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08PANAMA851	ROUGH WATER FOR CANAL EXPANSION [...] (C) After multiple extensions to the bid deadline (now at March 3, 2009) and soon-to-be 19 amendments fo the contract for the third set of locks of the Panama Canal expansion, Bechtel and ACS, a Spanish led consortium, have expressed concern about the Panama Canal Authority's (ACP) ability to compl [...]	2008-11-06 23:28:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD MARR PM EWWT

08PARAMARIBO118	OLD CAMPAIGN PROMISES HAUNT GOVERNMENT COALITION [...] (SBU) Summary. A 2004 agreement between the Government of Suriname (GOS) and a Chinese company to set up a palm oil plantation in the eastern District of Marowijne still has not been implemented due to the GOS's inability to overcome local villagers' opposition to key aspects of the plan. The [...]	2008-03-20 18:11:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EINV ELAB ETRD PGOV NS
08PARAMARIBO20	SURINAME'S PROPOSAL FOR FY2008 BUSINESS FACILITATION [...] (U) Summary. Embassy Paramaribo thanks EEB/CBA for continued financial support of Post's commercial diplomacy initiatives and appreciates the opportunity to submit a proposal for financial assistance through the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF). Posts proposes funding of USD 17,750 [...]	2008-01-18 19:24:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ABUD AMGT BTIO ECON EINV ETRD NS
08PARAMARIBO305	SURINAME: BANANA PARASTATAL TO PRIVATIZE [...] (U) Summary. The week of July 21, the Foundation for the Preservation of the Banana Sector in Suriname (SBBS) announced a public call for interest in the international open tender for the privatization of the parastatal banana company Surland N.V. SBBS restructured Surland N.V. with the assis [...]	2008-07-29 19:44:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO EAGR ECON EINV ETRD NS
08PARAMARIBO308	SURINAME: USA TRADE SHOW 2008 (BFIF FUNDED) [...] (U) Summary. The Embassy and the American Chamber of Commerce of Suriname held their ninth annual "USA Trade Show 2008," from July 18-20, 2008. The only professional trade show held in Suriname featuring U.S. products and services, approximately half of the USA Trade Show's expenses came from [...]	2008-07-31 18:13:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ABUD AMGT BTIO ECON EINV ETRD NS
08PARAMARIBO42	SURINAME: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2008 [...] (U) Post submits the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for Suriname. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------- 2. The Government of Suriname (GOS) has identified Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) as a key element in achieving sustainable development. In its 2006-2011 [...]	2008-02-04 16:42:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB PGOV USTR NS
08PARIS1118	OECD/Export Credits: Plenary Covers Tied Aid Project, [...] (SBU) Summary: The OECD's Working Party on Export Credits and Credit Guarantees (ECG) and the Participants to the Export Credit Arrangement (Participants) held their semi-annual plenary sessions and Aircraft Sector Understanding (ASU) meetings in Paris on April 21-25, 2008. The U.S. obtained s [...]	2008-06-13 08:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EFIN ETRD EINV EXIM EAIR ECON OECD KCOR CH IN
08PARIS1369	OECD: REPORT OF JUNE 2008 MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP ON [...] (U) SUMMARY. The OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) met June 16-20, 2008 at OECD headquarters in Paris. The agenda for the plenary session included the following topics: Responses by stakeholders to WGB Consultation Paper Argentina Phase 2 report Australia post-Phase 2 written report Es [...]	2008-07-18 15:04:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR ECON EINV ETRD PREL OECD
08PARIS141	FRANCE 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Investment Climate Statement Contents A. French Investment Regime A1. Openness to Foreign Investment A2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A3. Expropriation and Compensation A4. Dispute Settlement A5. Performance Requirements and Incentives A6. Right to Private Ownership and Establis [...]	2008-01-28 14:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR FR
08PARIS1513	ECONOMIC AND LABOR REFORMS THAT WILL CHANGE THE [...] (SBU) The French National Assembly has adopted four key economic and labor reforms that will ease many services and labor market constraints, boost purchasing power, promote entrepreneurship, and allow individual firms to negotiate overtime hours with their employees. The fours laws in questi [...]	2008-08-04 17:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV FR
08PARIS228	THE ATTALI REPORT: A NEW PATH TO REFORM AND GOVERNING [...] (SBU) President Sarkozy on January 23 pledged to enact -- with three exceptions -- recommendations for spurring economic growth devised by a commission headed by Jacques Attali, former political adviser to Socialist President Mitterrand. These proposals range from boosting competition in the r [...]	2008-02-08 15:03:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV FR
08PARIS409	FRANCE - SPECIAL 301 2008 ANNUAL REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Post has reviewed PhRMA's Special 301 submission on France and recommends against inclusion of France on the 2008 Special 301 Watch List. Cost containment efforts on the part of the national healthcare system create a challenging environment for the pharmaceutical industry, bu [...]	2008-03-06 17:13:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD EUN FR
08PARIS555	FRENCH STRESS MARKETS IN DEPSEC KIMMITT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 13, Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert Kimmitt met with Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, Bank of France Governor Christian Noyer, Elysee diplomatic and economic advisors and private sector bankers to discuss the Transatlantic Economic Council, financial market turmoil, [...]	2008-03-25 11:05:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ETTC PARM IR FR
08PARIS76	OECD/Export Credits: Debt Sustainability Agreement Adopted; [...] (SBU) Summary: The Members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) Working Party on Export Credits and Credit Guarantees (ECG) and the Participants to the Export Credit Arrangement (Participants) held their semi-annual plenary sessions and Aircraft Sector Understan [...]	2008-01-14 13:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EFIN ETRD EINV EXIM EAIR ECON SENV OECD KCOR
08PARIS901	INITIAL FRENCH RESPONSE ON ATTENDANCE AT STOCKHOLM [...] (SBU) French MFA Iraq desk officer Olivier Masseret told us late May 7 that the GOF had not yet decided who would lead its delegation to the ICI ministerial in Stockholm at the end of May. As he has previously indicated, Masseret said that FM Kouchner would like to attend, but Kouchner's sch [...]	2008-05-09 16:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN EINV PREL PGOV FR IZ
08PARIS960	FRENCH FM KOUCHNER WILL NOT/NOT ATTEND ICI [...] (SBU) Further to ref a, French MFA desk officer Olivier Masseret informed us May 19 that French FM Kouchner would not lead his country's delegation to the May 29 ICI ministerial in Stockholm. Instead, MFA Secretary General Gerard Errera (essentially a D-equivalent) would replace Kouchner as [...]	2008-05-20 09:24:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECON EINV EFIN FR IZ
08PARTO20501	Secretary Rice's Meeting with Colombian [...] (U) January 25, 2008; 10:45 a.m.; Medellin, Colombia. 2. (U) Participants: United States The Secretary Ambassador William Brownfield Representative Melissa Bean Representative Eliot Engel Representative Jane Harman Representative Alcee Hastings Representative Ron Klein Representative [...]	2008-02-05 22:26:00	US Delegation, Secretary	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA ETRD ECIN EINV ELAB
08PARTO20502	Secretary Rice's Meeting with Colombian Anti-TPA [...] (U) January 24, 2008; 6:15 p.m.; Medellin, Colombia. 2. (SBU) Participants: United States The Secretary Ambassador William R. Brownfield Representative Melissa Bean Representative Eliot Engel Representative Jane Harman Representative Alcee Hastings Representative Ron Klein Representa [...]	2008-02-05 23:07:00	US Delegation, Secretary	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA ETRD ECIN EINV ELAB
08PARTO20503	(SBU) Secretary Rice's Meeting with Colombian [...] (U) January 25, 2008; 2:15 p.m.; Medellin, Colombia. 2. (SBU) Participants: United States The Secretary Ambassador William R. Brownfield Representative Melissa Bean Representative Eliot Engel Representative Jane Harman Representative Alcee Hastings Representative Ron Klein Representa [...]	2008-02-05 23:16:00	US Delegation, Secretary	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA ETRD ECIN EINV ELAB
08PARTO20504	Secretary Rice's Meeting with Colombian Pro-FTA [...] (U) January 25, 2008; 8:15 a.m.; Medellin, Colombia. 2. (SBU) Participants: United States The Secretary Ambassador William R. Brownfield Representative Melissa Bean Representative Eliot Engel Representative Jane Harman Representative Alcee Hastings Representative Ron Klein Representa [...]	2008-02-05 23:25:00	US Delegation, Secretary	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA ETRD ECIN EINV ELAB
08PARTO20505	Secretary Rice's Meeting with Colombian [...] (U) January 25, 2008; 3:30 p.m.; Medellin, Colombia. 2. (U) Participants: United States The Secretary Ambassador William Brownfield Representative Melissa Bean Representative Eliot Engel Representative Jane Harman Representative Alcee Hastings Representative Ron Klein Representative [...]	2008-02-05 23:23:00	US Delegation, Secretary	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA ETRD ECIN EINV ELAB
08PARTO20506	Secretary Rice's Meeting with Medellin Mayor [...] (U) January 25, 2008; 10:00 a.m.; Medellin, Colombia. 2. (U) Participants: United States The Secretary Ambassador William Brownfield Representative Melissa Bean Representative Eliot Engel Representative Jane Harman Representative Alcee Hastings Representative Ron Klein Representative [...]	2008-02-05 23:36:00	US Delegation, Secretary	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA ETRD ECIN EINV ELAB
08PARTO22806	(U) Secretary Rice's February 27, 2008 Working [...] (U) February 27, 2008; 8:00 p.m.; Tokyo, Japan. 2. (U) Participants: United States The Secretary Amb. J. Thomas Schieffer A/S Sean McCormack, PA Lt Gen William Fraser III, Assistant to the Chairman, JCS NSC Senior Director for East Asian Affairs Dennis Wilder Pol/Mil Chief Raymond Gree [...]	2008-02-28 16:34:00	US Delegation, Secretary	SECRET	OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL EINV SENV ECON
08PHNOMPENH318	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR CAMBODIA [...] Cambodia, a developing country, began the transformation from a command economy to the free market in the late 1980s. It is now integrating into the regional and world trading framework. In 1998, Cambodia joined the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and in September 2004, became [...]	2008-04-10 01:07:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV OPIC USTR KTDB CB
08PHNOMPENH348	AMCHAM SINGAPORE MISSION SPURS CORPORATE INTEREST [...] (U) Summary: An 18-member delegation from the American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore led by Ambassador Herbold recently concluded a successful three-day trip to Phnom Penh. Through meetings with government, private sector, and U.S. Embassy officials, mission delegates learned about Cambod [...]	2008-04-28 10:05:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV CB
08PHNOMPENH372	CAMBODIA: INVESTMENT, TEMPLE CONTROVERSY, DEBT, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Riding on a wave of increased U.S. investor interest in Cambodia, 17 corporate leaders representing nine major companies visited Cambodia May 1-3 as part of a U.S.-ASEAN Business Council delegation. Prime Minister Hun Sen used his two-hour-long meeting with the group to pres [...]	2008-05-06 07:43:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL EPET PGOV ENRG CB TH
08PHNOMPENH496	2008 Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriation [...] SUMMARY: The Cambodian Constitution and laws protect against expropriation, except confiscation in the public interest. When property is seized in the public interest, just compensation is required. Post is not aware of property being taken from U.S. persons by the Cambodian government thro [...]	2008-06-17 03:20:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KIDE CAJC PGOV CB
08PHNOMPENH799	LIMITED IMPACT OF U.S. FINANCIAL CRISIS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. financial crisis has had little impact on Cambodia's emerging financial sector. However, the U.S. and global financial woes will likely slow growth in Cambodia's major garment and tourism sectors, with potentially severe consequences for Cambodia's recent robust eco [...]	2008-09-25 12:14:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD CB
08PHNOMPENH934	GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS HITTING HOME IN CAMBODIA [...] (SBU) Summary: While Cambodia's financial sector has little direct exposure to the turmoil affecting international financial markets, concerns about the indirect impacts of the global financial crisis on the health of Cambodia's macroeconomic development are growing. Weakening global demand [...]	2008-11-19 09:38:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD CB
08PHNOMPENH957	TURMOIL AT THAILAND'S AIRPORT IMPACTS CAMBODIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The suspension of flights from Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport has had an immediate impact on Cambodia's vulnerable tourism industry and disrupted air cargo exports. Many here fear further fallout from Thailand's political woes, which could discourage many would be travelers fr [...]	2008-12-03 10:35:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD CB
08PODGORICA141	UNPRECEDENTED INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN MONTENEGRO [...] (U) Summary: Montenegro is entering the largest investment cycle in its history, a cycle that creates serious potential opportunities for U.S. and other Western investors. The GoM plans tenders totaling between 15 and 20 billion euros in infrastructure, tourism, energy, and the privatization o [...]	2008-05-05 09:06:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ECON PREL RU MW
08PODGORICA158	EMBASSY PODGORICA'S BFIF PROJECTS -- PROJECT ONE OUTCOMES [...] Summary: The Minister of Economic Development, a team of experts from the Ministry, and the U.S. Embassy Podgorica Economic Officer traveled to the U.S. during the first week of May 2008 to present upcoming investment opportunities in Montenegro to U.S. businesses in four key cities -- Washingt [...]	2008-06-02 14:44:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON MW
08PODGORICA279	MONTENEGRO WEATHERING THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL STORM [...] (SBU) Montenegro's banks have been fairly insulated from the global financial crisis by their conservative banking practices. Foreign banks face a rockier future, but in general the small size of the sector and absence of investment banks has provided a cushion. In addition, the government has [...]	2008-11-07 19:39:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PREL MW
08PORTAUPRINCE163	MINISTER OF FINANCE TOUTS MODEST ECONOMIC PROGRESS [...] This message contains commercial proprietary information, see para 7. 2. (SBU) Summary. In a meeting February 23, Haitian Minister of Finance Daniel Dorsainvil, told Ambassador and USAID Director that the Haitian economy made modest progress in 2006-2007. He estimated that GDP growth in FY0 [...]	2008-02-01 16:52:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1748	POSTCARD FROM CAP HAITIAN: ISSUES, REQUESTS & [...] (SBU) Summary: Cap Haitien officials downplayed security issues but highlighted economic hardship and municipal budget constraints as key impediments to progress in Haiti's second largest city. The delegate for the North Department discussed the effects of the recent hurricanes on the region and la [...]	2008-12-22 14:40:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EINV HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1776	HAITI MONTHLY: DECEMBER 2008 [...] (U) This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. End summary. FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE --------------------------- 2. (U) THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (IDB). IDB approved a USD 12.5 million grant for the rehabilitation of Haiti's [...]	2008-12-31 15:59:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EAID EAGR EINV ETRD BEXP HA
08PORTLOUIS381	PARADISE LOST: HOW CORRUPTION BANKRUPTED SEYCHELLES [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) An overall lack of transparency and corruption throughout the ranks are behind the Seychelles' recent international appeal for help after a chronic lack of foreign exchange, loan defaults, drastic inflation, and an excessive debt burden of 175 percent of GDP effectively left the [...]	2008-11-07 07:21:00	Embassy Port Louis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EINV SE
08PORTOFSPAIN126	KOCH NITROGEN INTERESTED IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO MARKET AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a February 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Business Development Advisor for Koch Nitrogen expressed interest in further business opportunities in Trinidad and Tobago, citing the stable economic and political environment as attractive. By contrast, the Koch representative exp [...]	2008-03-11 21:11:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV PREL VZ CO TD
08PORTOFSPAIN139	DEBATING THE EU-CARIFORUM TRADE AGREEMENT [...] SUMMARY: A dynamic debate on February 29 about the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the EU and CARIFORUM (CARICOM and the Dominican Republic) at the University of the West Indies (UWI) highlighted concerns about the lack of civil society involvement in negotiations, the inadequacies [...]	2008-03-18 20:36:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV ECIN TD
08PORTOFSPAIN253	Secretary of Energy's visit to Trinidad reinforces [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his May 12-13 visit to Trinidad and Tobago, the Secretary of Energy reinforced the US-T&T relationship by drawing attention to bilateral LNG trade and commending T&T for its open market and regional leadership. At the same time, he flagged U.S. energy company concerns tha [...]	2008-06-10 18:17:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PREL ENRG EIND EINV CARICOM TD
08PORTOFSPAIN358	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR MID- JUNE TRHOUGH [...] China and GOTT sign loan and cooperative agreements 2. T&T to sign trade agreement with EU 3. Dubai, NYC support T&T's International Financial Center 4. T&T deposits US$200m into its sovereign wealth fund 5. No flour subsidy for T&T 6. Fuel hedge key to Caribbean Air success 7. S [...]	2008-08-06 18:31:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAGR EFIN EINV EAIR KIPR SENV TD
08PORTOFSPAIN398	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR MID-JULY THROUGH [...] Inflation reaches 11.7 % - a 14-year high 2. S&P raises T&T's long-term currency credit rating to 'A' 3. Hindu Credit Union's Assets frozen; investigation ensues 4. 1,000 Dengue Cases, GOTT Insists "No Major Crisis" 5. Security breached at Trinidad's Airport 6. USTDA awards US$390,572 gra [...]	2008-09-02 17:25:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV EAIR SOCI TD
08PORTOFSPAIN444	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR MID-AUGUST THROUGH [...] US$2.3 billion plastics deal signed with Europeans 2. Hill International wins $285 million project 3. T&T faces labor shortages 4. GOTT increases infrastructure borrowing authority 5. NGC benefiting from high Methanol Prices 6. GOTT gives CAL tax exemption 7. Yachtie fuel crisis resolve [...]	2008-09-30 13:30:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV EAIR SENV ENRG KIPR SOCI TD
08PORTOFSPAIN550	T&T ENVIRONMENTAL LEADER CALLS FOR BALANCED DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Environmental expert Dr. John Agard, in recent remarks, called for a greater balance between economic development, environmental safety and a healthy society. He praised the increased transparency and public engagement stemming from environmental legislation passed in 2000-2001, [...]	2008-12-02 12:41:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON EINV ETRD TD
08PORTOFSPAIN569	Changes at Trinidad's Environmental Management Authority [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite a reduction in its authority to regulate quarries, the Environmental Management Authority (EMA) continues enforcement efforts to protect Trinidad's water bodies from quarry impact. Dave McIntosh will end his term as CEO of EMA on December 15, 2008. He will be replaced by [...]	2008-12-12 22:24:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EIND EINV TD
08PRAGUE308	CZECHS WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-20 15:48:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV IZ EZ EUN
08PRAGUE326	CZECH NATIONAL BANK PREDICTS SHALLOWER SLOWDOWN [...] SUMMARY: The Czech National Bank has revised its 2008 GDP growth forecast upward from 4.1% to 4.7% and confirmed its expectation that inflation will return to below 3% by 2009. At the same time, the CNB revised its 2009 GDP forecast downward from 4.6% to 4% based on lower export and investment [...]	2008-05-30 07:34:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EAGR EZ
08PRAGUE44	CZECH REPUBLIC'S AMBITIOUS STRUCTURAL REFORM AGENDA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Czech Finance Minister Miroslav Kalousek, during a January 24 meeting with the Ambassador, previewed the next set of planned economic reforms. Following the 2007 passage of the public finance reform bill, the government announced its intention to submit a pension re [...]	2008-01-25 15:13:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV EZ
08PRAGUE501	CZECH CROWN'S RECORD STRENGTH WORRIES CENTRAL BANK [...] (C) Summary and Comment. The Czech Crown hit new all-time highs of CZK 22.87/Euro on July 21 and of CZK 14.45/USD on July 22. Having gained more than 17 percent against the Euro and more than 25 percent against the USD since last year, the Crown has become the fastest appreciating currency in [...]	2008-07-30 17:01:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV EZ
08PRAGUE637	CZECH REPUBLIC: SOLICITING POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche September 30 to MFA South and South East Europe Officer Josef Zrzavecky and MFA Development Officer Jana Korbelova. Zrzavecky confirmed that the Czechs pledged four million Euros over four years at the July 11 Kosovo Donors' Conference (one million per year). [...]	2008-10-01 15:49:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN EINV PREL EZ
08PRAGUE73	CZECHS SHARE USG PERSPECTIVE ON LEBANON [...] (SBU) Summary: Czech Department Director of Middle East and North Africa, Josef Rychtar, confirmed that the GOCR shares our perspective on the need for a special tribunal for Lebanon into the assassination of Rafik Hariri, as well as GOCR support for the cause of Syrian dissidents. He also sp [...]	2008-02-05 15:02:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EFIN EINV EZ LE SY EUN
08PRAGUE768	CZECHS OBJECT TO THE LACEY ACT AMENDMENTS [...] On December 2, Post delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Industry and Trade's Head of Department of EU Relations to Non-EU Countries Petr Kulovany. Kulovany noted that he understood the purpose of the Lacey Act amendments but said that the Czech Republic considers them as a potentiall [...]	2008-12-12 16:03:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID EAGR ETRD EINV BTIO EZ
08PRETORIA1003	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MAY 9, 2008 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 19 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Manufacturing Activity Rebounds - Credit Data Points to a Further Rate Hike - Business Confidence Dips Again - Ford SA Secures Africa Exp [...]	2008-05-10 05:02:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA1056	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MAY 16, 2008 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 20 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Mboweni Favors Further Rate Hike - International Groups Believes SA Cannot Grow Faster Than 3.5% - Commodity Prices to Drive Growth - H [...]	2008-05-19 13:20:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA1111	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MAY 23, 2008 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 21 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Finance Minister Defends Inflation Targeting - JSE Rebounds - Crime Leading Factor in Emigration - Imported Skills 'Add 15% to SA Project [...]	2008-05-23 17:28:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA1146	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MAY 30, 2008 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 22 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Economic Growth Slows - Large Rate Hike Looms as Inflation Hits 10.4% - 2000 Foreign Math and Science Teachers Head for SA - SAA Reaches [...]	2008-05-30 08:49:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA1186	ELECTRICITY CRISIS STALLS COEGA ALUMINUM SMELTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The long-time government-championed aluminum smelter at Coega in the Eastern Cape is the highest profile casualty of South Africa's power crisis. The SAG is disappointed and still in denial over the postponement - and potential permanent loss - of its biggest greenfield project i [...]	2008-06-04 14:04:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EMIN EWWT EIND EINV SENV SF
08PRETORIA119	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JANUARY 18, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 3 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - House Price Growth at Lowest Level in Seven Years - Rate Hikes Hammer Retail Sales - JSE Down - Not All Lenders Comply With NCR - First G [...]	2008-01-18 10:06:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA1216	BILATERAL ENERGY COOPERATION - MODELING AND MORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bilateral cooperation on energy modeling as a key aspect of planning for electricity supply and demand is proceeding. Meanwhile, Post raised energy cooperation, both in energy modeling and in nuclear energy, at the Embassy's Annual Bilateral Forum discussions on May 29, 2008. T [...]	2008-06-06 11:30:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON KNNP EPET EINV SENV SF
08PRETORIA1225	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 30, 2008 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 23 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Higher Costs and Electricity Pressure Manufacturing - SARB Revises Inflation Forecasts Higher - Real Estate Prices Drop - Delta Begins Di [...]	2008-06-09 05:29:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA1226	ACE Nomination from AMEMB Pretoria for Johnson & Johnson, [...] Summary: Embassy Pretoria is pleased to nominate the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies South Africa (J&J/SA) for the Secretary's ACE Award for Corporate Excellence in the multinational enterprise (MNE) category. J&J/SA's groundbreaking work to establish the Johnson & Johnson Burn Center (B [...]	2008-06-09 05:30:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON BEXP EINV ELAB ETRD AMGT SOCI TBIO SENV SF
08PRETORIA1227	ACE Nomination from AMEMB Pretoria for Eli Lilly and [...] Summary: The U.S. Mission in Pretoria nominates Eli Lilly and Company, South Africa (Lilly SA) for the Secretary's Award for Corporate Excellence in the multi-national enterprise (MNE) category. Lilly SA's pioneering initiative to fight the rapidly growing threat of multi-drug resistant tube [...]	2008-06-09 05:30:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON BEXP EINV ELAB ETRD AMGT SOCI TBIO SENV SF
08PRETORIA1278	SEACOM ONLY UNDERSEA FIBER-OPTIC CABLE PROJECT SLATED TO BE [...] (SBU) Summary. SEACOM representatives called on Ambassador Bost on June 4 to discuss SEACOM's undersea cable project. SEACOM (developed by U.S. group Herakles Telecom) is based in Mauritius with 75 percent African ownership and 25 percent U.S. ownership. The project will provide the first true [...]	2008-06-12 05:43:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EINV EINT ETRD EAID BEXP TINT SF
08PRETORIA1312	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JUNE 13, 2008 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 24 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - World Bank Upbeat on SA Economy - Another Interest Rate Hike - Current Account Deficit Raises Concern - Electricity Problems Likely to Ha [...]	2008-06-14 07:25:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA132	DOOM AND GLOOM IN THE ELECTRICITY SECTOR - BUSINESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The local media is abuzz with complaints from businesses and consumers about increasing electricity load-shedding and unplanned outages. State power company Eskom and the government offer no quick "silver bullet" solutions, and are asking consumers to bear up and conserve energ [...]	2008-01-18 15:23:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET SENV EINV BEXP SF
08PRETORIA1320	INDIAN CONSUL GENERAL OPTIMISTIC ABOUT GROWING ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Indian Consul General Navdeep Suri spoke to the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI) on June 11 about the increase in economic ties between South Africa and India. Suri described opportunities for the two countries to increase trade and investment including the [...]	2008-06-18 09:02:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD CASC IN SF
08PRETORIA1352	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JUNE 20, 2008 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 25 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Fitch Downgrades Outlook for SA to 'Stable' - Rising Interest Rates and Inflation Add to Manufacturers' Woes - SA Trade Policy 'Hurting [...]	2008-06-20 14:59:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA1387	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2008-06-26 11:34:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
08PRETORIA1414	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JUNE 13, 2008 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 26 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Inflation Rises to 10.9% - SARB Governor Hints at a Further Rate Hike - Current Account Gap Widens - SA's Credit Ratings in Spotlight - [...]	2008-06-30 05:38:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA1522	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JUNE 20, 2008 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 28 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Reserve Bank Steps Up Growth in Currency Reserves - Big Dip in Business Confidence - House Prices Rocked by Largest Decline in Fifteen Yea [...]	2008-07-14 06:25:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA1584	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JUNE 20, 2008 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 29 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - OECD Thinks SAG Is too Dominant in Economy - ANC Will Keep Inflation Targeting - Crime Crippling Small Business - SADC to Launch Free Tra [...]	2008-07-21 06:06:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA1595	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2008-07-22 07:44:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
08PRETORIA162	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 4 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Turmoil in Markets Threatens Growth - SAG Inflation Targeting Policy Questioned - Fixed-Investment Outlook Strong for 2008 - Saudi-based [...]	2008-01-25 10:12:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP
08PRETORIA1624	Safety in South African Mines - a Moral Imperative [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Persistent fatalities in South African mines (increasing to 221 in 2007 from 199 in the prior year) have galvanized industry, government, and labor into taking a harder look at the way safety is communicated and implemented on mines. Both Anglo American and Gold Fields, the thi [...]	2008-07-25 08:11:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EPET ENRG EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
08PRETORIA1633	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JULY 25, 2008 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 30 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - BER Predicts Slower Economic Growth and an Easing in Interest Rate Hikes - Treasury Sticks to 4% Growth Forecast - Manuel Does Not See [...]	2008-07-25 14:44:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA1657	SOUTH AFRICAN PLATINUM COMPANIES' LONG VIEW ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: South African platinum companies take a long-term view on the ore deposits, investments, politics, and economics of Zimbabwe, which hosts the second largest platinum deposit in the world in the "Great Dyke". They are realistic about the challenges and ambiguities of doing busine [...]	2008-07-29 13:12:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ENRG EINV ETRD EPET PGOV ZI SF
08PRETORIA168	LOAD-SHEDDING WORSENS - COAL SUPPLY WOES SHUT MINES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: South Africa's state electricity supplier Eskom's load-shedding (rolling outages) is getting worse before it gets better. Major gold and platinum mines have substantially shut down due to Eskom's inability to guarantee electricity supply due to coal supply and quality negative [...]	2008-01-25 15:12:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EMIN EPET EINV SENV BEXP SF
08PRETORIA1712	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AUGUST 1, 2008 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 31 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Rand Strengthens as Trade Deficit Decreases - Inflation Races to 11.6% - China to Extend Acquisitions in Africa - Bad Bank Loans on Rise [...]	2008-08-04 06:16:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA1773	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AUGUST 8, 2008 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 32 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Inflation: Mboweni 'Concerned' - Manufacturing production recovered in June - COSATU Strike Impacts Economic Activity - 'Black Diamonds' [...]	2008-08-12 06:50:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA1822	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AUGUST 15, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 33 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - MPC Leaves Interest Rate Unchanged - SADC to Launch Free Trade Area - Green Rating System for SA Property Market - Transnet Considers Enl [...]	2008-08-18 06:06:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA1856	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2008-08-20 08:04:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
08PRETORIA1893	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AUGUST 22, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 34 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Mining and Manufacturing Boost GDP Growth - Slowdown Weighs on Construction Sector - ABSA to Lend for Old Township House Upgrades - Taxi [...]	2008-08-25 14:45:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA1932	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AUGUST 29, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 35 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Experts Believe Inflation will Peak at 13% - Land Expropriation Bill Shelved - 'South Africans Act like Americans' - Intense Lobbying Exp [...]	2008-09-02 06:09:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA1959	Platinum Group Metals - Rising Star at Risk [...] (SBU) Platinum has been the star performer in the South African mining industry for a number of years. South Africa is the world's number one producer of the platinum group metals (PGMs): platinum, rhodium, ruthenium and iridium, while Russia supplies the bulk of the world's palladium. The co [...]	2008-09-04 12:34:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EPET ENRG EINV EIND ETRD ELAB SF ZI
08PRETORIA1972	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER SEPTMEBER 5, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 36 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Executive Turnover on the Increase - Mboweni Not Quite Ready to Retire - JSE Chief Sees More Foreign Selling Ahead - Vehicle Sales Take a [...]	2008-09-05 15:03:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA1976	ICT FORUM DISCUSSES NEED TO IMPROVE IMPLEMENTATION OF ICT [...] (SBU) Summary. The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI) sponsored a forum on ICT Developments and Regulations on September 4. The forum included members of South Africa's Presidential International Advisory Council on Information Society and Development, who promoted increasi [...]	2008-09-08 08:50:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EIND EINV EINT ECIP SF
08PRETORIA2005	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2008-09-10 08:03:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
08PRETORIA2016	NEW INVESTMENT PLANS ROBUST IN SPITE OF SLOWING [...] (SBU) Summary: Record levels of new investment spending plans were announced in South Africa in the first six months of 2008. New planned spending by Eskom led the way, but private sector spending plans were also robust. Investment spending will compensate for falling consumer spending and [...]	2008-09-11 07:17:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV SF
08PRETORIA2032	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER SEPTMEBER 12, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 37 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Reserves Fall on Gold Revaluations - Business Confidence Plunges Further - SA Leaps in Business-Friendly Rankings - Old Mutual CEO Qui [...]	2008-09-15 07:08:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA2071	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER SEPTMEBER 19, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 38 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Weaker Rand, More Inflation Likely for SA - No Surprises in SARB Governor's Speech - SA Falls in Economic Freedom Ranking - SA R&D Expend [...]	2008-09-19 15:25:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA2072	SECOND QUARTER REVIEW OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN ECONOMY WITH KEY [...] (U) Summary. South Africa's real GDP rebounded in the second quarter of 2008, reflecting a recovery in mining and manufacturing production as electricity supply improved. Export volumes benefited from the increased production, higher international prices of key export commodities increased, a [...]	2008-09-19 15:25:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF
08PRETORIA209	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, Issue 5 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Foreign Sell-off Imperils Rand, Current Account - Inflation Rises above Forecasts - MPC Leaves Repo Rate Steady at 11% - Banks Expected t [...]	2008-02-01 07:30:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP
08PRETORIA2128	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2008-09-26 09:34:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
08PRETORIA2136	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER SEPTMEBER 26, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 39 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Economic Policies Expected to Remain Consistent under Mothlanthe - Record CPIX Increase in August - Fears of Retail Recession Increase [...]	2008-09-27 06:02:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA2142	KIMBERLEY PROCESS TACKLES ARTISANAL MINING [...] SUMMARY: The Kimberley Process (KP) for certifying rough diamond trade is recognized as broadly successful in combating conflict diamonds. In order to improve its control over alluvial diamond trade, particularly in Africa where this is prevalent, KP has sought to identify best practices for [...]	2008-09-29 12:06:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN ENRG ETRD SENV EINV SF CG
08PRETORIA217	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2008-02-01 14:44:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
08PRETORIA2183	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 3, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 40 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - New President Addresses Investor's Fears - Current Account Outlook Bleak Despite Narrower Trade Deficit - PMI Data Shows Some Signs of [...]	2008-10-06 06:20:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA2250	Palabora Mine - Still Churning Out Copper Next to Kruger [...] (SBU) Palabora mine is South Africa's largest copper mine, producing 148,000 tons of copper per year at its peak in 1998 and about 4.5 million cumulative tons since the start of full production in 1966. The open-pit was one of the world's biggest and lowest cost copper producers but it closed [...]	2008-10-15 08:10:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EPET ENRG EINV EIND ETRD SENV SF
08PRETORIA2310	SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL LEWIS' NOVEMBER 8-13, 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-22 09:27:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV SF

08PRETORIA2316	SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL LEWIS' NOVEMBER 8-13, 2008 [...] (SBU) Ambassador Bost warmly welcomes the visit of your delegation to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, less than two months after Thabo Mbeki resigned as President un [...]	2008-10-22 14:57:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV SF
08PRETORIA2343	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 24, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 43 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Credit Storm Drives SA into Deficit Next Year - Black Middle Class Stronger - Zimbabwean Business Leaders Promote South African Investm [...]	2008-10-27 15:19:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA2390	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 31, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 44 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - CPIX Inflation Drops - SA Receives 'Negative' Rating - Mboweni: South Africans Ignorant of Crisis - Corn Farming Not Profitable in Curren [...]	2008-10-31 09:56:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA24	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JANUARY 1, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 1 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Credit Growth Remains Strong - Foreign Capital Inflows Decline - Gold Mining Shares Up - Student Test Scores Continue Decline End Summa [...]	2008-01-04 11:56:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA2400	U.S. OIL FIRM FOREST'S TRAVAILS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. firm Forest Oil Company's local presence - Forest Exploration International - is struggling to move its production license application out of a three-year regulatory limbo. Forest is frustrated with bureaucratic slowness and/or incompetence. Forest believes that it can pr [...]	2008-11-03 12:05:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EMIN EINV SENV SF
08PRETORIA2401	ASME NUCLEAR STANDARDS WORKSHOP SUPPORTS WESTINGHOUSE BID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Embassy Pretoria supported the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Nuclear Codes and Standards Workshop October 7-9 in Johannesburg, which successfully promoted Westinghouse's bid for significant new nuclear build in South Africa. State power utility Eskom and t [...]	2008-11-03 12:06:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EMIN EINV EIND ETRD SF
08PRETORIA2402	COLUMBUS STAINLESS STEEL AND ASME NUCLEAR STANDARDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. Embassy supported the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Nuclear Codes and Standards Workshop in Johannesburg, which successfully promoted Westinghouse's bid for significant new nuclear build in South Africa (septel). Delegates visited Columbus Stainless L [...]	2008-11-03 12:07:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB SF
08PRETORIA2403	Eskom Faces Challenges - Thin Margin and More [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A meeting with new Eskom Chairman Bobby Godsell was a good opportunity to assess the state-of-play in South Africa's power crisis. Godsell's new position is emblematic of Eskom's serious attempts to address a confluence of management gaps that led to last year's load-shedding. [...]	2008-11-03 12:07:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EMIN EINV EIND ETRD SF
08PRETORIA2404	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2008-11-03 12:24:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
08PRETORIA2469	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 7, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 45 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Reserve Bank: Crisis Hurts South Africa - Manufacturing Activity Slows Down - More Pain for House Sellers - Ford Motor Company Executive [...]	2008-11-07 12:01:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA2515	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 14, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 46 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Standard & Poor's Dim View of Rand, Rates - JSE Out of Favor, But Not Africa - The Final Frontier: Nando's Opens a Fast-Food Restaurant [...]	2008-11-14 14:46:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA2556	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2008-11-24 12:14:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
08PRETORIA2586	RIO TINTO TAKES A PAUSE FOR BREATH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rio Tinto's Africa Office in Johannesburg told Minerals/Energy Officer and Specialist that Rio Tinto was well positioned to withstand the current global commodity downturn given its long-term reserves, technological expertise, and exploration prowess. They were bullish on doing [...]	2008-11-26 14:24:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EPET ENRG EINV EIND ETRD SENV SF
08PRETORIA2590	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 28, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 48 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - South Africa's Growth "Lowest in a Decade" - Liquidations Increase - Regional Integration Critical to Africa's Economic Competitivene [...]	2008-11-28 08:45:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA2648	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 5, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 49 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Concern as Chinese Clothing Quotas Expire - Tax Reforms Help South Africa's Rankings in a Global Study - Factories Hit Historic Low [...]	2008-12-05 13:33:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA2654	ESKOM POSTPONES NEW NUCLEAR BUILD PLANS [...] (SBU) Eskom announced its decision to postpone the development of a second nuclear power plant. The local press reports that a fleet of nuclear power stations, rather than a single one, will probably be built in partnership with suppliers, bringing down the total unit cost. A task team will [...]	2008-12-06 12:31:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EMIN EINV EIND ETRD SF
08PRETORIA2665	FIRMS INCH CLOSER TO ACQUIRING LICENSES TO DEVELOP NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary. U.S.-based DBI Broadband provided an update on positive developments in the drawn-out, South African value-added network services (VANS) license conversion process on November 28. Minister of Communications Dr. Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri finally conceded and announced that she would [...]	2008-12-08 11:59:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EIND EINV EINT ECIP USTR SF
08PRETORIA2666	CISCO ADDRESSES ICT SKILLS SHORTAGE IN SOUTH AFRICA ONE [...] (SBU) Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM),Commercial Counselor, Economic Counselor and ICT Officer attended the graduation of the inaugural class of Cisco Global Talent Acceleration Program on November 28. The DCM provided the key-note address at the graduation ceremony. Cisco executives outlined [...]	2008-12-09 05:41:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EIND EINV EINT ETTC SOCI TINT USTR SF CH
08PRETORIA268	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 6 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Sector Focus: Auto Industry - Car Sales Hammered By Rising Inflation, Interest Rates and Debt - New Subsidy Program for Auto Producers [...]	2008-02-08 14:33:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP
08PRETORIA2706	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 12, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 50 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Manufacturing Outlook Bleak - South African Economy Shows Resilience - Customs Officials Seize 60 Tons of Illegally Imported Clothi [...]	2008-12-12 12:04:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA2730	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2008-12-18 09:53:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
08PRETORIA2732	SISHEN IRON REFUSES A PAUSE - EXPANSION ON TRACK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: South Africa's Kumba Iron Ore Mine at Sishen in the Northern Cape Province is gigantic by any scale, boasting a 12.5 kilometer-long open pit. Sishen produces 30 million tons per year, transported by dedicated rail to the Atlantic port at Saldanha (Reftel C). Most of the tonnag [...]	2008-12-18 12:57:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EPET ENRG EINV ETRD ELTN SENV SF
08PRETORIA2733	HOTAZEL MANGANESE - BIG RESERVES BUT GLOOMY OUTLOOK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: South Africa's Northern Cape Province possesses significant iron ore (septel) and a remarkable 80 percent of the world's manganese reserves. Like iron ore, manganese is a necessary input to steel-making, but it is used in small quantities, making it vulnerable to the current gl [...]	2008-12-18 13:50:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EPET ENRG EINV ETRD ELTN SENV SF
08PRETORIA2735	SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE BANK CUTS INTEREST RATE [...] (U) Summary. The South African Reserve Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) reduced the key policy interest rate, the repo rate, by 50 basis points to 11.5 percent, on December 12, 2008. The rate cut was made possible by declining domestic inflation and weakening domestic and international [...]	2008-12-18 14:48:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF
08PRETORIA2738	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 19, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 51 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Inflation Lower - Residential Building Continues to Slow - Bill Simplifies Registration Process for New Drugs - Intelsat to Launch $250 [...]	2008-12-19 08:01:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA2754	SAA ANNOUNCES EXPANSION PLAN DESPITE GLOBAL DOWNTURN IN [...] (SBU) Summary. South African Airways (SAA) recently announced network expansion plans amidst a global downturn in tourism. The airline is expected to complete a two-year restructuring program in March 2009, which would allow it to increase service and implement a strategy to create hubs in Jo [...]	2008-12-24 10:32:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EIND EINV SF
08PRETORIA2755	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 26, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 52 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - No House Price Recovery in '09' - Third of South African Firms Plan Layoffs - Markets End Bad Year - European Commission Offers Tariff [...]	2008-12-24 10:32:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA325	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 7 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Industrial Policy to Receive Infusion of Funds - SA to Fast-Track Investment Process - Mbeki Outlines ICT Priorities - SARB Emphasizes Gr [...]	2008-02-15 12:28:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP
08PRETORIA371	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 7 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Budget Unveiled - Rand Weakens After Budget Speech - SA Looks to Indian Skills Development Model - SA Launches Diaspora Networking Progra [...]	2008-02-25 05:51:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP
08PRETORIA381	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2008-02-26 10:15:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
08PRETORIA425	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 9 of U.S. Embassy PretoriaQs South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Textile Sector Seeks Survival Aid - SA-EU Trade Row Puts Customs Union at Risk - U.S. Trade with Sub-Saharan Africa Increases - GDP Growt [...]	2008-02-29 12:35:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP
08PRETORIA474	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 10 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Outlook for SA's Economy Weakens - High Marks for Economic Freedom - Vehicle Sales Fall on Higher Interest Rates - Eskom' French Kiss - [...]	2008-03-07 12:56:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP
08PRETORIA504	CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT: A SOUTH AFRICA VIEW [...] Summary. According to Stellenbosch University's Centre for Chinese Studies Executive Director Martyn Davies, while the Western world views Africa as a "development burden", China sees Africa as a "commercial opportunity", which has focused China's strategy in developing a parallel market for [...]	2008-03-11 14:04:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV ENRG EMIN CH SF
08PRETORIA565	Gold's Glitter is Fading in South Africa [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The South African gold mining industry has not been able to fully capitalize on record gold prices during 2007-2008. Gold mining was disrupted by a number of events, which have cost millions of dollars in lost production and export revenues. First, a power crisis came to a head [...]	2008-03-18 13:51:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EPET ENRG EINV EIND ETRD ELAB SF
