1672	SCENESETTER FOR TREASURY SECRETARY SNOW'S NOVEMBER [...] (SBU) Summary: The Irish Government and Embassy Dublin warmly welcome your upcoming visit to Dublin. Past and present Irish policy-makers look forward to substantive discussion with you on the dramatic transformation of Ireland's economy. I am planning a dinner in your honor that will inclu [...]	2004-11-09 15:48:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP ECON PREL ETRD EINV PGOV EU
04DUBLIN1717	SECRETARY SNOW,S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER AHERN [...] (C) Summary: On November 15, U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow met with Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Bertie Ahern. PM Ahern: -- Urged U.S. reengagement in the Middle East Peace Process, which Europe viewed as the world,s most pressing issue; -- Expressed concern about the ability of t [...]	2004-11-24 16:22:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP ECON PREL ETRD EINV PGOV EU
04DUBLIN1719	SECRETARY SNOW,S DISCUSSIONS WITH THE ARCHITECTS [...] (C) Summary: The November 14-15 visit of U.S. Treasury Secretary John W. Snow was an opportunity for discussion on SIPDIS the "secrets" of Ireland,s success with policy-makers and businessmen who were the architects of Ireland,s Celtic Tiger economy. These key figures noted that while the [...]	2004-11-24 16:43:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP ECON PREL ETRD EINV PGOV EU
04DUBLIN1805	IRISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON BILATERAL TREATIES [...] On December 1, Post delivered reftel talking points to Tony Joyce, Department of Enterprise, Trade, and Employment (DETE) Senior Trade Negotiator. Post noted that the United States and Ireland have a Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation, dating back to 1950, with a Protocol signed i [...]	2004-12-16 14:39:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECIN KTIA EINV ETRD EU
04DUBLIN881	2004 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] Post is aware of one (1) claim of a United States citizen that is outstanding against the Government of Ireland (GOI). 2. The dispute involves the salvage rights of the United States citizen Greggory Bemis to the wreck of the ocean liner Lusitania. In 1998 the GOI imposed a "Heritage Or [...]	2004-06-09 12:36:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN PGOV KIDE
04FRANKFURT2923	Leading Frankfurt Prosecutor says Germany has a [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Frankfurt prosecutor Wolfgang Schaupensteiner -- Germany's leading expert on corruption -- says Germany needs stricter anti-corruption laws and a public awareness campaign to help overcome complacency. Authorities in Germany have fewer and less effective tools to fight corruptio [...]	2004-04-07 05:21:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV PINR GM
04FRANKFURT8020	German Real Estate Corruption Scandal Implicates [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Frankfurt prosecutors will soon issue corruption indictments against fund managers, architects, and builders in a series of large real estate deals across Germany. The alleged corruption includes bribes and a number of transactions in which participants pocketed bogus commissi [...]	2004-09-15 13:07:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR ECON EINV PGOV PINR GM
04GUATEMALA1313	COLITE APPLICATION FOR BILLBOARD CONSTRUCTION [...] Summary: Embassy has no objections to Colite Outdoor's application for OPIC insurance for its billboard operation but recommends caution in defining what is covered due to the vagueness of Guatemalan law with respect to "visual pollution." End Summary. 2. The construction of billboards i [...]	2004-05-26 19:22:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV GT
04GUATEMALA1417	GUATEMALA'S 2004 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] Land invasions (squatter takeovers) of large farmlands are fairly common in Guatemala. Private sector organizations complained that the squatters sometimes acted with government complicity during the four-year administration of President Portillo, who left office in January 2004. The new ad [...]	2004-06-08 18:52:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN PGOV KIDE CASC OPIC
04GUATEMALA1791	Guatemala - July 2004 Appendix to 2003 [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-20 19:44:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KIDE KTDB EFIN ECON GT OPIC
04GUATEMALA407	BLUE ORCHARD MICROFINANCE: EMBASSY COMMENT ON OPIC [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-20 16:47:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV GT
04GUATEMALA941	OPIC'S REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON LOAN TO PEGGY SA [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-16 16:50:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV GT
04HANOI1613	RAISING COMMERCIAL/ECONOMIC ISSUES WITH DPM DUNG [...] (U) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister Dung on June 3 promised Ambassador to invite Lockheed Martin for negotiations on Vinasat, "took note" of a request to look into a decision on MWH's bid for a program management contract for the Son La dam project, predicted licenses for US insurance compan [...]	2004-06-04 09:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD EINV VM WTO BTA
04HANOI2003	VIETNAM: US-ASEAN BUSINESS COUNCIL MEETINGS IN [...] During a visit to Hanoi July 12-13, 26 member firms of the US-ASEAN Business Council, accompanied by Ambassador and embassy officers, met with key GVN leaders including Prime Minister Phan Van Khai, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan, Foreign Minister Nguyen Dy Nien, Finance Minister Nguyen Sinh [...]	2004-07-19 08:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD EINV VN IPROP ASEAN
04HANOI2068	VIETNAM: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT APPENDIX [...] This cable provides the suggested text of the 2004 Investment Climate Statement Appendix for Vietnam. As requested reftel, post has also sent the ICS/A via email to EB/IFD/OIA Alexander T. Bryan. 2.Begin text of the 2004 Investment Climate Statement Appendix for Vietnam: Vietnam - July 2 [...]	2004-07-26 08:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC VN FINREF IPROP LABOR
04HANOI218	2003: THE YEAR OF THE VIETNAMESE BOND [...] SUMMARY: Following the success of Vietnam's first- ever corporate bond issue, Vietnam has decided to embrace this capital mobilization mechanism. In September, the GVN outlined a plan to issue bonds totaling 63 trillion Vietnamese Dong (about 4 billion USD) for infrastructure development thr [...]	2004-01-28 09:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV VM FINREF
04HANOI221	VIETNAM: TOWARDS A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR [...] SUMMARY: In late December 2003, Vietnam's Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) held a workshop to gather comments and ideas from a wide-range of participants regarding the harmonization of the legal systems on investment. MPI plans to submit to the National Assembly a proposal for a com [...]	2004-01-28 10:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON VM FINREF WTO
04HANOI2714	VIETNAM: EB PDAS DONNELLY ENCOURAGES EXPANDED [...] Summary: On September 28, EB PDAS Ambassador Shaun Donnelly, accompanied by the Ambassador, met with Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Tuyen and Vice Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Bich Dat. In addition, PDAS Donnelly, accompanied by ECON/C, met with Dang Van Thanh, Vice Chairman of [...]	2004-10-01 08:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV VM WTRO BTA IPROP WTO
04HANOI2758	MPT DISCUSSES WTO TELECOM OFFER WITH USTR TEL DIR [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 27 USTR Telecommunications Director Jonathan McHale consulted with the Ministry of Posts and Telematics (MPT) on Vietnam's fourth WTO offer. They also reviewed the current situation of Vietnam's telecom market (see septel) and MPT's progress in meeting their BTA re [...]	2004-10-07 07:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ETRD EINT EINV VM WTO
04HANOI2816	VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MINISTER OF PLANNING [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-15 08:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAID EINV VM HIV AIDS
04HANOI2882	VIETNAM: EAP DAS HUHTALA DISCUSSES BILATERAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 22, EAP DAS Ambassador Marie Huhtala, accompanied by the Ambassador, met separately with Vice Minister of Trade Luong Van Tu and Vice Minister of Finance Le Thi Bang Tam. DAS Huhtala encouraged the GVN to ensure full implementation of all parts of the U.S.-Vietnam B [...]	2004-10-25 08:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ETTC KIPR VM WTRO APEC BTA IPROP WTO MNUC
04HANOI2946	The Ambassador's October 28 Call on Prime Minister [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting officially for the first time October 28, the Ambassador and Prime Minister Phan Van Khai spent over an hour discussing the overall bilateral relationship, trade and commercial matters, health cooperation, religious freedom and human rights issues, Montagnards in the Ce [...]	2004-11-01 09:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF ECON ETRD EINV VM HUMANR RELFREE ETMIN HIV AIDS WTO
04HANOI3069	GVN EAGER TO CONCLUDE WTO NEGOTIATIONS, [...] (U) Summary: Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang told the Ambassador that a visit by Prime Minister Phan Van Khai was possible at the end of the first half of 2005, and discussed possible steps to "create the proper atmosphere" for the visit. As one step, the GVN would like to see a conclusion [...]	2004-11-12 11:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF OTRA OVIP MASS ETRD EAID EINV VM KICC WTO RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
04HANOI3082	VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON THE MINISTER OF [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Ambassador paid an initial call on Minister of Industry Hoang Trung Hai on November 10, 2004. The Ministry of Industry (MOI) is responsible for key sectors including oil and gas, power generation and automobile manufacturing. The Ambassador advocated on behalf of U.S. invest [...]	2004-11-15 10:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ETRD EINV VM SOE
04HANOI3084	VIETNAM: SNAPSHOT OF RECENT ECONOMIC EVENTS [...] This cable describes economic events in Hanoi during October and early November 2004. Financial Sector Donor Working Meeting -------------------------------------- 2. The Financial Sector Donor Working Group met in Hanoi on October 18 to discuss donor projects in the financial sector and [...]	2004-11-16 02:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EAID ENRG VM FINREF
04HANOI3092	VIETNAM'S AVIATION INDUSTRY TAKES OFF [...] (U) SUMMARY: Vietnam's aviation industry is seeking to catch up with those of other countries in the region. The government has dramatically changed its approach to the industry by allowing foreign carriers to increase their share of the market, but the change is unlikely to harm its domestic [...]	2004-11-17 03:59:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV PREL VM
04HANOI3098	VIETNAM: MPI CONFRONTS MPT ON INDEPENDENT [...] SUMMARY: A seminar to present the results of a telephone user survey became a venue for a government think tank and others including a local law firm to criticize the Ministry of Posts and Telematics (MPT) for its failure to regulate the telecom sector effectively. MPT had declined to partici [...]	2004-11-17 08:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ETRD EINV VM WTO

04HANOI3246	AMBASSADOR VISITS VIETNAM'S SOUTH-CENTRAL COAST [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador visited the south-central coast of Vietnam and found economic development plans in their infancy. Senior officials called for U.S. investment and humanitarian assistance. The Ambassador raised religious freedom, HIV/AIDS, and educational and cultural exchanges an [...]	2004-12-03 11:09:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV PREL SOCI ETRD VM HUMANR RELFREE HIV AIDS
04HANOI3301	Congressman Chabot Meets with Foreign Ministry, [...] (SBU) Summary: Congressman Steve Chabot met separately December 13 with Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang and National Assemblyman Vu Xuan Hong. Representative Chabot thanked Vietnam for its efforts in the fullest possible accounting of MIA's and urged the GVN to take further steps to advanc [...]	2004-12-13 10:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF ECON ETRD EINV OTRA VM HUMANR IPROP RELFREE
04HANOI3313	Congressman Chabot Meets with Ministries of Trade, [...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit to Hanoi, Congressman Steve Chabot met separately December 13 and 14 with Vice Minister of Trade Luong Van Tu, Vice Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Bich Dat and Vice Minister of Finance Le Thi Bang Tam. DCM accompanied the Congressman to the Ministry [...]	2004-12-15 10:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV OTRA PREL VM WTO IPROP
04HANOI671	Vietnam Auto Taxes take their Toll on Manufacturers [...] (SBU) Summary: Increases in the Special Consumption Tax (SCT),VAT and import duties applied to cars manufactured from kits (CKDs) that went into effect January 1 are already negatively impacting the auto industry in Vietnam. Sales across the industry fell dramatically in January. Also, acc [...]	2004-03-05 09:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON VM
04HANOI886	ICT REFORM: WILL REALITY MATCH ENCOURAGING WORDS? [...] SUMMARY. Ambassador David Gross, Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy (CIP),came to Hanoi February 27 for discussions on Vietnam's telecom and ICT market. He met a Vice Minister of Posts and Telematics (MPT),a Vice President of Vietnam's state-owned telephone [...]	2004-03-29 06:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EINT EINV VM IPROP WTO
04HANOI888	Vietnam: Textile Consultations in Hanoi [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: USTR Special Textile Negotiator David Spooner and Department of Commerce Deputy Assistant Secretary James Leonard led textile consultations with the GVN March 17-18. The discussions focused on whether Vietnam's textile quotas should be reduced, given a U.S. C [...]	2004-03-29 09:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV KTEX VM
04HANOI910	MPT Describes Vietnam's Telecom Situation [...] (SBU) SUMMARY and Introduction. On February 17, 2004, the Ministry of Post and Telematics (MPT) addressed a series of questions prepared and submitted in advance by Post on the following topics: services and licenses, interconnection, charges and dispute resolution, spectrum allocation, and [...]	2004-03-31 10:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EINT EINV VM SOE
04HANOI980	Vietnam: Implementation of BTA Customs Obligation [...] (U) Summary: The GVN has taken significant steps toward implementing the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) obligation to adopt a system of customs valuation based on the transaction value of the imported merchandise, according to GATT standards. At this time, the GVN is applying t [...]	2004-04-08 07:37:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON EAID PREL VM BTA
04HARARE1018	POLITBURO MEMBER ON RULING PARTY INTENTIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: ZANU-PF Central Committee member Simba Makoni told the Ambassador on June 17 that GOZ efforts to reach out to the international community, including international financial institutions, were not a compelling priority for the ruling party. The party leadership would not accept [...]	2004-06-18 10:34:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN EINV ZI ZANU PF
04HARARE1021	NATIONALIZATION FALLOUT BEGINS [...] (SBU) Summary: The public debate over GOZ plans to nationalize most productive farmland has begun. The initial policy announcement was only the first salvo. There appears to be a growing fissure within ZANU-PF over nationalization. End summary. 2. (SBU) Ostensibly correcting Land Minister J [...]	2004-06-21 06:14:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID BTIO EINV ECON PGOV ZI
04HARARE1083	A CONVERSATION WITH WELLINGTON CHIBEBE [...] (SBU) Summary: After attending the International Labor Organization (ILO) conference in Geneva, Wellington Chibebe, Secretary General of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Union's (ZCTU),talks about the ILO Conference, land nationalization, and wage negotiations. End summary. ILO CONFERENCE - [...]	2004-07-01 05:30:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EAID BTIO EINV ECON PGOV ZI ZCTU
04HARARE1110	GA-GA FOR GONO [...] (SBU) Summary: During their visit to Harare, the Staff Delegation lunched with Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono. The conversation touched upon the local economy and the international community, land nationalization, food security and recent food deals, electoral reform, and [...]	2004-07-06 12:53:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID BTIO EINV ECON PGOV ZI
04HARARE112	Stronger Zimdollar Slows Inflation [...] Summary: A 35-40 percent stronger zimdollar has caused the pace of year-on inflation to slow from 620 to 599 percent. This is the first reduction in Zimbabwe's inflation rate since March 2002, when it fell from 116 to 113 percent. The crucial question remains: Can the Reserve Bank (RBZ)'s n [...]	2004-01-21 08:31:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD PGOV ZI
04HARARE1210	WORKING WITH WILDLIFE [...] (SBU) Summary: As expected, perspectives of the World Wildlife Fund differ from GOZ's National Parks and Wildlife Authority on the state of wildlife, conservancies, land nationalization, and the proposed Trans-Frontier Park. Despite National Parks' positive picture, the once exemplary wildlif [...]	2004-07-22 08:41:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID BTIO EINV ECON PGOV ZI
