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09ASHGABAT1253	TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON EXPECTED MORE FROM MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chevron was one of several U.S. companies that recently had face-to-face meetings with Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov in New York on the margins of the UN General Assembly. The Chevron rep was visibly disappointed that the meeting did not result in a new onshore deal [...]	2009-10-01 13:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX

09ASHGABAT1257	TURKMENISTAN: RETHINKING THE APPROACH FOR U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the September 21 meeting between the Secretary and President Berdimuhamedov, post received additional feedback from GOTX officials regarding the USG push for U.S. energy companies to develop onshore hydrocarbon resources in Turkmenistan. The GOTX remains adamant that it [...]	2009-10-02 08:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1262	TURKMENISTAN: GAZPROM REFUSING TO BUY TURKMEN GAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent Russian media reports indicated that Russia's state-owned Gazprom will not resume purchases of Turkmen gas for the remainder of 2009. The reports come as the demand for gas remains in decline, and Russia continues to push for a much lower gas price with the Turkmen. So [...]	2009-10-02 12:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO RU TX
09ASHGABAT1263	INDIA HOLDS MODEST EXPECTATIONS FOR RELATIONHSIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite positive reports in Turkmen newspapers about the Indian External Affairs Minister's trip to Turkmenistan, a contact at the Indian Embassy expressed frustration with the way of doing business in Turkmenistan and the results of previous projects. He noted that the Turkmen a [...]	2009-10-02 12:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EPET PREL IN AF TX
09ASHGABAT1264	TURKMENISTAN: IRAN'S RECENT CASPIAN-ENERGY RHETORIC [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) A number of international media outlets recently cited Reza Kasaeizadeh, Managing Director of the National Iranian Gas Export Company, as stating Iran would prevent Turkmenistan from participating in any projects aimed at t [...]	2009-10-02 13:09:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV IR TX
09ASHGABAT1270	TURKMENISTAN: HONEYWELL TRYING TO COURT TURKMEN [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 5, Honeywell's CEO and other company executives met with the Charge to discuss plans to expand the company's presence in Turkmenistan. Honeywell's CEO arrived in Ashgabat for meetings with Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, Deputy Chairman of Oil and Gas Bay [...]	2009-10-05 13:09:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1273	TURKMENISTAN: BACKING OFF ON THE CASPIAN BOUNDARY DISPUTE? [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) A number of international media outlets have recently cited President Berdimuhamedov's remarks regarding Turkmenistan's Caspian dispute with Azerbaijan, made during his October 1 press conference (Ref A). According to the [...]	2009-10-08 09:15:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL EPET PGOV EINV AJ TX
09ASHGABAT1283	TURKMENISTAN: OFFSHORE REGISTERED COMPANIES NEED NOT APPLY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The two latest tender announcements published on the Turkmenistan Oil and Gas Ministry's website contained a bracketed note saying that tender bids from companies registered in offshore zones or possessing banking accounts [...]	2009-10-09 10:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1286	TURKMENISTAN: JAPAN HOPES TO REGAIN MOMENTUM IN [...] (SBU) Members of the Japanese-Turkmenistan Committee for Economic Cooperation visited Turkmenistan from October 4-8 and met with President Berdimuhamedov. Tetsuro Chida, Special Advisor to the Japanese Charge d'Affaires, told Poloff that the delegation included executives from Itochu, Komatsu [...]	2009-10-09 12:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV PREL BTIO ECON ETRD JA TX
09ASHGABAT1289	NABUCCO ENVOY SEES GREATER INTEREST AMONG TURKMEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hungary's envoy for the Nabucco project was recently in Ashgabat for meetings with government officials. He noted that the officials were all well-briefed and had concrete questions that indicated genuine interest in the project. The Turkmen were also supportive of the proposed i [...]	2009-10-13 12:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1295	TURKMEN PRESIDENT SHUFFLES OIL AND GAS OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY. During an October 12 televised session with fuel and energy officials, Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov announced major firings and reshuffling of the oil and gas leadership, citing waste and poor performance as reasons for dismissals. The president prefaced his action by saying [...]	2009-10-14 13:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1312	TURKMENISTAN: EXXONMOBIL STILL MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 14 ExxonMobil representatives met with the Charge to discuss recent meetings between company executives and Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov in New York on the margins of the UN General Assembly. ExxonMobil representatives described the meetings as "a little positive, [...]	2009-10-16 06:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1318	TURKMENISTAN: CONOCOPHILLIPS REPORTS PROGRESS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. A ConocoPhillips representative reported that the company has renewed its chances of on offshore deal with Turkmenistan since it recently dropped LukOil as a partner and picked up UAE-based Mubadala. ConocoPhillips had already partnered successfully with Mubadala in Kazakhstan a [...]	2009-10-20 09:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO KZ TX
09ASHGABAT1320	NO RE-EXPORTS OF TURKMEN GAS? [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: According to Turkmen media, Turkmen Deputy Chairman Baymyrat Hojamuhammedov, who oversees the country's energy sector, stated on Friday that Turkmenistan is going to put a clause in future gas sale contracts which [...]	2009-10-20 13:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1331	TURKMENISTAN: PICKLED SEWAGE POSES PROBLEMS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan has numerous polluted bodies of water that the President has ordered cleaned, but an American businessman's experience shows that the process of getting clean-up projects approved is arduous. One potential clean-up site, Lake Simonova, is near the Avaza tourist site [...]	2009-10-23 09:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EPET PGOV SENV TX
09ASHGABAT1332	TURKMENISTAN: WHITE STREAM REPRESENTATIVE PITCHES [...] (C) SUMMARY: A White Stream pipeline representative was in Ashgabat this week to pitch the project to GOTX officials. White Stream is a private gas pipeline from Georgia to Romania that its proponents claim is an alternative route for deliveries of Azerbaijani and Turkmen gas Europe. The rep [...]	2009-10-23 09:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1353	TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON REPORTS SOME GOOD NEWS [...] (C) Chevron's representative in Ashgabat met with Charge on October 23 to convey some good news the company had received from the GOTX. Specifically, Chevron received a positive letter from Turkmenistan's state-owned gas company Turkmengas in response to Chevron's request to discuss its onsho [...]	2009-10-23 14:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1369	TURKMENISTAN: RUSSIAN MEDIA LIKELY DISTORTED ENERGY SECTOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) A number of international media outlets, initially Russian, have linked recent changes in the Turkmen energy sector's leadership (reftel) with allegations that high-ranking oil and gas officials had passed classified geolog [...]	2009-10-26 12:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV RS TX
09ASHGABAT1381	TURKMEN GOVERNMENT ORGANIZES LAST MINUTE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On the margins of Turkmenistan Independence Day celebrations, GOTX officials organized a last-minute meeting of the U.S.-Turkmenistan Business Council in Ashgabat. The meeting was a follow-up event to a dinner for Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov hosted by the Business Council i [...]	2009-10-29 12:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EINV PGOV BEXP BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1387	TURKMEN SECTION OF PIPELINE TO CHINA DELAYED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) A number of international media outlets recently reported that Turkmenistan had completed its section of the Turkmenistan - Uzbekistan - Kazakhstan - China gas pipeline, which is better known as the as Central Asia - China [...]	2009-10-30 10:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1388	TURKMENISTAN OFFERS PROPOSAL TO CHEVRON [...] (C) Chevron Vice President for Business Development told Charge on October 29 that the Turkmen had proposed that Chevron take over gas processing in the country, thereby supplanting the Russians. He said that this proposal had been offered during a meeting he had earlier that day with State A [...]	2009-10-30 10:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1400	TURKMENISTAN: USAID TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On September 10, USAID and its implementer, Project HOPE, held a conference to mark the completion of their second five-year tuberculosis (TB) program. From 2000 to 2009, this program cooperated with the Ministry [...]	2009-11-02 09:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID EINV TBIO SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT141	TURKMENISTAN: LOGISTICS COMPANY MANAGER DESCRIBES [...] (C) SUMMARY: GAC Marine's General Manager, a longtime resident with connections to some foreign energy companies operating in Turkmenistan, described his company's progress with business development and commented on a recent agreement with the government to build a new supply base near Turk [...]	2009-01-29 09:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV ETRD EPET ECON TX AJ
09ASHGABAT1422	TURKMENISTAN: SCHLUMBERGER HOPES TO EXPAND BUSINESS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Oil and gas service giant Schlumberger has been operating in Turkmenistan since 1999. The company maintains excellent business ties with state-owned oil concern Turkmennebit, and has plans to partner with the state-owned gas company Turkmengaz in the near future. Company represe [...]	2009-11-05 14:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1423	TURKMENISTAN: RUSSIANS SAY GAZPROM NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) According to Russian Embassy DCM Aleksey Demin, negotiations between the Russians and the Turkmen over gas are "very difficult." We met with Demin on November 5 to discuss the status of the Gazprom negotiations. He told us that currently the negotiations between Turkmengaz and Gazprom ar [...]	2009-11-06 11:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1428	THE FEW FOREIGN BANKS IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Five foreign banks currently operate in Turkmenistan: Turkmen-Turkish Bank, National Bank of Pakistan, Saderat (Export) Bank of Iran, Deutsche Bank and Commerz Bank of Germany. Besides the two German banks, these ba [...]	2009-11-06 14:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON EAID PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1445	TURKMENISTAN: AUSTRIAN ENERGY GIANT OMV HOPES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. OMV, Austria's largest oil-producing, refining and gas company, recently increased its efforts to promote the Nabucco pipeline and strike an energy deal with the Turkmen government. Like many large energy companies, OMV's current plans focus on the lucrative, proven, onshore gas [...]	2009-11-10 13:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO AU TX
09ASHGABAT1481	DEPUTY CHAIRMAN CONFIDENT ABOUT PROSPECTS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Chairman for Oil and Gas Baymyrat Hojamuhammedov, in a meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Krol, reiterated the Turkmen government's energy sector policies of diversifying sales of natural gas, hiring service companies to work on development and explora [...]	2009-11-18 15:24:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1486	TURKMENISTAN: STATE HYDROCARBON AGENCY CHIEF [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkmenistan's State Hydrocarbon Agency Chief Yagshygeldi Kakayev told visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol that foreign energy companies should either pursue offshore exploration blocks or onshore service contracts. Kakayev said the GOTX viewed most foreign energ [...]	2009-11-20 15:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1494	TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON STILL PUSHING FOR A DEAL [...] (C) On the margins of the annual Turkmenistan International Oil and Gas Exhibition (TIOGE),Chevron representatives discussed the company's current plans for reaching an energy deal with the Turkmen. The local Chevron representative told Charge that the recent GOTX proposal to have Chevron [...]	2009-11-23 13:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1495	TURKMENISTAN: EXXONMOBIL INCREASING ITS ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. ExxonMobil officials have increased their presence in Turkmenistan over the last few months. Given the GOTX's plans to deliver up to 65 billion cubic meters of gas to Iran and China by the end of 2011, the company sees opportunities to gain GOTX trust in the hope of eventually ge [...]	2009-11-23 13:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1498	GE TURBINES BOOST ELECTRICITY CAPACITY IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not For Public Internet. 2. (U) Chalyk Energy, a Turkish company, and General Electric (GE) are nearing completion of a project to build a new power station in Balkanabat, the capital city of Balkan Province in western Turkmenistan. According to an article in [...]	2009-11-24 09:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ECON PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1504	TURKMENISTAN: CONOCOPHILLIPS STILL PURSUING [...] (C) On November 17, ConocoPhillips representatives visiting Ashgabat to attend the Turkmenistan International Oil and Gas Exhibition briefed poloff on the status of the company's efforts to develop Turkmenistan's Blocks 19 and 20 in the Caspian. The company reps shared that they could not alw [...]	2009-11-24 13:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1529	CHEVY AND DAEWOO CARS IN TURKMENISTAN [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Not For Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's Ministry of Commerce entered a joint venture with an Uzbek private businessman who sells General Motors/ UZ-Daewoo cars in Ashgabat. A reported agreement between the Turkmen and Uzbek Presidents initiated [...]	2009-11-27 11:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND BTIO EFIS EINV PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1531	ITALIAN COMPANY ENI SIGNS MOU WITH TURKMEN [...] (SBU) On November 25, a memorandum of understanding was signed between the Turkmen State Agency for Hydrocarbon Resources and Italy's state-owned energy company ENI during President Berdimuhamedov's recent visit to Rome. ENI acquired Burren Energy in 2008, after Burren had long been a party t [...]	2009-11-27 11:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX IT
09ASHGABAT1532	BELARUS COMPANIES DOMINATE TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) On November 25-27, Ashgabat hosted an agriculture trade show, during which producers of agriculture equipment from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) exhibited their equipment and demonstrated new technologies [...]	2009-11-27 12:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EINV ETRD BO TX
09ASHGABAT1533	TURKMENISTAN: GAZPROM TO BUY LESS GAS IN 2010? [...] (C) SUMMARY. A recent Russian article claimed that Gazprom would significantly lower the price it would pay for Turkmen gas, and the quantity it would take, in 2010. Although neither Gazprom nor the Turkmen government have commented on the article, the GOTX is preparing for Russia to buy less [...]	2009-11-27 12:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO RS TX
09ASHGABAT1546	TURKMEN AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENTS MEET OFTEN BUT NO [...] (C) Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov's one-day working visit to Moscow on November 29 did not finalize a new gas deal between Russia and Turkmenistan. Berdimuhamedov officially announced his trip to Moscow two days before arriving in the Russian capital to meet with President Medvedev. Follo [...]	2009-12-03 12:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV PREL EINV RS TX
09ASHGABAT1551	TURKMENISTAN: DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS ANNOUNCES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 23, USAID received a letter dated November 19 from Head of Mission- Turkmenistan for Medicins sans Frontieres (MSF) announcing its intentions to end its operational presence in Turkmenistan. MSF had [...]	2009-12-04 11:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID EINV TBIO SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1563	TURKMENISTAN: LOTS OF GAS, BUT WHAT ABOUT OIL? [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Annual oil production in Turkmenistan has varied from 9 to 10 million tons for the past six years, but the Turkmen Government has announced plans to increase the oil production to 50 million tons by 2020. Turkmenis [...]	2009-12-04 12:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1570	TURKMENISTAN: BIDDING ON GOVERNMENT TENDERS; TRICKY [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Bidding on Turkmen Government tenders requires an understanding of both the official process, as laid out in the regulation on tenders, and the unwritten rules. Under the table payments to state officials can repor [...]	2009-12-07 09:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD KCOR PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1579	TURKMENISTAN'S HIGH DOMESTIC NATURAL GAS CONSUMPTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan has one of the highest per capita natural gas consumption rates in the world, which is quite unusual for a country with a population between five and six million and a generally undeveloped industrial [...]	2009-12-08 10:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1591	TURKMENISTAN: GENERAL ELECTRIC LOOKING TO DEAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. General Electric (GE) is the leading provider of power generation equipment to Turkmenistan. In addition to being the exclusive provider of gas turbines to the Turkmen, the company provides pipeline and oil field equipment, and delivers services such as much-needed technical and [...]	2009-12-09 10:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1592	TURKMENISTAN: U.S. COMPANY BELAM EYES [...] (C) On December 9, EconOff met with the president of the New Jersey-based company "Belam," who was participating in the International Electricity Industry Exhibition and Conference held in Ashgabat December 7-10 (septel). Belam is a provider and installer of high-tech communications systems. [...]	2009-12-09 11:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV BTIO ECPS ELTN TX
09ASHGABAT1598	TURKMENISTAN HOLDS ELECTRIC POWER EXHIBITION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On December 7-8, the Turkmenistan Ministry of Energy and Industry, Academy of Sciences, and Chamber of Commerce and Industry hosted the Second Annual International Electricity Industry Exhibition. The exhibition included l [...]	2009-12-10 13:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV EINV EIND BEXP BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1601	TURKMEN PRESIDENT CRACKS DOWN ON OLD CARS [...] (SBU) Per a December 4 decree by Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, Turkmenistan will ban the import of foreign cars produced before 2000. The ban will take effect on January 1, 2010, allowing cars that were produced before 2000 to be imported until the end of the year. The ban com [...]	2009-12-10 13:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON BTIO EIND EINV IR TX
09ASHGABAT1606	TURKMENISTAN OPENS ITS FIRST COASTAL LPG TERMINAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 9, the Turkmen Government held an opening ceremony for a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) terminal with the capacity of 200,000 tons per year built near the village of Kiyanly on the Caspian coast. Intern [...]	2009-12-14 14:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX IR
09ASHGABAT161	WHAT'S HOLDING UP TURKMENISTAN'S ACCESSION TO THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: One faction in Turkmenistan's government, which is afraid of losing control, is the stumbling block preventing Turkmenistan from acceding to the New York Convention on International Arbitration. Another faction understands the value of joining international conventions to impro [...]	2009-02-02 12:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECIN EIND EINV EPET TX AORC
09ASHGABAT1619	CENTRAL ASIA-CHINA PIPELINE OPENED IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Presidents of Turkmenistan, China, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan participated in the December 14 opening of the Central Asia-China gas pipeline in Lebap Province in eastern Turkmenistan. The pipeline opening represented over three and a half years of planning and construction. [...]	2009-12-15 14:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1620	MEDVEDEV TO VISIT ASHGABAT ON DECEMBER 22 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) President Medvedev confirmed that his next visit to Turkmenistan will take place on December 22 during a phone conversation with President Berdimuhamedov on December 15. According to Turkmen media reports, Medvedev will hol [...]	2009-12-16 12:27:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV RS TX
09ASHGABAT1622	TURKMENISTAN: EXXONMOBIL SETTING UP SHOP IN [...] (C) On December 15, EconOff met with ExxonMobil representatives tasked with opening an office in Ashgabat. Company reps expressed frustration with finding available office space in the Turkmen capital, adding that they did not find anyone who seemed "excited to rent." They asserted that they [...]	2009-12-17 03:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1627	TURKMENISTAN: MORE CHINESE LOANS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On December 13, Turkmen and Chinese officials signed a number of intergovernmental agreements stipulating that the Chinese government will provide soft loans to Turkmenistan through China's Export-Import Bank. According to [...]	2009-12-17 12:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV EFIN CH TX
09ASHGABAT163	TURKMENISTAN: PROVINCIAL DEVELOPMENT UNDERWAY--THE GOOD, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In 2008, the Turkmenistan government kicked off a wide array of development projects, under the auspices of a 2007 National Development Program, which was designed to refurbish crumbling Soviet era infrastructure [...]	2009-02-03 09:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EIND EINV ETRD TX
09ASHGABAT1634	TURKMENISTAN: NO RACE TO ATTEND INTERNATIONAL AUTO [...] (C) On December 18, EconOff attended the International Automotive Exhibition in Ashgabat. Despite, a growing number of auto enthusiasts in Ashgabat, there was poor attendance by auto industry representatives and by the public. The Exhibition was opened by the Deputy Chairman for Education, H [...]	2009-12-18 14:06:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ELTN BTIO EINV ETRD TX
09ASHGABAT1652	TURKMENISTAN: POST HOSTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP [...] (C) On December 22, Post hosted a roundtable to discuss entrepreneurial issues in Turkmenistan with private, independent Turkmen business people. The roundtable was held in accordance with action items per reftel. Turkmen entrepreneurs who participated in the roundtable are successful, wealt [...]	2009-12-23 11:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EINV BEXP BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1654	TURKMENISTAN AND RUSSIA AGREE ON GAS, BUT HOW [...] (C) Turkmen media announced on December 22 that the Turkmen state-owned gas company Turkmengaz and Russia's Gazprom signed a document, amending the 2009 natural gas sale and purchase contract to include 2010 transactions. In addition, Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov and Russian President Med [...]	2009-12-23 13:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO RS TX
09ASHGABAT1656	TURKMENISTAN: ANY GAS LEFT FOR NABUCCO? [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The commissioning of the Turkmenistan - Uzbekistan - Kazakhstan - China gas pipeline (ref A) and the recent Turkmen-Russian decision to resume gas supplies to Russia (ref B) triggered international media speculatio [...]	2009-12-24 03:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET PGOV EINV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT1672	TURKMENISTAN: A BILLION DOLLAR LOAN FROM IDB [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Turkmen media reported last week that the Turkmen Government is in the process of preparing loan agreements with the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) to finance nine projects totaling $950 million. The IDB will provide loans [...]	2009-12-30 10:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV EFIN TX
09ASHGABAT1676	TURKMENISTAN: PROSPECTS FOR ALTERNATIVE ENERGY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Although Turkmenistan possesses substantial hydrocarbon resources, the Turkmen Government has recently started paying more attention to alternative energy sources. President Berdimuhamedov has on numerous occasions [...]	2009-12-31 06:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TRGY ENRG PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT182	TURKMENISTAN: OIL AND GAS CHAIRMAN OFFERS LITTLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During recent days, both the Charge and also Chevron's Country Manager met with Deputy Chairman for Oil and Gas Tagiyev to get a better sense of Turkmen Government interest in working with large U.S. energy companies. Although both meetings were conducted in a positive atmosph [...]	2009-02-04 11:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV ENRG UN TX
09ASHGABAT194	TURKMENISTAN: ENERGY OFFICIALS LEAVE US GUESSING [...] (SBU) Poloff met on February 5 with Deputy Minister for Oil and Gas Industry and Mineral Resources Nedirov and officials from the Turkmen State Gas Concern to discuss the status of talks and agreements on development of a Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline. Turkmen offic [...]	2009-02-06 13:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EINV EPET TX AF IN PK
09ASHGABAT203	TURKMENISTAN: SOUTH KOREAN COMMERCIAL INTERESTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: South Korean Ambassador Chong Yul Kim described bilateral relations between his country and Turkmenistan as growing, although at a more modest pace than South Korean companies would prefer. Although Turkmen Government agencies have been engaged in commercial relationships wi [...]	2009-02-09 13:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EINV EPET KS TX
09ASHGABAT206	"EXPO BUILD 2009" EXHIBITION IN ASHGABAT, 5-7 FEBRUARY [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Fifty Turkish firms and companies displayed technology, equipment, expertise and construction products at an exhibition held in Ashgabat from February 5-7. The exhibition received the usual amount of attention fr [...]	2009-02-10 09:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EINV ETRD TX TU
09ASHGABAT207	TURKMENISTAN: U.S. HYDROCARBON SERVICE COMPANY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The U.S. energy development services company, Weatherford, is continuing to enjoy success in Turkmenistan, and has recently shifted from subcontracting work for big foreign oil companies to working directly with Turkmen Government enterprises, according to its country manager. [...]	2009-02-10 09:27:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV EPET TX
09ASHGABAT230	TURKMENISTAN: BRANCH OF RUSSIAN OIL AND GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ashgabat branch of the Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas has been operational for almost six months, but little is known about how it is functioning. Its continued development into a legitimate educational institution that will serve the needs of the energy sect [...]	2009-02-17 10:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV ENRG UN TX
09ASHGABAT231	TURKISH DIPLOMAT DESCRIBES RISKS AND COMPLEXITIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: A February 12 conversation with the Turkish Third Secretary yielded interesting insights on corruption and market access, the legal complexities of doing business here, and the role that intergovernmental economic commissions play in making it less risky for Turkmen officials t [...]	2009-02-17 10:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV ETRD TX TU
09ASHGABAT235	TURKMEN PREFERENCES MAY DETERMINE THE FORM AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Longtime resident and EU TACIS program coordinator Michael Wilson,s contacts and knowledge of business activities in Turkmenistan give him a bird,s eye view of energy sector development. On February 11 he shared his perspectives on the dramas that are currently unfolding as th [...]	2009-02-17 13:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET EINV TX CH
09ASHGABAT255	TURKMENISTAN: CULTURAL NORMS IMPACT BUSINESS [...] (C) The Amcit General Manager at Bertling Logistics in Ashgabat talked with Political Officers on February 18 about how foreign companies get their feet in the door with the Turkmen Government. He argued that having the support of high-level government officials from a foreign company's home [...]	2009-02-24 11:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV ENRG UN TX TU
09ASHGABAT262	TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT MAY BE AVOIDING U.S. AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bertling Amcit Logistic General Manager, a longtime Ashgabat resident, shared news he had heard about a potential new government policy on Italian and U.S. energy majors being kept out of the running on field development, and also shared his views on how to bring Turkmenist [...]	2009-02-26 07:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT266	TURKMENISTAN: HOW SOME FOREIGN COMPANIES GAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Perhaps the single greatest challenge in seeking to do business in Turkmenistan is the lack of access to the people empowered to make decisions about commercial contracts here, particularly those involving infrastructural and energy sector development. Most companies have come [...]	2009-02-27 10:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV KCOR TX
09ASHGABAT291	TURKMENISTAN: WINTERSHALL MANAGER REPORTS LATEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: German energy company Wintershall's general manager, Kal Sandhu, talked with poloff on March 2 about the company's failure in 2008 to find hydrocarbons in two Caspian blocks. Although Wintershall continues to talk to Turkmen officials about onshore work, the discussions have m [...]	2009-03-04 05:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV EPET GM TX
09ASHGABAT298	TURKMENISTAN: SAMPLING OF SELECTED MONTHLY EARNINGS - NOT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet publication. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In January 2009, the Turkmen government identified 2008 as a banner year in the economic health of the country, and increased local wages for its employees as well as other benefits by ten percent. The incr [...]	2009-03-05 08:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EIND EINV ECON TX
09ASHGABAT301	TURKMENISTAN: U.S. OIL AND GAS EQUIPMENT FIRM [...] (C) Poloff met on March 4 with Cameron country manager Gurban Seyitli to hear how things were going for the US-based oil and gas equipment company. Seyitli said the company's main contracting partner here is Turkmen State Oil Concern, for whom he claimed Cameron currently provides for 75 per [...]	2009-03-05 15:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV EPET TX
09ASHGABAT325	TURKMENISTAN: TURKISH ENERGY COMPANY LOTUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkish-born Chairman of Lotus Enerji discussed the company's ongoing electricity, petrochemical and compressed natural gas refueling station projects, which are the first projects it has landed in Turkmenistan since its 2007 founding. The company has its eye on some potent [...]	2009-03-12 10:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV EPET TX
09ASHGABAT334	THREE-DAY PRESIDENTIAL JUNKET IN TURKMENISTAN'S OUTBACK [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet publication. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In the course of a well publicized three day program beginning March 4, President Berdimuhamedov and a procession of government and diplomatic representatives traveled around Mary and Lebap Provinces to atten [...]	2009-03-13 15:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EIND EINV ECON TX TU FR
09ASHGABAT339	TURKMENISTAN: ITALY - TURKMENISTAN RELATIONS - [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to an Italian Embassy Moscow Counsellor, in Turkmenistan to advance the upcoming visit of a Deputy Foreign Minister, President Berdimuhamedov should visit Rome sometime in 2009. Hopefully, a Berdimuhamedov visit will give a kick start to bilateral relations, which the [...]	2009-03-13 15:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINV EPET TX
09ASHGABAT368	TURKMENISTAN: DEPUTY CHAIRMAN FOR OIL AND GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with a visiting U.S. energy scholar, Deputy Chairman for Oil and Gas Tagiyev emphasized the size of Turkmenistan's oil and gas resources and underscored the government's confidence that state enterprises will be able to manage the expense and complexity of developi [...]	2009-03-23 08:50:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT377	ENGINEERING FIRM KBR PROSPECTING FOR WORK IN [...] (C) On March 18, the Charge met with executives from the U.S. engineering and construction firm KBR, who came to Ashgabat to meet with Turkmenistan Government hydrocarbon sector officials. Although KBR has been active in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, supporting clients such as BP and Chevron, th [...]	2009-03-24 11:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT379	TURKMENISTAN: STATE AGENCY DIRECTOR KAKAYEV [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Director of the State Agency for the Management and Use of Hydrocarbons shared his thoughts on Turkmenistan's offshore and offshore development efforts, and explained the country's willingness to sign production sharing agreements (PSAs) with interested partner nations like [...]	2009-03-24 11:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX CH IR
09ASHGABAT380	TURKMEN GAS DIRECTOR EXPOUNDS ON PRODUCTION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The director of the Turkmen State Gas Concern (Turkmengas) recently described the company's responsibilities and activities, and discussed the Turkmenistan Government's hopes for development of its hydrocarbon resources. He indicated that Turkmengas is moving forward with the [...]	2009-03-24 12:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX CH RS
09ASHGABAT381	TURKMENISTAN: MFA SHARES PERSPECTIVE ON A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Hajiyev recently spoke to a U.S.-based scholar about Turkmenistan's goals in hosting the late April pipeline security conference. It is becoming more apparent that the Turkmen Government is laying the groundwork for the development of an international c [...]	2009-03-25 06:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX UN RS AJ
09ASHGABAT387	TURKMENISTAN: NOT WELL-MANAGED, BUT STILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The EBRD's country manager recently painted a fairly stable picture of Turkmenistan's financial condition, in spite of the continuing global crisis. The EBRD, though not a significant player here, is hoping to do more to promote the development of small- and medium-sized busin [...]	2009-03-26 05:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV EPET EFIN EBRD TX RS
09ASHGABAT389	TURKMENISTAN: BURREN ENERGY STILL HOPING THAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The U.K.-based Burren Energy is continuing to pull 25,000 barrels of oil per day from wells southwest of Balkanabat, and has at least ten more years to do so. But while the company is on a steady course with its PSA, its takeover in 2007 by Italian conglomerate ENI is still cau [...]	2009-03-26 13:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV EPET TX UK
09ASHGABAT393	TURKMENISTAN: CHINA KNOWS PATIENCE PAYS OFF HERE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Chinese ambassador to Turkmenistan described the relationship with Berdimuhamedov's government as positive, yet more stand-offish than in former President Niyazov's time. That said, CNPC is making progress on its Turkmenistan-China pipeline, although only half of this twin [...]	2009-03-27 08:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV EPET TX CH
09ASHGABAT396	TURKMENISTAN: WINTERSHALL MANAGER PROVIDES RANGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: German-based Wintershall's country manager recently provided a broad picture of the challenges and intrigues of doing business in the energy sector here. The manager described some of the complexities of interacting with Turkmen energy officials, most of whom cling tightly to [...]	2009-03-30 10:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX RS IR CH
09ASHGABAT401	LONGTIME COMMERCIAL RESIDENT POSTULATES ON ROOTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A long-time Amcit commercial resident of Turkmenistan told a recent visitor that U.S. influence here has been curbed in part because of changes in U.S. policy over the last 15 years, but also because of the historical missteps of U.S. energy giants who abandoned difficult and c [...]	2009-03-30 11:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EINV EPET TX
09ASHGABAT414	TURKMENISTAN: SCHLUMBERGER DOING WELL, BUT NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Schlumberger's general manager described the company's ongoing work, largely for foreign energy companies, in field development and management. Although things are generally going well, there have been some mini-dramas within both the companies that Schlumberger works with, as [...]	2009-04-02 08:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT423	TURKMENISTAN: IN TURKMENBASHY, IT'S ALL ABOUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Caspian port city of Turkmenbashy is quickly being overshadowed by the construction work underway at the nearby Avaza National Tourist Zone, where the President is pressuring contractors and ministries alike to get the work done in time for mid-June ceremonies. The city [...]	2009-04-03 12:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV TX TU
09ASHGABAT424	TURKMENISTAN: TURKMENBASHY REFINERY MODERNIZING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Turkmenbashy Oil Refinery has continued for the past several years to refurbish and modernize its facilities, and is producing a wide range of petroleum products mostly for the export market. Modernization will help it boost its production, and, combined with specific env [...]	2009-04-03 13:54:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT425	TURKMENISTAN: INTERNATIONAL OIL SERVICES COMPANY [...] (C) SUMMARY: A visit to oil services company Schlumberger's Balkanabat operations base demonstrated that the company is doing well, providing a range of services to mostly foreign customers operating in the area. The company is expanding its operations and is anticipating growth in its int [...]	2009-04-03 14:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT428	TURKMENISTAN: PORT AT TURKMENBASHY TO GET FULL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The port at Turkmenbashy will soon undergo a complete renovation that will modernize and expand its facilities and capacity as the largest Central Asian port. Port authorities say there will be a new ship repair yard and new cargo handling facilities. In the longer term, a [...]	2009-04-06 12:54:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV TX
09ASHGABAT433	TURKMENISTAN: PROGRESS VISIBLE ON SEVERAL NEW GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent trip up along the coastline north from the port city of Turkmenbashy revealed that construction work on several natural gas projects is proceeding apace. Malaysian energy company Petronas has several projects underway about 20 kilometers north of Turkmenbashy, including [...]	2009-04-07 12:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX IR
09ASHGABAT452	TURKMENISTAN: RUSSIAN PIPELINE WOES EXPOSED DURING [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhammedov's official visit to Moscow in late March produced few milestones in the Turkmen-Russian relationship, which seems to be suffering from financial stress as a result of the global crisis. The most significant item on the agenda, an agreement on the Russ [...]	2009-04-08 14:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT462	TURKMENISTAN: GAZPROM AND TURKMEN GOVERNMENT BLAME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Gazprom and Turkmen officials have begun an all-out press war over who is to blame for the explosion that likely damaged three of four lines delivering gas to Russia on April 9. While Gazprom officials are publicly stating that they notified the Turkmen government of their int [...]	2009-04-10 11:15:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX RS
09ASHGABAT470	TURKMENISTAN AND RUSSIA WORKING OUT GAS BARTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: EU TACIS Program Manager, Michael Wilson, provided some additional detail on April 10 regarding Turkmenistan's proposal to exchange a substantial portion of the value of its exported gas to Russia for goods and services. The deal could be a good one for Turkmenistan, if offici [...]	2009-04-13 13:27:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX RS
09ASHGABAT492	TURKMENISTAN: FURTHER INSIGHTS INTO OFFICIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent opposition website article about Turkmen government purchases of trucks from the Russian company KAMAZ exposed some interesting facts that suggest the government buys the vehicles for an inflated purchase price, leaving room for intermediaries and those who sign the co [...]	2009-04-17 12:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EIND EINV ECON TX TU RS
09ASHGABAT515	TURKMENISTAN: GERMAN COMPANY CLOSER TO AN OFFSHORE PSA FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 16, RWE AG, a German energy company and Nabucco shareholder, signed a Memorandum on Long-term Cooperation with the Turkmen Government. The Memorandum stipulates that RWE will support the Government in tr [...]	2009-04-21 12:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT516	BERDIMUHAMEDOV TO HONEYWELL CEO: WE WANT CLOSER [...] (C) On April 22, Honeywell Director for Government Relations, Europe, Middle East and Africa Daniela Pandrea discussed Honeywell's business plans for Turkmenistan with DCM and poloff. She described the circumstances that led to Honeywell's CEO meeting with President Berdimuhamedov on March 9. [...]	2009-04-23 08:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV EPET TX
09ASHGABAT53	TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON EXEC OFFERS VIEWS ON HOW TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: USTDA Regional Director for Europe and Eurasia, Dan Stein, met with the Amcit Chevron country representative to hear how the company has been faring regarding its proposal to work with the Turkmen government on onshore sub-salt energy exploration and development. The company h [...]	2009-01-14 12:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV PGOV TX

09ASHGABAT559	TURKMENISTAN'S FINANCIAL SITUATION SOLID, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol met with Deputy Cabinet Chairman for Economy and Finance Tuvakmammet Japarov on April 22, and discussed the global financial crisis and its impact on Turkmenistan, goals for the national economy, and development plans. According to Japaro [...]	2009-05-02 05:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EINV EFIN TX
09ASHGABAT565	TURKMENISTAN HOLDS PIPELINE SECURITY CONFERENCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 23-24, the Turkmen Government held a conference on "Reliable and Stable Transit of Energy and Its Role in Ensuring Sustainable Development and International Development." The conference was attended by an [...]	2009-05-04 14:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT573	TURKMENISTAN: FOUR WEEKS UNDER GAS SIEGE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: It has been almost four weeks since the supply of Turkmen gas exported to Russia stopped due to the April 8 gas pipeline blast. In the days following the accident, the two sides exchanged high-tempered public sta [...]	2009-05-06 10:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT599	TURKMENISTAN RELUCTANT TO SIGN EU ENERGY AGREEMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Neither Turkmenistan nor the other two Central Asian states present at the May 8 EU energy summit signed an EU agreement that would have committed gas supplies to future energy transport projects including Nabucco [...]	2009-05-13 01:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT617	TURKMENISTAN: IMF ARTICLE IV REVIEW CAPTURES HALF [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) confirmed that the international financial crisis has not affected Turkmenistan because of the country's limited integration in international financial markets. [...]	2009-05-14 12:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR EFIN EIND EINV EPET ETRD SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT624	"TIMING WAS RIGHT" FOR EUROPEAN INTERIM TRADE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several European diplomats agree that the time was right for the European Parliament to adopt an interim agreement on trade and trade-related matters with Turkmenistan, especially since Europe's top priority is energy. While the interim agreement mentions benchmarks, it does [...]	2009-05-15 11:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EAGR EINV EPET ETRD TX EU
09ASHGABAT626	TURKMENISTAN HOSTS CURIOUS BUSINESS EXHIBITION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 13 - 15, the Turkmen Government hosted another well-publicized exhibition devoted to private and government commercial enterprises. Both state enterprises and foreign private companies were represented, bu [...]	2009-05-15 12:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EINV EIND TX
09ASHGABAT629	TURKMENISTAN: FIGHTING TUBERCULOSIS IN THE ISOLATED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Recently thought of as a disease of the turn of the last century, tuberculosis (TB) has once again reared its ugly head. While, in modern times, TB is mostly associated with HIV infection in developing countries, [...]	2009-05-19 03:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID EINV TBIO SOCI KZ
09ASHGABAT640	TURKMENISTAN: DIFFERENCES WITH RUSSIA BLOCK PROGRESS ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Turkmenistan has taken no actions that would advance the development of the Caspian Littoral (aka Pre-Caspian) Gas Pipeline project since at least the run-up to President Berdimuhamedov's visit t [...]	2009-05-21 10:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT655	TURKMENISTAN TO PRODUCE METAL CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Last week, President Berdimuhamedov commissioned Turkmenistan's first metal works plant. The project, which was approved when former President Niyazov was still alive, was intended to reduce the importation [...]	2009-05-27 09:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EIND EINV ECON TX
09ASHGABAT661	TURKMENISTAN: WHERE WILL PETRONAS SEND ITS CASPIAN GAS WHEN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Petronas officials are making confident statements regarding the company's goal of delivering its first natural gas from offshore Block 1. The company is etimating it will begin delivering five bcm per year of ga [...]	2009-05-28 06:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT662	TURKMEN MINISTRY OF TRADE: TRADE VOLUME WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a productive meeting, Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative, Claudio Lilienfeld exchanged ideas with Vepa Garriyev, the Head of the International Directorate of Turkmenistan's Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations. Very little time was spent discussing the re [...]	2009-05-28 11:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EIND EINV ETRD TIFA TX AZ AF ZK
09ASHGABAT664	TURKMENISTAN: DAUSTR LILIENFELD DISCUSSES TIFA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for South and Central Asia, Claudio Lilienfeld, visited Turkmenistan as part of a five-country tour through Central Asia to discuss the future of TIFA -- the U.S. Government's Trade and Investment Framework Agreement with the five Centr [...]	2009-05-29 01:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAGR ENRG EFIN EIND EINV ETRD EPET SOCI
09ASHGABAT666	TURKMENISTAN SEES NEUTRALITY AS PART OF ENERGY DIPLOMACY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 21, state-controlled newspaper "Neytralny Turkmenistan" published an op-ed by a Turkmen MFA official outlining the main objectives, directions, and energy diplomacy component of Turkmenistan's foreign polic [...]	2009-05-29 07:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PREL PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT667	TURKMENISTAN INVITES U.S. COMPANIES TO [...] On May 28, Turkmenistan Minister of Communications Jumaguliyev and Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Taganov announced to diplomatic missions in Ashgabat via diplomatic note that the third annual Turkmentel-2009 International Exhibition/Turkmenistan and World Telecommunication [...]	2009-05-29 09:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PGOV EIND EINV ECON TX
09ASHGABAT684	TURKMENISTAN INTRODUCES NEW ANTI-MONEY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet publication. ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND COUNTER-TERRORISM FINANCING ACT 2. (U) on May 29, State-run Russian-language newspaper "Neytralniy Turkmenistan" printed the full text of the newly adopted Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrori [...]	2009-06-03 08:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT686	TURKMENISTAN: 195 GAS WELLS SHUT DOWN AS RESULT OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Turkmen official recently provided further details about the impact on Turkmenistan of the halt of gas exports to Russia. The information sheds light on the damage that the dispute may be inflicting on Turkmenistan's gas infrastructure. An astounding 195 gas wells have been [...]	2009-06-03 09:24:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX RS