08PRETORIA585	IMPALA PLATINUM ON DOING BUSINESS IN ZIMBABWE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Impala Platinum (Implats) Executive Director Les Paton told Energy Officer and Specialist on March 18 that Implats remains confident that they can continue successfully mining platinum in the Great Dyke in Zimbabwe via Zimplats (86.9 percent held by Implats, headquartered in Joha [...]	2008-03-19 14:46:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ENRG EINV ETRD EPET PGOV ZI SF
08PRETORIA589	SOUTH AFRICA AND INDIA STRENGTHEN ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary. India and South Africa have made major inroads in re-establishing ties and strengthening economic relations since 1995. Trade statistics, the number of joint ventures and the amount of foreign direct investment are all indicative of the rapid growth in economic relations, espe [...]	2008-03-20 08:48:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV IN SF
08PRETORIA598	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MARCH 20, 2008 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 12 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Civil Construction Boom - Increase in World Cup-Related Investments - Dubai Group Game for Investment - Cisco to Open Technical Skills Fa [...]	2008-03-20 13:28:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA609	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2008-03-25 09:44:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
08PRETORIA638	SOUTH AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE TRADE ON THE RISE [...] (U) Summary: Economic ties between South Africa and Mozambique continue to strengthen. Trade between the countries has grown 65 percent since 2004 and the trade relationship is heavily in South Africa's favor. South Africa has been the largest foreign investor in Mozambique for more than a de [...]	2008-03-28 07:45:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EPET ENRG PREL MZ SA
08PRETORIA653	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MARCH 28, 2008 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 13 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - CPIX Soars - Employment Up 0.8% - Heineken to Open Brewery in SA - Nissan Expands Truck Production Facility - Concerns about Electricity [...]	2008-03-31 06:04:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA704	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 4, 2008 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 14 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - SA Achieves a 0.9 % Budget Surplus - Manufacturing Activity Dips to Near-Five-Year Low - Trade Deficit Narrows, But Outlook Still Negative [...]	2008-04-04 14:39:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA724	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2008-04-07 15:43:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
08PRETORIA737	GAUTRAIN CEO PROVIDES UPDATE ON ITS RAPID RAIL PROJECT [...] (U) Summary. Gautrain CEO Jack van der Merwe outlined strategic objectives and current project developments for the Gauteng Province's new rapid rail project at the National Press Club on April 1, 2008. Van der Merwe expected the first-phase of the project to be completed in time for the 2010 [...]	2008-04-09 11:49:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ELTN EIND EINV SF
08PRETORIA758	ESKOM/SAG IMPROVISE RATHER THAN STRATEGIZE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: South Africa continues to grapple with its short- and long-term power crunch as it approaches three months from its January 24 nadir when state power supplier Eskom cut off electricity to mines and large industrial consumers. Eskom is implementing rationing plans and imposing sc [...]	2008-04-10 13:45:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EMIN EINV SF
08PRETORIA763	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 11, 2008 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 15 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Reserve Bank Lifts Repo Rate - Surprise Surge in Factory Output - Eskom Defends Hikes as Predictions Were Off - Even State Housing Projec [...]	2008-04-11 09:14:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA77	2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - SOUTH AFRICA [...] (U) In response to Ref A, this cable presents post's 2008 Investment Climate Statement for South Africa. This is also Chapter 6 of the 2008 Country Commercial Guide for South Africa. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT Chapter 6 Investment Climate Statement FY 2008 6.1 Openness to Foreign Investment The [...]	2008-01-15 08:08:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR SF
08PRETORIA774	SOUTH AFRICA-RUSSIAN TRADE: ROOM FOR EXPANSION [...] (U) Summary. Russia and South Africa have identified each other as important emerging economies, but bilateral trade flows remain minimal. Foreign direct investment between the two countries lingers behind South Africa's other major economic partners. South Africa has shifted its trade di [...]	2008-04-14 08:55:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV RS SF
08PRETORIA781	DE BEERS - REFORMED EX-MONOPOLIST AS MARKET LEADER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: De Beers remains committed to South Africa, even as the former diamond cartel company has adopted significant strategic changes and has rationalized its business in South Africa. The diamond company's processing and marketing headquarters is situated in its historical capital [...]	2008-04-14 14:27:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ENRG EPET EINV SF
08PRETORIA881	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 25, 2008 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 17 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - CPIX at Double Digits - SA Runs Risk of Sub-prime Contagion, Standard & Poor's Warns - Golden Oldies Give JSE Vintage Edge - SA Canc [...]	2008-04-25 12:01:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA906	AFRICA ELECTRICITY CONGRESS - LIGHTING THE DARK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: State power supplier Eskom and the South African Energy Minister used the recent Africa Power & Electricity Congress as yet another opportunity to highlight plans to augment demand side management and increase energy efficiency as short term methods to address the South African [...]	2008-04-30 09:16:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EMIN EINV SF
08PRETORIA908	SOUTH AFRICA-BRAZIL TRADE: THE WEAKEST LINK IN [...] (U) Summary. Brazil and South Africa's economic relations, although growing, are still comparatively small. South Africa and Brazil have already formed the trilateral India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Forum, established closer trade ties through the Southern African Customs Union (SACU)-Merc [...]	2008-04-30 11:19:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV BR SF
08PRETORIA918	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 30, 2008 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 18 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Mboweni Warns on Inflation - Prices Start to Slip as Property Boom Ends - Government Infrastructure Spending Expected to Drive Grow [...]	2008-04-30 14:55:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA934	OECD ENHANCED ENGAGEMENT WITH SOUTH AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary: OECD Deputy Secretary General Thelma Askey briefed the Pretoria contact group on April 25 on OECD Enhanced Engagement with South Africa, one of five designated target countries with the possibility of leading ultimately to membership. South Africa has expressed strong interest [...]	2008-05-05 10:24:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	OECD ECON EINV PREL SF
08PRETORIA937	DOT DEPUTY SECRETARY VISIT TO SOUTH AFRICA, APRIL 12-16, [...] (U) Summary. Deputy Secretary of Transportation Admiral Thomas Barrett led the U.S. delegation to the first African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Transport and Trade Forum in South Africa April 12-16. The delegation met with a wide range of transport sector officials and industry represent [...]	2008-05-05 12:12:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAID EAIR ELTN EWWT EIND EINV SF LI KE
08PRETORIA972	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2008-05-08 08:35:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
08PRETORIA982	SAG PREPARES ELECTRICITY SUMMIT AS WAY OUT OF [...] (SBU) Summary. There are big hopes for the South African Government/ANC-convened electricity summit of stake-holders on May 16. Hoped-for outcomes include high-level leadership and consensus on the way forward out of the power crisis, including consensus on power tariffs and the use of load [...]	2008-05-09 08:53:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EMIN EINV SF
08PRISTINA390	KOSOVO: 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (U) This is the first submission of the Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriations Claims for Kosovo. 2. (U) Begin text: U.S. Embassy Pristina is unaware of any ongoing investment disputes, property disputes or expropriations involving a U.S. citizen against the Government of Kosovo [...]	2008-07-22 15:12:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV KV
08PRISTINA432	KOSOVO: 2008 BFIF REPORTING [...] The following is an accounting of funds spent to send Embassy Pristina's Commercial Assistant to attend a one-week Professional Development Training Forum hosted by the Department of Commerce in July 2008. Total BFIF Fund Cite: US$4,300.00 Per Diem: US$1,774.42 - 1980113-1005-1005800157-22 [...]	2008-08-19 10:51:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN BEXP BTIO ECON EINV ETRD ADPM
08PRISTINA618	KOSOVO: 2008 BFIF ACCOUNTING FOR COMMERCIAL [...] The following is an accounting of funds spent to send Post's Economic Officer and Commercial Assistant to the Post Partnership Commercial Training and Strategic Planning session at CS Zagreb from October 6-7. This reporting is in addition to the one-week Professional Development Training Foru [...]	2008-12-17 15:12:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN BEXP BTIO ECON EINV ETRD ADPM
08QUITO100	CHANGES PENDING IN ECUADOR,S MINING SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 25, the GOE announced that approximately 15% of the country,s mining concessions would revert to the State for purported non-payment or late payment of fees. Analysis of remaining concessions will continue and further reversions could be forthcoming. Meanwhile, Ec [...]	2008-02-01 11:34:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN EINV ECON EC
08QUITO1058	SPANISH REPSOL AGREES TO NEW OIL CONTRACT WITH [...] (C) Summary: On November 6, Spanish oil company Repsol reached agreement to sign a new transitory production sharing contract with the Government of Ecuador (GOE),following statements from the Minister of Petroleum that the GOE would terminate its contract for not concluding oil negotiations [...]	2008-11-13 19:51:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ECON EC
08QUITO1128	LAUNCH OF U.S.-ECUADOR BILATERAL DIALOGUE [...] (U) Summary: A U.S. delegation led by WHA DAS Christopher McMullen met with Ecuadorian officials in Quito November 24 to launch the U.S.-Ecuador Bilateral Dialogue, a forum to address issues of interest to both sides and to highlight and build on existing cooperation and positive engagement ( [...]	2008-12-08 16:45:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD EINV ECON KJUS SNAR SMIG EC
08QUITO129	ECUADORIAN ECONOMIC POLICIES IN 2007: MIX OF [...] (C) Summary. In Correa's first year in office, there was occasionally fiery rhetoric on economic policy, but in practice the GOE implemented a limited number of policy changes, which were mostly pragmatic. U.S. investors shared this experience, where their treatment was more moderate than t [...]	2008-02-11 18:50:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV EC
08QUITO152	ECUADORIAN ECONOMIC POLICIES IN 2008: LESS [...] (C) Summary. In 2008, the Correa Administration's rhetoric on economic issues should moderate but will not disappear. However, this year the GOE will probably make more substantive changes than it did in 2007, as it actually begins to implement its economic program. Many of the changes wil [...]	2008-02-19 18:53:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV EC
08QUITO164	PETROBRAS THREATENED WITH CONTRACT CANCELLATION [...] (C) Summary: Ecuador's Solicitor General recommended that Petrobras's contract be cancelled for transferring shares of its holding to a Japanese company without government authorization (very similar charges as those that led to the cancellation of Occidental's contract in 2006). The Brazili [...]	2008-02-21 19:25:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON PREL EC
08QUITO191	Foreign Investment Flows into Ecuador: 2007 Better than a [...] (SBU) Summary. Foreign direct investment in Ecuador totaled $471 million in the first nine months of 2007. This reflects a rebound from 2006, when the net investment flows were reduced by the departure of U.S. and Canadian oil companies. As a result, investment in petroleum and from the U.S [...]	2008-02-28 13:22:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EPET ECON EC
08QUITO197	SUBJECT: ECUADOR LOOKING TO TERMINATE INVESTMENT [...] (C) Summary. Ecuador will attempt to negotiate early termination of its bilateral investment treaties (BITs) with nine small countries, according to the Foreign Ministry's Under Secretary for Trade. In the interim, all of Ecuador's BITs remain in force. In response to the Foreign Minister's [...]	2008-02-28 19:28:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON EC
08QUITO220	ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: Oil Contract Renegotiations; Limits on [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Oil Contract Negotiations Inching Forward ----------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) On February 26, the Ministry of Petroleum and Mines report [...]	2008-03-05 15:14:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EFIN EINV SENV EC
08QUITO226	CITY ORIENTE CONTINUES TO NEGOTIATE; DEPARTURE THE [...] (C) Summary. U.S. oil company City Oriente continues to negotiate with the Government of Ecuador on restructuring its contract following the imposition of a windfall income tax. The most likely option is that City Oriente will terminate its contract and receive compensation from the GOE. Ren [...]	2008-03-07 18:08:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ECON EC
08QUITO259	ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: ECUADOR TO PAY OXY VAT AWARD; GOE [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Ecuador Announces Publicly It Will Pay OXY ------------------------------------------ 2. (U) On March 12 the Ecuadorian media reported that Ecuador had [...]	2008-03-14 18:10:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET EINV SENV EC
08QUITO293	ECUADOR'S OIL CONTRACT RENEGOTATIONS SLOWER THAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite press reports that the GOE is in the final stages of renegotiating oil contracts with international companies, U.S., Spanish, and Chinese companies tell us that negotiations continue, and that agreement on international arbitration is a problem. U.S. company City Orie [...]	2008-03-26 20:29:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ECON EC
08QUITO294	U.S. COMPANY LEADS SUCCESSFUL WIND ENERGY PROJECT IN [...] (U) Summary: The multilateral Galapagos Wind Energy Project dedicated its wind-turbine project, largely funded by private sector companies, on the Galapagos's San Cristobal island on March 18. Project leader American Electric Power (AEP) says that on windy days, the project provides 80% of Sa [...]	2008-03-27 12:35:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TRGY SENV UNDP UNEP EINV PGOV TINT EC
08QUITO314	ECUADOR PAYS OXY VAT AWARD [...] (SBU) Summary. Ecuador paid Occidental Petroleum $100 million to settle an arbitration ruling that the GOE has to refund Oxy for value-added taxes that Oxy had paid. In addition, the GOE placed $32 million into escrow pending the outcome of a second arbitration case filed by Oxy. End summa [...]	2008-04-03 11:46:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EPET EC
08QUITO315	ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: WORLD CLASS GOLD DEPOSIT, [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Mining Developments ------------------- 2. (U) The press reported for the first time on March 14 that Aurelian Resources (Canada) had discovered the wo [...]	2008-04-04 11:02:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EMIN ELAB EINV EC
08QUITO322	Minister States GOE Will Pay $38 Million in Arrears to [...] (SBU) Summary. The Minister of Electricity publicly announced that the GOE would pay $38 million of the arrears due to U.S. electricity company Machala Power. Machala Power reports that the GOE has said it intends pay all of the $70 million in arrears, but needs to develop a legal mechanism [...]	2008-04-07 14:14:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG EPET EC
08QUITO323	CHEVRON DISPUTES REPORT BY ECUADORIAN [...] (U) Summary: A court-appointed "expert" in a long-running legal case in Ecuador announced on April 1 that Chevron should pay up to $16 billion for alleged environmental damage. Chevron immediately disputed the announcement and charged the expert as unqualified and biased. Chevron continue [...]	2008-04-07 17:58:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EPET EC
08QUITO324	CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ELIMINATES PETROLEUM FUNDS, GRANTS [...] (U) Summary: The Constituent Assembly approved a law, drafted by the Correa Administration, that closes the petroleum reserve funds and moves that financing on to the regular budget. It stipulates that those resources can only be used for investment, and establishes a broad budget requirement [...]	2008-04-07 18:58:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET PGOV EINV EC
08QUITO345	ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: GOE-USAID ECONOMIC STRATEGY; PETROBRAS [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Correa Approves USAID economic growth strategy --------------------------------------------- - 2. (SBU) President Correa has agreed to support a sectora [...]	2008-04-16 11:22:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID ETRD EPET EINV EAGR EC
08QUITO346	ECUADOR NEGOTIATING NEW MOBILE TELEPHONE [...] (SBU) Summary: The government of Ecuador is seeking approximately $500 million from each of the two largest cellular companies in Ecuador, to renew the companies' concession contracts. On April 5, Telefonica announced that it agreed on an undisclosed price for a 15-year contract extension; [...]	2008-04-16 17:02:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EINT EC
08QUITO349	CONOCO WILL FILE FOR INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION [...] (C) Summary. ConocoPhillips plans to initiate arbitration against Ecuador under the terms of its oil production and exploration contracts. For two production blocks that it shares with the French company Perenco, it appears the underlying grounds for arbitration are the windfall income tax [...]	2008-04-18 12:47:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EPET ECON EC
08QUITO351	GOVERNMENT OF ECUADOR WHIPSAWS OIL COMPANIES [...] (SBU) Summary: After months of negotiations with international oil companies, the Government of Ecuador has announced that it will suspend negotiations for another six months, in an effort to migrate all agreements to risk-service contracts. This development will likely delay investment in [...]	2008-04-18 16:13:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ECON EC
08QUITO365	MINING REFORM: SEARCHING FOR A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH [...] (C) Summary: The Constituent Assembly approved a measure cancelling thousands of largely unused mining concessions. Concessions that have been explored but not yet in operation will be frozen for six months until a new mining law is finalized. Small mining concessions and mines that are al [...]	2008-04-24 14:02:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN EINV ENRG EPET ECON PREL SENV EC
08QUITO374	ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: FALLING FDI, REVISED PRICE CONTROLS, [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Investment Outflows Driven by the Petroleum Sector --------------------------------------------- ----- 2. (SBU) Net foreign direct investment (FDI) in [...]	2008-04-25 21:37:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EPET EAGR EFIN EC
08QUITO415	ECUADOR APPROVES CONTENTIOUS MOBILE CONCESSION [...] (SBU) Summary: After a week of tense brinksmanship, the Government of Ecuador has come to agreement with America Movil subsidiary and majority market share holder Porta, to renew its mobile phone concession for 15 years. While the company has been silent, the press has speculated it will pay [...]	2008-05-08 22:30:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS ECON EINV EC
08QUITO427	ECUADOR PLANS TO REORGANIZE TELECOM SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Fresh from the successful renegotiation of its two private mobile phone concessions, the government of Ecuador is planning the possible reorganization of its telecom sector, including the eventual creation of a telecommunications ministry and consolidation of Ecuador's three s [...]	2008-05-13 22:09:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS ECON EINV EC
08QUITO439	ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: APRIL INFLATION; BANK OF THE SOUTH; [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Intervention of Banking Cooperative ----------------------------------- 2. (U) On May 7, the Superintendent of Banks announced that Mutualista Benalcaz [...]	2008-05-15 19:21:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID ETRD EINV EC
08QUITO442	CORREA ADOPTS USAID-DESIGNED PROGRAM TO PROMOTE ECUADOR'S [...] (SBU) Summary: At the close of a two hour meeting with President Rafael Correa on May 9, Correa adopted USAID's proposed production and investment promotion program. The program is market-driven, private sector oriented, and designed to improve Ecuador's competitiveness in world markets. At t [...]	2008-05-16 19:49:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV PREL EC
08QUITO452	CARRIERS STILL FIGHTING QUITO AIRPORT FEES [...] (SBU) Summary: Resolution remains elusive in the drawn-out debate over charges paid by international air carriers to the Quito airport concession operator Quiport. Quiport offered to defer all airport fee increases until the new airport opens in 2010, but the airlines disagree with a contrac [...]	2008-05-22 21:10:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EINV EFIN EC
08QUITO459	ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: NEW OIL ARBITRATION CASES; IDB LOANS; [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Two New Oil Arbitration Cases --------------------------- 2. (U) Ecuadorian press reported that French petroleum company Perenco and its U.S. partner, [...]	2008-05-27 17:05:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD EC
08QUITO464	PETROECUADOR PRESIDENT RESIGNS OVER DECLINING [...] (U) Summary: Following harsh words from President Correa about state oil company Petroecuador's inability to meet petroleum production projections, its President Fernando Zurita resigned on May 20. He was replaced by another Navy Admiral, Luis Jaramillo, who will attempt to increase producti [...]	2008-05-28 20:37:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON EINV DOD EC
08QUITO505	Shooting the Messenger: Correa Blasts Central Bank for [...] (U) Summary. President Correa harshly criticized the Central Bank's calculation of economic growth and foreign direct investment, adding that he was bringing an Argentine mission to review the data and threatened to fire Central Bank staff if there are errors. Finance Minister Ortiz subsequen [...]	2008-06-09 15:13:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN EC
08QUITO533	ECUADOR TO OFFER MORE FLEXIBILITY IN PETROLEUM [...] (U) Summary. The GOE has offered to restart contract renegotiations with petroleum companies that it froze in April 2008, with additional flexibilities for firms such as a lower state share of extra revenues and a one-year extension of participation contracts. In exchange, companies would ne [...]	2008-06-17 14:57:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET ENRG EINV EC
08QUITO540	A NEW ELECTRICITY REFORM LAW IN THE CONSTITUENT [...] (C) Summary: Ecuador's Constituent Assembly is considering a GOE proposal to reform Ecuador's dysfunctional electricity sector and gain greater control of this "strategic sector," and might pass an electricity mandate soon. The proposal would consolidate public/private generators, distribut [...]	2008-06-18 20:11:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV ECON EC
08QUITO55	ECUADOR'S NEW TAX REFORM LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: Ecuador's Constituent Assembly passed its first law, the Administration's tax reform package, December 28. The Assembly walked back some of the Administration's controversial proposals, eliminating a proposed tax on luxury private schools, and reducing the proposed inheritance [...]	2008-01-17 13:25:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV EINV EC
08QUITO555	ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: NEW OIL ARBITRATION; CENTRAL BANK GETS [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. More on GOE Efforts to Review Macroeconomic Data --------------------------------------------- --- 2. (U) The Central Bank of Ecuador (CB) invited three [...]	2008-06-20 18:55:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EPET EFIN EC
08QUITO588	ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: RICE PRICE CONTROLS, UNEMPLOYMENT RATE [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Rice Price Controls Supplement an Export Ban -------------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) On May 31, President Correa extended a September 2007 [...]	2008-07-03 12:53:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EAGR ELAB PGOV EC
08QUITO610	SUSTAINABLE PALM OIL PRODUCTION IN ECUADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The expansion of oil palm plantations into Ecuador's primary forests is having severe environmental impacts. Esmeraldas province, where a majority of African oil palm is grown, has a deforestation rate of 4.5%, higher than that of any other province or neighboring country. Th [...]	2008-07-07 22:08:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EINV ENRG EPET EAGR EAID PGOV EC
08QUITO672	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL MEETINGS WITH CORREA, OTHER [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador had farewell meetings with President Correa, VP Moreno, and Government Minister Bustamante; attended a farewell event FM Salvador hosted in her honor; and received a farewell visit from Armed Forces Commander General Varela. She urged the GOE to return to the private sec [...]	2008-07-21 22:39:00	Embassy Quito	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM CVIS SNAR MASS ENRG EINV EC
08QUITO681	GOE AND CITY ORIENTE AGREE TO CONTRACT TERMINATION [...] (C) Summary: U.S. oil company City Oriente finally reached agreement with the GOE on terminating its petroleum contract in Ecuador. The firm had been negotiating with the GOE for some time, and on July 22 accepted the GOE's offer of $70 million. City Oriente expects to terminate its contrac [...]	2008-07-24 22:56:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ECON EC
08QUITO683	NEW REFINERY WITH CHAVEZ A PIE IN THE SKY? [...] (C) Summary: Almost a year after Venezuelan and Ecuadorian state oil companies PDVSA and Petroecuador signed an MOU to jointly build a new refinery on Ecuador's coast, Chavez and Correa met July 15 to finalize agreement on the project. Still no mention has been made of financing for the $6 b [...]	2008-07-25 12:58:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON EINV PREL EC

08QUITO696	MFA MEETING ON BILATERAL DIALOGUE WITH ECUADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: USG and Ecuadorian officials met July 18 to discuss potential agenda items for a Bilateral Dialogue between Ecuador and the United States. The Dialogue would address issues of interest to both sides, proposing information exchange, cooperation, and technical assistance in area [...]	2008-07-30 22:22:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON PREL EC
08QUITO731	ECUADOR'S LEADING FAMILY BUSINESS GROUPS [...] (U) Summary: This cable identifies Ecuador's leading family business groups, which dominate Ecuador's formal economy and own most of the important companies in the non-petroleum sector. End summary. Overview and observations ------------------------- 2. (SBU) This cable is a snap sho [...]	2008-08-08 16:09:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN EIND EAGR PGOV EC
08QUITO764	GOE NEGOTIATING OIL CONTRACTS - AGAIN: FIRMS AGREE [...] (U) Summary: President Correa held high level talks with the leaders of international oil companies to restart oil contract negotiations after he had suspended them in April. Chinese, Spanish, and Brazilian oil companies have agreed on the framework for new production contracts and to a tran [...]	2008-08-19 22:16:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ECON EC
08QUITO784	DUKE ENERGY WINS ARBITRATION WITH GOE; ECUADOR [...] (C) Summary: An ICSID arbitration panel largely ruled in favor of U.S. electricity company Duke Energy in its case against Ecuador, and ordered an award of roughly $12 million. However, the GOE portrayed the decision to the media as a partial victory by emphasizing that the award was for $5 [...]	2008-08-25 18:34:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG ECON EC
08QUITO811	AMBASSADOR,S MEETING WITH COORDINATING MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador had a one hour courtesy call with Coordinating Minister for Production, Susana Cabeza de Vaca, on August 26, 2008. In their wide-ranging discussion, Cabeza de Vaca shared with the Ambassador her programmatic priorities, challenges, and interesting insights into [...]	2008-09-03 15:27:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EAID PREL SENV EC
08QUITO85	ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: 2007 Economic Performance; [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Ecuador's 2007 Economic Performance ----------------------------------- 2. (SBU) According to data from Ecuador's Central Bank Ecuador (BCE),GDP grew [...]	2008-01-29 14:51:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EINV EC
08QUITO883	American Business Committee Sees Both Good and Bad under [...] (SBU) Summary. Representatives of the U.S. business community in Ecuador provided the Ambassador an overview of the business climate in Ecuador. They reported a mixed picture, with some highlighting the difficult investment climate created by the uncertain direction of economic policy, while [...]	2008-09-18 14:03:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV ELAB PGOV EC
08QUITO924	ECUADOR'S TEXTILE SECTOR: SURPRISING SIGNS OF STRENGTH [...] (U) Summary: Ecuador's textile sector has had to deal with the bankruptcy of a large exporter and stagnant investment due to uncertainty over Ecuador's political climate, the renewal of ATPA, and the potential impact of the U.S.-Columbia free trade agreement (FTA). However, exports of some pr [...]	2008-09-25 22:14:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON KTEX EC
08QUITO961	AMBASSADOR,S MEETING WITH PETROLEUM AND MINES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Minister of Petroleum and Mines Galo Chiriboga on September 18. Chiriboga emphasized ongoing cooperation between Ecuador and the U.S. in the energy sector, and highlighted the importance of private investment. He mentioned that the GOE [...]	2008-10-03 18:00:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ECON EC
08QUITO966	MACHALA POWER MAY BE CLOSE TO AGREEMENT WITH GOE [...] (C) Summary: The GOE has agreed with U.S.-owned electricity generator and natural gas producer Machala Power/EDC that it owes Machala Power $59.8 million in unpaid electricity tariffs. The GOE has asked Machala Power to drop its international arbitration case upon payment. However, a number [...]	2008-10-06 20:09:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG ECON EC
08QUITO983	CANADIAN-US IVANHOE ENERGY SIGNS OIL CONTRACT WITH [...] (U) Summary: Following 11 months of negotiations, on October 8 Ivanhoe Energy signed a contract with the GOE to develop a field of super-heavy oil using its proprietary technology. In a ceremony where he also announced replacement of the Energy Minister (septel),President Correa hailed the [...]	2008-10-14 20:16:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ECON EC
08QUITO984	ECONOMIC PROVISIONS IN THE NEW CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Summary. The economic provisions of the new constitution allow for significant state control over the economy. However, they do not necessarily signal a new economic policy direction for the Correa Administration, as a number of provisions have parallels in the 1998 constitution, and in [...]	2008-10-14 20:24:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD EPET EMIN EFIN PREL EC
08QUITO996	ODEBRECHT AND PETROBRAS - ECUADOR MOVES AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: President Correa raised the rhetoric level against two big Brazilian companies, and went further with the construction firm Odebrecht, cancelling its projects in Ecuador and its employees' visas. Correa also pressed Petrobras to quickly renegotiate its contract or face expulsio [...]	2008-10-21 16:11:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL EINV ECON EC BR
08RABAT117	MOROCCO ON THE SITUATION IN LEBANON [...] (SBU) On February 5, Embassy conveyed reftel Note Verbale on the Lebanese political crisis to Mohammed Azeroual, MFA Director General for Multilateral Affairs and the Foreign Minister's point-man on Middle East and Islamic Affairs. 2. (C) Responding in detail to the points in the Note Verba [...]	2008-02-07 13:38:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EINV EFIN MO LE SY
08RABAT1190	MOROCCO'S PENDING FTA ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Foreign Trade Abdellatif Maazouz convoked the Ambassador (accompanied by AgCouns and EconOff) on December 16 to discuss the evolving post-Free Trade Agreement (FTA) bilateral trade relationship and next steps to advance outstanding implementation issues. Minister M [...]	2008-12-23 17:14:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV MO
08RABAT196	SCENESETTER FOR U.S.-MOROCCO FTA JT COMMITTEE [...] (U) The U.S. Mission welcomes the U.S. delegation to the FTA Joint Committee meeting. The FTA, together with the recently signed USD 697 million Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Compact, is one of our two most visible bilateral accords. Although Morocco has embraced trade liberalization, y [...]	2008-03-03 14:38:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EFIN EAGR PGOV MO
08RABAT252	U.S.-MOROCCO FTA: IMRESSIVE START, OBTIMISTIC FUTURE [...] (U) The Joint Committee of the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement (FTA) met in Rabat on March 13, 2008 for the first time since the agreement's implementation on January 1, 2006. Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Europe and the Middle East, Shaun Donnelly, headed the U.S. delegation, whi [...]	2008-03-19 14:16:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EFIN EAGR PGOV MO
08RABAT289	TOURISM: ENGINE TO PROGRESS [...] Summary: In 2007, Morocco posted its highest tourist numbers on record, attracting 7.4 million visitors, a 13 percent increase over 2006. Morocco is on track to achieve its goal of 10 million visitors by 2010, in line with the target of its Vision 2010 program for the sector. In addition to [...]	2008-04-04 16:12:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	ELTN EINV ELAB EAIR MO
08RABAT46	OPIC-SUPPORT EURO MENA FUND II [...] (U) OPIC support for the EURO MENA Fund II would mesh with Moroccan efforts to build a diversified and strong private sector and to strengthen and deepen the country's financial markets. The GOM has targeted a number of areas through specific sectoral policies. While most of these are outsi [...]	2008-01-17 17:03:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN MO
08RABAT737	MIXED SUCCESS FOR MOROCCO'S SOCIAL HOUSING [...] (SBU) Summary: Five years after King Mohammed VI directed that social housing be made a "national priority," the range of government programs aimed at reducing the national housing deficit and helping Morocco's working poor to obtain decent accommodation has registered important progress. Tens [...]	2008-08-07 15:57:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV SCUL MO
08RANGOON118	2007 BURMESE IMPORTS AND EXPORTS RISE DRAMATICALLY [...] (SBU) Summary. The Burmese Government recorded a substantial increase in both exports and imports in 2007 compared to previous years. Bolstered by a 71 percent increase in the value of natural gas exports, Burmese overall exports rose to $5.9 billion in 2007, a 44.1 percent increase over 20 [...]	2008-02-14 06:10:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PREL BM
08RANGOON189	BURMA: PRODUCING NEW CARS WITH USED PARTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Using import substitution policies, the Burmese Government has encouraged the development of a domestic car manufacturing sector since 2001. Currently, more than 400 small and medium-sized companies in Burma produce "new" unbranded jeeps and light trucks with used parts impor [...]	2008-03-12 04:41:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PREL BM
08RANGOON26	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR EMBASSY RANGOON [...] Per reftel, this is Embassy Rangoon's submission for the 2008 Investment Climate Statement. Preface: U.S. Investment Subject to Sanctions --------------------------------------------- - 2. On May 20, 1997, by Executive Order 13047, the President imposed economic sanctions prohibiting n [...]	2008-01-15 10:47:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	OPIC KTDB USTR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BM
08RANGOON35	ENVIRONMENT NOT A PRIORITY FOR BURMESE REGIME [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite having a wealth of plant and animal biodiversity and vast ecosystems, the Burmese Government does little to protect the country's natural resources. Investors, both domestic and foreign, continue to plunder Burma's raw materials, destroying much of the country's natur [...]	2008-01-16 09:37:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON ENRG PGOV EPET BM
08RANGOON418	BURMA: 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] Embassy Rangoon is not aware of any ongoing investment disputes in Burma. U.S. law has prohibited investment in Burma since 1997. 2. Primary point of contact for issues relevant to the report is: Samantha A. Carl-Yoder Economic Officer (95) (1) 536-509 ext. 4227 Carl-YoderSA@state.g [...]	2008-05-27 11:02:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV BM
08RANGOON46	HOW MYANMAR ECONOMIC HOLDINGS (MEHL) REALLY WORKS [...] (C) Summary. Myanmar Economic Holdings Ltd. (MEHL),one of approximately 55 state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in Burma, is also one of the most powerful and corrupt organizations in the country. Established in 1990 by the Ministry of Defense, active and retired military currently control 70 per [...]	2008-01-22 06:59:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV ETRD PREL BM
08RANGOON61	FINANCING THE REGIME WITH JADE, NOT GEMS [...] (C) Summary. State-owned Myanmar Economic Holdings Ltd. controls production at Burma's jade and gem mines, reaping the rewards from gem and jade sales at its annual emporiums. Contrary to popular belief, more than 90 percent of revenues from Burma's annual gem and jade emporiums come from the [...]	2008-01-25 10:02:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ECON ETRD PGOV EINV BM
08RANGOON62	AUCTIONING OFF BURMA'S RICHES [...] (SBU) Summary. Myanmar Economic Holdings Ltd (MEHL),a state-owned enterprise owned by the Ministry of Defense, controls Burma's gem and jade industry. In addition to owning all of Burma's mines, MEHL also controls the sale of high-quality stones, putting them up for auction at its annual [...]	2008-01-25 10:06:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ECON ETRD PGOV EINV BM
08RIGA200	THE TUG OF WAR OVER NEW POWER PLANTS IN LATVIA [...] (SBU) Summary. The debate over future power plants in Latvia is rapidly heating up. As electricity demand grows and the 2009 decommissioning of Ignalina nuclear power plant in Lithuania approaches, the GOL is weighing its options. Among them are building new power plants and/or linking Latvia [...]	2008-04-17 12:37:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EINV PREL LG
08RIGA715	LATVIAN BUSINESSES SEE STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS, INVEST ANYWAY [...] Summary: Businesses in Latvia recognize the recession they are in, but remain surprisingly confident. In recent meetings, business owners and managers noted sharp increases in job seekers and continued low productivity of labor, though the clear signs of reduced consumption were not as unifo [...]	2008-11-21 12:18:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EIND ETRD ELAB LG
08RIODEJANEIRO135	Petrobras Delays Some Subsalt Tests Due to Equipment [...] Summary. A shortage of drilling rigs and looming relinquishment deadlines have made Brazilian oil company Petrobras delay tests on potentially huge subsalt finds like Carioca and move the rigs to other blocks. Petrobras CEO Sergio Gabrielli announced in late May that production evaluation tes [...]	2008-06-05 11:57:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EIND EINV BR
08RIODEJANEIRO138	Brazil Considers Changing Energy Sector Rules [...] (SBU) Brazil is considering changes to its oil sector for the purpose of capturing more revenue from the country's significant newfound "pre-salt" oil reserves. Brazil's National Energy Policy Council will meet later this year to decide how to proceed. Meanwhile, further leasing of offshore exp [...]	2008-06-05 16:59:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EIND EINV BR
08RIODEJANEIRO159	BRAZIL ENTREPRENEUR LAUNCHES CHALLENGER TO OIL GIANT [...] (U) Summary. A Brazilian oil company that has yet to drill a single well raised US$4.16 billion in an initial stock offering in mid-June, Brazil's largest public offering to date. The huge success of the IPO for OGX Petroleo e Gas Participoes SA reflects a tide of optimism generated by the re [...]	2008-06-27 12:20:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EIND EINV BR
08RIODEJANEIRO165	AMBASSADOR SOBEL MEETS WITH KEY ENERGY ENTITIES IN RIO [...] (SBU) On June 6 Ambassador Sobel met with the two top executives of the Brazilian Petroleum Institute (IBP),an association representing the 71 energy companies operating in Brazil, and with Petrobras' new International Director, Jorge Luiz Zelada. In both meetings, discussions centered on the [...]	2008-06-30 16:19:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG PGOV PBTS MARR BR
08RIODEJANEIRO180	Petrobras Workers To Launch 5-Day Strike in Campos Basin, [...] Summary. Workers for Brazil's oil giant Petrobras will begin a five-day strike in the Campos Basin on July 14. The employees are demanding additional compensation for travel days used to depart oil platforms after 14-day shifts. Separately, the oil workers union is considering a further nat [...]	2008-07-11 19:23:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EINV BR
08RIODEJANEIRO19	U.S. OIL COMPANIES ON INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN BRAZIL [...] (SBU) Summary: The US Commercial Service in Rio organized an oil roundtable discussion with US oil companies and Ambassador Sobel on January 8, 2008. The CEOs of Chevron, Exxon Mobil, Devon Energy, Anadarko, and Hess Corporation briefed Ambassador Sobel on the investment climate for foreign [...]	2008-01-28 16:36:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG PGOV BR
08RIODEJANEIRO205	Petrobras Launches Biofuels Subsidiary [...] Summary. This week, Brazil's semi-public oil company Petrobras will launch a new subsidiary to run its growing biofuels operations, looking towards building production capacity to meet growing global demand for ethanol exports. The new subsidiary, called Petrobras Biocombustivel, will coordi [...]	2008-07-30 13:00:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EINV BR
08RIODEJANEIRO235	Brazil to Resume Oil Auctions in December 2008 [...] Brazil's National Energy Policy Council has authorized the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) to host an auction to license oil and gas rights on December 18, 2008. However, no offshore blocks will be offered at the "10th Round" auction to the disappointment of many industry representatives. Li [...]	2008-09-05 10:55:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EINV BR
08RIODEJANEIRO237	Brazil Oil and Gas - Update on Pre-Salt E&P [...] This cable is intended to provide an update on exploration and production activity as it relates to pre-salt oil reserves in Brazil. Pre-salt refers to a 500-mile wide "new frontier" area in Brazil, located under a thick layer of salt -- 350 miles off of Brazil's southeastern coast at an aver [...]	2008-09-05 17:55:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EINV BR
08RIODEJANEIRO244	Petrobras Announces 3-5 Billion Barrels in Iara Field, [...] Petrobras has announced that its Santos Basin pre-salt "Iara" field holds an estimated recoverable volume of 3-4 billion barrels of light oil and natural gas. Relevant test well data reveals that recoverable volume ranges are significantly better than initially forecast. The Iara field is lo [...]	2008-09-11 14:32:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EINV BR
08RIODEJANEIRO245	(Corrected) Petrobras Announces 3-4 Billion Barrels in [...] Petrobras has announced that its Santos Basin pre-salt "Iara" field holds an estimated recoverable volume of 3-4 billion barrels of light oil and natural gas. Relevant test well data reveals that recoverable volume ranges are significantly better than initially forecast. The Iara field is lo [...]	2008-09-11 16:56:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EINV BR
08RIODEJANEIRO276	BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR SOBEL PROMOTES COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES [...] Summary. On September 17, 2008, U.S. Ambassador to Brazil Clifford Sobel welcomed approximately 80 representatives from U.S. firms to a seminar at the Rio Oil and Gas Expo 2008 to discuss commercial opportunities in the energy sector. The seminar, organized by the U.S. Commercial Service, fe [...]	2008-10-02 15:17:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD EPET ENRG BR
08RIODEJANEIRO280	BRAZIL, PETROBRAS APPEAR AMBIVALENT ON ECUADOR OIL [...] (U) Jose Sergio Gabrielli, President of Brazil's state-controlled oil and gas company Petrobras, said October 7 that the company would not renegotiate with the Government of Ecuador on its oil production in the country. The statement was made during the inauguration of Petrobras' P-51 platfor [...]	2008-10-08 17:05:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETTC EPET EINV PREL EC AR NI AO LY IN TZ PK
08RIODEJANEIRO288	U/S JEFFERY DISCUSSES OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENTS IN BRAZIL [...] (U) Summary. U/S Jeffery visited Rio de Janeiro on October 2, 2008 as part of his trip to Brazil. Accompanied by WHA PDAS Craig Kelly and Special Energy Advisor Greg Manuel, U/S Jeffery met with representatives from the U.S. oil and gas industry, industry association IBP (Brazilian Institute [...]	2008-10-16 18:26:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETTC EPET EINV PREL BR
08RIODEJANEIRO337	BRAZIL OIL & GAS - BID ROUND 10 [...] Summary. On December 18, 2008, Brazil held its 10th Bid Round to license oil and gas exploration rights. Unlike past auctions, Bid Round 10 only offered onshore blocks (offshore opportunities are on hold until the government decides how it wants to handle the "pre-salt" region). Results of [...]	2008-12-18 19:03:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EINV BR
08RIODEJANEIRO44	PETROBRAS WINDING DOWN BUSINESS DEALINGS WITH IRAN [...] (SBU) Summary. According to Petrobras, the company will complete all of its existing contractual requirements in Iran later this year. After completion of the Tusan contract, Petrobras does not expect to be further invested in oil and gas activities in Iran. End Summary. 2. (SBU) In 200 [...]	2008-03-05 09:52:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETTC EPET EINV PREL IR BR
08RIODEJANEIRO89	Minister of Industry and Commerce Discusses Possible [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 8, 2008, Brazilian Minister of Industry and Commerce Miguel Jorge and Ambassador Sobel discussed Minister Jorge's upcoming visit to Washington DC for the CEO Forum Meeting at the end of April. Ambassador Sobel stressed the importance of showing concrete results from the [...]	2008-04-14 14:43:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECIN EINV EAIR CMGT CVIS PGOV PREL BR
08RIODEJANEIRO91	BRAZIL'S CHIEF PETROLEUM REGULATOR INADVERTANTLY CONFIRMS [...] (SBU) Summary. Brazil National Petroleum Agency (ANP) Director Haroldo Lima is under fire and, some speculate, may lose his job for confirming what petroleum industry insiders have believed for some time -- that, at a depth of around 4000 meters in the Santos Basin off the coast of Sao Paulo, [...]	2008-04-15 19:16:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EIND EINV BR
08RIYADH1151	STEEL MARKET ILLUSTRATES CHALLENGES IN REALIZING [...] (C) SUMMARY: With Gulf countries eager to translate windfall oil profits into global commercial leadership, the GCC project market has boomed, recently surpassing two trillion USD - more than double the combined GDP of the GCC economies. With massive industrial, utility, and real estate proje [...]	2008-07-27 05:11:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD SA
08RIYADH1174	SAUDIS INVEST IN FOREIGN AGRICULTURE FOR FOOD [...] (C) Summary: One of the unintended consequences of the dramatic increase in oil prices has been huge inflation in basic commodities, including grain. Food security continues to be a concern in Saudi Arabia, especially with regard to lower and middle income population, and foreign workers. Th [...]	2008-07-30 13:20:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EAGR ETRD EINV PGOV PREL SA
08RIYADH1258	INFLATION CONTINUES TO SOAR: SAG DELAYS RICE [...] (C) Summary: Rising food prices in Saudi Arabia have resulted in clamoring for relief, particularly from the middle and lower classes and expatriate workers. The SAG committed in April to pay subsidies of SR 1,000 (approximately $270 UD) on each ton of rice imported, but it has not yet implem [...]	2008-08-18 05:41:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR EINV PGOV PREL SA
08RIYADH1271	MICROSOFT LEADING COLLABORATION WITH SAG TO COMBAT [...] (C) Summary: Intellectual property rights (IPR) violations in Saudi Arabia are receiving increased attention from the Saudi government (SAG). The SAG has made significant efforts to address IPR violations, which in the Kingdom occur most notably in the pharmaceutical and software sectors. W [...]	2008-08-19 04:55:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV KIPR KTFN SA
08RIYADH1302	DIVERSIFYING THE SAUDI ECONOMY [...] (C) SUMMARY: SAG efforts to economically diversify beyond oil have drawn much attention during the current energy boom. Projects such as the King Abdullah Economic City in Rabigh and the Knowledge Economic City in Medina, with soaring goals and price tags, spark debate as to whether the Kingd [...]	2008-08-26 05:26:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET EMIN EINV ENRG SA
08RIYADH1325	SAUDIS EASE RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As part of a broader effort to attract international investment in their stock market, the Saudi Capital Markets Authority approved a plan under which foreign investors can purchase Saudi securities, but without voting rights. Foreign investment firms with offices in Saudi Ara [...]	2008-08-31 03:13:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL SA
08RIYADH1353	SAUDI CREDIT MARKET TIGHTENS, MAKING FINANCING [...] (SBU) Summary: Saudi Arabia's credit market continues to tighten, driving up the cost of borrowing, thanks in part to high demand for Saudi riyals from regional firms driven out of the tight international credit market and from Saudi banks looking to mitigate the effects of the U.S. subprime m [...]	2008-09-03 06:46:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV EPET AFIN SA
08RIYADH1435	MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND INFORMATION PLANS TO [...] (C) Econoff met with Ministry of Culture and Information (MoCI) Under Secretary Abdul Rahman Al Hazaa September 8 to discuss ongoing efforts to combat IPR piracy and violations in Saudi Arabia, particularly software, music, and DVDs. Al Hazaa said that IPR enforcement is a priority for Saudi [...]	2008-09-22 14:12:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV KIPR KTFN SA
08RIYADH1488	INFLATION HIGH BUT NO THREAT TO SAG [...] (C) Summary: Inflation in Saudi Arabia continued to climb in July and August but is expected to slow in the coming months. Key contributors to this increase are high economic growth, a limited supply of real estate, and global increases in food prices. While the Saudi Arabian Government (SAG [...]	2008-10-06 12:22:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR EINV PGOV PREL SA
08RIYADH1507	FINANCIAL CRISIS CATCHES UP WITH SAUDI MARKETS [...] (C) Summary: The Saudi stock market (the Tadawul) declined more than 16 percent October 6 - 7. The 9.8 percent drop on October 6 was the largest ever single-day fall in percentage terms. The Tadawul is famous for its volatility, and although this recent drop is likely due to skittishness af [...]	2008-10-08 15:53:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV SA
08RIYADH154	LEBANON TRIBUNAL: SAUDI ARABIA WILL DONATE, LOOKS [...] (S) Charge d'Affaires Gfoeller met with Prince Dr. Turki bin Mohammed, Undersecretary for Political Affairs at the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on February 4 and presented demarche points per REFTEL A; he also carefully read Secretary Rice's note verbale to the Undersecretary. [...]	2008-02-04 15:13:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EFIN EINV LE SY SA