04HARARE1217	EMPLOYERS' VIEW OF WAGES AND ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary: On 22 July 2004, EconOff discussed wage negotiations and economic recovery with Mr. J. Mufukare of the Employers' Confederation of Zimbabwe (EMCOZ). Mufukare also related some interesting information about price controls and the Zimbabweans' character. Business is poor with no [...]	2004-07-23 09:01:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EAID BTIO EINV ECON PGOV ZI
04HARARE1222	Parallel Market Takes Off [...] Summary: The GOZ's overvalued currency still plagues exporters. Despite GOZ enforcement against parallel trading, the gulf between auction and market rates is growing. Notwithstanding the GOZ propaganda onslaught that the country is experiencing a socio-economic turnaround and faces bright p [...]	2004-07-23 10:03:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EAGR EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE1281	Mid-Year Budget Statement Is Nonevent [...] Summary: Acting Finance Minister Herbert Murerwa's mid- year speech offered neither recognition of Zimbabwe's exporter crisis nor innovative prescriptions. Once again, the beleaguered Finance Ministry has punted the ball to Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono. End summary. Adjustment for Bra [...]	2004-07-27 13:34:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EAGR EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE1293	More fluff than focus from central bank [...] (U) Summary: In a speech more like a sermon than monetary review, Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono delivered his quarterly remarks yesterday. Unfortunately for most Zimbabweans suffering from the country's rapid economic decline, Gono failed to address underlying economic problems, suc [...]	2004-07-28 11:53:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EAGR EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE1304	How high can prices go? [...] GOZ enforcement of an overvalued zimdollar has turned the country into an expensive destination for anyone holding foreign exchange. It is an odd turn of events in a country that comparative surveys has always rated one of the world's cheapest. On supermarket shelves, many products now cost [...]	2004-07-29 14:32:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EAGR EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE1308	ASIAN INDIANS WEIGH PROSPECTS IN ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Summary: Can Indian-Zimbabweans escape the wrath that the Mugabe government has showered upon whites? EconOff spoke with Zimbabweans of Indian descent ("Asians" in local vernacular) and an Indian Embassy representative about conditions in Zimbabwe. Some are hopeful while others are le [...]	2004-07-30 07:34:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EAID BTIO EINV ECON PGOV ZI
04HARARE1319	Demand Explodes at Forex Auctions [...] Summary: With the bargain-basement exchange rate of Z$5300:US$ still holding, buyers of foreign exchange at the Reserve Bank's (RBZ) twice-weekly currency auctions are gobbling up as much as they can. Yet with exports apparently dropping, the RBZ lacks inflows to satisfy most importers. End [...]	2004-08-02 12:31:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EAGR EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE1324	Parallel Market Over Z$10,000:US$ [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-04 06:06:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EAGR EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE1329	THE UNBEARABLE STRANGENESS OF LAND REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: Just when you thought the debate over land reform could get no stranger it does. Amid the clamor about ZANU-PF and GOZ bigwigs receiving more than one farm, inter-factional fighting within Zanu-PF has resulted in the GOZ-controlled Herald newspaper inadvertently praising former [...]	2004-08-04 13:30:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID BTIO EINV EAGR ECON ZI
04HARARE1347	Govt/Business: At Least They Talk [...] Summary: The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) annual conference intimates the GOZ is more willing to listen to, though not act upon, private sector concerns. End summary. Cordial Confrontation --------------------- 2. Government and business repeatedly congratulated themselves [...]	2004-08-11 10:06:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE1361	Zimbabweans evade official exchange rate [...] Summary: The Reserve Bank (RBZ) is playing cat-and- mouse with parallel traders. Since prohibiting payouts for remittances in foreign exchange, business is migrating to Zambia. End summary. 75 Percent Drop in Western Union Transfers ------------------------------------------ 2. The RBZ [...]	2004-08-13 04:59:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE1364	NATIONAL PARKS OPERATIONS DIRECTOR- A REAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The arrest of Vitalis Chadenga, the National Parks and Wildlife Authority's Operations Director, yet again reveals GOZ officials' predilection for private gain over public welfare and provides an insight into the fate of wildlife land if nationalized. End Summary 2. (U) Acco [...]	2004-08-13 10:07:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID BTIO EINV ECON PGOV ZI
04HARARE141	An Equilibrium Rate at Currency Auctions? [...] Summary: For the fifth consecutive currency auction, the Reserve Bank (RBZ) has pushed down the country's new semi-official exchange rate. As demand for U.S. dollars goes up and the RBZ's supply goes down, economic theory suggests the zimdollar should depreciate. But not here, where stubborn [...]	2004-01-26 13:47:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD PGOV ZI
04HARARE1420	Banks eye parallel market [...] Summary: In spite of the GOZ's strong-armed efforts to enforce a fixed (auction) rate, local businesses tell us parallel currency trading is becoming more widespread. NMB now discreetly offers its best customers access to the parallel market. End summary. Zimdollar expensive at any rate - [...]	2004-08-24 09:25:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE1490	Where's inflation heading? [...] Summary: After studying the latest Reserve Bank (RBZ)/Central Statistical Office (CSO) figures and comparing notes with local economists, we believe year-to- year inflation will continue to fall to 250-320 percent through the end of 2004. In early/mid-2005, it will again head upwards to at le [...]	2004-08-31 13:50:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE1495	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR GONO: WOLF IN SHEEP,S [...] (C) We are disturbed that Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono's expanding hegemony spells more trouble for Zimbabwe's flagging economy. Although he is an ideological moderate by GOZ and Zanu-PF standards, preaching an uncharacteristic fervor for Western and International Monetary Fund (IM [...]	2004-09-01 14:10:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV ZI EINV
04HARARE1496	WHERE "SAVE" GOES, WILDLIFE WILL FOLLOW [...] (SBU) Summary: After a decade of rescuing endangered species, Save Valley Conservancy, the largest private wildlife reserve in Africa, may now be facing its own extinction. Land reform has encroached upon the country,s vast wildlife lands, including those of the Conservancy. GOZ,s decisions on [...]	2004-09-02 06:37:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EINV ECON PGOV EAID ZI
04HARARE1498	Tobacco Output Off 72 Percent [...] Zimbabwe's three auction floors have concluded the 2004 tobacco season. Once the world's number one exporter of tobacco, shrinking harvests have translated into less export revenue and less foreign exchange for the central bank's official currency auctions. Cotton is currently rapidly overta [...]	2004-09-03 07:29:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE1519	Possible Financial Sanctions Violation [...] (SBU) Various news reports over the past several months have alleged that a possible grain deal between a GOZ parastatal and U.S. firm Sentry Financial, aspects of which may have violated Executive Order 13288 of March 7, 2003, which restricts financial transactions between U.S. entities and 7 [...]	2004-09-09 06:25:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE1532	Elections: GOZ Accelerates Populist Economic [...] As expected, the GOZ has recently begun to devote increasing, and disproportionate, resources to ensuring the availability and affordability of politically sensitive goods and services such as maize-meal, fuel and educational expenses. In time-honored fashion, the GOZ expects to pad its share [...]	2004-09-13 09:10:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE1585	Tobacco Merchant Adjusts to Post-Land Reform [...] (SBU) Executives of U.S. tobacco merchant Dimon forecast Zimbabwe will experience another frustrating harvest in 2005, as the firm's buying continues to shift away from the auction floors and toward contract growing. Dimon does not believe it can revive the interest of Philip Morris and JT Int [...]	2004-09-23 07:46:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE1588	Why Gold Is Up and Other Exports Down [...] Summary: Zimbabwean gold production could increase 67 percent to 20 tons this year, according to industry insiders. At current world prices, bullion will easily soar past tobacco and cotton to become the country top foreign exchange earner. As part of the Government's efforts to encourage p [...]	2004-09-23 11:14:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN EAGR ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE1598	AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL CALL ON RBZ GOVERNOR GONO [...] (C) Reserve Bank Governor (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono told Ambassador Dell that he is pursuing closer ties with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by boosting arrears payments, trying to facilitate a meeting between President Mugabe and IMF Managing Director Rodrigo Rato and arranging for an [...]	2004-09-24 07:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV ZI EINV
04HARARE1599	BLACK FARMERS GROUP AGREES TO TALKS WITH WHITE [...] (C) Indigenous Commercial Farmers Union (ICFU) President Davison Mugabe told econoff his organization is now prepared to meet formally with representatives of the mainly white Commercial Farmers Union (CFU). Mugabe appears to have overcome his initial reluctance to engage in such talks prior [...]	2004-09-24 07:50:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON PGOV ZI EINV
04HARARE1620	MANAGING A BUSINESS IN MUGABE'S SHADOW [...] (SBU) Seven prominent business leaders we recently assembled want the international community to provide Zimbabwe with balance-of-payments support. However, they differ in assessments of the country's progress at reforming its economy and attracting foreign investment. 2. (SBU) The Ambassa [...]	2004-09-28 07:34:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE1660	New Sources Drive Parallel Market [...] (U) Summary: Zimbabwe-bound remittances through Western Union have dropped by as much as 90 percent, since July 28 when the Reserve Bank (RBZ) decreed that transfer agencies must convert incoming foreign exchange into zimdollars at the official rate and may not disburse foreign exchange. Acc [...]	2004-10-06 05:52:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE1664	600 White Farms Still Hanging On [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: The GOZ has been issuing an increasing number of acquisition notices to the small number of remaining white farmers, but has not taken over many new farms, according to Doug Taylor-Freeme, president of the mostly-white Commercial Farmers Union (CFU). He believes around 600 [...]	2004-10-06 10:06:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE1681	Business Seeks to Rebuild Govt Ties [...] (SBU) Summary: The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries' (CZI) top female official berated the GOZ's trade-unfriendly policies and general economic mismanagement. However, she expressed hope that President Mugabe would send the business community a positive signal either by meeting face-to- [...]	2004-10-07 09:15:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ETRD EINV PGOV ZI ZANU PF
04HARARE1693	Tough Going for New Farmers [...] (SBU) Summary: In an initial call on the Ambassador, five Indigenous Commercial Farmers Union (ICFU) officials spelled out the hurdles they confront merging 12,000 land reform beneficiaries with their smaller pre-land reform membership. They also showed a willingness to work with a broader ran [...]	2004-10-12 08:43:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE1703	ZIMBABWE LABOR: IF YOU PRICK US, DO WE NOT [...] (SBU) Summary: In wide-ranging discussions with EconOff, Zimbabwe Confederation of Trade Unions (ZCTU) affiliates described the toil required to fight for members' living wages. While workers and employers agree on the macro problem (the GOZ),disputes remain over wages and working conditions. [...]	2004-10-13 13:59:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EAID EINV ECON PGOV ZI ZCTU
04HARARE1729	TEMPORARY REPRIEVE FOR ZIMBABWE'S LARGEST [...] (SBU) Summary: Clive Stockil, director of Save Valley Conservancy (Zimbabwe's largest private wildlife reserve),told EconOff on October 8 that he has GOZ assurances of no action on the conservancy until after parliamentary elections and a subsequent cabinet reshuffle. End Summary 2. (SBU) [...]	2004-10-18 07:23:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID BTIO EINV ECON PGOV ZI
04HARARE1758	Heinz's Burdensome Subsidiary [...] (SBU) Olivine, Heinz's Zimbabwe subsidiary, is barely staying afloat, according to its top official. Unable to freely convert its zimdollar earnings into foreign exchange for needed imports, the firm is operating at 40 percent capacity. Meanwhile, South African manufacturers of cooking oil, [...]	2004-10-22 07:17:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE1771	Mutare Exporters Feel Pinch [...] (SBU) Once-thriving exporters in the eastern Zimbabwean city of Mutare say the country's overvalued exchange rate has rendered them uncompetitive. From company-to-company, sector-to-sector, their stories have a similar ring of despair. Annualized zimdollar expenses such as labor and energy h [...]	2004-10-27 05:52:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE18	Battle for Final 500 "White" Farms [...] (U) Summary: The GOZ is attempting to seize the final 500 white-owned commercial farms by attacking black business partners. End Summary. 2. (U) During Zimbabwe's tumultuous land redistribution over the past two years, the Government has dispossessed approximately 4,000 of 4,5000 white com [...]	2004-01-07 09:16:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV ZI
04HARARE1818	Gono Forecasts Economic Growth in 2005 [...] (U) Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono was upbeat about the economy's recovery prospects in his quarterly monetary review on October 28, forecasting a 150 percent increase in tobacco production and 3.5-to-5 percent overall economic growth in 2005, as well as single-digit inflation by mid- [...]	2004-11-03 14:17:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE1819	Despite Obstacles, ExxonMobil Stays Profitable [...] (SBU) Summary: ExxonMobil's local managing director says his firm is currently eking out a modest profit in Zimbabwe, thanks to guaranteed supplies of foreign exchange at the official rate. Still, the MD told us he tussles regularly with corrupt ministers and micro-fuel operators. End summar [...]	2004-11-04 07:00:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE1860	GOZ Seizes 4 White Farms this Week [...] (SBU) Summary: Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) officials tell us the GOZ recently accelerated its acquisition of mostly-white commercial farms under fast- track land reform, causing four CFU members to lose their farms per week at present. However, the CFU officials note in that in the last th [...]	2004-11-10 14:53:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE1862	GOZ Steps Up Arrests of Forex Externalizers [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOZ has again been arresting prominent Zimbabwean businesspersons for sending foreign exchange offshore. The GOZ appears to believe that these high profile arrests will deter others from exchanging forex on the ever-resilient parallel market. End summary. 2. (SBU) Over [...]	2004-11-12 08:35:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE1898	Nickel Exporter Using Just 2 of 4 Mines [...] (SBU) On a recent site visit to Bindura Nickel Corp (BNC) in Mashonaland Central, General Manager R. Chinamatira complained to us of Zimbabwe's worsening export climate. Even though nickel reached a 20-year high on world markets this year, BNC is operating only two of four mines. By increasi [...]	2004-11-18 15:58:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE1900	GOZ Promises Floating Exchange Rate to IMF [...] (SBU) Summary: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Africa Director Abdoulaye Bio-Tchane said Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono indicated he has set September 2005 as the target month for introducing market- determined exchange and interest rates. End summary. 2. (SBU) Accom [...]	2004-11-22 11:11:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE1966	A Rose-Tinted 2005 Budget [...] (U) Summary: Echoing the line laid out in Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon's Oct 28 address (ref a),acting GOZ Finance Minister Herbert Murerwa forecast robust 3.5- 5 percent GDP growth and 30-50 percent inflation for 2005. In his long annual budget presentation to Parliament on Nov 25, M [...]	2004-12-06 06:13:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE1969	Vic Falls Tourism Up - Slightly [...] (SBU) Summary: After striking rock bottom in 2003, Victoria Falls tourism activity has picked up marginally this year. Still, hospitality sector business at Zimbabwe's leading tourist destination is probably off two-thirds from 1997, forcing operators to find innovative ways to break even. I [...]	2004-12-06 11:56:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE2006	WITHOUT DEVALUATION, IMF SEES NO RECOVERY [...] (SBU) Summary and Recommendation: An International Monetary Fund (IMF) technical mission has analyzed the GOZ's 2005 budget projections and preliminarily concluded that Zimbabwe will suffer a 10.5 percent budget deficit and inflation at over 200 percent next year. RBZ Governor Gono claimed to [...]	2004-12-13 13:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV ZI EINV