09ASHGABAT692	TURKMENISTAN: DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS DOOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 29, Deputy Foreign Minister, Toyly Komekov, told members of the Morningstar delegation that the door to Turkmenistan is open to foreign energy companies, provided they respect Turkmen policies concerning the development of its energy resources. He cited President Berdimuh [...]	2009-06-05 05:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT693	TURKMENISTAN: THREE ENERGY OFFICIALS DESCRIBE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The heads of Turkmenistan's Oil and Gas Ministry and Gas and Oil Concerns met with SE/EE Morningstar's delegation, and shared their understanding and interpretation of Turkmenistan's energy development strategy. The group reiterated the government's intention to use foreign [...]	2009-06-05 05:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT694	TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT STATES HIS INTENT TO [...] (C) Summary. The first meeting between President Berdimuhamedov and newly appointed Special Envoy for Eurasia Energy Morningstar went quite well. Prospects for the American energy companies were explored and Berdimuhamedov made clear his intent in expanding cooperation with the United Sta [...]	2009-06-05 05:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT695	TURKMENISTAN: TAKING ITS OWN PATH ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 29, Deputy Cabinet Chairman for Oil and Gas, Tachberdy Tagiyev, told members of the Morningstar delegation that Turkmenistan prefers Western technology and has had a long and successful working relationship with Western service firms. He said Turkmenistan is very focu [...]	2009-06-05 11:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT696	TURKMENISTAN: ISRAEL TO OPEN EMBASSY "SOON" [...] (S) The Israeli Ambassador to Central Asia and the Caucasus (currently based in Jerusalem),Shemi Tzur, said in a meeting with Charge on June 4 that Israel was planning to open an embassy in Ashgabat "very soon" -- in July or perhaps even sooner -- in part due to Foreign Minister Avigdor Libe [...]	2009-06-05 12:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PREL EINV PTER EPET ETRD SNAR TX IS AJ KZ
09ASHGABAT704	TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON RECEPTIVE TO PROPOSALS THAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Morningstar delegation's meeting with Chevron's country manager was an opportunity to exchange information and brainstorm on creative ways that U.S. energy companies can try to engage Turkmen officials on innovative types of agreements. For its part, Chevron is willing to [...]	2009-06-08 12:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX CH
09ASHGABAT729	TURKMENISTAN: KAKAYEV DESCRIBES DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Morningstar delegation's May 29 meeting with State Agency for the Management and Use of Hydrocarbons Chairman Kakayev provided some insights into Turkmen thinking regarding the current energy sector development strategy, the export pipeline question and commercial proposa [...]	2009-06-10 08:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT743	TURKMENISTAN: 2009 INTERIM REPORT ON INVESTMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-12 08:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT75	2009 TURKMENISTAN BFIF PROPOSAL [...] Brief justification -- U.S. Embassy Ashgabat would like to bring an individual with a proven track record of success in business, and with specific experience in marketing and advertising, to Turkmenistan to lead a one-day seminar on the basics of marketing and advertising for 40-50 entreprene [...]	2009-01-16 10:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD BEXP TX
09ASHGABAT750	TURKMENISTAN: CADDO EXPLORATION MAKING SOLID [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. energy services company Caddo Exploration has signed an agreement to do a pilot oil well sand control project in Balkan province, representatives told poloff. If the pilot goes well, the company expects to sign a large contract that will have Caddo doing sand control and [...]	2009-06-12 12:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT760	TURKMENISTAN: DOE-SPONSORED PIPELINE WORKSHOP [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Post successfully assisted the Department of Energy in organizing a Pipeline Integrity and Management Workshop in Ashgabat on June 10-11. The workshop provided 25 largely mid-level technical representatives of [...]	2009-06-17 10:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT770	TURKMENISTAN: GAS PRICE IS THE ONLY BIG ISSUE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 18 EU-TACIS Program Manager Michael Wilson shared news he had recently heard through his energy sector network regarding the ongoing negotiations with Gazprom. He said government officials are saying that the future price of gas is the only remaining business issue, but [...]	2009-06-19 08:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV RU BO TX
09ASHGABAT786	TURKMENISTAN: U.S. COMPANIES DOMINATE WIRELESS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: One of the few segments of the Turkmen market that U.S. brands and products largely dominate is wireless telecommunications (excluding cellular phone communications). For the most part, Turkmen military and law [...]	2009-06-23 11:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT798	TURKMENISTAN: OIL "GUSHES" IN CENTRAL KARAKUM DESERT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan state media recently announced the launch of oil production from fields in the middle of the Karakum Desert. Production from the new fields is part of Turkmenistan's effort to increase oil production [...]	2009-06-25 10:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT809	TURKMENISTAN: LUKASHENKO VISIT FOCUSED ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Lukashenko's recent visit to Turkmenistan focused on enhancing bilateral commercial relations. The relationship is particularly important to Belarus, given large Turkmen purchases of Belarus tractors and trucks and the mammoth potash fertilizer project that was just k [...]	2009-06-29 10:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD EMIN PREL PGOV BO TX
09ASHGABAT815	TURKMENISTAN: CHINA GETS NO ADDITIONAL ONSHORE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 24, the Governments of Turkmenistan and China agreed that the annual volume of Turkmen natural gas supplied to China will reach 40 bcm, which is ten bcm more than the initially planned volume. They also [...]	2009-06-30 07:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT82	TURKMENISTAN: PSA HOLDER BURIED HILL DELAYING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The UK-registered Buried Hill energy company completed its seismic work in the contested Serdar/Kyapaz field in Block III, and reported the government was pleased with the results. The company is moving forward with plans to undertake exploratory drilling of three sites there, [...]	2009-01-16 13:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT840	TURKMENISTAN ANNOUNCES TURKMEN CONSTRUCTION 2009 [...] On July 1, 2009, Post received a letter from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan announcing the international exhibition "Turkmen Construction 2009," scheduled for August 20-22, 2009 in Ashgabat. The Ministry of Construction, The Ministry of Construction Materials Industry, [...]	2009-07-06 07:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT859	GERMAN BUSINESS IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: To date, German companies have been more successful than any other Western companies in doing business in Turkmenistan. Although there are no available official statistics regarding the number of German companies [...]	2009-07-09 04:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL PGOV EINV GM TX
09ASHGABAT873	TURKMENISTAN: UPDATE ON GAS EXPORTS TO IRAN, CHINA [...] (C) A recent meeting with two local expatriate contacts provided updates about Turkmenistan's gas export woes, as well as views about the increased prevalence of corruption. One source, the local representative of a foreign energy company, informed that as of July 1, Turkmen gas exports to Ira [...]	2009-07-13 11:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT875	TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON READY TO SUBMIT REVISED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chevron plans to present a new proposal for an onshore gas project to the Turkmen government. It will focus on development of the Minara, South Yolotan and Osman deposits, but not include exploration. Chevron is prepared to be flexible about the terms of an eventual agreement, b [...]	2009-07-14 05:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT876	TURKMENISTAN: DISMISSAL OF TURKMENISTAN'S HIGHEST RANKING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During an expanded Cabinet session on July 10, President Berdimuhamedov announced the dismissal of Tachberdi Tagyev, the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet in charge of the oil and gas industry. Berdimuhamedov cited t [...]	2009-07-14 06:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT877	TURKMEN GOVERNMENT COMMISSIONS THE FIRST STAGE OF THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 15 the President will commission a 2,600 kilometer drainage canal built in the Karakum desert designed to collect agricultural irrigation runoff. The commission of the canal will mark the first phase of t [...]	2009-07-14 08:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EINV EAGR TX
09ASHGABAT88	TURKMENISTAN: SOUTH KOREAN NATIONAL ENERGY [...] (C) Chevron's Amcit country manager told poloff January 16 that a South Korean diplomat had invited him to lunch recently to talk about energy development in Turkmenistan. The South Korean wanted to know about the status of Chevron's project proposal process with the Turkmen government. He [...]	2009-01-21 08:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EPET ECON TX
09ASHGABAT886	TURKMENISTAN/IRAN: AGREEMENT FOR A NEW PRICE AND INCREASED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 12, 2009, Turkmen state media reported that Turkmenistan and Iran had agreed to a new price for Turkmen natural gas, to be based on an international formula, as well as to increase the volume of supplies to [...]	2009-07-15 12:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX IR
09ASHGABAT908	GERMAN RWE SIGNS PSA WITH TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 16, RWE AG, a German energy company (and Nabucco pipeline project shareholder) and the Government of Turkmenistan signed a production sharing agreement (PSA) for Block 23 of the contractual territory locate [...]	2009-07-20 10:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX IR
09ASHGABAT918	TURKMENISTAN: EXXONMOBIL PLANS TO STEP UP [...] (C) On July 22, ExxonMobil officials called on the Charge to discuss the company's current strategy for Turkmenistan. Their visit to Ashgabat, for meetings with oil and gas sector officials, was intended to raise ExxonMobil's profile with the Turkmen. According to one company official, ExxonMo [...]	2009-07-22 12:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT924	U.S. FIRM ASPECT ENERGY PURSUING BUSINESS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Aspect Energy, a U.S. energy exploration and investment company, has been persistent in attempting to enter the Turkmen market over the past year. The company unsuccessfully bid for a license to explore and deve [...]	2009-07-23 09:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT947	TURKMENISTAN'S PERSPECTIVE ON CASPIAN DELIMITATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the July 24 Cabinet of Ministers session, President Berdimuhamedov made a strong statement that Azerbaijan's position on delimitation of the Caspian boundary hampers the negotiation process. He criticized Azerbaijan for its unilateral decision to start development of the [...]	2009-07-29 13:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET PBTS EINV AZ TX
09ASHGABAT973	TURKMENISTAN: MFA-AUTHORED ARTICLE OUTLINES [...] SUMMARY: On July 30, state-run Neutralniy Turkmenistan newspaper published an article prepared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan outlining the country's energy policy. The article also highlighted recent gas-export developments in the country's energy sector and speculated a [...]	2009-07-31 12:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT976	TURKMENISTAN: BURIED HILL CEO NOT CONCERNED ABOUT LATEST EXCHANGES OVER CASPIAN DELIMITATION [...] (C) On July 30, poloff discussed recent developments in the Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan Caspian delimitation dispute with the CEO of Buried Hill Energy, Roger Haines. Buried Hill has a production sharing agreement (PSA) with the Turkmen government for an offshore block that includes the disputed [...]	2009-07-31 12:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT995	TURKMEN GOVERNMENT'S ARGUMENTS IN THE CASPIAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On August 4, state-owned "Neutralniy Turkmenistan" newspaper published an MFA-authored article outlining Turkmenistan's arguments in its dispute with Azerbaijan on the Caspian Sea delimitation issue. The article me [...]	2009-08-06 11:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV PBTS AZ TX
09ASHGABAT996	TURKMENISTAN: OMV ESTABLISHES LOCAL PRESENCE; [...] (C) On August 5, the Charge met with the newly-arrived expatriate country manager for Austrian energy firm OMV. Although new to Turkmenistan, the manager has had years of experience in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan. He described himself as "an exploration and production guy" whose job it is to d [...]	2009-08-07 05:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX
09ASMARA248	ERITREA'S MORIBUND FREE ZONES [...] (SBU) Eritrea's planned Free Zones (foreign investor and trader friendly enclaves) are often touted along with gold mining as the key to reviving the country's flagging economy. However, following the June 08 border clash with Djibouti, shipping costs to Massawa have increased and port capabi [...]	2009-08-04 14:38:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV EWWT ER DJ
09ASMARA323	RUSSIAN BUSINESS PRESENCE IN ERITREA (C-CI9-01825) [...] (C) Per Reftel post submits the following responses as requested: A. (C) There is no Russian trade representative in Eritrea. The Russian Embassy consists of three officers: an ambassador, a DCM, and one attache. B. (C) There are no Russian companies operating in Eritrea. The Russian Em [...]	2009-09-24 12:57:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR BBSR ECON EINV ER
09ASMARA36	QATARIS SEEK U.S. CONTRACTOR'S HELP WITH STALLED [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-30 08:19:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EINV ER QA
09ASTANA1019	KAZAKHSTAN: CONOCOPHILLIPS SIGNS N BLOCK CONTRACT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On June 12, ConocoPhillips (Conoco) signed a contract to explore and develop the offshore N Block, expected to contain significant oil and gas deposits. Under the terms of the contract, which is consistent with a p [...]	2009-06-15 11:27:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA1033	KAZAKHSTAN: BUSINESS AS USUAL IN THE URANIUM MINING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 10-11, Energy Officer met with senior managers from Kazakhstan's national nuclear energy company Kazatomprom (KAP) and KAP's foreign partners in Almaty to discuss the impact of the Prosecutor General's ong [...]	2009-06-17 09:25:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR EMIN ENRG EINV ELAB KNNP KZ
09ASTANA1034	KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, MAY 24-JUNE 6 [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Reorganization in Response to Five-Year Plan -- Banking Sector News -- Samruk-Kazyna Establishes New Direct Investment Fund -- May Inflation -- Critic Suggests Revising [...]	2009-06-17 10:01:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EPET ENRG EINV EFIN ELAB CH KZ
09ASTANA1035	KAZAKHSTAN: DOING BUSINESS WITH CHINA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 11, Energy Officer met separately with a Western manager from the U.S. oil services company Baker Hughes and an American partner with the consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, both of whom shared experience [...]	2009-06-17 10:54:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR ECON EPET EINV ELAB SMIG CH KZ
09ASTANA1038	KAZAKHSTAN: 2009 INVESTMENT DISPUTES REPORT UPDATE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) This cable constitutes post's response to reftel. The United States Government is aware of one (1) claim by United States persons against the Government of Kazakhstan (GOK). 3. (SBU) a. Claimant A b. 1996 c. Alt [...]	2009-06-18 02:23:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EINV CASC KIDE OPIC KZ
09ASTANA1088	KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, JUNE 7-20 [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Kazakhstan Welcomes IMF Technical Assistance -- National Bank Reduces 2009 Inflation Forecast -- Kazatomprom News -- Agip KCO News -- Energy Statistics KAZAKHSTAN W [...]	2009-06-28 08:34:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EPET ENRG EINV EFIN KZ
09ASTANA1089	PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV URGES FOREIGN COMPANIES TO CONTINUE [...] SUMMARY: On June 12, in the provincial northern city of Kostanai, President Nazarbayev convened the 21st plenary session of Kazakhstan's Foreign Investors' Council (FIC). Nazarbayev encouraged foreign companies to continue investing in Kazakhstan's economy and discussed the country's plan fo [...]	2009-06-29 06:50:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET KZ
09ASTANA1105	KAZAKHSTAN: CHEVRON DISCUSSES NEW INVESTMENTS, CPC [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 10, Chevron executives told Energy Officer that they will press hard to sanction expansion of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) pipeline by the end of the year, despite indications from KazMunaiGas (KM [...]	2009-07-07 11:09:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA1165	KAZAKHSTAN: UNDER SECRETARY BURNS'S JULY 10 MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 10 meeting in Astana with Prime Minister Karim Masimov, Under Secretary of State Bill Burns urged Kazakhstan to continue its bilateral WTO accession negotiations and not to close any doors, even if Astana is currently focusing on the Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan (RBK) Custo [...]	2009-07-13 03:52:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EINV EFIN WTRO BO RS KZ
09ASTANA1170	KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, JUNE 21-JULY 4 [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Banking Sector News -- GE Locomotive Assembly Plant Opened in Astana -- KazMunaiGas Acquires Rompetrol Group -- Kazatomprom Launches Semizbay Mining Project -- KMG E&P [...]	2009-07-13 08:10:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EPET EINV EFIN KZ
09ASTANA1172	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT SIGNS RENEWABLE ENERGY LAW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 7, President Nazarbayev signed the law "In Support of Renewable Energy Sources" that will promote environmentally friendly power generation, including the use of renewable energy sources. This legislation [...]	2009-07-13 09:21:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ENRG EINV SENV KZ
09ASTANA1187	KAZAKHSTAN: GAS PRODUCTION AND TRANSPORTATION UPDATE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Officials from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and national oil company KazMunaiGas recently briefed Energy Officer on the latest natural gas production forecasts and pipeline projects. END SUMMARY. [...]	2009-07-15 04:56:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA1205	KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, JULY 5-18 [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- State Will Fund Shymkent Oil Refinery Modernization -- KazMunaiGas To Acquire Pavlodar Oil Refinery -- Kazakhstan Seeks To Reduce Kashagan Project Costs -- Karachaganak [...]	2009-07-21 07:16:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EPET ENRG EINV EFIN ELAB KZ
09ASTANA1222	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR VISITS BN-350 NUCLEAR REACTOR, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 16, the Ambassador toured the Mangistau Atomic Energy Complex (MAEC),including the decommissioned BN-350 fast-breeder nuclear reactor, the sodium processing facility (SPF),and a desalinization plant. Th [...]	2009-07-23 07:29:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EMIN ENRG EINV KNNP KZ
09ASTANA1266	KAZAKHSTAN TAKES FURTHER STEPS TO PROTECT INVESTORS [...] SUMMARY: On July 14, President Nazarbayev signed legislation that will toughen and improve general reporting requirements for joint stock companies (JSCs) as well as certain business transactions of JSCs. The new provisions will also require disclosure of potential conflicts of interest by m [...]	2009-07-27 04:19:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID EINV SOCI KZ
09ASTANA1302	KAZAKHSTAN: BTA BANK OFFERS TO RESTRUCTURE ITS DEBT [...] SUMMARY: On July 24, BTA Bank, one of Kazakhstan's largest commercial banks, declared a moratorium on interest payments. This follows the bank's decision in April to cease debt principal payments. BTA's external debts are valued at $13 billion, of which the bank said it will repay $3 billio [...]	2009-08-03 09:41:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EPET ENRG EINV EFIN ELAB KZ
09ASTANA1303	KAZAKHSTAN: THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF AKTAU SEA PORT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Post has been informed that the U.S. Trade and Development Agency has decided not to approve two proposed projects to develop Kazakhstan's maritime and port capabilities because Kazakhstan conducts trade with Iran [...]	2009-08-03 09:48:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV MARR RS IR KZ
09ASTANA131	KAZAKHSTAN: CHEVRON CAUTIONS CPC EXPANSION NOT YET A DONE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Chevron is pleased with the December 17, 2008, agreement to expand the capacity of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) pipeline, but is concerned that the deal could still fall through before the project is sanc [...]	2009-01-22 11:10:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA1355	KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, JULY 19-AUGUST 1 [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Refinancing Rate is Reduced Again -- Amendments to Currency Control and Currency Regulation Law Approved -- National Bank's Comments on New Currency Law -- Banking Sector [...]	2009-08-06 07:25:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EPET ENRG EINV EFIN ELAB KZ
09ASTANA1357	KAZAKHSTAN: PRELIMINARY RESPONSE TO TIFA AGENDA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Acting Pol-Econ Chief met on August 5 with Saadat Asanseitova, Director of the Department for Regional Integration at the Ministry of Industry and Trade, to discuss the draft agenda for the 4th U.S.-Central Asia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council meeting on [...]	2009-08-06 10:20:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD ECON EINV EFIN KZ
09ASTANA1365	KAZAKHSTAN: PRIME MINISTER BRIEFS BOEHNER CODEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 8, Prime Minister Karim Masimov briefed a U.S. Congressional delegation led by House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) on a wide range of economic and energy issues. Masimov said Kazakhstan is showing signs of recovery from the global economic and financial crisis, an [...]	2009-08-10 13:58:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EAGR EPET ECON EFIN EINV SOCI
09ASTANA1373	POWERING AFGHANISTAN: CONSIDERING THE CONTRIBUTION OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Reliable, affordable electricity is vitally important to Afghanistan's economic growth, prosperity, and stability. Donors are investing substantial resources in Afghanistan to build a power transmission and distr [...]	2009-08-11 06:07:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV ECON EAID EINV KZ AF ZK
09ASTANA1407	KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Astana warmly welcomes your August 26-28 visit to Kazakhstan, which comes at a particularly opportune time. With its upcoming 2010 chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (O [...]	2009-08-18 07:25:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA1432	KAZAKHSTAN: AES FILES FOR ARBITRATION, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 10, U.S. power company AES notified the government that it will go to international arbitration to appeal more than $200 million in fines assessed for allegedly monopolistic behavior. This action would be the final step in a long, public, legal battle between the co [...]	2009-08-26 00:15:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ENRG EINV SOCI KZ
09ASTANA1438	KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging, frank, and lively conversation on August 25, Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard M. Morningstar discussed regional energy security with a panel of senior government officials, including the Deputy Chairman of the National Welfare Fund Samruk-Kazyna, Timu [...]	2009-08-26 10:32:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON EINV EPET IR RS CH GG
09ASTANA1445	KAZAKHSTAN: PRIME MINISTER BRIEFS SPECIAL ENVOY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 26, Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard M. Morningstar met with Prime Minister Karim Masimov to discuss economic and energy security issues, including oil and gas export routes from Central Asia, the September 14 Caspian Sea Summit in Aktau, the influence of Russ [...]	2009-08-27 11:05:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON EINV EPET CH RS TX KZ
09ASTANA1449	KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 26, Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard M. Morningstar met with Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) Sauat Mynbayev to discuss two oil export projects: the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) pipeline expansion and the Kazakhstan Caspian Transportation [...]	2009-08-28 10:27:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON EINV EPET AJ CH RS TX KZ
09ASTANA147	KAZAKHSTAN: ENTREPRENEUR NURLAN KAPPAROV DESCRIBES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. SUMMARY: During a January 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Kazakhstani entrepreneur Nurlan Kapparov stressed the need for further banking-sector reforms and signaled his approval of the recent appointment of Grigoriy Marchenko to hea [...]	2009-01-26 10:45:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV EFIN EAGR EPET ENRG KZ
09ASTANA1495	EAST KAZAKHSTAN: AT THE CROSSROADS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 20, the Ambassador visited Oskemen (Ust-Kamenogorsk),East Kazakhstan, an industrial region well-endowed with natural resources and populated by blue-collar miners, shady businessmen, political patrons, a [...]	2009-09-09 07:19:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EINV KZ
09ASTANA1517	KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SAYS FUNDING APPROVED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 10, Deputy Prime Minister Yerbol Orenbayev told the Ambassador that the Cabinet approved VAT exemption for all goods and services procured with Cooperative Threat Reduction funds on September 7, and th [...]	2009-09-11 10:30:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EINV KNNP KPAO KZ
09ASTANA1539	KAZAKHSTAN: CASPIAN SEA SUMMIT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 12, President Nazarbayev hosted the presidents of Russia, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan at a private resort in Kenderliy, south of the port city of Aktau in western Kazakhstan. According to press repor [...]	2009-09-18 10:26:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV IR RS KZ
09ASTANA1620	KAZAKHSTAN: NEW POWER LINE INCREASES ENERGY INDEPENDENCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On September 17, Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev attended a ceremony in the northern Kazakhstan city of Ekibastuz to mark the completion of the country's second north-south power transmission line. The [...]	2009-09-25 06:09:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EINV KZ
09ASTANA1622	KAZAKHSTAN: CONOCO DISCUSSES TURKMENISTAN, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 24, senior executives from ConocoPhillips (COP) briefed the Ambassador on their continued pursuit of a natural gas deal in Turkmenistan, the status of the N Block exploration in Kazakhstan's sector of the Caspian, and concerns about exposure and delays with the Ka [...]	2009-09-25 08:50:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON EINV EPET AJ RS TX KZ
09ASTANA1627	KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR DOE DEPUTY SECRETARY PONEMAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Astana warmly welcomes your October 5-8 visit to Kazakhstan, which comes at a particularly opportune time. With its upcoming 2010 chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OS [...]	2009-09-28 01:55:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA166	KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTRY OF ENERGY OFFICIAL DISCUSSES NATURAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 21, Energy Officer discussed the production, marketing, and sale of Kazakhstani gas with an official from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources. He described the role of market intermediaries Ka [...]	2009-01-28 11:07:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA169	KAZAKHSTAN: SOUTH KOREANS SEEKING INVESTMENTS, BUT GLOBAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff met several times in January with South Korean Embassy First Secretary Lee Jooil and Second Secretary Lee Moon-bae to discuss economic relations between Kazakhstan and Korea. They explained that overall bi [...]	2009-01-28 11:15:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV ENRG EPET KS CH KZ
09ASTANA1774	KAZAKHSTAN AND AZERBAIJAN SIGN ENERGY AGREEMENTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 2, during President Nazarbayev's visit to Baku, the national oil companies of Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan signed three documents on energy cooperation. The agreements do not preclude the participation of [...]	2009-10-05 10:12:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV AZ KZ
09ASTANA1775	KAZAKHSTAN: CHINA INVESTS ANOTHER $1 BILLION IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On September 30, the China Investment Corporation (CIC),China's sovereign wealth fund, announced that it had purchased an 11% stake in KazMunaiGas Exploration and Production (KMG EP),the operating branch of Kazakh [...]	2009-10-06 01:01:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA1858	KAZAKHSTAN: ENERGY DEPUTY SECRETARY PONEMAN BRIEFED ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 6, during the visit of French President Nicolas Sarkozy to Astana, the government of Kazakhstan signed a memorandum of understanding with a consortium of French companies to study construction of a 730- [...]	2009-10-16 05:19:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV FR KZ
09ASTANA1891	KAZAKHSTAN: WORLD BANK OFFICIAL DISCUSSES REGIONAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 7, the DCM met Motoo Konishi, the World Bank's Regional Representative for Central Asia, who described his surprisingly positive views on each Central Asian country's economic situation, the potential i [...]	2009-10-20 05:18:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EAGR ECIN EINV KZ
09ASTANA1904	KAZAKHSTAN: KAZENERGY VERSUS KIOGE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: This fall, two major energy conferences in Kazakhstan clashed head-on. On September 24-25, the KazEnergy business association, chaired by Timur Kulibayev, President Nursultan Nazarbayev's son-in-law, held its fou [...]	2009-10-22 00:48:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET KZ
09ASTANA1920	KAZAKHSTAN: PLANS FOR THE NATIONAL SULFUR STORAGE CENTER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: As Kazakhstan continues to debate sulfur storage, the Caspiy Socially Responsible Corporation has contracted feasibility and technical studies for the government's planned National Sulfur Storage Center (NSSC) in [...]	2009-10-26 07:58:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SENV KZ
09ASTANA1949	KAZAKHSTAN: DAS KROL REVIEWS PPEPI, OTHER ECONOMIC ISSUES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol and National Security Council Director for Central Asia Kurt Donnelly met Deputy Prime Minister Yerbol Orynbayev on October 30, primarily to review the structure, goals, and i [...]	2009-11-03 00:41:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV KZ
09ASTANA1983	KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER EVALUATES PPEPI [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 6, the Ambassador, USAID's Mission Director for Central Asia, and the American Chamber of Commerce in Kazakhstan's Executive Director discussed the U.S.-Kazakhstan Public Private Economic Partnership I [...]	2009-11-10 06:33:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID ECON EINV KZ
09ASTANA200	KAZAKHSTAN: NEW OIL AND URANIUM DEALS WITH INDIA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 23-26, at the invitation of Indian President Pratibha Patil, President Nazarbayev, accompanied by more than 100 state and private business representatives, paid an official visit to India, seven years a [...]	2009-02-03 10:38:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EPET ENRG EINV EMIN KNNP IN KZ
09ASTANA2005	KAZAKHSTAN: CHEVRON CEO DISCUSSES MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chevron's current and incoming CEOs, Dave O'Reilly and John Watson, briefed the Ambassador on November 11, following their meeting earlier that day with President Nazarbayev. Jay Johnson, Director of Chevron's Eurasia Business Unit, and amira Kanapianova, Country Director for K [...]	2009-11-12 10:17:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET RS TX KZ
09ASTANA2026	KAZAKHSTAN: ENERGY, EDUCATION, AND EXPECTATIONS IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mud, oil, gas, and ambition blend to form the strange clay that molds the Western Kazakhstani city of Atyrau. In a three-day visit from November 5-7, DCM, Energy Officer, and local staff met with the Deputy Gover [...]	2009-11-13 08:41:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET EAID SOCI KDEM KWMN KZ

09ASTANA2027	KAZAKHSTAN: INVESTING IN ATYRAU [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During two trips to Atyrau November 5-10, Energy Officer met with U.S. and international companies doing business in the region to discuss their opinion of Atyrau's investment climate. They said the region is led [...]	2009-11-16 01:44:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET KZ
09ASTANA2072	KAZAKHSTAN: OIL PRODUCTION PLANS AT THE SUPERGIANT FIELDS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The DCM and Energy Officer visited Atyrau, toured the Tengiz oil field, and met with senior government officials and energy executives in November. Previous reports about the visit (ref A and B) have discussed th [...]	2009-11-23 05:53:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET KZ
09ASTANA209	KAZAKHSTAN'S URANIUM MARKET: KEY PLAYERS, PLANS, AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 15-16, Energy Officer met with top managers of Kazakhstan's state nuclear company Kazatomprom (KAP) and its foreign partners in Almaty, Kazakhstan's commercial hub. They discussed the role of internati [...]	2009-02-04 10:22:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EMIN ENRG EINV ELAB KNNP KZ
09ASTANA2099	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT [...] (U) SUMMARY: This cable responds to reftel request for nominees from Kazakhstan for the Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit in 2010. It also summarizes Mission plans to conduct a series of public diplomacy events and business roundtables to highlight the importance of fostering entrepreneu [...]	2009-11-30 10:26:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON EINV EAID KZ
09ASTANA21	KAZAKHSTAN: CONNECTIONS KEY TO SMALL BUSINESS SUCCESS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan is home to a number of government-sponsored initiatives to improve conditions for small and medium enterprises. However, such support from the highest levels of government still has little impact on th [...]	2009-01-08 11:49:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN EINV KCRM KZ
09ASTANA2100	KAZAKHSTAN TO STUDY PLANS FOR SAMSUN-CEYHAN PIPELINE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Meeting in Yalta on November 20, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Kazakhstani Prime Minister Karim Masimov witnessed the signing of a protocol to study plans for the construction of an oil pipeline betwee [...]	2009-11-30 10:43:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET KZ RS TK AJ IT
09ASTANA2106	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR RAISES ABS CASE WITH DEPUTY PRIME [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to reftel, the Ambassador raised the issue of granting the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) official status as a recognized ship classification organization in Kazakhstan with Deputy Prime Minister Ye [...]	2009-12-02 10:18:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV KZ
09ASTANA2129	KAZAKHSTAN CLOSES IN ON EITI VALIDATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: From November 23-December 2, independent validators based in the UK interviewed government officials, non-government organizations, energy executives, and diplomatic representatives to assess Kazakhstan's progress [...]	2009-12-08 01:57:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI KZ
09ASTANA2131	KAZAKHSTAN: 2009 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE [...] The following information responds to reftel request. TRADE SUMMARY The U.S. goods trade deficit with Kazakhstan was $618 million in 2008, an increase of $119 million from $499 million in 2007. U.S. goods exports in 2008 were $986 million, up 30.9 percent from the previous year. Corresp [...]	2009-12-08 09:08:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EFIN EINV KIPR KZ
09ASTANA2138	KAZAKHSTAN SEEKS TO JOIN INTERNATIONAL OIL-SPILL-RESPONSE [...] SUMMARY: Energy Officer attended a November workshop organized by the Astana Center of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE),with the support of the Kazakhstani government and International Maritime Organization (IMO),on ratification and implementation of internatio [...]	2009-12-10 03:37:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SENV OSCE IMO KZ
09ASTANA2157	KAZAKHSTAN: SCA ASSISTANT SECRETARY BLAKE HOSTS MUSLIM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake chaired a roundtable discussion of Kazakhstan's business environment with 14 of the country's leading Muslim entrepreneurs in Almaty. The Decem [...]	2009-12-15 10:28:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV SOCI KCOR KISM KWMN KZ
09ASTANA218	KAZAKHSTAN: GOVERNMENT DEVALUES TENGE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet distribution. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The National Bank of Kazakhstan allowed the country's currency, the tenge (KZT),to devalue on February 4 from its exchange rate of approximately 122 to the dollar. Announcing that it would abandon it [...]	2009-02-06 03:09:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN EINV ELAB KZ
09ASTANA2200	KAZAKHSTAN: PRIME MINISTER TELLS SCA A/S BLAKE ECONOMY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: After briefly noting the government of Kazakhstan's obligatory talking points on the need for a 2010 OSCE summit and a bilateral meeting between Presidents Obama and Nazarbayev during the April Global Nuclear Secu [...]	2009-12-23 02:10:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV ETRD EFIN KZ
09ASTANA2255	KAZAKHSTAN: CASPIAN MARITIME TRADE AND TRANSPORTATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: This report summarizes international donor efforts to promote Caspian maritime trade and transportation, including projects to bring Kazakhstan's maritime legislation in line with international standards, improve [...]	2009-12-30 05:45:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SENV SOCI KZ
09ASTANA251	KAZAKHSTAN: REGIONAL ELECTRICITY MARKET MUST OVERCOME [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 5, Energy Officer accompanied USAID Senior Energy Policy Specialist Michael Trainor to meetings with major players in Kazakhstan's power sector to solicit feedback on USAID's new Regional Energy Market [...]	2009-02-12 02:38:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EAID ENRG EINV KZ
09ASTANA267	KAZAKHSTAN: NEW MINISTER OF HEALTH PLEDGES CONTINUED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 12, the Ambassador met for the first time with new Minister of Health Zhaksylyk Doskaliyev, and further reinforced the strong partnership that exists between the United States and Kazakhstan in the area [...]	2009-02-13 09:58:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID EINV SOCI KNNP KZ
09ASTANA268	KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 11, Deputy Prime Minister Yerbol Orynbayev reiterated his government's commitment to the Public-Private Economic Partnership Initiative (PPEPI) in a meeting with the Ambassador and American Chamber of [...]	2009-02-13 09:59:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV KZ
09ASTANA281	KAZAKHSTAN SECURES LUCRATIVE DEALS WITH INDIA, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Nursultan Nazarbayev's January 23-26 trip to New Delhi as the guest of honor at India's 2009 National Day celebration underscored the close political relations between Kazakhstan and India which have existed since Kazakhstan's independence. However, despite profession [...]	2009-02-17 10:37:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET ETRD MARR IN KZ
09ASTANA283	KAZAKHSTAN CASPIAN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM UPDATE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives from the national oil companies of Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan met with international oil companies in Astana on February 10-11 to negotiate terms and conditions for the transportation of oil westwar [...]	2009-02-18 06:42:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA285	KAZAKHSTAN: CZECH PRIME MINISTER PROMOTES SOUTHERN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Representing the rotating presidency of the European Union (EU),Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek visited Astana on February 12 to discuss European energy security, bilateral trade and investment, and other issu [...]	2009-02-18 10:12:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR ECON EPET EINV KDEM KZ
09ASTANA311	KAZAKHSTAN: ONCE "SECRET" BIOWEAPONS CITY STILL IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: PolOff recently accompanied several U.S. scientists on a trip to Stepnogorsk. Once a secret "closed" Soviet city dedicated to research on biological weapons, Stepnogorsk today represents the opportunities and cha [...]	2009-02-20 10:46:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON EINV SOCI TBIO KNNP RS KZ
09ASTANA317	KAZAKHSTAN: THE UPWARD TRENDS OF TENGIZCHEVROIL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 20, Jay Johnson, Chevron's Managing Director for Eurasia (protect),briefed the Ambassador on the latest plans and projects of Tengizchevroil (TCO),in which Chevron owns 50 percent, ExxonMobil 25 perc [...]	2009-02-24 10:07:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA344	KAZAKHSTAN: WORLD BANK OFFICIALS DISCUSS ECONOMIC [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador had an introductory meeting with incoming World Bank Country Director for Central Asia Motoo Konishi on February 24. Konishi and World Bank Country Manager for Kazakhstan Sergei Shatalov explained [...]	2009-02-25 06:22:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EFIN EAID KZ
09ASTANA352	KAZAKHSTAN: KMG's IDENOV ENTERTAINS, REVEALS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 25, the Ambassador met Maksat Idenov, First Vice President of KazMunaiGas (KMG),and the government's lead negotiator for all new oil exploration and production deals. Idenov was candid and animated t [...]	2009-02-27 01:52:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA382	KAZAKHSTAN: MANY EXPERTS EXPECT A FURTHER DEVALUATION OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: From February 17-20, Department of Treasury Advisor Thomas Lanier held meetings in Astana and Almaty to assess the Kazakhstani government's response to the global financial crisis. There was significant discussion [...]	2009-03-03 10:35:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN EINV KZ
09ASTANA386	KAZAKHSTAN: FATE OF LARGEST PRIVATE BANK UNCERTAIN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During February 17-20, Department of the Treasury Advisor Thomas Lanier held meetings in Astana and Almaty to assess the government's response to the global financial crisis. A key element of the government's ant [...]	2009-03-04 09:20:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EFIN EAID KZ
09ASTANA419	KAZAKHSTAN WITHDRAWS FROM REGIONAL POWER GRID [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 26, for the second time in ten years, Kazakhstan withdrew from the Central Asian Power Grid (CAPG) by disconnecting all high-voltage lines to Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. The last time Kazakhstan took s [...]	2009-03-06 09:33:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EAID ENRG EINV ZK
09ASTANA420	KAZAKHSTAN: NO GRAND BARGAIN IN THE WORKS [...] (S) SUMMARY: As EEB DAS Hengel conveyed to the Ambassador (ref A),a Shell oil executive expressed concern on March 4 that economic problems in Kazakhstan increase the likelihood that the government will turn to Russia or China for financial assistance. If that were to happen, Shell is conc [...]	2009-03-06 09:44:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV ECON EINV EPET RS CH KZ
09ASTANA430	KAZAKHSTAN: THE HIGH-FLYING MARABAYEV BROTHERS ARE A [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Yermek Marabayev and his brother Zhakyp Marabayev are two of Kazakhstan's most influential oilmen. Yermek is General Director of KazMunaiTeniz (KMT),which manages the government's offshore oil exploration and pr [...]	2009-03-11 06:45:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA442	KAZAKHSTAN: ITALY REMAINS A MAJOR INVESTOR, ACTIVE IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: PolOff met on February 17 with Ugo Boni, First Secretary and DCM at the Italian Embassy in Astana, to discuss the Kazakhstan-Italy relationship. Boni characterized the overall Kazakhstan-Italy relationship as pos [...]	2009-03-13 08:30:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD IT KZ
09ASTANA450	KAZAKHSTAN: A BILLION-DOLLAR QUESTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 13, the director of Chevron's operations in Eurasia told the Ambassador that Tengizchevroil (TCO),in which Chevron has a 50% share, has come under "renewed attack" from the government over sulfur storage [...]	2009-03-13 10:01:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA497	KAZAKHSTAN: LEAD WTO NEGOTIATIOR REQUESTS FLEXIBILITY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 18, the Ambassador met with Vice Minister of Industry and Trade Zhanar Aitzhanova to discuss the status of Kazakhstan's WTO accession negotiations with the United States. Aitzhanova expressed frustrat [...]	2009-03-20 02:26:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EFIN EAID RS KZ
09ASTANA529	KAZAKHSTAN: CONOCO'S CEO ON THE N BLOCK NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 20, ConocoPhillips (Conoco) CEO Jim Mulva briefed the Ambassador on the status of negotiations with national oil company KazMunaiGas (KMG) to explore and develop the offshore N Block. Mulva expressed f [...]	2009-03-24 09:46:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA530	KAZAKHSTAN: THE POLITICS OF PIPELINES [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 17-18, Energy Officer spoke with representatives from Kazakhstan's national oil company KazMunaiGas (KMG) and international oil companies about planned oil and gas export projects, particularly the Casp [...]	2009-03-24 09:46:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA531	KAZAKHSTAN: WILL KAZTRANSGAS LEAVE GEORGIA? [...] SUMMARY: This report provides a Kazakhstani perspective on the management changes to KazTransGas-Tbilisi (KTG-Tbilisi) reported in reftel A. It is derived entirely from open source material. On March 16, the Georgian National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission appointed the Chief [...]	2009-03-25 08:57:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA538	KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, MARCH 1-14, 2009 [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- News from the Banking Sector -- Samruk-Kazyna Updates -- Unemployment: a Growing Challenge -- 2009 Harvest Projection -- Economic Statistics -- Kazakhstan Seeks Contro [...]	2009-03-26 04:50:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA555	KAZAKHSTAN: AES AGREES TO EARLY BUY-OUT OF EKIBASTUZ [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 20, Kazakhstan's largest private mining company, Kazakhmys, terminated after just 15 months a three-year management agreement for U.S. power company AES to run the Ekibastuz coal-fired power plant. The co [...]	2009-03-31 10:54:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ENRG EINV KZ
09ASTANA578	KAZAKHSTAN: MARINE TRANSPORTATION EXPERT ADVISES [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 1, Captain Kjell Landin, Marine Manager for Chevron Transport Corporation, briefed Energy Officer on the complexities of the proposed Kazakhstan Caspian Transportation System (KCTS). He said that, from [...]	2009-04-02 13:09:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EPET EINV IR KZ
09ASTANA598	KAZAKHSTAN: SENIOR OFFICIALS DENY GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Mazhilis (i.e., the lower house of parliament) is currently considering draft legislation regarding the introduction of a special currency regime, which would include certain currency control measures. Senior K [...]	2009-04-06 12:12:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EFIN KZ
09ASTANA607	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV DISCUSSES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad visited Astana April 6-7, where he met with President Nazarbayev, participated in several ceremonial events, and gave a speech at a local university. During a joint press conference following the Nazarbayev-Ahmadinejad meeting, Ahmadinejad d [...]	2009-04-08 11:32:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV ENRG EPET ETTC KNNP IR KZ