08RIYADH1572	SAG UPBEAT ON ECONOMY, BUT SIGNS OF SLOWDOWN [...] (C) Summary: While still generally upbeat when discussing their economic prospects, Saudi businesses and government agencies have begun to temper their statements with an element of caution. Many embassy contacts have told us they expect a slight economic downturn, but that its effects will [...]	2008-10-21 14:25:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV EPET SA
08RIYADH1630	ARAB LEAGUE CONVENES FIRST CONSUMER AND BRAND [...] (C) Summary: Members of the Arab League convened the first "Arab Consumer and Brand Protection Forum" October 19-21 in Jeddah. Over 500 attendees from both the public and private sector heard speakers on topics such as: combating counterfeit production and trade; increasing criminal prosecut [...]	2008-10-29 13:40:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KIPR KPAO ETRD EINV PGOV EU AL SA
08RIYADH1660	MAJOR SAUDI INDUSTRIALIST OPTIMISTIC ON EP ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: On October 22, Consul General Kenny made an introductory visit to Mr. Abdulla al-Rushaid, an influential and prominent industrialist in the Eastern Province (EP) of Saudi Arabia. Al-Rushaid is strongly optimistic about the future of the oil-rich EP economy. He indicated that the [...]	2008-11-04 14:16:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EINV EPET SA
08RIYADH1663	DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT,S MEETING WITH SAUDI [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-05 08:09:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV PREL EPET KIPR SA
08RIYADH1668	SAUD AL FAISAL ON PAKISTAN, IRAQ, LEBANON, [...] (C) Summary: On October 26, Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt and Ambassador Fraker met Saudi Foreign Minister Saud Al Faisal. Kimmitt and Saud Discussed Pakistan's approaching balance of payment crisis, Saudi relations with Iraq, the need for continued support for the Palestinian Aut [...]	2008-11-08 05:43:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV PREL EPET KPAL SA
08RIYADH1682	SAUDIS RESPOND POSITIVELY TO IPR ACTION PLAN [...] Post delivered the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Action Plan (reftel) to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) via diplomatic note on September 22. On November 9, econoff met with Mohammad Al-Aiyash, Director General of International Trade and Chairman of the IPR Committee at the [...]	2008-11-10 07:59:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV KIPR SA
08RIYADH1831	ADDITIONAL SAUDI RESPONSE TO PAKISTAN DONORS [...] (SBU) Econ Counselor sought additional information on ref B demarche from the Saudi government (SAG) in a December 21 meeting with Deputy Economic Minister Hamad Al-Baz'y. Al-Baz'y said that Saudi Arabia has always been a friend of Pakistan and they would likely attend a donors' conference whe [...]	2008-12-21 14:25:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN EINV SA PK
08RIYADH1850	SAUDI ECONOMY SHOWS MORE SIGNS OF SLOWDOWN, NO [...] (C) Summary: Public comments by Saudi leaders, particularly with regard to the price of oil and its effect on the Saudi economy, have become much less bullish in recent weeks as OPEC's announcements of production cuts have failed to stymie the falling price of oil. In addition, despite margi [...]	2008-12-23 15:14:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EPET SA
08RIYADH1870	SAUDIS CRACK DOWN ON ILLEGAL VENDORS [...] (C) On December 28, Econoff met with Scott Butler, CEO of the Arab-Anti Piracy Alliance, and Ayman Takrori, Partners Group Director of Microsoft Arabia. Butler and Takrori related details of a meeting they had the previous day with Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Culture and Information Ab [...]	2008-12-29 14:23:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV KIPR PGOV SA
08RIYADH293	BILLIONAIRE AL-SANE,A ON INVESTMENTS, ECONOMY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 18, 2008, Ambassador Fraker met with Ma'an al-Sane'a in the Saudi billionaire's elaborate al-Khobar offices. During the meeting, the Saad Group Chairman revealed various aspects of his current business plans, most notably his company's lower leverage profile, new two [...]	2008-02-21 13:53:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR SA
08RIYADH547	SAUDI ARAMCO TREASURER DISCUSSES ARAMCO'S [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Saudi Aramco's Treasurer revealed to Consulate officials that Saudi Aramco manages liquid investments of approximately $60 billion, an amount he described as comparable to the fifth or sixth largest sovereign wealth fund in the Gulf. Aramco is considering a number of corporat [...]	2008-04-02 13:13:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV EPET PGOV PINR SA
08RIYADH550	VISIT OF IIPA PRESIDENT TO RIYADH YIELDS [...] (C) Summary. Eric Smith, President of the International Intellectual Property Alliance, met with Saudi officials with copyright protection responsibilities from March 9-11. During a meeting with Smith, Minister of Culture and Information Iyadh bin Amin Madani instructed Ministry officials t [...]	2008-04-02 16:51:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV KIPR SA
08RIYADH563	INSIGHT INTO SAUDI ARAMCO'S DIVESTITURE FROM THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In addition to revealing that Aramco manages nearly 60 billion USD in liquid investments (Reftel),during an April 1 meeting with ConOffs Saudi Aramco Treasurer Motassim al-Maashouq (protect) also gave insight into Saudi Aramco's decision to divest from Petron Corporation, a joint [...]	2008-04-05 13:36:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EPET PGOV PREL RP SA
08RIYADH666	EU/SWISS POSITIONS ON SAUDI PHRMA PRICING ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary. Econoffs delivered reftel points to Swiss and European Union (EU) officials on April 19. The Swiss Ambassador believes he needs further instructions from the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs in Bern to take additional measures to advocate for the pharmaceutical industry [...]	2008-04-25 12:37:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV USTR SA EU SZ
08RIYADH676	SAUDI ARABIA: SECTION 527 UPDATE [...] There are no investment disputes in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that would be candidates for inclusion in the Section 527 Report. FRAKER [...]	2008-04-27 12:11:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV SA
08RIYADH867	CONCERNS MOUNT REGARDING THE SAUDI GAS INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The early 2008 pullout of French energy giant Total from its Empty Quarter joint venture with Saudi Aramco and Royal Dutch Shell and the continued lack of success by Chinese, Russian, and Italian-Spanish JVs in efforts to discover commercially viable quantities of gas in the Em [...]	2008-06-03 14:45:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PREL SA
08RIYADH884	APPARENT SUICIDE OF FORMER EP MABAHITH CHIEF [...] (C) Summary. The EP security and business communities have been buzzing over the presumed suicide of former EP Mabahith chief Major General Sulaiman Mohammad al-Alwani whose body was allegedly found hanging in the home of his son in Makkah on May 29th. Al-Alwani had a rapid fall from grace i [...]	2008-06-08 08:38:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV PGOV PREL SA
08ROME1191	PROTECTING U.S. INTERESTS AS ITALY GOES NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary: The Berlusconi Government tells us it is serious about re-launching the Italian nuclear energy sector. If the GOI actually follows through, there will be tens of billions of dollars in commercial contracts. Already, we see high-level lobbying by British, French and Russian governme [...]	2008-09-24 07:32:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG ETRD ETTC IT KNNP
08ROME126	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2008 - ITALY [...] SUMMARY: While the Government of Italy (GOI) continues to court foreign investors, economic reforms or other steps to ensure a more welcoming investment climate have been modest. Recent positive developments include passage of a more efficient bankruptcy law and the incorporation of the EU T [...]	2008-01-29 10:20:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR PGOV IT
08ROME170	ITALY: CONSIDERING FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR HARIRI [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points and dip note February 4 to MFA Levant Office Director Carlo Formosa who had just returned from a trip to Lebanon with MFA Director General for the Middle East Cesare Ragaglini. Formosa said Italy remains committed to Lebanon's stability, democracy, and econo [...]	2008-02-07 17:38:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EFIN EINV LE SY IT
08ROME390	ITALIAN ENERGY: EXPERTS UNCONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) Summary. On February 28, Ecmin hosted a roundtable discussion with Italian energy experts. The discussion focused on Italian energy security (especially security of Italian natural gas imports),and Italy's energy relationship with Russia. With one exception, the Italian experts did not [...]	2008-03-31 10:07:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD ENRG EINV EIND ETRN RU IT
08ROME451	ENI: WHAT SHOULD WE DO ABOUT GAZPROM'S ITALIAN PARTNER? [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-10 13:17:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EIND EINV ENRG ETRD IT RU
08ROME546	IRAQ: ITALY PLANS TO PARTICIPATE IN ICI [...] Poloff delivered ref a points to Amb. Gianludovico De Martino, Director of the MFA Iraq Task Force, on April 29. De Martino said that Italy will have a new government by the ICI Ministerial and was hopeful that the new Foreign Minister would attend. De Martino noted that as IRFFI co-chair, Ita [...]	2008-04-30 11:41:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IZ IT
08SANAA87	PART ONE OF TWO: YEMEN'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] SUMMARY: In response to reftel, part one of Yemen's submission for the 2008 Investment Climate Statement follows. This first section covers openness to foreign investment, conversion and transfer policies, expropriation and compensation, dispute settlement, performance requirements and ince [...]	2008-01-15 11:20:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC YM
08SANAA88	PART TWO OF TWO: YEMEN'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] SUMMARY: In response to reftel A, part two of Yemen's submission for the 2008 Investment Climate Statement follows. This second section covers protection of property rights, transparency of the regulatory system, efficient capital markets and portfolio investment, political violence, corrup [...]	2008-01-15 11:37:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC YM
08SANJOSE102	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORT LEBANON NOW [...] (SBU) On February 5 we delivered reftel demarche to Alejandro Solano-Ortiz, Alternate Director General of the Foreign Policy Department of the MFA. 2. (SBU) Solano-Ortiz indicated the GOCR fully supports the legitimate government of Prime Minister Siniora in Lebanon and will issue statement [...]	2008-02-07 20:15:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EFIN EINV LE SY CS
08SANJOSE504	COSTA RICAN 2008 NOMINATION FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S [...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to nominate CitiGroup (hereafter Citi) in Costa Rica for the multinational enterprise (MNE) category of the Secretary of State's Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE). Citi is headquartered in the United States and operates in over 100 countries around the world. Cit [...]	2008-06-12 20:20:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ELAB CS
08SANJOSE516	COSTA RICA -- 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Embassy is aware of three outstanding cases brought by American business entities and citizens against the Government of Costa Rica (GOCR). Two of these cases (claimants C and E below) are longstanding. Although claimant C is not satisfied with the outcome thus far, due proce [...]	2008-06-16 19:55:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC EINV SENV KIDE EFIN OPIC PGOV PREL ECON CS
08SANJOSE969	HISTORICAL VISIT OF CHINESE PRESIDENT HU KICKS OFF [...] (SBU) "Chinese president (arrives) like Santa Claus with FTA, balls, and bicycles" read one headline recapping the historical visit of President Hu Jintao to San Jose November 16-17. Hu's rock-star-like reception included major street closures and a holiday for most government employees who wo [...]	2008-12-12 02:12:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EFIN EINV ECON CS CH CU
08SANODOMINGO1611	ELECRICITY GENERATORS PREDICT A DARK DECEMBER IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-17 20:39:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EINV DR
08SANSALVADOR1083	EL SALVADOR APPROVES DATA EXCLUSIVITY REGULATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. El Salvador has passed long-awaited regulations on data protection and data exclusivity, one of their last major outstanding CAFTA-DR commitments. According to a leading intellectual property lawyer, the regulations were an important step forward for intellectual property, final [...]	2008-09-18 20:15:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV KIPR ES
08SANSALVADOR1084	SALVADORAN BANKING SECTOR PREPARED FOR "NORMAL CATASTROPHE" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. According to Carlos Caceres, Executive Director of the Salvadoran Banking Association (ABANSA),the Salvadoran banking sector anticipates a 7% drop in deposits preceding the 2009 elections, comparable to the drop before the 2005 Presidential election. The banking sector is prep [...]	2008-09-18 20:15:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV ES
08SANSALVADOR1112	EL SALVADOR ECONOMIC UPDATE [...] According to the economic cabinet's mid-year report to the President, El Salvador's first quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew at 4.2%, but the annual growth projection has been cut to 4%. Through June, the annual inflation rate reached a record 12-year high of 9.6%. During the first half [...]	2008-09-23 19:47:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV ES
08SANSALVADOR1140	ELECTRICITY SECTOR LIQUIDITY CRISIS DRAGS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Electricity companies are continuing to warn of potential blackouts if the GOES fails to find a durable solution to address liquidity problems caused by unpaid energy subsidies. U.S.-owned electricity distributor AES asked the GOES to pay $12.3 million by September 22 and $19 m [...]	2008-09-26 22:15:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET ENRG EINV ES
08SANSALVADOR1228	EL SALVADOR EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTIES ISSUING SHORT-TERM [...] Because of international financial problems and domestic political uncertainty, the Government of El Salvador (GOES) has been having trouble issuing short-term debt, known as "Letes," which in turn is causing difficulties in complying with its financial obligations. Both banks and foreign inve [...]	2008-10-28 21:57:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV ES
08SANSALVADOR1240	EL SALVADOR: CREDIT UNIONS AND WORKERS BANKS READY TO FACE [...] SUMMARY. The Federation of Workers Credit Unions and Workers Banks (Fedecredito),which represents 48 credit unions and 7 workers banks, describes itself as well-prepared for the current international financial crisis and for domestic instability. They plan to increase their 35% reserves requ [...]	2008-10-30 19:07:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV ES
08SANSALVADOR1257	ELECTRICITY COMPANIES WORRY ABOUT POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Managers of El Salvador's four private electricity companies are contesting a GOES decree forcing distribution companies to restore subsidized rates without any GOES commitment to pay subsidies to the companies. They believe they are following the law by applying unsubsidized r [...]	2008-11-05 20:34:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EINV ES
08SANSALVADOR1265	FORMER BANKING ASSOCIATION DIRECTOR FORECASTS DIFFICULT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Former banking association director Claudio De Rosa expressed confidence in the banking sector but forecasted a long and difficult two years ahead for the Salvadorian economy. He encouraged the government and Central Bank to seek contingency credit from the International Moneta [...]	2008-11-10 15:27:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV ES
08SANSALVADOR1333	PORT DEVELOPMENT DELAYED AS CONSTRUCTION OF LA UNION PORT NEARS COMPLETION [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-03 15:38:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ES EWWT
08SANSALVADOR1338	DEMARCHE REQUEST: IMPLEMENTATION OF AMENDED LACEY [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-05 16:54:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID EAGR ETRD EINV BTIO ES
08SANSALVADOR1403	ELECTRICITY SUBSIDIES EXTENDED FOR ONE MONTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The GOES agreed on December 18 to pay electric companies $15.7 million (covering one month of electricity subsidies) in order to maintain subsidized electricity rates through January 11, 2009. Again, state-owned generation company (CEL) had to pay the subsidy. Energy and subs [...]	2008-12-23 22:33:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET EINV ES

08SANSALVADOR187	SALVADORAN BANKS "VOLUNTARILY" REDUCE CREDIT CARD [...] (U) SUMMARY. ABANSA, the Salvadoran banking association, announced February 11 that Salvadoran banks had "voluntarily" lowered the maximum interest rate for credit cards from 49 percent to 39 percent. The announcement concluded nearly two months of intense negotiation between the banking sect [...]	2008-02-15 14:24:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON ES
08SANSALVADOR326	ORGANIZATION AND OBJECTIVES OF EL SALVADOR'S NEW CAFTA-DR [...] SUMMARY. The Government of El Salvador's new CAFTA-DR Office at the Ministry of Economy provides a dedicated staff to monitor CAFTA-DR issues, including implementation, follow-on agreements, and consistency with other trade agreements. The new office should help simplify our efforts to monitor [...]	2008-03-17 22:21:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ECON ES
08SANSALVADOR33	ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTORS CONTEST RATES CUTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Electricity distribution companies are contesting a decision by El Salvador's utility regulator to cut power distribution rates for the next five years. The companies have appealed to the Supreme Court and the GOES to reverse the decision to sharply reduce rates beginning on Janu [...]	2008-01-11 16:19:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV EPET ECON ES
08SANSALVADOR419	El SALVADOR: ECONOMIC AND TRADE UPDATE APRIL 2008 [...] Summary. According to Central Bank of El Salvador figures, El Salvador achieved 4.7% GDP growth in 2007, driven by increases in agriculture, the financial sector, retail, and transportation, communications and storage. Inflation remained stable at 4.9%. The current account deficit increased by [...]	2008-04-07 19:57:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV ES
08SANSALVADOR429	BLOCKBUSTER CLOSES, BLAMES PIRACY [...] (SBU) El Salvador's Blockbuster Video franchise closed in March, blaming increased optical disc piracy for its financial woes. The local franchisee claimed a government policy of not targeting the small street vendors has caused an increase in pirated goods, especially in upper and middle inco [...]	2008-04-09 18:07:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV KIPR ES
08SANSALVADOR479	INFLATION IN EL SALVADOR: PERCEPTION VS. REALITY [...] Summary. Officially, El Salvador has the lowest annual inflation rate in Central America, but public perception is the cost of living is rising dramatically. El Salvador's Consumer Price Index (CPI) is based on 17-year-old consumer data, and critics believe that it understates actual inflation [...]	2008-04-18 22:14:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV ES
08SANSALVADOR530	El SALVADOR: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY [...] (U) Per reftel A tasker, Post's responses on the impact of rising food prices are categorized below. Demand ------ 2. (U) The main staples of the population are small red kidney beans, white corn tortillas, and, to a lesser extent, rice. Wheat is used in the production of artisan brea [...]	2008-05-02 21:44:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV ES
08SANSALVADOR71	SECURITIZATION LAW TO GENERATE NEW LIQUIDITY IN MARKET [...] El Salvador's new Securitization Law will allow the conversion of private projects in liquid securities to be traded in the stock market. The Law is expected to energize the capital market and open the financing options for private and public sector projects such as toll roads and new housing [...]	2008-01-28 13:28:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON ES
08SANSALVADOR80	ES INVESTMENT CLIMATE: SLIP SLIDING AWAY? [...] (SBU) Summary. In a January 23 meeting with Presidencia Secretario Tecnico (President Saca,s Chief of Staff) Eduardo SIPDIS Ayala Grimaldi, the Ambassador warned the Saca Administration that its recent actions to curry popular approval were hurting its investment climate. Saca,s promise th [...]	2008-01-28 22:46:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EFIN ECON EINV
08SANSALVADOR826	El SALVADOR 2007 CENSUS PUBLISHED, SHOWS 19% FEWER PEOPLE [...] Summary. El Salvador's 2007 Census, published in May 2008, reduced the number of inhabitants of El Salvador by 19.2%, from previous projections of 7,104,999 to 5,744,113. This reduction in population increases per capita GDP from $2867.40 to $3547.21, raising El Salvador almost to an upper midd [...]	2008-07-10 15:26:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SOCI ETRD EINV ES
08SANSALVADOR830	MINISTER OF ECONOMY REVIEWS CAFTA, BILATERAL ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Economy Yolanda de Gavidia and the Ministry of Economy's (MINEC) senior leadership team discussed CAFTA-DR and bilateral issues from mining to telecommunications with EconCouns on June 20. De Gavidia pushed for efforts to "keep CAFTA-DR alive" and requested U.S. assi [...]	2008-07-11 17:16:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON ES
08SANSALVADOR876	FITCH CENTRAL AMERICA VIEWS ON EL SALVADOR [...] (SBU) Mauricio Choussy, Managing Director of Fitch ratings for Central America, Belize and Panama, is optimistic about export growth and inflation, but pessimistic about the Government of El Salvador's (GOES) fiscal situation because of the spiraling cost of inefficient subsidies. He fears a C [...]	2008-07-24 18:44:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV ES
08SANSALVADOR897	CAFTA-DR RESULTS AFTER ITS SECOND YEAR SHOW CONTINUED [...] Two years after implementation, CAFTA-DR in El Salvador continues to show positive growth. According to Central Bank figures, total exports from El Salvador to the U.S. have increased by 13.7% percent to $2.1 billion, with maquila (apparel) exports increasing by 5% and non-maquila exports gro [...]	2008-07-29 19:34:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV ES
08SANSALVADOR905	ENERGY CRISIS AVERTED - FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary. Electricity generators and distributors met with Econoffs July 29 to warn of possible brownouts and blackouts within two weeks. They feared ripple effects if the GOES called in US-owned electricity distributor AES,s bond that day to cover subsidy payments that the company is fin [...]	2008-07-30 15:08:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG EINV ES
08SANTIAGO1011	CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS WEEK OF NOVEMBER 10 [...] SUMMARY: This continues a series of regular updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. By week's end, November 14, there was a slight decrease in copper prices and relative stability in the exchange rate and stock market. Fitch Ratin [...]	2008-11-17 10:38:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO1024	CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS WEEK OF NOVEMBER 17 [...] SUMMARY: This continues a series of regular updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. By week's end, November 21, there were decreases across the board in copper prices, the exchange rate, and the stock market. Chilean exports dropp [...]	2008-11-21 21:28:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO1044	CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS WEEK OF NOVEMBER 24 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This continues a series of regular updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. By week's end, November 28, copper prices hit a three-year low and the exchange rate and stock market recovered some lost ground. Chile's sta [...]	2008-12-01 10:32:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO1065	CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS WEEK OF DECEMBER 1 [...] SUMMARY: This continues a series of regular updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. By week's end, December 5, copper prices hit a four-year low, the peso fell against the dollar, and the stock market was down. The indicator of mon [...]	2008-12-09 10:41:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO1124	CODEL MEEKS HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF U.S.-CHILE FTA WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives Meeks, Ryan, and Hinojosa underlined the success of the U.S. - Chile Free Trade Agreement to Chile's de facto trade minister. DG Furche echoed their assessment, noting the positive impact of the FTA on Chile. He cited many signs of the benefits of free trade to [...]	2008-12-19 18:34:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO1127	CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR DECEMBER 8-19 [...] SUMMARY: This continues a series of updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. Between December 8 and 19, copper prices hit a new four-year low, the peso rose modestly against the dollar, and the stock market was up slightly. Copper e [...]	2008-12-22 10:45:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO1139	CHILE'S TRANSANTIAGO: SEARCHING FOR CONSENSUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Transportation Minister Rene Cortazar December 17 to request an update on Transantiago. Cortazar explained the latest improvements in the capital city's public transportation system. The GOC is working with the Congress to reach an agreement on funding T [...]	2008-12-23 19:04:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELTN ETRD EINV PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO453	SOUTHERN CONE COM CONFERENCE REVIEWS NEXT STEPS TO [...] (C) Southern Cone COMs, meeting in Santiago April 25-26, and joined by ranking SOUTHCOM, WHA, and OES representatives discussed a wide range of regional issues, including security, economic and envionmental challenges, as well as reviewed consular, immigration and public diplomacy best practi [...]	2008-05-16 15:45:00	Embassy Santiago	SECRET	ECON EINV ENRG FARC IR MARR PGOV PREL PTER
08SANTIAGO812	CHILE'S TRANSANTIAGO: IN STORMY WATERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Treasury A/S Lowery, DAS O'Neill, and Ambassador Simons received a readout on Transantiago from Transportation Minister Cortazar and Finance Minister Velasco September 1. The public transport system is a thorn in the side of the Bachelet Administration, and its woes have increa [...]	2008-09-05 21:01:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP EAID ECON EFIN EINV ELTN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO813	FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD GOVERNOR KROSZNER A HIT IN CHILE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Federal Reserve Board Governor Randall Kroszner presented the keynote address at a Central Bank-hosted conference for representatives of the banking and financial sector in Santiago on August 29. In his first visit to Chile, Kroszner also met with influential business entreprene [...]	2008-09-05 21:01:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL OVIP CI
08SANTIAGO816	TREASURY A/S LOWERY AND CHILEAN MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Treasury A/S Lowery and Minister of Public Works Sergio Bitar agreed, September 1, to a joint-effort on helping countries throughout Latin American and the Caribbean build infrastructure. A/S Lowery proposed an Infrastructure Finance Expert Corps that would draw from U.S. and C [...]	2008-09-09 12:51:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP EAID ECON EFIN EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO818	A SHIFT IN CHILE'S THINKING ON BANK SECRECY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Treasury A/S Lowery, DAS O'Neill, and Ambassador Simons met with Finance Minister Velasco and Special Envoy to the OECD Karen Poniachik, in separate meetings, September 1. A/S Lowery explained the U.S. could not consider a double taxation treaty without a change in Chile's bank [...]	2008-09-10 17:55:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP ECON EFIN EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO879	AMBASSADOR VISITS THE GATEWAY TO PATAGONIA [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador traveled to the southern XI region of Aysen on September 26 to meet with local officials and highlight a recent U.S. Trade Development Agency (TDA) grant intended to help expand and modernize the region's principal airport. The Balmaceda Airport, located near the Aysen [...]	2008-10-01 14:32:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV CI
08SANTIAGO909	CHILE'S ECONOMY: STRONG BUT BEGINNING TO FEEL THE IMPACT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chile's economic fundamentals remain strong, but economic growth will likely slow, negatively impacted by declining trade and investment, relatively high inflation, falling commodity prices, especially copper, and tightening liquidity. The peso's fall against the dollar, low fo [...]	2008-10-10 11:54:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO915	UPDATE ON CHILE'S ECONOMY: OCTOBER 10 SEES CONTINUED FALL [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is the second in a series of reports on major developments in Chile's economy in the face of recent, global financial turmoil. On Friday, October 10, there were continued declines in the price of copper, Chile's exchange rate, and the stock market. Chile's private pension f [...]	2008-10-14 16:59:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO919	UPDATE ON CHILE'S ECONOMY: MARKETS RECOVER ON OCTOBER 13 [...] SUMMARY: This is the third in a series of reports on major developments in Chile's economy in the face of recent, global financial turmoil. On Monday, October 13, there was rebound in copper, the exchange rate, and the Chilean stock market, following the trend of international markets. Small [...]	2008-10-14 20:13:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO921	UPDATE ON CHILE'S ECONOMY: OCTOBER 14 MARKED BY [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is another in a series of updates on major developments in Chile's economy in the face of global financial turmoil. On October 13, the GOC held an all-political party, unity summit on the state of the economy. On October 14, there were further gains in copper prices, the ex [...]	2008-10-15 15:34:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO923	UPDATE ON CHILE'S ECONOMY: OCTOBER 15 MARKETS SLIDE BACK [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is another in a series of updates on major developments in Chile's economy in the face of global financial turmoil. On October 15 copper prices fell and Chile's state-owned copper company projected lower profits. There were also decreases in the exchange rate and the Chilea [...]	2008-10-16 10:52:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO927	UPDATE ON CHILE'S ECONOMY: OCTOBER 16 SEES MIXED DAY IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is another in a series of updates on major developments in Chile's economy in the face of global financial turmoil. On October 16 copper prices and the stock market fell, but the exchange rate appreciated. Finance Minister Andres Velasco said in an interview that the Chilea [...]	2008-10-17 10:38:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO929	UPDATE ON CHILE'S ECONOMY: ANOTHER MIXED DAY FOR MARKETS [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is another in a series of updates on major developments in Chile's economy in the face of global financial turmoil. On October 17 copper prices fell further, the exchange rate appreciated slightly again, and the stock market moved up as well. A Chilean private pension fund [...]	2008-10-20 10:42:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO960	CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS WEEK OF OCTOBER 20 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This continues a series of regular updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. By week's end on Friday, October 24, Chile's economy had seen significant declines in copper prices, the exchange rate, and the stock market. [...]	2008-10-24 21:17:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO975	CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS WEEK OF OCTOBER 27 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This continues a series of regular updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. October 31 is a national holiday and Chilean markets will be closed. By week's end, October 30, there was a recovery in copper prices, contin [...]	2008-10-30 20:43:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO976	CHILEAN CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT DE GREGORIO UPBEAT [...] (C) Chilean Central Bank Governor Jose De Gregorio told Ambassador Simons October 29 he is optimistic about the state of the Chilean economy in the face of the global financial turmoil, noting liquidity was not an issue for Chilean banks and the GOC would not need assistance from international [...]	2008-10-30 21:02:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO979	TREASURY DAS MCDONALD AND CHILEAN MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Treasury DAS McDonald and Minister of Public Works Sergio Bitar agreed, September 30, on next steps to build an Infrastructure Finance Expert Corps with U.S. and Chilean experts. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) Ambassador Simons, U.S. Treasury DAS Larry McDonald, Treasury Associate Dire [...]	2008-11-03 21:37:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP EAID ECON EFIN EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO982	FORMER CHILEAN CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR CORBO [...] (C) Vittorio Corbo told Ambassador Simons October 30 he is confident Chile can withstand the global financial crisis, although there will be a significant impact on the real economy. The Central Bank had built up reserves that could act as a cushion, foreign denominated debt was low, and the [...]	2008-11-04 19:51:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL CI XR
08SANTIAGO985	REQUEST FROM CHILEAN PRESIDENT BACHELET [...] (SBU) President Bachelet called the Ambassador on November 4 at her initiative to convey her congratulations on the U.S. electoral process and to express her desire that our bilateral relations continue to strengthen in the transition to a new U.S. administration. 2. (C) During the convers [...]	2008-11-05 20:00:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO989	CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS WEEK OF NOVEMBER 3 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This continues a series of regular updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. By week's end, November 7, there was a decrease in copper prices, some appreciation in the exchange rate, and losses/gains in the stock market [...]	2008-11-07 21:21:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTODOMINGO119	AMBASSADOR' MEETING WITH PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-23 15:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR EINV DR
08SANTODOMINGO128	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES VENZUELA WITH COLOMBIAN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Fannin and Mrs. Fannin met Colombian Ambassador Luis Emilio Sierra and his wife Liliana Martinez de Sierra for a courtesy call. During the meeting Ambassador Fannin inquired as to the extent of Venezuelan influence in the Dominican Republic. Sierra stated that there is [...]	2008-01-25 15:05:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV PARM PINR SNAR VE DR
08SANTODOMINGO1371	FORBES ENERGY CITES CORRUPTION IN ETHANOL PROJECT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Executives with Forbes Energy met with the Ambassador regarding the company,s planned USD 700 million sugarcane ethanol project straddling the Dominican Republic-Haiti border. They said that while they have already obtained all needed permits for the project, which will be based in Man [...]	2008-08-29 15:08:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG KCOR EINV DR
08SANTODOMINGO141	U.S. CONSORTIUM TO BUY DOMINICAN AIRPORT [...] (C) The operations manager for Aerodom (Dominican Airports International 21st Century),which manages the airport operations concessions for six of the Dominican Republic's eight international airports, including Las Americas International Airport in Santo Domingo, confidentially informed ECON [...]	2008-01-29 13:10:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAIR EINV DR
08SANTODOMINGO149	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL WITH CANADIAN AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador and Mrs. Fannin met Canadian Ambassador Patricia Fortier and her husband Paul Durand, the OAS representative in the Dominican Republic, for a courtesy call. Fortier highlighted the GOC's efforts in stabilizing Haiti and increased role in fighting crime, as well as are [...]	2008-01-30 20:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EINV PINR CA DR
08SANTODOMINGO1611	ELECTRICITY GENERATORS PREDICT A DARK DECEMBER IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A fiscal crisis in the government is causing the GoDR to withhold payments to power generators who are cutting generation capacity as a result of not being able to pay for fuel shipments. As the mostly government-owned electricity distributors fall into further arrears with pri [...]	2008-10-17 20:39:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EINV DR
08SANTODOMINGO1640	GODR LOOKS TO BUY SHELL RETAIL BUSINESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Shell Company Regional Chairman Rafael Maradiaga told EconOff that the government has informed Shell it intends to purchase the company,s retail gasoline business, the country,s largest, for USD 190 million. The government has already signed a purchase agreement to buy Shell's 50 [...]	2008-10-23 19:34:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV ECON DR
08SANTODOMINGO1642	GODR LOOKS TO BUY SHELL RETAIL BUSINESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Shell Company Regional Chairman Rafael Maradiaga told EconOff that the government has informed Shell it intends to purchase the company,s retail gasoline business, the country,s largest, for USD 190 million. The government has already signed a purchase agreement to buy Shell's 50 [...]	2008-10-23 19:34:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV ECON DR
08SANTODOMINGO1666	SANTIAGO: THE OTHER DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Whereas piles of trash and crumbling sidewalks decorate Santo Domingo, Santiago - the DR's second largest city - demonstrates what public-private partnerships and civic pride can achieve. The entrepreneurial spirit of the region was on display during Ambassador Fannin's recent [...]	2008-10-30 14:03:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM EINV ECON DR
08SANTODOMINGO1729	ONE DEAD AS BLACKOUTS LEAD TO PROTESTS [...] (U) Summary: Owed USD 500 million, the country's private power generators have cut back electricity output, causing extensive blackouts throughout the country. This situation has incited violent protests, increased crime and caused economic losses. With GoDR officials saying the government l [...]	2008-11-07 20:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EINV DR
08SANTODOMINGO1973	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT [...] The 2009 Investment Climate Update for the Dominican Republic. ---------------------------------- A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment ---------------------------------- 2. While the Dominican government welcomes foreign investment, significant systemic problems can make investing in the [...]	2008-12-30 14:38:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD OPIC USTR KTDB PGOV DR
08SANTODOMINGO1974	DOMINICAN TOURIST DESTINATIONS WARY AS ECONOMIC [...] Summary: The tourist havens of Punta Cana and La Romana in the eastern part of the Dominican Republic are beginning to feel the effects of the global economic downturn, but the impact remains limited and most new development is continuing. However, Cap Cana, a large scale luxury resort projec [...]	2008-12-30 16:47:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EAID DR
08SAOPAULO115	BRAZILIAN STOCK EXCHANGES BOVESPA, BM&F IN MERGER TALKS [...] SUMMARY: Bovespa Holding, the company that controls and manages the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange, and Brazil's Commodities and Futures Exchange (BM&F) informed Brazil's Securities Commission (CVM) and investors on February 19 that the two companies had initiated negotiations for a possible merger [...]	2008-03-07 17:43:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV BR
08SAOPAULO130	CHINA'S BUSINESS INTERESTS IN BRAZIL RECEIVE MIXED [...] (C) Although bilateral trade between China and Brazil continues to grow, there are increasing frustrations on both sides regarding access to each others' markets. For Brazilian business, China represents the largest opportunities for growth, but also the greatest economic risks, and many poi [...]	2008-03-14 16:02:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL EINV ECON CH BR
08SAOPAULO19	FORMER FINANCE MINISTER ON BRAZILIAN POLITICS AND RELATIONS [...] (SBU) During a January 7 meeting with the Ambassador, former Minister of Finance Antonio Delfim Netto (strictly protect),who is currently working as a political and business consultant, discussed the opposition's victory over the government in a major tax battle and its implications for domes [...]	2008-01-15 16:07:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV ETRD BR VE
08SAOPAULO214	BRAZILIAN STOCK EXCHANGES GET GREEN LIGHT FOR MERGER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Brazil's two stock exchanges announced their intent to merge on March 27. The merger of the Brazilian stock exchange (Bovespa) and the Commodities and Futures Exchange (BM&F) into BM&F Bovespa, S.A. will make the new exchange the third largest in the world in terms of market valu [...]	2008-04-29 15:48:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV AR BR
08SAOPAULO227	SOARING FOOD PRICES WOLDWIDE AND FOOD INFLATION IN BRAZIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Brazil has suffered less from skyrocketing world food prices than other emerging markets. As a net global food supplier, Brazil's agricultural exports earnings are climbing. However, rising global inflation - particularly higher oil prices, which affect both the cost of fertili [...]	2008-05-09 09:17:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EIND EAGR ENRG KTDD EINV BR
08SAOPAULO236	BRAZIL MOSTLY INSULATED FROM U.S. SLOWDOWN [...] (SBU) ummary: Brazil is more insulated from any U.S. drien worldwide economic slowdown than other emergin market countries. Its domestic economy fuels ecnomic growth, Brazilian banks have plenty of captal to lend, and Brazil is increasingly integrated into world markets. Similarly, the Brazil [...]	2008-05-12 10:57:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO240	U.S. ACCOUNTING FIRMS WEIGH-IN ON BRAZIL-U.S. ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 23, 2008 Ambassador Sobel, Treasury Attache, Senior Commercial Officer (SCO) and EconOffs met with the Brazilian-arms of the American accounting firms Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Ernst & Young, and KPMG. The themes of the U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum dominated the discussion, in [...]	2008-05-13 11:44:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN EINV ECON EFIN BTIO BR
08SAOPAULO247	BRAZIL AWARDED INVESTMENT GRADE CREDIT RATING [...] (SBU) Summary: In a surprising move, credit ratings agency Standard and Poor's (S&P) upgraded Brazil's foreign currency sovereign credit rating to investment grade on April 30. Financial analysts had widely speculated that Brazil might earn the upgrade later in 2008, but S&P surprised analys [...]	2008-05-15 15:52:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO248	MST "RED APRIL" SHOWS DECLINE IN ACTIVITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Landless Rural Workers' Movement (MST) is facing a significant change in its organization. The number of its members is slowly decreasing, as is the number of land invasions it carries out. Some observers cite President Lula's "Bolsa Familia" cash transfer program for the p [...]	2008-05-16 09:18:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ELAB PHUM PINS EINV PGOV SOCI ASEC BR
08SAOPAULO264	BRAZILIAN SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND BACK IN PLAY [...] (SBU) Summary: The May 13th announcement by Brazil's Finance Minister seeking to establish a sovereign wealth fund (SWF) for Brazil has been met with criticism from the financial community and concerns by the Central Bank. On the heels of this outpouring of negative press, President Lula ask [...]	2008-05-29 15:12:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO267	SECOND INVESTMENT GRADE CREDIT RATING FOR BRAZIL [...] (U) On May 29, Fitch upgraded Brazil's sovereign risk rating to investment grade, from BB+ (neutral outlook) to BBB- (neutral outlook). According to Fitch, "the impressive improvement in external finances, in part due to higher commodity prices, but also the result of good policy management, a [...]	2008-05-30 17:19:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO268	BRAZILIAN INDUSTRIAL POLICY INCREASES GOB'S HOLD ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Brazilian government announced on May 12 a new industrial policy intended to stimulate economic growth with a goal of growing GDP by five percent per year from 2008 to 2010. The Productive Development Policy incorporates financing and tax breaks to achieve four main object [...]	2008-05-30 17:24:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EIND ETRD KTDD EINV BR
08SAOPAULO3	BIOFUELS ROUNDTABLE FOR A/S SULLIVAN IN SAO PAULO [...] SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs, Daniel Sullivan held a roundtable on biofuels developments on December 12 at the American Chamber of Commerce in Sao Paulo. Biofuels interlocutors applauded the USG's progress on the U.S.-Brazil Me [...]	2008-01-04 10:30:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ENRG EFIN EINV ECON BR
08SAOPAULO301	U.S. AIRLINES DIFFER AHEAD OF BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. aviation companies are of a mixed mind about expanded passenger routes between the United States and Brazil. On the one hand, rising fuel prices and a tightening market globally are weighing on the business decisions of the four U.S. carriers operating in Brazil (American [...]	2008-06-13 15:25:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PREL PGOV ECON EINV BEXP BR
08SAOPAULO31	BRAZIL FACING DIFFICULT YEAR FOR NATURAL GAS SUPPLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Brazilian government began 2008 amid concerns of a possible electricity crisis due to a shortage of natural gas and lack of rain to fill hydropower reservoirs. Energy sector experts have been pointing to a possible shortage of natural gas since 2006 when Bolivia nationalized [...]	2008-01-23 11:39:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ECON PREL BR ENRG
08SAOPAULO314	U.S. SCIENTISTS VISIT BRAZIL FOR MOU ON BIOFUELS [...] (SBU) As part of the U.S.-Brazil Memorandum of Understanding to Advance Cooperation on Biofuels, a U.S. delegation of eight scientists and engineers from the Departments of Energy and Agriculture visited Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro states from May 30 to June 6. Their visit follows a similar [...]	2008-06-18 17:26:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAGR ECON EINV TRGY BR
08SAOPAULO335	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BRAZILIAN OIL CONCESSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 13 meeting with the Ambassador, former Minister of Finance Antonio Delfim Netto (strictly protect),who is currently working as a political and business consultant and widely believed to be an unofficial advisor to President Lula, discussed his views on Brazil's newf [...]	2008-06-26 09:29:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PGOV EINV EAGR BR
08SAOPAULO423	DOHA, ETHANOL, AND THE WTO: WILL BRAZIL FIGHT? [...] (SBU) The collapse of the DOHA round WTO negotiations brings with it a call to continue fighting US agriculture subsidies directly through the WTO. In particular, the Brazilian Foreign Ministry (Itamaraty) may choose this fall to initiate a WTO case against the US tariff on ethanol imports fr [...]	2008-08-04 08:33:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ENRG EAGR ECON EINV TRGY BR
08SAOPAULO443	ETHANOL, THE WTO, AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR: ROOM TO TALK? [...] (SBU) In the event of a WTO dispute over US tariffs on ethanol imports from Brazil, Brazil's largest association of sugar and ethanol producers (UNICA) would likely be asked to pay for the litigation. Conversations with high-ranking UNICA representatives show an organization ready for litigat [...]	2008-08-15 10:34:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAGR ETRD ECON EINV TRGY BR
08SAOPAULO471	JETBLUE FOUNDER LAUNCHES BRAZILIAN AIRLINE AZUL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: By the end of 2008, start-up airline Azul Linhas Aereas (Blue Airlines),the fourth airline started by JetBlue founder David Neeleman, will be poised to initiate its inaugural flight in Brazil. With a business plan replicating JetBlue's, Neeleman is building the new airline wi [...]	2008-09-05 16:17:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV BEXP BR
08SAOPAULO476	BRAZIL'S CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT NOT WORRISOME [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil is set to run its first current account deficit since 2002; however, unlike previous years, the more stable composition of the balance of payments should protect the Brazilian economy from crises. The floating exchange rate, smaller share of foreign currency denominated [...]	2008-09-08 15:57:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO483	BRAZILIAN MONETARY POLICY-MODERATE IMPACT SO FAR [...] Summary: Continuing a tightening cycle, the Brazilian Central Bank (BCB) raised the benchmark interest rate, the SELIC, for the fourth time this year. The 0.75 percentage point increase puts the SELIC at its highest level in nearly two years at 13.75 percent. While curbing domestic demand is [...]	2008-09-15 16:45:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO485	U.S. REAL ESTATE FIRMS BULLISH ON BRAZILIAN MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 22, Ambassador Sobel met with senior executives of U.S. real estate firms operating in Brazil to discuss the competitive environment in the sector. The group, which included residential, commercial and industrial real estate developers, as well as real estate investo [...]	2008-09-17 11:45:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON EFIN ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO486	GLOBAL FINANCIAL VOLATILITY-BRAZIL RESERVED NOT SCARED [...] (SBU) Summary: The unprecedented bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, the fourth largest U.S. investment bank, sent shockwaves across the financial markets, hitting Brazil's stock exchange, the Bovespa, particularly hard. On September 15, the Bovespa fell 7.59 percent, bringing the total losses for [...]	2008-09-17 17:18:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO49	BRAZIL: INFRASTRUCUTRE COOPERATION AND SECURITY ISSUES: [...] (SBU) Ambassador met January 28 with Sao Paulo Governor Jose Serra to follow up on previous discussions of cooperation between the state government and the USG on law enforcement and public security issues. He also conveyed USG's interest in supporting Brazil's efforts to develop its physical [...]	2008-02-01 13:54:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR EINV EFIN BEXP ASEC KJUS EAIR BR
08SAOPAULO522	PROSPECTS FOR BRAZILIAN INVESTMENT AMID CRISIS [...] (U) Summary: Prominent Investment magazine Latin Finance hosted its 6th Annual Brazil Investment Forum in Sao Paulo on September 18. While the original intent of the conference was to explore financing growth and investment in Brazil, taking advantage of Brazil's out-performance of its emerg [...]	2008-09-30 17:39:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO53	WILL BRAZIL JOIN THE SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND CLUB? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the closing months of 2007, Brazil's Finance Minister Guido Mantega proposed establishing a Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) as a vehicle to intervene in foreign exchange markets to curb the appreciation of Brazil's currency. Brazil's controversial plan differs substantially fro [...]	2008-02-07 09:04:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV BR