04HARARE2012	GOZ CABINET OFFICIAL "TALKS" CLOSER TIES [...] (C) Summary: Acting Finance Minister Herbert Murerwa told the Ambassador he believes the U.S. has exaggerated the GOZ,s democratic shortcomings and urged us to reengage more with Zimbabwe. The Ambassador responded that the U.S. is aware of recent GOZ overtures, but that reality on the ground [...]	2004-12-14 08:19:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE2052	GIDEON GONO: ZIMBABWE,S WOULD-BE KINGMAKER? [...] (C) Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono, claiming to be speaking on behalf of President Mugabe, told the Ambassador that Mugabe wanted better relations with the U.S. The Ambassador responded that the U.S. welcomed these overtures, but that we needed to see real changes that matched the rhe [...]	2004-12-17 10:20:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN ECON ETRD EINV ZI
04HARARE2058	Monthly Inflation Still in 5-10 Percent Band [...] Summary: Despite claims in the Dec 14 Herald that inflation is "on a downward spiral," the rate has held within an approximate 5-10 percent monthly band since the Reserve Bank (RBZ) reasserted control over the exchange rate in January. End summary. 2. While the annual inflation rate has fa [...]	2004-12-21 06:30:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE2082	ZIMBABWE,S SUGAR QUOTA [...] (C) Zimbabwe has a small U.S. sugar quota that has been fully filled in recent years. In 2003-04, the first year that the GOZ,s land reform policies affected the sugar sector, we estimate that 25 percent of the quota may have come from resettled farms. However, this year overall production h [...]	2004-12-29 12:26:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN ECON ETRD EINV ZI
04HARARE224	Demand for US dollars still growing [...] Summary: Economists, bankers and businessmen around Zimbabwe all ask one question: How soon will the Reserve Bank (RBZ) run out of forex to fuel its new auction system? End Summary. 2. Eligible importers are trying to gobble up everything they can at the Monday and Thursday auctions, sinc [...]	2004-02-06 07:48:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD PGOV ZI
04HARARE256	Forex Controls Hamper Trade [...] (U) Summary: Vexingly, the GOZ continues its policy of punishing exports and subsidizing imports. Local firms tell us the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's (RBZ) new foreign exchange auctions and other controls make it increasingly difficult to do business. Auctions have yet to deliver on their pro [...]	2004-02-11 11:23:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD PGOV ZI
04HARARE278	Industry Wants New Tripartite Dialogue [...] Summary: Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) President Anthony Mandiwanza told us he is lobbying the GOZ to restart the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) between government, industry and labor. Mandiwanza acknowledged that CZI is unlikely to oppose macroeconomic distortions flowing f [...]	2004-02-17 08:13:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV ZI
04HARARE296	Inflationary Pressures Not Abating [...] Summary: Zimbabwe's year-to-year inflation rate has reached 623 percent. Higher duty on many imports and a weakening zimdollar ensure that inflation will remain high. End Summary. Higher duties ------------- 2. The GOZ has raised duty on many imports, in particular on cars. Customs of [...]	2004-02-19 12:17:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV ZI
04HARARE361	Miners Still Glum [...] Summary: Mining industry representatives told us the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)'s new monetary policy has menaced their tattered businesses. Between an overvalued zimdollar and overpriced electricity, they are barely staying afloat. The GOZ still does not appreciate that its 6-year rece [...]	2004-03-01 08:35:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EMIN EINV ETRD PGOV ZI
04HARARE456	Export Slump Reaches Crisis Proportions [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-16 10:05:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD PGOV ZI
04HARARE460	The GOZ's Anti-Corruption Show [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-17 10:22:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD PGOV ZI
04HARARE564	IMF Advocates Devaluation [...] Summary: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Southern Africa Chief Doris Ross has called on the GOZ to devalue, spend less and restart tripartite discussions. She also predicted the IMF Board of Governors would neither restore privileges nor expel Zimbabwe from the lending body as a result of t [...]	2004-04-01 12:52:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE578	New Charges of Labor Harassment [...] (SBU) Summary: The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) alleges pro-Government groups are stepping up repression of labor leaders. End summary. 2. (SBU) ZCTU cited two recent cases in press statements: - On March 25, an unnamed caller invited Progressive Teachers Union Secretary Gene [...]	2004-04-05 13:05:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM ETRD ECON EINV PGOV ZI ZCTU
04HARARE579	GOZ could nationalize conservancies [...] Summary: There is increasing worry the GOZ will nationalize nature conservancies. Robert Mugabe's Government may view redistribution of wildlife assets as the logical next phase of land reform. If mishandled, however, such a move could harm the Zimbabwe's wildlife and recovery prospects. E [...]	2004-04-05 13:30:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID BTIO EINV ECON PGOV ZI
04HARARE600	Finance Minister Wants Slow Exchange Adjustment [...] (SBU) Summary: Finance Minister Chris Kuruneri expressed satisfaction with recent International Monetary Fund (IMF) Article IV consultations. However, he said the GOZ prefers a more gradual approach for rationalizing its overvalued currency and phasing out its hefty tax on exporters than the [...]	2004-04-07 13:34:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID BTIO EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE655	Land Reform Threatens Wildlife [...] (SBU) Summary: After a decade of rescuing endangered species, Save (pronounced SA-vay) Valley now weighs its own extinction. Robert Mugabe's land redistribution has gradually spilled into this conservancy, Africa's largest private wildlife reserve. The conservancy would be an important compo [...]	2004-04-20 13:41:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID BTIO EINV ECON PGOV ZI
04HARARE683	CONSERVING CONSERVANCIES IN ZIMBABWE [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-22 06:27:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID BTIO EINV ECON PGOV ZI
04HARARE690	Only Modest Exporter Relief in RBZ Statement [...] Summary: Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono's second policy statement disappointed much of the business community. While he took credit for more restrictive money supply, lower inflation and more realistic interest rates, Gono did not relieve exporters of a large de facto revenue tax. H [...]	2004-04-22 14:27:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID BTIO EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE702	GOZ Forex Crusade Snags Finance Minister [...] (SBU) Summary: With the detention of Finance Minister Chris Kuruneri over the weekend, the GOZ's witch hunt against foreign exchange externalizers reached a new level. Kuruneri is the GOZ's latest pretext for blaming the country's economic demise on parallel market trading and foreign account [...]	2004-04-26 09:04:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE703	Goodbye, Exporters: Colgate-Palmolive's Case [...] (SBU) Summary: Colgate-Palmolive's relocation of productive facilities from Zimbabwe to South Africa bears witness to this Government's export-unfriendly policies. End Summary. Zimbabwe's Loss - South Africa's Gain ------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) We have reported frequently [...]	2004-04-26 11:48:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE718	Laboring for Worker's Rights [...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) informed EconOff that stayaways and demonstrations remain their primary campaign weapon. Meanwhile, ruling party supporters continue to harass labor leaders in attempts to disrupt May Day festivities. End summary. 2. (S [...]	2004-04-28 13:34:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM ETRD ECON EINV PGOV ZI ZCTU
04HARARE731	Auction Rate Passes Diaspora/Exporter Rate [...] Summary: The most noteworthy new policy announced in Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono's second policy statement may last just one week. End Summary. 2. Gono offered unhappy exporters as well as recipients of Diaspora transfers a floor price of Z$5,200:US$, a 10 percent bonus to last [...]	2004-04-30 09:57:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID BTIO EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE748	May Day- An Urgent Call for Help [...] (SBU) Summary: The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) and government-backed Zimbabwe Federation of Trade Unions (ZFTU) held rival May Day celebrations. While ZCTU focused on tax policy and wages, ZFTU focused on health and safety in the workplace. ZCTU attracted crowds throughout Zimba [...]	2004-05-04 12:32:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM ETRD ECON EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE767	RBZ Governor Addresses U.S. Firms [...] (U) Summary: Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono met May 6 with 30 representatives from U.S. multinationals. He offered few insights beyond his April 21 policy statement, but underscored RBZ vigilance in policing commercial activity. End Summary. 2. (U) In this session organized by th [...]	2004-05-07 09:35:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID BTIO EINV PGOV PTER ZI
04HARARE8	GOZ GOING AFTER COUNTRY'S LARGEST CELLULAR PHONE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Government maneuvers may be underway to withdraw the operating license of Econet Wireless Zimbabwe (EWZ),the nation's largest cellular phone operator, over alleged foreign exchange abuses. The exercise could represent a broadening of GOZ efforts to destroy Strive Misiyiwa, t [...]	2004-01-05 12:58:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON EINV ECPS KPAO ZI
04HARARE81	Good Start for Currency Auctions [...] Summary: The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)'s initial currency auction ran smoothly. The RBZ now wants to find an exchange rate that discourages speculation but encourages exports. End Summary. Zimdollar has gained 35 percent ------------------------------- 2. The RBZ held its first auct [...]	2004-01-14 13:28:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD PGOV ZI
04HARARE831	RBZ laughs at GOZ crop forecasts [...] (SBU) Summary: Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono says he has confronted Agriculture Minister Joseph Made over his optimistic forecast of a 2.4 million m/t maize harvest. The Governor alleges other cabinet officials, such as Security Minister Nicolas Goche and acting Finance Minister Her [...]	2004-05-18 05:32:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID BTIO EINV PGOV PTER ZI
04HARARE849	Can Black and White Farmers Join Forces? [...] (SBU) Summary: Zimbabwe's mostly white Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) and mostly black Indigenous Commercial Farmers Union (ICFU) have been holding informal discussions that could - one day - lead to a merger. Although there is much on both sides that might sidetrack this process, it could pr [...]	2004-05-19 14:09:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EAGR EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE86	Banking Sector Shake-down [...] Summary: New Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono is cracking down on insolvent and corrupt financial institutions. While we consider this a necessary and healthy process, it adds even more turbulence to rocky economy. End Summary. 2. These are the main events of the unfolding crisis: [...]	2004-01-15 07:52:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD PGOV ZI
04HARARE862	More GOZ Infighting on Land Issue [...] (SBU) Summary: GOZ bickering over land reform has intensified over the past week, pitting hardliners against moderates. End summary. The Daily Herald Barrage ------------------------ 2. (SBU) Publicly, this wrangle has taken the form of attacks from the GOZ's daily Herald on Lands, Land R [...]	2004-05-24 05:14:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EAGR EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE864	ZFTU- There's no there, there [...] (SBU) Summary: Zimbabwe Federation of Trade Unions (ZFTU) is a ZANU-PF shell union seeking to undermine Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU). End Summary. 2. (SBU) ZCTU is a strong civil society voice for workers rights. Its advocacy and support for the opposition Movement for Dem [...]	2004-05-24 10:10:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM ETRD ECON EINV PGOV ZI ZANU PF ZCTU
04HARARE865	Tripartite National Forum Falters [...] (SBU) Summary: Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) refuses to restart Tripartite National Forum (TNF) talks due to GOZ's prior bad faith negotiation. ZCTU also refuses to join Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono's advisory panel for the same reasons. End Summary ------------------------ [...]	2004-05-24 10:10:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM ETRD ECON EINV PGOV ZI ZCTU
04HARARE909	Zim economy keeps tumbling [...] (SBU) Summary: Six months on the job, Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono has transformed the GOZ's style of economic management. Still, Gono has not substantially tempered the GOZ's two most damaging economic obsessions: a) an overvalued local currency and b) excessive government taxati [...]	2004-06-02 09:37:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EAGR EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE912	Black farmer group reacts to white overtures [...] (SBU) Summary: With pressures from Zimbabwe's next parliamentary elections mounting, the mostly black Indigenous Commercial Farmers Union (ICFU) told us it would have to reach a break-though in talks with the mostly white Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) in the next month or so, or wait until af [...]	2004-06-02 14:23:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EAGR EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE959	GOZ ANNOUNCES INTENT TO NATIONALIZE LAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOZ media reports that the GOZ is prepared to nationalize the country's farmland and conservancies -- essentially limiting land use to limited term leasehold arrangements -- may be somewhat premature. While a leasehold system appears to be the ruling party's objective, resolutio [...]	2004-06-09 11:54:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV PGOV ECON EAGR SENV PHUM ZI
04HARARE984	GOZ FANTASY STATS [...] (SBU) Summary: The June 10 edition of the GOZ-controlled Herald reports that exports increased in 2003 over 2002 despite all signs to the contrary. End summary. 2. (SBU) Zimbabwe Central Statistics Office (CSO) reports that Zimbabwe exports rose in 2003 to hit $2.3 trillion, or ov [...]	2004-06-14 10:25:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID BTIO EINV ECON PGOV ZI
04HARARE988	GOZ SHUTS DOWN ANOTHER NEWSPAPER, COMMENCES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Media and Information Commission (MIC) on June 10 cancelled the registration of The Tribune newspaper (owned by a ruling party MP),purportedly over violations of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA). The GOZ on June 9 commenced its prosecution of [...]	2004-06-14 14:32:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO PHUM EINV ZI
04HOCHIMINHCITY1128	MEKONG DELTA CAPITAL SEEKS NATIONAL ROLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Can Tho, the commercial center of Vietnam's fertile Mekong Delta, wants to break out of its role as a provincial capital and establish itself on the national and international stage. While participating in a trade fair opening led by Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan, Econoff saw [...]	2004-09-06 23:33:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PREL ETRD EFIS EAGR VM
04HOCHIMINHCITY1246	EB PDAS DONNELLY MEETS WITH HCMC TEXTILE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his September 29 visit to Ho Chi Minh City, EB Bureau PDAS Donnelly met representatives of Vietnam's textile and apparel industry to discuss Vietnam's competitiveness following expiration of the WTO Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) and Vietnam's bid for WTO acces [...]	2004-10-07 04:50:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV KTEX VM WTO
04HOCHIMINHCITY1270	DANANG - WAITING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT TO PAY OFF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Consulate visit to Danang led by the CG highlighted the city's eagerness to serve as a gateway to Central Vietnam and mainland Southeast Asia. City leaders have boosted infrastructure investment, developing roads and a deep-sea port; now they are hoping their efforts will pay [...]	2004-10-08 10:27:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ETRD EINV SOCI VM ASEAN LABOR