09ASTANA613	KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, MARCH 15-28 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Adjusted Macroeconomic Forecast and Budget -- "Wartime" Economy -- Government to Issue Domestic Bonds [...]	2009-04-09 11:19:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA661	KAZAKHSTAN: WORLD TUBERCULOSIS DAY -- INSPIRING STUDENTS [...] SUMMARY: The DCM addressed a World Tuberculosis Day conference for medical students at the Kazakhstan National Medical University on April 7. The conference, entitled "We Can Stop TB," aimed to motivate students to get involved in the country's fight against tuberculosis (TB) -- a disease th [...]	2009-04-17 11:02:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID EINV TBIO SOCI KZ
09ASTANA662	KAZAKHSTAN: FUTURE OF LARGEST BANKS REMAINS UNCLEAR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent developments within the Kazakhstani banking sector -- specifically pertaining to BTA and Alliance banks -- indicate continued instability and increased risk of default on the repayment of foreign obligation [...]	2009-04-17 11:40:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV EFIN KZ
09ASTANA673	KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, MARCH 29-APRIL [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Banking Sector News -- Etihad Airways to Fly to Astana -- New Commodity Exchange Launched -- Kazakhstan Raises Loan For Europe-China Transit Corridor -- Economic Statis [...]	2009-04-20 11:58:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA675	KAZAKHSTAN CASPIAN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The government of Kazakhstan is committed to developing alternative oil export routes, whether by pipeline, rail, or tanker, that reduce its dependence on Russia. From April 9-17, Energy Officer joined a definiti [...]	2009-04-22 07:55:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV RS IR KZ
09ASTANA678	KAZAKHSTAN: CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION ACQUIRES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On April 16, during President Nazarbayev's state visit to Beijing, KazMunaiGas (KMG) and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) announced that they will jointly acquire the production assets of MangistauMunaiGa [...]	2009-04-23 07:39:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV RS IR KZ
09ASTANA68	KAZAKHSTAN: GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS HITS HARD, BUT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The financial crisis continues to hit Kazakhstan hard, but the government has responded in a vigorous, aggressive manner that should maintain social stability and support modest economic growth in 2009, particular [...]	2009-01-14 10:44:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN EINV KZ
09ASTANA748	KAZAKHSTAN: A KCTS SCORECARD OF RISKS AND REWARDS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: From April 7-17, Energy Officer accompanied a definitional mission from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency to identify potential technical assistance projects in support of the Kazakhstan Caspian Transportation [...]	2009-04-30 05:21:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV RS KZ
09ASTANA813	KAZAKHSTAN: VICE MINISTER OF ENERGY DISCUSSES NUCLEAR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 6, the Charge d'Affaires met with Vice Minister of Energy Asset Magauov to discuss the Kazakhstani government's financial commitments to the safe storage of spent fuel from the decommissioned BN-350 nuclear [...]	2009-05-07 11:33:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EPET EINV KNNP KZ
09ASTANA814	KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, APRIL 12-APRIL [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Financial Sector News -- Updates from Samruk-Kazyna -- CICA the Precursor of an Asian G-20? -- Kazatomprom President Rumored to Have Fled the Country -- Budget Control [...]	2009-05-07 11:43:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EPET EINV EFIN KZ
09ASTANA819	KAZAKHSTAN: UK ENERGY ENVOY TOURS REGION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 29, the Ambassador met with UK Caspian Energy Envoy Angus Miller (protect throughout) to discuss his six-week tour through the Caucasus and Central Asia. Miller said that an investor from the United Arab [...]	2009-05-08 09:56:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV RS GG TX KZ
09ASTANA825	KAZAKHSTAN: PETROCHEMICAL PROPOSAL ATTRACTS INVESTORS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 29, Energy Officer met with Raushan Sarmurzina, Director of the Petrochemicals Department at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR),to discuss Kazakhstan's plans to develop a domestic petroc [...]	2009-05-12 09:35:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA830	KAZAKHSTAN: KAZAKHSTAN WELCOMES REVITALIZED TIFA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 24 and April 27, Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative (DAUSTR) for South and Central Asia Claudio Lilienfeld held meetings in Almaty and Astana to discuss the future of the Central Asia Trad [...]	2009-05-13 03:35:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EFIN EAID KZ
09ASTANA837	KAZAKHSTAN: TRIALS, TRIBULATIONS, AND TRIUMPHS OF THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 6, AES Vice President Mike Jonagan (protect throughout) met with Energy Officer and a visiting delegation from the Department of Energy's Office of Russian and Eurasian Affairs to discuss the state of Kazakh [...]	2009-05-14 09:00:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ENRG EINV KZ
09ASTANA852	KAZAKHSTAN: KOREAN PRESIDENT LEE'S STATE VISIT PROMOTES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On May 12, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak arrived in Kazakhstan for a three-day state visit (reftel A). Lee and Kazakhstan's President Nazarbayev signed a series of documents during the visit, including a joi [...]	2009-05-15 10:55:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EPET EINV RS CH KS KZ
09ASTANA855	KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, APRIL 16 - MAY 9 [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- New Refinancing Rate -- Banking Sector News -- Government Procurement Legislation Signed -- Presidents Discuss Customs Union -- Government to Enhance Control Over Anti- [...]	2009-05-18 06:36:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EPET ENRG EINV EFIN EAGR CH KZ
09ASTANA862	KAZAKHSTAN: SMALL OIL COMPANY HOPES TO MAKE IT BIG [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 14, the Chief Executive Officer of Canamens, an independent oil and gas exploration and production company with headquarters in London, briefed the Charge on the company's plans and activities in Kazakhstan [...]	2009-05-19 10:42:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV IR KZ
09ASTANA871	KAZAKHSTAN: RENEWABLE ENERGY PLANS AND PROGRAMS [...] SUMMARY: Kazakhstan's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has announced its intention to increase the share of renewable sources of energy in Kazakhstan's overall energy mix from 0.02 percent at present to 5.0 percent by 2024. Parliament endorsed the initiative and is now reviewing draf [...]	2009-05-21 07:19:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON ENRG EINV KZ
09ASTANA909	KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, MAY 10 - MAY 23 [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Banking Sector News -- Current Account Statistics -- New Currency Preference? -- Calls for a New Financial System -- Minister of Industry and Trade Replaced -- Kazakhsta [...]	2009-05-28 10:37:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EPET EINV EFIN KZ
09ASTANA924	KAZAKHSTAN: BTA SAGA CONTINUES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Questions remain about how BTA, Kazakhstan's fourth largest commercial bank which is already in partial default, and its self-exiled former chairman, Mukhtar Ablyazov, managed to wind up in such dire straits. Forei [...]	2009-05-29 12:17:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EPET EINV EFIN KZ
09ASTANA943	KAZAKHSTAN: CHANGES AND CHARGES AT KAZATOMPROM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 21, former Minister for Industry and Trade Vladimir Shkolnik replaced Mukhtar Dzhakishev as head of the state-owned nuclear company Kazatomprom (KAP). On May 22, the 45-year old Dzhakishev was arrested on [...]	2009-06-03 11:22:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR EMIN ENRG EINV ELAB KNNP KZ
09ASTANA948	KAZAKHSTAN: SECOND ANNUAL EITI CONFERENCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On June 3, Minister of Energy Sauat Mynbayev opened the second national conference on the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Astana. Mynbayev announced that Kazakhstan will complete the process [...]	2009-06-04 10:19:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EMIN EPET EINV KZ
09ASUNCION156	PARAGUAY LIBERATES INTERNET SERVICES [...] (U) Paraguay's National Telecommunications Commission (CONATEL) approved March 12 the liberalization of Internet services, ending the monopoly of state-owned telecommunications operator (COPACO). The measure will benefit private providers with fiber optic networks, and consumers will likely se [...]	2009-03-13 19:11:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PGOV EIND ECON EINV ETRD PREL PA
09ASUNCION368	PARAGUAY,S ANTI-TERRORISM FINANCE LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) Director of Paraguay's Secretariat to Combat Money Laundering (SEPRELAD) Oscar Boidanich is leading the effort to strengthen existing anti-money laundering legislation (Law 1015). Boidanich is seeking modifications of Law 1015 to a) Make suspected incidents of terrorism financing a repo [...]	2009-06-15 20:43:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER EIND ECON EINV ETRD PREL PA
09ASUNCION408	PARAGUAY'S CIVIL AVIATION - SIGNS OF HOPE [...] (SBU) Ambassador Ayalde called on Paraguay's new National Aviation Secretariat (DINAC) President Ceferino Farias June 18 to discuss DINAC's plans to improve aviation safety and expand international carriers' service of Asuncion. Farias explained that DINAC is implementing an action plan based o [...]	2009-06-30 19:03:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EINV ETRD PA
09ATHENS224	OLYMPIC AIR PRIVATIZATION: 7TH TRY THE CHARM? [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 5, the Greek press reported that the sixth tender issued over the course of the past 15 years for the privatization of Olympic Airlines (OA) had once again failed, due to lack of conforming bids. Finance Minister Papathanassiou announced the development, together [...]	2009-02-20 09:50:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ELAB EAIR GR
09BAGHDAD1043	IRAQ TO OFFER (ANOTHER) ROUND OF JOINT VENTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: Iraqi Minister of Industry and Minerals Fawzi Hariri recently announced a third round of Joint Venture (JV) opportunities in Iraq's state owned enterprises (SOE) (Reftel A). The current bid round will include 15 SOEs, representing the construction, engineering, chemical-petroleu [...]	2009-04-17 10:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV IZ
09BAGHDAD1073	SULEYMANIYAH BUSINESS STRUGGLE TO COMPETE WITH IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Suleymaniyah businessmen claim their markets are flooded by Iranian products because corruption, lack of government support for the private sector, and a cumbersome regulatory environment hinder their ability to compete. Businessmen representing a variety of industries told PRToff [...]	2009-04-21 06:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV ECON PGOV KCOR IR IZ
09BAGHDAD1074	Bechtel to Survey First Bid Round Oil Fields [...] (U) Summary: On April 15, EMIN met with Bechtel executives who described their project to survey six oil fields in support of the first bid round at the behest of the Ministry of Oil (MoO). International oil companies (IOCs) that are participating in the bid round could then purchase the surve [...]	2009-04-21 06:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EINV ENRG ETRD PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD1075	BUILDING BETTER IRAQI OIL CONTRACTING PERSONNEL [...] (C) Summary: From March 29 to April 2, the Department of Commerce's Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) held a four day workshop for Ministry of Oil (MoO) personnel on negotiating and contracting with International Oil Companies (IOC). Dr. Sabah Al-Saidi, senior legal advisor to the [...]	2009-04-21 09:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD1096	Nasiriyah's Old and New Refineries [...] (SBU) Summary: PRT Dhi Qar Deputy Team Leader and visiting Embassy Baghdad EconOff met with Nasiriyah Refinery manager Abdul Hasan al-Lawi on April 12. The 30,000 barrel per day Nasiriyah Refinery is representative of the small refineries scattered throughout Iraq. Lawi came across as a dedi [...]	2009-04-23 15:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV ENRG IZ
09BAGHDAD1097	FM ZEBARI,S CHIEF OF STAFF PROMISES HELP WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an April 16 meeting with EMIN Wall, Foreign Minister Zebari,s Chief of Staff, Ambassador Srood R. Najib noted that he would facilitate formalizing documents related to physical assets transfer from the USG to the Government of Iraq (GOI). After many months of delay, Najib [...]	2009-04-24 03:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL EINV KCOR ECON PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD1105	DPM BARHAM SALIH ON ICI AND DEC, NEW COR SPEAKER, [...] (SBU) Summary: At a 22 April meeting with EMIN, GoI DPM Barham Salih confirmed that the GoI is committed to the ICI and would be issuing invitations to a Fall ministerial meeting in Baghdad after a senior officials meeting in late May; deferred a decision on agreeing to hold the next Dialogue [...]	2009-04-24 16:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EPET EAID PGOV EINV CVIS IZ
09BAGHDAD1134	Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative - Iraq [...] (SBU) Summary: During an April 23 meeting, Iraq's new national coordinator for the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI),Ministry of Oil Deputy Inspector General Alaa Mohie El-Deen, said that he was in the process of hiring additional staff to implement preparations for Iraq to [...]	2009-04-29 07:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET KCOR PGOV KDEM EINV SENV ENRG IZ
09BAGHDAD1137	NEW PARLIAMENT SPEAKER WANTS TO HELP BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his first official meeting with the Embassy as Speaker of the Parliament on April 23 Ayad al-Samarrai'e expressed support for an oil law and thought passage of a text this calendar year was feasible. He expressed support for ratification of the USAID Bilateral Assistance Trea [...]	2009-04-29 15:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL EAID EINV ETRD IZ
09BAGHDAD1148	ASSISTING IRAQ TO DEVELOP ITS PETROLEUM RESOURCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Budgetary pressures have motivated the GOI to increase crude oil production, but it is having difficulty executing its plans. We have a vague request for additional support for contracts the GOI hopes to complete in the short term, but no details on what is required. The GOI's ur [...]	2009-04-30 15:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PGOV PREL US IZ
09BAGHDAD1151	MINISTRY OF OIL UPDATE ON BID ROUNDS, OIL [...] (C) Summary: Two Ministry of Oil (MoO) Directors General provided details of internal MoO deliberations regarding progress on the two bid rounds and the MoO's crude oil production in separate April 23 meetings with DOE Energy officers, followed up by another meeting between Energy Attache and [...]	2009-05-01 13:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV EINV PINR IZ
09BAGHDAD1171	DEVELOPMENT IN KARBALA: PROGRESS AND CONTROVERSY [...] (SBU) Summary: At least three development plans have been posited for Karbala since Iraq's liberation. The province's de facto operational blueprint (the so-called &Shahristani8 plan) was devised in mid-2008 and has been blessed by Prime Minister Maliki, although it is widely disliked by many [...]	2009-05-04 12:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV PREL IR IZ
09BAGHDAD1207	BARHAM SALIH REQUESTS U.S. ASSISTANCE ON OIL [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki wants to conclude direct contracts with international oil companies for six oil fields in hopes of accelerating output, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih told Ambassador Hill May 5. He said the PM would soon create a group to focus on this new strate [...]	2009-05-08 12:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	EPET ENRG PGOV EINV PINR IZ
09BAGHDAD1223	IRAQ WTO WORKING PARTY: HOPES FADE FOR A JUNE MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A GOI working group has finished compiling Iraq's Initial Goods Offer and its new tariff schedule. However, senior-level approval of the Goods Offer will take another several weeks, in part because of an unfolding corruption scandal at the Ministry of Trade (MOT). Long-awaited [...]	2009-05-10 14:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PGOV EAID WTO ECON EINV IZ
09BAGHDAD1230	KRG AND GOI AGREE ON OIL EXPORTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 9, the Kurdistan Regional Government's (KRG) Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) announced that as of June 1, the Iraqi Ministry of Oil (MoO) will allow KRG crude oil exports from the Tawke and Taq Taq fields. In meetings at the MoO on May 10, Ministry officials told Ec [...]	2009-05-11 16:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV EINV IZ
09BAGHDAD1231	DEPUTY CHAIR OF OIL AND GAS COMMITTEE TALKS OIL [...] (C) Summary: On May 3, Deputy Chair of the Council of Representatives' (COR) Oil and Gas Committee Dr. Abdul-Hadi Al-Hassani told Econoff that the current deals with International Oil Companies (IOC) should be reviewed by the COR, and encouraged the USG to become actively engaged in the Hydro [...]	2009-05-11 17:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV EINV PINR IZ
09BAGHDAD1237	Muthanna's Provincial Investment Commission: Successes and [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna Reporting Cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Muthanna's Provincial Investment Commission (PIC) is one of the most active in Iraq, with 17 projects licensed to date and four of those are in various stages of completion. Challenges remain, however, especially in acquiring ri [...]	2009-05-12 11:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD PGOV ECON IZ
09BAGHDAD1250	KRG LOOKING TO BUY GOODWILL THROUGH OIL EXPORT [...] (C) Summary: KRG officials report that their move to accept the GOI terms for export of oil from fields in the Kurdistan Region stems from a desire to show goodwill on the long-standing oil dispute. They term their move a unilateral step made without preconditions. In terms of the financial [...]	2009-05-12 18:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV EINV PINR IZ
09BAGHDAD1361	(C) PRT SALAH AD DIN: MOBILE FUEL STATIONS SELL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Northern Refineries Company Director General Ali Obeidi briefed the Salah ad-Din (SaD) Provincial Council May 13 on improvements in fuel refining and distribution at the Bayji Oil Refinery (BOR). Provincial Council members asked Obeidi to hire more workers at the BOR and ensure th [...]	2009-05-25 12:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ECON KCRIM IZ
09BAGHDAD1441	IRAQ: ASSET TRANSFER PROCESS WELL UNDER WAY [...] SUMMARY: The United States and Iraq have agreed upon, and are implementing, a comprehensive asset transfer process. The process includes commitments by the Government of Iraq to maintain U.S.-funded infrastructure in Iraq. End Summary. 2. Since 2008, Embassy representatives have been wo [...]	2009-06-02 03:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD1446	RRT ERBIL: CONSORTIUM TO DEVELOP GAS FIELD IN [...] (SBU) Summary: UAE's Crescent Petroleum and Dana Gas have entered into a consortium with two European energy companies to develop a natural gas field in the Kurdistan Region (KR) to supply the Nabucco pipeline. Separately, Crescent/Dana's plans to develop Gas City, a massive gas utilization i [...]	2009-06-02 12:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EINV PGOV HU GM IR TU IZ
09BAGHDAD1447	RRT ERBIL: KRG OIL LINKS TO IRAQI PIPELINE [...] (SBU) Summary: At a June 1 gala event, Presidents Talabani and Barzani officially "turned on" pipelines from Tawke and Taq Taq fields in the Kurdistan Region, which will together add 100,000 barrels a day (bbl/d) through the Iraq-Turkey Pipeline to the Turkish Mediterranean port of Ceyhan. Pre [...]	2009-06-02 13:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EINV PREL PGOV CA TU NO IZ
09BAGHDAD1469	OIL MINISTRY MOVES ON ADDITIONAL SOUTHERN OIL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Oil's South Oil Company continues to make some progress on a project to replace aging underwater pipelines through which three-quarters of Iraq's crude oil is exported. Two surveys, one to identify unexploded ordnance and a second to collect bathymetric data, ar [...]	2009-06-04 08:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EINV PGOV SENV KCOR KU IZ
09BAGHDAD1540	THIRD MEETING OF ECONOMIC AND ENERGY JOINT [...] (C) The third meeting of the Economic and Energy Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) met under the Strategic Framework Agreement on June 10, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Barham Salih and EMIN Marc Wall, Coordinator for Economic Transition in Iraq, at which working group chairs provide [...]	2009-06-13 08:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG ETRD EPET PREL CVIS IZ
09BAGHDAD1610	THAMIR GHADBAN DISCUSSES HYDROCARBONS LAW AND USG [...] (C) Summary: At a June 15 meeting, Chairman of the Prime Minister's Advisory Commission, Thamir Ghadban, told EMIN that he felt the mood surrounding the hydrocarbons legislation (HCL) had changed for the better after attending the June 14 UNAMI conference on Hydrocarbon Resource Distribution. [...]	2009-06-19 13:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD1635	ERBIL RRT: PRICE WATERHOUSE ADVISES KURDISTAN REGIONAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 17, the results of an 11-month "good governance assessment" conducted by private consultant PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) were presented to the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister and KRG Council of Ministers. The next step is a comprehensive strategy for "G [...]	2009-06-22 05:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EINV SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD1648	FIRST OIL BID ROUND: THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH. [...] (C) Summary: On June 29 and 30, Iraq's Ministry of Oil (MoO) will award contracts to international oil companies to work eight large oil and gas fields, marking the largest bid round ever conducted, covering approximately 40% of Iraq's total proven reserves. A week before the event, on June 2 [...]	2009-06-22 18:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV EINV IZ
09BAGHDAD166	WILL THE OIL MINISTRY LICENSING ROUND PROCESS [...] (S) Summary: The Iraqi Ministry of Oil has announced the next step in the licensing round process to invite international oil company (IOCs) participation in Iraq's petroleum sector -- a February 12-14 workshop in Istanbul for the 16 companies (out of 41 pre-qualified) who had paid the require [...]	2009-01-22 16:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG EPET TU IZ
09BAGHDAD1764	IRAQ,S FIRST OIL BID ROUND SPUTTERS [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Oil's June 30 bid round (ref B) resulted in a winner for only one of the eight fields on offer. A consortium led by BP and including China's CNPC won the right to begin negotiations with the GOI for a twenty-year contract to work the massive Rumaila oil field in [...]	2009-06-30 19:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV EINV PINR IZ
09BAGHDAD1805	IRAQ,S FIRST OIL BID ROUND: TOO HARD A BARGAIN? [...] (C) Summary: The Iraq Ministry of Oil's June 30 bid round (ref A) resulted in a winner for only one of the eight fields on offer, leading international oil companies (IOC) and foreign observers to claim that the GOI had failed to achieve its goals. For the most part, however, senior GOI offic [...]	2009-07-06 13:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV EINV PINR IZ
09BAGHDAD1822	LAND ISSUES HALTING INVESTMENT IN IRAQ,S PROVINCES [...] (SBU) The Muthanna Provincial Investment Commission (PIC) is one of the most active and dynamic economic development organizations in Iraq. Since its inception in late summer 2008, Muthanna,s PIC has issued seventeen (17) licenses worth some 363 million dollars to a broad array of businesses [...]	2009-07-07 13:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV
09BAGHDAD1837	IRAQ'S LATEST QUEST FOR JOINT VENTURES OF STATE [...] (SBU) In March 2009, Iraqi Minister of Industry and Minerals (MOIM) Fawzi Hariri announced a third round of Joint Venture (JV) opportunities in Iraq's state owned enterprises (SOE) (Reftel A). When announced, Hariri was optimistic because, he said, it contained a more diverse offering of compa [...]	2009-07-08 16:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV PGOV ETRD
09BAGHDAD1838	INTERNAL IRAQI RESISTANCE TO THE NATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-09 03:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EAGR IZ PGOV
09BAGHDAD184	DHI QAR PRT: PIC IMPROVES BUT NOT QUITE THERE [...] (U) Under charismatic leadership, the Dhi Qar Provincial Investment Commission (PIC) scores some victories but lacks the strategic planning, organization and professionalism to reach its lofty goals. END SUMMARY. -------------------------------- How Not to Build an Organization ---------- [...]	2009-01-25 14:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN EINV IZ

09BAGHDAD1856	SECOND MEETING OF SERVICES AND INFORMATION [...] (SBU) Deputy Prime Minister Rafi Al Eissawi and EMIN Marc Wall convened the second meeting of the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA) Services and Information Technology Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) on July 6, 2009. Both sides highlighted the continued significance of the SFA as the fou [...]	2009-07-09 15:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EINV ETRD IZ PREL
09BAGHDAD1882	RRT ERBIL: FDI DOES NOT MEET KRG EXPECTATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-12 15:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD EAGR IZ TU IR EAID PGOV
09BAGHDAD1897	DELIVERING A CLEAR MESSAGE ON IRAQ'S BUSINESS [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-13 16:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD PREL PGOV IZ BEXP
09BAGHDAD194	WILL THE OIL MINISTRY LICENSING ROUND PROCESS [...] (S) Summary: The Iraqi Ministry of Oil has announced the next step in the licensing round process to invite international oil company (IOCs) participation in Iraq's petroleum sector -- a February 12-14 workshop in Istanbul for the 16 companies (out of 41 pre-qualified) who had paid the require [...]	2009-01-26 13:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	EPET ENRG EINV IZ
09BAGHDAD1949	MOVING IRAQ'S HYDROCARBONS LEGISLATION FORWARD [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-19 06:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD1960	SHELL'S IRAQ SOUTH GAS DEAL NEARS FINALIZATION [...] (SBU) Econoff met July 9 with Shell Gas and Power Vice President Mounir Bouaziz, Shell Exploration and Production Logistics Manager Ayman al-Shukr, Shell Gas and Power Business Development Economist Christiaan van der Eijk, and Project Finance Manager Andrew Tait. Bouaziz reported that Shell [...]	2009-07-20 08:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG SENV EINV IZ
09BAGHDAD1972	MOVING IRAQ'S HYDROCARBONS LEGISLATION FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: While passage of hydrocarbons legislation (HCL) remains important for Iraq's development of its petroleum resources, GOI and KRG interlocutors have preferred to keep the legislation on the back burner pending resolution of other Arab-Kurd issues. The ramp-up of a national electio [...]	2009-07-21 16:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2021	RRT ERBIL: NEW REFINERY AND CRUDE PRODUCTION COMES [...] (U) Summary: At a July 18 ceremony, attended by KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani and former Ambassador to Iraq and the UN Zalmay Khalilzad, oil from the Khurmala Dome began flowing into the Erbil refinery, the only privately-owned refinery in Iraq. The refinery's initial capacity is 20,000 [...]	2009-07-28 11:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET ENRG EINV PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2023	BASRA INVESTMENT COMMISSION CHAIR EXPRESSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a recent meeting with EMIN, Basra Investment Commission (BIC) Chairman Dr. Haider Ali Fadhel voiced concerns over the national government's lack of progress on a variety of issues affecting the overall investment climate. Specifically, Fadhel took issue with the Ministry of Tr [...]	2009-07-28 15:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2024	BASRA INVESTMENT COMMISSION CHAIR EXPRESSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a recent meeting with EMIN, Basra Investment Commission (BIC) Chairman Dr. Haider Ali Fadhel voiced concerns over the national government's lack of progress on a variety of issues affecting the overall investment climate. Specifically, Fadhel took issue with the Ministry of Tr [...]	2009-07-28 15:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2037	Iraq: Cabinet Approves Formation of National Oil Company [...] (SBU) The Iraqi Council of Ministers (the Cabinet) on Tuesday, July 28 approved draft legislation to re-establish the Iraq National Oil Company (INOC). That proposal will now be transmitted to the Council of Representatives (COR, the Iraqi Parliament) for consideration. Vice Chairman of the C [...]	2009-07-30 03:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EINV ECON IZ
09BAGHDAD2057	IRAQI OIL: MIXED MESSAGES FROM SOUTH OIL ON THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In recent meetings, stakeholders from the GOI as well as international oil companies (IOC) and service providers (SP) offered divergent insight and opinions on the developments within the oil sector in Iraq. In a meeting on July 20, South Oil Company (SOC) Director General Fayed [...]	2009-07-31 16:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG PGOV EINV PINR IZ
09BAGHDAD2063	IRAQI CAPITAL AT WORK: PEPSI INTERNATIONAL AND THE BAGHDAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An Iraqi investment bank's takeover of the mixed-owned enterprise (MOE) Baghdad Softdrink Company could be a model for moving the stagnating MOE sector forward. Since gaining a controlling stake of Baghdad Softdrink, the bankers have brought in capital and management expertise t [...]	2009-08-01 08:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV IZ PGOV
09BAGHDAD2078	IRAQ AND THE NABUCCO PIPELINE [...] (C) Summary: At the Nabucco pipeline summit meeting in Ankara on July 13, Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki made an unexpected pledge to supply roughly half of the pipeline's projected capacity by 2015. The announcement reflects Maliki's ambitions to see Iraq as a significant partner of Turkey and [...]	2009-08-03 09:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV PREL EINV PINR IZ TU EUN
09BAGHDAD2143	IRAQI MINISTER OF FINANCE JABR [...] (SBU) Summary: In the Ambassador,s meeting with Finance Minister Jabr, they discussed the Minister,s approval for financing of the GE deal, the need for flexibility in bidding rounds to increase oil production, the need to encourage the World Bank to provide financing to complement the USD 5. [...]	2009-08-10 08:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP EAID ECON EFIN EINV IZ PGOV PREL
09BAGHDAD217	PRT SALAH AD DIN: TRYING TO REHABILITATE [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In response to security improvements in Salah ad Din (SaD),the Ministry of Transportation (MOT) has begun efforts to restore the operational capacity of the Bayji Iraq Republic Railway (BIRR) Station. The PRT expects this effo [...]	2009-01-28 11:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELTN EINV ETRD IZ
09BAGHDAD222	UPDATE ON IRAQ STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE JOINT VENTURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministry of Industry and Minerals (MIM) has completed two tender rounds for joint venture (JV) arrangements between MIM and private investors in its state owned enterprises (SOE). While progress has been slow, SOE investment commitments from investors from Japan, Germa [...]	2009-01-28 13:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV IZ
09BAGHDAD2223	PLANNING FOR THE OCTOBER U.S.-IRAQ DIALOGUE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy offers our perspective on planning for the two events announced during PM Maliki's recent visit to Washington: The October 19 U.S.-Iraq Dialogue on Economic Cooperation (DEC) and the October 20-21 U.S.-Iraq Business and Investment Conference. Both events, but partic [...]	2009-08-17 14:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PREL PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2299	(C) IRAQ OIL: MINISTRY OFFICIALS SKEPTICAL AS [...] (C) Summary: In advance of the second oil and gas bid round, international oil companies (IOCs) are increasing their engagement with the Ministry of Oil (MOO). While the Government of Iraq (GOI) has yet to determine how it will deal with oil fields that were not awarded in the first bid roun [...]	2009-08-26 08:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2374	WTO ACCESSION STEPS UNLIKELY BEFORE JANUARY [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOI seems unlikely to make the sound economic but tough political decisions that would move Iraq closer to World Trade Organization (WTO) accession before Iraqi national elections in January 2010. Although Iraq has completed the requisites for the next round of accession ta [...]	2009-09-03 10:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PGOV EAID WTO ECON EINV IZ
09BAGHDAD2389	OIL MINISTER FLEXIBLE WITH IOC IN PRIVATE ... BUT [...] (C) Summary: British Petroleum Iraq (BP) said Oil Minister Shahristani is under intense pressure to get the GOI's contract with British Petroleum/China National Petroleum Corporation (BP/CNPC) signed. According to BP, Shahristani has been personally engaged and responsive to BP's concerns, an [...]	2009-09-04 16:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD26	IRAQI REFINERIES PRESENT AND FUTURE [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-06 14:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EPET ENRG IZ
09BAGHDAD265	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-02 05:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON ETRD PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2661	RECONSIDERING IRAQ'S FIRST OIL BID ROUND AND [...] (C) Summary: While the results of Iraq's June 30 oil and gas bid round may at first seem disappointing, the bid round could be considered a modest success. Although only one oil field was awarded, the planned expansion of that field should increase Iraq's oil production over the next six year [...]	2009-10-03 13:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2662	ELECTION AND INVESTMENT LAWS WEIGH HEAVILY ON PM'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki focused on passage of the election law and an amendment to the investment law in an October 1 meeting with Ambassador and Deputy Commanding General (DCG) Hunzeker. The PM noted that disputes over the distribution of parliamentary seats in Kirkuk still posed a [...]	2009-10-03 14:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EINV IZ
09BAGHDAD2677	IRAQI TELECOMMUNICATIONS: AT THE FRONTLINE OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent developments in the Iraqi Telecommunications sector reveal fault lines in Iraq's attitudes toward independent regulation. The Ministry of Communication (MOC) continues to actively oppose a private sector-led, competitive telecommunications market and an independent regul [...]	2009-10-05 16:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV EINV ECPS EINT KGIT KWIR TINT TSPL
09BAGHDAD2686	IRAQ OIL: EXXONMOBIL AGGRESSIVELY PURSUING WEST [...] (C) Deputy Oil Minister for Midstream Shamma told econoffs that ExxonMobil--which unsuccessfully bid on the West Qurna oil field in Iraq's June 30 bid round--has agreed to accept the Oil Ministry's low remuneration fee and enter negotiations for the production service contract for West Qurna. [...]	2009-10-06 10:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2704	CHALABI OFFERS VIEWS ON IMPROVING IRAQ'S ECONOMY, [...] (C) Summary. On October 6, A/DCM Grappo discussed with Iraqi National Alliance (INA) member Ahmed Chalabi the poor state of Iraq's private economy, the INA's campaign platform of improving services and taming corruption, and his opinion about Saudi Arabia and Iran. Chalabi opposed the Amendmen [...]	2009-10-07 13:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EINV IZ
09BAGHDAD2744	EVOLUTION OF INFLUENCE IN IRAQ: COMMERCIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's evolving political and economic environment has led to increased engagement from other countries using commercial advocacy on behalf of their national political interests. The GOI has begun to engage a number of countries in high level commercial dialogue, and despite its [...]	2009-10-12 15:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ECON POL PGOV PREL IZ EINV
09BAGHDAD2750	SPEAKER SAMMARRAIE ADDRESSES CONCERNS OVER IHEC [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi Council of Representatives Speaker Ayad Sammarraie told the Ambassador October 11 that as a result of the harsh interrogation of the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) chairman October 5, it was possible that the COR would dismiss two IHEC commissioners. The Amba [...]	2009-10-13 09:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV IZ
09BAGHDAD2759	CUSTOMS HURDLES TO IRAQ TRADE LIBERALIZATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Iraq's customs and trade dispute resolution procedures lack the structure and transparency to ensure orderly, consistent resolution of complaints by importers. According to the President of Iraq's Customs Court, the court does not have jurisdiction over civil cases [...]	2009-10-14 10:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PGOV KCOR EAID WTO ECON EINV IZ
09BAGHDAD2765	IRAQ UPDATES ITS INVESTMENT LAW: EXPLAINING THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: After nearly six months of sustained U.S. and GOI effort, Iraq's Council of Representatives (COR) passed the amendment to the National Investment Law (NIL) on 13 October. Significantly, the amendment will provide for limited foreign ownership of land in Iraq for the purposes of de [...]	2009-10-14 16:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD PGOV IZ PREL
09BAGHDAD2776	IRAQ INVESTMENT CONFERENCE: DELIVERING A CLEAR [...] (C) Summary: The October 19 U.S.-Iraq Dialogue on Economic Cooperation (DEC) and the October 20-21 Business and Investment Conference (BIC) will put the spotlight on Iraq's aspirations to participate more fully in the global economy. U.S. and Iraqi government officials can expect questions fro [...]	2009-10-15 08:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON POL PGOV PREL EINV ETRD EINT IZ
09BAGHDAD2786	IRAQI FINANCE: JABR ON BUDGET, TRADE, OIL AND THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-15 15:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON POL ETRD EINV EFIN PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2795	CORRECTED COPY: IRAQI FINANCE: JABR ON BUDGET, [...] (C) Summary: The Iraqi Council of Ministers (COM, the Cabinet) has set a 2010 Budget ceiling of 67 Billion USD and is continuing internal negotiations regarding ministerial allocations this week in Baghdad, Minister of Finance Jabr told USG officials on October 14. Jabr expected the budget wo [...]	2009-10-17 17:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON POL ETRD EINV EFIN PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2831	IRAQ OIL LEGISLATION, THE ROAD AHEAD: DELAYS AND [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with econoffs, both the chair (KDP) and vice-chair (Da'wa) of the Oil and Gas and National Resources Committee of the Council of Representatives (parliament) reaffirmed that progress on hydrocarbons legislation must wait until the new central government is sea [...]	2009-10-22 06:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2833	IRAQ OIL LEGISLATION, THE ROAD AHEAD: DELAYS AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-22 08:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2834	KRG MAY BE PLOTTING AGAINST IRAQ OIL MINISTER AND [...] (C) Summary: The chair and vice-chair of the Oil and Gas and National Resources Committee of the Council of Representatives (parliament) disagree over whether the Council of Ministers (cabinet) or parliament has final authority to approve the large oil-field development contracts currently bei [...]	2009-10-22 08:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2849	INVESTMENT CONFERENCE GENERATES POSITIVE MEDIA COVERAGE IN [...] SUMMARY: The U.S.-Iraq Business and Investment Conference (USBIC) in Washington was headline news throughout the week of October 19 in Iraq. Arabic-language papers, Radio Sawa and television channels Al-Iraqiya, Al-Hurra, and Al-Sharqiya devoted lead coverage to the Prime Minister's visit to [...]	2009-10-23 13:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL IZ ECON EINV
09BAGHDAD2970	THE LEADER OF IRAQ'S ASPIRING, BUT STILL UNLAWFUL, [...] (C) During an October 24-26 trip to Basra to assess Iraq,s southern oil and gas facilities (septels),emboffs met with the leader of a group aspiring to represent Iraq's oil workers. (Note: At the moment, unions are illegal in Iraq. End note) Hassan Jum,ah Al-Asadi, the apparently self-appo [...]	2009-11-10 07:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EINV ENRG EPET IZ PREL
09BAGHDAD2971	IRAQ'S SOUTHERN IRAQ OIL AND GAS SITUATION [...] (C) Summary: BP plans to sign and implement its contract to increase the production of Rumaila oil field as soon as early December, even though some Government of Iraq (GOI) officials claim parliament must first approve the contract. While a significant production increase will likely not occ [...]	2009-11-10 07:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EINV ENRG EPET IZ PREL
09BAGHDAD2973	SOUTHERN IRAQ OIL AND GAS SITUATIONAL ASSESSMENT, [...] (C) Summary: In the run-up to what promises to be an historic expansion of Iraqi oil and gas production, Econoffs visited Basrah-based Southern Oil, Southern Gas, and Southern Refining companies to assess their preparations and solicit their views. Southern Gas seemed upbeat but ill-prepared f [...]	2009-11-10 07:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2975	SOUTHERN IRAQ OIL AND GAS SITUATIONAL ASSESSMENT, [...] (C) Summary: USG help is still crucial to the security and operations of Iraq,s two offshore oil export terminals, through which 75 percent of Iraq,s oil exports flow. Without USG help, we assess that both terminals, at least in the short term, would experience periodic reduced throughput or [...]	2009-11-10 08:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2977	ISCI'S HAKIM DISCUSSES ELECTORAL POLITICS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a November 1 meeting, the Chairman of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI),Ammar al-Hakim, told the Ambassador that U.S. praise for "secular" parties could be viewed as approval of the Ba'ath Party. Hakim lauded the October 20-21 Business Investment Conference in W [...]	2009-11-10 10:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ EINV
09BAGHDAD2991	EXPO NAJAF DRAWS SUPPORT FROM SHI,A CLERICS, [...] (U) This is a Najaf PRT reporting cable. 2. (U) SUMMARY. PRT members attended the October 12 opening session of Expo Najaf organized and hosted by the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and the Najaf Chamber of Commerce. The event was organized with the explicit support of their spi [...]	2009-11-12 15:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON IR IZ PGOV PREL
09BAGHDAD3003	BIG OIL'S ABOUT-FACE ON IRAQ: THREE WORLD CLASS [...] (U) The first week of November saw significant progress towards realizing the GOI's vision of tripling oil production over the next eight years. On November 1, a consortium led by Italian firm ENI and including U.S. firm Occidental and South Korea's Kogas initialed a contract for the Zubair oi [...]	2009-11-15 14:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD3007	IRAQ'S TELECOM REGULATOR: PUSHING FOR INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's recently reconstituted Communications and Media Commission (CMC) has been asserting its role as an independent regulator with increasing effectiveness. Noting he was working closely with Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) to ensure "appropriate" media condu [...]	2009-11-16 13:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS EINT EINV IZ PGOV
09BAGHDAD3039	LETTER TO THE SECRETARY FROM DR. SAMI AL-ARAJI, [...] Post has received a diplomatic note from the GOI dated 4 November 2009 forwarding a letter to the Secretary from Dr. Sami Al-Araji, Chairman, Iraq National Investment Commission. Text of the Diplomatic Note and Letter follow: 2. Begin Text of Diplomatic Note Republic of Iraq Ministry of [...]	2009-11-18 07:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC EINV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD3042	RIDING HIGH AFTER THE CONFERENCE: IRAQ'S NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Dr. Sami al-Araji, the chairman of Iraq's National Investment Commission (NIC) and our organizational partner for the October 20-21 U.S.-Iraq Business and Investment Conference (BIC) in Washington, outlined for us his plans to capture the momentum from Iraq's investment conference [...]	2009-11-18 13:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD IZ PREL FR GM PL
09BAGHDAD3135	IRAQ'S PARTICIPATION IN THE EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES [...] (C) Iraq has constituted its stakeholder group as the third prerequisite for candidacy in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and intends to convene these stakeholders to formally adopt a workplan for EITI implementation that has been produced by the GOI under the leader [...]	2009-12-03 06:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EPET EINV KCOR IZ NO
09BAGHDAD3186	IRAQ OIL, MAYSAN PROVINCE: AN ALLOTMENT? REPLACE [...] (U) On December 3, on the margins of a meeting hosted by Deputy Chief of Mission Ford, the Second Deputy Governor of Maysan Province Khalid Abdulwahid Qubian told Econoff the Baghdad federal government was considering allotting the Maysan provincial government -- as a "deprived region" under a [...]	2009-12-11 10:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD3196	OIL STAMPEDE: IRAQ,S 2ND BID ROUND RESULTS [...] (U) Summary: In a landmark event for Iraq and the global oil industry, Iraq's 2nd oil bid (licensing) round on December 11-12 showcased the potential of Iraq's oil sector. Overall, the event proceeded with remarkable organization, precision, and transparency. The bidding started as a rush and [...]	2009-12-14 12:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD3202	IRAQ: STATUS OF DRAFT LABOR CODE [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOI's efforts to enact meaningful labor standards continue, albeit at a slow pace. MOLSA Labor Directorate Director General Dr. Reyad Hassan is pushing to have the Shura Council approve a draft labor code that has been under consideration since 2007. (The draft code is then [...]	2009-12-14 15:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EFIN EINV IZ
09BAGHDAD3245	THE SIGNIFICANCE OF IRAQ'S OIL BID ROUNDS [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOI's June and December oil bid rounds ) history's largest (by reserves) ) have the potential to significantly alter Iraqi economics and politics. While much can easily go astray (on contracts, timetables, onshore construction, or export infrastructure),Iraq could conceiv [...]	2009-12-16 13:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD3246	IRAQ'S OIL BID ROUND 2: DOMESTIC POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The job creation and spin-off benefits of economic development should provide a significant boost to the citizens of Basrah. If developments in other countries offer a guide, however, there remains a chance that Basrah residents, living near the source of much of Iraq's wealth, [...]	2009-12-16 13:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD3257	IRAQ'S OIL BID ROUND 2: CAN IRAQ FULFILL THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Iraq's proposal to increase national oil production from 2.5 million barrels per day to perhaps as high as 12 million barrels per day is extremely aggressive and delivering on that promise poses significant challenges. These challenges include: limited project management capabil [...]	2009-12-17 09:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD3282	IRAQ'S OIL BID ROUND 2: U.S. FIRMS' PARTICIPATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Only one U.S. firm bid for a contract in Iraq,s second oil bid round, as part of a larger consortium, and that consortium did not win. U.S. companies' decisions on whether or not to participate were driven by myriad complex factors and judgments the companies hold very close t [...]	2009-12-21 09:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD3287	IRAQ'S OIL BID ROUND 2: WHAT WILL OPEC SAY? [...] (SBU) Summary: Iraq is currently exempted from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) oil production quotas. Iraq's future quota would likely be similar to Iran's current quota of approximately 4.1 million barrels per day. We estimate that Iraq could reach levels of four million [...]	2009-12-21 10:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD3375	VIEW FROM NAJAF: GOVERNOR ZURFI PROVIDES UPDATE ON [...] (C/NF) Summary. On December 10, provincial governor Adnan Zurfi welcomed Multi-National Division-South (MND-S) Major General Nash to Najaf. Governor Zurfi announced the arrests of suspects related to recent attacks on a PRT mission and IED detonations near Forward Operating Base (FOB) Endeav [...]	2009-12-31 07:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EINV PTER PGOV ECON IZ
09BAGHDAD339	PM ADVISOR ON STRATEGY TO INCREASE OIL PRODUCTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 5 meeting with EMIN, Prime Ministerial Advisor Thamir Ghadban was confident that Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih's initiative to examine ways to boost oil production would not undercut the Ministry of Oil's licensing round. We heard separately that the Februa [...]	2009-02-09 16:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV IZ