08SAOPAULO548	BRAZILIAN CENTRAL BANK TAKES PRECAUTIONS FOR BANKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's banking system is well positioned to weather the external financial crisis. Brazilian bank assets are of good quality and the banks themselves, especially the larger institutions, have high levels of liquidity. Because of capital adequacy requirements, Brazilian bank [...]	2008-10-10 16:11:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO581	Brazil: Sao Paulo Mayor Wins Landslide Reelection, Set Up [...] (U) Summary: Democrats (DEM) Party candidate and incumbent Sao Paulo Mayor Gilberto Kassab capped off an extraordinary political comeback with a 61-39 victory over Workers Party (PT) candidate Marta Suplicy in the second round of the mayoral race on 10/26. Kassab's convincing win represents a [...]	2008-10-27 16:25:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO590	GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS HITS BRAZIL'S ENERGY SECTOR [...] (U) Summary: The lack of credit worldwide has hit Brazil's energy sector. Despite the recent discoveries of billions of barrels of oil reserves below Brazil's seafloor, Brazil faces an increasingly uphill battle to turn the government's energy rhetoric into reality. Estimates range that it w [...]	2008-11-03 12:28:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO606	SAO PAULO RACE COULD SET STAGE FOR 2010 PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The October 2008 Sao Paulo mayoral race set the stage for Brazil's 2010 presidential elections, positioning Sao Paulo Governor Jose Serra (Social Democrats - PSDB, opposition) to face off against presidential chief of staff Dilma Rousseff (Workers Party - PT, government),presid [...]	2008-11-07 18:56:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO612	BRAZIL'S PORT LEGISLATION AND SANTOS CASE STUDY [...] (SBU) Summary: Port bottlenecks have historically been a major cost of doing business in Brazil. The GOB is hoping the new Brazilian ports decree, made effective on October 29 allowing private ports concessions and simplifying the regulatory framework regulating the construction and moderniz [...]	2008-11-17 09:36:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO621	DESPITE CRISIS, MORGAN STANLEY BULLISH ON BRAZIL [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 10th, Ambassador Sobel met with the senior Brazil management of Morgan Stanley to discuss the firm's prospects and how the firm is weathering the current financial downturn. Management reported that while they expect mergers and acquisition activity to be brisk, ce [...]	2008-11-21 09:51:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR BR
08SAOPAULO650	DIFFERING BRAZILIAN VOICES ON U.S. ETHANOL POLICY AT [...] (U) Summary: At the Government of Brazil's (GOB) much anticipated International Conference on Biofuels held in Sao Paulo from November 17 to 21, GOB reps, for the most part, stuck to the spirit of the U.S.-Brazil biofuels MOU and kept to promises to remain united with the U.S. on expanding et [...]	2008-12-04 18:16:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO664	AZUL AIRLINES "TAKES-OFF" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Consulate officers attended the inaugural demonstration flight of new low-cost Brazilian airline, Azul Airlines, on December 2. While Azul had originally wanted its hub to be from the local Santos Dumont airport in Rio de Janeiro, they will be operating from the Campinas airpo [...]	2008-12-12 17:29:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV BEXP BR
08SAOPAULO679	ECONOMIC CRISIS HELPS SERRA POSITION FOR 2010 [...] (C) Summary: The PSDB leadership sees an opportunity for their party as the ongoing global economic crisis hits Brazil. In this context, Sao Paulo state governor Jose Serra, the most likely PSDB nominee right now, has started a campaign of economic activism at the state level, promoting prog [...]	2008-12-19 17:41:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO680	BRAZIL'S BUSINESS OUTLOOK FOR 2009 NOT GOOD [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite Brazil's impressive September economic performance, most of the domestic indicators show that 2009 will be a difficult year. Contacts across Brazilian business sectors told the Consul General that they are preparing for difficult times in 2009. Early indicators of co [...]	2008-12-19 18:07:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO86	BRAZIL'S CENTRAL BANK SETS NEW RESERVE REQUIREMENTS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Brazilian Central Bank (CB) has established new reserve requirements on commercial leasing operations in order to close a loophole that allowed companies to avoid Brazil's high reserve requirements. This action will also serve to tighten credit, control inflation, improve e [...]	2008-02-22 12:52:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV BR
08SAOPAULO90	BRAZIL CIVAIR: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH US AIRLINES [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 19 the Ambassador met with representatives from U.S. carriers American, Delta, and United Airlines to elicit their views on the Sao Paulo International Airport Guarulhos (GRU) parking fee dispute, follow up on bilateral aviation negotiations, discuss the domestic and i [...]	2008-02-26 10:33:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PREL PGOV ECON EINV BEXP BR
08SARAJEVO1426	BOSNIA: SARAJEVO SELLS ELECTRICITY SURPLUS DESPITE [...] (U) Summary: Sarajevo-based electricity distributor Elektroprivreda BiH (EPBiH) announced their intention to sell close to 200 mln USD worth of surplus electricity to prospective utilities and electricity trading companies. Although profits from electricity surplus would be a boon for the Fede [...]	2008-09-08 14:44:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG EPET PGOV PREL BK
08SARAJEVO1600	BOSNIA: GENERAL ELECTRIC BALKS AT DODIK'S [...] (C) Summary: Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Dodik announced to the press on October 3 that General Electric will invest 400 million Euros into the healthcare and energy sectors in the RS. The announcement took GE representatives by surprise, who confirmed that they will sign a non-bindin [...]	2008-10-15 09:57:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PINR PREL BK
08SARAJEVO1623	BOSNIA: U.S.-EU TABLE TRANSCO PROPOSAL; UNEVEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Federation PM Brankovic on October 14 and Republika Srpska (RS) PM Dodik on October 16 to discuss a joint U.S.-EU proposal to resolve problems with state managed electricity transmission company, Electroprijenos (TRANSCO),which had prompted RS government t [...]	2008-10-20 12:32:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EINV ENRG PINR PREL BK
08SARAJEVO1649	BOSNIA: NATURAL GAS PIPELINE PROJECTS RUNNING ON [...] (C) Summary: After years of discussions (Ref A),there is still no new natural gas pipeline in BiH to provide consumers an alternative to "mazut," a heavy, polluting fuel oil, or coal or wood, which are all used for heating in the winter. The only existing pipeline in the country services S [...]	2008-10-23 12:39:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG PREL BK
08SARAJEVO1685	BOSNIA: EBRD ATTEMPTS TO REVIVE THE 5C CORRIDOR [...] SUMMARY: The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has devised a plan to kick start the Corridor 5C highway project in the Federation. Although traditional EBRD loans coordinate primarily with state officials and require sovereign backing and guarantees to repay the loan, E [...]	2008-11-03 10:39:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV BK
08SARAJEVO1707	BOSNIA: DODIK REJECTS US-EU PROPOSAL FOR TRANSCO [...] (SBU) Post received a response from Prime Minister of the Republika Srpka on Friday, October 31 that answered the Ambassador English and EU Ambassador Kourkoulas, joint letter proposing reform of Electroprenos (TRANSCO),the state-run electricity transmission company (reftel). The English tra [...]	2008-11-05 14:54:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG PINR PREF PREL BK
08SARAJEVO301	BOSNIA: SILAJDZIC ON POLICE REFORM, ENERGY AND THE [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Bosniak Presidency member Haris Silajdzic February 11 to discuss police reform developments and plans for Silajdzic's upcoming assumption of the Presidency Chairmanship. Silajdzic asserted his SBiH was solidly behind him in his support for the police reform legisla [...]	2008-02-14 17:23:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EINV ENRG EPET BK
08SARAJEVO302	BOSNIA: SILAJDZIC ON POLICE REFORM, ENERGY AND THE [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Bosniak Presidency member Haris Silajdzic February 11 to discuss police reform developments and plans for Silajdzic's upcoming assumption of the Presidency Chairmanship. Silajdzic asserted his SBiH was solidly behind him in his support for the police reform legisla [...]	2008-02-15 06:44:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EINV ENRG EPET BK

08SCTION02OF02SAOPAULO335	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BRAZILIAN OIL CONCESSION [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-26 09:29:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PGOV EINV EAGR BR
08SEOUL1319	NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - June 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-01 23:34:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD SENV SOCI KS KN
08SEOUL1480	FSC CHAIRMAN ON LONE STAR, BANK PRIVATIZATION AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 24 meeting with the Ambassador, Financial Services Commission (FSC) Chairman Jun Kwang-woo confirmed press reports earlier that day that the FSC was considering soon launching its review of Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC)'s qualifications as majority share [...]	2008-07-25 06:08:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV KS
08SEOUL2177	MOFAT-WHA CONSULTATIONS: ROK'S EXPANDING TIES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: South Korea is actively expanding ties with Latin America through trade, investment, overseas development assistance and high-level engagement, according to ROK Foreign Ministry officials who met with WHA A/S Thomas A. Shannon on October 15 for consultations. The Ministry's Lati [...]	2008-11-06 22:38:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EINV ETRD SK BR BL CU CI MX PE
08SEOUL2289	Visit of San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and is not/not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: President of the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank, Janet Yellen, met with a wide range of ROKG financial authorities, market actors, and economists during her November 17-19 [...]	2008-12-01 05:23:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KS
08SEOUL2293	SOUTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - NOVEMBER 2008 [...] (U) Korea Announces 33 Trillion Won Stimulus Package: On November 3, the South Korean government announced a 33 trillion won (approximately USD 25 billion) stimulus package (equal to 3.7 percent of 2007 GDP). The package includes 11 trillion won (USD 8.5 billion) in additional fiscal spending [...]	2008-12-01 06:52:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS
08SEOUL2408	NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - NOVEMBER 2008 [...] (U) DPRK Bond Prices Low and Falling: Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported November 7 by quoting Exotix Limited, a United Kingdom-based investment bank, regarding North Korean bond prices -- "The price has fallen since July this year. The market then was in the mid 20 cents, but it is now in the te [...]	2008-12-16 05:56:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
08SEOUL831	THE DPRK ECONOMY: UPDATE ON KAESONG INDUSTRIAL [...] (C) Most of the South Korean firms operating in the DPRK's Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) remain satisfied with business conditions there, according to ROKG officials and company representatives. Newly arriving companies also seem confident about their investment plans over the longer term. [...]	2008-04-25 06:55:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PREL KS KN
08SEOUL988	SEOUL RESPONSE: PARTICIPATION IN INT'L COMPACT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-14 07:57:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IZ
08SHANGHAI121	SENATOR MCCASKILL'S SHANGHAI VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Claire McCaskill(D-MO) visited Shanghai on March 22-25 and met with Shanghai Deputy Mayor Tang Dengjie and Shanghai Municipal Peoples Congress (SMPC) Deputy Chairman Zhou Yupeng. Deputy Mayor Tang discussed Shanghai's goals of becoming the commercial, trade, finance and [...]	2008-03-27 02:22:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV EAIR PREL OREP CH
08SHANGHAI18	SHANGHAI MAGLEV - A LONG HISTORY OF CONTROVERSY [...] (SBU) Summary: Shanghai's magnetic levitation train (Maglev),has not only been costly in financial terms but is now costing the city the support of many of its residents. On January 13, Shanghai residents staged a large-scale demonstration against the proposed extension of the Maglev train [...]	2008-01-16 08:37:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ELTN KIPR ELAB PHUM CH
08SHANGHAI239	LIANYUNGANG - ENTREPOT FOR JIANGSU'S LESS DEVELOPED NORTH [...] (SBU) Summary: During the Consul General's June 12-13 visit to the city of Lianyungang in northern Jiangsu Province, Mayor Xu Yiping extolled the virtues of Lianyungang's strategic location, noting the city has received a large amount of attention and financial support from the Provincial and [...]	2008-06-25 05:27:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EINV KIPR ELAB ETRD ENRG EWWT CH
08SHANGHAI28	SHANGHAI STOCK MARKET: UP, UP, AND A BUMP: WHERE TO NEXT? [...] (SBU) Summary: The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) rose 97 percent in 2007, adding to its 130 percent gain in 2006. The market was characterized by volatility and sharp swings. However, at the close of business in 2007, two-thirds of stocks listed were at historical highs and local investor con [...]	2008-01-24 09:18:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV CH
08SHANGHAI284	SHANGHAI ENERGY EXPERTS - COAL IS KING [...] (SBU) Summary. With summer peak demand for power approaching in East China, another round of possible thermal coal shortages is causing great concern. Industry experts said the main bottleneck in China's thermal coal supply is transportation, although coal exports (encouraged by a gap betwe [...]	2008-07-28 09:06:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON ETTC EINV CH
08SHANGHAI295	SHANGHAI ENERGY EXPERTS: FUEL SHORTAGES EXIST, BUT NOT IN [...] (SBU) Summary. According to Shanghai energy experts, price controls are primarily to blame for gasoline and diesel shortages. However, because Chinese oil companies control both up and downstream processes in fuel production, they can more easily cope with price controls then power generators [...]	2008-07-31 06:18:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON ETTC EINV CH
08SHANGHAI298	NANJING LEADERSHIP SEEKS CLOSER U.S. TIES [...] (SBU) Summary. During the Consul General's July 30 visit to Nanjing, Mayor Jiang Hongkun and Vice Mayor Jin Daoqiang pushed for an increased U.S. commercial and diplomatic presence in Nanjing. A U.S. Consulate in Nanjing would be useful in deepening cultural and economic ties said Mayor Jian [...]	2008-08-01 09:30:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EINV KIPR ELAB ETRD ENRG EWWT CH
08SHANGHAI309	CONSUL GENERAL'S MEETINGS WITH JIANGSU PARTY SECRETARY LIANG [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with the Consul General (CG) on July 30, Jiangsu Party Secretary Liang Baohua and Governor Luo Zhijun expressed their appreciation for the CG's efforts to increase ties between Jiangsu Province and the United States. Like Nanjing municipal officials (see reft [...]	2008-08-06 00:57:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV KIPR CH
08SHANGHAI320	ZHEJIANG LEADERS CONFIDENT IN TRADE TIES WITH UNITED STATES [...] (SBU) Zhejiang Province enjoys a good relationship with the United States built on a foundation of strong trade ties, provincial and local officials told the Consul General on his farewell trip to Hangzhou, Zhejiang's provincial capital on August 6-7. Zhejiang officials remain concerned that t [...]	2008-08-13 05:14:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ELAB ETRD EINV ENRG CH
08SHANGHAI330	SHANGHAI IP ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES MOVE FORWARD [...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 8 farewell visit to Shanghai, Senior IPR Attachi Mark Cohen engaged Shanghai IP Administration (SIPA),Shanghai IPR Complaint Center, and Shanghai Administration of Industry and Commerce (SAIC) officials on current initiatives and opportunities for cooperation [...]	2008-08-15 02:54:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON EINV PGOV CH
08SHANGHAI372	HIGH SPEED RAIL FURTHER INTEGRATES EAST CHINA [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past year, East China has embarked on a quest for further intra-regional connectivity and economic integration through faster passenger rail transport. On July 15, Shanghai and Zhejiang Province announced plans for a new high-speed rail link that will connect Hangzho [...]	2008-09-04 08:45:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN PGOV ETRD EINV ECIN CH
08SHANGHAI399	CHINESE AUTHORITIES NERVOUS OVER AIG FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: According to an American International Group (AIG) General Insurance Company China high level official in Shanghai, Chinese regulatory authorities are concerned about AIG's stability in China. The State Council ordered the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) to request [...]	2008-09-18 10:22:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL CH
08SHANGHAI402	SHANGHAI AUTHORITIES ALSO DEMAND ASSURANCES FROM AIG [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-19 10:19:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL CH
08SHANGHAI411	SOME SHANGHAI BANKS NERVOUS ABOUT US TRANSACTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. Some Chinese banks are refusing to increase their exposure to U.S. bank debt since the Lehman failure, although there does not appear to be a broad government policy in effect, said several U.S. banks with operations in Shanghai contacted on September 22. End summary. Some [...]	2008-09-22 09:13:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL
08SHANGHAI436	HANGZHOU VICE MAYOR DISCUSSES FINANCIAL TURMOIL, CPC PLENUM, [...] (SBU) Tong Guili, Vice Mayor of Hangzhou, told the Consul General on October 9 that the city's exports have decreased in the face of a challenging economic environment, and the municipal government has introduced several export promotion measures to counter the effects of the global financial c [...]	2008-10-09 11:05:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD EINV KIPR CH
08SHANGHAI441	SHANGHAI WTO CENTER DIRECTOR SPEAKS ON THE FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (SBU) In an October 9 meeting with the Consul General, Shanghai WTO Affairs Consultation Center Director Wang Xinkui emphasized that the global financial crisis will have a deep effect on the Chinese economy, particularly the trading sector. It will also have significant implications for the g [...]	2008-10-14 09:07:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD EINV WTRO CH
08SHANGHAI449	ANHUI OPTIMISTIC IT WILL WEATHER ECONOMIC STORM [...] (SBU) Anhui Provincial officials told visiting Congenoffs on October 14-15 that the global economic slowdown has affected the province but not as severely as in coastal provinces. The most significant impact of the economic situation is likely to be felt by Anhui's rural-to-urban migrants work [...]	2008-10-21 02:17:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ELAB ETRD EIND EINV CH
08SHANGHAI450	STONES FROM OTHER HILLS SERVE TO POLISH THE JADE: SUZHOU'S [...] (U) Summary: Suzhou Mayor Yan Li invited Shanghai-based diplomats, business people and sister city reps to a two-day event Sept. 26-27 showcasing the city as a model of investment-friendly and harmonious development. Although billed as a an opportunity for the city to seek advice from outside [...]	2008-10-21 04:35:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV PGOV PREL ETRD ECON SOCI CH
08SHANGHAI467	YIWU: MIXED PICTURE FOR CHINESE EXPORTERS, MANY SHIFTING [...] (SBU) Summary: Zhejiang Province's Yiwu, home to one of the world's largest wholesale commodity markets, has experienced a general downturn in its export-oriented economy. However, local government officials remain cautiously optimistic, saying the global economic crisis "presents a threat a [...]	2008-10-29 10:01:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ELAB ETRD EFIN EINV CH
08SHANGHAI477	SHANGHAI GOVERNMENT RESTRUCTURING FOLLOWS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) The CPC Central Committee and the State Council recently approved Shanghai's plan on restructuring municipal government agencies. The restructuring is in line with the Central Government's administrative reorganization in March 2008 at the National People's Congress, which also was known [...]	2008-11-04 02:47:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ETRD EINV EAGR SENV CH
08SHANGHAI499	SHANGHAI STOCK EXCHANGE OFFICIAL HOLDS DIM VIEW OF LOCAL [...] (C) Summary. A well-placed Shanghai financial professional, James Liu of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE),offered a series of candid views on Shanghai's economic prospects, in particular the real estate sector, Chinese stocks, and the U.S. financial bailout plan. Liu is as critical of Sh [...]	2008-11-14 09:57:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV EWWT PGOV PREL CH
08SHANGHAI500	PTO-SPONSORED IP PROGRAM BUILDS BRIDGES IN EAST CHINA [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 16-17 U.S. Patent and Trademark Office-sponsored trip to Shanghai and Nanjing, Judge Ronald S.W. Lew from the United States District Court for the Central District of California and Matthew J. Bassiur, Criminal Division Trial Attorney and IP Liaison to Industr [...]	2008-11-14 11:42:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD EINV EFIN CH
08SHANGHAI515	SHANGHAI ACADEMICS ON CHINA-INDIA RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai scholars believe China-India relations are improving with high-level visits, military cooperation, and increasing bilateral trade, but unresolved border issues and political distrust are hampering further progress. Many Indian Government officials still maintain a "Cold [...]	2008-11-26 08:25:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PARM EINV CH IN PK
08SHANGHAI543	POWER CONSUMPTION DOWN IN SHANGHAI DUE TO ECONOMIC DOWNTURN [...] (SBU) Summary: Energy contacts in Shanghai say power consumption in Shanghai has slowed significantly the past few months due to the economic downturn. In contrast to the situation earlier this year, there is now an "oversupply" of coal in Shanghai, said one analyst, who also thinks power pri [...]	2008-12-11 08:38:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EINV PGOV CH
08SHANGHAI544	POWER CONSUMPTION DOWN IN SHANGHAI DUE TO ECONOMIC DOWNTURN [...] (SBU) Summary: Energy contacts in Shanghai say power consumption in Shanghai has slowed significantly the past few months due to the economic downturn. In contrast to the situation earlier this year, there is now an "oversupply" of coal in Shanghai, said one analyst, who also thinks power pri [...]	2008-12-11 09:08:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EINV ENRG PGOV
08SHANGHAI545	IPR INTERNET PROGRAM BUILDS CAPACITY IN EAST CHINA [...] (SBU) Summary: During a November 20-21 U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO)-sponsored trip to Nanjing and Shanghai, Department of Justice Trial Attorney Tyler Newby, Federal Bureau of Investigation Supervisory Special Agent Kiffa Shirley, and PTO Trade Policy Analyst Susan Tong held two cap [...]	2008-12-15 04:48:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON EINV PGOV TINT CH
08SHANGHAI546	SHANGHAI LEADS OUT ON JUDICIAL IP PROTECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Building on its reputation as high caliber center for judicial intellectual property (IP) protection, Shanghai has taken a number of measures since October to highlight and strengthen its judicial capabilities. On October 29, Shanghai held a ceremony for the establishment of t [...]	2008-12-15 05:26:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON EINV PGOV CH
08SHANGHAI549	NBA FULL COURT PRESS IN SHANGHAI [...] (SBU) The National Basketball Association (NBA) continues its rapid expansion in China. The NBA is attempting to transform itself from a marketing giant in the Chinese market into a financial partner dedicated to running arenas and domestic basketball leagues. Executing this game plan has led [...]	2008-12-16 01:18:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV SCUL CH
08SHANGHAI551	THE BUMPY ROAD OF EAST CHINA LOGISTICS [...] (SBU) Summary: During a November 17-21 visit to Shanghai, Department of Transportation Office of International Standards Office Hazardous Materials Safety Director Duane Pfund and Assistant Director Ryan Paquet met with three U.S. logistics companies and attended the China World Logistics Confe [...]	2008-12-16 10:28:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN PGOV ETRD EINV ENRG CH
08SHANGHAI572	LEADING INDIAN IT COMPANIES IN SHANGHAI IMPACTED BY GLOBAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Major Indian IT outsourcing firms in Shanghai said their China businesses have been hit hard by the global economic downturn, as multinational and domestic clients cancel or defer projects. The boom of recent years has come to a screeching halt, with revenue growth falling short [...]	2008-12-23 06:36:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV CH IN
08SHANGHAI578	KMT-CCP TALKS: VIEWS OF SHANGHAI ACADEMICS [...] (C) Summary: Poloff spoke with several Shanghai academics about the 4th annual KMT-CCP forum which took place in Shanghai December 20-21. One academic who participated in the forum said the talks proceeded "smoothly" and "without big surprises." The forum focused on enhancing cross-Strait eco [...]	2008-12-24 07:42:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EFIN EINV CH TW
08SHANGHAI581	ECONOMIC CRISIS CRIMPING REVENUES OF ZHEJIANG EXPORT HUB [...] (SBU) Summary: Slowing economic activity in Ningbo, a major port in Zhejiang Province, is leading to much lower revenue growth, which in turn will impact Central Government finances, according to the chief economist of the local planning commission. Ningbo's growth is on a declining trend, a [...]	2008-12-31 06:11:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV
08SHENYANG15	BRILLIANCE EXPANDS FINANCIAL AND COMPONENT [...] (C) Summary. Shenyang's Huachen Brilliance Automotive, which plans to enter the U.S. market later this year, has completed negotiations and regulatory steps to establish a joint-venture automotive-finance corporation with U.S.-based GE Money. The joint venture will begin operations in China [...]	2008-01-25 03:30:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EPIT EFIN PROV WTRO CH
08SHENYANG169	Labor Contract Law Slows Hiring and Investment in China's [...] (SBU) Summary: China's Labor Contract Law has had an uneven impact on major foreign and domestic businesses in Northeast China. While many of the results are seen as beneficial to labor, the law has had some unintended consequences detrimental to workers interests. Both companies and their em [...]	2008-11-26 05:08:00	Consulate Shenyang	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN ELAB PGOV PREL HK CH
08SHENYANG84	HAO YUE ISLAMIC BEEF REVAMPS DOMESTIC STRATEGY TO [...] Summary. Hao Yue Islamic Beef Company (one of the largest beef companies in China) has changed its sales strategy in order to control retail prices and take advantage of beef's increasing importance in the Chinese diet. While Hao Yue previously serviced the domestic market by selling to who [...]	2008-06-24 00:54:00	Consulate Shenyang	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EAGR CH
08SINGAPORE1110	Singapore In Recession, Loosens Monetary Policy [...] (U) Summary. Singapore officials announced October 10 that third quarter GDP growth was a negative 0.5 percent, which on top of negative second quarter numbers placed the country into a technical recession. Analysts blamed the poor performance on declining industrial production and falling e [...]	2008-10-16 10:57:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV SN
08SINGAPORE115	APEC - GOS REVIEWS 2009 GOALS WITH SENIOR OFFICIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore's main focus when it takes over the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) chair in 2009 from the current chair, Peru, will be regional economic integration and laying the groundwork for an eventual Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (FTAAP),Ministry of Trade and [...]	2008-01-30 04:04:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV APEC SN
08SINGAPORE1168	FTA REVIEW HIGHLIGHTS BENEFITS, UNRESOLVED ISSUES [...] Summary/Action Items: Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Barbara Weisel praised the U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA) during an annual review of the agreement held via digital videoconference (DVC) October 10, citing its contribution to increased bilateral trade and investment in the [...]	2008-11-04 07:35:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN EINV ECPS SENV EAGR KTEX KIPR SN
08SINGAPORE1339	SINGAPORE EYEING NUCLEAR ENERGY FOR THE FUTURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Singapore supports the use of nuclear energy for electricity generation, but it currently lacks the land space and technological expertise within its workforce to safely build and operate a nuclear facility. The GOS and other local energy experts view nuclear power as a viable [...]	2008-12-23 09:20:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ETRD ECON SN
08SINGAPORE143	IMF REFORM: ECONOMISTS, OFFICIALS AT SINGAPORE CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Asian economists and officials attending a Singapore conference agreed that the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) voting and board structure must change to become more representative of Asia's dynamic economies. Despite low participation by Asian officials and regulators in [...]	2008-02-06 09:13:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV SN
08SINGAPORE332	SINGAPORE'S FY2008 BUDGET: RECORD SURPLUS FUNDS MORSELS [...] (U) Summary: Coming off a year of record-setting revenues and a fiscal surplus of 14.8 percent of GDP, the GOS budget disappointed analysts by providing a package of only S$1.8 billion (US$ 1.28 billion) in "giveaways" for lower and middle income groups, and leaving the personal income tax ra [...]	2008-03-17 05:10:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB EINV PGOV SOCI KTDB SN
08SINGAPORE34	SINGAPORE - 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) In response to reftel instructions, this message is Post's draft chapter of the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for Singapore. As requested, we have also provided via email a Microsoft Word version of the document to EB/IFD/OIA. 2. (SBU) Begin text of Statement: Singapore 2008 [...]	2008-01-10 07:27:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR
08SKOPJE139	U.S. COMPANY A PIONEER INVESTOR IN MACEDONIA [...] (SBU) In March the U.S. multi-national company Johnson Controls will begin production at its factory in Macedonia's free trade zone (FTZ) and will start exporting electronic circuit boards to major automobile companies. The Johnson Controls factory represents a breakthrough for Macedonia - th [...]	2008-02-20 16:14:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EIND PGOV MK
08SKOPJE312	MACEDONIA: 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] Post is aware of one outstanding claim of a U.S. person against the Government of Macedonia (GOM). This dispute remains unchanged from last year's report (ref B). 2. a. Claimant A. b. This dispute arose in April 2007, when the GOM decided to end a concession previously granted to Claim [...]	2008-05-09 08:00:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV MK
08SKOPJE675	MACEDONIA: COUNTRY DUCKS FIRST WAVE OF FINANCIAL CRISIS, [...] The first wave of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) passed Macedonia with no significant impact owing largely to the country's limited links to major global financial markets. However, postponed foreign direct investment, withdrawn portfolio investment from the Macedonian Stock Exchange (MSE),[...]	2008-11-06 15:29:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PREL EAID MK
08SOFIA165	APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: GTI BULGARIA [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post has no derogatory information on GTI Bulgaria, TRE-P E.O.O.D., or their known shareholders. Post has been aware of this potential hot zinc galvanizing project for some time and looks forward to receiving additional details about it. We are unaware of any specific info [...]	2008-03-21 13:35:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN BU
08SOFIA378	APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: CREDIA-DIRECT [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post has no derogatory information on Credia Direct Bulgaria, CreditLand, Moite Pari, FinZoom or on the principal investor and senior manager Deyan Stoikov Vasilev (or Vassilev). Our Economic Specialist knows Mr. Vassilev from their days at the American University in Bulgar [...]	2008-06-09 14:54:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFN BU
08SOFIA406	BULGARIA: 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] The United States government is aware of two (2) claims of U.S. persons that may be outstanding against the Government of Bulgaria (GOB). 2. List is keyed according to reftel instructions. (A.) Claimant A (ongoing case) (B.) 2000 (C.) In 1999, Claimant A established a subsidiary [...]	2008-06-17 14:39:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KIDE CASC PGOV BU
08SOFIA44	BULGARIA 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-17 09:47:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR BU
08SOFIA667	OPIC ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENT FUND IN BULGARIA [...] The following is post's evaluation of the role of OPIC's proposed renewable energy fund in Bulgaria, as requested in reftel. OPIC's proposed environmental fund would enhance Bulgaria's ability to meet ambitious EU targets on climate change. We understand that through its support for the Glo [...]	2008-10-20 14:43:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EINV PGOV BU
08STATE108377	PAKISTANI NON-PAPERS ON ENHANCING PAKISTAN-U.S. [...] (U) During the U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue on September 29, Foreign Secretary Bashir shared with the U.S. side two non-papers; on the Pakistan-U.S. Partnership and on the Strategic Dialogue process (text below). Bashir said the U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue is critical but needs more [...]	2008-10-09 15:07:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PK EFIN ENRG EAID ECON EINV
08STATE108393	U.S.-PAKISTAN STRATEGIC DIALOGUE ADDRESSES [...] (U) This cable summarizes the economic overview session of the U.S. Pakistan Strategic Dialogue plenary session as well as economic-related issues raised during Deputy Secretary Negroponte and Foreign Minister Qureshi,s small group meeting prior to the plenary session. Participants in the sm [...]	2008-10-09 15:55:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL EFIN ENRG EAID ECON EINV
08STATE108452	U.S.-PAKISTAN STRATEGIC DIALOGUE DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Negroponte and Foreign Minister Qureshi hosted the third U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue on September 29 in Washington, D.C. Reftels describe sessions and economic and agriculture issues. On security cooperation, the delegations discussed in detail the Coaliti [...]	2008-10-09 17:21:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PK PREL EFIN ENRG EAID ECON EINV
08STATE111287	A/S SULLIVAN MEETING WITH AFGHANISTAN MINISTER OF [...] (C) Summary: In an October 15 meeting with A/S Sullivan, Afghanistan's Minister of Finance Ahady spoke of his primary concern that the global financial crisis might mean less international donor assistance for Afghanistan. He also asked for USG assistance in securing greater debt relief from [...]	2008-10-17 21:34:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN EINV
08STATE115429	PAKISTANI DELEGATION INFORMS U/S JEFFERY OF [...] (C) Summary. In an October 11 meeting with U/S Jeffery, Pakistani Advisor to the Prime Minister on Finance and Economic Affairs Shaukat Tareen said that he is in talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to reach an understanding on a formal Fund program before departing Washington, [...]	2008-10-29 19:32:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN EINV PK
08STATE117469	DOL HOSTS SIXTH U.S.-VIETNAM LABOR DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Under Secretary of Labor for International Affairs (DUS) Charlotte Ponticelli hosted the sixth annual labor dialogue with Vietnam's Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) on October 17, 2008, in Washington. MOLISA Vice Minister Nguyen Thanh Hoa led the [...]	2008-11-04 20:33:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EAID ECON ETRD EINV WTRO VM
08STATE120951	U.S.-EU INVESTMENT DIALOGUE MEETING, OCTOBER 14, [...] Sensitive but unclassified, entire text. 2. (SBU) At the third face-to-face meeting of the U.S.-EU Investment Dialogue (EUID) in Washington, D.C., U.S. and Commission participants agreed that soverign wealth funds (SWF) must demonstrate their commercial orientation, rather than pursue stra [...]	2008-11-14 13:21:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN ECIN ECON EFIN ETRD EINV
08STATE123907	REQUEST FOR INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2009 [...] All Posts/American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) worldwide should respond with their 2009 Investment Climate Statements via front channel cable and unclassified email by January 15, 2009 This tasker has been cleared with regional bureaus, S/ES, and interagency. 2. In the context of U.S. bilat [...]	2008-11-21 20:42:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV
08STATE127526	VIETNAM LABOR DELEGATION VISIT TO WASHINGTON: [...] (SBU) Summary: A delegation from the Vietnamese Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) participated in a series of informal meetings organized by the Hanoi-based USAID-funded Support for Trade Acceleration Project (STAR),in the Washington area from October 20 to 22. The meet [...]	2008-12-03 22:22:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EAID ECON ETRD WTRO EINV ECPS VM
08STATE14798	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON THE [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the February 14 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Mr. Chairman, Thirty-two years ago, the signatories to the Helsinki Final Act introduced the OSCE's comprehensive security model to the world. They proclaimed that [...]	2008-02-13 15:11:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON OSCE PREL EINV ETRD EU
08STATE15117	MONTERREY CONSENSUS: BACKGROUND AND 2008 REVIEW [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (SBU) Summary. The 2002 Monterrey Consensus on Financing for Development (FfD) was a marked accomplishment for the U.S. and other donor countries as it recognizes the importance of a balanced approach to development. It emphasizes [...]	2008-02-14 01:22:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN ETRD ECIN EINV PGOV UN
08STATE20660	NON-DOM TAX ISSUE: WASHINGTON GUIDANCE [...] Per refel, post requested guidance on proposed talking points to respond to questions from H.M.Treasury (HMT) regarding the proposed taxation of non-domiciled foreigners in the UK, including Americans. As post noted, Amcits are chiefly concerned about possible double taxation and timing. Post [...]	2008-02-28 23:56:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD CASC EINV UK
08STATE2712	KUDOS FOR JAPANESE MISSION REPORTING [...] (U) We in Washington once again wish to take this opportunity to recognize the consistently outstanding reporting produced by Embassy Tokyo and the consulates in Japan. Your insightful and timely analyses really do influence the way that U.S. policy is made. We would like to call special att [...]	2008-01-09 22:54:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	EAGR EAIR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL JA
08STATE29098	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE ACTIVITIES OF BANK MELLI, BANK [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND ---------------------- 2. (S) This cable provides additional information for addressees to deliver along with the information in REF A. ------------------------ OBJECTIVE/ACTION RE [...]	2008-03-20 14:45:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PARM PGOV PREL KNNP MNUC IR
08STATE30247	INFORMATION ON IRAN,S USE OF BANK MELLAT SEOUL FOR PROLIFERATION ACTIVITIES [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-24 15:46:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	ECON EFIN ETRD KNNP PARM PGOV PREL EINV MNUC IR
08STATE43799	DEMARCHE: PARTICIPATION IN INT'L COMPACT WITH [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph five. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) The first anniversary International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Ministerial will be held in Stockholm, Sweden on May 29, 2008. The meeting will be hosted by the Government of Sweden and co-chaired [...]	2008-04-24 23:39:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IZ
08STATE52635	ENGAGING GULF STATES ON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE [...] (C) This is an action request; please see paragraphs four and five. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Over the past several years, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the UAE, and Qatar (hereafter referred to as the G-4) have significantly increased foreign assistance to a wide range of countries i [...]	2008-05-16 20:36:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECIN ECON EFIN EINV PGOV AE KU SA QA
08STATE61447	TWELFTH UN CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)'s quadrennial conference took place in Accra, Ghana, April 20-25. On balance, its outcome document, the 221 paragraph Accra Accord represents progress for developed countries and UN reform, and can be used as a reference doc [...]	2008-06-07 00:14:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON ETRD ECIN EFIN EINV TSPL SMIG PREL ELAB
08STATE72005	JOINT LETTER TO G8 ON MATERNAL HEALTH AND INFANT [...] (C) Summary: Norway,s Charge d,Affaires Aud Kolberg met EEB PDAS David Nelson July 2 to present a letter (text in para 7) from leaders of Norway and six other countries to Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda urging Japan to lead the G8 in devoting greater attention and funding to combating materna [...]	2008-07-03 21:38:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	BR CI EAID EINV ENRG ETTC JA LI MZ NO SG SOCI TZ
08STATE90046	SUDAN - SOUTHERN SUDAN TRADE DELEGATION: IF YOU [...] This is an action request. Please see para 8. ----------- BACKGROUND ----------- 2. The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) ended 21 years of civil war between Northern and Southern Sudan in January 2005. The United States continues its ardent support of the CPA, which calls fo [...]	2008-08-21 17:38:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID SU BEXP ECON EINV KE UG
08STATE93287	ENGAGING THE GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN ON ITS ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) This is an action request; see para 4. 2. (C) Despite the difficult political context, the precarious economic situation in Pakistan necessitates that we continue to press senior GOP leadership on the urgent need for additional steps to restore confidence and avert an economic crisis. [...]	2008-08-29 22:18:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN EINV PREL PK
08STOCKHOLM176	SWEDEN RESPONSE: MONTERREY CONSENSUS: BACKGROUND [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-04 10:34:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN ETRD ECIN EINV PGOV SW
08STOCKHOLM769	SWEDISH TRADE MINISTER TO LEAD BUSINESS DELEGATION [...] Summary: Swedish Minister of Trade Eva Bjorling is leading a business delegation of major Swedish companies to Iraq. Scania Trucks is looking into opening a truck factory in Iskandaryah and service centers in Erbil and Basrah that would provide 500-600 jobs in Iraq. Embassy Stockholm facilita [...]	2008-11-14 14:04:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECIN ECON ECPS EINV ENRG EPET PGOV PREL
08STPETERSBURG197	MURMANSK - PROSPERING, BUT WITH PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) During a December 17-18 visit to Murmansk, DPO and Poloff saw a city relatively unscathed by the world economic crisis, and in fact saw a city hoping to capitalize on opportunities arising from the crisis and building on its recent economic growth. However, despite the apparent prosperi [...]	2008-12-23 16:04:00	Consulate St Petersburg	UNCLASSIFIED	RS PGOV ECON EINV EIND EPET EWWT PHUM OPRC
08SURABAYA121	EAST JAVA: WAITING FOR THE OTHER SHOE, ISOLATION IS NO [...] (SBU) Summary: Uncertainty about the full extent of the global financial crisis continues to cause a lack of liquidity in all sectors of East Java's economy and the Indonesian economy more broadly. This was the theme of a roundtable discussion with visiting EAP/MTS Director Kamala Lakhdhir, wh [...]	2008-10-29 09:10:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EFIS EIND ETRD EINV PGOV ID
08SURABAYA132	EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: AS LAPINDO'S POCKETS EMPTY, [...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 11 meeting with the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, (ESDM),the Sidoarjo Mud Management Agency (BPLS) reported that the global financial crisis has caused a near stoppage of mudflow mitigation efforts. BPLS Operational Vice Head Hardi Prasetyo told the [...]	2008-11-18 22:40:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ID EINV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC
08SURABAYA133	WEST NUSA TENGGARA: HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR CHANGE FROM THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Elected on an anti-corruption platform, recently inaugurated Governor of West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Muhammad Zainul Majdi remains extremely popular among the local population of Mataram, the provincial capital. Political observers, however, are skeptical that he has the skills or [...]	2008-11-20 07:49:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KIRF PHUM KISL EINV ID
08SURABAYA138	EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: US TECHNICAL ADVISOR BEGINS WORK [...] (SBU) Summary: US Technical Advisor for the Sidoarjo Mudflow, Dr. Van Williams arrived in Surabaya on December 18 following a November survey of the mudflow site, and discussions with the Sidoarjo Mud Management Agency (BPLS),the Center of Volcanology and Disaster Mitigation and the Departmen [...]	2008-12-18 09:47:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
08SURABAYA47	EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: FLAMMABLE GAS BUILDUP CAUSES [...] (U) Summary. Five residents of a village near the Sidoarjo mudflow fell unconscious after exposure to high concentrations of gas in their neighborhood. Sidoarjo Mud Management Agency (BPLS) spokesperson Ahmad Zulkarnain confirmed to the local press that a buildup of methane and hydrogen sul [...]	2008-04-14 09:04:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
08SURABAYA52	EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: SIDOARJO REGENT PUTS PRIORITY ON [...] (SBU) Summary: As the May deadline for final compensation payments near, tempers are rising among those displaced by the disaster. An estimated 1,000 staged a demonstration April 28, protesting Lapindo's decision to end food ration payments to those living in the Porong Market on May 1. On Ap [...]	2008-04-28 09:17:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV ELAB PGOV ASEC ID
08SURABAYA66	EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: TWO YEARS OF MUD, GEYSERS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Since mud and noxious fumes began surging from the ground on May 29, 2006, there has been little progress in recovery and rebuilding. Threatening major highway and rail links, the mudflow has had a major economic and social impact, but the political consequences remain unclear. [...]	2008-05-30 10:49:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
08SURABAYA99	EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: 98TH GEYSER APPEARS AMID PROTESTS [...] (SBU) Summary: As river levels rise due to increased sedimentation, local residents forced the Sidoarjo Mud Management Agency (BPLS) to stop pumping mud slurry into the Porong River. BPLS estimates that the added pressure could cause dike failure within several days, although the dikes' tole [...]	2008-08-25 10:14:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
08SUVA35	Tonga's Investment Climate Statement 2008 [...] Paragraph 2 contains the text of the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for Tonga, per reftel. 2. Begin text: Openness to Foreign Investment The Government of Tonga seeks to be welcoming to business and investors. Many Tongans have lived in or visited the United States, and American pro [...]	2008-01-30 15:57:00	Embassy Suva	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTBD OPIC USTR TN
08SUVA41	Fiji Investment Climate Statement 2008 [...] Paragraph 2 contains the text of the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for Fiji, per reftel. 2. Begin text: Openness to Foreign Investment In light of recent events in Fiji and concerns about the treatment of some established foreign investors by Fiji authorities, potential investors shoul [...]	2008-01-31 15:39:00	Embassy Suva	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTBD OPIC USTR FJ
08SUVA9	FLAGSHIP U.S. INVESTMENT "FIJI WATER" UNDER THREAT [...] (C) A dispute over transfer pricing has led the Fiji Islands Revenue and Customs Authority (FIRCA) to suspend exports of Fiji Water. Interim Finance Minister Chaudhry and FIRCA are demanding that U.S.-owned Natural Waters of Viti Limited (NWVL) increase its invoiced cost per case of water des [...]	2008-01-08 18:29:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV FJ
08TAIPEI1298	Former President Chen's Family Under Investigation for [...] (SBU) Although it is not uncommon for Taiwan's wealthy or upper middle classes to send money overseas for investment, to avoid tax, or for other reasons, it came as a shock to many when former President Chen Shui-bian acknowledged that his family had accumulated overseas accounts equivalent to [...]	2008-09-01 22:24:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN PGOV ECON PREL SENV TW
08TAIPEI176	Taipei Economic Brief for January 2008 [...] (U) Summary. Here are the highlights of January 2008 economic events in Taiwan. Taiwan's economy outperformed expectations in 2007, with capital outflow partly offsetting inflationary pressure.... Taiwan's 2008 economic outlook less optimistic.... Initial public offerings in 2007 set a thre [...]	2008-02-05 03:24:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON SENV TW
08TAIPEI181	Taiwan Moves Aggressively on Insolvent Banks [...] SUMMARY. Taiwan continues to move to resolve its insolvent banks. In early February, Taiwan authorities sold the fifth insolvent bank in 13 months and put another into receivership. Taiwan's last troubled bank is still being monitored and may be put into receivership soon. END SUMMARY. A [...]	2008-02-05 04:59:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON SENV TW
08TAIPEI200	Taiwan Banks on Verge of Entering China Market [...] (SBU) Summary. Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) tells AIT that Taiwan is close to an agreement with Hong Kong and China to allow Taiwan banks to take minority stakes in Mainland China banks via their Hong Kong subsidiaries. The FSC says that Taiwan and Hong Kong authorities ar [...]	2008-02-13 09:35:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ECON TW CN HK
08TAIPEI293	AIT DIRECTOR OUTLINES TRADE AGENDA WITH MOEA [...] (C) On March 4, Director met with Minister of Economic Affairs Steve Ruey-long Chen to review the bilateral trade relationship and the TIFA agenda. Chen observed that the U.S.-Taiwan economic and political relationship has been strained for the past year, but expressed hope that after the Mar [...]	2008-03-05 07:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON EINV KIPR TW
08TAIPEI319	Taipei Economic Brief for February 2008 [...] (U) Summary. Following are the highlights of February 2008 economic events in Taiwan: Better-than-expected export performance prompted upward adjustment of economic growth in 2007.... Forecasters anticipate economic slowdown in 2008.... Economic performance in January remained strong despit [...]	2008-03-10 05:45:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON SENV TW

08TAIPEI7	Taipei Economic Brief for December 2007 [...] (U) Summary. This cable summarizes selected December 2007 economic events in Taiwan. Better than expected economic performance led to upward adjustment of Taiwan's estimated 2007 real GDP growth which, however, will slow in 2008 due to effects of U.S. sub-prime mortgage situation and higher [...]	2008-01-03 06:14:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON SENV TW
08TAIPEI73	TAIWAN'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-15 23:56:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV KIPR KTDB OPIC PINR TW USTR
08TAIPEI76	TAIWAN: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Taiwan officially welcomes foreign direct investment. Taiwan,s science-based industrial parks, export processing zones, and free trade zones offer streamlined procedures. Taiwan has made significant improvement in protecting intellectual property. 2. As part of its efforts to improve the [...]	2008-01-16 09:45:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD TW
08TAIPEI79	TAIWAN'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-16 23:44:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV KIPR KTDB OPIC PINR TW USTR
08TAIPEI807	SEF CHAIRMAN P. K. CHIANG PREVIEWS UPCOMING [...] (C) On June 9, Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) Chairman P. K. Chiang (Pin-kung) briefed the Acting Director on his upcoming visit to Beijing to resume the cross-Strait dialogue, suspended since 1999. During the talks, the two sides will complete agreements on passenger charter flights and [...]	2008-06-09 09:50:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EINV TW CH
08TAIPEI84	Taiwan's 2008 Investment Climate Statement [...] LUU, VAN, SSN: *--2779 2. HHE 3. - 4. FROM: TAIPEI, TO: WASHINGTON, DC 5. 19X4519.4-00-2025-2025841024-8169-2234-330230 6. 6 CASES 7. STATE 8. - 9. 7178 LBS 10. 5308 LBS 11. 1078 CUFT 12. 020E TAIPEI 00000084 013 OF 013 13. ETD: 01/09/08, ETA: 02/04/08 14. APL [...]	2008-01-17 06:04:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PINR OPIC KTDB USTR KIPR TW