04HOCHIMINHCITY1359	KHANH HOA PROVINCE: DELAYED DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Khanh Hoa Province on Vietnam's central coast is attempting a development strategy based on tourism, seafood and maritime transport. Geography, natural resources, and workforce give the province excellent development potential and some infrastructure investment is underway. However, a [...]	2004-10-27 11:40:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ETRD EINV SOCI PHUM PREL KIRF KPAO VM SOE HIV AIDS RELFREE
04HOCHIMINHCITY1403	SAIGONTOURIST: STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISE SYNDROME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One of the largest tourism companies in Vietnam, HCMC-based Saigontourist is struggling to develop its tourism business to attract foreign visitors in particular. Saigontourist owns or has an interest in 70 hotels all over Vietnam and employs 15,000 people, but its General Direc [...]	2004-11-09 11:59:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EINV ETRD PGOV VM SOE
04HOCHIMINHCITY1493	DAK LAK PROVINCE - CONTROL INHIBITS GROWTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Local leaders in the Central Highland province of Dak Lak loathe to relinquish economic control are missing the chance for growth in tourism, industry and agriculture. Agriculture, the mainstay of Dak Lak's economy, has been hit by falling world coffee prices and drought. State [...]	2004-12-01 01:04:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD EAID PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM VM SOE ETMIN

04HOCHIMINHCITY1528	VIETNAM'S SOUTHERN ECONOMIC TRIANGLE SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Consul General and ConGen team traveled to Dong Nai and Binh Duong provinces to examine the two provinces' economic performance that is double the national average. Local officials credit their economic success to 1990's policy decisions creating the southern economic zones. I [...]	2004-12-13 10:52:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EFIN ECON PREL PGOV VM PHUM KIRF SOE RELFREE HUMANR
04HOCHIMINHCITY1575	SHRIMP AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE MEKONG DELTA [...] (SBU) Summary: The southern Mekong Delta is one of the fastest growing regions in Vietnam, driven by its expanding aquaculture industry. With USDOC's recent announcement of lowered U.S. dumping duties on shrimp, a barrier to growth has been lowered. However, increased resources are needed t [...]	2004-12-21 09:11:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV PGOV VM
04HOCHIMINHCITY1581	CENTRAL HIGHLANDS PROVINCE OPEN TO U.S. AID [...] (U) This is a Ho Chi Minh City - Hanoi joint reporting cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: An ECON HCMC-Hanoi and USAID visit to the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum revealed the area's economic and development situation is particularly desperate, even compared with its impoverished Central Highl [...]	2004-12-22 11:06:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV PREL SOCI ETRD PHUM VM SOE ETMIN
04HOCHIMINHCITY1582	HCMC ECONOMIC LEADERS REPORT 2004 PROGRESS, LISTEN TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) government leaders for the third straight year reported to the foreign business community on the city's annual progress in achieving economic and development goals. The leaders then listened as their audience articulated difficulties foreign businesses e [...]	2004-12-22 11:11:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD EFIN ELAB PGOV EIND ELTN PINR VM
04ISTANBUL1346	ISTANBUL'S JULY VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLES MEETING: [...] (SBU) Summary: Industry participants in the July 23 Istanbul voluntary principles meeting tell us that while they are "interested in and supportive in principle" of the initiative, it is unworkable unless Russian oil companies also participate. They also stressed that while consideration of [...]	2004-08-27 03:13:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EWWT PREL EINV SENV TU
04ISTANBUL1371	ISTANBUL ANALYSTS ON CURRENT ACCOUNT RISKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite positive international and domestic developments, including the Turkish government's recognition of the need for a new stand-by agreement for the 2005-2007 period, Turkish markets have remained range-bound in recent weeks. Many analysts attribute the markets' failure t [...]	2004-09-01 11:35:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN TU
04ISTANBUL1558	CUKUROVA FAILS TO COME THROUGH AGAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's stock market was shaken Tuesday as it absorbed news that the Cukurova Group had again missed the deadline for completion of the first payment under its early payment plan with the Turkish Savings Deposit Fund (SDIF). The ISE-100 dropped 2.15 percent Tuesday as a resul [...]	2004-10-15 06:17:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN TU
04ISTANBUL1728	ISTANBUL BUSINESS LEADERS FOCUS ON EU [...] (SBU) Summary: In separate meetings the week of November 8, Istanbul business leaders told visiting State Department Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud and U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Rockwell Schnabel that they are optimistic both about Turkey's [...]	2004-11-19 07:56:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON TU
04ISTANBUL1807	TURKISH TEXTILE FIRMS SEE A GRIM FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: Leading Turkish textile exporters tell us they are deeply pessimistic about prospects for the sector, warning that the end of the global quota system next month will lead to mass layoffs in Turkey unless "an exit" is found. In a recent meeting organized by the Istanbul Textile [...]	2004-12-06 11:31:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON TU
04ISTANBUL190	ISTANBUL EMPLOYERS' MUTED REACTION TO TURKEY'S [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The recent decision of the Turkish government to increase Turkey's minimum wage by 38 percent, while also raising pensions by 21 percent, has sparked strong criticism in financial circles, but only a muted reac [...]	2004-01-30 13:56:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV TU
04ISTANBUL262	BOSPHORUS DELAYS EASE BUT ISSUES REMAIN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Shipping delays on the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits have eased in recent days but the war of words surrounding the issue continues. Russia's oil pipeline monopoly Transneft strongly criticized Turkish [...]	2004-02-20 11:26:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ECON PREL SENV EWWT TU
04ISTANBUL276	ZORLU CFO OUTLINES THE GROUP'S TUPRAS PLANS [...] Sensitive but unclassified - not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: In a February 18 meeting with Econoff, Zorlu Group Chief Financial Officer Cem Koksal outlined the group's strategy for completion of the purchase of the Turkish refiner Tupras, predicting agreement with Turke [...]	2004-02-24 12:34:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ECON PREL TU
04ISTANBUL356	EXECUTIVES HIGHLIGHT BUOYANT STOCK MARKET BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with Ambassador Edelman on February 26, executives at the Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE) and Foreign Investors' Association (YASED) focused on two extremes of Turkey's current economic performance: the buoyant stock market, which has risen 80 percent over the last ye [...]	2004-03-08 11:49:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN TU
04ISTANBUL402	ISTANBUL INVESTMENT CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS FAMILIAR [...] (U) Summary: The long-planned but oft-delayed International Investment Advisory Council (IAC) meeting grouping CEO's from leading multinationals finally took place in Istanbul on March 15. Organized by the Turkish government with cooperation from the World Bank and International Monetary Fu [...]	2004-03-17 13:10:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN TU
04ISTANBUL90	LATE OFFER MUDDIES TUPRAS PRIVATIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish analysts are reacting positively today to yesterday's announcement that the highest bid for privatization of two-thirds of the state refinery Tupras came in at 1.3 billion USD. While the press has been critical of the offer, the bid values the overall company at 2 billi [...]	2004-01-14 15:48:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PREL TU
04KATHMANDU1730	NEPAL: BUSINESSES REMAIN CLOSED; INDUSTRY SECURITY [...] (C) Maoists muddied the waters on August 27 by issuing a press statement that indicated the Maoist-threatened businesses, other than those with U.S. investment, could reopen (reftel) and then an hour later issuing a contradictory statement that all the businesses must remain closed. The Indu [...]	2004-08-30 12:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV EINV ASEC NP
04KATHMANDU866	NEPAL: DAS CAMP MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER AND [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings with Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa and Foreign Minister (Dr.) Bekh Bahadur Thapa on May 5, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South Asia Donald Camp stressed the importance of human rights and the restoration of a democratic government to continued USG suppo [...]	2004-05-06 23:26:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREF EINV NP
04KIGALI1208	EMBASSY KIGALI PARTICIPATION IN SEVENTH [...] Summary. Post sponsored a booth at the seventh annual Rwandan Trade Fair that showcased Rwandan exports to the United States and provided information on the theme "Global Business Partners." The presentation, the first of its kind to be offered by any diplomatic mission in Rwanda, was well r [...]	2004-08-20 08:03:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL EAGR KTEX EINV RW AGOA
04KINSHASA1140	ECONOMIC REPORT - MARCH THROUGH JUNE 2004 [...] SUMMARY. Prices and the exchange rate remain stable even through political difficulties. The mining sector has been extremely active. Mining company America Mineral Fields (Amfi) wins approval and signature of its USD 300 million contract and then changes its name to Adastra Minerals. The UK g [...]	2004-06-21 14:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ELTN EMIN EPET ETRD PGOV PREL CG
04KINSHASA1399	ECONOMIC REPORT - LATE JUNE THROUGH 23 JULY [...] Summary. Bank of Commerce and Development (BCD) liquidation and conflict in eastern DRC temporarily raise exchange rates. Prices remain relatively stable. The diamond sector continues to see increased activity with CEEC projecting exports of USD 1 billion by 2006 (up from current USD 700-800 [...]	2004-07-29 06:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EIND EINV ELAB ELTN EMIN ETRD PGOV PREL CG
04KINSHASA1407	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT APPENDIX 2004 [...] Per Reftel, Post submits ICS appendix below. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: July 2004 Appendix to 2003 Investment Climate Statement. This appendix serves as an update to the 2003 Investment Climate Statement for the Democratic Republic of Congo. It has been provided to assist investors in t [...]	2004-07-29 14:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV KTDB PGOV PREL CG OPIC
04KINSHASA1506	EMBASSY COMMENTS ON NO.1 CONTRACTING OPIC [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified, Privileged Business Information. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Embassy Kinshasa has reviewed the two applications for political risk insurance that No.1 Contracting Corporation of Ashley, PA has submitted to OPIC. Post opines that there are no curre [...]	2004-08-10 12:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ELTN CG OPIC
04KINSHASA1553	PRIDE AND PREJUDICE BY VP BEMBA [...] (C) Summary. On Aug 12, Ambassador Meece paid a courtesy call on DRC Vice President for Economic and Financial Affairs, Jean-Pierre Bemba. Bemba made clear his pride in the economic achievements of the past year and his extreme prejudice toward Rwandan President Kagame as the primary culprit b [...]	2004-08-17 13:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ETRD PGOV PREL CG HIPC OPIC
04KINSHASA1590	AFRICAN CANAL A PIPE(LINE) DREAM [...] (C) Summary. The DRC Ministry of Energy reported that a regional delegation with strong backing from Nigerian President Obasanjo visited Kinshasa to discuss a proposed canal linking the Congo River with Lake Chad. Involved parties include Nigeria, Chad, Niger, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville, th [...]	2004-08-24 06:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EINV ETRD EWWT PREL SENV CG
04KINSHASA1591	EMBASSY COMMENTS ON IRC OPIC APPLICATION [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified, Privileged Business Information. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Embassy Kinshasa has reviewed the application for political risk insurance that International Rescue Committee (IRC) has submitted to OPIC. IRC has operated in the DRC for almost the ent [...]	2004-08-24 06:37:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EINV CG OPIC
04KINSHASA1631	ECONOMIC REPORT - AUG 20 THROUGH AUG 27 [...] (U) Summary. Both exchange rates and prices remain stable. Gravity Diamonds of Australia is planning a joint venture with BHP Billiton for diamond exploration in the Kasais. CHEMAF has resumed production at a Mine de l'Etoile concession abandoned by Gecamines. The DRC became a member of th [...]	2004-08-27 16:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ELTN EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD EWWT PGOV PREL CG
04KINSHASA1669	ECONOMIC REPORT - AUG 28 THROUGH SEPT 3 [...] Summary. Prices are stable with the exception of food items, which registered a 7 percent increase. Exchange rates remain stable. Adastra Minerals is seeking to become a major metals producer in the region. Bindura Nickel Corporation (BNC) and Gecamines are in advanced negotiations for a jo [...]	2004-09-03 14:32:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECIN ECON EFIN EIND EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD CG
04KINSHASA1671	EMBASSY KINSHASA RESPONSE TO "DEVELOPING A [...] Summary. Embassy Kinshasa appreciates the opportunity to respond to reftel requesting comments and suggestions on developing a commercial platform at non-FCS posts. The Democratic Republic of Congo is currently emerging from a decade of economic distress, and commercial activity is slowly rest [...]	2004-09-07 05:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AODE BEXP ECON EINV
04KINSHASA1763	EMBASSY COMMENTS ON ALEXANDER'S GROUP OPIC [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Privileged Business Information. Please Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Embassy Kinshasa has reviewed Alexander's Group Telecom's (ASG - of NY, New York) applications for OPIC political risk insurance. ASG has been present in the DRC since 1999. It was previous [...]	2004-09-20 14:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV CG OPIC
04KINSHASA1958	CONGOLESE GOVERNMENT PLANNING VISIT TO CHINA, [...] (C) Presidential Advisor and Special Ambassador Andre Kapanga told PolCouns October 18 that he and Foreign Minister Ramazani (possibly with other government officials) will be visiting China the first week of November, followed by a 4-day visit to North Korea. Kapanga said the delegation will [...]	2004-10-21 13:47:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG ETRD ETTC PINR PREL CG CH KN
04KINSHASA2021	EMBASSY COMMENTS ON NO.1 CONTRACTING OPIC [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Privileged business information. 2. (SBU) Embassy Kinshasa has reviewed the application that No.1 Contracting and Franoza Trucking have submitted to OPIC for political risk investment insurance on a performance bond. Post believes that there are no current po [...]	2004-11-01 15:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ELTN CG OPIC
04KINSHASA2062	WIDESPREAD INTEREST IN INGA DAM DEVELOPMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Energy continues to receive proposals for the development of Inga Dam. The most recent developments have been an MOU signed with Eskom of South Africa and negotiations with MagAlloy (with Reynolds Group participation). The MOU signed with Eskom is one step closer t [...]	2004-11-09 08:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV ECON PREL PGOV CG
04KINSHASA2100	MINISTER OF BUDGET ON BUDGET AND EXPENDITURE [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Budget Francois Muamba stressed GDRC compliance with the IMF program and progress on government reforms during a recent call with the Ambassador. Muamba emphasized the good faith of the GDRC to comply with IMF parameters in spite of some minor slippage. Budgeting for e [...]	2004-11-16 15:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV PREL CG
04KINSHASA2122	DRC VISIT TO CHINA, N. KOREA - HYDROELECTRICITY [...] (C) Summary: Presidential advisor Andre Kapanga, the second-ranking official on the DRC delegation to China and North Korea, told PolCouns November 17 that meetings focused on investment opportunities in the DRC, particularly hydroelectrical generation and production of roof tiles. China off [...]	2004-11-19 07:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ECON ENRG EINV EMIN ETRD PGOV CG CH KN
04KUWAIT1594	KUWAIT WAVERS ON COMMITMENT TO RESERVE AL-ZOUR [...] (C) SUMMARY. General Electric and Fluor officials have informed post that the Government of Kuwait may have backed away from the Amir's 1996 promise to President Clinton that US firms would have exclusive rights to build the next major electricity generating plant, now anticipated to be the $ [...]	2004-05-19 11:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV PREL BEXP ETRD KU