09BAGHDAD345	AL MAQAL PORT BASRA KEEN FOR MORE BUSINESS [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-10 12:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EWWT ECON EINV PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD346	BASRA SEEKS INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Basra has several business and investment organizations that are encouraging new investment in the province. Basra, like all of Iraq, is suffering from infrastructure constraints, but the situation is improving. The Basra Investment Commission is getting good advice and training from th [...]	2009-02-10 12:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ECON PREL PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD351	WAITING ON BAGHDAD; KRG SHARES ECONOMIC VISION AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Accompanying a U.S. Chamber of Commerce delegation during a February 3-4 visit to Erbil, EMIN met with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) officials to discuss private sector development in Iraq and underscore the importance of transparency and the rule of law. KRG PM Nechervan [...]	2009-02-11 08:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EINV ENRG EPET ETRD IS IZ PGOV PREL
09BAGHDAD352	KRG PM BARZANI TAKES ISSUE WITH GOI OIL MINISTER [...] (S) Summary: At a 4 February meeting with EMIN Wall, KRG PM Nechervan Barzani expressed his displeasure with GOI Minister of Oil Husayn Al Shahristani for his lack of competence, focus and willingness to work on KRG-GOI oil issues and was puzzled with inquiries by Shahristani during a recent m [...]	2009-02-11 08:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ECON EPET PGOV PREL EINV IZ POL
09BAGHDAD353	KRG PM BARZANI TAKES ISSUE WITH GOI OIL MINISTER [...] (S) Summary: At a 4 February meeting with EMIN Wall, KRG PM Nechervan Barzani expressed his displeasure with GOI Minister of Oil Husayn Al Shahristani for his lack of competence, focus and willingness to work on KRG-GOI oil issues and was puzzled with inquiries by Shahristani during a recent m [...]	2009-02-11 08:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ECON EPET PGOV PREL EINV IZ POL
09BAGHDAD357	PM MALIKI CHOOSES ALI ALLAWI AS NEXT CHAIRMAN OF [...] (SBU) Summary: GOI officials confirmed to us on February 9th that Ali Allawi is PM Maliki's choice to be the next Chairman of the National Investment Commission (NIC). While Allawi will still need to be formally nominated by the Council of Ministers (COM) and confirmed by the Council of Repre [...]	2009-02-11 14:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD388	OIL MINISTER'S UPDATE ON PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 12 meeting with EMIN, Oil Minister Husayn al-Shahristani reinforced his commitment to the licensing round process and the Shell flared gas deal; dismissed the relevance of the oil production workshop convened by Deputy PM Barham Salih; said relations with KRG and [...]	2009-02-13 16:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV IZ
09BAGHDAD399	INITIAL MEETING OF ECONOMIC AND ENERGY JOINT [...] (SBU) The first meeting of the Economic and Energy Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) met under the Strategic Framework Agreement on February 12. Five working groups were launched on the financial sector; oil and gas; trade and investment; electricity (new plants and investment); and industry [...]	2009-02-16 05:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ECON ENRG PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD412	PRT SALAH AD DIN: MOBILE GASOLINE STATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Salah al-Din (SaD) Provincial Investment Commission (PIC) has successfully negotiated a deal that has created over a hundred privately owned, mobile gasoline stations. The stations, which comprise 10,000 liter containerized units equipped with fuel pumps, are already visible [...]	2009-02-17 07:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ECON EPET ENRG EINV IZ
09BAGHDAD418	COMMERCIAL ADVOCACY IN IRAQ - THE TIME IS NOW [...] (U) The following is a personal message from Charge d'Affaires Patricia A. Butenis. 2. (SBU) Our partnership and engagement with Iraq is about to hit another milestone with the release of the 2009 Country Commercial Guide (CCG) for Iraq. This first post-conflict CCG for Iraq captures and r [...]	2009-02-17 13:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD EAGR IZ
09BAGHDAD427	Initial Meeting of Services and Technology Joint [...] (SBU) The Co-Chairs of the Services and Information Technology Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) agreed to launch the work of the Committee under the Strategic Framework Agreement. In a meeting on February 14, Deputy Prime Minister Rafae al-Essawi and EMIN Wall, Coordinator for Economic Trans [...]	2009-02-18 23:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EINV ETRD PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD45	DPM BARHAM SALIH - IRAQ LOOKING FOR A NEW APPROACH [...] (U) This cable is an action request, please see paragraph 10 2. (C) Summary: In a January 7 meeting with EMIN Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih stated that Iraq's Ministry of Oil has failed at the highest levels of management and that the situation of Iraq's oil sector is a "disaster". T [...]	2009-01-08 15:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD47	IRAQI REFINERIES PRESENT AND FUTURE (CORRECTED COPY) [...] (SBU) Summary: Iraq's refineries are plagued by poor maintenance and antiquated design. Modern refineries produce 80% to 90% of a barrel of oil into light or medium distillates, while Iraq's refineries produce between 50% and 55%. This creates large amounts of heavy fuel oil (HFO),which mus [...]	2009-01-08 15:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EPET ENRG IZ
09BAGHDAD502	NAJAF INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT EXPANDING RAPIDLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Najaf Airport is expanding rapidly to accommodate the demand from Shi'a pilgrims coming to religious shrines in the province. Religious pilgrims visiting the province have increased dramatically over last year, and most pilgrims stay for at least a week. Currently the bulk of [...]	2009-02-26 13:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD EINV IZ IR
09BAGHDAD530	IRAQI OIL MINISTRY NEGOTIATING UNITIZATION OF [...] (U) This is a request for guidance. See para 2. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Some modest movement recently has generated publicity regarding the possible signing of agreements between Iraq and Kuwait or Iraq and Iran to develop cross-border oil and gas fields. A committee formed by the Iraq Ministry o [...]	2009-03-01 16:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	EPET ENRG EINV ETTC PREL KU IR IZ
09BAGHDAD531	RRT ERBIL: OIL FOUND AT SEVERAL NEW SITES IN KURDISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The hydrocarbon potential of the Kurdistan Region was almost completely ignored until only the past few years, when the regional government launched an aggressive program to develop the area's hydrocarbon potential. Exploration, while still in the early phase, is already yieldi [...]	2009-03-02 03:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PGOV EINV IZ
09BAGHDAD597	WINNERS AND LOSERS IN THE BAGHDAD RUSTBELT [...] This is a Baghdad EPRT-2 reporting cable. 2. SUMMARY: While many of Iraq's state-owned enterprises are doomed to extinction (ref A),some are thriving. Among firms in which the GOI has only a partial stake -- so-called mixed enterprises -- market sector and leadership appear to be the de [...]	2009-03-08 11:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PGOV IQ
09BAGHDAD636	IRAQ WANTS A JUNE WTO WORKING PARTY BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministry of Trade is eager to hold its Third WTO Working Party (WP) in June. However, Trade Minister al-Sudani and WTO Unit officials acknowledge that if they do not make substantial progress in several areas by April, a June WP would not be justified. They appear to be [...]	2009-03-11 12:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PGOV EINV IZ
09BAGHDAD655	MUTHANNA: NEW PC LEADERS FOCUS ON DELIVERING [...] (C): The Senior Advisor for Southern Iraq and Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) officers held separate meetins with representatives from three of the leading winning political lists in Muthanna on March 9. The next governing coalition will be led locally by Prime Minister Maliki's Da'wa-b [...]	2009-03-12 15:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV IZ
09BAGHDAD758	BRINGING IT BACK HOME; AN IRAQI BUSINESS RETURNS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a recent meeting with an Iraqi owned electrical equipment manufacturer which re-opened in 2008, the owners expressed optimism for 2009 and made special mention of plans to expand their business with a self funded 4 Million USD manufacturing facility. While noting that gross [...]	2009-03-19 12:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EIND IZ
09BAGHDAD796	ERBIL RRT: KURDISTAN REGION TALKS ABOUT CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Perceptions of widespread government corruption are common in the Kurdistan Region (KR). The dominant role that the two major parties play in the political and economic life of the KR is believed to encourage corruption and act as an impediment to reform. Domestic and internatio [...]	2009-03-23 13:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV SOCI ECON IZ
09BAGHDAD816	PRT KIRKUK: FAILURE TO PRIVATIZE LAYLAN CEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Laylan Cement Factory, a State Owned Enterprise Joint Venture (SOE JV)recently lost its contract with the GOI Ministry of Industry and Materials (MoIM). GOI officials cited of lack performance and inability to meet contractual obligations for terminating the relationship wi [...]	2009-03-25 15:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EINV IZ
09BAGHDAD84	OIL MINISTER ON BID ROUNDS, KRG RELATIONS, [...] (C) Summary: In a January 4 meeting with EMIN, Oil Minister Shahristani stated that the MoO will add 250,000 barrels of oil production over 2009 through additional capacity and KRG oil exports. He said that the fields offered in the first bid round, opened on October 13, 2008, and the fields [...]	2009-01-13 13:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	EPET ENRG SENV EINV PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD844	NATIONAL INVESTMENT COMMISSION TAKES TWO STEPS [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 27, the Council of Ministers approved Deputy Minister of Industry Sami Al-Araji as the new chairman of the National Investment Commission (NIC). The Council of Representatives (COR) must still confirm the appointment. Al-Araji has strong connections, experience, and a [...]	2009-03-29 07:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD882	IRAQ LACKS CAPACITY FOR OIL TRUST FUND [...] (SBU) Summary: A common mechanism to manage revenue from natural resources is the establishment of a form of natural resources fund, such as an "oil trust fund." However, Iraq currently does not have the resources or capacity to establish such a stabilization fund. The Government of Iraq's (G [...]	2009-03-31 10:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PGOV EINV IZ
09BAGHDAD90	PROSPECTS FOR IRAQI NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION AND [...] (C) Summary: Iraq sits on top of the world's tenth largest natural gas reserves. The vast majority of the gas is associated gas suspended in oil reservoirs and separates as the oil is produced; while some of this associated gas is captured for use in power generation and domestic production, [...]	2009-01-13 15:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD953	SECOND MEETING OF ECONOMIC AND ENERGY JOINT COORDINATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Barham Salih and EMIN Ambassador Marc Wall co-chaired the second Economic and Energy Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) under the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA) on March 31. This follows the initial kick-off meeting held on February 12. Th [...]	2009-04-07 11:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EINV ENRG ETRD PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD955	Shell Moves Forward on Southern Flared Gas Project [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the media trumpeted news of the September 22, 2008, signing ceremony to end flaring of associated natural gas from southern oil fields, Shell and the South Gas Company only signed a heads of agreement commitment to form a joint venture to execute the 25-year project. S [...]	2009-04-07 13:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EAID EINV PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD970	IRAQ TO OFFER (ANOTHER) ROUND OF JOINT VENTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: Iraqi Minister of Industry and Minerals Fawzi Hariri recently announced a third round of Joint Venture (JV) opportunities in Iraq's state owned enterprises (SOE) (Reftel A). The current bid round will include 15 SOEs, representing the construction, engineering, chemical-petroleu [...]	2009-04-08 14:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV IZ
09BAGHDAD976	THREE KEY US-IRAQ AGREEMENTS STILL UNRATIFIED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI and the USG signed a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA),an OPIC Investor Incentive Agreement (IIA),and a Bilateral Assistance Agreement (BAA) in 2005, but all three remain unratified. These agreements would bolster US efforts to expand trade and investment a [...]	2009-04-09 06:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EINV PREL ETRD PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD987	OIL MINISTER COMPLACENT ABOUT UPSTREAM PRODUCTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an April 7 meeting with EMIN, Oil Minister Husayn al-Shahristani appeared unruffled by the February 27-March 1 Oil Policy Symposium and instead highlighted some of the recommendations likely to benefit the Oil Ministry. He detailed the Ministry's current efforts to expand [...]	2009-04-09 16:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PREL IR IZ
09BAKU147	AZERBAIJAN'S PRESIDENT ALIYEV SIGNS NEW ANTI-MONEY [...] (U) SUMMARY: On 24 February 2009, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed the latest draft of the new Anti-Money Laundering (AML)/Counter-Terrorism Financing (CTF) Law. Although USG is still awaiting comments from the Council of Europe,s MONEYVAL on the law, the Embassy applauded Azerbaija [...]	2009-02-25 10:10:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV PTER PREL AJ
09BAKU186	AIRBUS PUSHING AZERBAIJAN AND CENTRAL ASIANS TO [...] (U) This is an action/ guidance request: see paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Boeing Regional Sales Director told Econoff that due to recent aggressive action by Airbus and the Government of France (GOF),Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) may soon cancel an order for four 737-900s (part of an August [...]	2009-03-10 14:48:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON EINV AJ FR NL
09BAKU224	AZERBAIJAN'S ECONOMY: TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE? [...] (U) SUMMARY: In public February 23 remarks, President Ilham Aliyev lauded Azerbaijan's social development and economic situation with confidence and optimism, claiming that the goals of the 2004-2008 "State Program for Socio-Economic Development of the Regions of the Republic of Azerbaijan" [...]	2009-03-19 10:10:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECIN ECON EFIN EPET ETRD EINV AJ
09BAKU23	IFIS WEIGH IN ON EFFECT OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: In early December, EconOffs met separately with representatives of the EBRD, IMF, and World Bank in Azerbaijan who unanimously expressed confidence that the Azerbaijani economy and banking sector would be able to absorb the twin shocks of the global credit crisis and the sharp d [...]	2009-01-13 13:50:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EXIM EINV AJ
09BAKU25	IFIS COMMENT ON INVESTMENT CLIMATE IN AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) Summary: In early December, EconOffs met individually with representatives of the EBRD, IFC, IMF, and World Bank in Azerbaijan to discuss financial developments, business conditions and the investment climate. The financial experts noted the effects of the global financial crisis on the [...]	2009-01-14 10:26:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EXIM EINV AJ
09BAKU306	AZERBAIJAN: AMBASSADOR, MINISTER OF ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met April 1 with the somewhat reclusive new Minister of Economic Development Shahin Mustafayev to discuss ongoing commercial and economic cooperation, including WTO accession. Mustafayev presented a very favorable assessment of Azerbaijan,s economy and suggested t [...]	2009-04-15 14:07:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EIND EINV AJ
09BAKU34	AZERBAIJAN'S 2009 BUDGET: A SUSTAINABLE POLICY IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 11 the Azerbaijan government (GOAJ) published the 2009 state budget, which the Milli Mejlis (Parliament) passed 92 to 8 in November. Coming from several years of strong economic growth, with increasing reserves, at the start of the global financial crisis and having [...]	2009-01-16 08:48:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECIN ECON EFIN EPET ETRD EINV AJ
09BAKU40	AZERBAIJAN - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] This cable contains Post's Investment Climate Statement for 2009 and includes the following sections: Introduction A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment A.2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A.3. Expropriation and Compensation A.4. Dispute Settlement A.5. Performance Requirements and Incent [...]	2009-01-21 10:11:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB AJ
09BAKU635	AZERBAIJAN: PARLIAMENT WANTS A MOLE IN EVERY [...] SUMMARY: On August 10, 2009, the American Chamber of Commerce in Baku held an emergency meeting to discuss a law passed by Parliament on June 22, 2009, which requires that deputies of foreign companies in Azerbaijan shall be citizens of Azerbaijan chosen jointly by the foreign company and the [...]	2009-08-11 12:24:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EIND AJ

09BAKU696	AZERBAIJAN: CORPORATE "MOLE" LAW REJECTED BY [...] (SBU) Presidential Economic Adviser Vahid Akhundov informed the Charge d'Affaires September 1 that President Aliyev did not sign the proposed amendment to the Law on Entrepreneurship Activity that passed Parliament on June 22 and instead has returned the law to Parliament. The Amendment, had [...]	2009-09-02 11:24:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EIND AJ
09BAKU708	AZERBAIJAN: ECONOMIC/ COMMERCIAL ROUNDUP [...] SUMMARY: This cable is the first in a regular series that will summarize economic and commercial issues in Azerbaijan. In this issue: President Aliyev refuses to sign Parliament's "mole" law that would have put a GOAJ-chosen deputy into every foreign company; Azerbaijan Airlines (Azal) works w [...]	2009-09-04 11:44:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EIND AJ
09BAKU732	AZERBAIJAN: WORKING PARTIES ARE NEITHER WORKING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan's actions at the July 2009 Working Party meetings in Geneva, coupled with Parliament's passage of the Entrepreneurship Law (which ultimately was not signed by President Aliyev) are sending mixed signals about Azerbaijan's interested in WTO accession. It is unclear if [...]	2009-09-11 13:27:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRA EINV EIND AJ
09BAKU799	AZERBAIJAN: CHILD LABOR SHIFTING FROM COTTON TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the release of the Labor Department's report on International Child Labor, which documented the presence of child labor in Azerbaijan's cotton industry, Embassy Baku spoke with local NGOs in Baku, Berda, and Imishli, as well as Baku representatives of the ILO and UNIC [...]	2009-10-06 13:25:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRA EINV EIND PHUM AJ
09BAKU808	AZERBAIJAN: GOAJ REQUEST FOR MORE TIME; UPDATE ON [...] (C) Summary: On 12-16 October 2009, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) plans to review Azerbaijan,s status with regards to the International Country Risk Guide (ICRG). On 06 October, the Government of Azerbaijan (GOAJ) raised their concerns with the Embassy that this review would be base [...]	2009-10-08 13:37:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ ECON EFIN PREL PTER EINV
09BAKU864	AZERBAIJAN: ECONOMIC/ COMMERCIAL ROUNDUP [...] SUMMARY: This cable is the second in a regular series that will summarize economic and commercial issues in Azerbaijan. In this issue: The GOAJ is still pushing for the Trans-Eurasian Information Superhighway (para 2); the ILO says child labor is shifting from cotton to "the worst" sectors ( [...]	2009-11-02 11:47:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EIND EAIR KCOR TINT KIPR AJ TU AE
09BAKU933	AZERBAIJAN: WTO DEFIANCE CONTINUES; A LITTLE MORE [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered Ref A WTO demarche to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mahmoud Mammadguliyev on November 25, 2009, outlining U.S. Government questions and comments from the last Working Party meeting and copies of U.S. bilateral presentations on market access. USTR had previously d [...]	2009-12-02 08:06:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRA EINV EIND AJ
09BAMAKO340	MALI'S COTTON SECTOR STRUGGLES FOR SURVIVAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Tiena Coulibaly, Director of the parastatal Malian Textile Development Company (CMDT) and former Director of Mali's Cotton Privatization Agency provided the Embassy a sobering account of Mali's flailing cotton sector. Heavily saddled with debt and unable to fund Mali's upcoming [...]	2009-06-02 15:43:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON EAGR ECIN EIND ML
09BAMAKO67	BFIF: FY 2009 PROPOSALS FROM MALI [...] This message serves as Embassy Bamako's FY 2009 Business Facilitation Incentive Funds (BFIF) proposals. 2. Embassy proposes to obtain BFIF funding to undertake the programs enumerated below. The first project reflects guidance in reftel regarding commercial training for Post Commercial Of [...]	2009-02-02 11:55:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BTIO AMGT ETRD EINV ML
09BAMAKO68	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT MALI: FY 2009 [...] In response to reftel, this cable provides the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Mali. 2. Investment Climate Statement: A. Country Investment Policies and Practices. A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment: The Malian government has made efforts to encourage foreign investment. It [...]	2009-02-02 14:09:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON ETRD EIND EAID EFIN KTDB OPIC USTR ELAB
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN11	BRUNEI - BFIF FY09 PROPOSALS [...] Per reftel, post submits proposals for BFIF FY2009 funding for participation in DOC certified trade events as follows: Project 1: Oil Technology Conference (OTC) 2009 --------------------------------------------- -- Oil Technology Conference (OTC),billed the worldQs premier offshore indus [...]	2009-01-20 08:09:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD BEXP BTIO EINV ETRD ECON BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN120	BRUNEI'S ABAC CONFERENCE: TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES [...] (SBU) Brunei recently hosted APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) meeting. Ambassador Todd attended a number of sessions, in addition to meeting with the U.S. delegates. The meetings resulted in wide ranging recommendations for APEC trade ministers. This included a rare mid-year letter with [...]	2009-05-27 04:22:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN158	ENCOURAGING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN BRUNEI [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-07 08:20:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON EINV USTR BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN204	WIPING OUT MUSIC PIRACY IN BRUNEI [...] (SBU) Following in the footsteps of Microsoft, Recording Industry Malaysia (RIM) recently announced their permanent presence in Brunei. They addressed the lack of right holder's physical presence often cited by the Government of Brunei (GOB) as a deterrent in their efforts to put an end to ramp [...]	2009-08-28 02:06:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON EINV USTR BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN208	BRUNEI MUSICIANS ACKNOWLEDGE IMPORTANCE OF COPYRIGHT [...] (SBU) Local music composers and lyricists recently met with the International Confederation of Authors and Composers (CISAC) to discuss the establishment of a collective management organization (CMO). The CMO will manage and protect the copyright of players in the local music industry by colle [...]	2009-09-04 06:58:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON EINV USTR BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN209	BRUNEI MUSICIANS ACKNOWLEDGE IMPORTANCE OF COPYRIGHT [...] (SBU) Local music composers and lyricists recently met with the International Confederation of Authors and Composers (CISAC) to discuss the establishment of a collective management organization (CMO). The CMO will manage and protect the copyright of players in the local music industry by colle [...]	2009-09-04 07:07:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON EINV USTR BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN213	USTR FOLLOWS UP ON IPR CLIMATE IN BRUNEI [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-09 05:00:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON EINV USTR BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN272	U.S. INTEREST IN BRUNEI'S AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) Embassy Commercial Assistant met with Dr. Sergio F. Nates, President of the Fats and Proteins Research Foundation (FPRF),National Rendering Association (NRA) and Victor Suresh, Director of Nutrition & Feeds, Integrated Aquaculture International (IAI),for an update on U.S. interest in th [...]	2009-11-13 09:19:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV USTR BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN40	BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW - RECOMMEND STATU [...] (SBU) In response to Ref A request, Post recommends changing Brunei's current Special 301 status in 2009. After careful review of the Government of Brunei (GoB) delayed Special 301 submission, assessment of the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) recommendations, discussions per [...]	2009-03-10 00:55:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD EINV USTR WTRO BX
09BANGKOK1319	Thai Government Fights Rising Unemployment [...] (SBU) Summary: Not surprisingly, the global economic recession has caused the number of unemployed Thais to increase. The official unemployment rate in Thailand of about 2 percent is deceptively low because of very liberal definitions of what it means to be employed, and even then estimates a [...]	2009-06-02 10:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EFIN ECON EINV ETRD TH
09BANGKOK151	THAILAND: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) Per reftel request, below is Post's draft of the 2009 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for Thailand. We also e-mailed a Microsoft Word version to EB/IFD/OIA (J. Nathaniel Hatcher and Gregory Hicks),per reftel instructions. 2. (U) Begin text of the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for [...]	2009-01-21 10:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KIPR OPIC KTDB USTR TH
09BANGKOK1547	THAI INVESTMENT SPENDING STIMULUS PACKAGE: 12 BILLION NOW, [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 22, the Thai government cleared a hurdle when a key element of its overarching plan to stimulate the Thai economy in light of the global economic crisis was approved. The Thai Parliament passed an emergency decree allowing the Royal Thai Government (RTG) to borrow appr [...]	2009-06-30 00:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD TH
09BANGKOK163	NEW PM TACKLES THAILAND'S ECONOMIC CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Thailand's fourth quarter economic figures show an "economy in crisis," Prime Minister Abhisit Vejajjiva told numerous local and foreign audiences over the last several weeks during a non-stop schedule of speeches to woo the country with his cabinet's economic stimulus plans. "Ma [...]	2009-01-22 10:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KIPR PGOV TH
09BANGKOK175	POLITICALLY SAVVY, THAILAND'S ECONOMIC STIMULUS PLAN MAY [...] (SBU) Summary: To reenergize the Thai economy in the face of the global financial crisis, the Royal Thai Government (RTG) has rolled out a USD 4.4 billion economic stimulus plan that aims to increase the purchasing power of Thailand's poor and middle class. The plan is composed of both target [...]	2009-01-23 09:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD TH
09BANGKOK2150	Thai Economy Improves in Second Quarter (For Most) [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Second quarter economic data released August 24 by the Thai Government showed an improved economic situation in Thailand. Gross domestic (GDP) was down 4.9 percent when compared to the same period in 2008, but improved 2.3 percent over the first quarter of this year [...]	2009-08-26 11:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ELAB TH
09BANGKOK2462	Thailand: OPIC-supported Investment Fund [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request for comments regarding the OPIC-supported Global Renewable Energy Investment Fund Program and the USRG Emerging Market Fund in particular, Post reviewed the Thai government's energy development strategy and confirms that the program and fund in question are [...]	2009-09-28 09:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ELAB TH
09BANGKOK2597	ENVIRONMENTALISTS VERSUS INDUSTRIALISTS: THE MAP TA PHUT [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 29, a Thai administrative court issued an injunction to halt 76 new industrial projects -- valued at $10 billion -- at the Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate in Thailand's much vaunted Eastern Seaboard Industrial Development Zone over allegations that the government faile [...]	2009-10-09 10:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ELAB ETRD SENV PREL TH
09BANGKOK2656	THAI STOCK MARKET MOVES ON RUMORS OF KING'S HEALTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As widely reported in the local and international press, rumors of the King Bhumibol's ill health drove the Thai stock market into a frenzy for two straight days this week. Combined losses over the two days amounted nearly $13 billion, but the market was able to recover some of t [...]	2009-10-16 10:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL TH
09BANGKOK2678	PRIME MINISTER MEETS WITH ASIA-PACIFIC AMERICAN CHAMBERS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 16 meeting with the Ambassador and representatives of the Asia-Pacific Council of American Chambers of Commerce (APCAC),Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva expressed optimism that Thailand was on the path to economic recovery now that unemployment figures have stabili [...]	2009-10-20 09:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD PREL TH
09BANGKOK2742	AMBASSADOR WEIGHS IN ON DOW CHEMICAL PROJECT SUSPENSION [...] (U) Summary: As reported ref B, the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) has been ordered by Thailand's Central Administrative Court to halt construction in the Map Ta Phut industrial zone, where U.S. firms Dow Chemical and Chevron have multi-billion dollar projects underway. IEAT h [...]	2009-10-28 07:13:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ELAB ETRD SENV PREL TH
09BANGKOK2848	PREPARING FOR SECRETARY LOCKE'S MEETING WITH THAILAND'S [...] (SBU) I encourage you to make time to meet with Thailand's Deputy Minister of Commerce, Alongkorn Ponlaboot, on the margins of APEC. Since Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva took office in December 2008, I have regularly engaged the Prime Minister and his administration, including Deputy Ministe [...]	2009-11-06 09:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ELAB ETRD SENV PREL TH
09BANGKOK3007	Thai Economy Continues to Improve [...] Summary: Third quarter economic data shows continuing improvement in the Thai economy. Gross domestic product (GDP) rose 1.3 percent from the second quarter. Nevertheless, GDP was still down 2.8 percent compared to the third quarter of 2008. Improvements were attributed to the government's [...]	2009-11-25 09:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV ELAB TH
09BANGKOK3068	Court Decides Shut-Down of Map Ta Phut Industrial Projects [...] (SBU) Summary: The Supreme Administrative Court of Thailand ruled on December 2 to maintain a suspension order for 65 new or expansion projects in Thailand's largest and premier Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate. Only 11 of the 76 projects suspended in the September 29 decision by a lower court ar [...]	2009-12-04 08:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ELAB SENV TH
09BANGKOK3283	2009: A TOUGH YEAR FOR THE THAI ECONOMY AND RECOVERY MAY [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-31 04:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV KIPR PREL TH
09BANGKOK379	NEW THAI GOVERNMENT MAKES RIGHT MOVES ON IPR PROTECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Abhisit Vejajjiva has instructed his Cabinet to do whatever it takes to improve Thailand's intellectual property rights (IPR) record and to do so immediately. The last few weeks have been filled with high level government meetings, involving the Prime Minister hims [...]	2009-02-13 07:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD KIPR PGOV TH
09BANGKOK384	Additional Thai Government Measures to Stimulate the [...] (SBU) Summary: The Thai government has approved additional measures to stimulate economic growth in the face of the mounting global economic crisis. They focus on off-shore borrowing to finance job-creating projects and guarantee business lending (USD 2 billion),and a stand-by credit facilit [...]	2009-02-13 09:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD TH
09BANGKOK457	THAILAND'S GDP FALLS 4.3 PERCENT IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, THE [...] (U) Thailand's National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) issued a press release February 23 providing Thailand's official GDP statistics for the fourth quarter of 2008: negative 4.3 percent compared with the fourth quarter of 2007. This dismal performance dragged the overall grow [...]	2009-02-23 09:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD TH
09BANGKOK701	Thai Government and Courts Side with Environmentalists Over [...] (SBU) Summary: In a surprise verdict with potentially wide-ranging implications, an Administrative Court in the industrialized province of Rayong ruled March 3 that the Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate and its environs should be declared a pollution control area, requiring enforcement of yet-to-b [...]	2009-03-19 09:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ELAB SENV TH
09BANGKOK72	EMBASSY ADVOCACY HELPS SETTLE FORD'S PROLONGED LABOR [...] (SBU) Ford Motor Company and Mazda's Thailand joint venture, the Auto Alliance Thailand (AAT),was shut down by a labor stoppage as a result of employee contract negotiations breaking down in late November, 2008. In addition to the work stoppage at the plant in Rayong province, protesting empl [...]	2009-01-12 09:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV TH
09BANGKOK879	Thailand Economic Data Shows Thai Recession Has Not Yet Hit [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: February 2009 economic data released by the Bank of Thailand (BOT) confirmed Thailand's weakened economic situation due to the impact of the global economic crisis. Key economic indicators remain well below last year's levels, including the Manufacturing Production I [...]	2009-04-07 08:03:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD TH
09BANGKOK940	ASIAN PUBLIC DEBT MANAGERS LAUNCH REGIONAL NETWORK [...] (SBU) Summary: The second Asian Public Debt Management (APDM) Forum, held in Bangkok April 2-3, brought together government debt management officials from thirteen Asian countries to discuss the challenges of raising and managing fiscal resources in these volatile markets. The Forum participan [...]	2009-04-10 03:17:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV APECO TH
09BANJUL18	THE GAMBIA: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel, Embassy Banjul presents its Investment Climate Statement for 2009. ------------------------------ Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. The Gambian government publicly espouses a liberal, open economic environment and free-market pricing, with a [...]	2009-01-22 17:59:00	Embassy Banjul	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR
09BASRAH14	BASRAH INVESTMENT COMMISSION CHALLENGES U.S. TO INVEST IN [...] (SBU) Summary. Basra Investment Commission (BIC) representatives Haider Ali Fadhel and Ihsan Abdul-Jabar Isamaael touted Basra Province's investment prospects and progress during a March 8 visit to the Basra Regional Embassy Office (REO). Haider plugged Basra Province's strategic location, inf [...]	2009-03-20 15:28:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EWWT EPET ETRD IZ IR SY KU JO TU UK
09BASRAH15	BASRA: PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE [...] (SBU) In March 17-19 meetings with the Senior Advisor for Southern Iraq and the Regional Embassy Office, Basra political leaders all but conceded that the next provincial government will be headed by the Da'wa-led State of Law coalition, despite attempts by opposition parties to capitalize on [...]	2009-03-25 13:23:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV IZ
09BASRAH16	BASRAH AIRPORT AIMS TO BECOME TRANSPORT, COMMERCIAL HUB [...] (SBU) Basrah International Airport (BIA) aims to play a future role in facilitating economic growth in southern Iraq, and become what Coalition and Basrah leaders hope will be a force-multiplier for hydrocarbon, services, ports, and other commercial activity. Historically under-utilized and rel [...]	2009-04-03 13:09:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EAIR ICAO ETRD IZ IR SA SY JO TU AE
09BASRAH17	BASRA: ONE YEAR AFTER CHARGE OF THE KNIGHTS [...] (C) Summary. One year after the Iraqi Army (IA) routed militia groups (with US and UK military help) during Operation Charge of the Knights (CoK),Basra Province has stabilized. Continued gains in security, a boost to investment, and improvements in governance appear tantalizingly possible. V [...]	2009-04-10 14:39:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV MARR IZ
09BASRAH18	BASRAH: UNITED KINGDOM HOSTS INVESTMENT CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-14 10:58:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD PGOV MASS EAIR EWWT UK IZ
09BASRAH21	BASRAH: NEW TWIST IN IRAN-BASED HOUSING PROJECT [...] (C) Basrah Investment Commission (BIC) advisor Ihsan Abdul-Jabar told REO that, contrary to widely held assumptions, the BIC has not submitted to Baghdad for approval a proposal for a USD 1 billion Iran-based Karman Company housing and development project in Basrah. In strictest confidence, I [...]	2009-04-26 14:08:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV IZ IR
09BASRAH22	NEW BASRA GOVERNOR SOUNDS CAUTIONARY NOTE [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 28, new Basra Governor Dr. Shiltag Abud took the reins of power from outgoing Fadhila Governor Mohammed Wa'eli. In a ceremony that brought together members of the incoming and outgoing Provincial Councils, Shiltag sounded a cautionary note, observing that the provinc [...]	2009-04-30 18:04:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ECON EINV IZ
09BASRAH31	CONOCO PHILLIPS SIZING UP OIL OPPORTUNITIES IN BASRAH [...] (SBU) Summary. Senior ConocoPhillips (CP) representatives briefed Basrah PRTOffs on their latest activities in Basrah during a May 31 visit, and indicated that they would likely bid on a number of fields in the first oil licensing round. They gave the Government of Iraq's (GOI) Ministry of Oi [...]	2009-06-08 10:12:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV ECON EAID PGOV IZ
09BASRAH36	BASRAH: SHELL STILL OPTIMISTIC ABOUT FLARED GAS PROJECT [...] (SBU) Summary. During a June 8 meeting with PRT EconOff, visiting Shell Gas and Power Vice President Mounir Bouaziz (Amcit, please protect) expressed optimism that Shell's multi-billion dollar South Gas Utilization Project would be approved within the next three months, although "there is stil [...]	2009-06-20 14:02:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV IZ
09BASRAH38	BASRA: LOCAL DISSATISFACTION GROWS IN FINAL RUN-UP TO FIRST [...] (C) Summary. In the run-up to the long-awaited and possibly historic late June-early July first round oil auctions, a growing opposition to the plan has emerged in Basra Province, where three giant oil fields are included in the first round, and state-owned South Oil Company (SOC) holds sway. [...]	2009-06-29 17:04:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV IZ
09BASRAH41	BASRA: TWO AMERICAN FIRMS TO HELP BUILD MASSIVE "SPORTS [...] (U) Summary: According to local officials and media reports, the Government of Iraq (GOI) has selected two U.S. firms to design and provide engineering services for a massive new sports complex in Basra. The site is planned to be completed in preparation for the Basra-hosted 2013 Gulf Cup, an [...]	2009-07-06 13:03:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV SOCI ELAB KPAO SCUL IZ
09BASRAH50	BASRA INVESTMENT COMMISSION CHAIRMAN ON INVESTMENT [...] (C) Summary. Basra Investment Commission (BIC) Chairman Haider Ali told PRT EconOffs that many more investment licenses have been granted recently, and others are expected to follow soon. He said that at least for now, most new investors are Iraqi, and this trend could continue until the poli [...]	2009-09-15 08:02:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV IZ IR
09BASRAH54	BASRA: A GLUM SHELL WONDERS ABOUT NEXT STEPS ON (DELAYED?) [...] (SBU) Summary. During a recent visit to Basra, Royal Dutch Shell representatives told PRT EconOff that local stakeholders expressed continued strong support for its flared-gas project. However, they also expressed frustration about Shell's apparent inability to finalize the deal with the GOI a [...]	2009-09-27 12:25:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV IZ
09BASRAH55	PRT BASRA'S EID AL-FITR CELEBRATION A SYMBOLIC MILESTONE [...] This is a Basra PRT reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Basra PRT hosted an Eid al-Fitr (end of Ramadan) event on September 23 for an estimated 130 guests from a broad swath of Basrawi society. The event took place at a new downtown Basra luxury hotel, significant itself, as it further demo [...]	2009-10-06 07:25:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO SOCI ASEC EINV IZ
09BASRAH56	BASRA: BP CONFIDENT ABOUT RUMAILA OIL DEAL, PARTNERSHIP WITH [...] (U) This is a Basra PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary. In an October 1 meeting with PRT Econoffs, BP Iraq Chief Operating Officer David Campbell (strictly protect) expressed confidence that BP and its China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) partner would soon finalize a contract with [...]	2009-10-16 12:36:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET EINV IZ CH
09BASRAH59	(C) BASRA: SOUTH OIL COMPANY DIRECTOR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: South Oil Company (SOC) Director General Dheyaa Jaafar told Basra Provincial Reconstruction Team and visiting Embassy Baghdad officers that a "completely different point of view" existed at SOC compared to just a few months ago, and international oil companies (IOCs) are now welcom [...]	2009-11-05 12:58:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG EPET ELAB PGOV IZ IR
09BASRAH64	BASRAH BLACK GOLD RUSH BEGINS: OIL COMPANIES FACE "DOING [...] (U) This is a Basrah PRT reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) With the conclusion of Iraq's second oil bid round, successful bidders and oil-service firms are now increasing their presence in Basrah. Four super giant fields recently awarded at auction lie in Basrah Province - Rumai [...]	2009-12-29 08:17:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON EINV PGOV SENV EAID IZ EWWT KCOR BTIO
09BASRAH65	BASRAH BLACK GOLD RUSH BEGINS: OIL COMPANIES FACE "DOING [...] (U) This is a Basrah PRT reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) With the conclusion of Iraq's second oil bid round, successful bidders and oil-service firms are now increasing their presence in Basrah. Four super giant fields recently awarded at auction lie in Basrah Province - Rumai [...]	2009-12-29 09:08:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON EINV PGOV SENV EAID IZ EWWT KCOR BTIO
09BEIJING1050	Kenyan Ambassador on Growing China [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-21 02:18:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD PREL SENV CH KE
09BEIJING1169	PRC SCHOLARS SHARE VIEWS ON AFRICOM, SOMALIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: China "shares African concerns" about U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM)'s perceived "militarization" of U.S. policy in Africa, according to two Chinese scholars on Africa. Our contacts expressed skepticism about the effectiveness of prosecuting Somali pirates and urged the United St [...]	2009-04-30 09:26:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CG CH MARR MOPS PGOV PREL SO EINV
09BEIJING1177	CHINA - STATE COUNCIL OPINION URGES [...] (SBU) Summary: China's State Council issued a seven-point "Opinion" April 10 on "Strengthening Management of Government Procurement" that is a binding administrative prescription with quasi-legal force (unofficial translation at Paragraph 7). Local media portray the new guidelines as targetin [...]	2009-05-03 22:47:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV WTRO PGOV CH
09BEIJING1311	China's Africa Aid Aims to Achieve [...] (SBU) Summary. China has a distinct approach to Africa development assistance and is open to exchanging views with the United States. Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) officials provided an overview to Emboffs of their African aid priorities, but skimped on budget and project details. They ack [...]	2009-05-15 08:43:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EAID EINV CH
09BEIJING1333	LESSONS FOR S&ED - SWAGGER OVER SUBSTANCE AT 2ND [...] (C) China used the second High-level Economic Dialogue (HED) with the EU in Brussels May 7-8 to secure a vague commitment to &resist protectionism8 and take a dig at the United States and missed the chance to make substantive concessions on the numerous trade and investment barriers the EU rai [...]	2009-05-18 09:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV EAID ETRD WTRO PREL CH EU
09BEIJING1476	CHINESE BID TO BUY HUMMER AWAITS GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A Chinese industrial machinery company has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with General Motors (GM) to purchase its civilian Hummer brand. A GM China official (protect) confirmed that Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery does not have experience in the autom [...]	2009-06-03 23:24:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV SENV CH
09BEIJING149	REPORTED AZADEGAN DEAL NOT OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED [...] (U) Citing Iranian media, official Chinese media outlets are reporting that China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) signed a USD 1.76 billion agreement allowing CNPC to develop the North Azadegan oil field. According to the reports, development [...]	2009-01-16 10:54:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EINV PREL PARM PTER MNUC POL
09BEIJING152	CHINA CUTS GASOLINE AND DIESEL PRICES, AGAIN [...] (U) Official media reported on January 14 that China cut its benchmark retail gasoline and diesel prices by 2 percent and 3.2 percent respectively. This is the first cut since China's new pricing mechanism took effect at the beginning of 2009 (see Ref). This move follows the Government's Dece [...]	2009-01-16 11:48:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ECON EPET EFIN CH
09BEIJING1521	CHINA TO INTRODUCE GREEN ENERGY SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: China's National Energy Administration (NEA) has announced it will soon submit a support plan for the alternate energy sector. Although specific details have not yet been released, the plan will focus on more-efficient and alternative energies--particularly wind and solar-- a [...]	2009-06-07 22:53:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV SENV CH
09BEIJING1522	Brazilian President Lula's Trip [...] (SBU) Summary. During President Lula's trip to China, Brazil and China reaffirmed their commitment to strengthen their relationship and finalized China Development Bank's (CDB) $10 billion loan to Petrobras. Details of the deal indicate that China will not acquire stakes in any Brazilian oil [...]	2009-06-08 01:37:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV EIND PREL EFIN EPET
09BEIJING1536	FRANCE-CHINA TENSION OVER DALAI LAMA, AFRICA ASSISTANCE, [...] (SBU) Economic Counselor Josselin Kalifa and Financial Counselor Pierre Mongrue from the French Embassy in Beijing told Econoffs June 5 that Sino-French relations are on the mend following several months during which China gave France the cold shoulder as punishment for President Sarkozy's Dece [...]	2009-06-08 09:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN EAID EINV ETRD PHUM AU CH
09BEIJING1556	China/Economic Rebalancing: New Growth [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. China's export-dependent growth model has served it well, but that model has now reached its limits, according to locally-based foreign economists. Domestic consumption could fuel future growth but it will take many years -- even decades -- to achieve the fundamental economic [...]	2009-06-10 07:08:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EDEV CH
09BEIJING1582	UK-CHINA ECON DIALOGUE: NO LONGER A â€œBLOODY [...] (C) While the 2008 first round of the UK-China Economic and Financial Dialogue (EFD) was a "bloody disaster," the second meeting, held in London May 11, 2009, produced "decent results," according to UK Embassy Econoff Tamsin Rees, who coordinated the UK Embassy's contributions to the event. Rees sa [...]	2009-06-12 02:23:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN EAID EINV ETRD PHUM AU-1 CH
09BEIJING1592	Peru-China Free Trade Agreement [...] (SBU) Summary. During the late April visit to China by Peruvian Vice President Giampietri, China and Peru signed a comprehensive free trade agreement which covers goods, services and investment and is expected to go into effect by the end of this year. Giampietri also promoted Chinese investme [...]	2009-06-15 01:19:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV EIND PREL EFIN CH PE