08TAIPEI860	SEF CHAIRMAN P.K. CHIANG ON CROSS-STRAIT TALKS AND [...] (C) Summary: Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) Chairman P.K. Chiang told the Director on June 17 he was pleased with the results of the June 11-14 talks in Beijing with China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS). Chiang said the two agreements on passenger charter flight [...]	2008-06-18 10:04:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ECON ETRD EINV EAIR EFIS CH
08TALLINN121	NORDSTREAM ROAD SHOW COMES TO TALLINN [...] (SBU) Summary: In a 3-hour presentation hosted by the German embassy in Tallinn, presenters from WinGas, BASF and the UN Economic Commission for Europe both promoted and defended the NordStream gas pipeline project. They used a variety of arguments to claim that NordStream will be a cheaper, [...]	2008-03-28 15:25:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV PREL ECON EUR EN
08TALLINN211	ESTONIA COURTS CHINESE INVESTMENT IN PORTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With two new deals in the works - a commercial investment agreement between Estonian and Chinese ports, and a state-level bilateral shipping agreement - Estonia has come out ahead of potential regional competitors in attracting Chinese capital to its shipping sector. These ag [...]	2008-06-17 13:07:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EWWT CH EN
08TALLINN26	2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - ESTONIA [...] (U) The following is the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for Estonia, keyed to questions in reftel. 2. (U) A.l. Openness to Foreign Investment Since joining the EU in 2004, the Estonian government has sought to maintain liberal policies in order to attract investments that could produce [...]	2008-01-14 13:17:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB EINV OPIC USTR
08TALLINN355	Estonian Banks and Markets: Whistling Past the [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Estonia (GOE) is moving quickly to reassure the public and raise deposit guarantees as the global financial crisis continues to dominate the news. On October 9, the GOE approved a new EUR 50,000 limit on deposits. Local bankers and stock market officials rema [...]	2008-10-10 08:41:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EFIN ECON EINV EN
08TALLINN359	INNOVATION: THE SEARCH FOR ESTONIA'S NOKIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Estonia's government, science parks and private firms are searching for a global brand for Estonia to rival Finland's Nokia. For years a booming economy allowed Estonian companies to coast along, with little incentive to innovate. The recent economic downturn, however, may jolt [...]	2008-10-21 13:09:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EINV EN
08TALLINN36	TALLINN'S BFIF FY08 PROPOSAL [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Tallinn proposes one FY08 project for the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) to facilitate the participation of three leading U.S. science and technology parks in the international innovation conference 'Baltic Dynamics 2008.' This conference will take place in [...]	2008-01-18 14:46:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD BEXP AMGT ABUD BTIO EINV EN
08TALLINN366	ESTONIA NOT LIKELY TO BE THE NEXT ICELAND [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-23 12:11:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN ECON EINV EN
08TALLINN368	TALLINN'S BFIF FY08 REPORT [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Tallinn received USD 6,500 from the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) to bring three leading U.S. science and technology parks representatives to the international innovation conference "Baltic Dynamics 2008", held in Tartu, Estonia September 3-5, 2008. The U.S [...]	2008-10-24 14:40:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD BEXP AMGT ABUD BTIO EINV EN
08TALLINN392	BANK OF ESTONIA: GDP SLUMP IN '09, RECOVERY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Bank of Estonia's (BOE) most recent economic forecast calls for 15 more months of negative GDP, with economic recovery coming in 2010. The Bank identified three reforms it hopes the Government of Estonia (GOE) will prioritize during the downturn: Euro accession, fiscal sust [...]	2008-11-06 15:22:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN ECON EINV EN
08TALLINN425	ESTONIA'S POSITION ON AMENDED LACEY ACT: MORE INFORMATION [...] On December 8, we delivered reftel points to Siim Tiidemann, the Head of the Foreign Relations Department of the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA),Andres Kruus, the Head of the Nature Protection Department of the Ministry of the Environment (MOA) and Jaan Salulaid, U.S. Desk Officer of the Ministr [...]	2008-12-15 12:32:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID EAGR ETRD EINV BTIO EN
08TASHKENT101	Part 1 of 2, 2008 Investment Climate Statement for [...] With an estimated population of 27.3 million, Uzbekistan has the largest population in Central Asia. Rich natural resources such as gold, gas, and cotton offer potentially attractive opportunities for investors. Uzbekistan is the world's fourth largest cotton producer and second largest cotton [...]	2008-01-25 15:25:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR UZ
08TASHKENT102	Part 2 of 2, 2008 Investment Climate Statement for [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-25 15:26:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR UZ
08TASHKENT1536	UZBEKISTAN: IMF ROSY ON UZBEK ECONOMY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 18 Sena Eken from the IMF told the Tashkent diplomatic community that the Uzbek economy had performed strongly with 9.4 percent GDP growth in the first nine months of 2008. Although Uzbekistan is not immune from the world financial crisis, the IMF predicts that its [...]	2008-12-30 09:38:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID EINV ETRD KCRM SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT173	CONTROLS ON TRANSFERS AND WITHDRAWALS OF CASH [...] (SBU) Summary: A December 2007 Central Bank order has resulted in delays for those trying to access foreign currency transfers. Simultaneously, local currency withdrawals have become more difficult as the Central Bank has further limited cash supplies. The two developments appear to be unrelate [...]	2008-02-07 13:18:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN BEXP ECON EAID EIND EINV ETRD PHUM
08TASHKENT198	TURKEY'S BID TO WIN CENTRAL ASIAN HEARTS AND MINDS [...] (C) Summary. Paving the way for the Turkish outreach effort to Central Asia outlined reftel, Turkish MFA Deputy Under Secretary Unal Cevikoz held eight hours of political consultations in Tashkent on February 12. He told diplomats the visit was successful in improving the political dialogue [...]	2008-02-13 10:13:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG EPET EINV TU UZ
08TASHKENT445	UZBEKISTAN: SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS OFFER THE [...] (C) Summary: On March 31, A/DAS, accompanied by the Ambassador and DCM, met with Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for nearly two hours. Norov covered a wide range of topics from human rights to security and economic issues. He welcomed an invitation for his D [...]	2008-04-16 05:50:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC PHUM ECON EINV SOCI SNAR AF UZ
08TASHKENT453	UZBEKISTAN: ECONOMY MINISTER SEEKS U.S. [...] (C) Summary: On March 28, in a long and sometimes contentious meeting, Minister of Foreign Economic Relations Elyor Ganiev laid out his case for Uzbekistan's strong economic performance and promising investment prospects. He told A/DAS Pamela Spratlen that Uzbekistan is currently experiencing [...]	2008-04-16 14:07:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL ECIN EINV ENGR EAGR PGOV UZ
08TASHKENT591	IMF MILDLY UPBEAT ON UZBEK ECONOMY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 15 Sena Eken, Assistant Director of the IMF's Middle East and Central Asia Department, briefed a select group from Tashkent,s international community on the conclusions reached by her IMF team during two weeks of Article IV consultations with Uzbek Government officials. [...]	2008-05-23 11:06:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID EINV ETRD KCRM SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT639	UZBEKISTAN/SCO: PRIORITIES AND OUTLOOK [...] (C) Summary: Officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),including representatives from MFA's Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Section, have indicated recently that Uzbekistan prioritizes security and economic cooperation within the organization but is strongly opposed to Iran [...]	2008-06-09 10:00:00	Embassy Tashkent	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ASEC ECIN ECON EINV PGOV PINS PTER UZ
08TASHKENT694	2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION [...] (U) The United States Government is aware of nine (9) claims of United States persons against the Government of Uzbekistan, two (2) of which have been resolved. 2. (U) a. Claimant A b. 1998 c. Claimant A is a U.S. trading company that exported alcohol to Uzbekistan. According to the C [...]	2008-06-18 12:52:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV CASC PGOV KIDE UZ
08TASHKENT714	UZBEKISTAN: SCO OFFICIALS DISCUSS PLANS, POSE [...] (C) Summary: In a conversation with Poloff on June 17, Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) Senior Experts Bakhram Auanassov and Kairbek Amenov discussed upcoming SCO plans and the role of observer states, but were reticent in discussing threat perce [...]	2008-06-23 10:54:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC ECIN ECON EINV PGOV PINS PTER AF UZ
08TASHKENT742	UZBEKISTAN: EBRD LOOKS TO THE FUTURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The head of the EBRD's Tashkent office briefed the diplomatic community on plans for a new country strategy for Uzbekistan to replace the one that has been in place since 2005. The new strategy can be expected to show a marked increase in EBRD involvement in Uzbekistan compared [...]	2008-06-27 09:26:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID EINV UZ
08TASHKENT768	UZBEKISTAN: AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO TERMEZ [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Norland made his first trip to Surkhandarya Province June 25-27, visiting a number of strategic sites in and around Termez and meeting with local government officials, representatives of a USAID-supported NGO, and regional human rights activists. The visit highlighted T [...]	2008-07-02 06:52:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV ELTN ETRD KHIV MOPS PHUM PINS
08TASHKENT778	UZBEKISTAN: UAE TO BUILD CULTURAL-RELIGIOUS CENTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff met with an Economic Specialist of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Consulate General in Tashkent on July 2 to discuss the recent conclusion of several investment-related agreeements between the UAE and Uzbekistan. To date, the Government of Uzbekistan has approved 21 UAE i [...]	2008-07-07 04:28:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV ETRD KISL KTIA UZ
08TASHKENT951	UZBEKISTAN: COST OF LIVING SOARS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Official GOU figures continue to show robust macroeconomic growth, but the benefits of this growth are slow to be seen in the economic lives of Uzbek citizens. Although gross national income per capita is growing, the official consumer price index of 6.5 percent stands in sha [...]	2008-08-18 07:47:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID EINV KCRM SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT976	UZBEKISTAN: AT HOME ON THE FAZENDA? [...] (U) Uzbek media has widely reported the visit by Brazil's Ambassador to Russia Carlos Antonio da Rocha Paranhos. Appointed on February 13 as Brazil's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Uzbekistan based in the Russian Federation, Paranhos was expected to deliver his [...]	2008-08-25 05:44:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV BR UZ
08TBILISI117	GEORGIA IMPROVES ITS RATING IN HERITAGE FOUNDATION'S [...] Summary: Georgia has improved its standing in the Heritage Foundation's annual Index of Economic Freedom. In 2008 it has moved up from 35th to 32nd out of 163 countries surveyed throughout the world. According to the conservative think tank's report, which measures countries' performance on [...]	2008-01-24 12:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV PGOV GG
08TBILISI190	GEORGIA'S ECONOMY HOLDS ITS BREATH AS 2008 BEGINS [...] (SBU) Summary: Georgia's GDP grew an estimated 12 percent in 2007, while inflation was reported at 11 percent for the year. Growth was based on increasing inflows of foreign investment and robust government spending. Because political turmoil has caused foreign investors to hesitate, although [...]	2008-02-06 04:25:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV GG
08TBILISI199	GEORGIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR 2008 [...] Per reftel, Embassy Tbilisi submits its Investment Climate Statement for Georgia for 2008. Introduction The dramatic change of government swept in by the 2003 peaceful "Rose Revolution" marked the start of serious political and economic reform in Georgia. Before 2003, Georgia's economic [...]	2008-02-07 05:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR GG
08TBILISI2224	GEORGIA: NEW JUSTICE MINISTER DISCUSSES BUSINESS [...] (C) Summary: In a November 29 meeting, Ambassador raised two ongoing commercial cases involving U.S. companies with newly-appointed Justice Minister Zurab Adeishvili. Regarding the Basel case, Adeishvili acknowledged that he had heard of allegations of corruption and bribe-taking by the jud [...]	2008-12-01 14:26:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL EINV GG
08TBILISI495	FUTURE OF IMEDI TELEVISION IS CLOUDY [...] (U) The GOG's forcible closure of Imedi Television on November 7 was a serious setback on Georgia's path to democracy that drew international opprobrium at the time. The GOG allowed Imedi to return to the air on December 12. The station again ceased broadcasting on December 26, this time becau [...]	2008-03-21 13:09:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV GG
08TBILISI901	PM GURGENIDZE: GEORGIA BUILDING "IDIOT-PROOF" [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Lado Gurgenidze told the American Chamber of Commerce on April 30 that Georgia is living proof that "supply side economics works". His speech to the group was essentially the same as he presents to potential investors at the "Invest in Georgia" conferences the gov [...]	2008-05-30 11:33:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV GG
08TBILISI972	2008 INVESTMENT DISPUTES REPORT FOR GEORGIA [...] Post submits the following information in response to reftel request for information on investment disputes. 2. A. Claimant A B. Year dispute arose: 2006. C. Case History: Claimant A and his partners purchased the shares of a company that owns a defunct garment factory in T [...]	2008-06-10 14:27:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV PREL PGOV KIDE OPIC CASC GG
08TEGUCIGALPA1071	AMBASSADOR MEETING WITH TRADE MINISTER CERRATO [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador met with Fredis Cerrato, Minister of Trade and Industry, October 30 to discuss CAFTA-DR, fuel prices and renewable energy, and the financial crisis, among other topics. The Ambassador raised the expropriation claim of U.S. citizen Oscar Cerna. End summary. ----- [...]	2008-11-28 19:30:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD HN
08TEGUCIGALPA1114	(U) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON THE HONDURAN [...] (U) Summary: Following is Post's response to ref A request for information on Honduran Economic Climate. Answers are keyed to questions in incoming telegram. End Summary. A. (U) ENERGY SECTOR: 1) (C/NF) WHAT IS THE OPERATING AND FINANCIAL STATUS OF THE HONDURAN STATE ENERGY COMPAN [...]	2008-12-10 21:35:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	HO PINR ECON EFIN EINV ENRG
08TEGUCIGALPA1125	RENEWABLE ENERGY COOPERATION With HONDURAS [...] This is an action request. See para 8. 2. Summary: Embassy Tegucigalpa is launching an initiative to deepen cooperation with Honduras on renewable energy. Recent steps, such as the approval of a 100 MW wind energy project and Honduras' inclusion in the U.S.-Brazil biofuels assistance prog [...]	2008-12-15 20:36:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ECON ENRG EINV KGHG KPAO SENV HO
08TEGUCIGALPA213	THE OLANCHO REGION OF HONDURAS [...] (U) Summary: Considered the "Wild East" of Honduras, Olancho is famous for its meat, milk and cheese. Nonetheless, new industries, including aquiculture, mainly sugar and corn, are doing well in this fertile land. The family farm is slowly disappearing, being replaced by corporate farms. S [...]	2008-03-07 19:49:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EINV ECON HO
08TEGUCIGALPA407	DIPLOMATIC NOTE FOR MCDANIEL ESPOUSAL DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-29 20:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV PREL XK XM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA45	BIODIESEL, ENERGY & CARBON CREDITS FROM HONDURAN [...] Summary: Most of the building blocks are now in place for Honduras to begin substantial production of biodiesel from African Palm trees. In 2005 a Honduran company succeeded in producing biodiesel to fuel 240 company vehicles and six Tegucigalpa public busses. Another company was the first [...]	2008-01-14 19:13:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON EIND EINV SENV HO
08TEGUCIGALPA452	GOH THREATENS TO NATIONALIZE ENERGY ASSETS [...] (SBU) Summary: Confronting widespread public discontent with rising fuel and energy prices and embroiled in a constitutional crisis with public prosecutors, the Zelaya Administration in recent days has reactivated threats to nationalize fuel import terminals and is now threatening to take over [...]	2008-05-14 16:42:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EFIN ENRG EINV PGOV HO
08TEGUCIGALPA526	GOH RESPONSE TO ENERGY CRISIS MAKING RICH RICHER [...] (C) Summary: The surge in global energy prices the past three years has left the GOH in an increasingly untenable position due to unsustainable fuel subsidies and financial losses at the National Electric Company (ENEE). Although the external price shock is the immediate cause of the crisis, [...]	2008-06-02 22:37:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EFIN ENRG EINV PGOV HO
08TEGUCIGALPA722	CONSUMER PROTECTION LAW REFLECTS STATIST MENTALITY [...] (SBU) Summary: A new "Consumer Protection Law" that went into effect July 7 reflects a distrust of markets and the principles underlying the World Trade Organization and CAFTA-DR. It creates a new Executive Branch "authority" that can fix prices for any "essential" goods and services if that [...]	2008-08-04 11:52:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN EAGR HO
08TELAVIV1208	Israel Passes Incentives for Household Solar [...] (U) Israel's Public Utilities Authority under the Ministry for National Infrastructure approved a plan June 2 to buy electricity from independent power producers (i.e. private individuals or businesses) who install photovoltaic panel power systems on their roofs. Both corporate and individual [...]	2008-06-06 08:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENGR EINV IS
08TELAVIV1230	DOE A/S Karsner Explores Renewable Energy Research in [...] (SBU) Summary. U.S. Department of Energy Assistant Secretary Alexander Karsner visited Israel May 19-24 to explore alternative and renewable energy research and production. He and his team met with academic and private sector researchers, as well as companies already selling renewable energy [...]	2008-06-11 13:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENGR EFIN EINV EAGR IS
08TELAVIV1400	TRILATERAL WATER MEETING: PLANNING TO MEET SCARCITY [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-30 13:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EINV TBIO IS PA JO
08TELAVIV1636	KNESSET SEEKS SCAPEGOATS FOR WATER CRISIS [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-30 11:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR EINV IS
08TELAVIV2572	WATER - ENERGY LINK EXPLORED AT PM'S CONFERENCE [...] (U) Summary: The Prime Minister's Conference on Export and International Cooperation on November 12 devoted a quarter of its program to the link between water and energy issues, in the context of green technologies and the business opportunities these present for Israeli exports. Israel's ongo [...]	2008-11-19 13:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG EINV IS
08TELAVIV2586	EPA ADMINISTRATOR VISITS ISRAEL [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-21 14:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EINV TBIO IS
08TELAVIV2765	ENERGY DG BERATES GOI TREASURY MYOPIA [...] (SBU) GOI Ministry of National Infrastructure (MNI) Director General Hezi Kugler scolded Israel's Finance Ministry for not including renewable energy in the fiscal stimulus plan it has announced. In a surprisingly glum statement to the 2008 Electricity Conference of the Union of Electrical Eng [...]	2008-12-10 15:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG EINV IS
08TELAVIV533	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: ISRAEL MAY CONSIDER DONOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-07 14:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PREL EINV EUN EU KV IS
08THEHAGUE1046	NETHERLANDS: NO IMMEDIATE RESPONSE TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-23 13:56:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID EAGR ETRD EINV BTIO NL
08THEHAGUE115	NYSE-EURONEXT AMSTERDAM OFFERS "FAST TRACK LISTING" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Indian firm Satyam became on January 23 the first NYSE-listed company to use a new "fast track listing" process to establish a second listing on the NYSE-Euronext Amsterdam exchange. Under this scheme, NYSE-listed companies registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange [...]	2008-02-06 13:46:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV NL
08THEHAGUE246	NETHERLANDS/ENERGY: DUTCH MOVE FORWARD WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Netherlands is moving forward with plans to unbundle its public energy (gas and electricity) sector by 2011. Unbundling is expected to increase network efficiency and reliability and cut costs, primarily to industrial and business customers. However, the plans are facin [...]	2008-03-13 10:24:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV PGOV EU NL
08THEHAGUE253	DUTCH ON U.S.-EU CLIMATE CHANGE COOPERATION [...] (U) Econ Section Chief discussed reftel points March 14 with Gerie Jonk, Senior Policy Officer, Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning, and the Environment. (Dutch officials responsible for preparing GONL positions ahead of the March 13-14 European Council meeting were not available pri [...]	2008-03-14 13:50:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGHG SENV ENRG ECON EINV EU NL
08THEHAGUE299	DUTCH FINANCE MINISTRY ON UNSCR 1803 [...] (U) Econoff delivered points, per refs A and B, on March 26 to Eric Ligthart, Policy Advisor Integrity Division, Ministry of Finance (MOF). Separately, Emboffs delivered ref B points to Foreign Ministry officials in the Terrorism and New Threats Unit and on the Iran desk. Ligthart's office is [...]	2008-03-28 12:39:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	EFIN EINV ETRD PARM PREL KNNP MNUC IR NL
08THEHAGUE394	NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: NO NEW PLEDGES, PARTICIPATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-09 15:17:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV IZ NL
08THEHAGUE416	DUTCH SEEK AMBITIOUS ENERGY-CLIMATE CHANGE TARGETS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. While officially welcoming the European Commission's energy and climate change targets, some Dutch officials have indicated that the GONL was hoping for the adoption of more "ambitious" goals. At home, the GONL is seeking to go beyond EU targets by committing independently to [...]	2008-05-16 10:29:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGHG SENV ENRG ECON EINV EUN NL
08THEHAGUE442	NETHERLANDS: FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS LOSE BILLIONS BUT WILL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Dutch financial institutions have posted EUR 9 billion ($14 billion) in losses to date as a result of the subprime mortgage/credit crisis. The recent takeover of ABN Amro and liquidity issues at medium-sized bank NIB Capital have also rattled the Dutch financial sector. Despit [...]	2008-05-23 14:00:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV NL
08THEHAGUE520	NETHERLANDS: 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES [...] In response to reftel, Mission is not aware of any significant investment disputes involving the Dutch government or any expropriation claims involving U.S. citizens for the period of 2007 through June 1, 2008. This message represents a coordinated response from Embassy The Hague's FCS, FAS [...]	2008-06-16 10:39:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV NL
08THEHAGUE828	NETHERLANDS/KOSOVO: UNLIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE TO DEBT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-02 13:32:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN EINV PREL NL
08THESSALONIKI51	DESPITE CONTINUING PROTESTS, THESSALONIKI PORT'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A prolonged and controversial competition to identify a private company to upgrade and run the container terminal at the Port of Thessaloniki is nearing completion. Striking port workers have delayed the privatization process, which the Greek government hopes will modernize the [...]	2008-06-25 15:48:00	Consulate Thessaloniki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV SOCI CH HK GR
08THESSALONIKI53	NORTHERN NOTES - JUNE 2008 [...] (SBU) On June 23, the chairman of the Federation of Northern Greek Industries and CEO of Alumil S.A. Giorgos Milonas was released after being held hostage for 13 days (Reftel A). The industrialist appeared before the national media shortly afterward, looking remarkably relaxed, stating that h [...]	2008-07-09 12:21:00	Consulate Thessaloniki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR SOCI SMIG CH HK
08THESSALONIKI58	NORTHERN NOTES JULY 2008 [...] On July 23, the Port of Thessaloniki announced that the Hutchison-Alapis consortium (Hong Kong-based) submitted the highest bid for the management of Thessaloniki port's cargo station and was therefore declared tentative winner of the competition, pending parliamentary approval (Ref A). Hutch [...]	2008-08-04 13:12:00	Consulate Thessaloniki	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI SMIG CH MK TU HK
08THESSALONIKI60	NORTHERN NOTES [...] On August 26, the Board of Directors of OLTH (Thessaloniki Port Authority) approved the transfer of the management of port's cargo station from the state to the partnership of Hutchison Port Holdings, Hutchison Port Investments, Alapis and LYD. Ioannis Tsaras, Managing Director of OLTH, stated [...]	2008-09-04 14:41:00	Consulate Thessaloniki	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR SOCI SMIG GG GR
08THESSALONIKI67	NORTHERN NOTES [...] A scandal over trading of large plots of land between the GoG and the Vatopedi Monastery of Mt. Athos (a semi-autonomous peninsula in N. Greece, administered by Orthodox monks) dominated northern Greek news (ref A). Media and post contacts have characterized the scandal, in which Vatoped [...]	2008-10-08 03:57:00	Consulate Thessaloniki	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI SMIG GR
08THESSALONIKI84	NORTHERN NOTES - NOVEMBER 2008 [...] (U) On November 7, a Rodopi First Instance Court issued a decision that was originally rendered, but immediately suppressed, in 2003, which ruled that Vistonida Lake and its surrounding area do not belong to Vatopedi Monastery but rather, to the Greek state. Vatopedi reportedly made a profit [...]	2008-12-04 14:39:00	Consulate Thessaloniki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EINV PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI SNAR GR
08TIJUANA1203	THE PRD IN PARADISE: BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-10 23:28:00	Consulate Tijuana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EINV
08TIJUANA730	PLANNED MEGAPORT IN BAJA CALIFORNIA COULD RELIEVE CONGESTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-09 01:58:00	Consulate Tijuana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EIND EINV MX
08TIRANA148	ALBANIA'S INSURANCE SECTOR PRIVATIZES, EXPANDS [...] The GOA is preparing to privatize INSIG, the state-owned insurance company, as the Government moves to sell off one of its last remaining state enterprises since the fall of communism 17 years ago. The forthcoming privatization is almost an afterthought for an insurance sector that has been m [...]	2008-02-27 12:48:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN AL
08TIRANA186	Oil Discovery in Albania Premature, But Still Promising [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive business proprietary information. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent speculation that newly discovered oil and gas deposits in Albania could lead to an energy bonanza is premature. However, a Swiss-based oil exploration company, usi [...]	2008-03-11 06:22:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV AL
08TIRANA23	GOA EXTENDS DEADLINE FOR ELECTORAL REFORM PROJECT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOA has extended the deadline for tender proposals for a concession to produce a new national identification card and biometric passport to February 28. On November 8, following a prolonged and controversial drafting process that took almost a year, the GOA announced the o [...]	2008-01-11 10:36:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV AL
08TIRANA345	REVIVING ALBANIAN OIL INDUSTRY MAY BE ATTRACTING RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Albania, which possesses one of continental Europe's largest oil fields and has seen promising new finds for additional oil and gas reserves, is substantially expanding its oil production through Western investment. Increased interest by foreign investors in Albania's oil sector is mark [...]	2008-04-29 16:07:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET EINV AL
08TIRANA60	CONSUMERS FLOCKING TO SHOPPING MALLS AS ALBANIA'S ECONOMY [...] The opening of modern shopping malls in Tirana is a sign of Albania's economic development and growing affluence. The retail economy is beginning to transition away from small family-owned stores with limited product lines to large, Western-style shopping centers. These new shopping outlets [...]	2008-01-24 06:23:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV SOCI AL
08TIRANA632	ALBANIA'S CELL PHONE RATES - HIGHEST IN THE REGION [...] Albania's nascent telecom regulator and increasing competition are finally beginning to soften mobile tariffs, currently the highest in the Balkans and among the highest in Europe. Two operators, AMC and Vodafone, had virtually free reign to set prices as they chose from 2000 to 2007, raking [...]	2008-08-15 11:46:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON EINV AL
08TIRANA731	ALBANIA WILL BENEFIT FROM NEW PRIVATE EQUITY FUND [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-08 06:29:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV AL
08TOKYO1021	MLIT DG SUZUKI DEFENDS NEED FOR FDI LIMITS FOR [...] (SBU) During an April 11 meeting, Transport Ministry Director General Hisayasu Suzuki told EMIN Japan must continue to look for a legislative means to protect four critical airports, i.e., Tokyo's two main hubs and Chubu and Kansai International Airports. Suzuki's name appeared frequently in [...]	2008-04-14 08:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV PREL PGOV JA
08TOKYO1027	METI EXPLAINS STANCE ON J-POWER CASE [...] (C) Summary: Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has determined the proposed additional investment by UK-based Children's Investment Master Fund (TCI) in electricity wholesaler Electric Power Development Company (known as J-Power) constitutes a potential threat to Japan's p [...]	2008-04-15 07:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG PGOV OECD JA
08TOKYO1097	PRESS CRITICAL OF J-POWER DECISION [...] Summary: Japanese press commentary has been sharply critical of the GOJ decision to block increased investment in electricity wholesaler J-Power by UK-based Children's Investment Master Fund (TCI). The criticism has largely centered on lack of a stated clear rationale for the government's dec [...]	2008-04-21 08:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ENRG PGOV OECD JA
08TOKYO1113	Return to Fukushima: Reform Not Resonating at Japan's [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite shrinking populations and fiscal shortfalls, local authorities in one northern Japan jurisdiction remain fixated on developing manufacturing and on maintaining socio-economic equality. During recent meetings in Fukushima Prefecture -- to the extent our interlocutors co [...]	2008-04-22 22:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EAIR PGOV PREL JA OECD
08TOKYO1199	FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN JAPAN: DIFFERENT REGIONAL APPROACHES [...] (SBU) Summary: Japanese regional authorities' attitudes toward foreign direct investment are largely positive, but when it comes to attracting foreign investors, while some are aggressive, others are ineffective or downright clueless. Limited authority to offer tax or other incentives to pote [...]	2008-05-02 01:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL ECON OECD JA
08TOKYO1336	METI NOTES CHINESE FLEXIBILITY IN HU VISIT RESULTS [...] (C) Summary: The various economic agreements concluded as part of Chinese President Hu Jintao's recent visit to Japan revealed substantially greater willingness on Beijing's part to meet Japan's requests than previous exchanges, according to an official of Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade [...]	2008-05-15 09:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV SENV PREL JA CH
08TOKYO1337	METI ORDERS TCI TO CANCEL J-POWER INVESTMENT PLANS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) May 13 ordered The Children's Investment Master Fund (TCI),a U.K. hedge fund, to halt plans to double its 9.9 percent stake in electricity wholesaler Electric Power Development Company (J-Power). METI DDG Sasaki visited the E [...]	2008-05-15 09:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG PGOV OECD JA
08TOKYO1353	CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT REBUKES JAPAN'S [...] The Asian Corporate Governance Association (ACGA) released its first "White Paper on Corporate Governance in Japan" May 15 in Tokyo. The paper, endorsed by seven leading global pension funds, highlights six areas in which institutional investors believe Japanese corporate governance must be [...]	2008-05-16 08:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON OECD JA
08TOKYO1421	INVESTMENT EXPERTS REPORT: GOOD BUT COULD HAVE [...] (C) Summary: An American executive who served as a member of the Cabinet Office Investment Experts Panel privately labeled its recently issued report "very cautious." He noted there needed to be more of a push by senior GOJ policy makers if the report is to have the positive, pro-reform effec [...]	2008-05-23 03:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON PGOV OECD JA
08TOKYO1495	INVESTOR REVOLT SHOCKS CORPORATE JAPAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The May 29 ousting of the directors of a mid-sized Japanese company by a group of investors led by controversial U.S. fund Steel Partners set a new precedent for shareholder activism in Japan. Unlike Steel Partners' previous moves, this latest has drawn only muted GOJ reactio [...]	2008-05-30 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON OECD JA
08TOKYO1550	JAPAN'S SHAREHOLDERS QUIETLY FORCING IMPORTANT [...] (SBU) Summary: The 2008 annual general shareholder meetings of Japanese listed companies taking place this month are likely to be less contentious than last year's meetings, with only about half of the number of shareholder proposals up for debate. Fewer proxy fights do not mean activist fund [...]	2008-06-06 07:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON OECD JA
08TOKYO1725	METI STUDY GROUP EXAMINES ROLE OF INVESTMENT FUNDS [...] SUMMARY: A Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) study group June 16 released a report that describes the role of private investment funds in Japan's financial markets. The report notes investment funds can promote economic growth and contribute to stronger corporate performance by [...]	2008-06-24 00:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON OECD PGOV JA
08TOKYO1782	JAPAN'S GENERIC DRUG MARKET - SMALL NOW BUT WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. With public debt nearly double GDP and upward pressure on national health insurance expenditures due to Japan's aging society, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) hopes to increase generic drugs' market share from 17% to 30% by 2012, saving the healthcare system an [...]	2008-06-30 05:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD JA PGOV SOCI
08TOKYO1950	TCI HOISTS THE WHITE FLAG IN J-POWER CASE [...] (SBU) The Children's Investment Master Fund (TCI),a U.K. hedge fund, announced July 14 it will not contest the GOJ's May 13 order directing it to halt plans to boost its stake in electricity wholesaler Electric Power Development Company (J-Power) (Ref A). The fund's decision ends a highly c [...]	2008-07-15 06:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG PGOV OECD JA
08TOKYO1997	JAPAN-TAIWAN ECONOMIC TIES CENTERING ON [...] (C) Summary: Economic ties between Japan and Taiwan center increasingly on cooperative operations in mainland China, according to Embassy Tokyo contacts. The rapid improvement in the political relationship between Taipei and Beijing with the accession of the new Taiwan president took some [...]	2008-07-18 07:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV PREL JA TW CH
08TOKYO2029	METI STUDY GROUP CRACKS DOWN ON TAKEOVER DEFENSES [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Corporate Value Study Group (CVSG) has produced a long-awaited report on the appropriate use of corporate takeover defenses that includes a strong statement about the positive impact of M&A, even in cases of hostile deals, on cor [...]	2008-07-23 08:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON OECD JA
08TOKYO2108	JAPAN'S NEW CIVIL AVIATION LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Japan's new civil aviation leadership offered no new ideas on civil aviation talks with the U.S. in their initial meeting with Emboffs. The GOJ does not plan to allocate Haneda Airport daytime slots to U.S. airlines. The GOJ, they reiterated, will not negotiate with the EU as a [...]	2008-07-31 08:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EINV PGOV JA
08TOKYO2110	JAPAN'S AGENDA ON REGIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The priority of trade liberalization in the future economic architecture of Asia dominated debate among the 16 country representatives preparing the Japanese-sponsored "Track II" study on a possible ASEAN Plus 6 economic agreement. Japanese participants in the study group ind [...]	2008-07-31 09:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ETRD EINV PREL ASEAN APECO JA

08TOKYO2241	METI OFFICIAL DESCRIBES JAPANESE EXPERIENCE DOING [...] (C) While Japanese media have reported positively on high-level discussions between the GOJ and Middle Eastern governments, Japanese efforts to attract investment and efforts to negotiate an Economic Partnership Agreement with the GCC, the actual exchanges have been challenging, according to w [...]	2008-08-14 09:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV PREL BEXP JA IZ IR
08TOKYO2272	HANEDA AIRPORT INTERNATIONALIZATION HEATS UP [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan has concluded its first agreements, with Malaysia and Korea, for international flights into Tokyo's Haneda Airport from 2010. The agreement with Korea marks the first time the GOJ has allocated daytime slots at Haneda Airport for scheduled international flights under Japa [...]	2008-08-18 07:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EINV PGOV JA
08TOKYO2286	JAPAN SUSPENSION OF INSURANCE FOR CUBA-BOUND [...] (SBU) Japan's top economic newspaper reported August 19 that Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI),the GOJ-backed provider of international trade insurance, stopped accepting applications for trade insurance on deals with Cuba, prompting speculation about the future of Japan's Cuba- [...]	2008-08-19 08:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV EWWT PREL CU JA
08TOKYO2558	Japan's Response to Lehman and AIG Development [...] (SBU) Tokyo markets fell sharply September 16 following news of Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, only to rebound September 17 upon news of the Federal Reserve Board's authorization of an $85 billion loan to American International Group (AIG). After falling 5 percent September 16, the Nikkei Stock A [...]	2008-09-17 21:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ASEAN EFIN ETRD EINV FRB JP
08TOKYO2681	METI VICE MINISTER DISCUSSES APEC, WTO, [...] (C) Summary: Japan and the U.S. must work together to develop a strong agenda to support their back-to-back tenures as APEC Chair in 2010 and 2011, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Investment (METI) Vice Minister Hiroyuki Ishige told the DCM September 25. Ishige said he personally is "very in [...]	2008-09-28 23:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR SENV EINV JP
08TOKYO2733	JAPANESE ATTITUDES ON BUSINESS WITH RUSSIA REMAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese business sentiment toward economic opportunities in Russia remains cautious. Japanese business and government interests note concerns about the risks of doing business in Russia, continued uncertainty following Russia's invasion of Georgia, problems with the transport of [...]	2008-09-30 22:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV ENRG PREL RU JA
08TOKYO2966	METI VM MOCHIZUKI ON ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND TRADE [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Vice Minister Harufumi Mochizuki focused on energy, climate change, the WTO, and China, in an October 22 meeting with the DCM. Mochizuki noted a shared interest in an effective and inclusive post-Kyoto framework, as well as energy s [...]	2008-10-23 22:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG ETRD JA PREL SENV CH
08TOKYO3073	IRANIAN EXPAT COMMUNITIES IN JAPAN [...] (C) Summary: Iranian expatriates in Japan broadly fall within two categories, according to the Director of the Japan Institute of Middle East Economic Studies. One group comprises legitimate businessmen, mostly in Tokyo. The other, he asserted, is concentrated in central Japan and consists [...]	2008-11-04 22:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC ETRD EINV PREL ECON KCRM IR JA
08TOKYO3104	U.S.-JAPAN INVESTMENT WORKING GROUP CALLS FOR POSITIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: The eighth round of talks under the U.S.-Japan Bilateral Investment Working Group (IWG) took place October 29 in Tokyo co-chaired by U.S. Ambassador to APEC Patricia Haslach and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Deputy Director General Makoto Shiota. The two sides [...]	2008-11-09 22:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON PREL OECD JA
08TOKYO3112	U.S.-JAPAN BUSINESS COUNCIL: BILATERAL STRATEGIC [...] (SBU) The U.S. and Japan must build on their close economic relationship to become more competitive in the face of rapid developments in technology and the emergence of new global competitors, according to a new report "U.S.-Japan Economic Integration: Enhancing Competitiveness and Securing Ou [...]	2008-11-10 05:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV PREL JA
08TOKYO3116	NIPPON OIL WEIGHING IRAQ OIL BID AMID POLITICAL, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Officials from Nippon Oil, Japan's largest petroleum company and one of four Japanese firms pre-qualified to participate in first-round bidding on Iraqi oil tenders, report the firm is still deliberating whether to bid on Iraqi contracts amidst internal questions about Iraqi polit [...]	2008-11-10 07:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV PREL IZ JA
08TOKYO3137	JAPAN -- 2009 DRAFT NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATES REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-11 08:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ETRD JA KIPR
08TOKYO317	METI VICE MINISTER CONDEMNS ROLE OF ACTIVIST [...] (SBU) METI Administrative Vice Minister Takao Kitabata belittled the role of shareholders in Japanese corporate governance during a recent speech to the Ministry's research institute. Defending a METI-sponsored proposal to expand the issuance of stocks that confer differential voting rights, [...]	2008-02-06 06:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON PREL JA
08TOKYO324	SAPPORO HOLDINGS PANEL CALLS FOR REJECTION OF [...] (SBU) Sapporo Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Sapporo Breweries, announced February 5 that an independent advisory committee it set up to analyze the February 2007 takeover bid (TOB) by U.S.-based investment fund Steel Partners had determined the bid is not in the best interests of the [...]	2008-02-07 06:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON OECD JA
08TOKYO3317	JAPAN RENEWS LATIN AMERICAN TIES DURING APEC SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary. Japanese officials reached agreement on two investment treaties but balked at proposals to begin EPA negotiations during talks with officials from Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru during the November APEC Summit in Lima. Japan and Peru used their discussion to repair relations d [...]	2008-12-04 09:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EINV JA
08TOKYO342	JAPAN MAKES ECONOMIC OVERTURES TO CHINA, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Despite growing cooperation on energy and the environment, Japanese officials in MOFA and METI report an overall lack of progress on advancing economic relations with China. To date, China has rejected Japan's request for an agreement on food safety -- a particularly hot topic [...]	2008-02-08 06:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD EAGR PREL JA CH
08TOKYO3477	JAPANESE IRAN EXPERT DETAILS SOCIAL-ECONOMIC WOES [...] (C) Summary: Iran's Economic Policy, in the view of a top Japanese academic expert on the Middle East, has created or at best exacerbated high unemployment and inflation. He cites social changes including an increasing number of retirees, under-employed younger workers, and a stranglehold on [...]	2008-12-22 07:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD ETTC JA PREL
08TOKYO3542	JAPAN'S LOWER FDI INFLOWS REFLECT GLOBAL FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan's foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in the first ten months of 2008 declined year-on-year for the first time since 2003, reflecting the impact of global financial market turmoil and following record inflows in 2007. Preliminary Ministry of Finance (MOF) figures show [...]	2008-12-31 03:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EFIN PGOV JA
08TOKYO365	JAPAN UNABLE TO PROVIDE MUCH ASSISTANCE ON LEBANON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Other than public statements in support of the Lebanese government, Japan is unable or unwilling to take further steps at this time to support Lebanon. Funds are not available for the Special Tribunal, Lebanon does not qualify for Japanese official development assistance (ODA),t [...]	2008-02-12 09:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM EFIN EINV LE SY JA
08TOKYO402	METI OFFICIAL LABELS VM'S REMARKS "INAPPROPRIATE" [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Vice Minister Kitabata's controversial January 24 remarks dismissing the role of shareholders and independent directors in corporate governance (Ref) were "unacceptable" and "inappropriate", according to the METI official who drafted [...]	2008-02-14 08:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON PREL JA
08TOKYO408	FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN JAPAN -- OBSTACLES REMAIN [...] (C) Summary: The GOJ maintains its policy of boosting foreign direct investment and the sharp rise in FDI inflows in 2007 show foreign investors are not "fleeing Japan". Recent high-profile debates over particular investment cases, public warnings by a cabinet member that Japan's investment c [...]	2008-02-14 17:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON PREL PGOV OECD JA
08TOKYO467	MLIT POLICIES UNDER FIRE [...] (C) Summary: The recent public squabble over a draft bill that would limit the size of foreign shareholding and thus prevent foreign control of Japanese airport operators seems less about limiting foreign direct investment (FDI) and more about reducing the Transportation Ministry,s (MLIT) st [...]	2008-02-21 22:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAIR PGOV EINV PREL JA
08TOKYO546	SAPPORO REJECTS STEEL PARTNERS TAKEOVER BID [...] (U) Sapporo Holdings, Ltd.'s board of directors February 26 announced it had rejected U.S.-based investment fund Steel Partners' $1.4 billion tender offer to acquire 66.6 percent of the company's shares. The board's announcement did not signal whether the company intended to implement formal [...]	2008-02-29 09:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON OECD JA
08TOKYO569	JAPAN MAY RECOGNIZE KOSOVO WITHIN WEEKS, AID [...] (C) Japanese recognition of Kosovo is likely "a matter of weeks, not months," Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Central and South Eastern European Division Deputy Director Akihiko Ishimoto told Emboffs February 28. Japan currently has a diplomatic mission in Kosovo to determine whether the c [...]	2008-03-04 08:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN EINV JA PREL XG
08TOKYO572	PM FUKUDA STOPS MOVE TO LIMIT FDI FOR AIRPORTS [...] (C) Prime Minister Fukuda has decided to strip out the proposed restrictions on foreign investment from the Transportation Ministry's (MLIT) draft Airport Development Bill, MOFA Economic Affairs Bureau DG Yoichi Otabe told EMIN February 28. Otabe took credit for bringing USG concern about th [...]	2008-03-04 08:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR PGOV EINV PREL JA
08TOKYO612	ACCJ ADVISES TARGETED APPROACH ON INVESTMENT [...] (C) Summary: American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) President Allen Smith urged the Embassy and the USG to move carefully in lobbying Japan on investment issues at this politically sensitive time. "Rather than a strategy of 'gaiatsu', this was the time for 'shiatsu'", he advised. U.S. [...]	2008-03-07 08:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON OECD JA
08TOKYO644	METI'S NEW STUDY GROUP ON INVESTMENT FUNDS [...] (C) Summary: A new METI study group, composed largely of investment banking or investment funds executives, will examine best practices of the most common types of investment funds and consider whether new GOJ policies are needed to support them in providing risk capital to Japanese companies. [...]	2008-03-11 23:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON OECD JA
08TOKYO821	INVESTMENT WORKING GROUP TARGETS JAPAN'S DETERIORATING [...] (SBU) Summary: There is no change in Japan's policy of promoting foreign direct investment (FDI),according to the Japanese co-chair of the U.S.-Japan Investment Working Group (IWG),which met March 17 via digital videoconference. The GOJ will continue to showcase Japan as an investment desti [...]	2008-03-25 07:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON OECD JA
08TOKYO829	JAPAN: DNSA PRICE PRESSES FOR PROGRESS ON DOHA AND [...] (C) During bilateral talks with senior Japanese officials and politicians March 19 in Tokyo, Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs Daniel Price underscored the need for Japan to show more leadership now, particularly on agriculture, t [...]	2008-03-26 07:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR PGOV WTRO EINV JA
08TOKYO912	JAPAN DISCUSSIONS OF TRILATERAL ECON TIES FOCUS ON [...] (C) Summary: Japan's desire to leverage cooperation with the U.S. in dealing with China figured prominently in discussions March 27 between Japanese officials and visiting economic section heads from Embassies Beijing and Seoul. On climate change, for example, the GOJ wants U.S. assistance [...]	2008-04-03 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ENRG EINV PREL ETTC JA CH KS OECD
08TOKYO956	METI SIGNALS OPPOSITION TO TCI INVESTMENT IN [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) signaled again April 5 it opposes the proposal by UK-based Children's Investment Master Fund (TCI) to increase its investment in electricity wholesaler Electric Power Development Company (known as J-Power.) In January, TCI, which [...]	2008-04-08 07:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG PGOV OECD JA
08TOKYO973	JAPANESE POLITICIANS QUIBBLE AS ECONOMY SHOWS [...] (SBU) Summary. Although signs are Japan's main political parties may have finally agreed on a new central bank head, there is little to suggest they are looking at indications of an economic slowdown. Moreover, rather than undertake or even focus on needed economic reforms, national politici [...]	2008-04-09 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV JA
08TORONTO115	ABCP Market Restructuring Getting Closer [...] (SBU) Summary: The Pan Canadian Investors Committee has been working hard to persuade nearly 2,000 retail investors, who hold roughly 1% of the frozen C$33 billion third-party asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) market, to support a long-term restructuring plan. On April 9, Vancouver-based C [...]	2008-04-17 21:10:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV CA
08TORONTO13	Canadian Capital Markets Update - Free Trade in Securities [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Canadian market and regulatory officials applaud U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) deliberations to allow U.S. investors to trade directly on foreign exchanges that have regulations in line with U.S. securities regulations. Free trade in securities has been a priori [...]	2008-01-11 15:11:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CA