04KUWAIT2272	Kuwait Investment Climate Statement [...] Kuwait - July 2004 Appendix to 2003 Investment Climate Statement a) This appendix serves as an update to the 2003 Investment Climate Statement for Kuwait. It has been provided to assist investors in the interim period resulting from the U.S. Department of Comme [...]	2004-07-21 06:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB KU OPIC
04KUWAIT2389	GOK RATIFIES TIFA [...] The MFA informed Embassy via Diplomatic Note No. 13543 dated July 6, 2004 that Kuwait has ratified by Decree No. 135 the Trade and Framework Agreement (TIFA) signed on February 6, 2004. 2. The document also notes that the GOK has not yet received formal notification from the US that the US [...]	2004-08-01 13:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL PGOV EINV ECON KU
04KUWAIT2596	KUWAIT OIL UPDATE - AUGUST 2004 [...] (SBU) Summary: In this version of the Kuwait Oil Update: the long-awaited Project Kuwait is given draft approval by the Supreme Petroleum Council; Kuwait Petroleum Company CEO Nader Al-Sultan tenders his resignation; the GOK moves forward in its hunt for gas supplies; a fourth refinery is pl [...]	2004-08-15 10:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV BEXP KU IZ IR
04KUWAIT2816	KUWAIT DRAFT PRIVATIZATION LAW [...] Summary: On 21 August, the GOK Economic and Legal Ministerial Joint Committee released the draft text of a new privatization law. The law calls for the formation of a Supreme Privatization Council, headed by the Prime Minister, and calls for privatization of public utilities and services. Th [...]	2004-08-29 03:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV BEXP ETRD BTIO KU
04KUWAIT2909	KUWAIT BANKING AND FINANCE UPDATE, SEPTEMBER 2004 [...] (SBU) Summary: In this edition of the Kuwait Banking & Finance Update: the Central Bank raises interest rates; a Kuwaiti bank limits its business in Iraq due to security concerns; the banking sector opens to foreign banks; a new Islamic bank is formed; and a new draft tax law is approved by [...]	2004-09-01 13:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL IZ FR KW
04KUWAIT295	(U) PROJECT KUWAIT: CHEVRONTEXACO BRIEFS SPECIAL [...] (C) Summary: Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs J. Frank Mermoud met with ChevronTexaco Kuwait Manager Hani Iskander on January 13. During the course of their conversation, the two discussed the status of Kuwait's long-delayed northern oilfields project (Project Kuwait [...]	2004-01-27 05:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ETRD EINV KU IZ
04KUWAIT786	(SBU) KUWAIT AND IRAQ BEGIN ADDRESSING BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Energy Ministry Undersecretary Al-Own told USG officials that Kuwait and Iraq have begun direct discussion of bilateral energy issues through the creation of a technical committee, but he remains concerned that Iraq is lacking well-organized plans for the sector. (See septel o [...]	2004-03-09 04:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD EINV KU IZ SA QA IR
04KUWAIT928	(C) KUWAIT PETROLEUM COMPANY: UNCOMPROMISING ON [...] (SBU) Summary. On 9 March Embassy and US Military officials from OMC-K and the 143rd Transportation Unit met with Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC) Deputy Chairman Nader Sultan to discuss the current status of the Iraq humanitarian fuel contract and the US military's future land needs at the po [...]	2004-03-22 11:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD EINV EWWT PREL MARR KU IZ SA QA IR
04LAGOS1093	NIGERIA ECONOMIC UPDATE, MAY 21 [...] (U) This update includes: -- Econet and Vodacom Sign Five-Year Management Deal -- SAA Accepts Memorandum of Understanding -- New Money Laundering Law Signed --------------------------------------------- ---- Econet and Vodacom Sign Five-Year Management Deal ------------------------------- [...]	2004-05-21 16:16:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EAIR EINV EFIN ECON NI
04LAGOS11	CAPTAIN CRUSADER VS THE BUNKERING BANDITS: NAVAL [...] (S N/F) SUMMARY: Captain O.B. Ogunjimi, commander of the Naval base in the heart of Nigeria's oil-rich but troubled Delta region, recently described to ConGen Officers his experiences fighting oil thieves in the Delta. According to Ogunjimi, corruption within his command is not as rampant as [...]	2004-01-05 08:16:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET PINR PINS MOPS PGOV EINV ASEC NI
04LAGOS1106	NIGERIAN DOMESTIC SHIPPING LAW TAKES EFFECT [...] SUMMARY. Nigeria's sweeping Cabotage Act took effect on May 1, requiring all vessels used for domestic trade to be Nigerian built, owned and manned. Nigeria has little capacity to meet any of the three requirements, and one-year waivers are allowed under the law. The GON has done little to i [...]	2004-05-25 13:12:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EPET EINV ECON PGOV NI
04LAGOS1131	GANG WARFARE IN PORT HARCOURT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Gang-style fighting near the city Port Harcourt in Rivers State over the last several days has resulted in numerous deaths. Two rival gangs associated with politically-connected "godfathers" are fighting over control of villages approximately 10-20 kilometers west of Port Harcourt [...]	2004-05-28 05:40:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC EPET EWWT PINR PINS EINV ETRD NI CACS
04LAGOS115	HIGHER AND HIGHER: NIGERIA'S MEANS OF [...] (U) Summary: Officers' in-country travel, anecdotal evidence, and media commentary point to inordinately high and steadily rising prices in Nigeria. People regularly complain that frequent increases in the cost of living and slow economic growth are hardly the dividends of democracy they expe [...]	2004-01-20 14:01:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD NI
04LAGOS1163	NIGERIA - GANGS OF PORT HARCOURT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Recent gang fighting in the Port Harcourt area of the Niger Delta highlights yet another brand of violence in Nigeria (ref A). Reports from oil services and construction company security managers in the field estimate that up to 100 people may have died over three to four days of [...]	2004-06-03 09:14:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR EPET EINV PHUM NI
04LAGOS1188	BAD WITH THE GOOD - FUEL PRICES RISE AS OIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As Nigerians wonder if a nationwide strike will be called yet again over fuel prices, private fuel marketers have decided to scale back their import level of the last 60 days as they launch a public awareness campaign of their own to explain the rise in gasoline prices. Offi [...]	2004-06-08 10:31:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET EINV PGOV ECON NI
04LAGOS1204	NIGER DELTA: GUNS AND THUGS RULE THE LAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the first in a series of four cables addressing the security, political, and humanitarian situation in the Niger Delta based on a field visit by POLOFF and ECONOFF to Warri June 7 and 8. This cable addresses the overall security situation, Joint Task Force (JTF) Operation [...]	2004-06-10 11:50:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINS EPET KDEM PHUM EINV ASEC CASC PTER XY NI
04LAGOS1210	NIGER DELTA: CEASE-FIRE AGREEMENT IN WARRI [...] (C) Introduction and summary. This is the second in a series of four cables addressing the security, political, and humanitarian situations in the Niger Delta, based on a field visit by Poloff and Econoff to Warri June 7 and 8. This cable addresses the recent cease-fire agreement and the Ijaw [...]	2004-06-13 07:34:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINS PINR EPET KDEM PHUM EINV ASEC CASC NI
04LAGOS127	STRIKE BEGINS IN NIGERIA JANUARY 21 [...] (SBU) Nigerians awoke to a state of confusion Wednesday, January 21, as competing reports circulated as to whether the Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC) was continuing its call for a nationwide strike (ref A). Although commerce continues across sectors, the NLC maintains that the strike is on, and [...]	2004-01-21 14:15:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB PGOV EINV NI
04LAGOS1364	Privatization of the Central Mint? [...] (U) Summary: The GON plans to divest itself of Nigeria's Mint. But, with the Central Bank of Nigeria vying to buy the majority stake, the privatization of the nation's official printer is in question. End summary. 2. (U) The media have reported that Nigeria's government wants to get out [...]	2004-07-06 11:26:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN NI
04LAGOS1383	Nigerian Crude Not Yet Flowing from Total - [...] Contrary to media reports that an agreement between the French oil company Total and Nigeria's white-collar oil workers union PENGASSAN has been reached allowing for immediate resumption of the company's crude oil production, O.B. Haffner, Corporate Affairs Manager for Total Nigeria, told ECON [...]	2004-07-08 11:50:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET EINV ELAB PGOV ECON NI
04LAGOS1394	Total Pumping Again in Nigeria [...] O.B. Haffner, Corporate Affairs Manager for Total Nigeria, told ECONOFF on Friday, July 9, that the company has resumed crude oil production from its Elf Petroleum Nigeria Ltd. unit. Total's Nigeria production was closed for one week as a result of a union dispute (reftel). Haffner said Tota [...]	2004-07-09 15:17:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET EINV ELAB PGOV ECON NI
04LAGOS1410	JULY 2004 INTERIM UPDATE OF 2003 NIGERIA INVESTMENT [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-13 10:10:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ECON ELAB KTDB NI OPIC
04LAGOS1469	POLITICAL UNDERTONE OF SLOK AIR'S GROUNDING [...] (U) Summary: Since the suspension and subsequent revocation of its license in March, Slok Air remains grounded. Though accused of having violated aviation regulations, the airline's travails have been associated with a political face-off between Orji Kalu, Abia State Governor and owner of Slok [...]	2004-07-19 14:24:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EINV PGOV NI
04LAGOS155	NIGERIA'S FUEL CRUNCH WORSENS AMIDST STRIKE [...] (C) SUMMARY: While Nigerians try to determine if a national strike is on or off and whether or not there is a tax on gasoline (refs A, B),the country's fuel supply problems are not only clear, they are, in fact, worsening. Private marketers have scaled-back fuel imports in the face of busines [...]	2004-01-23 08:10:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV PGOV PINR ENRG NI
04LAGOS1562	SCRATCH CARD FEVER [...] (SBU) Summary: For the past month, between 5 and 10 million MTN mobile phone scratch cards have been held up in Lagos ports over a payment dispute between MTN and the Nigerian Customs Service. In the country's cash economy and largely wireless telephony environment, scratch cards are an impor [...]	2004-07-30 09:31:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON EINV NI
04LAGOS1611	MORE SCRATCH CARD FEVER: THE PLANNED JANUARY [...] (SBU) Summary: As the GON's January 1, 2005 import ban on recharge cards draws near, the Nigerian Communications Commission is beginning to license companies to produce the cards locally. Wary of the reliability of most local card producers, major Nigerian telecom companies are exploring alter [...]	2004-08-05 13:37:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON EINV NI
04LAGOS1639	NIGERIA ECONOMIC TIDBITS, AUGUST 11 [...] (U) This update includes: -- Maritime Stakeholders Support Cabotage Law -- WAGP Environmental Impact Assessment and Resettlement Plan Released -- Nigerian Economic Summit Group Leaders Support Economic Reform -- Local Professor/Journalist Confirms Obasanjo's Economic Dream Team Lacks Poten [...]	2004-08-11 13:09:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT SENV EINV EFIN ECON NI
04LAGOS170	A NEW PLAYER: VODACOM ENTERS NIGERIAN [...] (U) Summary: South Africa's Vodacom Group recently announced plans to purchase a 51 percent stake in Nigeria's second largest mobile service provider, Econet Wireless Nigeria Limited. The US$250 million deal represents Econet's best chance of overtaking its one major competitor, MTN Nigeria C [...]	2004-01-23 15:47:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON EINV NI
04LAGOS1744	NIGERIA: ONE YEAR AWAY FROM CATEGORY 1? [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-25 05:58:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EINV NI
04LAGOS1775	UPDATE ON BANKS' REACTION TO NEW [...] (SBU) In response to the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN) new N25 billion capital base requirement (about USD 200 million),banks are forming strategic alliances through consolidations, mergers and acquisitions. Big banks are expected to comply fully, many smaller banks face the unwelcome choic [...]	2004-08-30 07:25:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL NI
04LAGOS2025	NIGERIA SIGNS VIRGIN AIRLINES DEAL; AVIATION [...] Summary. The Government of Nigeria signed September 28 a partnership deal between Nigeria Airways (NA) and Virgin Atlantic Airways (reftel),creating Virgin Nigeria. The new carrier anticipates beginning operations early 2005. The Federal High Court ordered liquidation of NA assets July 9. [...]	2004-10-04 08:52:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ELAB EINV NI PGOV
04LAGOS2077	NIGERIA ECONOMIC UPDATE, OCTOBER 12 [...] (U) This update includes: -- Airfare Increase of 40% Expected for Domestic Flights -- Runway to Shut Down for 8 Months at Lagos International Airport for Safety Upgrades -- Textile Leaders in the Lagos Area Want to Take Advantage of AGOA -- Cadbury Nigeria Thrives Despite High Production [...]	2004-10-12 08:32:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EINV ECON NI
04LAGOS2109	NIGERIA PIPELINE EXPLOSION: NO INJURIES, SMALL [...] (SBU) On 10 October, a leaking Shell crude oil export pipeline which had been vandalized caught fire in the River State. There were no injuries reported. Shell confirms illegal bunkering as the cause of the leak. Shell will cut production by 20,000 barrels a day for a few days while the p [...]	2004-10-15 08:13:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV PGOV ASEC NI
04LAGOS2110	NIGERIA PIPELINE EXPLOSION: NO INJURIES, SMALL [...] (SBU) On 10 October, a leaking Shell crude oil export pipeline which had been vandalized caught fire in the River State. There were no injuries reported. Shell confirms illegal bunkering as the cause of the leak. Shell will cut production by 20,000 barrels a day for a few days while the p [...]	2004-10-15 08:14:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV PGOV ASEC NI
04LAGOS218	WHY IS NIGERIA SO EXPENSIVE? [...] (U) Summary: From ICASS to inspectors, anyone monitoring the cost of living in Nigeria should be warned that Nigeria is getting more expensive every day. Diplomatic and international management officers are particularly frustrated by prices that play havoc with any organization's plans. Why [...]	2004-01-28 14:49:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ECON EFIN EINV ETRD NI
04LAGOS2264	AVIATION FUEL SHORTAGES GROUND MANY DOMESTIC [...] (U) An end appears in sight for the Nigerian jet fuel shortage, as a tanker is in the process of delivering 14,800 metric tons to Lagos. Conoil Producing Limited, the downstream firm selected to supply aviation fuel to the country for this quarter, failed to make its October delivery. As a r [...]	2004-11-09 15:06:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON EINV NI
04LAGOS2273	LOOKING TOWARD THE NOVEMBER 16 STRIKE [...] (SBU) The Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) and allied civic organizations continue to lay the groundwork for a November 16 nationwide strike. NLC President Adams Oshiomhole has threatened that the strike will be indefinite and targeted to affect oil production and export. Over the years, many o [...]	2004-11-10 17:18:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET EINV PGOV ASEC NI
04LAGOS2274	MISSION FEEDBACK ON WAGP PROJECT [...] (U) Mission was contacted by OPIC this week to provide comments regarding environmental, worker health, and safety implications for the proposed West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) project in Nigeria. Mission is pleased to have the opportunity to provide these comments. However, Mission does [...]	2004-11-10 17:18:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV PGOV NI
04LAGOS2329	NIGERIA: SECOND ATTEMPT AT NITEL TELECOM [...] (U) Summary: Nearly three years after a failed attempt to privatize state-owned Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL),the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) is again seeking investors for the company. Currently under a three-year management contract with Dutch company, Pentascope BV, NI [...]	2004-11-18 12:14:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON EINV NI
04LAGOS2374	AMBASSADOR VISITS NIGERIAN STOCK EXCHANGE [...] (U) Ambassador John Campbell visited the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in late October. The program included remarks by NSE management, the Ambassador's ringing of the closing bell, brief question and answers with the press, lunch with NSE management and traders, and interaction with principa [...]	2004-11-26 10:30:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV NI
04LAGOS2384	HALLIBURTON BAN LIKELY TO BE REVERSED; FIRM [...] (C) Halliburton has indicated the GON is likely to quietly lift the ban against the firm's activities in Nigeria. The move was facilitated by the October 5 return to Nigeria of radioactive sources stolen in 2002 but later recovered by Halliburton. Halliburton also expressed concerns regardi [...]	2004-11-27 15:34:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV NI