09BEIJING1602	China/Economic Plans: Continued Reform Endorsed [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Beijing's 2009 economic planning document, in contrast to last year's version and some of the trends evident in China's recent economic support and stimulus plans, endorses liberalization and economic transformation. Financial reform continues. China's largest state-owned enter [...]	2009-06-15 23:22:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EIND EFIN EAGR ENRG EDEV SENV CH
09BEIJING1680	PRC: AFGHAN FM SPANTA VISIT AFFIRMS POSITIVE [...] (C) Afghan FM Spanta's June 9-11 visit to China provided both sides an opportunity to affirm positive bilateral relations but produced no new bilateral economic or security initiatives, according to MFA and Afghan Embassy contacts. While China reiterated its commitment to assist in Afghanistan [...]	2009-06-19 08:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER NATO MOPS MARR EAID EINV CH AF
09BEIJING1703	Congressmen Kirk and Larsen's Roundtables with Chinese, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Congressmen Mark Kirk and Rick Larsen participated in a Chinese Business Roundtable on May 30 and a joint American Chamber of Commerce (Amcham) and U.S.-China Business Council (USCBC) Roundtable on June 1, during their visit to Beijing as co-chairs of the U.S.-China Working Grou [...]	2009-06-23 08:40:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ECON EINV ETRD KIPR CH
09BEIJING174	CHINA: VISA DELAYS SET BACK WESTINGHOUSE PROJECT, THREATEN [...] (SBU) Summary: Westinghouse's execution of a multi-billion dollar contract to build nuclear power units in China -- a source of thousands of U.S. jobs -- continues to be hindered by visa processing delays, specifically the 9 weeks currently required for Visas Mantis Security Advisory Opinion ( [...]	2009-01-21 09:02:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CMGT CVIS OEXC ECON ENRG EINV TRGY KNNP KSCA CH
09BEIJING1747	JAPANESE EMBOFFS ON ECONOMIC DIALOGUE, INVESTMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Emboffs, described the June 7 China-Japan High-level Economic Dialogue (HLED) as making little progress on substantive matters but enjoying good atmospherics. The most recent meeting of Japanese, Korean, and Chinese negotiators to discuss a trilateral investment treaty w [...]	2009-06-25 06:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN EAID EINV ETRD CH JA KS PK
09BEIJING1910	China/UNSCR 1874: Delivery of State 66250 [...] (SBU) Ref A nonpaper and talking points were delivered to the Chinese Government via a telephone call between U.S. Treasury Undersecretary Stuart Levey and People's Bank of China (PBoC) Vice Governor Su Ning (ref B),Ambassador Phillip Goldberg's meeting in Beijing with Chinese government off [...]	2009-07-08 23:06:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN CH
09BEIJING2021	MFA OFFICIALS EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT U.S. POLICY ON [...] (C) In June 16 meetings with visiting Hong Kong Consul General Joseph Donovan, MFA officials urged the U.S. to act cautiously toward the universal suffrage question in Hong Kong, but welcomed private advice from Washington on the issue. One official commented that the large June 4 vigil in Ho [...]	2009-07-16 09:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EINV CH HK
09BEIJING2144	(C) AUSTRALIAN AMBASSADOR CONFIRMS GOA SURPRISE [...] (C) Summary. China's recent detention of Australian citizen Stern Hu and three other Rio Tinto executives surprised the Australian government, according to Dr. Geoff Raby, Australia's Ambassador here. Raby told the Charge July 24 that his government had seen no evidence of bribery, espiona [...]	2009-07-27 09:54:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON EINV CH AS
09BEIJING2196	CHINA 2009 INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified -- it contains business proprietary information and is not for distribution to the public. 2. (SBU) In response to ref A, this cable provides updated information on investment and expropriation claims in China and includes input from the Econo [...]	2009-08-03 08:33:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV
09BEIJING2248	CULTURAL INDUSTRIES REJUVENATE! (NOT ABOUT MARKET ACCESS) [...] (SBU) Summary: ChinaQs State Council July 22 announced it would lower the investment threshold in the entertainment and cultural industry and allow more private and foreign interests to invest in state-owned media groups. The moves were announced along with approval of a Culture Industry Reju [...]	2009-08-06 09:18:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV KIPR CH
09BEIJING2398	SEOUL SEARCHING DURING THE ECONOMIC CRISIS:THE [...] (C) Summary. Falling China-ROK trade levels and an investment dispute between a Chinese firm and its Korean employees have put some strain on China-ROK economic relations. Regarding negotiations among China, Japan, and Korea of a trilateral investment treaty, the Koreans (who signed a bilatera [...]	2009-08-20 03:49:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL EINV ETRD JA KS CH
09BEIJING2418	CHINA/AUSTRALIA: BUSINESS GOES ON DESPITE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite the recent political tensions between Australia and China over Rebiya Kadeer's visit to Australia and the arrest by Chinese security officials of Rio Tinto executive and Australian citizen Stern Hu, Australia remains committed to developing its economic ties with China, a [...]	2009-08-24 00:54:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV ECON AS CH
09BEIJING2447	AFRICAN EMBASSIES PREVIEW CHINA-AFRICA FORUM "" [...] (C) Summary. Egyptian and South African diplomats in Beijing believe the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) offers a good platform for cooperation with China, but would be more useful if African countries did a better job of coordinating among themselves. Chinese investments have been [...]	2009-08-26 07:40:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CH EAID ECON PREL XA EINV
09BEIJING2480	PRC INVESTMENT IN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN: AFGHAN [...] (C) Summary: Chinese companies are contributing to Afghanistan's corruption problem by bribing Afghan officials and cutting under-the-table deals, according to Beijing-based Afghan diplomats. Our Afghan contacts said Afghanistan needed China's investment but expressed disappointment with lim [...]	2009-08-31 10:26:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EINV EMIN PREL PGOV AF CH PK
09BEIJING2527	PRC ANTIMONOPOLY LAW'S FIRST YEAR LEAVES KEY [...] (C) Summary: The competition regime established by China's year-old anti-monopoly law (AML) is still plagued by incomplete implementing rules, a lack of decision-making transparency, a perceived reluctance to take on powerful state-owned enterprises (SOEs),and potential jurisdictional confusi [...]	2009-09-03 01:21:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON CH EINV EIND ECIN ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL
09BEIJING2536	SERBIA AND CHINA FIND ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Affirmation of mutual support on respective Serbian and PRC sovereignty issues highlighted the political agenda of Serbian President Boris Tadic's August 19-25 visit to China, according to Serbian diplomats and Chinese government and academic contacts. Despite MFA insistence tha [...]	2009-09-03 23:39:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EINV YI KV CH ICJ
09BEIJING2551	SINO-TURKISH ECONOMIC RELATIONS STARTING TO THAW [...] (C) Summary: Sino-Turkish economic relations are on the mend following Turkish State Minister Caglayan's visit to Beijing in late August to repair bilateral relations, but Turkish diplomats in Beijing predicted it might take another year for these relations to fully recover. Trade dropped and [...]	2009-09-04 09:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL EINV CH TU
09BEIJING2574	CROSS-STRAIT TRADE TALKS: THE VIEW FROM BEIJING [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-08 11:29:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL EINV KIPR CM TW
09BEIJING2609	REACTION TO THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS; CODEL MORAN VISITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Representative James Moran (D-VA) and Joint Economic Committee Chair Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) visited Beijing September 1 to 3 to meet with key financial, sovereign wealth, and Chinese government leaders. Responding to entreaties to open an office in New York, China's sovereign we [...]	2009-09-11 08:11:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN EINV ETRD OREP
09BEIJING2635	CHINA/KUWAIT: GUANGDONG REFINERY AND PETROCHEMICAL [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The USD 10 billion deal between Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) and Chinese state-owned refining giant Sinopec to build a petrochemical plant and oil refinery in Guangdong Province could be derailed by a dispute over distribution rights, according to a KPC executive [...]	2009-09-15 05:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG EPET PREL SENV PGOV CH KU
09BEIJING2658	RIO-TINTO UPDATES AMBASSADOR ON STERN HU ARREST [...] (C) Summary: Rio Tinto Iron Ore (Rio) has quietly reopened negotiations with Chinalco as part of an effort to win the release of its employee and Australian national Stern Hu. In response to Hu's arrest and to avoid further accusations of stealing secrets, Rio is considering transferring all o [...]	2009-09-16 09:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV PREL EMIN CH AS
09BEIJING2770	CHINA/PAKISTAN: PAKISTANI OFFICIALS PRAISE PRC [...] (C) SUMMARY: China's model of economic assistance benefits Pakistan and generates goodwill for China, according to a Beijing-based Pakistani diplomat. He praised China's focus on "bricks and mortar" development and use of concessionary loans and criticized USAID and other donors' for wasting [...]	2009-09-25 09:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EINV ENRG ETRD PREL PGOV CH PK
09BEIJING2826	ACTION REQUEST: USG COMMENTS ON PRC DRAFT BID AND [...] (SBU) China's State Council Legislative Affairs Office published draft implementing regulations for the Bidding and Tendering Law on September 30, 2009. The draft regulations are available at the following website: www.chinalaw.gov. Comments are due October 26, 2009. Post is preparing a sum [...]	2009-10-08 09:42:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV EINV WTRO CH
09BEIJING288	PROMOTING CHINESE INVESTMENT IN AFRICA [...] (SBU) In recent meetings with three key semi-official and private Chinese organizations that promote Chinese investment in Africa, all three stressed that they are paying more attention to political and economic risk, environmental protection, and China's reputation in Africa and around the wo [...]	2009-02-06 01:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EAID ECON ETRD UNDP CH
09BEIJING2918	PRC/AFGHANISTAN: MCC ON THE AYNAK COPPER MINE [...] (C) Summary: The political vacuum created by Afghan elections and "inefficient" work of the de-mining company has caused delays at the Aynak copper mine project, according to two executives at the China Metallurgical Group Corporation (MCC, the mine contract holder). The MCC officials requested U.S [...]	2009-10-21 08:54:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EINV EMIN ENRG PREL AF CH
09BEIJING2995	PRC/LATIN AMERICA: CHINESE ECONOMIC INTERESTS [...] (C) Summary: Politics, economics, Taiwan and common interests in social development drive China's interest in Latin America, according to a PRC scholar. Notwithstanding China's deepening relationship with Latin America, China will not develop its Latin America connections at the expense of i [...]	2009-10-29 09:36:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ECON ETRD ENRG EINV AR XM CH

09BEIJING3005	PRC/INDIA: CORDIAL HIGH-LEVEL TALKS VEIL [...] (C) Summary: Contrary to recent media reports, the October 24 meeting between Indian PM Manmohan Singh and PRC Premier Wen Jiabao on the sidelines of the East Asian Summit were cordial and addressed the ongoing bilateral border dispute without acrimony, according to an Indian diplomat who att [...]	2009-10-30 11:15:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV ETRD PREL CH IN
09BEIJING3102	Under Secretary Hormats Meets with NDRC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a November 9 lunch meeting in Beijing, Under Secretary Robert Hormats and NDRC Executive Vice Chairman Zhu Zhixin agreed that the State Department-National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Dialogue should focus on long-term global strategic issues. The two discussed [...]	2009-11-13 03:51:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV PREL CH
09BEIJING3115	CHINA'S ANTI-MONOPOLY LAW: A TOOTHLESS TIGER WHEN IT COMES [...] (SBU) Summary: China's antitrust authorities and courts have been reluctant to use the country's Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) to curb anti-competitive behavior of state-owned enterprises (SOEs),according to a number of Chinese scholars, antitrust lawyers, and newspapers. Speaking at a Georgetown [...]	2009-11-13 09:58:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EINV ETRD KIPR CH
09BEIJING3221	PRC/IRAN: ISA Demarche: Chinese Firms [...] (C) In meetings November 30-December 2, Acting Economic Minister Counselor and Econoff delivered ref A points to officials from China National Petroleum Company (CNPC),Sinopec and China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC). Officials from all three state-owned oil and gas firms were careful [...]	2009-12-02 09:29:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET EINV ENRG ETTC PREL IR CH
09BEIJING3223	Read-out from Beijing on the [...] (SBU) Qiu Bohua, China's Ambassador for the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) held November 6- 9 in Egypt, told Emboffs November 23 that China pledged USD 10 billion in new concessional loans to Africa, to be distributed via bilateral channels. For Africa's least developed countries (L [...]	2009-12-02 10:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV EAID PREL
09BEIJING3240	PRC: PRIVATE EQUITY'S NASCENT DOMESTIC INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China's national-level regulation over both domestic and foreign private-equity (PE) firms is in flux as Beijing's various regulatory bodies engage in a turf war over who will lead reform efforts and ultimately control industry regulations, several well-connected Embassy contact [...]	2009-12-04 05:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EFIN CH
09BEIJING3254	PRC: PRIVATE EQUITY NEEDS FOREIGN INPUT BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a host of industry experts, foreign PE firms looking to invest in China have two major concerns: 1) how to convert foreign currency into renminbi (RMB) in order to invest in Chinese firms; 2) how to exit from their investments to realize profits either in RMB or in fo [...]	2009-12-07 01:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CH EFIN EINV
09BEIJING3272	ASSISTANT FINMIN ZHU GUANGYAO SUGGESTS FORMAT FOR [...] (C) Summary: At a December 4 meeting with DCM, Assistant Minister of Finance Zhu Guangyao said there is broad consensus in the PRC that the United States and China must move beyond purely bilateral concerns to focus on regional and global issues. He proposed the S&ED II economic track discuss [...]	2009-12-08 09:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD EINV PREL CN
09BEIJING3277	PRC: PRIVATE EQUITY WON'T HELP SOE PRIVATIZATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Contacts in major U.S. private equity (PE) firms in China agreed that using PE funds to privatize SOEs was a losing bet, and that new "private" equity funding coming out of SOEs would be a danger to the industry, in separate meetings with Econoffs over the past two months. At lea [...]	2009-12-09 00:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV EIND CH
09BEIJING3295	CHINESE FIRM RE-THINKS AFGHAN MINING CONTRACT [...] (C) Summary: China Metallurgical Group Corporation (MCC) President Shen Heting told a visiting U.S. delegation on November 12 that inefficiency and corruption in the Afghan government, security problems, and a lack of skilled Afghan workers had delayed work on the MCCÂ´s Aynak copper mine project [...]	2009-12-10 10:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EINV EMIN ENRG MASS PREL PGOV PTER
09BEIJING3326	PRC: Central Asia-China Pipeline Opens, [...] (C) PRC President Hu Jintao's December 12-14 working level visits to Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to inaugurate the Central Asia-China pipeline demonstrated China's growing energy cooperation with Central Asia and increasing demand for imported natural gas, according to two researchers at CNPC' [...]	2009-12-14 22:51:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EINV PREL KZ TX CH
09BEIJING3331	AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN: CONSULTATIONS REVEAL [...] (C) An eight-member U.S. delegation held bilateral consultations in Beijing November 12 on potential areas for future collaboration with China in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Throughout the consultations, the U.S. delegation stressed the many areas of aligned strategic interests of the United Sta [...]	2009-12-15 03:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID SNAR EINV PARM PTER ECON MASS
09BEIJING3332	U.S.-CHINA WORKING GROUP ON SOUTH ASIAN AFFAIRS [...] (C) In U.S.-China consultations on South Asia in Beijing November 11, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Ministry of Public Security (MPS),and Ministry of Finance and Commerce (MOFCOM) expressed a preliminary willingness to cooperate with the United States on reconstruction and develo [...]	2009-12-15 03:51:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID SNAR EINV PARM PTER ECON MASS
09BEIJING3347	AF/PAK: CHINESE SCHOLARS SHARE VIEWS WITH U.S. [...] (C) Summary: PRC scholars from three government-affiliated think tanks told Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Dan Feldman November 12 that the United States needs to demonstrate its resolve in the fight against the Taliban and speed up the pace of reconstruction in A [...]	2009-12-15 09:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL SNAR EINV PARM PTER ECON MASS
09BEIJING3395	INDIGENOUS INNOVATION - KEY MINISTRY CLAIMS TO BE [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy delivered Ref A demarche to Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST),December 18, regarding the joint MOST, Ministry of Finance, and National Development and Reform Commission Circular 618 creating a national accreditation system for indigenous innovation. MOST officia [...]	2009-12-18 08:56:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV EINV CH
09BEIJING3417	PRC OFFICIALS DISCUSS IPR PROTECTION AND ANTI-MONOPOLY [...] (SBU) Summary: China should counter the trend toward "overprotection of IPR" by regulating "IPR transfer" and combating IPR "abuse," a Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) official said at a December 9 seminar on Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) enforcement and IPR. Other Chinese officials and judges at the s [...]	2009-12-22 03:58:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EINV ETRD KIPR CH
09BEIJING3420	INDIGENOUS INNOVATION - MINISTRY CLAIMS MEASURES [...] (SBU) Econ Minister Counselor (EmbEcon) delivered ref A demarche to Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Director General for American and Oceanic Affairs He Ning December 22 regarding Circular 618 that creates a national accreditation system for indigenous innovation. EmbEcon stressed the Circular [...]	2009-12-22 07:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV EINV CH
09BEIJING3421	CHINA REBALANCING: HOW MUCH, HOW SOON, AND HOW? [...] (C) Summary. Recent senior leadership meetings in Beijing indicate that with 2009 GDP growth in excess of eight percent assured, the Chinese Government has turned its attention to rebalancing the economy for more sustainable development. Most observers believe the government is serious about [...]	2009-12-22 09:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PREL PGOV CH
09BEIJING3442	CHINA SHOWS ASSERTIVENESS AT EU SUMMIT AS LISBON [...] (C) In contrast to MFA claims that the November 30 EU-China Summit held in Nanjing was a positive event with "no points of contention," European diplomats stated that the PRC showed "new assertiveness" with Europe during the summit and noted that discussions calling for increased flexibility i [...]	2009-12-23 09:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN KIPR SENV EINV ETRD PHUM
09BEIJING3467	CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER VISIT TO CHINA POSITIVE, [...] (C) The December 2-6 visit of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to China, his first ever, was positive, productive and "set the right tone" in Canadian-Chinese relations, according to Canadian diplomats. While MFA officials concurred on the positive assessment of the visit, a PRC schola [...]	2009-12-28 06:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EMIN EINV PHUM CH CA HK KS
09BEIJING397	CHINESE BUSINESSMAN ON CIC IN THE U.S., HONG KONG [...] (C) Summary. The China Investment Corporation (CIC),China's sovereign wealth fund, remains interested in pursuing additional investments in the U.S., although not in the financial sector, according to Charles Liu, a well-connected Chinese private equity firm manager in Beijing. CIC Chairman [...]	2009-02-17 08:49:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV PREL CH HK
09BEIJING515	CHINA APPROVES ELECTRONICS/ IT INDUSTRIES SUPPORT [...] (SBU) China's State Council on February 18 approved a RMB 600 billion (USD 88 billion) industrial support plan for its electronics and information technology (IT) industries, the sixth of ten industry-specific plans to bolster sectors affected by the economic downturn - and the first to includ [...]	2009-02-27 09:13:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV ECPS PGOV ASEC WTRO CH
09BEIJING527	PRC LAUNCHES PR CAMPAIGN IN AFRICA [...] (SBU) President Hu Jintao's February 10-17 trip to Africa capped a series of recent high-level visits intended to burnish China's image in Africa, according to Chinese and African contacts in Beijing. Our contacts contend that China is doing a great deal to assist Africa. At the same time, t [...]	2009-03-02 07:43:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EINV ETRD AO CH KE MI ML MP
09BEIJING529	China/Forex Energy Fund: Still "Just an Idea" [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. Official Chinese media reported that China's National Energy Administration (NEA) had in early February submitted a proposal to use foreign exchange reserves to help Chinese companies acquire overseas resource assets. NEA's Oil and Gas Division Director, however, said NE [...]	2009-03-02 09:39:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN CH
09BEIJING592	CHINA/AUSTRALIA: CHINALCO,S RIO TINTO BID: A [...] (C) The state-owned Aluminum Corporation of China (Chinalco) announced February 12 a USD 19.5 billion bid for a bigger stake in select assets of Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto, in which it is already the largest shareholder (Refs A and B). If approved, the deal would be the largest-e [...]	2009-03-09 02:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	AS CH ECON EINV EIND EMIN ETRD PGOV
09BEIJING623	CHINA/RUSSIA: LOANS-FOR-OIL DEAL STILL IN THE PIPELINE [...] (C) After months of negotiations, China and Russia appear closer to reaching an agreement on the expansion of the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) Pipeline to northeast China. A USD 25 billion oil-for-loans agreement announced in mid-February will, if finalized, provide much-needed liquidity [...]	2009-03-11 07:19:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EINV EFIN CH RS
09BEIJING679	PRC/IRAN: REPORTED SOUTH PARS LNG DEAL NOT [...] (C) Citing Iranian media, international and Chinese media outlets are reporting that a consortium of three unnamed Chinese oil and gas companies have signed a USD 3.2 billion deal with Iran to produce 10.5 million tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per year in Iran's South Pars gas field. Det [...]	2009-03-16 11:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET EINV ENRG PREL PARM PTER MNUC POL
09BEIJING684	CHINA CEMENTS TIES WITH COSTA RICA THROUGH TRADE [...] (SBU) Costa Rica is reaping economic benefits from China for its 2007 decision to switch diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing, including talks on a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) announced during President Hu's 2008 visit and the planned construction of a new soccer stadium. Cos [...]	2009-03-17 08:56:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD EINV CH CR
09BEIJING686	Mantis 2008 (1 of 2): More Workload, More Waiting in [...] Summary: This cable summarizes Beijing's 2008 Mantis Security Advisory Opinion (SAO) review. In 2008, overall SAO Mantis volume increased by 10 percent, and wait times quadrupled to 16 weeks for SAO clearance. End Summary. ------------------------------- 2008 in Review: By the Numbers - [...]	2009-03-17 09:02:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CMGT CVIS ETTC OEXC ECON ENRG EINV TRGY KNNP KSCA
09BEIJING687	Mantis 2009 (2 of 2): Unpredictable Delays Harm Business, [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable draws preliminary conclusions on 2009 Mantis Security Advisory Opinion (SAO) processing trends, based on the first 5 months of the fiscal year. Current lengthy SAO processing delays undermine Consular Section public outreach efforts. Expediting 2009 student and scho [...]	2009-03-17 09:03:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CMGT CVIS ETTC OEXC ECON ENRG EINV TRGY KNNP KSCA
09BEIJING702	COCA-COLA,S BID FOR JUICEMAKER HUIYUAN BEATEN TO A [...] (SBU) China,s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) announced March 18 that it would not permit Coca-Cola,s proposed $2.4 billion acquisition of Huiyuan, China,s largest fruit juice maker. In its short public announcement on the rejection, MOFCOM cites concerns that Coca-Cola would be able to use its [...]	2009-03-18 22:59:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EAID ETRD WTRO PREL CH
09BEIJING817	SAOs: U.S. Companies Highlight Harm to U.S. Exports; Jobs [...] (SBU) Summary: Presidents and CEOs of U.S. high-tech exporters met with the CDA to express their concern that four-month-long waits for visa issuances are having a serious negative impact on American exports, and to discuss possible solutions. A delegation of former American Chamber of Commerc [...]	2009-03-27 06:50:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CMGT CVIS ETTC OEXC ECON ENRG EINV TRGY KNNP KSCA
09BEIJING834	COLOMBIAN VIEWS ON TRADE RELATIONS WITH CHINA [...] (U) SUMMARY. Chinese investor interest in Colombia has risen rapidly since the November 2008 publication of China's white paper on Latin America, Colombian diplomats told Emboff. Colombia is wary of Chinese motives and what it sees as lax Chinese environmental and labor standards. Howeve [...]	2009-03-30 04:36:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV PREL PHUM ELAB CH CO
09BEIJING841	COLOMBIAN VIEWS ON TRADE RELATIONS WITH CHINA [...] (U) SUMMARY. Chinese investor interest in Colombia has risen rapidly since the November 2008 publication of China's white paper on Latin America, Colombian diplomats told Emboff. Colombia is wary of Chinese motives and what it sees as lax Chinese environmental and labor standards. Howeve [...]	2009-03-30 08:21:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV PREL PHUM ELAB CH CO
09BEIJING913	NORTH AFRICAN DIPLOMATS ANGRY ABOUT "CHINA INC." [...] (C) SUMMARY: North African diplomats based in Beijing told EconOff that China's relations with the region are under stress caused by explosive growth in China's exports to the region. China's trade with the five countries in the region grew by 590 percent from 2001 to 2007. North African cou [...]	2009-04-07 06:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV EAID PREL CH AU
09BEIJING955	CHINA'S COMFORT LEVEL WITH OTHER AFRICA DONORS [...] (SBU) China says it will keep expanding its aid to Africa, and though it is hard to measure, its aid level seems to be significant and growing. Beijing continues to proclaim that its aid has no political conditions attached, an implicit rebuke to Western donors. However, China's premier has [...]	2009-04-10 00:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EINV PREL EFIN CH UK AU SENV
09BEIJING989	Latin Diplomats on China-Argentine Currency Swap, [...] (U) SUMMARY. In recent separate meetings with Emboffs, Beijing-based diplomats from Argentina, Uruguay and Mexico discussed recent developments in their respective countries' economic relations with China. Argentine diplomats claimed to have no technical details on Argentina's recently-announc [...]	2009-04-15 05:23:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV PREL EFIN CH AR UY MX
09BEIRUT1041	ENGAGING THE LEBANESE DIASPORA [...] The Lebanese diaspora is a large and diverse global community with an estimated population of at least twelve million, three times that of Lebanon itself. The bulk of the diaspora is centered in the Western hemisphere, with the largest population in Latin America. The remittances from this s [...]	2009-09-23 14:29:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BTIO EAID EINV OEXC PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL
09BEIRUT1147	LEBANON CALLS FOR INTER-ARAB COOPERATION ON INTELLECTUAL [...] (SBU) Lebanon hosted the Fifth Regional Coordination Meeting industrial property and copyright officers in Arab countries on October 12-14, in Beirut. The workshop was organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Arab League, in cooperation with the Lebanese ministr [...]	2009-10-19 13:40:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV SOCI LE
09BEIRUT1175	LEBANON PROGRESSING ON UN MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS [...] (U) Lebanon has made substantial progress towards achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),according to a recent report by the UN Development Program (UNDP). The report highlighted improvements in the areas of education, reduction of child and mother mortality rates, gender equali [...]	2009-10-26 15:32:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV SOCI LE
09BEIRUT316	LEBANON: COMMERCIAL SUCCESS STORIES [...] Date: January 29, 2009 Post: Beirut Country: Lebanon Company: ACE Hardware Company Headquarters (state, zip code): IL 60523 Issue/project: Opening of ACE Hardware's first store in Lebanon. Specific Actions Taken: ACE Hardware applied for a construction permit on October 25, 2007 to build it [...]	2009-03-18 08:52:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ECON EINV FIN LE
09BEIRUT894	LEBANON: COMMERCIAL SUCCESS STORIES, FEBRUARY-JUNE 2009 [...] Date: February 2009 Post: Beirut Country: Lebanon Company: LTM International Inc. Company Headquarters (State & zip code): FL 34202 Issue/project: Sale of $32,000 worth of apparel. Specific Actions Taken: CS Beirut, in cooperation with the New York Export Assistance Center (NYEAC),connecte [...]	2009-08-10 07:25:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ECON EINV LE
09BEIRUT905	LEBANON: HEALTH MINISTRY CONSIDERS SWINE FLU ITS PRIORITY, [...] (SBU) On August 4, Director General of the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) Walid Ammar told us he does not consider IPR a major priority for the MOPH. Instead of focusing on stricter rules on IPR for WTO accession to protect the interests of multinational pharmaceutical companies, Ammar asked [...]	2009-08-13 07:51:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELTN EINV ENRG ETRD KIPR KFLU PGOV LE
09BEIRUT906	LEBANON: HEALTH MINISTRY CONSIDERS SWINE FLU ITS PRIORITY, [...] (SBU) On August 4, Director General of the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) Walid Ammar told us he does not consider IPR a major priority for the MOPH. Instead of focusing on stricter rules on IPR for WTO accession to protect the interests of multinational pharmaceutical companies, Ammar asked [...]	2009-08-13 07:51:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELTN EINV ENRG ETRD KIPR KFLU PGOV LE
09BEIRUT918	LEBANON: FINANCE MINISTER SAYS BUDGET TRANSPARENCY IS A TOP [...] (SBU) The Ambassador delivered Ref B demarche encouraging central government budget transparency to caretaker Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah on August 7. Chatah declared that budget transparency was one of his ministry's top priorities, as evidenced by its commitment to a $4 million World Ba [...]	2009-08-17 12:02:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KIPR PGOV LE SOCI
09BELFAST21	SCENESETTER FOR ST PATRICK'S DAY VISIT BY NORTHERN IRELAND'S [...] (C/NF) The visit to Washington by First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness comes on the heels of recent attacks by dissident republicans which have left two soldiers and one police officer dead. This visit will allow senior U.S. officials to express their sym [...]	2009-03-12 13:45:00	Consulate Belfast	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER ECON EINV UK EI
09BELGRADE1010	SERBIA AND IMF - DECISION POSTPONED ON SECOND TRANCHE [...] (SBU) The IMF and Serbia postponed on September 1 any decision regarding the disbursement of Serbia's second tranche of IMF funds until at least late October. The IMF expects that this delay will give the government time to prepare its proposed 2010 budget and to show how Serbia intends to imple [...]	2009-09-09 10:00:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD EFIN SR
09BELGRADE1084	SERBIA: FROM FURNITURE TO FILMS, GOVERNMENT FUMBLES FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Serbia is missing out on potential investment opportunities from interested foreign investors. Despite the obvious need for new foreign investment in this difficult economic environment, the government's investment strategy is mishandled, haphazard and lacks central coordination, result [...]	2009-09-22 11:45:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EAID ETRD EFIN SR
09BELGRADE1136	SERBIA: JAT STRIKE ENDS, FOR NOW [...] (SBU) Flights of JAT Airways, the Serbian flag carrier, were grounded between September 30 and October 2 due to a strike by mechanics at JAT Tehnika, the former maintenance arm of the effectively bankrupt national airline. The cause of the strike was unpaid debts between the two state companie [...]	2009-10-05 07:23:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR EINV SR
09BELGRADE1228	SERBIA'S PENDING PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM NOT ENOUGH [...] (SBU) Serbia is moving forward in cutting its bloated state bureaucracy in an effort to pacify the IMF's calls for Serbia to shrink its budget deficit. In its first step, the Serbian Government adopted a draft law that cuts state administration by 10% and sent it to the Parliament with the pr [...]	2009-10-23 12:49:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD EFIN SR
09BELGRADE1266	SERBIAN SOCCER FANS: HOOLIGANS OR GANGSTERS? [...] (SBU) The recent death of French national Brice Taton in Belgrade after being beaten by Serbian soccer hooligans has prompted Serbian authorities - and society - to reexamine the murky ties Serbia's two major soccer clubs (Partizan and Red Star) and their fan clubs have with organized crime. G [...]	2009-10-29 14:21:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV KCOR KCRM KPRV PINR SNAR SR
09BELGRADE1330	Serbia's Flying Circus: Opening JAT to Competition [...] (SBU) After an early October strike by aircraft maintenance firm JAT Tehnika that grounded JAT airline planes (Ref A),Serbia's civil aviation officials are picking up the pace to open the market to foreign competition and expand airport facilities. Foreign carriers, especially discount airlin [...]	2009-11-12 11:51:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR EINV JAT SR
09BELGRADE1334	SERBIA AND IMF REACH AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) On November 4, the Serbian government and the IMF reached agreement on the second review of the country's $4 billion Stand By Arrangement. The IMF concluded that Serbia had met most of the economic targets, except the fiscal deficit which they agreed to expand for 2009 to 4.5% of GDP an [...]	2009-11-13 07:56:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD EFIN SR
09BELGRADE148	SERBIA'S EASTERN CITIES: GLOOMY FORECOAST WITH BOUTS OF [...] (SBU) Eastern Serbia may represent a preview of things to come for all of Serbia due to lack of investment and slow privatization. Despite their bleak economic outlook, three of Eastern Serbia's largest cities - Pirot, Zajecar and Bor -- have competent mayors who work closely with authorities [...]	2009-02-18 15:39:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EINV SR
09BELGRADE1566	SERBIA: PARLIAMENT PASSES 2010 BUDGET IN LINE WITH IMF PLAN [...] (SBU) The Serbian Parliament on December 21 adopted the government's 2010 budget, totaling nearly $11.5 billion in spending. While the 2010 budget is nearly a 7% increase from the 2009 budget in nominal terms, it is to be the start of a multi year budget reform process expected to decrease th [...]	2009-12-23 14:27:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD EFIN SR
09BELGRADE1604	SERBIA ASSUMES CEFTA PRESIDENCY, BUT KOSOVO POLICY LIKELY TO [...] (U) Two years after ratifying the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA),the 30 million person free trade market is a key Serbian market, with which Serbia has a trade surplus and a trade volume second only to the EU. For it to further prosper as a market, CEFTA needs to address addit [...]	2009-12-31 12:51:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD PREL SR KV
09BELGRADE184	Serbia: January Economic Data Highlights Sharp Downturn [...] (SBU) Newly released data from January showed the sharp downturn in the Serbian economy as the financial crisis affected the currency, trade, and production. While layoffs have not yet made headlines in Serbia, the data show that Serbia is not insulated from the global crisis and the governmen [...]	2009-03-04 13:53:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV SR
09BELGRADE185	SERBIA: BELGRADE'S ECONOMIC AGENDA [...] Belgrade is Serbia's economic center, accounting for over 30% of the country's GDP and workforce. Among the international and domestic companies headquartered in the capital are Belgrade's public utility companies which are divvied up along party lines. The city government is a coalition of p [...]	2009-03-04 14:03:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV SR
09BELGRADE19	SERBIA: PARTICIPATION IN RCC ON TRACK [...] (SBU) The Serbian government is redefining institutional structures and priorities to actively participate in the Sarajevo-based Regional Cooperation Council (RCC). Serbia's deputy RCC national coordinator told us that Serbian ministries are beginning to coordinate and de-conflict prospective [...]	2009-01-12 06:29:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EAID BK SR
09BELGRADE210	SERBIA: Serbia: How the Economic Crisis could Lead to a [...] (SBU) Politicians in Serbia are facing the increasingly sober reality that the global economic crisis will hit Serbia hard this year. After initially trying to duck under the economic crisis wave, the political leadership is now resigned to the fact that Serbia must address the economic challe [...]	2009-03-12 13:42:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EFIN EINV PGOV SR
09BELGRADE245	Serbia's "Davos" at Kopaonik Mountain [...] At the annual gathering of economists known as the "Serbian Davos" at the Kopaonik ski resort, government economic ministers accompanied by the President Tadic, openly voiced concerns over the worldwide crisis hitting Serbia. In the course of the gathering, the government reached consensus on [...]	2009-03-23 06:03:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV SR
09BELGRADE251	SERBIA: UNCERTAIN RELATIONSHIP WITH GAZPROM [...] (SBU) Serbia's energy marriage with Gazprom centered on the sale of state oil firm NIS at the beginning of this year had a rocky start and Serbs are increasingly unsure how Gazprom's interests fit with Serbia's. Gazprom's initial actions since taking over NIS raise questions about the company' [...]	2009-03-24 06:30:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EFIN SR
09BELGRADE272	SERBIA AND THE IMF REACH NEW STAND-BY ARRANGMENT [...] (SBU) On March 26, the IMF and Serbia agreed to a 27-month, $4 billion Stand-by Arrangement (SBA). Fueled by the worsening global crisis, the arrangement replaces the precautionary SBA Serbia approved in January 2009. As a part of the SBA, the IMF calls on Serbia to contain its 2009 fiscal d [...]	2009-03-27 16:06:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD EFIN SR
09BELGRADE282	SERBIA: FY09 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO CENTRAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-01 06:15:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD EFIN SR
09BELGRADE352	SERBIA: GOVERNMENT STRUGGLES TO CLOSE THE BUDGET GAP [...] (SBU) The Serbian government revised downward the budget to reflect the stark economic contraction and the requirements of the IMF to move ahead with an expanded $4 billion program. At its April 16 session the government adopted a rebalanced 2009 budget which included deep expenditure cuts in [...]	2009-04-24 13:25:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD EFIN SR
09BELGRADE383	SERBIA: 2009 BUDGET REBALANCE ADOPTED [...] The Serbian Parliament adopted a rebalanced 2009 budget on April 29. The rebalance reflected the deteriorating economic situation and adjusted for lower than projected 2009 revenues and expenditures, due to falling revenue collection by the government. The central government deficit increase [...]	2009-04-30 18:02:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD EFIN SR
09BELGRADE429	SERBIA: DELTA'S FINANCIAL WOES [...] (SBU) Six months after opening the region's third largest shopping mall in Montenegro, Delta Holdings, owned by controversial Serbian billionaire Miroslav Miskovic, has landed in financial turmoil amid the deepening economic crisis. Ambitious real estate projects are now on hold, payments to [...]	2009-05-19 11:31:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD SR
09BELGRADE489	Serbia: First Quarter 2009 Results - Crisis Continues, [...] (SBU) Serbia's first quarter 2009 macroeconomic figures show further economic deterioration. However, with his usual economic optimism Deputy Prime Minister Dinkic claimed that Serbia had passed the low point of the crisis and would see "better and better news." Positive signs included the st [...]	2009-06-09 15:40:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD EFIN SR
09BELGRADE527	SERBIA ALREADY MISSING IMF TARGETS, REVISED ARRANGEMENT [...] (SBU) Just one month after approval of a $4 billion Stand By Arrangement with the IMF, it is already clear Serbia will be unable to meet the fiscal and GDP targets in the agreement and that a revised arrangement will be necessary by early fall. The National Bank of Serbia remains confident th [...]	2009-06-18 06:41:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD EFIN SR
09BELGRADE607	SERBIA: GAZPROM DRILLING DEEPER INTO ENERGY SECTOR [...] (SBU) Russia's energy giant Gazprom continues to make inroads into Serbia's energy sector, six months after it secured a deal giving it a majority stake in Serbia's state-owned petroleum company NIS. Through Gazprom, Russia is now following through on investments in both oil and gas and is co [...]	2009-06-30 14:10:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EFIN SR
09BELGRADE751	SERBIA: CIVIL AVIATION REFORM NOT TAKING OFF [...] (SBU) The Serbian Government's inability to pass key civil aviation legislation continues to stall the progress of Serbia's aviation industry. Without this legislation, the FAA Category 1 rating necessary for direct flights to the United States is still out of reach. Serbia's national carrier [...]	2009-07-27 09:48:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR EINV SR
09BELGRADE851	Serbia and China: Strengthening Relations, but Little [...] (C) Serbia is seeking closer ties to China as part of its recent emphasis on "four pillars" of foreign policy: the EU, U.S., Russia, and China. Other than China's support for Serbia on Kosovo, the relationship remains greatly imbalanced in China's favor. To highlight the importance of the rel [...]	2009-10-05 06:17:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ETRD EINV CH SR
09BELGRADE912	SERBIAN ECONOMY: NEGATIVE GROWTH AND A DEBILITATING DEFICIT [...] (SBU) Serbia's poor macroeconomic indicators for the first half of 2009 reflect the growing negative impact of the global crisis and the inherent structural weaknesses of Serbia's economy, specifically its overdependence on a large public sector. GDP fell 3.5% year on year and estimates are that [...]	2009-08-19 11:15:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD EFIN SR
09BELGRADE95	Serbia: Global Crisis Begins to Pinch [...] End of year 2008 statistics show a slowdown in economic activity across Serbia. Faced with these downward trends, the Finance Ministry will likely revise 2009 GDP growth estimates down from 3.5% to 2%. The dinar is steadily declining, registering a 34% loss against dollar since October 2008. [...]	2009-02-02 16:23:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD EFIN SR
09BELMOPAN229	BELIZE'S MONEY-GRAM MONEY LAUNDERING INVESTIGATIONS [...] Recent GOB investigations into money laundering operations conducted through a MoneyGram sub-agency in Belize have revealed identity theft through the fraudulent use of the Belize City Council's drivers license database during the period October 2007 to December 2008. 2. Money Exchange In [...]	2009-06-11 20:53:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EFIN EINV BH
09BELMOPAN277	RESPONSE TO BIENNIAL CARIBBEAN BASIN INVESTMENT SURVEY [...] Post has relied on the Statistical Institute of Belize and the quasi-governmental Belize Trade and Investment Development Service (BELTRAIDE) for information related to investment incentives granted to Belizean exporters under the Caribbean Basin Initiative. 2. The Belize Fiscal Incentive A [...]	2009-07-15 21:31:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ECON OTRA BH
09BELMOPAN299	SUPPLY OF ELECTRICAL POWER IN BELIZE [...] Belize Electricity Limited (BEL),whose major shareholder is Fortis Inc. of Canada, is Belize's primary distributor of electricity. Since the beginning of the year, regulatory conflicts with the Public Utilities Commission continue to dominate BEL's focus. More recently, a shortage of supply [...]	2009-07-31 21:51:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON EINV BH
09BELMOPAN332	GOB ASSUMES CONTROL OF BELIZE TELEMEDIA LIMITED [...] On August 24, Prime Minister Dean Barrow first introduced the Belize Telecommunications Amendment Bill to the House of Representatives. The Bill was passed and certified by the Governor General August 25th. This Bill allows the Government of Belize to nationalize one of the largest private en [...]	2009-09-04 20:17:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND EINV BH
09BELMOPAN486	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH GOB ABOUT BTL NATIONALIZATION [...] (C) Summary: On December 15 the Ambassador, DCM, and Econoff met with Financial Secretary Joseph Waight and Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL) board member Alan Slusher. Waight and Slusher provided valuable information about the state of the economy, as well as information about the lead up to t [...]	2009-12-22 22:39:00	Embassy Belmopan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV BH
09BELMOPAN83	BELIZE: 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Belize was removed from the Special 301 Watchlist in 2008, but concerns remain in enforcement of IPR laws and prosecution of offenders. 2. (U) Belize and IPR Laws and Conventions: Belize has fulfilled its obligation under the World Trade Organization (WTO) to implement the Agreement o [...]	2009-03-03 17:48:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD KIPR BH
09BERLIN1176	MERKEL VS. STEINMEIER? WHAT DO THE GERMAN [...] (C/NF) This is not a "change" election. The German public does not see the September 27 parliamentary elections as decisive, and on many foreign policy fronts, including Afghanistan, arms control, and Russia, we do not foresee significant or distinct policy differences between the two most fe [...]	2009-09-22 13:45:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD GM KJUS PGOV PREL
09BERLIN1602	GERMAN-RUSSIAN BUSINESS: RIDING THE BEAR [...] (U) SUMMARY: German firms are riding the Russian bear, but nobody wants to get off. Meanwhile, Russian firms are increasingly investing in Germany to gain access to German technology. Germany accepts this, even in seemingly sensitive sectors, as helpful to economic recovery. Germans see Ru [...]	2009-12-18 13:59:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PREL GM RS
09BERLIN305	GERMAN BUSINESSES "DUSTING OFF IRAQ FILE" [...] (C) Summary: German Cabinet level efforts to resurrect Germany's historically strong business ties with Iraq, recent political and security developments in Iraq, and declining export opportunities elsewhere have boosted German businesses' interest in re-entering the Iraqi market. In a March [...]	2009-03-13 17:19:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD EINV EFIN GM IZ
09BERLIN429	GALILEO IDENTITY CRISIS: A FERRARI BUILT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Galileo, the EU's Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS),is in the midst of a 3.4 billion euro identity crisis as political advocates downplay Galileo's advertised role as a pillar of Europe's national security and instead spotlight the system,s civil and economic [...]	2009-04-09 16:04:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL TSPA EUN NL GM
09BERLIN430	GALILEO PUBLIC REGULATED SERVICE MAY REQUIRE [...] SUMMARY: (C) The Galileo Public Regulated Service (PRS) is presumably critical for the EU as a pillar for national security and as the nucleus of Galileo's business model, but PRS appears to be stalling out. PRS faces four obstacles: 1) a conflict between civilian control and military end-us [...]	2009-04-09 16:25:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL TSPA EUN NL GM
09BERLIN433	GERMANY'S ECONOMICS MINISTRY BULLISH ON IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Economics Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg plans to lead a large business delegation on a visit Baghdad and Erbil in early July although a precise date has not been confirmed. Econ Ministry staff told Econ Counselor that zu Guttenberg sees Iraq also as a European responsibi [...]	2009-04-14 05:28:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD IZ GM
09BERLIN788	GERMAN SATELLITE START-UP RAPIDEYE GATHERING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: German satellite imagery provider RapidEye AG, which began selling its imagery products in January of this year (see ref A),has established its first contracts with France and Lithuania. In the next few years, RapidEye is confident that its customer base will expand by ten, [...]	2009-07-01 07:25:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA EINV ETRD PGOV PREL PINR CH BR FR LH GM
09BERLIN796	CHALLENGES ON THE HORIZON FOR GERMAN IMAGERY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: German satellite imagery provider RapidEye AG's current business model as a value-added imagery provider is likely not sustainable and they may be forced restructure to survive. The firm,s primary target customers-- commodity traders and the insurance industry--appear to want [...]	2009-07-01 15:18:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA EINV ETRD PGOV PREL PINR GM