08TORONTO164	Another Hurdle for ABCP Market Restructuring [...] (U) Summary: Ontario Superior Court Justice Colin Campbell, who is presiding over restructuring of the C$32 billion third-party asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) market is considering how to resolve potential fraud claims. Foreign banks, whose support is crucial for the restructuring, init [...]	2008-05-27 13:35:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV CA
08TORONTO167	Ontario Pleased that SEC to Move Forward on Mutual [...] (SBU) On May 29, following a series of meetings in May with the Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, and British Columbia securities regulators, the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a schedule for completion of a framework that would allow the discussion of U.S.-Canada mutual recogniti [...]	2008-05-30 13:28:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV CA
08TORONTO204	ABCP Appeal Could Delay Settlement Implementation [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A group of Canadian corporations filed and has argued an appeal of Ontario Superior Court's June 5 approval of the restructuring plan for the frozen C$32 billion third-party asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) market, claiming they were misled about the risks of the investments. [...]	2008-06-30 13:39:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV CA
08TORONTO273	Ontario Film Industry Reels From High Loonie, Fears Loss of [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite local incentives and new filmmaking facilities, the strong Canadian dollar and Ottawa's arts funding cuts threaten to further cripple an already weak Ontario film industry. End Summary. 2. (U) Toronto's strong film and television industry has suffered as the Canadia [...]	2008-09-12 20:05:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV CA
08TORONTO361	Toronto's High-Rise Condominium Market: [...] (U) Summary: Toronto's market for high-rise condominiums has begun to cool down in what was North America's busiest condo construction and sales market in 2007. The global credit crunch and slowing economy has created worries for Toronto developers with projects currently underway, and even [...]	2008-11-20 20:26:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV CA
08TORONTO66	Canadian Banks Still Weathering North American Credit [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's non-bank sponsored (third party) asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) market will remain frozen until April or May while the Crawford Committee, charged with the market's restructuring, secures financial backing from Canadian banks. Canadian banks reported their first c [...]	2008-03-07 21:03:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV CA
08TORONTO81	Canadian ABCP Market Under Bankruptcy Protection [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 17, an Ontario Superior Court Judge agreed to convert 20 Canadian trusts, which had issued C$33 billion in non-bank sponsored asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP),into corporations and to protect them from notices, lawsuits, and other claims under the Companies' Credit [...]	2008-03-19 17:52:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV CA
08TORONTO87	Crawford Committee Seeks Retail Investor Support [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 26, Purdy Crawford, Chair of the Pan-Canadian Committee, described his committee's plan to restructure the C$33 billion third-party (non-bank sponsored) asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) market to a crowd of over 500 financial sector leaders in Toronto. Crawford is w [...]	2008-03-27 18:13:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV CA
08TRIPOLI113	REACTION TO VICTIMS OF TERRORISM LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent legislation making it easier for plaintiffs in terrorism-related lawsuits to seize foreign government-owned assets to satisfy U.S. court judgments has caused concern among U.S. firms partnered with Libyan companies (especially in the energy sector),and provoked a sharply [...]	2008-02-12 16:29:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ECON EINV EPET ETRD PREL PTER PGOV ETTC LY
08TRIPOLI126	WAHDA BANK PRIVATIZATION BID WON BY JORDAN-BASED ARAB BANK [...] (SBU) In a move that adds momentum to Libya's promising banking reform efforts, the Libyan Central Bank announced that the Jordan-based Arab Bank won the tendering process to buy 19 percent of Libya's Wahda Bank. According to press reports, Arab Bank's winning bid of 210 million euros ($310 m [...]	2008-02-18 19:42:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV JO LY
08TRIPOLI230	LIBYA MAKES PROGRESS ON BANKING REFORM REF: TRIPOLI 126 [...] (C) Summary: Libya's banking reform program continues to make progress. Buoyed by the windfall that accompanied the February 13 sale of a share in state-run Wahda Bank to Jordan's Arab Bank, the Central Bank is pressing forward with its own restructuring and training programs. There may be opportun [...]	2008-03-17 16:53:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON PGOV EFIN EINV PTER IT LY
08TRIPOLI368	LIBYA: TOTAL'S OFFSHORE OIL WELL SHUT DOWN [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent drilling accident brought drilling and production operations in an offshore wellfield operated by French oil company TOTAL to a halt. Although there were no injuries or environmental damage, production (the field produces about 45,000 barrels/day) will likely be halted [...]	2008-05-07 07:24:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EPET FR LY
08TRIPOLI402	POLITICAL-ECONOMIC REFORM, JAMAHIRIYA-STYLE [...] (C) Summary: A private sector interlocutor involved in Libya's chambers of commerce described dramatic calls for reform in a recent speech by Colonel al-Qadhafi as "a return to the natural order of things" that existed before the 1969 military coup that brought al-Qadhafi to power and inaugurated t [...]	2008-05-16 13:12:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EINV PINR KBIO LY
08TRIPOLI480	BUSINESS IS POLITICS: MARKS & SPENCER DRAMA TIED TO FATE OF [...] (C) Summary: In Libya, major business deals are both political and personal. The ongoing drama surrounding efforts by the U.K. government and investors to keep open the Marks & Spencer retail store in Tripoli, and a campaign by some GOL officials to close it, affords a prime example. Libyan officia [...]	2008-06-18 12:45:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV KBCT PGOV UK LY
08TRIPOLI498	PETRO-CANADA SIGNS 30-YEAR PACT WITH LIBYA [...] (SBU) Summary: Petro-Canada has signed a series of 30-year contracts with Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC),bringing its old agreements into line with Libya's preferred EPSA-IV contract standard. The new deals stem from Libya's ongoing efforts to secure tougher terms from foreign oil co [...]	2008-06-24 14:19:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EPET CA LY
08TRIPOLI528	GOL SENDS MIXED SIGNALS ON WHETHER IT COULD CUT OIL [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-03 13:37:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EINV ENRG EPET PINS LY
08TRIPOLI532	GOL SENDS MIXED SIGNALS ON WHETHER IT COULD CUT OIL [...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting, the head of Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) reiterated that Libya could/could cut oil production as a response to U.S. legislation facilitating attachment of Libyan assets and lawsuits against it; however, other GOL sources cautioned that his remarks wer [...]	2008-07-03 14:30:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV ENRG EPET PINS LY
08TRIPOLI540	CHEVRON MAY QUIT LIBYA [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-08 14:52:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EPET ENRG LY
08TRIPOLI554	LIBYAN MEASURES TO CHECK RISING FOOD COSTS AND ACQUIRE [...] (U) On July 7th, the Political/Economic Assistants met with the Resident Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO),Dr. Saad Elmedani Ahmed. According to Dr. Ahmed, the Libyan government (GOL) has generally taken prudent steps to protect Libyans from [...]	2008-07-09 16:12:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EAGR EAID ETRD PGOV LY
08TRIPOLI563	OXY'S 30-YEAR EXTENSION IN LIBYA AND WHAT LIES AHEAD FOR OTHER IOCS REF: A) TRIPOLI 555 B) 2007 TRIPOLI 983 TRIPOLI 00000563 001.2 OF 003 [...] (C) Summary: The long-awaited ratification of Oxy's contract extension in Libya has solidified its position as one of Libya's leading oil and gas players. The process by which the contract was finalized has shed light on what lies ahead for other foreign companies, all of whom are expected to be [...]	2008-07-13 14:16:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECIN ECON EINV PREL LY
08TRIPOLI584	LIBYAN FOREIGN BANK - PRIMED FOR EXPANSION [...] (C) Summary: The Libyan Foreign Bank (LFB),Libya's longtime conduit for international trade, is pursuing a substantial program of expansion involving a ten-fold increase in its capitalization and creation of an onshore bank. Its chairman is aggressively seeking new investment opportunities in A [...]	2008-07-21 10:18:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PTER KCOR PGOV KBIO LY
08TRIPOLI595	A COMMERCIAL CAUTIONARY TALE: BECHTEL'S BID FOR SIRTE PORT PROJECT FALLS FLAT [...] (C) Summary: An unsuccessful year-long bid by U.S. firm Bechtel to build a commercial port in the Libyan city of Sirte has shed light on how decisions about large foreign investment projects in Libya are made. Bechtel's bid went through several evolutions, including signing a memorandum of unders [...]	2008-07-23 08:32:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EINV ETRD EWWT KCOR PGOV LY
08TRIPOLI597	EUROPEAN OIL COMPANIES EXTEND CONTRACTS IN LIBYA [...] (SBU) Summary: Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) has signed extensions for a pair of exploration and production sharing agreements (EPSAs) with Spain's Repsol, France's Total, Austria's OMV, and Norway's Saga Petroleum, continuing its policy of redefining old contracts under the new EPSA I [...]	2008-07-23 18:06:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EPET NO SP FR AU LY
08TRIPOLI632	LIBYA COMMERCIAL ROUND-UP FOR JULY 2008 [...] Flight Safety Foundation Workshop in Libya: The Flight Safety Foundation's CAAG (Controlled Flight Into Terrain and Approach and Landing Accident Reduction Action Group) brought its internationally regarded Approach and Landing Accident Reduction (ALAR) Tool Kit workshop to Tripoli, Libya last [...]	2008-08-04 09:58:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD LY
08TRIPOLI635	A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT: A CASE STUDY IN LIBYAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-08 14:07:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	BTIO ECON EIND EINV SENV SOCI PGOV LY
08TRIPOLI745	GERMAN OIL FIRM RWE MAKES TWO MORE DISCOVERIES IN LIBYA [...] (SBU) The German oil firm RWE made two more oil discoveries in the Sirte Basin in Libya in September 2008. RWE's new successful discoveries do not reveal any new fields, but ensure the potential of its blocks in the Sirte Basin, where the quality of its sweet crude is high, and operating costs [...]	2008-09-22 12:58:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EPET PREL LY
08TRIPOLI827	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR OUTLINES LIBYA'S REACTION TO THE FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-17 09:52:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV EPET LY PGOV PREL
08TRIPOLI912	LIBYA COMMERCIAL ROUND-UP FOR OCTOBER 2008 [...] (U) A New Oil Discovery by Sirte Oil Company: On October 7, Sirte Oil, a state-owned company, announced a new oil discovery in the well A1-NC216A in the Ghadames Basin. The well is located approximately 310 km southwest of Tripoli. The initial production testing established an oil rate of 1,725 [...]	2008-11-25 11:04:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EIND ECON EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV LY
08TRIPOLI976	LIBYA COMMERCIAL ROUND-UP FOR NOVEMBER 2008 [...] (SBU) Economics officer and senior commercial officer met on November 30 with a representative of Bearing Point, who was in Tripoli discussing future contracts for the company with the Libyan government. Bearing Point did a Basel Core Principles assessment for Libya a few years ago, and now is [...]	2008-12-22 08:43:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND EPET ENRG PGOV LY
08TUNIS113	SHOW ME THE MONEY: TUNISIA'S CAPITAL MARKETS [...] (C) Tunisian business people, current and former bankers, and even GOT officials complain that continued weakness, mismanagement and corruption in the banking sector plague Tunisia's whole financial system. The problems in the banking sector not only restrict available credit, but distort acc [...]	2008-02-06 10:37:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	EFIN EINV KCOR TS
08TUNIS1228	TUNISIA - ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Tunisia Tourism Revenue Up B. Tunisia Gets US $30.6 million Loan For Water Project C. Sotrapil Cancels Tunisian Oil Pipeline Project D. Tunisiana Banned From Third Telecoms License [...]	2008-12-17 17:02:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD TS
08TUNIS1229	TUNISIA - ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Tunisia Tourism Revenue Up B. Tunisia Gets US $30.6 million Loan For Water Project C. Sotrapil Cancels Tunisian Oil Pipeline Project D. Tunisiana Banned From Third Telecoms License [...]	2008-12-18 07:33:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD TS
08TUNIS125	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORT LEBANON NOW [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-08 14:13:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EFIN EINV LE TS
08TUNIS195	A/S WELCH DISCUSSES BILATERAL AND REGIONAL ISSUES [...] (S/NF) In exchanges with the Minister of Defense and the Minister of Development and International Cooperation on February 28, A/S Welch underscored US commitment to advancing mutual interests in the respective areas of defense and counter-terrorism cooperation, and increasing bilateral trade [...]	2008-03-03 17:12:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PMIL PTER PGOV PHUM ETRD EINV TS
08TUNIS211	TUNISIA TIFA COUNCIL MEETING: A MOMENT OF [...] (SBU) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes the US delegation to the TIFA Council, March 10 - 11. The TIFA Council follows a series of recent bilateral economic events and represents an opportunity to translate GOT statements of interest into concrete action. Despite the positive official GDP growth [...]	2008-03-06 17:39:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV KIPR TS
08TUNIS286	TIFA COUNCIL - AUSTR DONNELLY'S MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) On the margins of the March 10-11 US-Tunisia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council meeting, Assistant US Trade Representative for Europe and the Middle East (AUSTR) Shaun Donnelly met with Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi, Minister of Development and International Coo [...]	2008-03-19 10:40:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAIR ECIN ECON ECPS EFIN EIND EINV TS
08TUNIS287	TIFA COUNCIL - AUSTR DONNELLY'S MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) On the margins of the March 10-11 US-Tunisia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council meeting, Assistant US Trade Representative for Europe and the Middle East (AUSTR) Shaun Donnelly met with Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi, Minister of Development and International Coo [...]	2008-03-19 10:40:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAIR ECIN ECON ECPS EFIN EIND EINV TS
08TUNIS293	US-TUNISIA TIFA COUNCIL MEETING [...] (SBU) The March 10-11 US-Tunisia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council provided a productive exchange of information on areas where progress has been made, and areas where more progress is needed, in intellectual property rights (IPR),market access, services and investment. [...]	2008-03-21 11:43:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECPS EFIN ECON KIPR TS
08TUNIS31	MDIC PREFERS HOLDING TIFA COUNCIL IN TUNIS ON [...] (SBU) The Ambassador and Minister of Development and International Cooperation (MDIC) Jouini discussed substance and logistics for the upcoming US-Tunisia TIFA Council (Refs A-E) during a meeting on January 8. Jouini agreed that March 10-11, 2008 are good dates to conduct the next TIFA Counci [...]	2008-01-11 08:46:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ETRD EFIN EINV KIPR TS
08TUNIS328	TUNISIAN INSURANCE SECTOR LIBERALIZED, IN THEORY [...] (SBU) New legislation liberalizing the Tunisian insurance sector now permits 100 percent foreign ownership of insurance companies. However, President of the General Commission for Insurance Abdellatif Chabaane told American International Group, Inc. (AIG) Assistant Vice President for the Middl [...]	2008-04-02 09:08:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV TS
08TUNIS365	REAL ESTATE IN TUNISIA: AS GOOD AS GOLD? [...] (C) As Tunis' crane-filled skyline attests, real estate development is alive and well in Tunisia. While the announcement of numerous multi-billion dollar Gulf real estate projects has been dominating the headlines, the majority of real estate development represents smaller investments by Tuni [...]	2008-04-14 10:21:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EINV EFIN ETRD TS
08TUNIS51	FOR SALE: GULF INVESTORS GO A ON BUYING SPREE IN [...] (S) Despite what many domestic and foreign investors view as weaknesses in Tunisia,s investment climate, Gulf investors have made several sizable investments in recent months, with the full support of the GOT. The latest to be announced are a US $14 billion investment by Dubai Holding to buil [...]	2008-01-17 11:09:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	EINV ECON KCOR EFIN TS
08TUNIS52	FOR SALE: GULF INVESTORS GO ON A BUYING SPREE IN [...] (S) Despite what many domestic and foreign investors view as weaknesses in Tunisia,s investment climate, Gulf investors have made several sizable investments in recent months, with the full support of the GOT. The latest to be announced are a US $14 billion investment by Dubai Holding to buil [...]	2008-01-17 11:20:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	EINV ECON KCOR EFIN TS
08TUNIS568	BEN ALI, INC. TAKES OVER A BANK [...] (S) In the latest in a long string of questionable business deals, the Ben Ali clan has recently entered the banking business, assuming leadership of Tunisia's most profitable private bank -- Banque de Tunisie (BT). In April, Alya Abdallah, wife of Foreign Minister Abdalwahab Abdallah, became [...]	2008-05-28 12:04:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN EINV KCOR TS
08TUNIS57	OPIC-SUPPORTED INVESTMENT FUNDS: AFRICAINVEST [...] Per reftel request, Post provides the following comments about the AfricaInvest Funds II proposal. Tuninvest enjoys a strong reputation in Tunisia and is considered one of the leading private equity firms. Other Tunisian equity funds cite Tuninvest as their model for structure and management. [...]	2008-01-18 13:27:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN TS
08TUNIS679	CORRUPTION IN TUNISIA: WHAT'S YOURS IS MINE [...] (S) According to Transparency International's annual survey and Embassy contacts' observations, corruption in Tunisia is getting worse. Whether it's cash, services, land, property, or yes, even your yacht, President Ben Ali's family is rumored to covet it and reportedly gets what it wants. Bey [...]	2008-06-23 13:55:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	ECON KCOR PGOV EINV EFIN SOCI TS
08TUNIS69	TUNISIA: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Tunisia's 2008 Investment Climate Statement. Topics covered include: Paragraph -- Topic 2 -- Openness to Foreign Investment 12 -- Conversion and Transfer Policies 17 -- Expropriation and Compensation 18 -- Dispute Settlement 21 -- Performance Requirements and Incentives 30 -- Right to Pri [...]	2008-01-23 13:44:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR TS
08TUNIS691	FOOD AND ENERGY SUBSIDIES PUT PRESSURE ON GOT [...] (C) With the recent spike in world commodity prices, the GOT's subsidy bill has ballooned, straining public finances. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has praised Tunisia's prudent fiscal management, which has kept budget deficits low, even with subsidies. Yet, as subsidies for energy and [...]	2008-06-26 14:22:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV EAGR TS
08TUNIS787	Tunisiair Aircraft Purchase Goes to Airbus [...] (U) Tunisian National Air Carrier, Tunisair, confirmed its order and signed a purchase agreement for 16 aircraft from European aircraft manufacturer, Airbus. It also signed an industrial partnership that will create 200 jobs in the aeronautic sector in Tunisia. End Summary. ------------ [...]	2008-07-16 17:11:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD EINV TS
08TUNIS924	TUNISIA TO RE-OPEN EMBASSY IN QATAR [...] (C) Tunisia has announced that it will re-open its embassy in Qatar, which it closed in October 2006 to protest al-Jazeera's unfavorable coverage of domestic politics in Tunisia. Foreign Minister Abdallah had previewed this decision for NEA A/S Welch during the latter's late February visit to [...]	2008-08-19 14:01:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINV QA TS
08ULAANBAATAR116	IMF: 17% INFLATION THREATENS MONGOLIA'S ECONOMIC STABILITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the IMF Article IV Consultation mission that visited Ulaanbaatar last week, Mongolia's macroeconomic stability is threatened by rapidly rising inflation, measured at 17% in January and climbing. Prices are being pushed upward by increased government spending, rapid [...]	2008-03-17 01:44:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EINV MG
08ULAANBAATAR136	MONGOLIA'S OPPOSITION PARTY STALLS PARLIAMENT'S MINING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recess session of Mongolia's Parliament on key amendments to the Law on Mineral Resources was over almost as soon as it began on March 25, with the opposition Democratic Party (DP) effectively postponing debate. Minutes after the start of the session, the (DP) chief of the Sta [...]	2008-03-27 07:12:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EINV PREL ECON EFIN PGOV MG
08ULAANBAATAR149	MCA-Mongolia Holds First Board Meeting, Approves Documents, [...] Prime Minister S. Bayar, the Chairman of Millennium Challenge Account - Mongolia's (MCA-M) Board of Directors, convened the first ever full-scale board mlevig!tje orn`ne ofhEprm\|!Q> Inqd`itIo. po!he@E(0`n!Biv0QiniSveRaHr&br!b"cJqlO3,y(,V! nyov2QMkC=u43sqQmQaf2QFpJ`v$l5}6cX?t,L(/LQ W[mhuOQ&-Qor t [...]	2008-04-03 08:45:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL EINV EON PGOV MG
08ULAANBAATAR221	MONGOLIAN PM'S PLAN TO LOWER GAS PRICES BACKFIRES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In an effort to bolster his party's prospects in the run-up to June 29 Parliamentary elections, Mongolian Prime Minister Bayar embraced a plan to keep gas prices under control by allowing a Russian oil giant to set up 100 gas stations throughout Mongolia. The plan ha [...]	2008-05-16 01:26:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EINV PREL ECON EFIN PGOV KPKO MG
08ULAANBAATAR227	EMBASSY SUPPORTS PEABODY IN MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT, PM; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Visiting Peabody Energy President for Northeast Asia, accompanied by the Charge and Peabody reps, met separately with Prime Minister Bayar on May 8 and President Enkhbayar on May 9. They underscored Peabody's continued interest in doing business in Mongolia and delivered draft r [...]	2008-05-19 09:20:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EINV PREL ECON EFIN PGOV MG
08ULAANBAATAR243	OPPOSITION LEADER ELBEGDORG TO PEABODY ENERGY: NO POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Peabody Energy's President for Northeast Asia, Mr. Tahir Tayeb, along with Peabody reps and Econoff, met on May 9 with the leader of Mongolia's opposition Democratic Party, Ts. Elbegdorj, and shared a copy of Peabody's draft study of recommendations for a framework for the development of [...]	2008-05-27 22:40:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EINV PREL ECON EFIN PGOV MG
08ULAANBAATAR276	FINANCE MINISTER OUTLINES INFLATION GOALS, TACTICS; DONORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 15, Finance Minister Ulaan outlined the Government of Mongolia's (GOM) assessment of the growing inflation problem, Mongolia's worst since 1996. He outlined the GOM's responses to higher petroleum, meat, and flour prices. The following week, in response to a GOM request, [...]	2008-06-11 00:27:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EINV MG
08ULAANBAATAR287	IMF: HIGH INFLATION THREATENS MONGOLIA'S ECONOMIC PROGRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the IMF's 2008 Article IV Consultation report, Mongolia's recent economic performance has been impressive, mainly due to high mineral prices, but inflation threatens stability and continued growth. GDP growth has averaged more than 9% per annum since 2004, and per c [...]	2008-06-13 07:08:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EINV MG
08ULAANBAATAR309	EMBASSY'S FIRST EVER SHOWING AT MONGOLIAN TRADE FAIR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy Ulaanbaatar's Commercial Section has for the first time participated in a major Mongolian trade show. The Embassy's booth displayed promotional materials and brochures from over 40 American firms, mostly related to construction. Local construction companies asked about im [...]	2008-06-23 00:22:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON BEXP PGOV ETRD EINV MG
08ULAANBAATAR328	EEB/CIP AMBASSADOR GROSS SURVEYS MONGOLIA'S ICT PROGRESS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador David A. Gross and Whitney J. Witteman of the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs visited Mongolia from June 21-24, during which time they met with senior Mongolian officials involved with setting and regulating ICT policies, rep [...]	2008-07-03 00:35:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECCP BEXP PGOV EINV ECPS MG
08ULAANBAATAR362	Mongolian Uranium Deposit Update [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Western Prospector Group (WP) CEO Eric Bohren (protect) discussed uranium mining issues in Mongolia with Emboffs on July 10 and discussed his company's near-term plans and the uranium mining business. Bohren made clear that Western Prospector, a Vancouver-based firm, remains int [...]	2008-07-25 02:00:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL KNNP SENV EMIN EINV KIDE MG
08ULAANBAATAR365	Mongolia's Inflation Continues to Rise During First Half of [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia's national consumer price index was up a staggering 18.8% in the first six months of 2008. Ulaanbaatar, with its large contingent of urban poor, has been hit the hardest, with an overall inflation rate of 23% and a food price increase of 47.3%. Although much of the in [...]	2008-07-25 08:51:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EINV MG
08ULAANBAATAR521	Global Financial Meltdown Dissolves Mongolian Resistance to [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The global financial crisis and steep declines in commodity prices are threatening Mongolia's aspirations to become a mining power. However, the crisis might be helping the new government and parliament overcome the crippling inertia that has afflicted them from 2006 up through [...]	2008-12-01 03:19:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG
08ULAANBAATAR527	REFLECTIONS ON A SLAG HEAP: WINNERS AND LOSERS CONTEMPLATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Failure to establish a fair and stable regulatory environment for the mining sector, coupled with the global economic crisis and commodities market crash, have come back to haunt development of Mongolia's minerals sector. Small exploration firms, already hammered by dropping co [...]	2008-12-08 06:18:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL PGOV ETRD EMIN ENRG MG
08ULAANBAATAR530	2008 BUSINESS FACILITATION INCENTIVE FUND (BFIF) FY08 [...] Please find post's closeout report for the FY 2008 BFIF-supported 2008 Con-Agg project. 2. Text of report: Business Facilitation Incentive Fund Project Report - FY2008 Date Submitted: December 9, 2008 Project Manager: Michael D. Richmond, Senior Commercial Specialist Office: Economic and Co [...]	2008-12-10 00:26:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ABUD AMGT BEXP BTIO ECON EINV ETRD MGL
08ULAANBAATAR532	2008 BUSINESS FACILITATION INCENTIVE FUND (BFIF) FY08 [...] Please find post's closeout report for the FY 2008 BFIF-supported 2008 World of Concrete project. 2. Text of report: Business Facilitation Incentive Fund Project Report - FY2008 Date Submitted: December 9, 2008 Project Manager: Michael D. Richmond, Senior Commercial Specialist Office: Econo [...]	2008-12-10 04:57:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ABUD AMGT BEXP BTIO ECON EINV ETRD MGL

08ULAANBAATAR536	MONGOLIA'S FINANCIAL SYSTEM STILL STANDING AFTER A [...] (C) SUMMARY. Mongolia's financial system has been rocked in recent days by a rapid decline in the local currency's value and the subsequent insolvency of its fourth largest bank. Some quick moves by the central bank to maintain the dollar supply and largely calm, even-handed responses by the [...]	2008-12-12 08:54:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PREL MG PGOV
08UNVIEVIENNA513	UNCITRAL WORKING GROUP REVISES MODEL LAW ON PROCUREMENT [...] (U) The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group I (Procurement) met in Vienna September 8-12, 2008 to discuss proposed reforms to the UNCITRAL model procurement law. For the past several years, the Working Group on Procurement has been engaged in an effor [...]	2008-09-18 11:06:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD AORC EAID EINV ETRD KCRM KUNR UNCITRAL AU UN
08UNVIEVIENNA533	WORKING GROUP REFORMS UNICTRAL MODEL ARBITRATION LAW [...] (U) The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group II on Arbitration met September 15-19, 2008 in Vienna to continue discussing proposed reforms to the UNCITRAL model arbitration law. The UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules are considered one of the most successful U [...]	2008-09-30 13:26:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD AORC EAID EINV ETRD KCRM KUNR UNCITRAL AU UN
08UNVIEVIENNA596	UNCITRAL: SECURED TRANSACTIONS WORKING GROUP ADDRESSES [...] (U) UNCITRAL Working Group VI (Secured Transactions) at its 2008 session in Vienna, October 20-24, continued its work on the preparation of an annex to the 2007 UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on Secured Transactions (hereafter "the Guide") on security rights in intellectual property (IP). The Un [...]	2008-11-13 09:06:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD AORC EAID EINV ETRD KCRM KUNR UNCITRAL AU UN
08USEUBRUSSELS733	Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt meets with EU [...] (SBU) Summary: Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt met with EU Commissioner Charlie McCreevy hours before the second meeting of the Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC) meeting on May 1th, 2008. They discussed transition processes, the TEC, and insurance issues. They agreed to work on the Comm [...]	2008-05-16 14:24:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EIND EINV EUN
08USEUBRUSSELS859	Second Meeting of the U.S.-EU Transatlantic [...] Summary: The May 13 U.S.-EU Transatlantic Economic Council: -- discussed in a principals-only lunch policy issues related to Russia and protectionism (reported septel); -- agreed that EU Commission would follow through on its November 2007 commitment to remove a major impediment to EU i [...]	2008-06-06 13:39:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EIND EINV EFIN EAGR ENRG
08VIENNA1351	IRAN URGES OMV TO CONCLUDE GAS DEALS [...] (U) On the margins of a recent OPEC meeting, Iranian Oil Minister Gholamhossein Nozari publicly urged Austrian oil/gas company OMV to finalize an energy deal. In an exclusive interview September 12 with Austrian daily Wiener Zeitung (note: an Austrian government-owned newspaper),Nozari urged O [...]	2008-09-15 14:10:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ENRG ETRD EINV PREL IR AU
08VIENNA142	NABUCCO: OMV STILL CONFIDENT DESPITE SOUTH STREAM [...] (C) Reinhard Mitschek, Managing Director of Nabucco, told Emboffs on January 25 that the project remains on track despite the Russian campaign to present South Stream as an alternative. One of the reasons Russia is flouting South Stream, according to Mitschek, is to improve Gazprom's negotia [...]	2008-01-29 15:42:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV PREL IR AU
08VIENNA1466	SOLICITING POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO KOSOVO DEBT RELIEF [...] (SBU) Per reftel, post submitted information on USG request for financial assistance for the Kosovo Debt Relief Trust Fund to Johann Kinast, Head of the Export Guarantees and Debt Rescheduling Unit in the Ministry of Finance (MoF). Post also sent reftel information to Thomas Schnoell, MFA Unit [...]	2008-10-01 13:16:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN EINV PREL EU KV AU
08VIENNA1733	Austria-Russia Economic Ties Deepening [...] (U) SUMMARY: Austria's commercial ties with Russia, which date to the Soviet era, have grown significantly since 2000. Despite a brief dip in 2007, imports from Russia (dominated by energy) are rising again. In recent years, Austrian firms (especially banks) have expanded aggressively into [...]	2008-11-26 07:27:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON ENRG PREL RS AU
08VIENNA469	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: IMPLEMENTING THE FINANCIAL [...] (U) This cable includes a request for guidance from Treasury. Please see paragraph 5-6. 2. (S) On April 3, EconPol Counselor and Economic Unit Chief presented reftel non-papers to Thomas Wieser, Director General of the Ministry of Finance's Economic Policy and Financial Markets Directora [...]	2008-04-04 13:25:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KNNP MNUC
08VIENNA531	AUSTRIA'S ECONOMIC RELATIONS WITH IRAN [...] (SBU) Austrian exports to Iran declined by 7.2% in 2007, following a drop of 21.7% in 2006. However, Iranian exports to Austria - 80% of which was energy -- Austria jumped 57.1% in 2007. Overall trade remained a very small part (.24%) of Austria's total trade, although Iran is still an import [...]	2008-04-17 09:56:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV PGOV PREL IR AU
08VIENNA585	2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES - AUSTRIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-30 13:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV AU
08VIENNA602	DEMARCHE REQUEST: TURKEY CHANGE OF STATUS AT THE EBRD - [...] (U) Summary. The Austrian Ministry of Finance (MoF) is unlikely to support the proposed U.S. approach linking Turkey's application for change membership status to a six-month strategic review of the EBRD's mandate. End Summary. 2. (U) Post conveyed reftel demarche on May 5 to Leander Tre [...]	2008-05-06 08:39:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ECIN EFIN ETRD EUN AU
08VIENNA61	2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR AUSTRIA [...] Following is the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for Austria, keyed to reftel instructions: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- AUSTRIA -------------------------------------------- Introduction ------------ With the European Union's (EU) enlargements in May 2004 and January 2007, Aus [...]	2008-01-15 15:38:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR AU
08VIENNA797	OMV UNDER PRESSURE TO CONCLUDE SOUTH PARS DEAL [...] (C) Thomas Mayr-Harting, the MFA's Political Director, told EUR DAS Bryza and Charge on June 2 that OMV is under intense pressure from Iran to conclude its South Pars deal "in the next 4-5 months." Mayr-Harting said that the GoA would continue to advise OMV to go slow, but, if other European [...]	2008-06-10 10:09:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC PREL EPET EINV AU IR
08VIENNA799	OMV UNDER PRESSURE TO CONCLUDE SOUTH PARS DEAL [...] (C) Thomas Mayr-Harting, the MFA's Political Director, told EUR DAS Bryza and Charge on June 2 that OMV is under intense pressure from Iran to conclude its South Pars deal "in the next 4-5 months." Mayr-Harting said that the GoA would continue to advise OMV to go slow, but, if other European [...]	2008-06-10 10:09:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC PREL EPET EINV AU IR
08VIENNA800	OMV UNDER PRESSURE TO CONCLUDE SOUTH PARS DEAL [...] (C) Thomas Mayr-Harting, the MFA's Political Director, told EUR DAS Bryza and Charge on June 2 that OMV is under intense pressure from Iran to conclude its South Pars deal "in the next 4-5 months." Mayr-Harting said that the GoA would continue to advise OMV to go slow, but, if other European [...]	2008-06-10 10:10:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC PREL EPET EINV AU IR
08VIENNA802	OMV WILL LIKELY SIGN UP TO SOUTH STREAM [...] (C) Minister of Economics Martin Bartenstein has confirmed Russian press reports that OMV is considering joining the South Stream project. Russian media is speculating that an intergovernmental agreement could be concluded "before the end of the European Cup soccer championships" on June 29. [...]	2008-06-10 12:32:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV PREL AU
08VIENNA810	NABUCCO: MOVING FORWARD ON VARIOUS FRONTS DESPITE [...] (C) In a June 2 meeting with EUR DAS Bryza and Charge, OMV Gas CEO Werner Auli and Nabucco Managing Director Reinhard Mitschek sounded optimistic about the project's progress despite a number of major issues that needed to be solved. Nabucco hopes an end-of-June meeting in Den Haag will prod [...]	2008-06-11 08:58:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL EPET EINV AU
08VIENNA956	HUGE INVESTMENT BY AUSTRIAN ENERGY FIRM "VERBUND" IN [...] On July 1st, Verbund, the largest Austrian electricity provider, working in a 50/50 consortium with the Turkish company Sabanci, won the bidding in tenders to privatize the state-owned Turkish electricity provider "Baskent EDAS," paying $1.2 billion for the company. One day later, Verbund los [...]	2008-07-03 15:28:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET AU
08VIENTIANE114	MINISTER OF COMMERCE WELCOMES U.S. INVESTMENT [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador paid his initial official calls on Minister of Industry and Commerce Nam Viyaketh, whose father, Samane Viyaketh, is #2 in the Politburo, and Governor of the Lao Central Bank Phouphet Khamphounvong on February 11. Minister Nam welcomed U.S. investment in Laos and [...]	2008-02-15 08:38:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EINV EMIN ENRG PINR LA
08VIENTIANE149	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR LAOS [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-04 01:30:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV OPIC USTR KTDB LA
08VIENTIANE202	PLANNED CHINESE DEVELOPMENT IN VIENTIANE GENERATES [...] (C) Summary: A public controversy -- a rare thing in Laos -- is brewing over government plans to give a Chinese firm a large 1600-hectare concession near the revered That Luang monument close to the Vientiane city center. Although originally described as a location for 2,000-3,000 workers ( [...]	2008-03-31 10:03:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EINV SOCI LA CH
08VIENTIANE226	GMS SUMMIT CELEBRATES IMPROVED REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: The third Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Summit March 30-31 featured the meeting of all six GMS heads of state in Laos. The GMS leaders agreed to the "Vientiane Plan of Action for GMS Development," an ambitious 5-year plan with a reported $20 billion price tag. During the two h [...]	2008-04-11 04:37:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PREL ETRD PGOV LA CH CM VN BM TH
08VIENTIANE241	AMBASSADOR RAISES FOOD SECURITY; CHINESE DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary: Topics at an April 10 Informal Quarterly Donors Meeting co-chaired by the Ambassador included food security in Laos, focusing on poor governmental policy choices in the often rice-deficient uplands areas, and the Chinese-financed development project at That Luang marsh (ref A). [...]	2008-04-24 06:36:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EINV UN LA CN
08VIENTIANE338	2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-12 07:47:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EINV ECON KIDE OPIC PGOV LA
08VIENTIANE339	2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] The Embassy is unaware of any changes to the below noted disputes since submission of the 2007 report. Please note the Embassy no longer has contact or biographical information for the Claimants. 2. a. Claimant A b. 1991 c. According to Claimant's attorney, Claimant A assert [...]	2008-06-13 04:33:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EINV ECON KIDE OPIC PGOV LA
08VIENTIANE415	NATURAL PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL TO LEAVE LAOS BY [...] (C) Summary: Natural Products International (NPI),a small American-owned company that has invested over $1.4 million since coming to Laos in 1997, and that in May secured a contract to produce all of the Corn-Soy Blend (CSB) for the World Food Program's (WFP) school feeding program in Laos [...]	2008-07-28 09:22:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON KIDE PREL EAGR LA
08VIENTIANE662	FINANCIAL CRISIS BEGINS TO ERODE PILLARS OF LAO [...] (U) Summary: The weak integration of the Lao banking system with the international financial system initially cushioned the impact of the global financial crisis on Laos--there are no tranches of subprime debt in the Lao central bank. However, as the non-financial downturn has spread global [...]	2008-12-22 10:19:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD LA
08VILNIUS1028	LITHUANIA CONCERNED BY THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-05 14:49:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID EAGR ETRD EINV BTIO LH
08VILNIUS407	BELARUS: BANKING SECTOR OPEN FOR INVESTMENT [...] (U) According to various news agencies in Georgia and Belarus, Georgia's largest private bank "Bank of Georgia" announced May 13 that it had signed an agreement to purchase a 70 percent stake in the private Belarusian Popular Bank. Reportedly, the USD 34.2 million deal also allows the purchas [...]	2008-05-28 14:09:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PGOV PREL BO
08VILNIUS505	BELARUS: MEDVEDEV'S SYMBOLIC VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On June 22, Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev paid a first official visit to Belarus, at the invitation of President Lukashenko. Meeting at the site of the Nazi invasion of the USSR during World War II, the presidents discussed a range of bilateral issues. While [...]	2008-06-27 14:52:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV WTRO USTR BO
08VILNIUS92	PURSUING THE U.S. AGENDA [...] (C) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: One year ago, we laid out a plan to engage the Lithuanian government strategically to support key U.S. objectives, especially in mobilizing the government to support the Global War on Terror and to promote democracy in the former Soviet Union. With PM Gediminas Kirk [...]	2008-02-14 07:59:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS AMGT EINV OIIP LH
08VILNIUS93	LITHUANIA: PURSUING THE U.S. AGENDA [...] (C) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: One year ago, we laid out a plan to engage the Lithuanian government strategically to support key U.S. objectives, especially in mobilizing the government to support the Global War on Terror and to promote democracy in the former Soviet Union. With PM Gediminas Kirk [...]	2008-02-14 08:03:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS AMGT EINV OIIP LH
08VLADIVOSTOK31	SUPERJET READYING FOR TAKEOFF IN KOMSOMOLSK [...] (U) Komsomol'sk-na-Amure is the third largest city in the Russian Far East and home to the Sukhoi Superjet, a multinational project that involves Boeing and a half a dozen other U.S. firms, as well as German and French aviation companies. At the Sukhoi assembly plant, CG saw one Superjet th [...]	2008-03-26 06:36:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV PGOV RS
08WARSAW1171	OPIC SUPPORT FOR GREEN EMERGY MARKETS FUND - DUE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-06 11:51:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON PL
08WARSAW1236	EXPERTS LEVEL ECONOMIC/COMMERCIAL DIALOGUE(ECD) CONTINUES [...] Commerce/ITA DAS for Europe Paul Dyck held a series of meetings Oct. 1-2 in Warsaw with U.S. industry and the Ministry of Economy as a part of continuing our Bilateral Economic and Commercial Dialogue (ECD) with the Polish government. He was accompanied by Commerce/ITA Director for European Cou [...]	2008-10-23 13:59:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON BEXP PL
08WARSAW1394	SCENESETTER FOR THE UN CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary. Poland's government recognizes that the on-going Fourteenth United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Poznan (due to enter its High Level segment later this week) is largely a waypoint on the road to next year's Fifteenth UN Conference in Copenhagen. It nonetheless views [...]	2008-12-09 07:05:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV PREL ETRD KIPR PL
08WARSAW1450	POLAND'S PLANS FOR A CIVIL NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Polish government has committed to develop a nuclear power sector, driven by CO2 emissions constraints and reluctance to rely on imported energy. Prime Minister Tusk recently announced his intention to have two reactors up and running by 2020; an ambitious target for a coun [...]	2008-12-23 15:50:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV TRGY BEXP BTIO PL
08WARSAW443	POLAND'S MINISTER OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT JUGGLING [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Regional Development Bienkowska told Ambassador that the EU funds Poland will receive in 2007 to 2013 will not be sufficient to meet all of Poland's needs. Infrastructure development is her Ministry's main priority. The Tusk government devolved responsibility fo [...]	2008-04-09 11:22:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV PREL PL
08WARSAW446	POLAND'S MINISTER OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT JUGGLING [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Regional Development Bienkowska told Ambassador that the EU funds Poland will receive in 2007 to 2013 will not be sufficient to meet all of Poland's needs. Infrastructure development is her Ministry's main priority. The Tusk government devolved responsibility fo [...]	2008-04-09 14:00:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV PREL PL
08WARSAW596	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PARTICIPATION IN INT'L COMPACT [...] (SBU) EconOff delivered reftel demarche on May 13 2008 to Juliusz Gojlo, head of the Polish MFA,s Iraqi Task Force. Gojlo said that MFA Undersecretary Ryszard Schnepf would head the Polish Delegation to the May 29 International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Ministerial Meeting in Stockholm, though he [...]	2008-05-15 14:26:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IZ PL
08WARSAW687	POLAND: 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (U) In response to reftel, post provides the following information, in the format requested in reftel para. 15. 2. (U) Post is aware of two (2) claims of U.S. Claimants that may be outstanding against the Government of Poland. 3. (SBU) (A). Claimant designation: Claimant A. (B) A [...]	2008-06-16 06:57:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV KIDE PL
08WELLINGTON9	2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATE FOR NEW ZEALAND [...] Following is Post's submission for the 2008 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) regarding New Zealand per request reftel. 2. Begin text of ICS submission: 2008 Investment Climate Statement - New Zealand Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ Foreign direct inve [...]	2008-01-14 05:10:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR NZ
08WINDHOEK398	NAMIBIA: LACEY ACT AMENDMENT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to members of the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry (MAWF),as well as the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI). Director of Forestry J.S. Hailwa remarked that the new import declaration requirements under the amended Lacey Act should not impo [...]	2008-12-09 14:29:00	Embassy Windhoek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID EAGR ETRD EINV BTIO WA
08YAOUNDE10	CAMEROON FINANCE MINISTER DISCUSSES THE ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: Cameroon Finance Minister Essimi Menye told the Ambassador during her December 21 courtesy call that "the future of Cameroon is cocoa" and that long-running plans to privatize national airline CAMAIR and national telecom CAMTEL are being revisited. Economic growth will remain l [...]	2008-01-03 16:28:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAIR ECON PREL EINV CM
08YAOUNDE1056	CAMEROON OPEN(ING) FOR BUSINESS; COMMERCE AND ECONOMICS [...] (U) Summary: Post has been heavily engaged in commercial and economic policy outreach, reflecting the priority given to enhancing bilateral trade and fostering economic development, a key Mission Strategic Plan objective. Working under the aegis of a mission-wide Economic Working Group tha [...]	2008-10-27 15:49:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD BEXP KCOR CM
08YAOUNDE1077	CAMEROON ANTI-CORRUPTION DRIVE NETS ANOTHER [...] (U) Cameroon's anti-corruption drive, dubbed Operation Epervier ("Sparrowhawk") by the Cameroonian public, has netted another government official for embezzlement. Jean Dieudonne Ndoumou, most recently assigned to the Prime Minister's office, was detained by judicial authorities during the [...]	2008-11-04 14:35:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR PGOV PREL ECON EINV CM
08YAOUNDE1107	CAMEROON: BANKERS' VIEWS ON FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (U) Summary: The global financial crisis has not significantly affected Cameroon and the country will likely remain relatively insulated in the short term. However, Cameroon's economy is heavily exposed to international commodity prices in everything from oil to cocoa and cobalt. Local fin [...]	2008-11-10 15:50:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD CM
08YAOUNDE209	CAMEROON'S ECONOMY: BACKDROP TO A WEEK OF VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Cameroon's economic outlook portends continued tepid growth despite high oil prices, reflecting low levels of investment, poor execution of the budget, and the reduced competitiveness of agricultural exports. Recent conversations with IMF and World Bank officials underscore [...]	2008-03-04 13:10:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CM ECON EFIN EIND EMIN PGOV EINV ELAB PINR
08YAOUNDE26	CAMEROON'S NEW MINISTER OF ECONOMY: DYNAMIC AND [...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 8 courtesy call by the Ambassador, Minister of Economy, Planning and Regional Development (MINEPAT) Louis Paul Motaze highlighted the need for more decisive action to spur economic growth and improve Cameroon's business climate. He was anxious to engage on the M [...]	2008-01-10 09:23:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EIND KMCA CM
08YAOUNDE428	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - [...] (SBU) Summary. Cameroon's civil unrest in February highlighted the risk of political volatility caused by rising food prices. Cameroon's high food prices are mostly caused by poor economic planning and management over the long-term. Blessed with enormous agricultural potential, Cameroon cou [...]	2008-05-02 11:51:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EINV EFIN CM
08YAOUNDE546	CAMEROON CORRUPTION: ALBATROSS AFFAIR EMBROILS PM, [...] (C) Cameroonian media and gossip circuits have been abuzz in recent weeks with speculation that dozens of high-level officials and prominent Cameroonians, including Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni, will be arrested for their role in what looks to become the biggest corruption scandal in Cameroo [...]	2008-06-04 15:02:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM EAIR ECON EFIN KCOR PGOV EINV
08YAOUNDE591	CAMEROON LANDS MINISTER ON CORRUPTION, SOLUTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Cameroon's economic growth is hampered by pervasive problems in the system that governs land use and ownership, according to Lands Minister Pascal Anong Adibime. During a June 6 meeting with the Ambassador, Adibime said he was shocked by the level of corruption within his own [...]	2008-06-11 13:40:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR KCOR PREL PGOV EINV ECON CM
08YAOUNDE73	TALKING FINANCE IN CAMEROON'S COMMERCIAL CAPITAL [...] (U) Summary. Despite billions of dollars in excess liquidity in central African banks, much-needed investment in Cameroon is hindered by a lack of long-term capital, underdeveloped capital markets, and a challenging business climate, according to Douala-based bankers and businesspeople. Pri [...]	2008-01-28 13:40:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD ECON EINV EMIN CM
08YAOUNDE758	AES TO "DOUBLE DOWN" WITH $1.3 BILLION IN CAMEROON [...] (U) Summary: In a July 24 meeting with President Biya, Paul Hanrahan, CEO of American power company AES, dismissed allegations of AES' flagging commitment to Cameroon and promised that AES' new investment would top $1.3 billion by 2011. Explaining that AES had rebuffed overtures from sove [...]	2008-07-29 13:45:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV ECON ETRD CM
08YAOUNDE800	CAMEROON: BIYA PROMISES PROGRESS ON CORRUPTION AND [...] (C) Summary. In a jovial August 7 conversation with the Ambassador, President Biya said he planned to set up three key government institutions--an elections agency, the Senate, and the Constitutional Court--before the end of the year. Applauding USG efforts to fight corruption in Cameroon, Bi [...]	2008-08-11 14:18:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCOR PHUM ECON EINV ETRD UN CM