04LAGOS239	NIGERIA'S POWER SECTOR PRIVATIZATION [...] (U) Summary: The head of Nigeria's National Electric Power Authority (NEPA) told Embassy staff January 22 that the GON has begun unbundling the state- owned electric power monopoly to privatize the company, even before a power sector reform bill is passed into law. A dearth of managers experi [...]	2004-01-29 11:33:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EINV PGOV TRGY NI
04LAGOS2447	CONVERSATION WITH EXXON MOBIL MANAGING DIRECTOR [...] (C) Exxon Mobil Managing Director for Nigeria John Chaplain said the challenges facing Nigeria's energy sector are: 1) under-investment in JV funding; 2) civil unrest; 3) specific pending legislation governing local content and gas fiscal terms; and 4) a corrupt and overly bureaucratic Niger [...]	2004-12-07 07:21:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV NI
04LAGOS2470	Brass LNG Project Overview [...] (SBU) This cable provides an overview of a major new liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Nigeria. ..Brass LNG is planned as a world class, greenfield facility to be located in Brass, Bayelsa State. Brass LNG will be a two- train facility for liquefaction and shipping, with an initial pr [...]	2004-12-09 15:20:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV NI ENERG
04LAGOS2492	MISSION COMMENTS ON OPIC INSURANCE FOR WAGP [...] (C) This cable responds to OPIC requests for Mission comments on OPIC insurance for the West Africa Gas Pipeline project. Mission is not aware of any GON opposition to the WAGP project, and believes the project advances GON and USG goals. There could be some negative publicity generated by [...]	2004-12-13 16:28:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV EAID PGOV NI
04LAGOS2530	NIGERIAN ECONOMY A MIXED STORY; TIFA DELEGATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Private sector and Nigerian economists and American businessmen with interests in Nigeria told the visiting U.S. delegation to the U.S.-Nigeria Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks that the Nigerian economy remains a mixed story. President Obasanjo's vaunted ec [...]	2004-12-17 12:28:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV NI
04LAGOS2560	SHELL DECLARES FORCE MAJEURE AT BONNY TERMINAL [...] (U) Shell Head of Media and Communications Bisi Ojediran confirmed to us that Shell has declared force majeure at Bonny Terminal, due to community disruptions in the eastern Niger Delta in Ekulama and Egbema. Ojediran also confirmed press reports that about 114,000 barrels per day (bpd) of [...]	2004-12-23 14:27:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET EINV NI ENERG
04LAGOS2561	NNPC PIPELINE FIRE [...] (U) Press reports indicate a Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pipeline was vandalized, with the resulting spill set ablaze in the Lagos exburb of Ilado on December 20. The pipeline fire was reportedly extinguished late December 22, although NNPC was not willing to confirm this [...]	2004-12-23 14:54:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET EINV NI ENERG
04LAGOS2562	DPR STRIKE ENDS PEACEFULLY; NO PRODUCTION IMPACT [...] Senior employees of Nigeria's Department of Petroleum Resources ended a 2-day strike on 22 December. DPR Public Affairs Manager Belema Osibodu confirmed to the Consulate on 23 December the strike has been suspended following a meeting between management and DPR workers. The workers, members [...]	2004-12-23 14:55:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET EINV NI ENERG
04LAGOS2563	NIGERIA-SAO TOME JOINT DEVELOPMENT ZONE LICENSING [...] (U) The Nigeria-Sao Tome and Principe Joint Development Zone (JDZ) call for bids for five deep offshore oil blocs closed December 15, with 26 firms bidding. The GON expects to announce final results on December 31. High interest is centered on Bloc 4, with Houston-based Environmental Remedi [...]	2004-12-23 15:02:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET EINV NI ENERG
04LAGOS2588	CONSUL GENERAL VISITS PORT HARCOURT AND YENAGOA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Consul General visited Rivers and Bayelsa States December 8-10. He met the Deputy Governors of both states (the Governors were out of Nigeria),Rivers State Assembly leadership, environmental and human rights activists, opposition leaders and researchers at Port Harcourt's l [...]	2004-12-30 11:21:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV PGOV ASEC NI
04LAGOS30	NIGERIA'S LINGERING FUEL SCARCITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nigeria continues to face periodic fuel shortages as the GON, fuel marketers and the public adjust to a quasi-deregulated environment. Inadequate port facilities in Lagos create bottlenecks for delivery of imported fuel, and changing government policies create business uncertainty [...]	2004-01-07 14:54:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV PGOV ENRG NI
04LAGOS309	NIGERIA: NEW BANS ON IMPORTS [...] (U) Summary: GON officials recently announced a new series of import bans, this time on items ranging from toothpaste and wheelbarrows to plastics, textiles, detergents, and meat products. The bans' impact on overall U.S. exports to Nigeria will likely be minimal, but some U.S. firms, particu [...]	2004-02-10 05:39:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR EINV ECON BEXP NI
04LAGOS424	NIGERIA: SMALL ENTREPRENEURS THINK BIG [...] (U) Summary: Small entrepreneurs face many constraints, but they think big. Increasing interest in microfinance may expand access to credit and alleviate a particularly pressing problem. If it does, Nigerian entrepreneurs may think even bigger. End summary. 2. (SBU) The Nigerian busines [...]	2004-02-26 05:32:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON NI
04LAGOS456	Nigeria 2004 Special 301 Review on IPR [...] SUMMARY. Progress on IPR protection in Nigeria continues to be hampered by inadequate funding and poor public and government awareness. Nonetheless, we do not believe Nigeria should be added to the Watch List because improvements, however small, are detectable, and any momentum would likely b [...]	2004-03-02 06:25:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON EINV NI
04LAGOS457	NIGERIA: AGOA III: INFORMATION ON TEXTILE AND [...] (U) Summary: Nigeria's textile and apparel industry is uncompetitive and in decline, and manufacturers are skeptical about the possibilities of reversing the industry's long downward trend. Nigerian producers are not yet eligible for AGOA textile and apparel benefits, and most believe that AG [...]	2004-03-02 08:21:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	KTEX ETRD EINV ECON PREL NI AGOA
04LAGOS469	CROSS RIVER AND AKWA IBOM: WAITING PEACEFULLY FOR [...] (U) Summary. On a recent familiarization visit to the southeastern States of Cross River and Akwa Ibom, PolOffs found officials with many plans for economic development in the region. All are targeting agriculture and tourism as a way to diversify and lessen dependence on income from oil. Pr [...]	2004-03-03 13:19:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN EINV ECON PINR NI
04LAGOS524	NITEL: NEW MANAGEMENT, LITTLE CHANGE [...] (U) Summary: One year into its three-year management of Nigeria's national carrier, Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL),the Netherlands' Pentascope International has generated surprisingly little change. Executives remain optimistic, but given Pentascope's slow progress in implementi [...]	2004-03-10 16:30:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON EINV NI
04LAGOS634	OIL INDUSTRY CAUTIOUSLY EMBRACES NIGERIAN [...] (U) SUMMARY. The GON requires oil companies to use indigenous contractors in joint venture projects, with a current target goal for "local content" set at 40 percent of a company's aggregate spending on a project. Defining what constitutes local content and enforcing the target fairly and [...]	2004-03-24 05:23:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV PGOV NI
04LAGOS676	NIGERIA: GLOBACOM: SIX MONTHS ON [...] (U) Summary: Late February marked the six-month anniversary of Globacom's introduction of global system for mobile communications (GSM) services. The firm won mobile, fixed, and international gateway licenses in August 2002 (as Nigeria's second national operator) but experienced lengthy delay [...]	2004-03-26 14:39:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON EINV NI
04LAGOS685	NIGERIA: CONTRIBUTIONS FOR TRADE AGREEMENT [...] (U) In response to questions raised in the above- referenced email, Post is pleased to provide the following information: 2. (U) Designated Abuja and Lagos EconOffs have primary responsibility for trade agreement monitoring and compliance. The Mission's commercial counselor and agricultur [...]	2004-03-29 12:31:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ECON PREL NI AGOA
04LAGOS698	OIL COMPANIES READY TO CUT NIGERIA'S APRIL [...] (C) ExxonMobil, ChevronTexaco and Shell have received instructions from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to anticipate reductions in their April production quotas in response to an anticipated OPEC decision to reduce production worldwide. Edmund Daukoru, Nigeria's presidentia [...]	2004-03-30 15:26:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV PGOV PREL NI
04LAGOS704	NIGERIA - SAO TOME JDZ: EXXONMOBIL BIDS BLOCK 1 [...] (C) SUMMARY: ExxonMobil has exercised only one of its preferential bids for crude oil exploration and development in the Nigeria - Sao Tome and Principe Joint Development Zone (JDZ). ExxonMobil matched ChevronTexaco's bid on Block 1, leaving the Joint Development Authority to determine the fi [...]	2004-03-31 13:04:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV PGOV PREL ECON NI
04LAGOS75	EXXON AND CHROME FIRST TO BID ON JDZ BLOCKS [...] (U) SUMMARY. The development of natural resources in the Nigeria-Sao Tome and Principe Joint Development Zone (JDZ) took another step forward after a joint regulatory body gave ExxonMobil the go-ahead to exercise preferential rights in the Zone. An American-Nigerian company will have a simi [...]	2004-01-14 16:27:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET EINV PGOV PINR PREL NI
04LAGOS767	SCANDAL BREWING OVER NIGERIAN FUEL IMPORTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. A scandal is brewing in Nigeria over prices paid by the government for imported fuel. International fuel traders have been falsifying the dates of bills of lading to reflect particularly high market prices, overcharging the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) by $300 mi [...]	2004-04-08 08:33:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET EINV EFIN PGOV NI

04LAGOS82	EXXON AND CHROME FIRST TO BID ON JDZ BLOCKS [...] (U) SUMMARY. The development of natural resources in the Nigeria-Sao Tome and Principe Joint Development Zone (JDZ) took another step forward after a joint regulatory body gave ExxonMobil the go-ahead to exercise preferential rights in the Zone. An American- Nigerian company will have a sim [...]	2004-01-15 09:24:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET EINV PGOV PINR PREL NI
04LAPAZ2814	PRESIDENT MESA AND CONGRESS TO WORK TOGETHER ON [...] (C) Summary: The Chamber of Deputies' Economic Development Committee has proposed nullifying all of the contracts signed under the current (soon-to-be-invalid) hydrocarbons law. This follows three days of intense meetings in the MAS/NFR-led committee. Minister of Economic Development and h [...]	2004-09-03 20:13:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON SOCI EFIN EINV ENRG PGOV PREL BL
04LILONGWE1013	MALAWI HIKES FUEL PRICES, BUT NOT ENOUGH [...] (SBU) The Government of Malawi has recently raised retail fuel prices for the first time since March 2004. The increase amounts to 8.9 percent on gasoline and diesel, reflecting only about half of the increase in world petroleum prices during the past six months. The increase, which is expec [...]	2004-10-27 14:25:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN PGOV MI
04LILONGWE1072	BUNGLED WAGE REFORMS CAUSE LABOR PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) Government wage reforms that took effect in October have produced some unrest among civil servants. Hospital workers briefly struck in Lilongwe early this month, and teachers are threatening to strike in Blantyre. The problems center on miscalculations in a consolidated pay packaged de [...]	2004-11-23 12:37:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EFIN EINV KMCA MI
04LILONGWE1126	MALAWI'S PARLIAMENT SEEKS BIGGER ROLE [...] (U) Malawi's Parliament appears to be in the process of defining a new, more active role for itself in economic policy. Leading members of several relevant committees have told us they intend to hold public hearings on policy direction, to gain earlier access to draft legislation, and to head [...]	2004-12-10 07:50:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV KMCA KDEM MI POL
04LILONGWE1175	MALAWI INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2005 [...] Openness to Foreign Investment A. The Government encourages both domestic and foreign investment in most sectors of the economy, without restrictions on ownership, size of investment, source of funds, and destination of final product. The Competition And Fair Trading Act -- passed by Parli [...]	2004-12-30 13:50:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KTDB EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC USTR BUD FIN
04LILONGWE188	AGOA III: INFORMATION ON MALAWIAN TEXTILE AND APPAREL [...] THIS CABLE IS IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON TEXTILE AND APPAREL PRODUCTION CAPABILITIES IN AGOA-ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES. TEXTILES -------- 2. THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY IN MALAWI IS SMALL AND UNDERDEVELOPED. THE COUNTRY'S ONLY TEXTILE FACTORY, MAPETO (DWSM) LIMITED (FORMERLY DAV [...]	2004-03-04 13:53:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV KTEX PREL MI AGOA
04LILONGWE499	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - MALAWI [...] The following is the June 2004 update of Malawi's Investment Climate Statement. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. The Government encourages both domestic and foreign investment in most sectors of the economy, without restrictions on ownership, size of inve [...]	2004-06-08 13:28:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV MI
04LILONGWE514	HOPE FOR NACALA WITH NEW GOVERNMENT? [...] (C) Ministry of Transport Principal Secretary Francis Chinsinga told emboff on June 9 that former Minister of Finance Friday Jumbe was the reason the Nacala Corridor Direct Agreement with Malawi had not been signed (reftel). Chinsinga said the relevant ministries (Transport, Justice, and Finan [...]	2004-06-09 15:24:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	ELTN EINV PGOV PREL MI
04LILONGWE735	NACALA CORRIDOR AGREEMENT SIGNED [...] (C) After several last-minutes delays and missed deadlines, the Government of Malawi has signed a direct agreement with the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and the Central East African Railways Company (CEAR) to revive the Nacala Port and Rail Corridor. CEAR's holding company b [...]	2004-08-04 13:48:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD PREL MI
04LILONGWE768	MALAWI AT A CROSSROADS WITH IMF [...] (SBU) At last week's outbriefing to donor countries, the IMF's Article IV assessment team said Malawi's new government is going in the right economic direction and that the IMF team would recommend a Staff Monitoring Program for the 2004/05 fiscal year. They assessed the GOM's draft budget as [...]	2004-08-09 13:54:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV PREL MI
04LILONGWE800	MALAWI'S PRIVATE SECTOR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT MUTHARIKA [...] (U) A recent visit to Malawi's business capital, Blantyre, showed the private sector to be generally optimistic about the new administration's economic direction. The consensus is that President Mutharika seems to be serious about cutting corruption and winning donor support through fiscal di [...]	2004-08-18 11:12:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV PREL KCOR MI
04LILONGWE838	MALAWI'S PRIVATE SECTOR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT MUTHARIKA [...] (U) A recent visit to Malawi's business capital, Blantyre, showed the private sector to be generally optimistic about the new administration's economic direction. The consensus is that President Mutharika seems to be serious about cutting corruption and winning donor support through fiscal di [...]	2004-08-30 06:03:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV PREL KCOR MI
04LILONGWE854	MALAWI'S FISCAL PERFORMANCE IMPROVING [...] (C) Based on performance in its first 100 days in office, the administration of President Bingu Wa Mutharika appears to be focusing effectively on fiscal discipline. Recent consultations with Ministry of Finance officials and resident staff of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World B [...]	2004-09-02 13:18:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV PREL PGOV MI
04LILONGWE881	MALAWI ANTI-CORRUPTION CHIEF REPLACED [...] (U) President Bingu wa Mutharika has unexpectedly replaced the director of Malawi's Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB). This move comes as a commision report on corruption at the state agricultural monopoly was released and a key witness in that and another high-profile scandal has disappeared. Mut [...]	2004-09-13 14:10:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KCOR EINV PGOV MI
04LILONGWE896	MALAWI HAS THE MONEY--NOW WHAT? [...] (U) The World Bank vice president for Africa recently briefed donors in Lilongwe, confirming that the Bank was disbursing $25 million in order to support the new government's fiscal reform agenda and to avoid a currency crisis. He reported that the GOM is looking to raise the bar on economic [...]	2004-09-16 13:43:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EAID EFIN PREL MI