09BERN122	SWISS RELAXATION OF BANKING SECRECY: WHAT DOES IT \ [...] (C) The Swiss Federal Council on March 13 announced that \ Switzerland intends to adopt the OECD standard on \ administrative assistance in tax matters in accordance with \ Art. 26 of the OECD Model Tax Convention. Ambassador Manuel \ Sager, Head of the Foreign Ministry's Sectoral Policy \ Divisio [...]	2009-03-19 09:55:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ECON SZ
09BERN73	SWITZERLAND'S TOP BANKS FACE CONTINUING STRAIN [...] Switzerland's leading banks, UBS and CreditSuisse, reported record-breaking losses in the fourth quarter of 2008, highlighting the continuing financial strain on Switzerland's banking industry. UBS and CreditSuisse announced 2008 annual losses of 17.1 billion USD and 7.1 billion USD, respect [...]	2009-02-18 12:42:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV SZ
09BERN83	SWITZERLAND: 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] Summary. Post recommends that Switzerland not be listed in the 2008 Special 301 Report. While there are deficiencies in the Swiss Copyright Act implemented in 2008, the new Act further strengthened an already strong system. U.S. industry concerns about the lack of solid protection against i [...]	2009-02-25 08:38:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KIPR ETRD EINV SZ
09BERN98	UBS CASE: SWISS PERSPECTIVE AND A WAY FORWARD \ [...] (C) Summary. UBS' handover of client information to the \ Department of Justice incited criticism in numerous press \ articles and from several Swiss political parties calling the \ U.S. action one of extortion and blackmail. However, the \ step was supported by elements of the moderate to left [...]	2009-03-04 15:48:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV SZ
09BISHKEK1208	MAXIM BAKIYEV SUPPORTS JOINT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 13 courtesy call, Maxim Bakiyev, the Director of the newly created Central Agency for Development, Investment and Innovation briefed Ambassador Gfoeller on Kyrgyzstan's planned economic reforms, including boosting investment in the energy sector with participatio [...]	2009-11-18 09:13:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EINV KG
09BISHKEK363	OPIC MICROFINANCE TARGETS IN THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC [...] (U) In response to reftel request, Embassy has no derogatory information regarding or objections to the two microfinance institutions, Kompanion and Bai Tushum, identified in reftel remaining or becoming recipients of lending or investment from MicroVest I, LP. 2. (U) Reftel indicates the [...]	2009-04-17 10:17:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KG
09BISHKEK469	NO KNOWN U.S.-KYRGYZ INVESTMENT DISPUTES [...] (U) Embassy is not aware of any expropriation claims or other investment disputes involving U.S. citizens in Kyrgyzstan. 2. (U) In response to reftel request, the primary and alternate Embassy Bishkek officers who cover investment disputes and expropriation claims through July 2009 are: [...]	2009-05-15 05:58:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV KG
09BISHKEK491	KYRGYZSTAN STRIKES PAYDIRT WITH NEW MINE AGREEMENT [...] (U) Summary: The Kyrgyz government and Centerra Gold, the Canadian parent company of the Kumtor gold mine project, reached agreement April 24 on terms for Kumtor's future operations. The Kyrgyz Parliament, which previously threatened nationalization of the project during the protracted negot [...]	2009-05-20 09:47:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EMIN KG
09BISHKEK79	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR THE KYRGYZ [...] This cable provides Embassy Bishkek's submission of the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for the Kyrgyz Republic. 2. Begin text: Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ The Kyrgyz Republic has a liberal investment regime on paper with a broad base of commercial l [...]	2009-01-28 08:36:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR KG
09BISHKEK945	KYRGYZSTAN: POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 5, EmbOff met with Ross Jacoby, the Chairman of Katel, an American-financed mobile telecommunications company based in Kyrgyzstan. Jacoby told EmbOff of the Kyrgyz government's recent decision to overturn an earlier decree that allocated a portion of Katel,s frequenci [...]	2009-08-24 10:42:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECPS EINV KIDE KG
09BISHKEK954	KYRGYZ FEEDBACK ON PROPOSED AGENDA FOR CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Econoff met with Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade Kurmanbek Ukulov and the Head of International Trade Policy Anarkan Rahmanova on August 21 to deliver reftel points. Ukulov had read the draft agenda for the TIFA conference and had no suggested changes. He had several [...]	2009-08-27 07:49:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD PREL KG
09BISHKEK969	KYRGYZSTAN: UPDATE ON HYATT HOTEL'S DISPUTE WITH [...] (SBU) The following is an update to the dispute between a U.S. based hotel chain and the City of Bishkek (refs). a. Claimant A b. 2008 c. Claimant A, a major U.S.-based hotel chain, operates a hotel in Bishkek on approximately two hectares leased from the City of Bishkek. In July 2 [...]	2009-09-03 10:34:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV KIDE ECON KG

09BOGOTA1	MEDELLIN DREAMS OF SILICON VALLEY [...] SUMMARY. The Department of Antioquia, through its industrial hub Medellin, aspires to become the leading science and technology (S&T) development area of Colombia. The Medellin Mayor's Office has identified S&T as one of its four growth sectors and a priority for channeling public and private [...]	2009-01-01 00:01:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KCIS PGOV EINV CO
09BOGOTA100	COLOMBIA: DEMARCHE ON AIRES SERVICE TO FT. [...] (SBU) On January 9 Econoff delivered copies of ref email points to Claudia Esguerra, Director of International Affairs & Regulations at AeroCivil. Esguerra said she supported the AIRES route and would send official notification to DOT of their selection of Ft. Lauderdale as a city on the rout [...]	2009-01-13 18:04:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN CO
09BOGOTA1376	INVESTMENT EXPERT HIGHLIGHTS BENEFITS OF RENEWABLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With funding from the Bureau of International Information Programs (IIP),Embassy Bogota hosted the visit of Mapa Group Partner and renewable energy investment expert J.F. Scarborough April 19-22 to inform local audiences and policymakers about international investment trends in [...]	2009-04-28 21:55:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV ECON EINV PGOV CO
09BOGOTA1377	COLOMBIA: FOREIGN BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT INITIATIVES [...] SUMMARY. Internet usage has grown to 40 percent of the Colombian population in the last ten years, with internet subscriptions rising at an annual rate of 75 percent. Over 73 percent of internet subscribers use broadband. Despite the growth, Colombia's subscription penetration average rema [...]	2009-04-28 22:27:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON CO EINT EINV ETTC
09BOGOTA156	PRIVATE TV CHANNELS RENEW LICENSES; THIRD CHANNEL [...] SUMMARY: Private television channels Cadena Radial Colombiana (Caracol) and Radio Cadena Nacional de Colombia (RCN) and the National Television Commission (CNTV),after much debate, have reached an agreement to renew their license for another ten years. The agreement, signed one day before the [...]	2009-01-16 21:38:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EINV SCUL ECON KPAO CO
09BOGOTA168	COLOMBIA'S NEW S&T LAW HIGHLIGHTS PUSH FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In December 2008 the Colombian Congress approved a Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Law, with the intention for STI to become a major driver of Colombian productivity and long-term economic stability. The law increases GOC funding available for STI activities and resea [...]	2009-01-21 15:59:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TSPL KCIS PGOV EINV CO
09BOGOTA1810	CIVAIR COLOMBIA: U.S. CARRIER DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-04 16:41:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EINV ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN CO
09BOGOTA1829	THE INFORMAL COLOMBIAN ECONOMY - WHY IS IT SO [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite several years of strong economic growth and economic liberalization, much of Colombia's economic activity continues to fall in the informal, unregulated and untaxed sector. Estimates of the size of the informal economy range from 48 to 60 percent of GDP, depending on how [...]	2009-06-08 16:53:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EAID PGOV PREL CO
09BOGOTA1850	GOC WANTS TO CONCLUDE S&T AGREEMENT AS DELIVERABLE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOC reiterated its commitment to the U.S.-Colombia Science & Technology (S&T) Agreement and expressed urgency to reach an accord in the event that a potential Uribe-POTUS bilat takes place in the near future. Nonetheless, they still suggest numerous changes to the latest dra [...]	2009-06-09 18:50:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TSPL KCIS PGOV EINV CO
09BOGOTA2020	JEFFERSON SCIENCE FELLOW PROMOTES S&T DIPLOMACY IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jefferson Science Fellow Tim DeVoogd visited Colombia June 8-12, exploring potential areas of bilateral Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) cooperation. He analyzed Colombia's STI system with federal and regional GOC stakeholders, leading universities and STI development [...]	2009-06-23 21:03:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETTC CO TSPL PGOV EINV KCIS
09BOGOTA2127	COLOMBIA: HAS RECESSION ARRIVED? [...] SUMMARY. The GOC recently released its first quarter growth figure, negative 0.06 percent, sparking a debate among economic cognizanti over whether or not Colombia was in recession. Regardless, the relatively modest downturn was viewed as a positive sign, given that most forecasts predicted [...]	2009-07-06 12:50:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECIN EFIN EIND EINT EINV EMIN CO
09BOGOTA2144	CIVAIR COLOMBIA: U.S. CARRIER DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-07 19:30:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EINV ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN CO
09BOGOTA2248	COLOMBIA IRKED BY ECUADORIAN SAFEGUARD DUTIES [...] On July 11 the Government of Ecuador instituted exchange rate safeguards against Colombian imports covering 1,346 products. The GOE says it needs the safeguard to counter the Colombian Peso devaluation caused by Colombian Central Bank intervention. (NOTE: The peso has actually revalued in th [...]	2009-07-15 21:39:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ECIN CO
09BOGOTA262	INVESTMENT HITS NEW HIGH IN 2008, BUT 2009 OUTLOOK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Colombia's success in improving security conditions and its investment climate has attracted record levels of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) over the last six years. According to preliminary data, FDI reached a new high of USD 10.5 billion in 2008 based on flows spread across va [...]	2009-01-27 19:27:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON EFIN PGOV OPIC USTR CO
09BOGOTA3006	COLOMBIAN TELECOM: VM TALKS UP SATELLITE, PLEDGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Viceminister of Communications Daniel Medina explained to us the benefits to governance, education, health, and quality of life the GOC hopes to reap by launching a satellite in 2012. He expressed the importance the GOC attaches to a clean and transparent bidding process. Embo [...]	2009-09-18 16:29:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON EINV ETTC CO
09BOGOTA3033	COLOMBIA'S INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS AND BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The World Bank and World Economic Forum (WEF) published their "Doing Business" and "Global Competitiveness Index" reports on September 8. Colombia's ranking improved in both publications. The World Bank listed Colombia as the best country in Latin America for doing business, [...]	2009-09-21 21:43:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PREL CO
09BOGOTA3147	COLOMBIA'S PUBLIC BIDDING PROCESS COMES UNDER SCRUTINY [...] (C) SUMMARY. The September resignation of the National Concessions Institute Director, amid allegations of corruption, underscores the fragility and inconsistency associated with the bidding process on public projects in Colombia. Dealings with the Ministries of Transportation and Communica [...]	2009-10-08 20:06:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ECPS MARR PGOV CO
09BOGOTA3188	COLOMBIA: REPONSE TO OPIC ON MICROFINANCE GROWTH FUND [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy contacts at Colombia's National Association of Financial Institutions (ANIF) described the Women's World Banking (WWB) microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Bucaramanga, Cali, and Popayan as outstanding lending institutions with a solid reputation in Colombia. Forbes Mag [...]	2009-10-08 13:21:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINT EFIN OPIC CO EINV
09BOGOTA3236	COLOMBIA: POTENTIAL DESTINATION FOR OPIC-SUPPORTED RENEWABLE [...] Summary: Colombia is a rich environment for renewable energy investment and would benefit from additional financing from the USRG Emerging Market Fund, LP. Colombia is a regional leader in the production of biofuels, specifically ethanol and biodiesel. Wind, geothermal, and hydroelectric pro [...]	2009-10-15 00:11:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV OPIC CO ENRG
09BOGOTA3261	COLOMBIAN FRUSTRATION MOUNTS OVER INACTION ON U.S.-CTPA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. While Colombians generally understand U.S. political realities associated with a vote on the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (U.S.-CTPA),resignation has grown within the Colombian government, business and academic communities over the lack of action on the accord. T [...]	2009-10-26 17:12:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON PREL ELAB EINV PGOV CO
09BOGOTA3302	U.S. COMPANY DISTRAUGHT OVER PUBLICITY LINKING IT TO LABOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The President of Drummond in Colombia contends there is a concerted effort to link the U.S. firm with the murder of two labor leaders in 2001. Despite being declared innocent of any involvement in a U.S. court, the company is frustrated over the negative press it has received [...]	2009-10-16 19:31:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ECON PREL ETRD EINV PGOV CO
09BOGOTA3359	IS ASIA COLOMBIA'S NEXT ECONOMIC FRONTIER? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Colombia is making a concerted effort to increase exports to, and investment from, Asia. The GOC is actively negotiating and implementing bilateral economic agreements with several Asian countries. Likewise, Colombia is seeking membership in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperat [...]	2009-11-12 21:40:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON PREL ECIN APECO CO
09BOGOTA3383	ALABAMA GOVERNOR LEADS TRADE MISSION TO COLOMBIA [...] (C) Summary: Governor Bob Riley headed a 43-member Alabama delegation to Colombia and discussed trade opportunities and cooperation with President Uribe, five Governors, and representatives of Colombia's private sector and port authorities. In a private meeting, Uribe sought the Governor's vi [...]	2009-11-13 22:38:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON OTRA EINV ELAB PREL PGOV CO
09BOGOTA3473	COLOMBIA HOSTS CHINESE-LATIN BUSINESS SUMMIT [...] (U) SUMMARY. Colombia hosted the third Chinese-Latin American Business Summit November 25-26. Approximately 250 Chinese and twice as many Latin American businesspeople attended the gathering. The GOC hopes such events will increase Chinese investment in Colombia, and President Uribe used the [...]	2009-11-30 16:34:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL EINV CO CH
09BOGOTA3489	COLOMBIA TO BE SUPPORTIVE IN COPENHAGEN; PROPOSES FORESTRY [...] (SBU) Summary: Environment Minister Carlos Costa told the Deputy Chief of Mission that Colombia would support U.S. efforts at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. The Minister welcomed the close coordination and openness of U.S. negotiators and indicated the USG could count on Col [...]	2009-12-01 23:10:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID ECON ENRG EINV PGOV PREL UN CO
09BOGOTA3571	Colombia: Follow Up Response on Previous ACE Finalists [...] Summary. Per reftel, Post contacted the following finalists of the Secretary of State's Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE): Occidental, SURevolution, General Motors. All three companies are still working in Colombia and continuing their corporate social responsibility programs since being [...]	2009-12-17 19:19:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT BEXP ECON EINV ELAB ETRD SENV
09BOGOTA378	PRESIDENTS URIBE AND CHAVEZ MEET, ANNOUNCE JOINT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' first visit to Colombia since the March 2007 diplomatic row over the GOC killing of FARC Secretariat member Raul Reyes (Ref A),President Uribe and he announced the creation of a USD 200 million joint fund and consultative commission to help busines [...]	2009-02-05 14:39:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL VE CO
09BOGOTA3894	COLOMBIA: 2010 NTE SUBMISSION [...] Per reftel, following is Embassy Bogota's submission for the 2010 National Trade Estimate Report, which has been e-mailed to USTR, WHA/AND, WHA/EPSC and EEB/TPP/BTA. TRADE PROMOTION AGREEMENT ------------------------- 2. The United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA) wa [...]	2009-12-04 21:32:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD CO
09BOGOTA4048	COLOMBIA'S POWERFUL TRAVEL AGENCIES SEEK STATE INTERVENTION [...] (SBU) Summary. Colombia's powerful travel agency association has consistently lobbied for protectionist regulations to stave off the airlines' competitive advantage in online ticket sales. Two regulations are pending GOC approval that airlines oppose: one would require airlines to charge an [...]	2009-12-18 21:51:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD EINV ECON EINT PGOV CO
09BOGOTA4066	FOR RELEASE: INTO THE JUNGLE: AMBASSADOR VISITS AMAZONAS [...] (SBU) The Ambassador traveled for the first time in his tenure to the Amazonas Department and its capital, Leticia, on November 18 and 19. During his visit, he met with representatives from indigenous communities, the local tourism sector, local, department, and federal government officials, a [...]	2009-12-22 14:21:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON PHUM MOPS SENV EAID SOCI SCUL PREL CO
09BOGOTA4120	GAINS IN SECURITY PLUS $2.5 BILLION YIELD BIG INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (SBU) Summary. Due to consistent improvements in the security situation and US$2.5 billion in financial incentives, Colombia has been able to award the largest transportation project in its history - called "Ruta del Sol" or the Sun Route. This 1,000 kilometer highway project connects Colomb [...]	2009-12-30 21:11:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELTN EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV CO
09BOGOTA437	REVISION: COLOMBIA-2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] This is a revised copy of the 2009 Colombia Investment Climate Statement (ref B). Please note minor changes in paragraphs 11 (Banking, Insurance and Telecommunications sections),41, 48, 51 and 71. Post will submit text via email to EEB/IFD/OIA and include in the 2009 Country Commercial Guid [...]	2009-02-11 20:26:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON OPIC KTDB USTR EFIN KIPR PGOV CO
09BOGOTA7	COLOMBIAN ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: WHAT A DIFFERENCE A [...] SUMMARY. After four years of averaging over 5 percent growth capped by a record 7.5 percent expansion in 2007, Colombia's economy slowed significantly in 2008 under the combined pressure of currency appreciation and high interest rates in the first semester, and the cratering of commodity pri [...]	2009-01-05 18:35:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV CO
09BOGOTA747	CIVAIR COLOMBIA: DESIGNATION OF US CARRIER [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-04 21:35:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EINV ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN CO
09BOGOTA766	ECOPETROL BUYS BACK CARTAGENA REFINERY; LOOKS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Marking the end of a troubled three-year partnership, on March 3 state-owned hydrocarbons company Ecopetrol repurchased Swiss-owned Glencore's 51 percent stake in the Cartagena refinery for USD 549 million. Glencore, which took a USD 109 million loss from the price it paid Ecop [...]	2009-03-05 22:01:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EINV PGOV CO
09BOGOTA815	COLOMBIA: COMMENTS ON PARKO SERVICES APPLICATION [...] (SBU) Upon review and consultation with the Ministry of Mines and Energy, the National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH),and local business community contacts, Post is aware of no derogatory information about the project company Parko Services listed in reftel. According to our contacts, the project [...]	2009-03-11 21:13:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN EAID PGOV CO
09BOGOTA817	TOURISM IN COLOMBIA: RECENT GROWTH UNDER THREAT [...] SUMMARY: Colombia's tourist industry continued its rapid growth in 2008, increasing 16 percent, but local stakeholders fear the global financial crisis threatens recent gains. Tourism leaders worry the crisis will negatively affect both the number of tourists visiting Colombia as well as the [...]	2009-03-11 21:35:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV CO
09BOGOTA958	COLOMBIA'S NATIONAL AIRLINE: BRACING FOR THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Amid worsening economic conditions, Colombia's national airline, Avianca, is re-assessing its routes and frequencies for 2009. The company has already postponed planned route additions and fleet acquisitions. Meanwhile, Avianca still expects to receive 13 new Airbus planes in [...]	2009-03-19 18:14:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN CO
09BRASILIA1066	BRAZIL: LAUNCH OF OES-FUNDED PROJECT CONCERNING LAND-BASED [...] (SBU) Embassy Brasilia, in conjunction with the Bureau of Oceans, Environment and Science (OES),has awarded a USD 75,000 grant to support the reduction of land-based sources of marine pollution in Brazil. The request for proposals was issued on February 20, 2009 and there were four responses [...]	2009-08-27 16:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EINV EAGR KSCA BR
09BRASILIA1092	HIGH LEVEL ENERGY DICUSSIONS IN BRAZIL REVEAL OPPORTUNITIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: High-level U.S. policy makers explored opportunities for bilateral energy cooperation with Brazil, ranging from oil exploration to civilian nuclear power, in multiple meetings during the week of August 4 - 8. White House National Security Advisor General Jones discussed with the [...]	2009-08-31 17:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV SENV PREL MNUC BR NI
09BRASILIA1129	BRAZIL: SCENE SETTER, USTR AMBASSADOR RON KIRK VISIT TO SAO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is productive and broad-based, with growing economic and trade ties. Excellent opportunities for increased bilateral trade cooperation exist, including issues raised in the recent CEO Forum. Brazil has also prioritized concl [...]	2009-09-11 10:31:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIRP ECON EFIN EINV EAGR BR
09BRASILIA1201	BRAZIL: USTR Amb Kirk Sept 16-17 Visit to Brasilia and Sao [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In meetings with the private sector and labor representatives, as well as government officials, USTR Ambassador Ron Kirk achieved significant success in re-framing the tone of the U.S.-Brazil trade and investment relationship. Common themes, including the need for a Bilateral T [...]	2009-09-28 14:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV EFIN BR
09BRASILIA1271	BRAZIL: SMALL VICTORY IN THE 40 YEAR STRUGGLE FOR A BTT [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 28, the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies' Constitutional Committee (CCJ) approved the Tax Information and Exchange Act (TIEA) with the United States. The TIEA, which the Government of Brazil (GOB) considers an important pre-element of progress toward a Bilateral Tax Tre [...]	2009-10-29 09:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV BR
09BRASILIA1272	BRAZIL: STAFFDEL MEECHAM - IFI/MDBs REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Officials from both the Government of Brazil (GOB) and international financial institutions (IFIs) and multilateral development banks (MDBs) operating in Brazil described for Carl Meacham, Senator Lugar's senior foreign policy advisor on Latin America, a shift from national lev [...]	2009-10-29 13:10:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON BR
09BRASILIA1319	BRAZILIAN CIVIL AVIATION LIBERALIZATION: PERSPECTIVES FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's abilities to accommodate strong passenger air traffic growth, prepare for the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016, and enact market liberalization measures hinge upon its successful resolution of pressing capacity constraints, particularly at Sao Paulo's Guarulh [...]	2009-11-16 14:24:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV ECON BR
09BRASILIA132	BRAZIL: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] This cable transmits the text of the Brazil Investment Climate Statement for 2007. BEGIN TEXT: A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment Brazil is open to and encourages foreign investment. According to a recent United Nations report, Brazil is the largest foreign direct investment (FDI) re [...]	2009-02-03 16:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR BR
09BRASILIA1382	BRAZIL: BLACKOUT -CAUSES AND IMPLICATIONS [...] (S)SUMMARY: On November 10 at 22:13, Brazil experienced a blackout that plunged 18 of Brazil's 27 states into darkness for periods ranging from 20 minutes to 6 hours. A government commission is investigating, with a draft report and recommendations expected mid-December. GOB has recently begu [...]	2009-12-01 10:31:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	ENRG ECON KSEC ECIP EINV PREL BR
09BRASILIA1383	BRAZIL: BLACKOUT -CAUSES AND IMPLICATIONS [...] (S)SUMMARY: On November 10 at 22:13, Brazil experienced a blackout that plunged 18 of Brazil's 27 states into darkness for periods ranging from 20 minutes to 6 hours. A government commission is investigating, with a draft report and recommendations expected mid-December. GOB has recently begu [...]	2009-12-01 11:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	ENRG ECON KSEC ECIP EINV PREL BR
09BRASILIA1385	BRAZIL: SCENE SETTER, USTR/MRE BCM DECEMBER 9 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is productive and broad-based, with growing economic and trade ties. The visit provides an important opportunity to highlight the potential for increased bilateral cooperation, emphasizing that specific trade disputes need n [...]	2009-12-01 15:37:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIRP ECON EFIN EINV EAGR BR
09BRASILIA1388	BRAZIL: OPIC LETTERS ON HYDROELECTRIC PROJECTS DELIVERED TO [...] On November 25, 2009, Post delivered the letters and attachments from Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) Acting Vice President for Investment Policy Berta Heybey to Brazilian Minister for the Environment Carlos Minc, which notified the Environment Ministry of OPIC's consideration o [...]	2009-12-02 12:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	OPIC EINV SENV ENRG BR
09BRASILIA141	BRAZIL: AUTOMOBILE SECTOR MEASURES [...] (SBU) Summary: The government of Brazil, in addressing the global economic downturn's negative impact on its automotive sector, has implemented several measures aimed at freeing up credit lines, stimulating domestic demand and protecting domestic production. Reduced industrial product taxes on [...]	2009-02-04 13:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV BR
09BRASILIA1412	Brazil: Scenesetter - Economic Partnership Dialogue December [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-04 22:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EAGR EFIN BR
09BRASILIA1428	USAID/Brazil and Brazil's Agency for Cooperation Visit Haiti [...] SUMMARY: From November 22-26, USAID/Brazil, together with the Brazilian Agency for International Cooperation (ABC) visited Port-au-Prince to identify opportunities for trilateral cooperation in Haiti. Activities including project site visits and stakeholder meetings with Government of Haiti of [...]	2009-12-08 17:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EINV ETRD ENRG SOCI KSCA HA ECON
09BRASILIA1498	BRAZIL: USTR/MRE BCM POSITIVE AND PRODUCTIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 9, Assistant United States Trade Representative (AUSTR) for the Americas Everett Eissenstat, accompanied by Director for Brazil and Southern Cone Katherine Kalutkiewicz, led the U.S. delegation during a positive and productive meeting of the Bilateral Consultative M [...]	2009-12-21 18:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON EFIN EINV EAGR BR
09BRASILIA1500	BRAZIL: AUSTR VISIT TO RECIFE HIGHLIGHTS PURSUIT OF [...] (SBU) On December 10 and 11, Assistant United States Trade Representative (AUSTR) for the Americas Everett Eissenstat, accompanied by Director for Brazil and Southern Cone Katherine Kalutkiewicz, visited Recife (in the Northeastern state of Pernambuco) to discuss the economic potential of Bra [...]	2009-12-21 19:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EFIN EINV EAGR BR
09BRASILIA16	Brazil Civil Aviation: Airport Privatization - the players [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil is studying several concession models to raise capital for much needed airport infrastructure improvements before hosting the World Cup in 2014. Private and public sector proposals have been received during the comment period phase, with most comments advocating private [...]	2009-01-06 14:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV ECON BR
09BRASILIA244	BRAZIL: TWO NEW PRAGMATIC STEPS TO ADDRESS ILLEGAL AMAZON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Brazil (GOB) plans to take two steps - each quite pragmatic - to address the serious problem of settlers illegally clearing the Amazon Forest and the challenge of settlers occupying public land in the Amazon: The first measure - currently a proposal - would r [...]	2009-02-27 18:36:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EINV EAGR KSCA BR
09BRASILIA303	BRAZIL: LIFTING OF OPERATIONAL RESTRICTIONS AT RIO'S SANTOS [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's Agency for Civil Aviation Regulation (ANAC) announced March 4 that it would lift operational restrictions placed on Rio's Santos Dumont airport. The decision opened a torrent of angry and combative comments by Rio's Governor Sergio Cabral and Rio's Mayor Eduardo Paes, w [...]	2009-03-13 10:49:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV ECON BR
09BRASILIA347	Brazil: PAC Investment Program Two Years Later: Mixed [...] (SBU) Summary: The Brazilian Growth Acceleration Program ("PAC"),a government run public works program funded with federal, parastatal, and private investment, celebrated its second anniversary in February. In a recently released PAC executive summary report, the GOB highlighted past, present [...]	2009-03-20 19:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON BR
09BRASILIA395	Brazil: Open Skies and Privatization Update [...] (SBU) Summary: The president of Brazil's Agency for Civil Aviation Regulation (ANAC),Solange Paiva Vieira, outlined a detailed strategy for Open Skies negotiations with the U.S. during a March 26 meeting with Ambassador Sobel. The process involves ANAC reviewing a U.S. provided Open Skies eco [...]	2009-03-30 21:11:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV ECON BR
09BRASILIA397	BRAZIL SCENESETTER: CODEL HOYER APRIL 8-10 [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified, please treat accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Your visit comes at a time when the relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as ever, with a strong bilateral relationship and important economic ties. Brazi [...]	2009-03-31 20:06:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP SENV KGHG ENRG ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL BR
09BRASILIA398	BRAZIL SCENESETTER: CODEL HOYER APRIL 8-10 [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified, please treat accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Your visit comes at a time when the relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as ever, with a strong bilateral relationship and important economic ties. Brazi [...]	2009-03-31 20:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP SENV KGHG ENRG ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL BR
09BRASILIA405	BRAZIL SCENESETTER: CODEL PASTOR APRIL 4-10 [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified, please treat accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Your visit comes at a time when the relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as ever, with a strong bilateral relationship and important economic ties. Brazi [...]	2009-03-31 21:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP SENV KGHG ENRG ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL BR
09BRASILIA497	CODEL HOYER BRAZIL VISIT PRODUCTIVE ON ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT, [...] (U) SUMMARY: Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and a delegation of nine members of the United States House of Representatives visited Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro April 8-10, with a focus on energy, the environment, and climate change. The delegation was granted a rare meeting with Brazilian Presid [...]	2009-04-22 19:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP SENV KGHG ENRG ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL BR
09BRASILIA654	BRAZIL: Treasury DAS Nancy Lee - G20 follow-up, political [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazilian private and public sector interlocutors in Brasilia and Sao Paulo told U.S. Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary Nancy Lee that Brazil's economic downturn may be bottoming out. Bankers, however, were unwilling to predict when investment levels would trend higher, which [...]	2009-05-22 17:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PREL BR
09BRASILIA671	BRAZIL SCENESETTER: CODEL THOMPSON MAY 27-28 [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified, please treat accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Your visit comes at a time when the relationship between the United States and Brazil is accelerating and being given added weight with the rapid growth of Brazil's regional and global eco [...]	2009-05-27 15:19:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PTER KCRM SENV KGHG ENRG ECON ETRD EINV EFIN
09BRASILIA679	BRAZILIAN FOREIGN MINISTER - AND POSSIBLE CANDIDATE FOR IAEA [...] (C) SUMMARY: There have been press reports that Brazil's Minister for Exterior Relations Celso Amorim wants to be a candidate to become the next Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Although Amorim has denied any interest in the IAEA job, the persistence of the [...]	2009-05-28 20:04:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ENRG ETTC EPET EINV KNNP IAEA IR BR
09BRASILIA716	BRAZIL: CONGRESSIONAL HEARING ON WEAKNESSES IN MONITORING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At May 14 hearings before the Brazilian Chambers of Deputies expert witnesses disagreed over the seriousness and accuracy of the criticisms contained in a recent report by the Brazilian government accountability office (Tribunal de Contas da Uniao) finding faults and irregulari [...]	2009-06-05 15:50:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP IAEA ETTC EINV IR BR
09BRASILIA76	Brazil Civil Aviation: OPEN SKIES NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The president of Brazil's Agency for Civil Aviation Regulation (ANAC),Solange Paiva Vieira, has agreed to launch dialogues leading towards Open Skies (OS) negotiations with the US in 2009. During a recent meeting with Ambassador Sobel, Vieira commented that an OS agreement would [...]	2009-01-16 18:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV ECON BR
09BRASILIA765	BRAZIL: NEW OIL REGIME ALMOST READY FOR PRIME TIME; ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Brazil is poised to finally unveil its long-awaited proposal for a new oil regime to administer its ultra deepwater (also known as "pre-salt")oil reserves. According to the Minister of Energy, the new proposed structure will include a small state-owned company under the auspices [...]	2009-06-17 14:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV PREL BR
09BRASILIA766	BRAZIL SCENESETTER: DR. MICHAEL FROMAN, DEPUTY NATIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is productive and broad-based, with growing economic ties. Through the financial crisis, Brazil has played a constructive role in the G20 and has also prioritized concluding the Doha round of World Trade Organization (WTO) n [...]	2009-06-17 18:16:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP SENV KGHG ENRG ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL BR
09BRASILIA809	BRAZIL - DEPUTY NATL SECURITY ADVISOR FROMAN DISCUSSES CEO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Government of Brazil (GOB) meetings with Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs Michael Froman in Brasilia June 18-19 focused on CEO Forum, G8 and G20 preparations, Major Economies Forum (MEF) and Doha. Casa Civil head Minister Dilma Rousseff and Mi [...]	2009-06-25 16:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN ENRG SENV KGHG EINV BR
09BRASILIA828	BRAZIL'S TAX COLLECTION AGENCY NOT A CONSTRUCTIVE PARTNER [...] (SBU) Summary: A June 24 Brazilian-industry sponsored conference highlighted that Brazil's recent record of concluding bilateral tax treaties (BTT) lags far behind that of other Latin American and BRIC countries, and the Brazilian revenue collection agency responsible for tax treaty negotiatio [...]	2009-06-29 11:29:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV BR
09BRASILIA836	BRAZIL: CEO FORUM - CO-CHAIR JOSUE GOMES DA SILVA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In recent conversations with CEO Forum Brazilian co-chair Josue Gomes da Silva, Presidente of Coteminas, prioritized infrastructure investment, private equity, and venture capital as Forum topics, emphasized interest in Brazilian access to Haiti HOPE II, welcomed energy cooperat [...]	2009-06-29 17:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN ENRG EINV BR
09BRASILIA862	BRAZIL - DEPUTY ENERGY MIN ZIMMERMAN OUTLINES EXCELLENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a June 18 meeting, Brazil's Deputy Minister of Mines and Energy Marcio Zimmerman outlined for Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs Michael Froman the areas of expansion and possible cooperation in the Brazilian energy sector - hydropower, biofu [...]	2009-07-09 19:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV SENV KGHG ETRD EFIN PREL BR
09BRASILIA890	BRAZIL'S CONTINUED RESISTANCE TO OECD GUIDELINES STALLS BTT [...] (SBU) Summary: Tax treaty negotiators from the U.S. Treasury and Brazil's revenue collection agency, Receita Federal (Receita),met via DVC on July 10 to assess the potential for renewed progress on a bilateral tax treaty (BTT),and to develop a consensus message to present to the CEO Forum in [...]	2009-07-16 19:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV BR
09BRASILIA893	BRAZIL: CONTENTIOUS LAW ENACTED TO HELP CLARIFY MURKY LAND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 25, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva signed legislation (Law No. 11952) that addresses a key factor underlying Brazil's serious deforestation problem, i.e., the lack of clear title to land in the Amazon region. This new law provides farmers and ranchers oc [...]	2009-07-17 13:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EINV ECON EAGR KSCA BR
09BRASILIA896	Brazil: Liberalization, Possibility of Expanded Frequencies [...] (SBU) Summary: The president of Brazil's Agency for Civil Aviation Regulation (ANAC),Solange Paiva Vieira, provided a detailed update of Brazil's civil aviation sector during a July 8 dinner hosted by Ambassador Sobel that was also attended by several of Brazil's leading investment bankers. V [...]	2009-07-17 19:16:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV ECON BR
09BRASILIA946	BRAZIL SCENESETTER: DR. TODD STERN, SPECIAL ENVOY FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In spite of its relatively clean energy matrix, Brazil is a major greenhouse gas emitter primarily due to massive, ongoing deforestation. The Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE) has pursued a cautious, defensive approach in international climate change negotiations, steering [...]	2009-07-31 10:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG ENRG ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL BR
09BRATISLAVA149	SLOVAKIA BUYS BACK TRANSPETROL STAKE [...] (U) The Slovak Government last night announced that it had concluded the buyback of its 49 percent share in the Transpetrol oil pipeline at a cost of $240 million. The purchase from Yukos Finance, one of the remnants of bankrupt Yukos Oil, was finalized and signed on March 26 in London betwee [...]	2009-03-27 19:15:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON EINV KCOR LO
09BRATISLAVA17	SLOVAK GAS CRISIS UPDATE: IT'S GETTING POLITICAL [...] (SBU) As the gas crisis continues to play out in Slovakia, it is becoming more and more a playground for political maneuvering. The GoS has declared an intention to re-open a 440MW nuclear power plant at Jaslovske Bohunice, which had been closed on December 31 as part of Slovakia's EU accessio [...]	2009-01-12 15:46:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EINV LO
09BRATISLAVA212	U.S. COMPANY DENIED GAS EXPLORATION LICENSE IN [...] (C) U.S. energy company Aspect Energy has recently been refused licenses to explore for natural gas in southern Slovakia. The denials, based on what the company considers flimsy bases, follow two years of a lengthy and nontransparent process at the Ministry of Environment. While the exact rea [...]	2009-05-13 14:32:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV EMIN KCOR LO
09BRATISLAVA31	SLOVAKIA GAS CRISIS UPDATE, JANUARY 15 [...] (SBU) The Slovak government has quickly backed away from last week's announcement that it plans to re-start the recently closed nuclear reactor at Jaslovske Bohunice. Experts have told us there is virtually no need to restart the plant because of the gas crisis. Gas reserves are reportedly ad [...]	2009-01-15 15:28:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EINV PREL LO
09BRATISLAVA425	SLOVAKIA'S BUDGET SEASON BEGINS [...] (U) The draft 2010 budget was approved by the Slovak Cabinet on 30 September; it now goes forward to further negotiation before passage in final form at year end. The budget reduces the deficit to 5.5% of GDP through a series of spending cuts aimed at ministries that do not directly touch the [...]	2009-10-02 06:28:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PREL LO
09BRATISLAVA45	SLOVAKIA - 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Slovakia's once troubled economy has been transformed in the last ten years into a business friendly market-model, which led the region with GDP growth of 7.1 percent (est.) in 2008. Comprehensive structural reforms adopted by the Slovak government in the first several years of this decade led [...]	2009-01-26 15:44:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD OPIC KTDB USTR LO
09BRATISLAVA464	SLOVAKIA MOVES TO PROTECT "STRATEGIC ENTERPRISES" [...] (SBU) The Slovak Cabinet last week approved a controversial proposal by Minister of Economy Lubomir Jahnatek to enable the government to nationalize distressed companies, starting with the Novacke Chemicke Zavody (NCZ) chemical factory. The measure would allow the GoS to nationalize designated [...]	2009-11-03 13:34:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV LO
09BRATISLAVA486	SLOVAK CABINET MOVES TO UNDERMINE ANTITRUST OVERSIGHT [...] (U) In a move that would strip the Slovak government's Antitrust Office of its oversight authority over recent consolidation in the health insurance industry, the cabinet approved this week an amendment to the Health Insurance law that will finalize the merger of two large state-owned insurance [...]	2009-11-20 14:43:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EINV LO
09BRATISLAVA498	SLOVAK PRESIDENT SIGNS CONTROVERSIAL "STRATEGIC ENTERPRISES" [...] (U) Despite strong, unified opposition from both labor unions and the business community, President Gasparovic yesterday signed the "Strategic Enterprises" law (reftel) that was rushed through Parliament with little debate earlier this month. All of the international chambers of commerce prese [...]	2009-11-27 14:20:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON PGOV LO
09BRATISLAVA509	SLOVAK GOVERNMENT TURNING OUT THE LIGHTS ON SOLAR POWER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The enthusiastic solar energy "gold rush" in Slovakia has hit a series of speed bumps in recent weeks and now faces an uncertain future, as the Slovak government's weak commitment to renewable energy has been further undermined by outright opposition from several important player [...]	2009-12-09 14:29:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EINV ECON PGOV LO
09BRATISLAVA526	THE FUTURE OF SLOVAKIA'S SOLAR POWER INDUSTRY GROWS EVEN [...] (SBU) Fears about a lack of transparency and openness in Slovakia's renewable energy industry were realized last week, as the government-owned power grid operator (SEPS) approved a list of solar power projects and announced that nothing further will be approvedQat least two years. The applicat [...]	2009-12-22 14:15:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV ECON PGOV LO
09BRATISLAVA84	SLOVAKIA STRUGGLES TO COMBAT ECONOMIC CRISIS [...] (SBU) After hoping for several months that it might have dodged the global economic crisis, the GoS has recently begun to face up to the fact that it hasn't. The auto industry has turned in gloomy forecasts, and every week another company or two announces cutbacks, layoffs, or closures. In re [...]	2009-02-17 15:51:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV LO
09BRAZZAVILLE143	BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF - MAY 11, 2009 [...] The date has been set: Presidential elections for the Republic of the Congo (ROC) will be held July 12. Eligibility regulations were published: a candidate must be of Congolese nationality, of good morality, must have 15 years of professional experience, be between the ages of 40 and 70, and [...]	2009-05-11 14:39:00	Embassy Brazzaville	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EINV ETTC ETRD PGOV CF
09BRAZZAVILLE331	BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF: NOVEMBER 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-18 09:03:00	Embassy Brazzaville	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL CF EFIN EAGR EINV ETRD
09BRAZZAVILLE345	BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF: DECEMBER 10, 2009 [...] (U) According to the GROC, there are now 77,488 displaced persons in camps spread along the Congo-Brazzaville bank of the Oubangui River, primarily in the Likouala region. Reports on both sides of the border indicate that what began as an ethnic conflict has now evolved into an organized rebel [...]	2009-12-10 10:42:00	Embassy Brazzaville	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CF EFIN EAGR EINV ETRD
09BRAZZAVILLE97	CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-01 14:55:00	Embassy Brazzaville	UNCLASSIFIED	OPIC USTR EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV KTDB CF
09BRIDGETOWN145	DOMINICA: EMERGING WATER SUPERPOWER? [...] (U) Dominica has the potential to be a massive exporter of potable fresh water, with some 300 million gallons spilling into the ocean every day. The government has expressed interest in exploiting this largely untapped resource, but a lack of capacity and resources to focus on the possible i [...]	2009-03-05 12:29:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV BEXP XL EAGR EIND ETRD EWWT SENV
09BRIDGETOWN160	DOMINICA COMMERCIAL SNAPSHOT [...] (SBU) Dominica has long been an undeveloped and underserved economy in the Caribbean, but projects in geothermal power and freshwater have the potential to attract business interest to the country. The American business community is small but growing, with interests in electricity, media, qu [...]	2009-03-11 17:11:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV BEXP PREL XL
09BRIDGETOWN346	GEOTHERMAL ENERGY ON EVERYONE'S FRONT BURNER IN [...] (C) Having been granted rights to develop a geothermal reservoir by the Government of Nevis, West Indies Power claims it is 18 months away from generating sufficient power to meet the energy needs of Nevis, and more than 2 years away from exporting power to St. Kitts. Large potential customers [...]	2009-06-10 21:13:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL EINV KTBD IR XL
09BRIDGETOWN347	READY TO DRILL (FOR STEAM NOT OIL): DOMINICA [...] (U) On 14 March 2009, poloff, met with Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Utilities, Energy, and Ports Vincent Philbert to discuss the Summit of the Americas, focusing on the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (EPCA). Philbert advised us that representatives from Domin [...]	2009-06-11 12:14:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	XL ECON ENV EINV ENRG SENV TRGY
09BRIDGETOWN360	2009 EXPROPRIATION REPORT: ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA [...] (SBU) The United States Government is aware of one (1) claim of a United States person that may be outstanding against the Government of Antigua and Barbuda (GOAB) End Summary. Claimant Designation ------------------- 2. (U) Claimant A Date of Expropiation --------------------- [...]	2009-06-18 15:01:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV

09BRIDGETOWN369	EXPROPRIATION - ST. LUCIA [...] (SBU) St. Lucia has one outstanding expropriation case. ---------------------- Claimant Designation -------------------- 2. (U) Claimants A through F. --------------------- Date of Expropriation --------------------- 3. (U) The initial expropriation occurred in May 2008. The ti [...]	2009-06-19 19:04:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV XL
09BRIDGETOWN39	BRIDGETOWN CLOSING OUT OF FY 2008 BFIF PROGRAMS [...] Summary: Post conducted an ambitious business outreach program in FY 08 and BFIF funding was essential to carrying out our agenda. At the conclusion of each trip post drafted reporting cables. This is the fiscal accounting cable requested in reftel. Reftels contains most of our BFIF reporti [...]	2009-01-22 11:13:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EAGR ETRO EAID EPET EINV BB