08YAOUNDE967	CAMEROON'S NORTHERN PROVINCES: EMBASSY TEAM [...] (U) Summary: During a September 21-27 trip to the Extreme North, North and Adamaoua Provinces, the Ambassador launched a Virtual Presence Post (VPP) for the region and did extensive public outreach. The northern provinces are poor and largely agricultural, suffering from the effects of a d [...]	2008-10-06 16:56:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CM EAGR ECON PGOV PHUM PREF PREL EINV KPAO
08YEKATERINBURG71	SNOWY UFA WARMLY WELCOMES CONSULATE TRAVELERS [...] (SBU) Consul General and Public Affairs Officer traveled to Ufa November 6-8. The delegation had official meetings with the president of the Bashkortostan Republic Murtaza Rakhimov, Bashkortostan Minister of Foreign Relations and Trade Boris Kolbin, Ufa mayor Pavel Kachkayev and Supreme M [...]	2008-11-13 10:10:00	Consulate Yekaterinburg	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD PGOV RS SCUL
08YEKATERINBURG83	HOW TO WEATHER THE ECONOMIC CRISIS: A TALE OF TWO FORA [...] (SBU) Summary: Consulate officers attended a Sverdlovsk oblast Advisory Council meeting on November 28, and the Eighth Urals Investment Forum in Chelyabinsk on December 4. Both meetings were dedicated to discussing ways to weather the economic crisis. Politicians were enthusiastic promoters [...]	2008-12-31 09:52:00	Consulate Yekaterinburg	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV RS
08YEREVAN100	ARMENIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2008 [...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy Yerevan, Armenia submits the following as its 2008 Investment Climate Statement. ---------- BEGIN TEXT ---------- 2. According to data from the National Statistical Service (NSS),foreign investment in Armenia has steadily increased from USD 70 million in 2001 to [...]	2008-02-08 03:16:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR AM
08YEREVAN1014	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH CENTRAL [...] (C) In their introductory meeting December 8, Central Bank of Armenia (CBA) Chairman Arthur Javadyan stressed to the Ambassador the high priority the CBA places on maintaining monetary stability and preventing panic among Armenian depositors. He insisted that Armenia's banking system is in so [...]	2008-12-17 07:56:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PROV PREL ECON EFIN EINV AM RU
08YEREVAN1015	CENTRAL BANK CHAIRMAN DEFENDS SUSPENSION OF [...] (C) Meeting with the Ambassador on December 8, Central Bank of Armenia (CBA) Chairman Arthur Javadyan defended the CBA's August decision to expel Western Union from Armenia in response to its decision to close its branches in Nagorno-Karabakh under pressure from the Government of Azerbaijan (G [...]	2008-12-17 12:06:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EINV AM RU
08YEREVAN599	ROAD RAGE ATTACK ON DUTCH BUSINESSMEN EMBLEMATIC [...] (SBU) BUSINESSMEN ASSAULTED: On Saturday, July 12, two pedestrians, Hans Boon and Jurgen Dolstra -- Dutch nationals who are senior executives of the semi-privatized postal corporation Haypost -- were attacked and beaten by two motorists in a road rage incident. The incident occured at about [...]	2008-07-28 14:10:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC PGOV EINV KJUS AM
08YEREVAN628	CUSTOMS REFORM: THE WINDS OF REAL CHANGE OR A [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Sargsian's young administration has made much of its new campaigns to overhaul customs and tax. CDA called on the new Chairman of the State Customs Committee, Gagik Khachatrian, with an eye toward assessing the new man's commitment and energy to change fundamentally th [...]	2008-08-07 04:01:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ETTC EINV KNNP AM
08YEREVAN638	SERIES OF VIOLENT INCIDENTS SPOTLIGHTS STRAINS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Separate incidents of serious violence -- one fatal -- July 14 and 16 related to property disputes over Yerevan apartments which had been sold. In both cases, the former owners of the properties sought to intimidate the new owners into giving back apartments they had rightfully p [...]	2008-08-08 12:59:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ASEC EINV CASC PGOV KCRM KDEM KJUS AM
08YEREVAN744	COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF AMCIT PLAINTIFFS IN CRIMINAL [...] (U) On September 15, Yerevan's city court ended five years of legal proceedings by ruling in favor of U.S. citizen plaintiffs Carolann and George Najarian, granting them the disputed property and convicting Grigor Igityan, their former business partner in Armenia, to four and a half years impri [...]	2008-09-17 13:04:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PGOV CASC KJUS KDEM AM
08YEREVAN983	GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS: ARMENIA BEGINNING TO FEEL [...] (C) After initially expressing only moderate concern about the impact on Armenia of the global financial crisis, GOAM officials have begun to acknowledge negative effects,and appear to be taking a prudent approach. Growth in construction, real estate sales and other investments has slowed as i [...]	2008-12-09 08:39:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD AM
08ZAGREB363	CROATIAN ECONOMY MINISTER POSITIVE ABOUT VIENNA [...] Ambassador met with Croatian Deputy PM and Minister of Economy Damir Polancec on May 8 to discuss the Vienna Trade and Investment Conference and other follow up to the President's April commitment to Croatian PM Sanader to seek ways to bolster trade and investment between the U.S. and Croatia. [...]	2008-05-12 13:32:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON BEXP CVIA EAID EINV HR
08ZAGREB49	CROATIA 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT (PART II) [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-24 14:06:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR HR
08ZAGREB50	CROATIA 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT (PART I) [...] Summary: Croatia has enjoyed steady growth in foreign investment over the last several years, buoyed by a growing economy, low inflation, a stable exchange rate and developed infrastructure. With progress towards membership in NATO and the European Union well advanced, Croatia has taken a lead [...]	2008-01-24 14:06:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR HR
08ZAGREB568	2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION [...] In response to reftel, paragraphs 2 and 3 provide Post's proposed language for Croatia for the 2008 Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriation Claims. There are no new investment disputes for inclusion in the report this year. 2. More than two hundred United States persons of Croatian d [...]	2008-07-30 14:28:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KIDE HR
08ZAGREB735	GOC PREPARES TO PRIVATIZE SHIPYARDS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOC has begun the process to privatize shipbuilding, the last major industry under state ownership in Croatia. Subsidies to the loss-making industry have been a burden on the state budget and are an obstacle to EU accession. The Ministry of Economy and representatives of the s [...]	2008-10-22 10:31:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EINV PGOV PREL HR
08ZAGREB842	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTATION OF AMENDED [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-09 16:10:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID EAGR ETRD EINV BTIO HR
08ZAGREB90	DELIVERED: SUPPORT LEBANON NOW [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-07 13:32:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KDEM LE PGOV PHUM PREL EINV SY HR
09ABIDJAN571	RUSSIAN BUSINESS PRESENCE IN AFRICA (C-CI9-01825) [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-02 06:48:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR BBSR ECON EINV CV
09ABUDHABI11	ROSE COLORED GLASSES??? THE UAE 2009 ECONOMIC OUTLOOK [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Abu Dhabi - Consulate General Dubai cable. 2. (C) Summary. What was initially widespread denial that the global downturn would impact the UAE's development plans has now transitioned into open expressions of concern about economic prospects for 2009. Government [...]	2009-01-05 13:07:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG PREL PGOV AE
09ABUDHABI1161	ABU DHABI INVESTMENT AUTHORITY SUES CITI [...] (SBU) On December 15, Citigroup announced that the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) had filed an arbitration claim based on Citi's alleged misrepresentation of ADIA's November 2007 $7.5 billion investment. The arbitration claim seeks $4 billion in damages. ADIA originally agreed to buy C [...]	2009-12-22 10:10:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN EINV ECON AE
09ABUDHABI1177	KOREAN COMPETITION RAISES CONCERNS [...] (SBU) Summary: KEPCO's success in Abu Dhabi's USD 20 billion nuclear tender (reftel) is the latest - and highest value - example of Korea's growing commercial success in the UAE. UAE officials report Korean technical and commercial advantages, particularly in engineering, procurement and const [...]	2009-12-28 13:20:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG KNNP PGOV EINV
09ABUDHABI189	ABU DHABI "BAILS OUT" DUBAI VIA UAE CENTRAL BANK [...] This is a joint Embassy Abu Dhabi - Consulate general Dubai cable. 2. (C) Summary. The Dubai government announced on February 22 that it would float a USD 20 billion bond to support its debt repayment schedule and that the UAE Central Bank will subscribe to half of the five year bond, whic [...]	2009-02-23 12:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	EFIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV AE
09ABUDHABI361	ABU DHABI GETS REAL [...] (C) Summary. While Abu Dhabi's economy still looks rosy compared to neighboring Dubai's, senior officials acknowledge that 2009 will be difficult. Even in traditionally wealthier and more conservative Abu Dhabi, firms and the Government are scrapping expansion plans and focusing on maintainin [...]	2009-04-09 09:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG PREL PGOV AE
09ABUDHABI464	LACK OF TRANSPARENCY HINDERS UAE ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary. Despite strong medium-term fundamentals, many are concerned about the short-term health of the UAE economy. Contacts argue that the continued lack of economic transparency -- and a clear recovery plan -- is weighing heavily on the economy. While the federal government has taken [...]	2009-05-10 12:39:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV AE
09ABUDHABI485	ABU DHABI DEVELOPMENT FUND CHANNELS ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During EconOff's May 7 courtesy call, Acting Director General of the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD, www.adfd.ae) Mohammed Saif Al Sowaidi outlined the Fund's efforts to support economic development through bilateral loans and grants to Middle Eastern, African and Asian cou [...]	2009-05-14 10:43:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV EFIN EINV AF PK AE
09ABUDHABI600	UAE 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION [...] (U) Pursuant to the requirements of Section 527 of the FY 94-95 Foreign Relations Authorization Act (FRAA),Embassy Abu Dhabi has compiled a list of U.S. citizen expropriation claims and investment disputes involving the Government of the United Arab Emirates. The Embassy is aware of two ongo [...]	2009-06-15 09:06:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV AE
09ABUDHABI77	UAE INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-20 12:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR AE
09ABUDHABI799	ABU DHABI'S BOND BONANZA [...] (C) Summary: Local and international liquidity shortages have forced several Abu Dhabi-based firms to the bond market in search of funding. Following the Emirate of Abu Dhabi's lead, several major parastatals (e.g., Mubadala, Aldar) entered the bond market in recent months, with varying degre [...]	2009-08-10 13:23:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV AE
09ABUDHABI874	C-SA9-01527: PAKISTANI AND AFGHAN EXPATRIATE TIES TO [...] (S) The responses in para 3 are keyed to reftel request. Post notes that reftel was not addressed to Embassy Abu Dhabi, resulting in delayed response. Post requests that all cables requiring action/information on UAE issues be sent to Embassy Abu Dhabi. OVERVIEW -------- 2. (S) Structurally, the [...]	2009-09-02 11:56:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV AE
09ABUJA1009	NEW CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR WILL FACE CHALLENGES [...] (C) Summary: As presaged in ref A, President Yar'Adua nominated Sanusi Lamido Sanusi to head the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Sanusi has been confirmed by the Senate and has taken charge at the Central Bank. Sanusi has a reputation for risk assessment and supervision, and his talents will b [...]	2009-06-09 14:46:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ETRD ECON PGOV NI
09ABUJA101	NIGERIA: CBN TAKES ACTION TO SLOW NAIRA DEVALUATION [...] (SBU) Summary. The naira has lost over 25% of its value vis-`-vis the dollar since November 26, 2008. It exchanged for 120 naira to one dollar in the official market in November 2008 as against 150 naira to one dollar on January 14, 2009. This is in sharp contrast to the relative stability [...]	2009-01-20 06:47:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ENRG PGOV NI
09ABUJA1050	NIGERIA-US ROUNDTABLE ON ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE SETS [...] (SBU) Summary. From May 21-22 2009, a U.S. delegation headed by Douglas Hengel, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy and Business Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, held roundtable discussions on energy and climate change issues with counterparts from the Government of Nigeria [...]	2009-06-12 10:31:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET SENV ECON EINV ENRG EAID PGOV NI
09ABUJA1058	NIGERIA: DELTA NEW YORK-ABUJA ROUTE LAUNCHES WITH THE [...] (SBU) Summary. Delta flight 215 touched down at Abuja Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport June 11 at 12:13 p.m., currently the only U.S. flag carrier to fly direct from the U.S. to Nigeria's capital city Abuja. The plane was met by a full staff of ground crews and customer service staff to ai [...]	2009-06-15 08:55:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EAID ASEC ERTD EINV PGOV NI
09ABUJA1072	NIGERIA: USTDA SPONSORED ELECTRICITY HEALTH AND SAFETY [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 28, the Ministry of Power held a mandatory meeting of the electricity sector to disseminate the Nigerian Electricity Health and Safety Standards Manual and to declare that the industry is now accountable to the standards and that infractions will be punishable by law. Th [...]	2009-06-16 12:52:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON EINV EAID PGOV NI
09ABUJA1096	NIGERIA: DAS HENGEL DISCUSSES NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The challenges of economic development in the Niger Delta was the subject of a meeting on May 21 for EEB DAS Douglas Hengel with Group General Manager for Strategy, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC),Dr. Timothy Okon, and NNPC Manager of the Nigerian Content Divisio [...]	2009-06-17 13:00:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON SENV EIND EINV TRGY TPHY NI
09ABUJA1109	NIGERIA: DAS HENGEL MEETS WITH GON PERM SEC FOR PETROLEUM [...] (SBU)SUMMARY: After the conclusion of a two-day U.S.-NIGERIA roundtable on energy and climate change (Reftel),the U.S. delegation, headed by Deputy Assistant Secretary Douglas Hengel of the Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs, met on May 22 with the Permanent Secretary of the Nig [...]	2009-06-19 07:40:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET SENV ENRG ECON EIND EINV TRGY TPHY NI
09ABUJA1139	NIGERIA: DAS HENGEL VISITS EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES [...] (SBU) Deputy Assistant Secretary Douglas Hengel of the Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs, met in Abuja on May 20 with the leadership of the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI),accompanied by DCM, Econ Counselor and Deptoff. NEITI Chairman Asobie noted [...]	2009-06-24 10:07:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON ENRG SENV EIND EINV TRGY TPHY NI
09ABUJA1176	NIGERIA 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] In response to STATE 49477, U.S. Mission reports the case of Phoenix Environmental Services Nigeria Limited, a company owned by Mr. Norton E. Jessup, an American citizen. Details of the case are included in subsequent paragraphs. --- Claimant A: Phoenix Environmental Services Nigeria Limit [...]	2009-06-29 08:30:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON PGOV KIDE CASC OPIC NI
09ABUJA1186	NIGERIA: GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SECTOR SEEK USTDA SUPPORT [...] (U) Summary. During the June 7 - 13 visit of United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Africa Business Development Manager Jason Nagy, Government of Nigeria (GON) officials and private sector representatives expressed keen interest in USTDA support. Despite tremendous market growth i [...]	2009-06-29 12:29:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV ENRG EAGR EAID ELTN NI
09ABUJA1209	NIGERIA: USTDA VISIT ELICITS GON ASSISTANCE REQUESTS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman; Minister of State for Petroleum Odien Ajumogobia and Special Adviser to the President on Petroleum, Professor Emmanuel Egbogah on June 8 to introduce U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Africa Mana [...]	2009-06-30 11:32:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EPET EINV ENRG EAGR EAID ELTN NI
09ABUJA122	NIGERIA: YAR'ADUA'S NEW ECONOMIC TEAM [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 13, 2009 President Yar'Adua created a Presidential Steering Committee (PSC),which will coordinate the administrations economic strategy. It was announced that one of the purposes of the PSC is to assess the impact of the global financial crisis on Nigeria and recomme [...]	2009-01-21 10:29:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EAGR PGOV NI

09ABUJA1221	ECOWAS WELCOMES CHINESE, EUROPEAN INVESTMENT; [...] (SBU) The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) concluded its Thirty-Sixth Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government in Abuja June 22. Present were leaders or representatives of all fifteen ECOWAS member states with the exception of Guinea Conakry, as well [...]	2009-07-02 08:06:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EINV EAIR XY
09ABUJA1274	NIGERIA: DELTA ATLANTA-LAGOS ROUTE INTRODUCES BOEING 777 [...] (SBU) Delta flight 54 landed at Lagos' Murtala Muhammed International Airport on July 2 at 3:05 pm local time with a Boeing 777-200 aircraft. On April 8, 2009 the Government of Nigeria agreed to approve Delta's new route from New York John F. Kennedy Airport to Abuja Nnamdi Azikiwe Internation [...]	2009-07-13 15:06:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EAID ASEC ERTD EINV PGOV NI
09ABUJA1328	NIGERIA: MINISTER TAKES ACTION ON GAS FLARING [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman is seriously discussing the installation and promotion of a Gas to Liquid (GTL) process developed and patented by Synfuels International in cooperation with Texas A&M University. Lukman would like to purchase the equipment and [...]	2009-07-22 10:18:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON SENV EIND EINV TRGY TPHY NI
09ABUJA1400	NIGERIA: CHIEF OF MISSION DELEGATION MEETS OIL & GAS CHIEF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador was part of a diplomatic delegation (French, UK, and Dutch) to meet with Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Chief Dr. Mohammed Barkindo to encourage more transparency in the oil and gas sector reform process, raise concerns with problematic provisions o [...]	2009-07-31 13:04:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV ENRG EAGR EAID ELTN NI
09ABUJA1457	NIGERIA: OMNIBUS LEGISLATION ON OIL & GAS REFORM GOES TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Oil majors and other stakeholders appeared in record numbers at the National Assembly for the five day public hearing of the Petroleum Industry Bill before the House and Senate Joint Committee on Gas and Oil. In their testimonies, international and indigenous oil companies, and [...]	2009-08-06 14:30:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV ENRG EAGR EAID ELTN NI
09ABUJA1465	NIGERIA: PFIZER SIGNES A $75 MILLION SETTLMENT AGREEMENT [...] (U) On July 30, Pfizer and the Kano State Government signed a $75 million settlement and non-prosecution agreement, effectively terminating the longstanding litigation stemming from Pfizer's Trovan medical tests (oral vaccines) on children during a 1996 meningitis epidemic. TRUST FUNDS FOR V [...]	2009-08-07 14:42:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EAID ETRD PGOV NI
09ABUJA1469	NIGERIA: ACTION REQUEST FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) This is an action request cable. Please see paragraphs 3 and 4. 2. (SBU) The Ambassador received a letter dated July 23 from Dr. Rilwanu Lukman, Minister of Petroleum Resources, as follow up to their meeting on June 8 and requesting USG technical assistance in reducing gas flaring th [...]	2009-08-11 15:56:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV ENRG EAGR EAID ELTN NI
09ABUJA1582	THE POWER HOLDING COMPANY OF NIGERIA CLAIMS PROJECTED [...] (SBU) Summary: The Power Holding Company of Nigeria claims that its plan to increase electricity supply to 6,000 megawatts by December 31 is threatened by the disruption of natural gas feedstock due primarily to militant activities in the Niger Delta. End Summary. Gas for Power Production [...]	2009-08-28 05:36:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON EINV PGOV EAID NI
09ABUJA1718	CONGRESSWOMAN SHEILA JACKSON LEE REINFORCES THEMES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a two-day visit to Abuja, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee met with Nigerian Government (GON) officials and non-governmental organizations to reinforce USG themes on good governance and food security. Noting her long-standing support of Nigeria, she encouraged GON offici [...]	2009-09-16 16:08:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OREP EINV EAGR NI
09ABUJA1735	NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO START AIR MARSHAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-18 10:43:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EAID ASEC ERTD EINV PGOV NI
09ABUJA1764	(C) NIGERIA: UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meetings with the Ministry of Petroleum Resources indicate that the government of Nigeria is working to meet the needs of the stakeholders in the omnibus Petroleum Industry Bill and that the President is "100 percent" behind the bill. Ministry contacts believe that the bill will p [...]	2009-09-24 12:27:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG EINV ECON ETRD PGOV NI
09ABUJA1820	(SBU) NIGERIA: RUSSIAN BUSINESS PRESENCE IN AFRICA [...] (SBU) The Russian Government, through its local Embassy representatives, is engaged with the Nigerian government on economic issues, such as nuclear energy, oil and gas, electric power, and aluminum smelting. 2. (SBU) Six agreements and Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) were signed during Ru [...]	2009-10-02 15:55:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR BBSR ECON EINV NI
09ABUJA1836	(C) EXXONMOBIL MD DISCUSSES THE STATUS OF NIGERIA'S PROPOSED [...] (C) SUMMARY. ExxonMobil's local MD told Charge that not much had happened on the PIB since the public hearings on July 27-30. ExxonMobil has had productive meetings with the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of Nigeria both of which realize what is at stake if foreign investment in the [...]	2009-10-07 06:28:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG EINV ECON ETRD PGOV NI
09ABUJA1861	U.S. MISSION'S ADVOCACY ON PIB: SOME PROGRESS MADE, MORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Mission has supported Nigeria's oil and gas reform and has worked with both the GON and the international oil companies on issues of concern within the proposed Petroleum Industry Bill. The bill has already had two readings in the National Assembly and public hearings were [...]	2009-10-10 12:20:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV ENRG EAGR EAID ELTN NI
09ABUJA1905	GON FORGES AHEAD WITH DEREGULATION OF THE DOWNSTEAM SECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Full deregulation of Nigeria's downstream petroleum sector would occur with the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB),which the Petroleum Resources Upstream Committee Chairman predicts will happen by December 2009. The elimination of the existing petroleum subsidy was sch [...]	2009-10-20 06:16:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG EINV ECON ETRD PGOV NI
09ABUJA1906	NIGERIA MAKING PROGRESS PROMOTING CLIMATE CHANGE, BUT MORE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nigeria's largest contribution to global warming is gas flaring, and the World Bank says Nigeria is the second largest flarer in the world. USAID and TDA implemented technical assistance to the GON in October to assist with flare reduction, LPG for cooking and vehicles, and downs [...]	2009-10-20 06:17:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG EINV ECON ETRD PGOV NI
09ABUJA1907	(C) SHELL MD DISCUSSES THE STATUS OF THE PROPOSED PETROLEUM [...] (C) Shell EVP for Shell Companies in Africa met with the Ambassador on October 13 to discuss the status of the proposed Petroleum Industry Bill. She said the GON wanted the National Assembly to pass the bill by November 17 and that the international oil companies would have to move quickly if the H [...]	2009-10-20 06:17:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG EINV ECON ETRD PGOV NI
09ABUJA1942	SENATE COMMITTEE TO COMPLETE RECOMMENDATIONS ON PIB THIS WEEK [...] (C) Petroleum Resources Upstream Committee Chairman and Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) Committee Chairman Senator Lee Maeba told Energy Officer on October 14 that the PIB committee would travel to Calabar on October 18 and return to Abuja October 22 to "review their consultant's report and acce [...]	2009-10-23 09:49:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG EINV ECON ETRD PGOV NI
09ABUJA1961	IMF TEAM PROVIDES BRIEFING ON ITS REVIEW OF THE [...] (C) An IMF team provided a briefing to the diplomatic and development community on its recent review of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). The team was sympathetic with the PIB's intent but had a number of reservations. The team concluded that the proposed fiscal terms are too aggressive, th [...]	2009-10-26 17:41:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET EINV EFIN NI
09ABUJA1997	LOCAL CONTENT BILL COULD BE SIGNED INTO LAW BY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Senate and the House have passed competing versions of the Nigerian Content Development Bill, with the main difference being a requirement for operators to maintain bank accounts in Nigeria with at least ten percent of their total revenue and to contribute up to one percent [...]	2009-10-31 11:15:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV ENRG EAGR EAID ELTN NI
09ABUJA2003	CHINA'S GROWING PRESENCE IN NIGERIA [...] (SBU) China's presence in Nigeria is growing. There are 200 to 300 Chinese businesses in the country while the bilateral trade between the two countries is estimated at $7 billion for 2009. China's dependence on oil is encouraging its oil companies, such as CNOOC and Sinopec, to take an inter [...]	2009-11-02 06:54:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PGOV NI
09ABUJA2005	MINISTER SHARES THOUGHTS ON IPP FUTURE [...] (SBU) Minister of Power Dr. Lanre Babalola met with USAID consultants from Nexant and Energy Officer October 22 to follow-up on the status of USAID projects requested at the Nigeria-U.S. Energy and Climate Change Dialogue in May (Reftel A). The Nexant consultants updated Babalola on the progr [...]	2009-11-02 17:44:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG EINV ECON ETRD PGOV NI
09ABUJA2009	ENERGY SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF COORDINATOR FOR [...] (SBU) The oil and gas industry in Nigeria accounts for 92 percent of export earnings and 85 percent of GON revenues, according to the World Bank. Nigeria is the 12th largest producer of crude in the world, the 8th largest exporter, and is the world's 10th largest crude oil reserves at 36.2 bi [...]	2009-11-03 07:07:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV ELTN NI
09ABUJA2039	IMF REPRESENTATIVE DISCUSSES PIB, CBN REFORM, GDP [...] (C) The IMF Resident Representative in Abuja said that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation reacted defensively when the IMF team reviewing the Petroleum Industry Bill presented its aide memoir to the Minister of Finance on October 23. He said it was too early for domestic and foreign [...]	2009-11-10 14:19:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EPET EINV ENRG IMF NI
09ABUJA204	NIGERIA: DELTA AIRLINES FACES UPHILL BATTLE ON ABUJA-ATLANTA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador and a Delta Airlines delegation headed by Senior Vice President Bob Cortelyou met on January 27, 2009 to discuss problems Delta is experiencing with the Nigerian government (GON) in receiving approval for two new routes between Nigeria and the U.S. The Ambassador [...]	2009-02-05 06:40:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON EINV EAID ASEC ERTD PGOV NI
09ABUJA205	NIGERIA: BA BOEING 777 EMERGENCY LANDING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 24, 2009 British Airways (BA) flight 82 bound for London Heathrow Airport made an emergency landing at Kano airport in Northern Nigeria just an hour after takeoff from Abuja airport due to mechanical problems. The Boeing 777 landed without incident and there were no [...]	2009-02-05 06:41:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ETRD EINV EAID PGOV NI
09ABUJA2072	NIGERIA SEEKS TO REKINDLE ITS DILAPIDATED MINING SECTOR - [...] (SBU) Nigeria, a leading hydrocarbon producer, has allowed its mineral sector to decline through an overdependence on oil and the relative neglect of its non-oil sectors. The Government of Nigeria (GON) now seeks to restore its mineral sector and declare itself "open for business." GON offici [...]	2009-11-17 07:33:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ENRG EINV ECON ETRD SENV NI
09ABUJA2097	S/CIEA GOLDWYN DISCUSSES NIGERIA'S POWER SECTOR WITH POWER [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-20 09:12:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV ETRD ECON NI
09ABUJA2099	S/CIEA GOLDWYN ENCOURAGES STRENGTHENING TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) Promoting transparency in Nigeria's energy industry was a centerpiece of U.S. Coordinator for International Energy Affairs (S/CIEA) David Goldwyn's visit to Nigeria November 9-11. Goldwyn met with the Nigerian Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI) Chairman Professor Assisi [...]	2009-11-20 09:17:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV ETRD ECON NI
09ABUJA2104	S/CIEA GOLDWYN DISCUSSES PETROLEUM INDUSTRY BILL WITH [...] (C) Coordinator for International Energy Affairs (S/CIEA) David Goldwyn and Ambassador Sanders met with the Dutch, French, and Italian ambassadors and the U.K. Deputy High Commissioner (DHC) to discuss the status of the GON's Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) on November 10. The Dutch Ambassador d [...]	2009-11-20 11:59:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV ETRD ECON NI
09ABUJA2108	NIGERIA SEEKS TO REKINDLE ITS DILAPIDATED MINING SECTOR - [...] Nigeria is a leading hydrocarbon producer and has allowed its mineral sector to decline through an overdependence on oil and the relative neglect of its non-oil sectors. The GON now seeks to restore its mineral sector and to declare itself "open for business." It implemented new policy and l [...]	2009-11-23 06:32:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN EPET ENRG EINV ETRD SENV SF NI
09ABUJA2170	CHINESE OIL COMPANIES NOT SO WELCOME IN NIGERIA'S [...] (C) Two xxxxxxxxxxxx officials recently volunteered that Chinese oil companies had made a lot of mistakes in Nigeria and neither official welcomed their presence. Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) xxxxxxxxxxxx said on xxxxxxxxxxxx the NNPC is aware of how the Chinese have behaved in the Sud [...]	2009-12-02 11:16:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG EINV PGOV PREL NI CH
09ABUJA2189	AMBASSADOR DEMARCHES MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT ON US [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador encouraged the Government of Nigeria (GON) on December 3 to support the Danish Plan for a "politically binding" operational agreement at the upcoming climate change negotiations in Copenhagen and highlighted the figures on U.S. emission reductions per reftel. Ministe [...]	2009-12-03 20:01:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON EINV ENRG EAID PGOV NI
09ABUJA231	NIGERIA: NEW COMMERCE MINISTER SEEKS FURTHER US INVESTMENT; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Ambassador met with newly appointed Minister of Commerce and Industry (MCI) Chief Achike Uzomah Udenwa February 5 to update him on the March 30-31 Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council Meeting in Washington, the USG $25 million Global Food Security Respons [...]	2009-02-09 09:48:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR EINV EAID EAGR PGOV NI
09ABUJA313	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR AND BENUE GOVERNOR DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Benue Governor Gabriel Suswam (People's Democratic Party - PDP) at Government House in Makurdi on February 12 (PolOff notetaker). The discussion focused primarily on agricultural collaboration and partnerships, but also touched upon the pote [...]	2009-02-20 14:41:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAGR ETRD EINV NI
09ABUJA361	NIGERIA-USG MAKING HEADWAY BUT STILL LOOKING FOR TAILWIND [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador met with Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) Director General Dr. Harold Demuren February 20 to review progress since NCAA, Nigerian, and U.S. firms met in November for a public private-partnership (PPP) aviation workshop. Demurren was very positive stating that [...]	2009-03-02 15:55:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL EFIN NI
09ABUJA396	NIGERIA - 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite USG-sponsored training and capacity building efforts the Nigerian government (GON) in 2008 failed to curtail rampant, sustained and serious intellectual property rights (IPR) violations in Nigeria. The U.S. Mission recommends that Nigeria be included in the "Special Men [...]	2009-03-05 10:45:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON EINV EAID PGOV PREL NI
09ABUJA455	NIGERIA: STATES SEEKING MORE DISBURSEMENTS FROM THE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Nigeria (GON) plans to share $1.5 billion from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) among the three tiers of government to make up for shortfalls in government revenue. Revenues from the sale of crude oil have dwindled due to the fall in the international price of c [...]	2009-03-16 15:17:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET PGOV NI
09ABUJA456	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR REVIEWS ROBUST NEXT STEPS WITH AVIATION [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador met with the new Minister of Aviation Babtunde Omotoba on March 5 to advocate for new Delta Airline routes from Abuja to Atlanta and Lagos to New York and reviewed the multilateral Open Skies Agreement signed between the United States and Nigeria in 2000. Omotoba [...]	2009-03-16 17:27:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL NI
09ABUJA474	NIGERIA: PRESIDENT YAR'ADUA SIGNS 2009 BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary. Nigeria's President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua signed into law the 3.087 trillion naira ($21.29 billion) 2009 budget appropriation bill on March 10, 2009. The final 2009 budget represents a 17% increase (217 billion naira, $1.5 billion) by the National Assembly above the 2.87 trillio [...]	2009-03-19 07:17:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD EAID PGOV NI
09ABUJA476	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TIFA, BIT WITH ECONOMIC ADVISOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Ambassador met with President Yar'Adua's Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) Dr. Tanimu Yakubu on March 12 to discuss upcoming March 30-31 Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council Meeting in Washington, GON interest in a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) and areas o [...]	2009-03-19 14:04:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV KIPR ECON EAID EAGR PGOV NI
09ABUJA533	NIGERIA: MARCH 2009 TRADE POLICY UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Since the unveiling of the 2008 - 2012 Tariff Book there have not been major improvements in Nigeria's trade policy (reftel M). Nigerian government (GON) officials tell us they are working with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to harmonize tariffs with its [...]	2009-03-30 07:20:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EINV PREL PGOV NI
09ABUJA535	NIGERIA: AVIATION AIRPORT SECURITY WORKSHOP WITH TSA [...] Summary. Ambassador and the new Minister of Aviation, Babatunde Omotoba, opened the third workshop of the U.S. and Nigeria's Public Private Partnership (PPP on Aviation Airport Security and Safety on March 17. The purpose of the PPP is to assist the GON in achieving U.S. Federal Aviation Admi [...]	2009-03-30 07:22:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EAID ASEC ERTD EINV PGOV NI
09ABUJA549	NIGERIA: KADUNA REFINERY - NOT READY FOR PRIMETIME [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 5, 2009 Engineer Olayinka Agora, the Managing Director of the Kaduna Refinery and Petrochemical Company (KRPC),described the ongoing saga of poor planning and neglected maintenance that has reduced the effectiveness and usefulness of the refinery. He underscored that s [...]	2009-03-31 15:26:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON EINV ENRG EAID PGOV NI
09ABUJA573	NIGERIA: NEW MINISTER OF POWER BRIEFS AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 19 the Ambassador met with the new Minister of Power Dr. Lanre Babalola to discuss opportunities for the U.S and Nigeria to improve the power sector. The Ambassador provided a briefing paper on the USG's assistance to the GON in the power sector, encouraged that the bil [...]	2009-04-02 11:46:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON EINV PGOV EAID NI
09ABUJA578	NIGERIA: MINISTER OF FINANCE CONFIDENT ON BUDGET NEXT [...] (SBU) Summary: Reftel B reports on the signed 2009 budget allocations and ways to successfully execute the budget. Following the press announcement, Finance Minister Mansur Muhtar gave a speech on March 24 to audience of key ministers, head of government agencies, press and others at the Intern [...]	2009-04-03 12:41:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EAID EINV ENRG NI
09ABUJA592	NIGERIA: Delta Abuja-New York Route, One Step Closer [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador met with Minister of Aviation Babatunde Omotoba on April 3 to ensure that the Minister understood that Delta Airlines had taken steps to meet the Minister's request to upgrade their customer service and antiquated planes on the Lagos to Atlanta route as a condition fo [...]	2009-04-06 17:07:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EAID ASEC ERTD EINV PGOV NI
09ABUJA612	NIGERIA: GON Approves Delta's Abuja-New York Route [...] (SBU) Ambassador received a letter on April 8, 2009 from Minister of Aviation Babatunde Omotoba recounting the agreement reached by the Minister and Ambassador in their April 3, 2009 meeting on Delta Airlines Abuja-New York route with operations to begin on June 8, 2009 with a upgrade to a Boei [...]	2009-04-10 10:04:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EAID ASEC ERTD EINV PGOV NI
09ABUJA614	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR AND STANDARD CHARTERED CEO DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 7, the Chief Executive Officer of Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria, American citizen, Christopher Knight, paid a courtesy call on the Ambassador and discussed challenges facing the banking sector. He stated that the low price of oil is the main contributor to the economi [...]	2009-04-14 08:49:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EPET ECON EINV EAID NI
09ABUJA666	NIGERIA: KADUNA PRIVATE SECTOR SEEKS US INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. During a March 5-6 visit to Kaduna by EconDeputy, Kaduna Chapter Members of the Nigeria-American Chamber of Commerce (NACC) were unanimous in their displeasure with the Yar'Adua administration's inability to increase electricity supply. They complained that epileptic electricit [...]	2009-04-20 10:41:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG CVIS EINV EAGR EAID PGOV NI
09ABUJA671	NIGERIA: PFIZER REACHES PRELIMINARY AGREEMENT FOR [...] (C) Summary. In an April 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Pfizer lawyers Joe Petrosinelli and Atiba Adams reported that Pfizer and the Kano State government had reached a preliminary settlement on lawsuits arising from medical tests conducted with Trovan (oral antibiotic) on children living in Kano d [...]	2009-04-20 16:00:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EAID ETRD PGOV NI
09ABUJA674	NIGERIA: NIGERIAN INVESTMENT PROMOTION COMMISSION SOLICITS [...] (SBU) Summary. During an April 9 courtesy call, officials of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) informed the Ambassador that the organization is working towards attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Nigeria, despite the global economic downturn. It is currently work [...]	2009-04-21 08:03:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ECON PGOV NI
09ABUJA746	NIGERIA: COUNTERFEIT MEDS ENFORCEMENT TRAINING IN LAGOS [...] (SBU) Summary: During a April 7-9 three-day counterfeit products and investigative techniques workshop, Nigerian government (GON) agencies made progress in better understanding what intellectual property rights (IP) are, how counterfeit medicines enter Nigeria, and what steps should be taken to [...]	2009-04-30 09:06:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON EINV EAID PGOV NI
09ABUJA748	NIGERIA: VISIT TO NIGERIA-BENIN BORDER AND LAGOS AIRPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 6, 2009 an interagency USG Team visited the Nigeria-Benin border to observe the movement of goods and people between the two countries. The Seme border crossing post is manned by 650 Nigerian Customs Officers and is a major transit point of goods in West Africa. On Apr [...]	2009-04-30 10:53:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON EINV EAID PGOV NI
09ABUJA79	GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS IMPACTING NIGERIA [...] (SBU) Summary. This cable responds to ref A tasking. Despite the Nigerian government's (GON) public statements, the global financial crisis (GFC) has impacted Nigeria in its most vulnerable area - revenue from crude oil sales. Crude oil accounts for over 80% of government revenue and over 9 [...]	2009-01-15 15:11:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV EPET ENRG PGOV NI
09ABUJA88	NIGERIA: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The following information is Nigeria's 2009 Investment Climate Statement. Overview -------- 2. With an estimated population of over 140 million, Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation. It offers investors a low-cost labor pool, abundant natural resources, and potentially the largest [...]	2009-01-16 06:45:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD EFIN ECON OPIC KTDB USTR NI
09ABUJA917	NIGERIA: LAND USE ACT TO BE AMENDED [...] Summary. The Land Use Act (LUA) vests all land rights with the 36 state governors requiring that all transfers or land sales be approved by the governors. The LUA makes it difficult for potential investors, homeowners, etc to secure title, which impedes the use of property as effective colla [...]	2009-05-27 14:04:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD PGOV NI
09ABUJA921	NIGERIA: FIRST BANK GMD EDGING OUT SOLUDO FOR CBN [...] During the Ambassador's series of Lagos meetings May 7-11 with five managing directors of key Nigerian banks -- Zenith, Diamond, Eco, First Bank, Oceanic -- she was told that current Governor of Nigeria's Central Bank (CBN) Charles Soludo has instituted a full court press to have his appointme [...]	2009-05-27 17:22:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN EINV EPET NI
09ABUJA925	NIGERIA: MINISTER MAY DENY CONTINENTAL AIRLINE'S NEW ROUTE [...] (SBU) During the course of a May 11 meeting arranged so that a U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator could brief Minister of Aviation Babatunde Omotoba on the status of reviews into the crashes of a two Nigerian Airliners several years ago, the Deputy Chief of Mission (D [...]	2009-05-28 14:05:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EAID ASEC ERTD EINV PGOV NI
09ABUJA926	NIGERIA SIGNS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH GE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador joined General Electric (GE) Vice President John Rice at the State House on May 26, 2009 for a 30-minute courtesy call with President Yar'Adua and to witness the signing of a landmark Country-to-Company Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)agreement between the government [...]	2009-05-28 14:18:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EPET ENRG ELTN EAIR ETRD SOCI TPHY NI
09ABUJA939	NIGERIA: EXCESS CRUDE ACCOUNT BEING DRAWN DOWN TO CUSHION [...] (U) During a May 26 interactive session with the House of Representatives Committee on Legislative Compliance, Minister of Finance Mansur Muhtar stated that the Excess Crude Account (ECA) could be depleted by the end of 2010 if the three tiers of government continue to fall back on the ECA to a [...]	2009-06-01 10:45:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV ENRG PGOV NI
09ABUJA976	NIGERIA: INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS OFFERED USG [...] (SBU) The Independent Power Producer Association of Nigeria (IPPAN) met with EconOff and USAID Consultant on May 19 to discuss the challenges they are facing in the industry and propose a plan to overcome the obstacles, which included: an authorized power purchase agreement; loan guarantees; an [...]	2009-06-05 14:49:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON EINV EAID PGOV NI
09ABUJA98	NIGERIA: NEW CUSTOMS COMPTROLLER GENERAL [...] (SBU) Former Nigerian Customs Comptroller General Alhaji Hamman Bello Ahmed resigned on January 14, 2009 and handed over his position to Dr. B. E. Nwadialo. H. B. Ahmed is retiring because he has reached the mandatory retirement age of 60. The media has reported that there are tensions within [...]	2009-01-16 12:37:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON EAGR EINV EAID PGOV NI
09ACCRA1035	(U) RUSSIAN BUSINESS PRESENCE IN GHANA [...] (C) Overt Russian economic activities, both private and parastatal, in Ghana are minimal, despite the 2007 discovery of large deposits of oil and gas in the Gulf of Guinea off the coast of Ghana. Russia's clout and visibility in this West African country remain low, despite the presence of n [...]	2009-10-01 19:02:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR BBSR ECON EINV GH
09ACCRA1071	GHANA: EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL HIGHLIGHTS, [...] SUMMARY: A. (U) The mining industry faces challenges caused by Ghana's current economic woes. Rising input costs, political pressures, and labor issues cause concerns despite sustained high commodity prices for gold. B. (SBU) Despite the various challenges it faces in Ghana, U.S. firm [...]	2009-10-08 16:11:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN ECON EINV SENV EFIS GH
09ACCRA1289	GHANA: COKE ON THE ROCKS [...] SUMMARY: On November 18, the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning proposed a legislative change to the GOG's excise tax regime, moving from a specific tax to an ad valorem tax at an increased rate. Responding to beverage industry concerns with the proposed change, Ambassador proposed a m [...]	2009-12-03 17:57:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV BSSR GH
09ACCRA279	GHANA MINING HIGHLIGHTS, MARCH 2009 [...] SUMMARY: A. In large numbers, artisanal miners have begun to abandon diamond fields in favor of more lucrative gold mines in the Western Region as a result of depressed diamond exports due to the global financial crisis. Diamond exports are expected to drop 30 percent and prices in one dia [...]	2009-03-31 17:08:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EIND EINV KPRV GH
09ACCRA325	GHANA FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS, APRIL 2009 [...] SUMMARY: A. Ghana's inflation rate crossed 20% in March. Ghana's cedi continues to depreciate against major currencies, and inward private transfers dropped steeply in January. B. Global economic slowdown: First reports of job losses in Ghana due to cuts in funding to non-governmental or [...]	2009-04-09 09:43:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV GH
09ACCRA326	TWIN DEFICITS CHALLENGE GHANA [...] SUMMARY: Ghana's budget and current account deficits constitute major challenges to Ghana's macroeconomic performance in 2009. Corresponding with the deficits, Ghana's cedi continues its fall against world currencies, driving domestic inflation beyond 20 percent. Growth in 2008 has been provisi [...]	2009-04-09 09:44:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EFIN EINV GH
09ACCRA330	TWIN DEFICITS CHALLENGE GHANA [...] SUMMARY: Ghana's budget and current account deficits constitute major challenges to Ghana's macroeconomic performance in 2009. Corresponding with the deficits, Ghana's cedi continues its fall against world currencies, driving domestic inflation beyond 20 percent. Growth in 2008 has been provisi [...]	2009-04-09 16:02:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EFIN EINV GH
09ADDISABABA1015	FOREX CRUNCH IMPERILS REPATRIATION OF PROFITS? [...] (SBU) As Ethiopia continues to suffer from a severe forex shortage, a growing number of foreign companies have begun to echo concerns about not being able to repatriate profits outside of Ethiopia. No American firms have yet reported being prohibited from repatriating profits abroad, but most [...]	2009-04-30 14:04:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ET
09ADDISABABA1200	ETHIOPIA'S ECONOMIC SCRAMBLE FURTHER STIFLES PRIVATE [...] (SBU) In hurried efforts to stabilize the economy, the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) has implemented policies that are destabilizing the private sector and investment climate. Ethiopia has been trying to rein in the money supply, increase government revenue, and boost ailing foreign exchange re [...]	2009-05-21 14:16:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EAGR ET
09ADDISABABA1276	ETHIOPIA: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS MAY 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable provides a summary of recent economic highlights in Ethiopia, including: 1) decreasing inflation rates; 2) expected depreciation of the Birr; 3) declining export performance; and 4) factory stoppages due to increasing power supply rationing. Annual Consumer Price Inde [...]	2009-06-01 08:44:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EAGR ET
09ADDISABABA1339	ETHIOPIA: 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] The United States Government is aware of seven (7) claims by U.S. persons which may be outstanding against the Government of Ethiopia (GOE). There is one new reported claim. 2. Included in these claims are three (3) disputes involving the confiscation of property by current U.S. citizens wh [...]	2009-06-10 05:42:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KIDE CASC OPIC PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA1389	ETHIOPIA'S TEXTILE AND GARMENT SECTOR HAS YET TO REACH ITS [...] (SBU) From humble beginnings, Ethiopia's textile and apparel sector has been rapidly expanding in recent years. Sector exports under the U.S. African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA),which more than doubled from 2007 to 2008 to reach USD 9.4 million, accounted for most of this growth. The p [...]	2009-06-15 07:33:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ETRD ECON EFIN EINV EAGR ET
09ADDISABABA1907	PARLIAMENT PASSES 2009/10 FEDERAL BUDGET [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ethiopian Parliament passed a federal budget of 64.5 billion birr (USD 5.2 billion) for the 2009/10 fiscal year, representing an 18.9 percent increase in nominal terms from last year. The recurrent budget increased by 14.9 percent, while federal subsidies to regional states i [...]	2009-08-06 09:46:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN BEXP ETRD EINV EAGR ET
09ADDISABABA1977	USTR KIRK VISIT HIGHLIGHTS TRADE OPPORTUNITIES [...] (SBU) U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Ambassador Ron Kirk and his delegation visited Ethiopia from August 6-9 to highlight trade opportunities with the United States. During his meeting with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, Ambassador Kirk praised Ethiopia's success under the U.S. African Growth [...]	2009-08-17 10:13:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ETRD ECON EFIN EINV PREL OVIP ET
09ADDISABABA2241	TELECOM CEO TOES THE ETHIO-CHINA PARTY LINE [...] (C) Summary: Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation (ETC) CEO Amare Amsalu told Embassy officials on September 8 ETC would stay state owned for the time being. He deflected questions about poor telecom services in Ethiopia and instead focused on foreign investment. He praised the Chinese f [...]	2009-09-15 14:22:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON PREL PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA2339	ETHIOPIAN TRADE MINISTER DISCUSSES WTO ACCESSION [...] (SBU) Ethiopia's Minister of Trade and Industry (MoTI) Girma Birru discussed World Trade Organization (WTO) and African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) issues with CDA, Pol/Econ Chief, and EconOff during a September 22 courtesy call meeting. Birru stated that MoTI is working closely with US [...]	2009-09-30 08:28:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA2398	RUSSIAN BUSINESS PRESENCE IN ETHIOPIA C-C19-01825 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-05 05:46:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR BBSR ECON EINV ET