04MADRID2133	SPAIN: TELECOM AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY [...] This cable summarizes selected developments in the Spain's telecommunications and information technology sectors. In this issue: -- New Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce responsible for telecom issues (para 2) -- Spain,s public television under review (para 3) -- New government [...]	2004-06-07 15:27:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EINV EINT ETRD SP
04MADRID2161	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NANCY RIVERA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Nancy Rivera, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) Director, Structured Finance, to travel to Barcelona June 7-12 to attend a transportation conference and meet with OPIC clients regarding toll road and airport deals. 2. Embassy u [...]	2004-06-08 15:16:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV OTRA SP
04MADRID2794	SPAIN: 2004 APPENDIX TO 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] Spain - July 2004 Appendix to 2003 Investment Climate Statement 2. This appendix serves as an update to the 2003 Investment Climate Statement for Spain. It has been provided to assist investors in the interim period resulting from the U.S. Government's decision to begin publishing the Cou [...]	2004-07-22 14:24:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV KTDB SP USTR OPIC
04MADRID3059	SPANISH HOUSING PRICES CONTINUE TO SOAR [...] Housing prices continue to rise in the Spanish real estate market. According to Tinsa (Spanish society of home appraisers) the price of used housing was 16% higher and new dwellings 19% higher midway through the second trimester of 2004 than the same period of 2003. These numbers indicate th [...]	2004-08-10 16:51:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ABLD SP
04MADRID3644	SPANISH GOVERNMENT STRONGLY SUPPORTS NEW [...] Summary: In a delayed response to ref A demarche, Technical Advisor Manuel Alhama Orenes in the Cabinet of Secretary of State for International Cooperation (aid) Leire SIPDIS Pajin, defined the new position of the GOS on international aid as "anything is possible". Spain is now a major sup [...]	2004-09-23 13:32:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN ECON EINV PREL SP
04MADRID3696	SPAIN: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON IFC PRIVATE [...] Embassy will continue to engage GOS on supporting the IFC facility. MANZANARES [...]	2004-09-24 15:00:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID PREL ECON EINV SP
04MADRID4603	VIRTUAL PRESENCE PROGRAM (VPP) IN [...] (SBU) Summary Embassy Madrid has decided to initiate Virtual Presence Programs (VPP) for Andalusia and the Basque country a one year trial basis. Charge initiated the Andalusia VPP concept while visiting Seville November 30-December 1. He hosted a well attended reception for the U.S. Davis [...]	2004-12-03 13:12:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PREL SP
04MADRID4638	VIRTUAL PRESENCE PROGRAM (VPP) IN SEVILLE/ANDALUSIA INITIATED [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Madrid has decided to initiate Virtual Presence Programs (VPP) for Andalusia and the Basque country on a one year trial basis. Charge initiated the Andalusia VPP concept while visiting Seville November 30 - December 1. He hosted a well attended reception for the U.S. Da [...]	2004-12-09 10:40:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PREL
04MADRID604	SPANISH HOUSING COSTS: A GROWING ECONOMIC AND [...] SUMMARY: Recent public opinion polls show that rising housing prices are a serious concern of the Spanish public. Between 1997 and 2002, housing prices rose 78% in real terms. A hot real estate market based on strong demand and low interest rates has fed the sharp increase. Government regul [...]	2004-02-20 17:00:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV SP
04MANAMA1175	BAHRAIN - JULY 2004 APPENDIX TO 2003 INVESTMENT [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-25 10:25:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV BA OPIC
04MANAMA1229	IRAQI AMBASSADOR PROCLAIMS ALLAWI VISIT A SUCCESS [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-05 14:25:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EINV BA IZ
04MANAMA1463	NON-FCS COMMERCIAL PLATFORM: MANAMA INPUT [...] Embassy Manama appreciates this opportunity to comment on the Department's efforts to better support non-FCS posts. We believe that non-FCS posts would benefit both from increased access to Commerce information and accounting systems and additional training opportunities. 2. Embassy Manam [...]	2004-09-22 13:08:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EINV ECON AMGT AODE BA
04MANAMA1660	The Bahrain Financial Center - If you build it, [...] (U) Summary: On October 17 the Ambassador visited the Bahrain Financial Harbor (BFH),a USD $1.3 billion project to develop a mini-city of luxury offices and apartments targeted at the financial services and insurance sectors. The BFH is seen as a complement to GOB efforts to promote Bahrain [...]	2004-11-02 07:06:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON EINV BA
04MANAMA269	INSURANCE - BAHRAIN'S NEXT FINANCIAL SECTOR GROWTH [...] Bahrain has targeted insurance as its next financial growth market. It is revamping the regulatory regime to facilitate more competition and faster growth. Bahraini sources relate that based on market penetration (two percent of GDP),Bahrain is the Arab World's largest and most sophisticate [...]	2004-02-25 10:19:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EFIN BA
04MANAMA278	MANAMA'S REQUEST FOR FY04 BFIF FUNDING [...] SUMMARY: Manama requests USD 7000 in funding from the FY04 Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) to establish and equip a resource center for a new chapter of the American Chamber of Commerce in Bahrain. END SUMMARY. 2. BACKGROUND: In FY03, BFIF supported AmCham Bahrain formation by f [...]	2004-02-28 14:05:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BTIO EINV ETRD ABUD BA
04MANAMA99	AIG FACING DIFFICULTIES WITH THE BAHRAINI [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-21 13:56:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV BEXP BA
04MAPUTO1053	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT APPENDIX FOR [...] Per reftel, post submits Investment Climate Statement (ICS) appendix below: MOZAMBIQUE: July 2004 Appendix to 2003 Investment Climate Statement This appendix serves as an update to the 2003 Investment Climate Statement for Mozambique. It has been provided to assist investors in the interim pe [...]	2004-08-04 15:28:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV MZ OPIC
04MAPUTO1091	JULY MONTHLY ECONOMIC WRAP-UP: MOZAMBIQUE [...] (U) Vodacom, the South African mobile phone operator that began operations in Mozambique in December 2003, now estimates that it has 100,000 subscribers in Mozambique. Mcel, the national operator, estimates that is has 500,000 subscribers. There is clear market growth in this sector and the num [...]	2004-08-13 09:13:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
04MAPUTO1211	AUGUST ECONOMIC WRAP-UP: MOZAMBIQUE [...] (U) The Mozambique monthly economic cable is jointly produced by the Embassy and USAID. ------------------ FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------ 2. (U) The Ministry of Public Works announced the creation of a Zambezi Bridge Project Office, located in the National Road Administration (ANE) [...]	2004-09-10 08:54:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
04MAPUTO1398	SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER ECONOMIC WRAP-UP: MOZAMBIQUE [...] (U) The Mozambique monthly economic cable is jointly produced by the Embassy and USAID. -------------- MACROECONOMICS -------------- 2. (U) The GRM reports that the Mozambican economy is in line with the 8% growth rate target for 2004. Economic activity grew by 8.4% in the first six month [...]	2004-10-21 15:24:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
04MAPUTO1432	MOZAMBIQUE: FY 2004 BFIF COMMERCIAL OUTREACH REPORT [...] SUMMARY. In September-October, econ/poloffs and econ/commercial and political assistants traveled to five Mozambican provinces visiting various U.S. businesses, commercial associations, and local entrepreneurs to support U.S. commercial and investment activities and evaluate the business climat [...]	2004-10-29 10:21:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ BFIF
04MAPUTO1445	MCC CEO PAUL APPLEGARTH'S VISIT TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: DURING A FOUR-DAY VISIT, MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION CEO PAUL APPLEGARTH AND HIS TEAM MET WITH PRESIDENT CHISSANO, SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, PRIVATE SECTOR LEADERS, AND THE PRESS IN AN EFFORT TO BECOME MORE FAMILIAR WITH MOZAMBIQUE AND RAISE AWARENESS OF THE MILLENNIUM CH [...]	2004-11-02 12:01:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EINV MZ MCC OPIC
04MAPUTO1446	OPIC-SUPPORTED US INVESTOR IN MOZAMBIQUE BACKS INTO [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 28, American investor David Herbert and his Danish partner Jorgen Nielsen settled a dispute with the Zimbabwean firm Cabo do Mar over rights to the land on which their Nyati Beach Lodge is located. They agreed to pay usd 650,000 to permanently block execution of an Oc [...]	2004-11-02 12:02:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV MZ OPIC MCC
04MAPUTO148	MOZAMBIQUE AS PILOT COUNTRY FOR EVIAN [...] Post welcomes the opportunity for consideration as a candidate pilot country under the Evian Anti-corruption/Transparency initiative and submits results of initial internal discussions below. The GRM has demonstrated a commitment to combating corruption and has worked closely with the IMF and [...]	2004-02-02 09:46:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EINV ETRD PGOV MZ KCOR
04MAPUTO1519	MOZAMBIQUE - VISITING CORPORATE COUNCIL ON [...] SUMMARY. On November 10-11, a high-level Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) delegation visited Mozambique to learn about possibilities for U.S. investment. The delegation met with a senior GRM official and several local businesspeople to get a flavor for the most promising investment areas. CCA [...]	2004-11-22 14:56:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
04MAPUTO1539	MOZAMBICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL REFERS NYATI LODGE CASE [...] (SBU) On November 25, Attorney General Joaquim Madeira referred to the High Court of Mozambique a motion by Vilanculos Coastal Wildlife Sanctuary to suspend an October court order by Inhambane provincial judge Jose Sampaio that authorized expropriation of the Nyati Beach Lodge. The Lodge is co [...]	2004-11-29 12:59:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV MZ MCC
04MAPUTO1584	REQUEST FOR FY 2005 LABOR SECTOR SUPPORT IN [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraph 8. 2. SUMMARY. The Mission, the Mozambican Minister of Labor, labor unionsfederations, and private sector leaders would like continued USG support for labor projects in Mozambique in FY05. In particular, there is an urgent need to continue the USDOL [...]	2004-12-07 14:46:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EINV ECON MZ
04MAPUTO1606	REQUEST FOR FY 2005 LABOR SECTOR SUPPORT IN MOZAMBIQUE [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraph 8. 2. SUMMARY. The Mission, the Mozambican Minister of Labor, labor unions, and private sector leaders would like continued USG support for labor projects in Mozambique in FY05. In particular, there is an urgent need to continue the USDOL- funded "Im [...]	2004-12-13 13:38:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EINV ECON MZ
04MAPUTO1609	NOVEMBER ECONOMIC WRAP-UP: MOZAMBIQUE [...] (U) The Mozambique monthly economic cable is jointly produced by the Embassy and USAID. ------------------- FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------- 2. (U) On November 12, the Brazilian mining giant Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) was awarded the Moatize mines exploration concession (Ref [...]	2004-12-14 04:56:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
04MAPUTO1625	MOZAMBIQUE RATIFIES THE U.S.-MOZAMBIQUE BILATERAL [...] On December 14, Luis Sitoi, advisor to the Minister of Industry and Commerce, informed the Embassy that the Mozambican Council of Ministers ratified the U.S.-Mozambique Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) during the week of Dec 6. The text of the BIT has been sent for publication in Mozambique's [...]	2004-12-17 03:56:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN ETRD EINV ECON MZ BIT
04MAPUTO180	JANUARY MONTHLY ECONOMIC WRAP-UP: MOZAMBIQUE [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-10 07:45:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
04MAPUTO274	MOZAMBICAN PARTICIPATION IN EVIAN G-8 TRANSPARENCY [...] (U) Initial Mozambican government reaction to the Transparency Pilot Program, including the need for an explicit commitment at the outset to high transparency standards over time support, has been very positive. Further GRM consultations will be undertaken before we receive a formal response. [...]	2004-02-27 08:57:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EINV ETRD PGOV MZ KCOR
04MAPUTO294	AGOA III: TEXTILE AND APPAREL PRODUCTION [...] Overview: Mozambique's once thriving and highly heterogeneous textile and garment industry experienced steady and significant decline throughout the early 1990s. At its peak, the industry was comprised of 45 facilities, including 19 textile and 26 garment factories, producing a wide range of p [...]	2004-03-04 09:06:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KTEX EINV PREL MZ AGOA
04MAPUTO30	DECEMBER MONTHLY ECONOMIC WRAP-UP: MOZAMBIQUE [...] (U) In December, KPMG Mozambique announced the "Top 100 Businesses in Mozambique" for 2002. The list was topped by Mozal, the large South African-owned aluminum smelter, generating the highest revenues for a firm in-country (foreign or nationally-owned) in 2002. Six US companies ranked in the [...]	2004-01-08 14:39:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
04MAPUTO340	FEBRUARY MONTHLY ECONOMIC WRAP-UP: [...] (U) In a meeting with Mozambique country director and marketing manager for South Africa's Vodacom, Econ/Poloffs learned that the firm has already captured 12-13% of the national cell phone market. Vodacom began operating in Mozambique in December 2003 and launched strong campaigns in three key [...]	2004-03-12 10:12:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
04MAPUTO463	NACALA CORRIDOR PROJECT IN JEOPARDY -- YET AGAIN [...] (C) Summary. The Nacala Port and Rail Corridor project is yet again in trouble. Two principal outstanding issues remain: 1) the lack of the government of Malawi (GOM)'s signature on a Direct Agreement and 2) on-going disagreements between the project's US-led consortium and the principal Mozam [...]	2004-04-02 09:27:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD PGOV PREL MZ OPIC
04MAPUTO505	MARCH MONTHLY ECONOMIC WRAP-UP: MOZAMBIQUE [...] (U) Mineral Resources Survey: The GRM signed an agreement with a South African firm, Fugro Airborne Surveys, to undertake aerial surveys in the northern and central provinces of Zambezia, Tete, Niassa, and Cabo Delgado, as reported by Noticias, the daily newspaper. The objective of the surveys [...]	2004-04-12 11:05:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
04MAPUTO625	APRIL MONTHLY ECONOMIC WRAP-UP: MOZAMBIQUE [...] (SBU) With significant Mozambican official travel to China in April (President Chissano, Minister of Industry and Commerce Morgado, Minister of Labor Sevene, Minister of Agriculture Muteia, and others),the Government of China announced its willingness to support the building of mega- projects [...]	2004-05-10 05:07:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
04MAPUTO70	2003 BFIF CLOSE OUT [...] SUMMARY: Post wishes to thank the Department for providing 2003 BFIF funding in the amount of $7,000. Post was able to travel to several provinces, visiting with various U.S. businesses, commercial associations, and local entrepreneurs to support U.S. commercial activities and encourage further [...]	2004-01-16 08:14:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BTIO EINV ETRD ABUD MZ BFIF
04MAPUTO712	MAY MONTHLY ECONOMIC WRAP-UP: MOZAMBIQUE [...] (U) A major Zimbabwean horticultural company is shifting its operations to Mozambique and Zambia as a result of land seizure in Zimbabwe. Ousted by the Zimbabwean Government, Kondozi Company will be granted 800 hectares of land in the Manica Province by the GRM, according to AIM Reporting. H [...]	2004-05-28 10:38:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
04MAPUTO776	ECONOMIC ACTIVITIY INCREASES IN A REMOTE PROVINCE: CABO [...] (U) SUMMARY. More foreign operators are moving in to take advantage of resource-rich opportunities in the poor province of Cabo Delgado. Operators of Middle-Eastern, South Asian, and European descent, are bringing employment and increased production to the community, although the lack of infras [...]	2004-06-15 08:15:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ EAGR EFIS
04MAPUTO84	FY O4 BFIF PROPOSAL [...] Post requests funding in the amount of $30,322 under the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) for FY 04. 2. In order of priority, we propose the following projects for FY04: A. Commercial Outreach, Market Development, and Export Promotion. Proposed Funding Level: $15,322 Twice the [...]	2004-01-20 10:40:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BTIO EINV ETRD ABUD MZ BFIF
04MAPUTO894	JUNE MONTHLY ECONOMIC WRAP-UP: MOZAMBIQUE [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-06 14:32:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