09BRIDGETOWN430	NEVIS HOSTS GEOTHERMAL CONFERENCE [...] (U) The Nevis Island Administration (NIA) hosted the first Eastern Caribbean Geothermal Energy Conference on Nevis, June 30th through July 2nd to promote geothermal energy in the region. In Attendance were government officials from St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Dominica, and St. Vincent and [...]	2009-07-16 14:12:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG PREL EINV KTBD IR XL
09BRIDGETOWN465	ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SSI SPEAKER FOSTERS DEBATE IN [...] (U) The Strategic Speaker Initiative brought solar power expert JF Scarborough to Barbados, Grenada and Dominica to talk about alternative energy. This timely topic attracted surprisingly large crowds and fostered vigorous debate within the countries on the best way to manage future alternati [...]	2009-07-30 20:29:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EINV PREL XL
09BRIDGETOWN483	DOMINICA DEBATES THE FUTURE OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY [...] (U) A recently concluded Strategic Speaker Initiative (reftel A) brought about a timely debate within Dominica on the best way to manage future alternative energy projects. In Dominica, the elephant in the room is geothermal energy, which is seen by many as a savior for the country despite th [...]	2009-08-10 14:49:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EINV PREL XL
09BRIDGETOWN555	SSI SPEAKER ELECTRIFIES EASTERN CARIBBEAN SMALL [...] (U) Strategic Speaker Chuck Mills made a series of presentations and met with government officials, local chambers of commerce and small business associations during his week-long trip to Barbados, Grenada and St. Lucia. His talk on small business development and entrepreneurship was well-re [...]	2009-09-14 20:33:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP ECON EFIN EINV XL
09BRIDGETOWN623	GRENADA EAGER TO DEVELOP ALTERNATIVE ENERGY -- BUT [...] (U) Poloff met with Ministry of Energy and Environment Officials, senior officials from GRENLEC, the American-owned private utility company in Grenada, and the President of Grensol, a solar power provider, to assess the state of play of alternative energy development in Grenada. The consensus [...]	2009-10-08 14:05:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OECS ENRG EINV ETRD ECON SENV XL
09BRIDGETOWN73	GOB INFORMALLY POSTPONING IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW [...] SUMMARY (SBU) In a January 29 meeting arranged by the Embassy at the request of San Diego-based PriceSmart, a warehouse-style shopping club, Director of Barbados' Consumers Affairs Department (DCCA) Terry Bascombe assured PriceSmart executives and econoffs that the GOB would not follow through [...]	2009-02-04 21:56:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD OECS EINV ECON XL
09BRIDGETOWN78	ST. KITTS AND NEVIS CONTENDS FOR PER CAPITA MURDER [...] (C) The small twin island nation of St. Kitts and Nevis is number two, sandwiched between Colombia and South Africa, on the list of nations with the most murders per capita. The spike in killings, now receiving attention in the international press, has the potential to further damage a touris [...]	2009-02-05 20:11:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PREL XL SOCI
09BRUSSELS1056	BELGIUM: THREE REGIONAL INVESTMENT AGENCIES WORK TO ATTRACT [...] (U) THIS REPORT IS FOR U.S. GOVERNMENT USE ONLY, AND SHOULD NOT BE POSTED ON THE INTERNET. SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) BelgiumQs three regions -- Flanders, Wallonia, and Brussels -- compete among each other and against neighboring countries for foreign direct investment (FDI) projects. Emb [...]	2009-07-31 15:26:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON BE
09BRUSSELS108	INTRODUCING THE EU IV: THE JUDICIAL, FINANCIAL, SUPERVISORY [...] In addition to its core policy and law-making institutions (the Commission, Council and European Council, and European Parliament - see REFs B and C),the EU institutional system also includes several other bodies with judicial, monetary, financial, supervisory or advisory functions. Among th [...]	2009-01-27 15:39:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EINV EUN PTER KTFN KJUS UNSC IR
09BRUSSELS1153	UNSURPRISINGLY, GALILEO ALREADY LATE AND OVER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A late June communication released with little fanfare by the European Commission to the European Parliament and Council, explained current cost overruns and delays in deployment of the Galileo satellite navigation system. At the moment, complete deployment of all 30 satellite [...]	2009-08-19 12:46:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH EAIR ECON ETRD EUN PGOV PREL RS TSPA EINV
09BRUSSELS1355	BELGIUM: ENERGY MINISTER WANTS TO EXTEND OLDEST NUCLEAR [...] (U) On October 1, Energy and Environment Minister Paul Magnette (Parti Socialiste) announced that he had agreed with Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy to keep the Belgian nuclear power plants open until 2025. In exchange, the owner of the plants, Electrabel (a Belgian subsidiary of the French [...]	2009-10-09 06:12:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG ETRD EINV BE
09BRUSSELS1392	EUROPE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC REPORT: October 9, [...] (SBU) On October 20, EU27 Finance Ministers will meet in Luxembourg. They are scheduled to discuss: --preparations for the November 6-7 G-20 Finance Ministers meeting; --exit strategies from measures put in place in response to the economic and financial crisis; --climate finance; --reform o [...]	2009-10-16 14:43:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EIND EINV EUN
09BRUSSELS1393	EU Financial Supervisory Reform [...] (U) SUMMARY: On September 23, the European Commission (EC) proposed new legislation to reform the European system of financial supervision at both macro and micro prudential levels. The proposals build on the Commission's May 2009 Communication and follow closely the Conclusions of the June EC [...]	2009-10-16 14:47:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EIND EINV EUN
09BRUSSELS1394	EPC GMO DEBATE : RISK OR OPPORTUNITY FOR EUROPE ? [...] SUMMARY: On October 15 in Brussels, the European Policy Center (EPC) hosted a lively debate on the role of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in European agriculture. Following largely pro-GMO remarks by European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Mariann Fischer Boel, spea [...]	2009-10-16 15:26:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB EAGR PGOV OPIC BE
09BRUSSELS1426	TRANSATLANTIC BUSINESS DIALOGUE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE [...] (U) Summary: The Transatlantic Business Dialogue (TABD) has submitted their annual recommendations to the Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC). TABD requests to the TEC include focus efforts on avoiding protectionism, ensuring aligned regulation, and promoting transatlantic innovation. They st [...]	2009-10-23 16:05:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL BEXP ENRG EINV EUN
09BRUSSELS1482	EUROPE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC REPORT: October 28, [...] (SBU) On October 20, the European Commission published a Communication setting out the approach it plans to follow in regulating the Over-the-Counter (OTC) derivatives market in 2010. The future legislation will aim to: * Reduce counterparty risk by: (i) establishing common safety, regulatory [...]	2009-11-03 04:33:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EIND EINV EUN
09BRUSSELS1503	Belgium: 2010 Budget: First Step on Long Road Back to [...] (U) This cable is for internal U.S. Government use only and is not to be posted on the Internet. SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) The Belgian federal government (GOB) is counting on the country's three regions to help reduce the country's overall budget deficit to 18.7 billion euros (usd 28 bill [...]	2009-11-06 13:59:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ELAB ENRG BE
09BRUSSELS1616	BARROSO'S NEW COMMISSION SHOULD BE GOOD [...] (SBU) Summary: EU Commission President Barroso's announced line-up of the policy portfolios for the new Commission that takes office on/about February 1 has mostly good implications for U.S. economic policy interests: -- New Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht (Belgian Foreign Minister until [...]	2009-12-01 16:25:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ECIN EFIN EINV EAGR EIND
09BRUSSELS171	EU INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2009 [...] Per reftel, this is the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for the European Union. Post will email Word versions as instructed in reftel. The statement covers the following categories: --Openness to Foreign Investment Q-Conversion and Transfer Policies --Expropriation and Compensation -- [...]	2009-02-06 11:28:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC BE
09BRUSSELS1719	EEB A/S FERNANDEZ IN BRUSSELS: IMPACT OF LISBON TREATY AND [...] (SBU) Summary: During discussions with EU officials and stakeholders in Brussels on December 9-10, EEB Assistant Secretary Fernandez explored the current state of, and prospects for, the transatlantic economic relationship, the future of the Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC),the impact of t [...]	2009-12-23 16:25:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV EUN
09BRUSSELS172	EU COMPETITION AUTHORITIES HOPE TO MAKE GOOD U.S.-EU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. DG Competition officials told USEU January 14 they hope to work closely with the Obama Administration to improve already strong U.S.-EU competition policy cooperation. Officials in the DG Competition Chief Economist's office and International Unit said bilateral cooperation has [...]	2009-02-06 15:46:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ECON EFIN EINV ECPS EUN
09BRUSSELS208	EU Financial Sector Reorm: De Larosihre Report, Barroso [...] (SBU) ummary. The de Larosihre group's report on EU Fnancial Services supervision is due to be relesed on February 25. Given strong disagreemens within the EU on host versus home supervisory powers, the recommendations are likely to be modest. The report's conclusions will form part of a broa [...]	2009-02-13 09:19:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EIND EINV EUN
09BRUSSELS264	EUROPE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC REPORT: FEBRUARY [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-24 16:20:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EIND EINV EUN
09BRUSSELS290	DE LAROSIERE REPORT ON THE FUTURE OF EU FINANCIAL [...] (U) In November 2008, EC President Barroso tasked Jacques De Larosiere with leading a group to make recommendations on the future of EU financial regulation and supervision. The group released their report on February 25. The report addresses four issues: causes of the financial crisis, polic [...]	2009-03-03 14:12:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ETRD EIND EINV EUN
09BRUSSELS306	LOST IN TRANSLATION - IFIS CALLING FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Econ Officers heard from Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner's Cabinet on March 4 that negotiations with Ukraine are ongoing over reforms requested by international financial institutions (IFIs) as a prerequisite for making investment commitments at the March 23 EU-sponsored investme [...]	2009-03-05 10:52:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET EUN UP EINV
09BRUSSELS333	EUROPE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC REPORT: March [...] (SBU) On March 9, the ECON Committee of the European Parliament (EP) will vote on amendments to the CRD report. It is likely that there will be amendments passed asking the Commission to submit proposals to enhance transparency of the OTC derivatives market, including mandatory central counter [...]	2009-03-12 05:55:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EIND EINV EUN
09BRUSSELS380	EUROPEAN COMMISSION TRADE OFFICIAL SAYS U.S. INSISTENCE ON [...] (U) Summary: On Monday March 16, European Commission Deputy Director General (DDG) of DG TRADE Peter Balas briefed the European Parliament's (EP's) International Trade Committee on the Commission's activities with regard to the upcoming G20 summit in London on April 2nd. Balas discussed the EU [...]	2009-03-17 15:50:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ETRD EIND EINV EUN
09BRUSSELS399	EU SEEKS TO DOUBLE ICT RESEARCH AND INNOVATION FUNDING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The European Commission released a March 13 Communication calling for doubling funding for information and communication technology (ICT) research and innovation and other steps to boost ICT in Europe. "A Strategy for ICT R&D and Innovation in Europe: Raising the Game" emphasiz [...]	2009-03-20 07:18:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECIN EINV EINT ETRD ECON EUN
09BRUSSELS411	Experts Meeting on Regional Economic Cooperation on [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The European Commission hosted a meeting of experts March 17 in Brussels to develop tangible areas for regional projects centered on Afghanistan ahead of the Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECC),to be held in Islamabad, perhaps in May. Experts repres [...]	2009-03-23 12:36:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC BE AF
09BRUSSELS417	EUROPE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC REPORT: March 20th, 2009 [...] (SBU) On March 23, the Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) Committee of the European Parliament (EP) is set to vote on the EC's proposed Regulation on Credit Rating Agencies. The ECON Committee is expected to broaden the scope of the regulation to cover all ratings (not just those used for re [...]	2009-03-24 12:26:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EIND EINV EUN
09BRUSSELS425	Experts Meeting on Regional Economic Cooperation on [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The European Commission hosted a meeting of experts March 17 in Brussels to develop tangible areas for regional projects centered on Afghanistan ahead of the Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECC),to be held in Islamabad, perhaps in May. Experts represen [...]	2009-03-25 15:03:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC BE AF
09BRUSSELS472	Belgium: Financial Sector Bonuses Shrouded in Silence [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While most countries in Western Europe are vigorously debating the pros and cons of large banking bonuses, no such discussion has been taking place in Belgium. The involvement of quasi-public banks Dexia and Ethias is one reason why politicians have treaded delicately until now [...]	2009-04-01 13:41:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ELAB BE
09BRUSSELS497	CHARGE'S VISIT TO MONS, BELGIUM [...] Summary: On March 30 Embassy Brussels Charge traveled with Embassy officers to the town of Mons in the Belgian province of Hainaut. Mons is a major town in the French-speaking Wallonia region of Brussels. The Charge met with the Governor of Hainaut Province, a city councilman of Mons, and t [...]	2009-04-03 06:33:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EINV BE
09BRUSSELS511	BELGIUM: RESPONSE TO LACEY ACT DEMARCHE [...] Post delivered the Lacey Act demarche on December 11, 2008. On March 26, 2009, the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) informed the Embassy via email that the Government of Belgium appreciated the opportunity to comment on the implementation of the revised Lacey Act provisions, and we [...]	2009-04-06 13:48:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID EAGR ETRD EINV BTIO BE
09BRUSSELS560	EU COMMISSION OFFICIAL DETAILS CHINA,S SATELLITE [...] (S//NF) An EU Commission official provided insight to China,s efforts within the EU to acquire sensitive technologies, specifically those developed for the Galileo Satellite Navigation program. He explained that the mehods employed by China's Ministry of Science nd Technology (MOST) have only [...]	2009-04-15 05:15:00	USEU Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	CH EAIR ECON ETRD EUN PGOV PREL TSPA EINV
09BRUSSELS561	EU COMMISSION OFFICIAL DETAILS CHINA,S SATELLITE [...] (S//NF) An EU Commission official provided insight to China,s efforts within the EU to acquire sensitive technologies, specifically those developed for the Galileo Satellite Navigation program. He explained that the methods employed by China's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) have on [...]	2009-04-15 05:28:00	USEU Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	CH EAIR ECON ETRD EUN PGOV PREL TSPA EINV
09BRUSSELS566	THE PLIGHT OF MON810: POLITICS TRUMPS SCIENCE IN THE EU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 14, the German Ministry of Agriculture announced a ban on the cultivation and sale of Monsanto's GMO corn MON810, the only GMO varietal currently approved for cultivation in the European Union, in Germany. The German action follows the March 22 announcement by Luxembou [...]	2009-04-16 13:15:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN ELAB PGOV BE
09BRUSSELS635	EUROPE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC REPORT: May 4th, [...] (SBU) On May 5, the ECOFIN Council will meet to discuss the Commission's Spring economic forecast and to formally adopt the Regulation on Credit Rating Agencies and the Solvency II Directive, both recently approved by the European Parliament. Ministers will exchange views on how to cross-borde [...]	2009-05-05 10:38:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EIND EINV EUN
09BRUSSELS720	Belgium: KBC Bank Comes Back for Thirds - Another [...] The Government of Belgium (GOB) provided a third bailout to Kredietbank (KBC),Belgium's third largest bank, on May 15, announcing it would provide cash of 2 billion euro and the possibility of loan guarantees worth almost 15 billion euro. KBC received earlier bailouts in October 2008 (3.5 bn [...]	2009-05-22 11:45:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ELAB BE
09BRUSSELS738	EUROPE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC REPORT: May 19th, 2009 [...] (SBU) On May 27, the European Commission will publish a Communication setting out its vision for a new European supervisory framework, based on two new pillars: --The European Systemic Risk Council (ESRC),which will monitor and assess the risks to financial stability, provide early warning of [...]	2009-05-28 08:42:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EIND EINV EUN
09BRUSSELS772	EUROPE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC REPORT: May [...] (SBU) On June 9, ECOFIN will meet in Luxembourg to discuss the Commission's proposals to reform financial supervision in the EU. The Commission seeks approval of the proposals by Finance Ministers ahead of the European Council on June 18-19. Ministers will also continue to discuss concerns abo [...]	2009-06-04 10:37:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EIND EINV EUN
09BRUSSELS802	BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER DE GUCHT'S MAY 27-28 [...] (SBU) Summary: Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht traveled to Iraq on May 27-28. While Belgium has been absent from Iraq for several years, his visit indicates a new willingness to be more active and cooperative with efforts to build security and good governance in the country. De Gucht [...]	2009-06-09 11:39:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EINV EPET BE IZ
09BRUSSELS931	EUROPE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC REPORT: July [...] (SBU) At the July ECOFIN Council - the first one under the Swedish presidency ministers will exchange views on the preparation of the forthcoming G-20 meetings, i.e., the G-20 finance ministers meeting preceding the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh in September. There Council will also discuss: 1) pr [...]	2009-07-07 14:42:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EIND EINV EUN
09BRUSSELS948	TEC STAKEHOLDERS PRAISE DAY-LONG OUTREACH EVENT [...] (U) Over 70 EU business, consumer group and European Commission representatives joined USEU staff June 29 for an energetic discussion of the Transatlantic Economic Council and Transatlantic Economic Framework(TEC/TEF),organized jointly by the Transatlantic Business Dialogue (TABD) and USEU in [...]	2009-07-08 15:35:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EIND ECIN EAGR EINV ETTC OECD PREL
09BUCHAREST24	ROMANIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2009 [...] Following is Embassy Bucharest's submission for the 2009 Investment Climate Statement. A. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ENCOURAGING INVESTMENT Romania actively seeks direct foreign investment. The Agency for Foreign Investment (ARIS),created in 2004, is designed to advertise the co [...]	2009-01-14 13:09:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR RO
09BUCHAREST315	ROMANIA: HEALTHCARE REFORM ON THE AGENDA FOR 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Romanian healthcare system continues to suffer from neglect two decades after the fall of communism. Health statistics remain bleak, with the country occupying the worst position in the EU in terms of the frequency of cardiovascular disease, pulmonary diseases, diabetes, tub [...]	2009-05-13 07:56:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV TBIO PGOV SOCI AMED KHIV RO
09BUCHAREST337	ROMANIA: REGULATIONS CHOKE PHARMA COMPANIES [...] (SBU) Summary: American and other foreign pharmaceutical companies are upset that the Ministry of Health (MOH) has recently passed several ordinances which, taken together, severely impact their ability to operate profitably in Romania. With its "universal" healthcare system, the Government [...]	2009-05-18 13:18:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV TBIO PGOV SOCI AMED KHIV RO
09BUCHAREST358	ROMANIA: HEALTH MINISTER BAZAC OUTLINES HIS [...] (SBU) Summary. In a May 20 meeting, Minister of Health Ion Bazac shared privately with the Charge d'affaires many of the same goals for the health care sector that he has publicly outlined over the last several months (ref B). Agreeing that changes to the system are badly needed, Bazac was q [...]	2009-05-28 12:37:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV TBIO PGOV SOCI AMED RO
09BUCHAREST370	ROMANIA: ACTIVE IN ENERGY DIPLOMACY [...] (C) Summary. According to Ministry of Economy State Secretary (SS) Tudor Serban, Romania has been engaged in active energy diplomacy efforts with Russia, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, and Armenia. Underpinning Romania's efforts are a desire to advance the Nabucco project and secure for Romania b [...]	2009-06-02 10:24:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EINV PREL RO
09BUCHAREST397	ROMANIA: 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (U) Summary: The United States Government is aware of eight (8) outstanding investment disputes and expropriation claims brought by United States persons or corporations that may be pending against the Government of Romania (GOR). There are no new cases since last year's report. Post recomm [...]	2009-06-15 09:17:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV RO
09BUCHAREST494	ROMANIA: NANOTECHNOLOGY POTENTIAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: EconOff recently visited the National Institute for Research and Development in Microtechnologies (IMT),an open-source institute that has received significant national funding. IMT represents a promising future for nanotechnology in Romania, but will need continued investment an [...]	2009-07-15 11:22:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TNGD TPHY TSPL EINV RO
09BUCHAREST497	ROMANIA: A 'EUROPEAN' MODEL FOR THE ENERGY SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Romania (GOR) is considering the creation of two vertically integrated energy companies formed out of existing state-owned assets, reversing a decentralization process that the GOR now sees as having been flawed. Instead, two "national champions" able to compe [...]	2009-07-16 08:45:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EINV PGOV KGHG RO
09BUCHAREST594	ROMANIAN CABINET BYPASSING PARLIAMENT - AGAIN [...] (SBU) Summary. Under the Romanian Constitution, the Cabinet has the authority to issue "emergency ordinances" (EOs) in special circumstances. These acts take effect immediately and have the force of law. Although Parliament must subsequently ratify or overturn them, there is no time limit [...]	2009-08-27 08:12:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV ECON RO
09BUCHAREST615	MASSIVE LEGISLATION PACKAGE A LITMUS TEST FOR [...] (C) Summary: Deteriorating relations between the Liberal Democrats (PDL) and Social Democrats (PSD) may hit a critical point in the coming days. Prime Minister Emil Boc (PDL) intends to fast track through Parliament three key pieces of legislation. Disagreement on part of the substance - as [...]	2009-09-04 14:12:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV RO
09BUCHAREST673	ROMANIA: PREPARATIONS FOR AN H1N1 PANDEMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: The start of the school year and continued steady uptick in AH1N1 cases has pushed the Government of Romania (GOR) to advance its planning for a potential flu pandemic. AH1N1's relatively low mortality rate to date has lessened the urgency of the planning, but the Ministry of [...]	2009-10-06 04:30:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV TBIO PGOV SOCI AMED RO
09BUCHAREST674	ROMANIA: OPIC FINANCE AND RENEWABLE ENERGY INVESTMENT [...] In response to reftel request for comments on a proposed OPIC loan to USRG Emerging Market Fund, post believes that Romania offers good opportunities for investment in renewable energy development. Although Europe is not the regional focus of the proposed fund, Romania's significant renewable [...]	2009-10-06 09:23:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EFIN EINV RO
09BUCHAREST742	ROMANIA: REQUEST FOR H1N1 VACCINE ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) This is an urgent action request; please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) The Ambassador was contacted on November 4 by Anca Ilinoiu, Senior Foreign Policy adviser to President Traian Basescu, with a "personal request from the President to President Obama" that the United States agree to pr [...]	2009-11-05 04:44:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV TBIO PGOV SOCI AMED RO
09BUCHAREST801	ROMANIA: ROMGAZ TRIES TO ADAPT TO CHANGING ENERGY MARKET [...] (SBU) One of the top two gas producers in Romania, state-owned Romgaz, echoed in a November 20 meeting the previous public statements by OMV/Petrom and other private players on the domestic market that the regulated price of domestic gas suppresses production in Romania. Until now Romgaz has [...]	2009-12-03 12:47:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EINV PGOV RO
09BUCHAREST825	INVESTING IN ROMANIA: CAPITAL OR LABOR? [...] (SBU) EconOff's recent visit to two American investors, oil drilling and pumping equipment manufacturer Cameron and fuel injection manufacturer Mefin Sinaia (owned by U.S.-based Walbridge Partners),revealed two very different manufacturing styles. Cameron's greenfield investment in a state-of [...]	2009-12-10 12:16:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG ECON PGOV RO
09BUCHAREST85	ROMANIA: 2009 BUDGET MIXES REALISM WITH WISHFUL THINKING [...] (SBU) The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a 2009 budget draft that is expected to be approved by Parliament without substantial amendments. The final draft combines selected doses of austerity with an effort to balance competing interests by promising priority projects to all parties; the r [...]	2009-02-11 12:26:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV RO
09BUDAPEST135	HUNGARY: MALEV'S ACTING CEO REVEALS ITS TRUE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a meeting with Ambassador Foley on February 18, Malev Hungarian Airlines, acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO),Mr. Geza Fehervary, provided details on the company,s current financial situation. Pulling aside the veil of the current state-of-play with Malev,s Russian financia [...]	2009-02-20 16:00:00	Embassy Budapest	SECRET	PGOV PREL EAIR EINV EFIN RU HU
09BUDAPEST281	HUNGARY: MALEV, AN EU CARRIER WITH RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On March 18, the nearly bankrupt Hungarian airline, Malev, received a life-saving $13.6 million cash infusion from Russian-owned bank, Vnyshekonombank (VEB). Although Hungarian representation increased slightly on the company's board of directors, this latest addition to VEB's [...]	2009-04-08 16:32:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAIR EINV EFIN RU HU
09BUDAPEST380	CHINESE COMPANIES SEEK MARKETS IN HUNGARY AND [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite the sharp economic downturn in Hungary this year, Chinese trade missions, economic development conferences, and other trade and investment-focused exchanges between China and Hungary are continuing at a brisk pace. As the bilateral economic relationship between the cou [...]	2009-05-26 14:32:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINV ETRD ECON CHN HU
09BUDAPEST404	MALEV AND THE BUDAPEST AIRPORT: BETTING ON FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: Malev focuses on strengthening its regional market, hiring a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and adding flights to Romania and Russia. Budapest Airport is optimistic about the future, and is embarking on several development projects, but needs a strong Malev to be successful. Mal [...]	2009-06-03 15:36:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAIR EINV EFIN RU HU
09BUDAPEST442	HUNGARY: 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (U) In response to reftel request for input into the 2009 Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriation Claims, Embassy Budapest has no information to report on U.S. citizen expropriation claims or other qualifying investment disputes involving the Government of Hungary through June 1, 2009. [...]	2009-06-19 14:03:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	KIDE CASC EINV PGOV HU
09BUDAPEST805	COMMERCE SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH HUNGARIAN PRIME [...] (SBU) Summary. The U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke met with Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai on October 20 in Budapest. Expressing USG appreciation for the alignment of shared values and interests with Hungary and its support in Afghanistan, the Secretary complemented the PM for his effort [...]	2009-11-09 10:11:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EINV KGHG HU
09BUDAPEST829	FIDESZ ROLLS OUT ITS AGENDA TO THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Opposition party Fidesz, clearly confident of victory in next April's elections, rolled out its economic and foreign policy agenda to members of the diplomatic community November 18. With no margin of maneuver on fiscal policy, Fidesz intends to use monetary policy to help gene [...]	2009-11-20 06:20:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV ENRG HU
09BUDAPEST847	SCENESETTER FOR PRIME MINISTER BAJNAI'S MEETING [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai has received high marks from the International Monetary Fund for his management of the Hungarian economy after its near meltdown in October 2008. He has maintained the Hungarian commitment in Afghanistan despite very limited fiscal constraints, and [...]	2009-11-25 15:29:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS ECON ENRG EINV HU
09BUDAPEST851	TOO IMPORTANT TO FAIL: HUNGARY LIKELY TO REACQUIRE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hungarian government, Malev Airlines, and Budapest Airport contacts confirmed that the GOH will likely reacquire a minority stake in recently improved but still debt-laden Malev from Russia's Putin-connected Vneshekonombank (VEB). Embassy contacts characterized VEB as ill-suited [...]	2009-11-27 15:04:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAIR EINV EFIN RU HU
09BUDAPEST886	ARREST TAINTS BUDAPEST AIRPORT'S PREVIOUSLY CLEAN [...] (U) Hungarian authorities announced on December 5 the arrest of Budapest Airport's (BA) legal director Krisztina Renyi-Vamos, along with her former colleague Gyorgy Sziebert, who until this week served as legal director for Budapest transport company BKV. Both individuals were charged with br [...]	2009-12-14 13:03:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR PGOV PREL EAIR EINV EFIN ETRD HU
09BUDAPEST909	FOREIGN INVESTORS JITTERY OVER ACTIONS OF FIDESZ [...] (C) SUMMARY. Two recent actions by opposition party Fidesz mayors against private utility companies have rattled Hungary's foreign investors. Senior Fidesz advisors claim these are local incidents and emphasize their party has no policy to re-nationalize privatized utilities. END SUMMARY. [...]	2009-12-30 10:15:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV KCOR FR HU
09BUENOSAIRES1011	ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, AUGUST [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period August 27-September 3, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be [...]	2009-09-08 20:17:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
09BUENOSAIRES1022	ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, SEPTEMBER 7-11, [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period September 7-11, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be inclu [...]	2009-09-14 15:38:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
09BUENOSAIRES1032	ARGENTINA: GOVERNMENT SEEKS USG SUPPORT AGAINST [...] (C) During a meeting with Argentine Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Victorio Taccetti, who had convoked Charge d,Affaires on September 14 to discuss the Department of Labor's report on goods produced by child and force labor, Taccetti expressed concern about a proposal to marginalize the G20 [...]	2009-09-16 19:36:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EFIN EINV ETRD AR
09BUENOSAIRES1042	ARGENTINA: FINANCE SECRETARY SAYS HOLDOUT [...] (C) Hernan Lorenzino, the Secretary of Finance in the Ministry of Economy and Public Finances, told a visiting Treasury delegation accompanied by Econ Couns on September 10 that the GOA is seriously pursuing negotiations with the "holdouts" from the 2005 debt repayment arrangements and that a [...]	2009-09-18 17:45:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD AR
09BUENOSAIRES1047	ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, SEPTEMBER 14-17, [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period September 14-17, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be incl [...]	2009-09-21 10:29:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
09BUENOSAIRES1079	ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, SEPTEMBER 21-24, [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period September 21-24, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be incl [...]	2009-09-25 20:17:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
09BUENOSAIRES1084	Argentina: Kraft Conflict Heats Up As Police Remove Workers [...] (SBU) On Friday September 25, the government of the Province of Buenos Aires, with the support of the federal government, implemented, after much hesitation, a judge's decision and ordered the police to move into the Kraft plant in the suburbs of Buenos Aires. The police forcibly removed abou [...]	2009-09-30 13:08:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EIND ETRD ELAB PREL PGOV KSAC AR
09BUENOSAIRES1097	ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, SEPTEMBER [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period September 28-October 1, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to b [...]	2009-10-02 16:21:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
09BUENOSAIRES1101	ARGENTINA: A PRIMER ON ARGENTINA'S MEDIA BILL [...] (C) Summary: For decades, there has been consensus within Argentine political circles of the need to reform the 1980 media law, which dates to the military dictatorship (1976-1983). A year after President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) first announced an effort at reform, the Chamber of [...]	2009-10-02 22:01:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ETRD EINT EINV WTRO AR
09BUENOSAIRES1109	ARGENTINA: HOLDOUT PROBLEM RIPE FOR RESOLUTION, [...] (C) There has been much recent speculation in the Argentine press regarding a possible solution to the problem of the private bondholder "holdouts" from the 2005 Argentine debt restructuring. Deputy EconCouns has met with numerous financial sector contacts in the last several weeks to assess [...]	2009-10-06 21:15:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD AR
09BUENOSAIRES1117	Argentina Upgrades Agriculture to Ministry Level, Appoints [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 2, Argentine President Fernandez de Kirchner created a Ministry of Agriculture to be headed by Kirchner loyalist Julian Dominguez. This change upgrades the agriculture portfolio to a Ministry level - a status it had not held since 1981, despite Argentina's role as a [...]	2009-10-08 20:38:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SNAR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM TBIO AR
09BUENOSAIRES1121	ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, OCTOBER [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period October 2-8, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report may include tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be incl [...]	2009-10-09 16:46:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD AR
09BUENOSAIRES1129	(C) ARGENTINA: CITIBANK ADVISES THAT HOLDOUT DEAL [...] (C) In an October 14 meeting with Ambassador Martinez and the DCM, President of Citibank Argentina Juan Bruchou said that an agreement between the GOA and the holdouts from the 2005 debt restructuring deal would be announced within two weeks. The target date for completion of the deal is Dec [...]	2009-10-14 20:48:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD AR
09BUENOSAIRES1132	DOES THE PASSAGE OF CONTROVERSIAL ARGENTINE MEDIA [...] (C) Summary: The government of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) took a step back from the political grave in winning congressional approval of a controversial media bill. The Argentine Senate approved the bill (44-24) in the early hours of October 10, three weeks afte [...]	2009-10-15 20:40:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON EINV WTRO AR
09BUENOSAIRES1137	ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, OCTOBER 9-15, [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period October 9-15, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be include [...]	2009-10-19 10:46:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
09BUENOSAIRES1157	ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, OCTOBER [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period October 16-22, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be included [...]	2009-10-23 14:34:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
09BUENOSAIRES1161	ARGENTINA INITIATES BOND HOLDOUT DEAL [...] (SBU) Minister of Economy Boudou announced that Argentina has signed letters of engagement with three major banks to manage a new offering to holdouts from the 2005 defaulted debt restructuring. Boudou and other GOA officials had been predicting such a move for a number of weeks, and the an [...]	2009-10-26 10:33:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD AR
09BUENOSAIRES1175	Argentina's 2010 Budget: New Tricks but Same Old Story [...] (SBU) The 2010 Argentine budget does not represent a great departure from the budgets of past years during the Kirchner era. It pays lip service to fiscal restraint that is unlikely to be pursued in practice, and uses numerous accounting tricks and gimmicks to understate expenditures. However [...]	2009-10-30 20:17:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB AR
09BUENOSAIRES1176	ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, OCTOBER 22-29, [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period October 22-29, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be includ [...]	2009-10-30 20:18:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
09BUENOSAIRES1198	ARGENTINE ECONOMY MINISTER: GOA LOOKING FOR U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: In the Ambassador's introductory call on Minister of Economy Boudou, the two discussed the status of the GoA's latest offer to the bond ""holdouts,"" discussions with the IMF and Paris Club, and U.S. investment in Argentina. Boudou was confident of a successful deal with the [...]	2009-11-05 16:36:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EIND EINV PINR PREL ETRD AR
09BUENOSAIRES1207	ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, OCTOBER [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period October 30-November 5, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to b [...]	2009-11-06 20:46:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
09BUENOSAIRES1250	Argentina Economic and Financial Review, November 6-12, 2009 [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period November 6-12, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be inclu [...]	2009-11-13 19:06:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
09BUENOSAIRES1268	Argentina Economic and Financial Review, November 13-19, [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period November 13-19, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be incl [...]	2009-11-20 13:12:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
09BUENOSAIRES1279	Argentina: Deutsche Bank Country Chief Pessimistic About [...] (C) Marcelo Blanco, Argentina Country Director for Deutsche Bank, gave the Ambassador, DCM, and EconCouns on December 7 a very pessimistic assessment regarding the chances for a holdout deal in the immediate future. Blanco is the point-man for one of the three banks working with the GOA to co [...]	2009-12-09 21:02:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EINT AR PGOV
09BUENOSAIRES1286	Argentina: Unlikely to Achieve Aim of 2009 Holdout Deal [...] (SBU) A key Argentine Ministry of Economy official explained that the GOA hopes to launch its offer to the holdouts from the 2005 debt restructuring deal by December 15, in order to accommodate the desire of many institutional investors to clear the defaulted Argentine debt from their books be [...]	2009-11-24 22:12:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD AR
09BUENOSAIRES1291	Argentina: GOA Creates USD 6.6 Billion Reserves Fund to [...] (C) The GOA has decided to use Argentina's Central Bank (BCRA) reserves to create a quasi escrow fund to guarantee the payment of its regularly scheduled 2010 debt service obligations. While many analysts think the move will facilitate further government spending and thereby damage Argentina' [...]	2009-12-18 21:21:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV AR
09BUENOSAIRES1304	Argentina Economic and Financial Review, November 20-25 2009 [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period November 20-25, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be incl [...]	2009-12-01 13:15:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR

09BUENOSAIRES1318	Argentina Economic and Financial Review, November [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period November 26 - December 3, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov [...]	2009-12-04 14:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
09BUENOSAIRES1324	Argentina: AES Energy Faces Challenges in Electric Sector - [...] (U) This is the first in a series of cables which will examine U.S. company operations in the energy sector in Argentina. The series will conclude with an overview of the sector based largely on U.S. company views. Summary ------------ 2. (SBU). AES Argentina management descr [...]	2009-12-04 19:27:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EINV PGOV AR
09BUENOSAIRES1346	Argentina Economic and Financial Review, December 4-10, 2009 [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period December 4-10, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be inclu [...]	2009-12-10 20:45:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
09BUENOSAIRES1384	Argentina Economic and Financial Review, December 11-17, [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period December 11-17, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be incl [...]	2009-12-21 15:27:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
09BUENOSAIRES14	Argentina: New Agricultural Measures Will Have Little [...] (U) Summary: On December 22, 2008, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) announced a new package of stimulus measures for the Argentine agricultural sector. Although previously announced at the beginning of December, a plan to reduce the export tax on wheat and corn by five percentag [...]	2009-01-05 17:15:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM AR
09BUENOSAIRES163	TOP ARGENTINE BANKER SEES CHALLENGES AHEAD [...] (C) Ambassador lunched February 11 with Jorge Brito, President of Argentina's Banco Macro and also President of the Association of Argentine-owned private banks (ADEBA). Though Brito has good relations with the Argentine government, in private he is frank in his criticisms. Brito offered seve [...]	2009-02-13 19:43:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV EAGR AR
09BUENOSAIRES168	Argentina: Finance Secretary on GoA Crisis Response and [...] (SBU) GoA Finance Secretary Hernan Lorenzino told a visiting Senate staffdel February 16 that Argentina's lack of access to international capital markets has insulated it from the impact of the global financial crisis, with Argentina thus far avoiding much of the "social fallout" evident in mor [...]	2009-02-18 12:31:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PREL KSUM PGOV AR
09BUENOSAIRES214	Argentina: Farmers Strike, then Talk; GOA Threatens to [...] (SBU) Summary: Two hours after the end of a four-day farm strike in which Argentine producers did not market grains and cattle, the government and the farm lobby groups met on February 24 to begin a new round of discussions on farm policy. The government announced after the meeting new measu [...]	2009-03-02 11:30:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM AR
09BUENOSAIRES231	Argentina: Production Minister Giorgi on G-20 and Bilateral [...] (SBU) Production Minister Debra Giorgi met with Ambassador February 25. The discussion included the G-20 process and related agricultural technical assistance the GoA is providing to poorer countries as well as outstanding bilateral trade frictions. Giorgi noted the significant increase in 20 [...]	2009-03-04 19:55:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EINV PGOV PHUM AR
09BUENOSAIRES232	ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, FEBRUARY [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period February 16-27, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov to be in [...]	2009-03-04 20:15:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
09BUENOSAIRES246	Argentina: Farmers Reach Agreement with GOA [...] (SBU) The GOA and the local farm groups signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on March 3 that included measures agreed upon the previous week -- support measures for the wheat, dairy, and beef sectors, and regional products -- with some additional concessions by the GOA. Several farm lead [...]	2009-03-06 21:15:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EINV PGOV PHUM AR
09BUENOSAIRES253	ARGENTINA: CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, below please find post's input to reftel's request for information on Argentina's efforts to implement their international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. Post requests that the Department of Labor not cite the Embassy as a source in its [...]	2009-03-09 19:52:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EINV ETRD PHUM SOCI AR
09BUENOSAIRES257	ARGENTINA: POST-MORTEM ON LOCAL REACTION TO INSCR [...] (C) Argentine press again stirred up tensions between the GoA and USG, running a story on U.S. criticism of Argentina's tax amnesty law included in the February 27 INCSR money laundering report. Press reports contrasted USG comments with the GoA's apparently successful defense of the law duri [...]	2009-03-10 15:01:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV AR
09BUENOSAIRES267	U.S. Beef Legislation Targeting Argentina: Sending the [...] (SBU) Argentine industry and government contacts are concerned by U.S. legislative proposals to restrict approval of the country's fresh beef exports to the United States, including provisions in the Omnibus Appropriations Bill. The Argentine Government has placed a high priority on regaining [...]	2009-03-12 15:13:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM AR
09BUENOSAIRES284	ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, MARCH [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period March 2-6, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov to be includ [...]	2009-03-13 19:52:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
09BUENOSAIRES294	Argentina: G7-Plus Ambassadors on Economy, Protectionism [...] (SBU) Local G7-plus representatives were upbeat on the ability of crisis-tested Argentina to weather the current economic downturn, at least through 2009, but complained about growing Argentine protectionism via non-automatic license non-tariff barriers. Ambassadors also agreed on the importanc [...]	2009-03-16 21:29:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PHUM AR
09BUENOSAIRES304	ARGENTINA: RESPONSE TO DOL LIST OF GOODS BELIEVED TO BE [...] THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. This is an action request. See para 3. SUMMARY/COMMENT --------------- 3. (SBU) Below please find post's response to ref A's request for additional information on the Department of Labor's list of goods [...]	2009-03-18 13:15:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KTIP PHUM EAGR EINV ETRD SOCI AR
09BUENOSAIRES314	Argentina: Farm Dispute Marks An Unhappy First Anniversary [...] (U) The conflict between the Argentine government and the farm sector is now over a year old, with no sign of a solution. On Tuesday, March 17, the GOA and the farm sector met for a fourth round of discussions on agricultural policy issues. Early rumors indicated that the government, eager t [...]	2009-03-19 17:34:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM AR
09BUENOSAIRES325	Argentina: Deloitte on GoA and Economic Prospects [...] (SBU) Argentine executives of Big Four auditor Deloitte called the Kirchner administration politically canny but out of touch with the Argentina's economic reality, neither seeking nor listening to advice from the business community. While domestic consumption and production is falling fast, D [...]	2009-03-20 15:18:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PREL AR
09BUENOSAIRES342	ARGENTINE FARM SECTOR DECLARES SEVEN-DAY STRIKE [...] (SBU) Summary: Farm groups initiated a seven-day strike on March 21 to protest against high export taxes and the lack of government support for the sector. Producers have stopped marketing most grains, oilseeds, and cattle, and are blocking some highways in rural areas. Support for the strik [...]	2009-03-25 12:12:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM AR