09ADDISABABA2434	ETHIOPIA AGOA COUNTRY ELIGIBILITY REVIEW 2009 [...] (U) After a difficult period of socialist dictatorship and civil war, the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) in the early 1990s began a transition towards a more open economic system. While government and ruling party-affiliated enterprises continue to dominate the economy, the GoE has carved out so [...]	2009-10-13 11:53:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EFIN EINV BEXP AF ET
09ADDISABABA2436	ETHIOPIA AGOA COUNTRY ELIGIBILITY REVIEW 2009 [...] (U) After a difficult period of socialist dictatorship and civil war, the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) in the early 1990s began a transition towards a more open economic system. While government and ruling party-affiliated enterprises continue to dominate the economy, the GoE has carved out so [...]	2009-10-13 12:47:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EFIN EINV BEXP AF ET
09ADDISABABA2618	ETHIOPIA: SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY AND STANDARDS-RELATED [...] (U) This cable is a response to reftel request for reports on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) and Standard-Related foreign trade barriers. Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) -------------------------------- 2. (U) On September 9, 2009, the Ethiopian Government enacted Proclamation No. 655 [...]	2009-11-04 12:22:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EFIN EINV BEXP AF ET
09ADDISABABA2741	ETHIOPIA: SEACOM DEAL STILL AWAITING GOE APPROVAL [...] (SBU) Summary. U.S. company Seacom arrived in Ethiopia in early October in hopes of finalizing a contract with the Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation (ETC) and returned again in mid-November, but has yet to conclude a deal. The contract would allow for Ethiopia to connect to Seacom's e [...]	2009-11-20 07:46:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EINT ECON ET
09ADDISABABA2763	ETHIOPIA: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS NOVEMBER 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent economic highlights in Ethiopia include: 1) Government of Ethiopia (GoE) claims 10 percent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth for fiscal year 2008/09; 2) Falling inflation rates; 3) Birr still overvalued at 12.59 per USD alongside continuing foreign exchange crunch; 4) W [...]	2009-11-23 13:18:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ET
09ADDISABABA2853	ETHIOPIA: 2010 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT ON FOREIGN [...] (U) This cable is a response to reftel request for the 2010 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers. TRADE SUMMARY ------------- 2. (U) The U.S. goods trade surplus with Ethiopia was $147.2 million in 2008, an increase of 89 percent over the surplus of $77.7 million in 2 [...]	2009-12-04 11:32:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN EINV BEXP AF ET
09ADDISABABA2871	ETHIOPIA: 2010 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT ON FOREIGN [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-07 13:14:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN EINV BEXP AF ET
09ADDISABABA2878	DAS WYCOFF DISCUSSES TRADE AND INVESTMENT WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting DAS Karl Wycoff and CDA Meece hosted a luncheon on November 19 to discuss trade and investment issues with Government of Ethiopia (GoE) officials from the trade and finance ministries. All parties expressed an interest in moving forward with scheduling the second work [...]	2009-12-09 05:40:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ECON ET
09ADDISABABA2900	ETHIOPIA SEEKS DRAMATIC CHANGE IN AGRICULTURAL LAND USE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. All land in Ethiopia is owned by the government. Farmland is leased long-term to individuals (95 percent) and companies (5 percent). Having determined that (1) vastly more acreage must be brought into agricultural production, (2) existing farmland must be made much more product [...]	2009-12-10 07:07:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EINV ETRD ECON EFIN BEXP AF ET
09ADDISABABA2936	DASD HUDDLESTON DISCUSSES ETHIOPIAN ECONOMY WITH [...] (SBU) Government of Ethiopia (GoE) Minister of Finance and Economic Development Sufian Ahmed reviewed local economic conditions with visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs Vicki Huddleston during a December 10 meeting. DASD Huddleston congratulated the GoE on stron [...]	2009-12-15 09:21:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD EAGR EAIR ET
09ADDISABABA675	FOREIGN EXCHANGE SHORTAGE HALTS COCA COLA PRODUCTION [...] (SBU) Coca Cola's (Coke) primary distributor in Ethiopia, Coca Cola Sabco, stopped production at their bottling facility, outside of Addis Ababa on March 12, 2009, as a result of Ethiopia's foreign exchange (forex) crisis. Coca Cola Sabco's decision to stop production in Ethiopia follows eight [...]	2009-03-19 11:36:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ET
09ADDISABABA777	REPORT ON BFIF-FUNDED AMCHAM ETHIOPIA LAUNCH [...] (U) The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) Ethiopia was officially launched on January 12, 2009 at the Sheraton Hotel in the presence of the Minister of Trade and Industry Girma Birru, Ambassador Yamamoto, representatives of international financial institutions, and diplomats as well as a ho [...]	2009-04-07 06:42:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ECON EINV ETRD ET
09ADDISABABA780	COFFEE EXPORTS FALL AS GOE TIGHTENS GRIP ON MARKET [...] (SBU) The government of Ethiopia (GoE) established a new coffee quality control and marketing law (amended August 25, 2008) in order to enhance its control of the domestic coffee sector and carve out a new strategy for increasing coffee exports. However, over the last eight months, the new law [...]	2009-04-07 09:03:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EAGR ET
09ADDISABABA798	TREASURY FINDS AN ETHIOPIA MORE RELIANT ON AID THAN REFORM [...] (SBU) In a March 12 visit to Ethiopia, Acting Assistant Secretary of Treasury, Andy Baukol, found a Government of Ethiopia (GoE) that has become more vocal about its need for sustained aid flows from the West and more recalcitrant about implementing any reforms or liberalization of key sectors [...]	2009-04-09 12:23:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EAGR ET
09ADDISABABA799	REPORT ON BFIF-FUNDED REGIONAL COMMERCIAL TRAINING [...] (U) AmEmbassy Addis Ababa's Commercial Specialist (CommSpec) attended the joint State-Commerce Regional Training and Strategic Planning Program in Johannesburg, South Africa in February 2009. CommSpec appreciated the opportunity to network with colleagues from across the continent. A trip high [...]	2009-04-09 13:03:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ECON ETRD EINV ET
09AITTAIPEI1064	CROSS-STRAIT PASSENGER FLIGHTS MORE THAN DOUBLE [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 31, the number of direct cross-Strait passenger flights increased from 108 to 270 per week, pursuant to an April 26 Taiwan-PRC agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, flights from Taiwan's two major airports to any of the 21 approved destinations in the PRC are d [...]	2009-09-01 10:18:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAIR EINV PREL PGOV TW CH
09AITTAIPEI1070	DALAI LAMA'S VISIT TO TAIWAN THUS FAR HAS LIMITED [...] (C) Summary. The Dalai Lama's August 30 arrival in Taiwan caused the PRC to cancel or postpone a range of activities related to the gradual increase in cross-Strait economic cooperation. However, the overall economic impact of the PRC,s actions to protest the Dalai Lama's visit appears to be l [...]	2009-09-02 09:15:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV TW CH
09AITTAIPEI1076	VICE PRESIDENT TELLS DIRECTOR DALAI LAMA VISIT MAY [...] (C) SUMMARY. During the Director's September 2 introductory call, Vice President Vincent Siew said Taiwan hoped to begin discussions with the PRC on a bilateral Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) in the fourth quarter of 2009, but noted it was unclear if the Dalai Lamai's visit to [...]	2009-09-02 11:00:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAGR SENV EINV TW CH
09AITTAIPEI1396	TAIWAN ANTICIPATES CONTINUED ADVANCES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Taiwan officials have confirmed that the next round of economic talks with the PRC will take place in Taichung on December 21-25, when both sides are slated to ink agreements on agricultural inspection and quarantine, industrial standards, double taxation, and fisheries practices [...]	2009-11-24 10:08:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV TW CH
09AITTAIPEI1445	TALKS WITH THE PRC ON TRACK AMIDST CONCERN ABOUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The fourth round of talks between Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) and the PRC's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) remain on track to take place in Taichung on December 21-23. The talks are expected to produce bilateral agreements to enhance c [...]	2009-12-08 09:43:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV TW CH

09AITTAIPEI188	SEF CHAIRMAN PREVIEWS NEXT ROUND OF TALKS WITH [...] (C) Summary. Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) Chairman P.K. Chiang discussed the status of cross-Strait economic relations and previewed Ma administration objectives for the next round of talks with China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) during a February 19 meeting [...]	2009-02-19 08:57:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EINV EAIR CH TW
09AITTAIPEI271	Taiwan's February Trade Figures Show Continued Weakness in [...] (U) Taiwan exports again took a tumble in the first two months of 2009. Although the decline in February (28.6% y-o-y) was substantially less than the 44.1% drop in January, this is largely due to the fact that the week long Lunar New Year holiday fell in January 2009 rather than in February [...]	2009-03-12 03:51:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PGOV PREL SENV ELAB EPET TW
09AITTAIPEI674	TAIWAN PREPARES TO ALLOW PRC INVESTMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In early July, Taiwan plans to open its economy to PRC investment for the first time. Although Taiwan is by some measures the largest external investor in Mainland China, Taiwan has cited national security grounds in banning virtually all PRC investment in its own economy. Taiwan [...]	2009-06-09 09:09:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV TW CH
09AITTAIPEI711	CHINA SENDS BUYING MISSIONS TO TAIWAN [...] (SBU) Summary. A series of large trade missions from the PRC have recently come to Taiwan to place significant orders for products ranging from consumer electronics components to agricultural products. These buying missions, according to public and private sector experts, will likely give Taiw [...]	2009-06-15 09:17:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PREL TW CH
09AITTAIPEI766	TAIWAN'S MOOTED TRADE PACT WITH THE PRC: STILL A [...] (SBU) Summary. Although details about the scope and timing of a possible cross-Strait economic cooperation agreement remain scarce, the Ma administration continues to move forward on an Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) with the PRC. Officials, academics and industry executives [...]	2009-06-25 08:38:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV TW CH
09AITTAIPEI791	TAIWAN POWERCHIP CHAIRMAN ON FUTURE OF MEMORY CHIP [...] (C) Summary. During a June 29 farewell call with the Director, Powerchip Semiconductor Chairman Frank Huang expressed guarded optimism about the future of Taiwan's DRAM memory chip sector. Huang dismissed the possibility of a restructuring of the sector, saying the Taiwan Memory Corporation [...]	2009-06-30 08:46:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV TW CH
09AITTAIPEI849	TAIWAN CROSS-STRAIT POLICY EXPERTS HIGHLIGHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In recent meetings with AIT officers, senior staff at Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) and Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) underscored what they characterize as generally favorable public perceptions of Ma administration efforts to pursue closer economic integration wi [...]	2009-07-14 09:41:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV TW CH
09ALGIERS164	ALGERIA 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Algeria's population of roughly 35 million, its energy wealth, and growing demand for modern infrastructure and consumer products have generated broad interest in this market from companies around the world. But an often difficult business regulatory environment, symbolized by [...]	2009-02-17 07:35:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPOC PGOV USTR AG
09ALGIERS223	EXPANDING ESTH OPPORTUNITIES IN ALGERIA [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 11. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Algerian government ministries would like to engage in greater cooperation with the USG pursuant to our 2006 Science and Technology (ST) Agreement. During a visit of the ESTH Regional Hub Officer, officials at the Min [...]	2009-03-03 17:03:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL SENV EINV PGOV AG
09ALGIERS273	FIND A PARTNER: ALGERIA'S NEW INVESTMENT RULES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Algeria has implemented policies that require a majority stake be held by Algerian interests in all new investments in the country, and a minimum 30-percent stake in import businesses. The policies have taken shape through a series of written instructions and guidance sent from [...]	2009-03-21 13:30:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ETRD ECON KPRV EIND AG
09ALGIERS302	E-BARBARY COAST: PROFITS AND PIRACY IN THE [...] THIS CABLE CONTAINS BUSINESS PROPRIETARY INFORMATION. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Algeria was the second-leading growth market for Microsoft in 2008, and even as the global recession appears to be dampening sales, it might maintain its position relative to other marke [...]	2009-03-29 16:33:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR EINV ECON TSPL AG
09ALGIERS316	ALGERIAN BUSINESS BULLISH ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algerian business leaders welcome new rules requiring a majority Algerian partner for all foreign investments in the country (ref A). They see the rules not as a retreat from capitalism and economic liberalization, but rather as a new economic model reflecting Algeria's unique hi [...]	2009-04-01 13:27:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD ECON PGOV AG
09ALGIERS352	ALGERIA'S ECONOMIC LIBERALS FADE TO THE LEFT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Many observers predict that, as the expected winner of the April 9 presidential election, President Bouteflika will reshuffle his cabinet again and either move or remove certain ministers that were associated with the economic liberalization of his first two terms. Bouteflika ra [...]	2009-04-08 16:34:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD ECON PGOV KPRV AG
09ALGIERS496	GO WEST! AMBASSADOR REACHES OUT BEYOND ALGIERS [...] (U) THIS CABLE CONTAINS BUSINESS PROPRIETARY INFORMATION AND IS INTENDED FOR GOVERNMENT USE ONLY. DO NOT DISTRIBUTE ON THE INTERNET. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The Ambassador's recent trip to Oran (Algeria's second largest city) and Tlemcen provided him an excellent platform to highlight existing coo [...]	2009-05-26 13:00:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PREL PGOV EINV ECON OEXC OIIP SCUL PINR AG
09ALGIERS705	MIXED MESSAGES ON ALGERIAN INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Members of CODEL Schiff heard mixed-messages regarding Algeria's investment climate during a visit June 30 and July 1. Government officials at once spoke of their desire to see more US companies investing in Algeria outside of the hydrocarbons sector, while describing new res [...]	2009-07-21 15:09:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EPET EINV OREP AG
09ALGIERS717	ALGERIA: ENGAGEMENT FOLLOWING PRESIDENT'S CAIRO [...] (C) SUMMARY. The President's June 4 speech in Cairo was closely watched by a generally receptive Algerian public, as was his July speech in Ghana. Our Algerian contacts appreciated the President's effort at Muslim outreach -- epitomized by opening the speech with "assalaamu alaykum" -- and [...]	2009-07-28 17:38:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OEXC ECON EINV SCUL SENV SOCI TSPL KISL
09ALGIERS842	ALGERIA: FINANCE LAW HAMPERS FOREIGN INVESTMENT, [...] (SBU) A "complementary finance law" (CFL) adopted by presidential decree on 22 July imposes new restrictions on foreign investment, import companies, and domestic consumer credit. It grew out of government preoccupation with lowering Algeria's growing import bill and more tightly controlling [...]	2009-09-23 07:25:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EFIN ETRD ECON AG
09ALGIERS887	ALGERIAN INDUSTRY MINISTER REAFFIRMS INTEREST IN [...] Summary: Minister of Industry told USTR Director Burkhead that Algeria remains interested in acceding to the WTO and engaging with the U.S. in the framework of our bilateral Trade and Investment Framework Agreement. He nevertheless believed the government had to exert more control over impor [...]	2009-10-01 12:49:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV EFIN ECON AG
09ALGIERS890	ALGERIA: MINISTRY OF HEALTH DEFENDS DRUG IMPORT [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with visiting USTR director Burkhead, Health Ministry Secretary General Chakou defended Algeria's import ban on a number of pharmaceuticals. He said it was necessary to protect and develop Algeria's domestic drug production, and to reduce the rising import costs for [...]	2009-10-03 18:02:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD ECON AG
09ALGIERS900	ALGERIA: USTR DIRECTOR BURKHEAD TACKLES [...] (C) USTR Director Paul Burkhead told Algerian ministers and senior officials during a September 27-28 visit that the U.S. wants to improve trade and investment ties with Algeria and help Algeria diversify its economy beyond the hydrocarbon sector. GOA officials said Algeria still wants to acce [...]	2009-10-05 15:21:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EFIN ETRD ECON PGOV PREL AG
09AMMAN1188	2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES IN JORDAN [...] (U) In response to ref A, the Embassy is aware of two (2) outstanding claims of United States persons against the Government of Jordan (GOJ). 2. (U) The first claim was included in the 2007 and 2008 reports (refs B and C). This dispute is presumed to have ended with the Claimant's cessatio [...]	2009-05-26 07:19:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV JO
09AMMAN134	JORDAN 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: OPENNESS TO [...] In the nearly ten years since King Abdullah succeeded to the throne, Jordan has taken several steps to encourage foreign investment and realize the vision of transforming Jordan into an outward-oriented, market-based economy competitive in the global marketplace. Key reforms have been undertak [...]	2009-01-15 06:50:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ENRG ETRD PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR JO
09AMMAN1581	Jordanian Government Puts a Six Billion Dollar Railway [...] (SBU) Summary: The Jordanian Ministry of Transport (MOT) announced that a USD 6 billion national railway project had been placed on hold due to a lack of funding and interested bidders. Despite the hold on the national railway network, MOT officials stated that the Government of Jordan (GOJ) [...]	2009-07-14 10:11:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN ETRD ECON EINV PGOV JO
09AMMAN1690	JORDAN'S ENERGY STRATEGY: MUCH TALK, LITTLE ACTION [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Jordanian government points to the energy sector as a main source of its economic woes. With no oil and limited natural resources, Jordan imports over 96% of its energy needs. Given significant rises in energy demand in Jordan over the last few years, the Government of J [...]	2009-07-29 07:01:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	ENRG ECON EINV KNNP EPET PGOV PREL JO
09AMMAN2125	ABSENT A NEW ENERGY LAW, JORDAN GRANTS EXISTING [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Jordan granted the Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company (JPRC) and its future strategic partner 15-year exclusivity rights on selling refined petroleum products in Jordan. An energy law that remains in draft form would have opened up the petroleum sector and JPR [...]	2009-09-16 11:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON EINV PGOV JO
09AMMAN2190	JORDAN'S LIGHT RAIL PLAN STILL LACKS FUNDING; REVIVED [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan continues taking small steps to implement its plans to establish a light railway linking its two largest cities, Amman and Zarqa. The project has been fraught with financial difficulties due in part to the domestic impact of the global financial crisis as well as to Jord [...]	2009-09-28 12:38:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELTN EINV PGOV JO
09AMMAN2378	New Amman Power Plant, Financed in Part by OPIC, Run by [...] (U) King Abdullah presided over the ceremonial opening of Jordan's first independent power station on October 26. The Amman East Power Plant was built and is owned and operated by AES Jordan PSC, a consortium of AES Oasis (a subsidiary of U.S.-based AES Corporation) and Japan-based Mitsui and [...]	2009-10-28 09:38:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EINV EFIN JO
09AMMAN2667	Social Security Corporation Pursues New Investment [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's Social Security Corporation (SSC),faced with a 25% loss in value of its capital fund, is looking to shore up its investment strategy by having its investment arm, the Social Security Investment Unit (SSIU),form and finance three companies to run its interests in the t [...]	2009-12-09 11:45:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV JO
09AMMAN2801	Global Entrepreneurship Week Highlights Jordan's Emerging [...] (U) Summary: Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) in Jordan was marked by a series of events that raised excitement and awareness about the emerging entrepreneurial culture in Jordan. With support from USAID, the week featured a range of events from a gala opening ceremony to low-key networking [...]	2009-12-30 10:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINT EINV TINT JO
09AMMAN347	OPIC Visit Energizes Banks Supporting Jordan's Housing and [...] (SBU) OPIC Vice President Robert Drumheller, in order to invigorate stalled negotiations, discussed proposed OPIC housing loans with senior government officials and participating Jordanian banks during a January 25-30 visit. The $250 million in loans would allow three local banks to make 25-y [...]	2009-02-05 06:16:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV OPIC JO
09AMMAN833	GROWING INTERNET COMPETITION AND LAUNCH OF A 3G TENDER IN [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to ref A, this cable provides an update on Jordan's initiatives and strong government commitment to improve telecommunications and Internet connectivity. Such efforts led to an increase in Jordan's rank to 44 out of 134 countries in the World Economic Forum's (WEF) 2 [...]	2009-04-07 12:16:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINT EINV TINT JO
09AMMAN834	AQABA'S ECONOMY TREADING WATER AMID CREDIT CRUNCH [...] (C) Summary: During a visit to Aqaba, contacts told the DCM that most real estate development projects in the city were on hold due to the lack of financing. Although trade volume through Aqaba's port remains steady, some question whether the fundamentals of Aqaba's economy are strong enough [...]	2009-04-07 13:12:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EINV PGOV JO
09ANKARA1166	U.S.-TURKEY TRADE: NEED FOR HIGHER-LEVEL DIALOGUE [...] (C) During President Obama's meeting with Turkish President Gul in April, the two leaders agreed that we need to do more to encourage the two-way flow of bilateral trade and investment and President Obama tasked me to make that happen (a message that was reinforced during the later meetings be [...]	2009-08-12 14:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV USTR US TR
09ANKARA1503	TURKEY: PHARMA INDUSTRY GIVES COUNTERPROPOSAL TO [...] (C) Summary. On September 18, the GOT published two decrees relating to pharmaceutical pricing in an effort to close the 2 billion TL Social Security budget gap described in reftel. U.S. firms have told us these decrees, with 70 percent of the cost expected to fall on foreign firms, will kil [...]	2009-10-19 05:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN TU
09ANKARA1516	TURKEY: HORMATS-BABACAN BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary. During an October 6 meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan, U/S for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs Robert Hormats reiterated President Obama,s commitment to strengthening our economic partnership with Turkey. Babacan welcomed the U.S. focus on the economic rel [...]	2009-10-21 07:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN ECIN EINV TU
09ANKARA1630	IPR TRAINING FOR TURKISH CUSTOMS: LESSONS LEARNED [...] Summary. Between May 2008 and September 2009, Post provided six sessions of training for Turkish Customs on how to recognize and seize counterfeit products, working with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on an INL-funded program. In total, w [...]	2009-11-13 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV KCRM KIPR TU
09ANKARA1693	TURKEY: AS PRICING DEADLINE NEARS, PHARMA INDUSTRY [...] (C) Summary. Following the GOT's rejection of pharmaceutical industry proposals to close the health care budget gap (described in reftels),the sector has been forced back to the drawing board with little time left before the December 4 implementation deadline. The GOT indicated that it was [...]	2009-11-25 05:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD EFIN TU
09ANKARA1740	TURKEY: COMPROMISE DEAL REACHED ON PHARMA, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. The long negotiations between the GOT and the pharmaceutical industry on how to close the health care budget gap ended in a "compromise" deal on December 2. Under the terms of the deal, the GOT moved only marginally from its initial negotiating stance, and reserved the right to [...]	2009-12-07 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ETRD EFIN TU
09ANKARA1843	CANCELLED TRADEMARK CASES STILL UNRESOLVED [...] (SBU) Summary: As reported in reftels, the temporary suspension in 2008 of the criminal provisions of Decree 556 (Trademark Law) led to the cancellation of as many as 9,000 IPR cases and the possible re-entry of millions of units of seized counterfeit goods into the Turkish market. Previously [...]	2009-12-29 08:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD KTDB KIPR USTR TU
09ANKARA251	INTERIM RESPONSE - OPIC-SUPPORTED INVESTMENT FUND [...] Post is unable to get significant information on Paladin Realty Eurasia Investors, L.P. or Paladin realty Partners, LLC from contacts or public sources. If OPIC can provide names of company owners, we will do further research. 2. Regarding Paladin's concept of providing financing for aff [...]	2009-02-13 16:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV TU
09ANKARA795	ERDOGAN UNVEILS NEW INCENTIVE PACKAGES [...] (U) Summary: Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan unveiled a new set of incentive and employment packages on June 4. Erdogan said that because of the global downturn, employment and industry have been negatively affected, but that the impact of the crisis was limited by the strong banking se [...]	2009-06-05 12:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EIND TU
09ANKARA828	TURKEY: 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (U) The following is Embassy Ankara's submission for the 2009 report to the U.S. Congress on expropriation claims and investment disputes, providing an update on the two ongoing cases reported in 2008 and adding two new cases that have been brought to Post's attention. 2. (SBU) Claimant Dat [...]	2009-06-15 13:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV CASC TU
09ANTANANARIVO114	COMOROS PURSUING GEOTHERMAL ENERGY [...] SUMMARY: The Union of the Comoros Government (GOC) is actively pursuing geothermal energy options to tap into volcanic Mount Karthala's heat on the main island of Grande Comore. Given the high cost and unreliability of the MAMWE electric utility, the geothermal alternative has the potential t [...]	2009-02-20 04:04:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EAID PGOV CN
09ANTANANARIVO229	AGOA SHIPMENTS IN SECOND HALF 2008 - MADAGASCAR [...] Summary: Madagascar's AGOA apparel exports in the second half of 2008 were similar to those of the second half of 2007. However, the total amount for 2008 decreased by 3.5 percent compared to 2007. This decreasing trend will likely be stronger in 2009 due to the current political turmoil and to [...]	2009-03-31 13:21:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD AGOA EINV ECON MA
09ANTANANARIVO246	Comoros Explanation Of Economic Citizenship [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of the Union of the Comoros provided the Embassy with an official explanation of the implementation of its new "economic citizenship" law. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) Upon our request, the GOC provided an official explanation of how the "economic citizenship" law is bei [...]	2009-04-02 13:41:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EINV PREL PGOV CN
09ANTANANARIVO248	MADAGASCAR: A HOBSON'S CHOICE ON AGOA ELIGIBILITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Madagascar is an AGOA success story almost without parallel, having created a vibrant garment industry employing around 100,000 workers. AGOA eligibility should be used as a carrot for encouraging early elections and a return to constitutional order. During Madagascar's 2009 eli [...]	2009-04-03 07:29:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON AGOA MA
09ANTANANARIVO252	MADAGASCAR: 2008 ECONOMIC OVERVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In 2008, Madagascar recorded strong growth and improved macroeconomic performance despite external shocks. Real economic growth reached 7.2 percent. Fiscal policy improved tax revenue, while monetary and exchange rate policies contained inflation and prevented excessive volatili [...]	2009-04-06 07:58:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON MA
09ANTANANARIVO265	MADAGASCAR: ECONOMY SUFFERS AS CRISIS CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Summary: The political crisis in Madagascar has already negatively impacted unemployment, tourism, inflation, and exports. The economic downturn, increased inflation, and depreciation of the currency are likely to continue during 2009, with analysts predicting annual GDP growth of only 3 [...]	2009-04-10 08:26:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON MA
09ANTANANARIVO27	MADAGASCAR 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] This cable responds to the call in 08 STATE 123907 for updated investment climate statements. A separate Word version has been emailed per instructions. End summary. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------ 2. The GOM officially welcomes foreign investment and the c [...]	2009-01-15 05:41:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV OPIC KTDB USTR MA
09ANTANANARIVO275	MADAGASCAR: QMM MINE BEGINS OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Rio Tinto's billion dollar ilmenite mine in southern Madagascar, QMM, began production in December 2008 and shipped its first load of ilmenite in April, despite dual Malagasy political and global financial crises. The company has made a conscientious effort to hire local workers [...]	2009-04-15 06:44:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EINV ECON MA
09ANTANANARIVO345	AGOA SHIPMENTS IN FIRST QUARTER 2009 - MADAGASCAR [...] SUMMARY: Madagascar's AGOA apparel exports in the first quarter of 2009 increased by 6 percent compared to the same period in 2008. However, this trend will likely be reversed in April and May due to the current political and economic crisis, and the consequent departure of the GAP group, which [...]	2009-05-14 04:13:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD AGOA EINV ECON MA
09ANTANANARIVO356	MADAGASCAR RECEIVES QUESTIONABLE SAUDI INVESTORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A group of questionable Saudi investors has signed an agreement with Madagascar's High Transitional Authority (HAT) allegedly to invest 2 billion dollars (over 20% of GDP) in Madagascar. To further sweeten the deal, the Saudi investors plan to export large quantities of staple c [...]	2009-05-18 13:31:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON PREL MA SA
09ANTANANARIVO494	MADAGASCAR: LETTER TO POTUS ON AGOA [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-02 13:14:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD AGOA EINV ECON PREL MA
09ANTANANARIVO512	MADAGASCAR: GARMENT MAKERS SHOUT FOR AGOA ASSURANCES AS [...] (SBU) Summary: Madagascar's garment industry is suffering the effects of the political crisis that began in January and is already showing signs of further collapse due to the uncertainty of AGOA renewal at the end of the year. Commercial chambers and businesses have successfully educated memb [...]	2009-07-09 12:35:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD AGOA EINV ECON MA
09ANTANANARIVO607	MADAGASCAR'S ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP WITH EU UNDER THREAT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since 2002 the European Union (EU) and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) have been working to put in place new trade agreements: the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs),designed to enhance cooperation in all areas related to trade. Madagascar signed an [...]	2009-08-21 06:35:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON PREL MA
09ANTANANARIVO779	ANTANANARIVO POL/ECON WEEKLY UPDATE (13-NOV-2009) [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is U.S. Embassy Antananarivo's Weekly Update for November 2-13, an unclassified review of major political, economic, and commercial events and information from the U.S. Mission to Madagascar and the Comoros. POLITICS (Paragraphs 2-4) - Transition Government: Still a Work in [...]	2009-11-13 12:29:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ECPS EINV MA
09ANTANANARIVO818	ANTANANARIVO POL/ECON WEEKLY UPDATE (27-NOV-2009) [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is U.S. Embassy Antananarivo's Weekly Update for November 16-27, an unclassified review of major political, economic, and commercial events and information from the U.S. Mission to Madagascar and the Comoros. POLITICS (Paragraphs 2-8) - AU/UN Evaluation Mission - Continued [...]	2009-11-27 11:00:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV MA
09ANTANANARIVO832	ANTANANARIVO POL/ECON WEEKLY UPDATE (04-DEC-2009) [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is U.S. Embassy Antananarivo's Weekly Update for November 30 to December 4, an unclassified review of major political, economic, and commercial events and information from the U.S. Mission to Madagascar and the Comoros. POLITICS (Paragraphs 2-4) - TRANSITION CABINET REMAINS [...]	2009-12-04 07:35:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV MA
09ANTANANARIVO876	ANTANANARIVO POL/ECON WEEKLY UPDATE (22-DEC-2009) [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is U.S. Embassy Antananarivo's Weekly Update for December 7 to 22, an unclassified review of major political, economic, and commercial events and information from the U.S. Mission to Madagascar and the Comoros. POLITICS (Paragraphs 1-5) - Rajoelina kills the Maputo process [...]	2009-12-23 10:26:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV MA
09ASHGABAT1008	TURKMENISTAN: U.S. FIRMS DOMINATE COMMERCIAL AIR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. companies have supplied almost all the commercial air conditioning systems (central air conditioning systems, not single-household units) for new, foreign-built government, commercial, and residential build [...]	2009-08-10 13:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1025	TNK-BP WAITING AND HOPING IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian-British co-owned TNK-BP remains one of a handful of foreign oil and gas companies attempting to break into the well-guarded Turkmen hydrocarbon sector with little success to date. TNK-BP's Program Director for Turkmenistan Oleg Lonovenko attributed TNK-BP's current lack [...]	2009-08-13 12:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV EINV PBTS AZ TX
09ASHGABAT1029	WINTERSHALL REPORTS SLOW MOVEMENT BY TURKMEN FOR [...] (C) German energy company Wintershall's general manager, Kal Sandhu, updated Economic Officer on his company's prospects August 12. Sandhu stated that Wintershall is winding down a PSA signed in 2002 after drilling two dry holes in block 12 of the Caspian (reftel),and has made slow progress [...]	2009-08-14 13:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV EINV PBTS AZ TX
09ASHGABAT1046	TURKMENISTAN: PAKISTAN BANK UPBEAT ON TURKMEN [...] (C) On August 18, the new director of the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) branch in Ashgabat, Jamal Malik, met with Economic Officer to discuss business in Turkmenistan. Malik became the Bank's new director after replacing long-time Embassy contact, Rizwan Khan, last week. Malik worked at NBP [...]	2009-08-18 12:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EIND EINV ECON TX
09ASHGABAT1055	TURKMENISTAN STILL FLOUNDERING ON STURGEON FARM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Turkmen Government is again casting about for a private company to build a sturgeon farm that would produce sturgeon and ultimately yield black caviar. The State Fisheries Committee announced a tender to this [...]	2009-08-21 05:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS ECON ETRD PGOV EINV PBTS SENV TX
09ASHGABAT1056	TURKMENISTAN STILL FLOUNDERING ON STURGEON FARM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Turkmen Government is again casting about for a private company to build a sturgeon farm that would produce sturgeon and ultimately yield black caviar. The State Fisheries Committee announced a tender to this [...]	2009-08-21 08:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS ECON ETRD PGOV EINV PBTS SENV TX
09ASHGABAT1059	TURKMENISTAN: ANNUAL CONSTRUCTION EXHIBITION HELD [...] (SBU) On August 19, Economic Officer attended Turkmenistan's annual international exhibition devoted to the Turkmen construction sector. Deputy Chairman for Energy, Industry, Construction and Motor Transport, Deryageldi Orazov, opened the exhibition by reading a lengthy statement by President [...]	2009-08-21 10:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EIND EINV ECON ETRD TX
09ASHGABAT1061	TURKMENISTAN: FIRST INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT FORUM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Turkmen official media announced the First Annual International Investment Forum to be held October 15-17 in Ashgabat. The Turkmen Chamber of Commerce is organizing the forum with the support of the Cabinet of Ministe [...]	2009-08-21 12:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EIND EINV ECON ETRD TX
09ASHGABAT1068	TURKMEN GOVERNMENT GLOSSES OVER RECENT IMF REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers for Economy and Finance, Tuwakmammet Japarov, announced that the IMF Executive Council had approved a report on Turkmenistan, compiled by an IMF team of experts who visited Turkmenistan in April 2009. According to Japarov, the report [...]	2009-08-25 11:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1071	TURKMENISTAN: CNPC ON SCHEDULE TO SHIP GAS TO CHINA [...] (U) Sensitive But unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Chinese National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) recently announced that its Amu Darya project had been connected to the Uzbek section of the Central Asia - China pipeline. CNPC added that the inter-border connectio [...]	2009-08-26 08:50:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1075	TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON "ACTIVELY WAITS" FOR ONSHORE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 25 Economic Officer met with the head of Chevron's local office to discuss Chevron's current plans in Turkmenistan's natural gas sector. The Chevron rep reiterated Chevron's interest in a production agreement for onshore deposits, while acknowledging the GOTX's policy to [...]	2009-08-26 12:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1077	COCA-COLA REPS SEE GROWING OPPORTUNITIES IN [...] (C) Representatives from Coca-Cola met with Charge on August 26. CEO for Coca-Cola Ichecek (Beverage) in Istanbul and Irish citizen, Michael A. O'Neil, headed a group of businessmen with years of experience in Turkmenistan. O'Neil recounted his time as Coca-Cola head in Russia and Coca-Cola' [...]	2009-08-27 10:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EIND EINV ECON ETRD TX
09ASHGABAT1078	NEW TURKMEN EDUCATION LAW - CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC [...] (U) Sensitive But unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The new Education Law of Turkmenistan, announced on August 19, 2009, represents incremental educational system reform, especially in the field of adult continuing education, private-public partnerships, internatio [...]	2009-08-27 11:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1083	TURKMENISTAN: NEW LAW FOR SMALL BUSINESSES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 22, the Government of Turkmenistan officially published the Law on State Support for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SME) - the first law of this type adopted in Turkmenistan. The purpose of the law [...]	2009-08-31 09:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1084	TURKMENISTAN: CHRYSLER DISTRIBUTOR TRIES TO RE-ENTER SUV [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Chrysler's official distributor in Central Asia, Saitco, hopes to reenter the Turkmen automobile market. In 2002, Saitco sold about 100 Dodge SUVs on contract through IPC Motors to the Turkmen Government. Seven [...]	2009-08-31 09:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EINV ECON ETRD TX
09ASHGABAT110	TURKMENISTAN: LOCAL BUSINESS COUNCIL MEETING TOOK [...] (C) SUMMARY: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Resident Office Head, Neil McKain (please strictly protect),said that the head of the Union of Entrepreneurs and Industrialists is a "born entrepreneur" and that "he has the right instincts to help entrepreneurs" in Turkme [...]	2009-01-22 13:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EINV EAGR TX AORC
09ASHGABAT1107	HAVE A COKE AND A SMILE IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 1, Economic Officer visited the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Ashgabat at the recent invitation of the plant General Manager Kadir Uslu (reftel). Uslu asserted that despite Turkmenistan's intense bureaucracy, Coca-Cola's brand name and multinational approach to Turkme [...]	2009-09-01 13:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EIND EINV ECON ETRD TX
09ASHGABAT1110	TURKMEN GAS NOT TO REACH BULGARIA SOON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During an August 27 meeting between Bulgarian President Dmitry Pyrvanov and Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the Pyrvanov announced that Bulgaria is ready to import more than 2 bcm of Turkmen gas, and B [...]	2009-09-02 07:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV ECON TX
09ASHGABAT1117	TURKMENISTAN: PETROCHINA TO TAKE OVER AMU DARYA PROJECT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) A number of international media outlets reported this week that PetroChina will acquire assets from the Chinese National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC),PetroChina's parent company, including CNPC's share in the Amu Darya pro [...]	2009-09-02 12:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV ECON TX
09ASHGABAT1121	TURKMENISTAN: COMMERCIAL EXPO REAFFIRMS TURKISH [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 2, Economic Officer attended the opening of the Turkish National Export Exhibition in Ashgabat. The Turkish government sent State Minister for Trade and Industry Mehmet Zafer Caglayan to co-open the event with Turkmen officials. Almost 70 Turkish companies were pre [...]	2009-09-03 12:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EIND EINV ECON ETRD TU TX
09ASHGABAT1135	TURKMEN GAS TO UKRAINE; FORWARD TO THE PAST? [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A number of Turkmen media reports recently speculated that Ukrainian President Yushchenko will discuss the possibility of importing natural gas directly from Turkmenistan during his visit to the country scheduled f [...]	2009-09-08 09:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX UP
09ASHGABAT1142	TURKMENISTAN: CONOCOPHILLIPS REPORTS SLOW PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY. ConocoPhillips representatives met with Charge on September 8 to discuss progress toward an offshore deal with the Turkmen. Company representatives indicated that ConocoPhillips was still very interested in developing blocks 19, 20, and 21 with the Turkmen, but had yet to receiv [...]	2009-09-09 10:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV EINV ECON KZ TX
09ASHGABAT1145	TURKMENISTAN'S PRESIDENT WANTS NATIONAL [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov announced plans to launch the country's first national satellite. The satellite would support telephone and Internet communications, hydrocarbon industries, and Turkmen T [...]	2009-09-09 12:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINT EINV ECON PINR PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT115	TURKMENISTAN: INTENSE PACE OF CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In 2008, President Berdimuhamedov approved more than $1 billion in new construction projects across the country. In the course of the year, foreign construction companies signed contracts for a massive Olympic villa [...]	2009-01-23 12:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EINV ETRD PGOV LE TU TX
09ASHGABAT1158	TURKMENISTAN ACQUIRES TWO NEW OIL TANKERS. [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Turkmenistan received its second Russian-made oil tanker on September 8; the "Hazar" (Turkmen for "Caspian") was built in Krasnoye Sormovo (Novgorod),Russia. In August, the first tanker, the "Sumbar", named after [...]	2009-09-11 11:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EPET EINT EINV ECON PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1159	TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON REP DISCUSSES MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Chevron Representative in Ashgabat met with the Charge on September 11 to update her on Chevron's recent meeting with Turkmen Deputy Chairman for Oil and Gas Baymyrat Hojamuhammedov. The Chevron rep reiterated Chevron's plans to pursue a partnership with Turkmen state energy [...]	2009-09-11 12:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV EINV ECON TX
09ASHGABAT1169	TURKMEN AND RUSSIAN LEADERS TALK ENERGY--ITERA [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Turkmen press reported that the September 13 meeting between Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov and Russian President Medvedev in Turkmenbashy cleared the way for renewed Turkmen-Russian economic relations; however, no new gas deal was signed. The EU Tacis-Rep in Ashgabat prov [...]	2009-09-14 13:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV EINV ECON RS TX
09ASHGABAT117	SOUTH KOREAN COMPANIES LEARNING TO NAVIGATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: An Ashgabat-based South Korean diplomat shared some of his country's "lessons learned" about accessing the Turkmen market. While South Korea has made little progress in entering Turkmenistan's energy sector or construction industry, the signing of other lucrative deals in 2008 [...]	2009-01-26 02:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EPET EINV TU KS TX
09ASHGABAT1177	IRAN PLANS TO TRANSIT 35 BCM OF TURKMEN GAS TO TURKEY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Iranian media reported on September 12 that Ankara and Tehran agreed to transport Turkmen gas to Turkey. The media reports quoted an official of the National Iranian Oil Company as saying that the volume of Turkme [...]	2009-09-15 13:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV IR TU TX
09ASHGABAT1183	TURKMENISTAN: RELATIONS WITH TURKEY STEADY, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov visited the Turkish tourist area of Antalya in late August on an unofficial visit, getting a view of how the Turkish have developed their tourist industry through private investment and partnership with international tourist agencies. The Government of Tu [...]	2009-09-16 11:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EPET ETRD PREL TU TX
09ASHGABAT1184	TURKMEN GOVERNMENT THROWS PARTY FOR ENERGY SECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 12 Economic Officer attended the Turkmen Oil and Gas Ministry's celebratory concert devoted to oil, gas, and electricity sector workers. The lavish event was held at the famous Ruhnama Park, named after former President Niyazov's epic "Ruhnama" which means "book of [...]	2009-09-16 12:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV EINV ECON KS TX
09ASHGABAT1189	TURKMEN, UKRAINIAN LEADERS FAIL TO REACH GAS DEAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko visited Turkmenistan September 14-16, participating in negotiations with Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov on September 15. As expected, the two Presidents did not reach agreement on r [...]	2009-09-17 11:27:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV UP TX
09ASHGABAT1193	TURKMENISTAN: ZEPPELIN'S CATERPILLAR DEALER [...] (C) On September 16, Economic Officer met with German-based Zeppelin's General Director Oleg Sarmin to discuss the construction machinery market in Turkmenistan, given the large number of construction projects underway in the country. Zeppelin is the only dealer in country authorized to sell [...]	2009-09-17 12:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV EIND ETRD TX
09ASHGABAT1196	TURKMEN TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE ATTRACTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On September 16, Turkmen government officials opened the third annual Turkmentel 2009 Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Exhibition and Forum in Ashgabat. The Turkmen press touted the event as a large scale international forum initiated by Turkmen President Berdi [...]	2009-09-18 13:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ECPS EIND EINV TINT TX
09ASHGABAT1205	TURKMEN ELECTRICITY EXPORTS TO SIBERIA? [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) International press reported recently that Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov stated that Turkmenistan is ready to supply electricity to Siberia to supplement electricity losses caused by the August 17 accident at [...]	2009-09-23 10:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1206	TURKMENISTAN: EBRD ASSERTS "HONEYMOON STAGE" WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in Turkmenistan continues to seek out projects and proactive Turkmen business people who are willing to question Turkmen policies that hinder economic and commercial growth. Soviet-style government control over the coun [...]	2009-09-23 12:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EIND PGOV EINV ECON TX
09ASHGABAT1216	NEW SUPPORT FOR TURKMEN OIL AND GAS INSTITUTE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Turkmengaz, the state-owned Turkmen gas company, first established its Institute of Oil and Gas in the 1970s. Since that time, the Institute has served as a think tank for Turkmenistan's oil and gas industry. The Institut [...]	2009-09-25 10:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1217	GOLDEN ARCHES ON THE FAR HORIZON?:WHY THERE'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. To date, McDonald's does not have a franchise restaurant in Turkmenistan, nor in any of the five former Soviet republics in Central Asia. There is continued strong interest, among Turkmen business people and government officials alike, in opening a McDonald's in Ashgabat. The [...]	2009-09-25 11:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV EINV ECON TX
09ASHGABAT1224	TURKMENISTAN: SCHLUMBERGER FACES PROBLEMS, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: French-based petroleum service giant Schlumberger has been in Turkmenistan for ten years and does the majority of its work conducting training programs. They face many of the same issues that other foreign companies do, including worries over the safety and health of their employ [...]	2009-09-25 13:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EPET PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1243	TURKMENISTAN: NO PROGRESS ON CASPIAN LITTORAL PIPELINE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Turkmen government seems to have made little progress on the Caspian Littoral Pipeline project since President Berdimuhamedov's visit to Moscow in March. The pipeline project, also known as the Pre-Caspian Pipeline, is [...]	2009-09-29 12:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1248	TURKMENISTAN: U.S. LOGISTICS COMPANY EXPLAINS [...] (C) On September 28, Economic Officer met with the Managing Director of U.S.-based Bertling Logistics. The Bertling representative, who was raised in Turkey and has been in Ashgabat for 10 years, asserted that commercial conditions in the country have improved immensely in the last few years. [...]	2009-09-30 12:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD EPET BTIO PGOV ECON TX

09ASHGABAT1249	TURKMENISTAN: HOW MUCH OF CHINA IS TOO MUCH? [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Chinese presence and the number of Chinese citizens living and working in Turkmenistan have traditionally been related to business activities conducted here by the Chinese National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) [...]	2009-09-30 13:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX

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