04MASERU598	MCC CHIEF EXEC VISITS LESOTHO [...] SUMMARY: Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Paul Applegarth and other MCC officials visited Lesotho October 25-26 on a familiarization trip. In an extremely busy 36 hours, Mr. Applegarth and his team met with a wide variety of government, private sector, NGO, [...]	2004-11-01 14:27:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EINV ECON PREL LT MCC
04MONTREAL1574	MONTREAL CONFERENCE WITH THE HAITI DIASPORA (MCHD) [...] (SBU) Summary. Members of the Haitian Diaspora from Canada, the U.S. and Europe assembled December 10-11, 2004, to participate in the MCHD. Canadian Prime Minister (PM) Paul Martin emphasized, at the opening of the MCHD plenary session, that his administration's initiative to invite members [...]	2004-12-13 20:30:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EINV EAID SENV CA HA
04MUSCAT1942	AIRPORT PRIVATIZATION GROUNDED [...] (SBU) Summary: A long-expected pullout by British Airports Authority from the privatized consortium managing Oman's international airports means that the government will now run the airports in Muscat and Salalah. One of the alleged key sticking points was the failure of the government and the [...]	2004-11-03 09:47:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAIR EINV EFIN PGOV ECON MU
04MUSCAT2012	CODEL THOMAS DISCUSSES POTENTIAL FTA WITH TOP OMANI [...] SUMMARY: In lengthy meetings with Sultan Qaboos and Oman's Foreign Minister, as well as a brief but productive final meeting with the Omani Commerce Minister, CODEL Thomas took advantage of the opportunity to explore Oman's readiness to jump into full- blown free trade agreement (FTA) negotiat [...]	2004-11-19 10:36:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD BEXP ECON ELAB EINV MU
04MUSCAT2096	FOREIGNERS ALLOWED TO OWN PROPERTY IN OMAN [...] Summary: A recent decision by the Omani government allows non-Omanis to own real estate in tourist complexes licensed by the government. The decision supports government efforts to promote investment and attract foreign capital. Several prominent projects are lining up residential clients to [...]	2004-12-02 11:14:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON CVIS MU
04MUSCAT2126	AMERICAN ENERGY FIRM ENJOYS STRONG IPO [...] (U) AES Barka, a subsidiary of U.S.-based AES Corporation, recently floated 11.2 million shares of its capital for public underwriting by Omanis and Omani companies. The shares correspond to 35 percent of its paid- up capital, and the preliminary response to this IPO has been extremely positiv [...]	2004-12-07 08:18:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG EFIN BEXP MU
04NASSAU1534	TOURISM UPDATE 2004 [...] SUMMARY: The Bahamian tourism industry continues to rebound from the effects of 9/11. Visitor arrivals are up and economic indicators reflect increased growth in visitor arrivals and tourism development throughout 2004. The national flag-carrier, Bahamasair, acquired two new jets and resol [...]	2004-08-13 13:04:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD BEXP BF
04NASSAU341	TOURISM UPDATE FOR 2003 [...] SUMMARY. Led by cruise ship arrivals, particularly to the Family Islands, overall tourism arrivals to The Bahamas increased in 2003 for the fifth consecutive year. However, there was a downturn in hotel room revenues and arrivals to Grand Bahama also declined slightly. After highly conten [...]	2004-02-18 22:01:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV BEXP ETRD BF
04OTTAWA2989	GETTING TO KNOW YOU: MEXICAN PRESIDENT FOX VISITS [...] (U) Introduction and Summary: Mexican President Vincente Fox marked the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations and the 10th anniversary of NAFTA with a working visit to Canada October 24-26. Accompanied by eight cabinet-level officials, three senators, and about 40 business leaders, the [...]	2004-11-08 19:55:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL ECON EINV CA MX
04OTTAWA2991	CANADIAN PRIVACY LAW AND POLICY: BACKGROUND [...] On October 29, the Information and Privacy Commissioner for the Canadian Province of British Columbia released a report titled "Privacy and the US Patriot Act." The report (reftel) finds a "general consensus" that, under the Patriot Act, U.S. authorities could order a U.S.-based corporation t [...]	2004-11-08 20:16:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV CA
04OTTAWA3144	CANADIAN MINISTER OF TRANSPORT SUGGESTS THAT THE [...] (SBU) Canadian Transport Minister Jean Lapierre has signaled his interest in reviewing Canada's civil aviation policy. He has proposed a broad examination of barriers to a more innovative and efficient civair system in Canada, including questioning foreign investment limits and cabotage proh [...]	2004-11-22 16:46:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECIN EINV CA
04PANAMA145	PANAMA VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SAMUEL LEWIS [...] (C) In recent meeting with Pol Counselor, first vice presidential candidate Samuel Lewis Navarro argued that the Martin Torrijos ticket of the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) offers Panama its best chance to improve social and economic conditions in Panama and eliminate the threat to dem [...]	2004-01-23 15:55:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL EINV PM POL CHIEF
04PANAMA2691	SCENESETTER: DEFENSE SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S NOVEMBER [...] (C) On behalf of Embassy Panama I would like to extend our warmest welcome on your upcoming November 13-14, 2004 visit to Panama. Your presence here as the government of Martin Torrijos enters its third month signals the great interest of the United States in strengthening our excellent rela [...]	2004-11-02 13:13:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EINV SNAR PM POL CHIEF
04PANAMA3025	PANAMA: ECONOMIC TRENDS AND LOOMING CHALLENGES [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Introduction: Hoping to capitalize early on its campaign promises (anti-corruption, transparency, fiscal responsibility and economic growth),current popularity (70 percent),and control of the legislatu [...]	2004-12-21 16:53:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
04PANAMA632	STATUS OF FORMER USG PROPERTIES IN THE PANAMA [...] (SBU) Summary: Panama,s Interoceanic Region Authority (ARI) is responsible for converting former USG property in the Panama Canal area to private and commercial use. It has had a number of significant successes, and current and future investment in these "reverted" areas could total $2.5 bil [...]	2004-03-18 15:58:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
04PRETORIA3051	U.S. MULTI-NATIONALS CONTINUE ICT CHARTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Representatives of U.S. multi-national corporations (MNCs) and the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Charter Working Group continue to negotiate proposed equity ownership requirements. The MNCs have presented a list of barriers to transferring equity and suggested [...]	2004-07-08 04:58:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EINV EFIN ETRD ECON SF
04PRETORIA3113	SOUTH AFRICA'S PLANS FOR RESTRUCTURING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Public Enterprises Minister Alec Erwin recently refuted union assertions that the government had abandoned its plans to sell-off state assets and restructure state-owned enterprises. While senior government officials concede that partial privatizations of Eskom, Transnet or Den [...]	2004-07-09 16:16:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD ECON SF
04PRETORIA3202	SOUTH AFRICAN TECHNOLOGY HELPS IRAN MINE COPPER [...] (SBU) Summary: Mintek, the South African state-owned minerals processing research institution, has entered into an agreement with the National Iranian Copper Industries Company (NICICO) to construct a USD 3-4 million heap bio- leaching pilot plant in Sarcheshmeh, Iran. Construction should beg [...]	2004-07-15 09:55:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EINV EIND IR SF
04PRETORIA3308	ECONOMIC POLICY: SENDING THE WRONG SIGNALS, [...] (C) Summary/Conclusion. Recent policy statements by senior government officials and moves to intervene in the economy send the wrong signals to the business community and undermine investor confidence. Still, despite the counterproductive rhetoric and ill-conceived policy interventions, th [...]	2004-07-21 15:03:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD EFIN ECON SF
04PRETORIA3472	SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT PROPOSES CHARTER FOR [...] SUMMARY: The South African Department of Agriculture released its proposal for black economic empowerment (BEE) in the agricultural sector this week. The draft charter calls for major changes in the racial demography of the sector within ten years. The vastly white agricultural community cr [...]	2004-07-30 15:10:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD SF EINV
04PRETORIA3501	SOUTH AFRICA'S CREDIT RATINGS [...] (U) From the end of June through mid-July 2004, several research and credit agencies (Fitch, Moody's Ratings, Standard & Poor's, and the Economist Intelligence Unit) presented to Johannesburg audiences their outlook and ratings for Sub-Saharan Africa and South Africa in particular. The [...]	2004-08-03 07:11:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
04PRETORIA3726	LOCAL REPS FOR U.S. ICT COMPANIES ENDORSE NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Representatives for U.S. information and communication technology (ICT) companies operating in South Africa endorsed new charter language on equity in an August 11 meeting. The new language outlines conditions that must be met before companies may implement alternative equity [...]	2004-08-17 15:15:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EINV EFIN ETRD ECON SF
04PRETORIA3831	ANSWERS TO KEY EMPOWERMENT QUESTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Several industry charters are non- compliant with Black Economic Empowerment guidelines, according to Teddy Daka, one of the original drafters of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Bill. He also explained that sector charters would be issued as Codes of Good Prac [...]	2004-08-24 15:03:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD EFIN ECIN ECON SF
04PRETORIA3919	COUNTERING UNHELPFUL NEW INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVES [...] (SBU) Summary. Econoff met with Sheldon Moulton, head of the Directorate on Global Economic Organizations, to get South African reactions to reftel demarche. Moulton explained that South Africa firmly supported the concept of an International Finance Facility (IFF) and would continue to do s [...]	2004-08-30 14:00:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ECON EINV PREL SF
04PRETORIA4027	HUGE TRANSNET LOSSES FORECAST SELL-OFF OF STATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Transnet's Annual Report revealed a bloated, inefficient and undisciplined state-owned enterprise (SOE) that suffered a R6.3 billion loss last year. CEO Maria Ramos plans to divest all non-core businesses and focus on providing integrated, seamless transport and logistics ser [...]	2004-09-07 05:30:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECPS EINV ECON SF
04PRETORIA4117	South African Gold Industry in Crisis [...] (U) Summary: The South African gold mining industry is in trouble. End of June 2004 company results showed profits sharply down. In response, companies have laid off workers, closed shafts, and recalculated ore reserves as they move operations to higher-grade ore. Companies blame these probl [...]	2004-09-13 10:33:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN EINV EIND ECON SF
04PRETORIA4312	APPROVAL OF SNO LICENSE - AN EMPTY GESTURE? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Minister of Communications Ivy Matsepe- Casaburri conditionally approved a license for the Second National Operator (SNO) on September 17. The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) must now oversee negotiations to issue the license despite the lack of a [...]	2004-09-25 06:57:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EFIN ECIN ECON SF
04PRETORIA4313	AMERICAN FIRMS CRITICIZE FOURTH DRAFT OF ICT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The American Chamber of Commerce in South Africa (AmCham) submitted comments on the fourth draft of the Information Communication and Technology (ICT) empowerment charter September 15 to the ICT Charter Working Group. American businesses described the fourth draft as impractica [...]	2004-09-25 06:58:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EFIN ECIN ECON SF
04PRETORIA4322	SOUTH AFRICA: DE BEERS DIAMOND TECHNOLOGY FINDS [...] (U) Summary: De Beers, the world's largest producer of diamonds, has developed a fast x-ray scanner for diamond detection and analysis that also has useful application in the medical field. The Digital X-ray machine, called the Statscan, costs about $500,000 and can perform a full-body x- ra [...]	2004-09-27 13:25:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	TNGD TBIO EMIN EINV EIND ECON SF AMED
04PRETORIA4456	SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE BANK (SARB) SEPTEMBER [...] Summary. The September 2004 South African Reserve Bank's (SARB) quarterly bulletin reported mostly positive developments in South Africa's macroeconomic indicators for the second quarter of 2004. Real gross domestic product (GDP) growth continued its over 3 percent growth, reaching 3.9 [...]	2004-10-05 09:51:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
04PRETORIA4474	Labor Strikes hit top Platinum Producers [...] (U) Summary: Strike action by members of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) began slowly for the top two platinum producers in the world as talks with management broke down on October 1. By October 4, NUM had launched a full-blown strike against Anglo Platinum (Angloplats) and Impala Pla [...]	2004-10-06 11:57:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN EINV ELAB EIND ECON SF
04PRETORIA4503	UPDATE ON BEE CHARTER ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Finance Minister Trevor Manuel helped to resolve the deadlock over the composition of the Financial Services Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Council in a September 20 meeting with industry stakeholders. Banks are concerned, however, that community and labor groups, excluded f [...]	2004-10-07 12:37:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD EFIN ECIN ECON SF
04PRETORIA4515	The South African Motor Industry [...] (U) Summary: In 1995, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) introduced the South African Motor Industry Development Program (MIDP) to promote production and exports of locally produced vehicles. The DTI recently announced that between 2005-2006 it would review the MIDP [...]	2004-10-08 11:24:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EIND ETRD SF
04PRETORIA4529	OCTOBER 8 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS [...] Summary. Each week, USEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter include September Motor Vehicle Sales, Update on Trade Con [...]	2004-10-08 14:48:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
04PRETORIA4532	DTI MINISTER ON BEE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Minister of Trade and Industry Mandisi Mpahlwa reviewed the economic and social rationale for BEE and said that empowerment would contribute to economic growth during a September 30 breakfast briefing. Mpahlwa said that Codes of Good Practice regulating rating agencies were im [...]	2004-10-08 15:09:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD EFIN ECIN ECON SF
04PRETORIA4565	South Africa: Fuel Price Increases [...] (U) On October 5, the Department of Minerals and Energy announced a 2.64% increase in the price of gasoline at retail outlets, accompanied by larger wholesale increases for diesel (5.9%) and kerosene (8.5%). This comes after two successive price decreases in July and August. The current pri [...]	2004-10-14 05:53:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EINV EIND SF
04PRETORIA4576	BLACK ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT - AN OVERVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Act, signed in January 2004, specifies that the Department of Trade and Industry will oversee the BEE process. DTI still has to create a critical advisory council and issue important guidelines. In the meantime, industry char [...]	2004-10-14 11:39:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD EFIN ECIN ECON SF
04PRETORIA4582	SOUTH AFRICA: BARCLAYS TO BUY ABSA [...] (U) Summary. President Mbeki has publicly given his support for Barclays Bank's planned bid to purchase a 50.1% stake in ABSA, the fourth largest bank in South Africa. While Finance Minister Trevor Manuel has the final say, Mbeki's support certainly paves the road for approval. The acquisitio [...]	2004-10-14 13:12:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON SF UK
04PRETORIA4621	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 15, [...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - No change in Interest Rates; - Tourism Earns Mor [...]	2004-10-18 13:58:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
04PRETORIA4686	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Third Quarter FDI Improves but Still Low; - Nove [...]	2004-10-22 14:41:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
04PRETORIA4748	TRADE LINKAGES DRIVING SOUTH AFRICA'S BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: Conversations with several Angola watchers from government, business, and academia yielded the common theme that South Africa's relationship with Angola will over the coming years be defined by burgeoning trade linkages between the two. South African firms are investing heavily [...]	2004-10-28 08:05:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	AO ETRD PREL SF EINV

04PRETORIA4784	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - New Bank Account Aimed at Poor; - Mid Term Expen [...]	2004-10-29 14:41:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF

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