09BUENOSAIRES361	ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, MARCH [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period March 9-23, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov to be inclu [...]	2009-03-27 20:13:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
09BUENOSAIRES404	ARGENTINA PROTESTS INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (C) Foreign Minster Jorge Taiana sent a letter to Ambassador Wayne the evening of April 3 strongly protesting our 2009 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) posted on April 2. The sharply worded message was apparently drafted by Taiana and President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) late Apr [...]	2009-04-04 19:12:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV PREL AR
09BUENOSAIRES426	ARGENTINA: RESPONSE TO DOL LIST OF GOODS BELIEVED TO BE [...] THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. This is an action request. See para 4. 3. (SBU) Post appreciates the U.S. Department of Labor's notification (ref A) of its decision to remove lemons and sugar from its proposed list of goods produced in Arg [...]	2009-04-09 19:40:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KTIP PHUM EAGR EINV ETRD SOCI AR
09BUENOSAIRES445	ARGENTINA: MFA CONCERNED ABOUT DOL-FUNDED RESEARCH [...] (SBU) MFA North America Director Antonio Trombetta expressed concern to CDA April 14 about the DOL's intention to include Argentina in a multi-country study on the incidence of forced and child labor. (Note: DOL informed the GOA in January that Argentina was one of the eight countries to be [...]	2009-04-15 19:59:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KTIP PHUM EAGR EINV ETRD SOCI AR
09BUENOSAIRES451	ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT PROPOSES JOINT DECLARATION TO [...] (C) MFA North America Director Antonio Trombetta passed CDA a non-paper April 14 proposing that the USG and GoA issue a joint declaration clarifying certain aspects of the 1991 Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT). GoA officials subsequently clarified that their priority is to get USG support fo [...]	2009-04-17 15:21:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EFIN ECON AR
09BUENOSAIRES5	ARGENTINA: MAYOR OF LA PLATA SEEKS CLOSER [...] (SBU) Summary: The Mayor of Buenos Aires province's capital city of La Plata, Pablo Bruera, told Ambassador Wayne on December 15 that he hoped to improve public services to attract greater foreign investment. He applauded the arrival of U.S.-based software development company Accenture, which [...]	2009-01-02 15:22:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EINV AR
09BUENOSAIRES514	ARGENTINA: ANTI-KIRCHNER BRIEFING DELIVERED TO [...] (C) Jorge O'Reilly (PROTECT),a top advisor to Argentina's Cabinet Chief Sergio Massa, offered a blunt critique of Argentina's economy and GoA policies during an April 21 meeting with foreign institutional investors. Speaking in the Casa Rosada, he predicted a sharp recession in 2009, with co [...]	2009-05-04 21:06:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD EFIN PREL AR
09BUENOSAIRES548	Glyphosate Herbicide, a Catalyst for Argentine Politics [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentina's pro-government press has been waging a campaign against the use of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto's widely used Roundup herbicide, which appears to be driven more by local politics than health concerns. The press campaign started with reports in the l [...]	2009-05-07 20:27:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SNAR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM TBIO AR
09BUENOSAIRES6	Argentine Government Delays Charges Against AES, According [...] (SBU) Argentine media reports that the GoA has decided internally not to charge U.S. energy company AES Corporation's local affiliate (EDELAP) for bookkeeping irregularities (reported ref A). The press reports allege that the GoA is backing off because it could not find any interested buyers f [...]	2009-01-02 17:07:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON EIND AR
09BUENOSAIRES627	Argentina: GoA Pension Fund Gives Credits to General Motors [...] (SBU) The GOA's national pension fund (ANSES) will provide GM Argentina up to US$ 70 million in credits to support the company's production of its new "Viva" compact car. The Viva will incorporate Brazilian parts and be targeted for export to other Latin American markets. President Cristina F [...]	2009-05-28 21:25:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EIND ELTN ETRD AR
09BUENOSAIRES665	ARGENTINA: U.S. ELECTRONICS FIRMS FACE GOA TAX MEASURES [...] (SBU) The GoA has proposed a legislative initiative that aims to promote domestic assembly of computer and telecom electronics and create jobs in Argentina's southern Tierra del Fuego (TdF) province by raising taxes on products imported or manufactured elsewhere in Argentina. President Cristin [...]	2009-06-07 19:34:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EIND ELTN ETRD AR
09BUENOSAIRES68	ARGENTINA: TECHINT CEO ON VENEZUELA [...] (C) On January 16, Ambassador had breakfast with Paolo Rocca, CEO of Argentine multinational Techint. The two reviewed Techint,s current problems with the Government of Argentina (GoA) over rescheduling debt payments of the regulated Argentine natural gas pipeline company TGN; over Techint's p [...]	2009-01-21 20:42:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ELAB EINV VZ AR
09BUENOSAIRES807	Argentine Government Responds Calmly to GSP Review [...] (SBU) The GoA's response to the removal of Argentine biodiesel from receiving duty-free treatment after a review of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program was measured. A Foreign Ministry press release on the review didn't mention the removal, and a GoA Minister said there was "no [...]	2009-07-10 11:49:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV AR
09BUENOSAIRES846	2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION [...] (SBU) The United States Government is aware of sixteen (16) claims against the Government of Argentina (GOA),one of which was resolved during 2007 but whose award has not been implemented by the GOA yet (Claimant C),and two others that were resolved during 2008 and 2009 (Claimant I and Claim [...]	2009-07-20 18:45:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV KIDE ECON PGOV PREL OPIC AR
09BUENOSAIRES87	Argentina: Pan American Energy on Bolivian Nationalization [...] (SBU) Dennis Keleher, CFO of Pan American Energy, called Ambassador January 26 to inform him that no/no U.S. citizens were involved in the January 23 Bolivian government take-over of Empresa Petrolera Chaco SA (Chaco). He said only one UK national had been present at the takeover, that all oth [...]	2009-01-27 09:42:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET ETRD EINV AR BL
09BUENOSAIRES94	Argentina: President Declares Drought Emergency; Farmers [...] (U) Summary: The GOA declared an agricultural emergency on January 26 due to the severe drought affecting most Argentine provinces. Under the decree, the GOA will allow producers in affected regions to delay payment of income taxes and personal property taxes for one year. The GOA will also [...]	2009-01-29 12:30:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM AR
09BUENOSAIRES941	ARGENTINA: DUE DILIGENCE ON THREE ACE AWARD NOMINEES [...] (SBU) Mission Buenos Aires is in the midst of a multi-year strategy to improve the image of the United States in Argentina to combat this country's high levels of anti-Americanism -- among the highest in the Western Hemisphere. A key component of post's public diplomacy outreach is to draw Arg [...]	2009-08-18 10:54:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EIND ELTN ETRD AR
09BUENOSAIRES942	Argentina: GOA Steals the Ball, May Take over Soccer [...] (SBU) On August 11, the Argentine Football (soccer) Association (AFA) unilaterally canceled its contract with satellite TV broadcasters (TSC) -- a consortium which includes U.S. firm DirecTV and possibly some other U.S. investors -- amid rumors that the GoA was poised to offer up to US$165 mill [...]	2009-08-18 10:54:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ECON PGOV KPAO AR
09BUJUMBURA392	SECOND VICE PRESIDENT SEES STABILITY, PRIVATE [...] (C) Summary: Second Vice President Gabriel Ntisezerana said that security would be the basis for any economic growth and development in Burundi, during an August 11 courtesy call by Charge and DCM. Ntisezerana was concerned that many demobilized FNL combatants knew nothing but fighting, and c [...]	2009-08-12 06:25:00	Embassy Bujumbura	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ETRD EINV BY
09BUJUMBURA550	RUSSIAN BUSINESS PRESENCE IN BURUNDI [C-CI9-01825] [...] (C) Please see following responses to questions posed reftel: A. (C) There is no Russian trade representative in Burundi. B. (C) There are no major Russian companies operating in Burundi. C. (C) NA; please see response to C. D. (C) Russian investment in Burundi is very limite [...]	2009-10-08 10:42:00	Embassy Bujumbura	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR BBSR ECON EINV BY
09CAIRO1020	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: JUNE 4 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past two weeks in the Egyptian press: ---------------- Telecom- MobiNil ---------------- 2. The Egyptian Capital Market Authority (CMA) blocked France Telecom's (FT) bid to buy outstanding shares of mobile phone [...]	2009-06-04 15:12:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO1149	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: JUNE 22 WEEKLY PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: -------------------------------- Central Bank Cuts Interest Rates -------------------------------- 2. (U) The Central Bank of Egypt's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided June 1 [...]	2009-06-22 10:50:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO1176	Contract Signed for Egypt's First Nuclear Plant [...] (SBU) Key Points -- On June 18, 2009, the GoE signed an agreement with the Australian firm WorleyParsons to provide consultancy to help develop Egypt's first nuclear power plant. -- Bechtel had been engaged in months of negotiations with the GOE, but ultimately Bechtel's tender offer to pr [...]	2009-06-23 12:32:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV PREL EG AS
09CAIRO1199	2009 SECTION 527 REPORT FOR EGYPT [...] (SBU) The following report is provided in response to reftel request for information on investment disputes and expropriation claims: 2. (SBU) The United States Government is aware of four (4) claims of U.S.persons that may be outstanding against the Government of Egypt (GOE): Â [...]	2009-06-28 05:19:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV EG
09CAIRO1200	Update on banking sector reforms in Egypt [...] (SBU) Key points: -- Egypt's banking sector continues to weather the storm better than most; -- The U.S.-backed financial sector MOU has contributed to the financial sector's improvements; -- The next round of audits is unlikely to show that GOE has met the MOU's target of 62.5% o [...]	2009-06-28 08:40:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EAID PGOV PREL EG
09CAIRO1201	CENTRAL BANK CUTS RATES, BUT SOME BANKS KEEP DEPOSIT RATES [...] (U) Key Points -- The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) cut interest rates for the fourth time this year. -- Several major Egyptian state and private banks responded by lowering their lending but not deposit rates. -- The CBE will continue to monitor inflation and growth rates before another [...]	2009-06-28 08:57:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV EG
09CAIRO1204	Economic and financial leaders debate Egypt's economic [...] (SBU) Key Points: * At the Ambassador-hosted Economic Roundtable, leading economic minds in Egypt believe that sound macroeconomic policies have contributed to Egypt's 7% growth the last several years. * The Roundtable believed that Egypt will weather the current economic downturn better than [...]	2009-06-28 12:40:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EG
09CAIRO1208	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: JUNE 29 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: ------------------------------------------- Egypt, Russia Agree to Expand Economic Ties ------------------------------------------- 2. (U) As part of an Egypt-Russia strategic pact [...]	2009-06-29 09:05:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR PGOV PREL EG RS
09CAIRO1225	JONES APPAREL: EGYPT'S QIZS ARE GOOD FOR BUSINESS [...] (SBU) KEY POINTS -- Compliance Officers from Jones Apparel Group told us that labor conditions in the factories of their Egyptian suppliers are generally good. -- Jones Apparel has not seen evidence of worker mistreatment in QIZ factories. -- As a result of the QIZ and proximity to U.S. [...]	2009-06-30 11:45:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EINV PGOV ETRD EG
09CAIRO1256	EGYPT: MINISTER OF INVESTMENT SPEAKS ON REFORMS AND [...] (U) Key Points -- The Egyptian Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieldin threw his weight behind a forthcoming World Bank study on the Egyptian investment climate and recommended reforms. -- Mohieldin said Egypt cannot expect the high growth rates that it experienced before the crisis for a [...]	2009-07-02 12:56:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD EAID EFIN PGOV EG
09CAIRO1275	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: JULY 6 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: -------------------------------------- GDP Growth Accelerates in Q3 2008/2009 -------------------------------------- 2. (U) The Egyptian Ministry of Finance released official statis [...]	2009-07-06 14:48:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG EPET EAGR PGOV PREL EG
09CAIRO1309	EGYPT LAUNCHES SINGLE REGULATOR FOR NON-BANKING FINANCIAL [...] (U) Key Points -- A new agency consolidating all non-bank financial supervisory duties started operation July 1. -- The new Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority merges three pre-existing regulatory agencies overseeing the mortgage, insurance and capital markets. -- The merger, which [...]	2009-07-09 15:49:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV EG
09CAIRO1311	Minister of Investment Talks Economic Reform, Privatization [...] (SBU) KEY POINTS - Investment Minister Mahmoud Mohieddin told the Ambassador that successes in the Egyptian economic reform program have helped mitigate the impact of the global economic crisis. - The Ministry of Investment looks to the USG for continued support and technical assistance. [...]	2009-07-13 09:19:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAID PGOV PREL EG
09CAIRO1342	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: JULY 13 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: -------------------------------------------- Annual Suez Canal Revenues Fall in FY2008/09 -------------------------------------------- 2. (U) The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) announce [...]	2009-07-13 14:46:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO1396	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: JULY 20 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: -------------------------------------- Bank Launches Mortgage Finance Program -------------------------------------- 2. (U) The National Bank of Egypt (NBE),Egypt's biggest bank, [...]	2009-07-20 13:22:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO1436	ROW OVER WHEAT IMPORTS LEADS GOE TO TOUGHEN PENALTIES BUT [...] (U) Key Points -- Egyptian import inspectors rejected a large shipment of Russian wheat in May, raising fears over imported wheat quality and prompting the quarantine of several other wheat shipments. -- Inefficient import inspections and continued incentives to import substandard wheat co [...]	2009-07-27 12:22:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAGR EINV PGOV EG
09CAIRO1440	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: JULY 27 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: --------------------------------------- Tax Revenues Increased 21% in FY2008/09 --------------------------------------- 2. (U) Egypt's tax revenues increased 21% to LE140.5 billion [...]	2009-07-27 15:03:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO1502	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: AUGUST 2 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: ------------------------ Suez Canal revenue is 7.2% lower ------------------------ 2. (U) Suez Canal receipts reached $4.7 billion during FY08/09, a reduction of 7.2% from the prev [...]	2009-08-04 10:28:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO1550	A/USTR WILSON'S MEETINGS WITH MINISTRY OF TRADE [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-10 06:32:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON ELAB EINV PGOV EG
09CAIRO1557	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: AUGUST 9 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: ---------------------------------- Ministry of Finance releases FY08/09 preliminary figures ---------------------------------- 2. (U) Minister of Finance Youssef Boutros Ghaly said [...]	2009-08-10 14:29:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO1629	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: AUGUST 24 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: --------------------------------------- Moody's Raises Egypt's Sovereign Rating --------------------------------------- 2. (U) Moody's raised Egypt's sovereign rating from "negative [...]	2009-08-24 11:41:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO1707	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: September 2 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: -------------------------------------------- Egypt Achieves High Ranking in Investment Attraction -------------------------------------------- 2. (U) Egypt ranked as the most attrac [...]	2009-09-02 12:13:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO1749	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: September 10 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: --------------------------------------------- -- Preparing for Free Trade Negotiations with MERCOSUR --------------------------------------------- -- 2. (U) Minister of Trade and In [...]	2009-09-10 08:43:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO1803	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: SEPTEMBER 16 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: --------------------------------------------- Egypt's Ranking in 2010 Doing Business Report --------------------------------------------- 2. (U) Egypt kept its position as one of th [...]	2009-09-16 15:08:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO1840	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: September 23 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: ----------------------------------- Cost of Subsidies Drops in July 2009 ----------------------------------- 2. (U) A report by the Ministry of Finance showed that the cost of gove [...]	2009-09-24 05:22:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EPET ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO1913	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: October 5 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: ------------------------------------------ GOE to Cut Energy Subsidies within 5 Years ------------------------------------------ 2. (U) Minister of Finance Youssef Boutros Ghali ind [...]	2009-10-05 14:51:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO1917	PETROLEUM MINISTER SEEKS U.S. INVESTMENT IN GAS [...] (C) Key Points: -- Minister of Petroleum Sameh Fahmy wants major U.S. oil companies to invest in five deepwater natural gas exploration blocks off Egypt's Mediterranean coast, according to a senior MOP official. -- Fahmy plans to travel to the U.S. in November 2009 and hopes to brief senior U.S. oi [...]	2009-10-05 16:11:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON BEXP EPET ENRG EINV EG
09CAIRO1927	GOE MINISTERS SAY EGYPT REMAINS COMMITTED TO ECONOMIC REFORM [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-08 16:44:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN EINV EG ETRD PGOV PREL
09CAIRO1928	NEW TELECOM LICENSES FALL SHORT OF ENDING TELECOM [...] (U) KEY POINTS - Egypt is issuing new tenders for bundled voice and data services for the rapidly growing housing-compound market. The GOE expects $1 billion to be invested in these services over the next five years. - For the first time, the telecom tenders will be based on revenue-shari [...]	2009-10-08 16:45:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV EG
09CAIRO1929	EGYPT'S EQUITY MARKET: IS THERE MORE ROOM TO RUN? [...] (U) KEY POINTS - The Egyptian stock market has been a strong performer in 2009. The large cap index is up over 45% and the broader index is up nearly 100%. - Optimism about the Egyptian economy along with continued low commodity prices have been catalysts for buyers of Egyptian equities. [...]	2009-10-08 16:54:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EFIN EINV EG
09CAIRO1930	DEFICIT FINANCING AND DEBT MANAGEMENT REF: 08CAIRO2408 Classified By: Minister Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs Do nald Blome for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-08 16:57:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV EG PGOV
09CAIRO1957	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: OCTOBER 14 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: --------------------------------------------- ----- High Court Considers Case on Gas Exports to Israel --------------------------------------------- ----- 2. (U) Egypt's Supreme Adm [...]	2009-10-14 14:12:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR EPET PGOV EG
09CAIRO1985	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: October 19 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: --------------------------------- Telecom Egypt is Losing Customers --------------------------------- 2. (U) Amr Badawi, Chairman of the National Telecommunication Regulatory Autho [...]	2009-10-19 15:54:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO2039	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: October 26 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: ----------------------------- -------------------------------- Egypt Rejects World Bank's Call for Electricity Price Increase ----------------------------- ----------------------------- [...]	2009-10-26 12:22:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO2041	EGYPT FAILS TO MAKE CONCERTED EFFORT TO EXPAND [...] (SBU) Key Points: - NTRA does not have a cohesive policy to expand broadband internet service to underserved areas. - NTRA President and private sector media executives believe the lack of Arabic language content on the internet has prevented demand from growing in underserved areas. - [...]	2009-10-26 15:09:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV EG ECPS
09CAIRO2042	NO TIMELINE SET FOR OFFER OF A SECOND FIXED LINE [...] (SBU) Key Points - GOE has no set timeline or conditions upon which to offer a second fixed line telecom license. - NTRA President Badawi believes any future offer of second fixed line license would be a revenue-sharing model. 2. (SBU) On October 12, we met with Amr Badawi, Presiden [...]	2009-10-26 15:09:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EG PGOV ECPS EINV
09CAIRO2078	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: November 2 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: -------------------------------- Mubarak Speech to NDP Conference -------------------------------- 2. (U) In a speech to the National Democratic Party (NDP) conference, President H [...]	2009-11-02 14:51:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO2082	CENTRAL BANK OF EGYPT RELEASES CORE INFLATION INDEX [...] (U) Key Points: -- The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) released its core inflation index on 25 October. -- Core inflation better reflects underlying inflation and is the statistic that the CBE uses in determining its monetary policy. -- The release of these statistics is a precondition for [...]	2009-11-03 09:14:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV EG
09CAIRO2120	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: November 9 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: ---------------------------------------- The Central Bank Ends Interest Rate Cuts ---------------------------------------- 2. (U) The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank o [...]	2009-11-09 13:56:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO2124	EGYPT: OPIC-SUPPORTED GLOBAL RENEWABLE ENERGY INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request for comments on the OPIC-supported Global Renewable Energy Investment program, Post and local contacts are not aware of any derogatory information with respect to the prospective fund manager, US Renewables Group, LLC. 2. (SBU) Renewable energy currently f [...]	2009-11-10 09:14:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG ECON EAID EG
09CAIRO213	INVESTMENT SCANDAL ADDS TO STOCK MARKET WOES [...] (U) Cairo is abuzz with talk of a serious investment fraud allegation. Earlier this week, businessman Nabil Al-Boushi was charged with: (i) operating as a stockbroker without the authority to do portfolio management and (ii) breaking contractual obligations. The Egyptian Public Prosecutor (A [...]	2009-02-05 13:21:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EG
09CAIRO2140	READOUT OF 19TH QIZ JOINT COMMITTEE MEETING [...] (SBU) On November 15, Israeli and Egyptian trade officials met in Cairo for the quarterly meeting of the Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) Joint Committee. The Israeli delegation was led by Gabby Bar of the Ministry of Trade and Labor, and the Egyptian delegation was headed by Sayed Elbous of t [...]	2009-11-17 09:11:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD PGOV EG IS
09CAIRO2156	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: November 17 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: --------------------------------------- First Chinese Bank Established in Egypt --------------------------------------- 2. (U) Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieddin inaugurated a [...]	2009-11-17 13:50:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR PGOV EG
09CAIRO2189	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: November 23 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: --------------------------------------------- ----- Mubarak Addresses Economy in Speech to Parliament --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. (U) President Mubarak add [...]	2009-11-23 12:29:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG EAGR PGOV EG
09CAIRO2212	DESPITE STOCK MARKET PANIC, EGYPT EXPECTS MINIMAL [...] (U) Key Points -- Egypt's stock market traded down 8% in the first trading day since the start of the Dubai debt crisis. -- Analysts see little long-term risk to Egypt's economy but note the possibility that FDI flows from the Gulf could be diminished. -- Egyptian company exposure to Du [...]	2009-11-30 14:49:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV EG AE
09CAIRO2221	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: December 1 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: ------------------------------------------ Cement Producer Requests Ending Export Ban ------------------------------------------ 2. (U) The Lafarge Company, a large multinational fi [...]	2009-12-01 13:23:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO2237	EGYPT 2010 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE [...] (U) Per reftel, below is the text of Embassy Cairo's 2010 National Trade Estimate for Egypt, also emailed as requested to USTR in a Microsoft Word document. 2. (U) Begin text: EGYPT TRADE SUMMARY The U.S. goods trade surplus with Egypt was $3.6 billion in 2008, an increase of $690 m [...]	2009-12-03 13:31:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO2259	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: December 7 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: --------------------------------- Stock Market Falls, Then Recovers --------------------------------- 2. (U) The Egyptian stock market plummeted 8%, the third largest single day lo [...]	2009-12-07 14:13:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV EG
09CAIRO2294	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: December 14 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: --------------------------------------------- ------ Minister of Economic Development Predicts 6% Growth --------------------------------------------- ------ 2. (U) Minister of Econ [...]	2009-12-14 14:26:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO2309	SUBSIDY REFORM PROGRESSING SLOWLY - GOE LOOKS TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-17 13:48:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV PGOV ENRG EG
09CAIRO2311	ORASCOM TELECOM FACES FINANCIAL CHALLENGES FROM ALGERIAN GOVERNMENT ACTIONS REF: CAIRO 02261 Classified By: Minister Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs Do nald A. Blome [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-17 14:02:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV EINV ETRD EG AG
09CAIRO2312	ISRAELIS NOT UPBEAT ON PROSPECTS FOR BILATERAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-17 14:08:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV PGOV PREL EG IS
09CAIRO2349	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: DECEMBER 22 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: --------------------------------------------- GOE to Offer Global Tender for Oil Production --------------------------------------------- 2. (U) A source in the state-owned Egyptian [...]	2009-12-22 13:29:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EPET ETRD ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO2382	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: December 28 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: --------------------------------------------- - State Petroleum Company to Borrow US$2 Billion --------------------------------------------- - 2. (U) The state-owned Egyptian Genera [...]	2009-12-28 15:11:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR EPET ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO258	Egypt: Tepid Responses to Growing Labor Woes [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Egypt is suffering from a chronic labor mismatch between market supply and demand. Despite several years of high economic growth, unemployment remains a problem, and there is a scarcity of skilled workers and managers. Each year, Egypt produces 750,000 new college graduates, many of [...]	2009-02-12 07:55:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV PREL EG
09CAIRO417	Housing in Egypt- Construction Everywhere but No Place to [...] (U) Key Points -- The housing market in Egypt is marked by extreme contradiction. In recent years, the country has witnessed an unparalleled building boom alongside an extreme housing shortage for the poor and the middle class. -- Prices for high end housing for the wealthiest fiv [...]	2009-03-11 14:08:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL EG
09CAIRO418	RACHID REVIEWS UPCOMING TRIP TO WASHINGTON [...] (SBU) KEY ISSUES: -- Minister of Trade Rachid will spend March 22-25 in Washington with the goals of restarting a bilateral economic and trade dialogue and re-engaging with U.S. business. -- Rachid believes the Washington trip may be an occasion for a public roll-out of the recently agre [...]	2009-03-11 14:18:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV PREL EG
09CAIRO443	DOWN IN THE DELTA: ANECDOTES ON EGYPT'S SLOWING [...] (U) KEY POINTS -- Companies in the Egyptian Delta are beginning to feel the effects of the global economic slowdown, though the full extent of the impact is not yet known. -- In the Gharbia and Dakahlia governorates, we have yet to see evidence of large-scale layoffs or business cl [...]	2009-03-16 08:36:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV EINV EG
09CAIRO47	EGYPT: FOOD SUBSIDY REFORM UNLIKELY [...] (U) Subsidy reform in Egypt is politically charged. Most attempts to change decades-old programs have been met with fierce public opposition and occasional demonstrations. The GOE has been largely unsuccessful at targeting subsidy programs, and repeated studies have shown that only a fractio [...]	2009-01-12 10:13:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN EINV PGOV PREL EG
09CAIRO476	EGYPT ECONOMIC UPDATE: INFLATION FALLS, GROWTH [...] (U) Key Points -- The Egyptian Central Bank buys $1 billion in Egyptian pounds to support the currency. -- Inflation dropped again in February, but vendors are slow to lower food prices. -- GDP growth continues to slow. --------------------------------------------- --- [...]	2009-03-19 14:30:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EFIN EINV PGOV EG

09CAIRO534	EGYPT: CENTRAL BANK CUTS RATES AGAIN [...] (U) At the March 26 meeting of its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC),the Egyptian Central Bank (CBE) cut its overnight lending rate, deposit rate, and the discount rate by 50 basis points each. Following this cut, the lending and deposit rates stand at 12% and 10% respectively with the discount [...]	2009-03-29 11:12:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EFIN EINV PGOV EG
09CAIRO548	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: MARCH 31 WEEKLY PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: Investment Minister on the Egyptian Economy ------------------------------------------ 2. (U) Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieldin announced that Egypt's real GDP growth is ex [...]	2009-03-31 12:01:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN EAGR ETRD ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO561	FOREIGN WORKERS IN EGYPT [...] (C) KEY POINTS - As part of our ongoing monitoring of labor conditions in Egypt, particularly in the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs),we discussed the issue of foreign workers with diplomats from a number of Southeast Asian embassies. - Diplomats from Southeast Asian countries estimate [...]	2009-04-02 09:55:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EAID EFIN EINV PGOV PREL EG BG IN
09CAIRO587	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: APRIL 7 WEEKLY PRESS ROUND-UP [...] The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: New Pension Law to be Proposed ------------------------------ 2. At a recent financial conference, Muhammad Ma'it, Deputy Minister of Finance, said that a new law on pensions would guaran [...]	2009-04-07 12:52:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN EAGR ETRD ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO605	EGYPT: PRIME MINISTER SPEAKS ON ECONOMY AND DOMESTIC [...] (U) KEY POINTS -- On April 6, Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif addressed the Egyptian parliament and discussed the global economy and President Mubarak's proposed budget for fiscal 2009/10. The key points he made were: -- The Egyptian economy continues to grow, but growth is slowing. [...]	2009-04-08 15:18:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV EG
09CAIRO629	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: APRIL 13 WEEKLY PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: ------------------ Inflation Declines ------------------ 2. (U) According to the Egyptian government's official statistics agency, the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and St [...]	2009-04-13 10:54:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV EG
09CAIRO650	POWERING GROWTH: PROPOSED ELECTRICITY LAW SEEKS TO [...] (SBU) Key Points: -- The Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MOEE) is preparing a law that would open electricity generation and distribution to the private sector. -- According to industry contacts, the draft law would facilitate investment in new distribution networks to expand the nati [...]	2009-04-15 08:26:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PGOV EINV EG
09CAIRO710	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: APRIL 27 WEEKLY PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: ---------------------- Public Sector Salaries ---------------------- 2. (U) The Egyptian draft budget for the fiscal year 2009/2010 proposed by the Ministry of Finance includes a c [...]	2009-04-27 09:36:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV EG
09CAIRO77	Egypt's Tourism Hurt by the Global Financial Crisis [...] (U) SUMMARY: Signs of a slowdown in the Egyptian tourism sector are beginning to emerge as a result of the global economic crisis and may have a significant impact on revenues, employment and growth in 2009. Tourism in Egypt is the top foreign exchange earner and made up 19% of forex revenu [...]	2009-01-15 14:06:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL EG
09CAIRO807	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: MAY 12 WEEKLY PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: ------------------------------------------- Draft Budget and Annual Civil Service Raise ------------------------------------------- 2. (U) On May 6, the Shura Council, the upper hou [...]	2009-05-12 08:38:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EPET PGOV EG
09CAIRO820	EGYPT: TRADE MINISTER PROMOTES FRANCHISES [...] (U) In his remarks at the opening of the Middle East and North Africa Franchise Show in Cairo, Minister of Trade Rachid Mohamed Rachid told the audience that developing the franchise market in Egypt was a priority for the Egyptian government. Referring to franchise investment as an economic "ga [...]	2009-05-13 14:58:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV EG
09CAIRO857	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: MAY 18 WEEKLY PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: ---------------------------- Bechtel Loses Nuclear Tender ---------------------------- 2. (U) The Egyptian Nuclear Power Plants Authority (NPPA) has officially informed the U.S. Be [...]	2009-05-17 14:48:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO89	Global Financial Slowdown Hits Egypt [...] SUMMARY: During the fourth quarter of 2008, Egypt experienced a substantial downturn in its three main sources of revenue and foreign exchange: tourism, worker remittances and Suez Canal fees. Though the extent of the slowdown is yet unknown, the GOE suggests that Egypt could see a $5-6 billio [...]	2009-01-20 09:10:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL EG
09CAIRO899	Egypt to Maintain Higher Export Subsidies Through [...] (SBU) On May 18, we met with Mohamed Ragui, Executive Director of Egypt's Export Development Fund. Ragui confirmed that, in response to the economic crisis, the GOE had raised the Fund's export subsidy rates by 50% from December 2008 through June 2009. He added that the budget allocation for t [...]	2009-05-21 13:34:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV EG
09CANBERRA117	CHINALCO ACQUIRING RIO STAKE? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Australian media is reporting that Chinese state-owned aluminum company Chinalco is negotiating with Rio Tinto to either increase its stake in Anglo-Australian resources giant Rio Tinto or buy specific resource assets. Reeling from falling commodities prices, Rio is scrambling t [...]	2009-02-03 21:04:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV AS CH
09CANBERRA180	CHINESE INVESTMENT OFFERS PILE UP IN AUSTRALIAN [...] (C) Summary: The pace of Chinese efforts to invest in key Australian mineral companies has picked up. While the Chinalco-Rio Tinto investment (reftel) has drawn the most attention, other Chinese companies are seeking to take advantage of the troubled economic state of many Australian miners. [...]	2009-02-20 07:49:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ETRD EINV EIND AS
09CANBERRA461	2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-15 07:46:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EINV PGOV AS
09CANBERRA537	RIO SPURNS CHINALCO, EMBRACES BHP [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto today rejected a $19.2 billion deal with state-owned Chinese company Chinalco. Instead, Rio immediately announced a $5.8 billion joint venture with fellow resource giant BHP Billiton to combine their existing iron ore operations in the Pil [...]	2009-06-06 03:19:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EINV EIND ECON AS CH
09CANBERRA65	AUSTRALIA - NO PROTECTIONIST INVESTMENT PROPOSALS [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-20 04:35:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV AS
09CANBERRA758	PEAK BODY VIEWS ON OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY DOWN UNDER [...] (U) SUMMARY. Australia has an expanding LNG sector (see Perth septel) and contracting oil sector. The Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) represents both and has argued for increased government incentives and regulatory simplicity to encourage further oil expl [...]	2009-08-17 02:43:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV AS
09CANBERRA759	RESERVE BANK SIGNALS ECONOMIC RECOVERY [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) believes the economy has weathered the global financial crisis better than expected. The RBA Governor stated August 13 that this may turn out to be one of Australia's mildest post-war downturns. The RBA believes its monetary policy has been eff [...]	2009-08-17 03:13:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV AS
09CANBERRA78	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - AUSTRALIA [...] Following is the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Australia. Note that the exchange rate between the US and Australian dollars fluctuated very widely over the year 2008; we have used the exchange rate as of January 21, 2009 (A$1 = US$.66) throughout. ----------------------------------- [...]	2009-01-22 03:52:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	KTDB ETRD EINV ECON ELAB OPIC AS
09CAPETOWN128	GLOBAL CONDITIONS MORE LIKELY TO IMPACT SOUTH AFRICAN [...] (U) Summary. The Port Elizabeth Regional Chamber of Commerce organized a briefing on April 21, to discuss the impact of the global economic crisis and the implications of a Jacob Zuma presidency on the country's economic policy. Keynote speaker Econometrix Chief Economist Dr. Azar Jammine not [...]	2009-05-27 14:48:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN EIND ETRD ENRG PGOV SF
09CAPETOWN56	SOUTH AFRICA IS HYDROCARBON POOR, BUT HAS BIG PLANS FOR [...] (SBU) This cable is not for Internet distribution. This cable is a collaboration between Embassy Pretoria and Consulate General Cape Town. Summary. South Africa has limited reserves of crude oil and natural gas and imports 70 percent of its requirements, which are for the most part refined l [...]	2009-03-12 12:33:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB SF
09CAPETOWN57	EAST LONDON'S INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ZONE SPEEDS [...] Summary: The East London Industrial Development Zone (ELIDZ),established in 2002, is a South African Government initiative to encourage export-driven growth and to diversify the mostly rural Eastern Cape economy. Since its inception, the ELIDZ has grown quickly and now includes fourteen in [...]	2009-03-13 15:18:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND EINV ETRD SA
09CARACAS1001	VENEZUELA'S ALUMINUM INDUSTRY IN CRISIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GBRV has agreed to a number of labor demands after days of protests shut down the industrial city of Puerto Ordaz. After years of GBRV mismanagement, state-owned aluminum companies suffer from deep structural inefficiencies. Low aluminum prices and rising production costs [...]	2009-07-31 16:06:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB EMIN ENRG EPET
09CARACAS1017	VENEZUELA: REPSOL EMPLOYEE COMMENTS ON DRILLING [...] (C) XXXXXXXXXXXXX , Repsol Drill Project Manager for the Rafael Urdaneta offshore natural gas exploratory well told Petroleum Attache on August 2 that Repsol had cancelled plans to drill in Cuba, as it had been unable to secure an offshore drill rig with less than fifteen percent U.S. content. [...]	2009-08-05 18:08:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON CU VE
09CARACAS1022	GBRV EXPANDS CONTROL OVER PORTS [...] (C) Summary: In a July 30 decree, the Ministry of Public Works and Housing (MPWH) ordered the immediate nationalization of private warehouse operations at four ports, including Puerto Cabello, Venezuela's largest. The decree leaves vague the status of the private companies and their employe [...]	2009-08-06 19:45:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ETRD EINV MARR CU VE
09CARACAS103	ECONOMIC TIES WITH IRAN GROWING SLOWLY [...] (C) Summary. Emboffs met with a local businessman to discuss his possible involvement in the establishment of a Venezuelan-Iranian Chamber of Commerce. In the private sector, expatriate Iranians cautiously build enterprises within Venezuela, ever wary of the political and economic pitfalls of doing [...]	2009-01-26 21:44:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE
09CARACAS104	VENEZUELAN OIL SHIFTING TO ASIA [...] (C) A senior BP executive told EconCon and Petroleum Attache that PDVSA is shipping 100,000 b/d to China non-competitively (PDVSA continues to pay transportation costs). A senior Chevron executive noted that it has been common knowledge that this is PDVSA's strategic direction. At a separate [...]	2009-01-28 13:11:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV CH JA VE
09CARACAS1055	VENEZUELA: OIL PRODUCTION IN WESTERN VENEZUELA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Energy field consultations in June highlighted Venezuela's continued crude oil production challenges and the disparity between field production estimates and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's (GBRV) official production figures. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) From June 2 through 15, [...]	2009-08-13 14:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON CU VE
09CARACAS1056	VENEZUELA: FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE CRUDE OIL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Many factors likely affect Venezuela crude oil production levels and production capacity, including recent oil service sector expropriations, challenges in securing foreign exchange authorizations, increased crude inventory levels, implementation of the joint venture (JV) model, [...]	2009-08-13 14:38:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON CU VE
09CARACAS1057	VENEZUELA: BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AND WAYS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. It is easy to focus on the negative stories coming out of Venezuela's oil sector, but there are opportunities for companies to prosper and for Venezuela to increase production. Energy field consultations in June highlighted the multitude of opportunities that oil service compani [...]	2009-08-13 14:41:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON CU VE
09CARACAS106	VENEZUELA: OPEC CUTS TARGETED AT U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior BP and Chevron officials confirmed that PDVSA is aggressively enforcing OPEC-mandated quota cuts in the hope that the cuts will turn around the slump in oil prices. So far, the cuts have been levied on joint ventures based on the price per barrel received for the crude sales. Th [...]	2009-01-28 13:18:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV VE
09CARACAS1062	GBRV SHIFTS AXIS OF TRADE, TELLS OBAMA TO BUY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent decisions by the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) to halt imports of Colombian beef and suspend sales of reduced-price gasoline to Colombia suggest that the GBRV is determined to reduce bilateral trade. On August 11, President Chavez and Argentine [...]	2009-08-13 16:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB EMIN ENRG EPET
09CARACAS1110	VENEZUELA: VENAMCHAM SAYS SITUATION WORSENING [...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 17, the Ambassador attended the monthly meeting of the governing Executive Committee of the Venezuelan American Chamber of Commerce (VenAmCham). Following their normal business, the Executive Committee members, all Presidents of leading corporations, briefed the Ambassa [...]	2009-08-21 18:40:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV VE
09CARACAS1116	VENEZUELA: ENSCO DRILLING RIG UPDATE [...] (C) Bill Chaddick ENSCO Chief Operating Officer, updated Petroleum AttachQ on ENSCO's situation in Venezuela on August 20. Chaddick (strictly protect throughout) stated that the U.S. drilling rig company received an unexpected mixed USD and Bolivar payment on July 23 ($11.2 million and 631,00 [...]	2009-08-24 15:36:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON CU VE
09CARACAS1129	VENEZUELA: PDVSA PAYMENTS PROVIDE TEMPORARY RESPITE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Drawing on funds raised though its July bond issuance, PDVSA has made significant payments on its outstanding arrears. PDVSA appears to have paid domestic companies owed less than ten million dollars in full and to have made significant payments on larger debts. END SUMMARY. [...]	2009-08-27 13:44:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON CU VE
09CARACAS1130	VENEZUELA: DECREASED PETROLEUM SECTOR ACTIVITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. With the exception of Weatherford (which is aggressively seeking to expand its market share),international oil service companies continue to reduce their exposure, to decrease staffing levels, and to move idle equipment out of Venezuela. The Venezuelan rig count provides a clea [...]	2009-08-27 13:44:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON CU VE
09CARACAS1131	VENEZUELA: NEW PETROCHEMICALS LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuela passed a limited-scope Petrochemicals Law in July that covers basic and intermediate sector activities. It permits the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) to enter into mixed companies with the private sector and attempts to preclude private company recourse to inte [...]	2009-08-27 13:48:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON CU VE
09CARACAS1146	VENEZUELA: BANKERS SEE SUFFICIENT OIL REVENUES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an August 31 briefing, leading banker Gustavo Marturet and members of his economic research team updated the Ambassador on their perceptions of Venezuela's political and economic situation. Despite the recent downturn in the Venezuelan economy, the bank believes Venezuela will [...]	2009-09-02 18:56:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV VE
09CARACAS1154	GBRV MINISTER LIKENS PFIZER TO THE DEVIL, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 27, Pfizer representatives told EconOffs that negotiations with the Ministry of Health for the sale of a pharmaceutical plant in Valencia have stalled following the July 31 appointment of Carlos Rotondaro as Health Minister. Pfizer has been unable to meet with Ministr [...]	2009-09-03 17:22:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB EMIN ENRG EPET
09CARACAS1181	THE CUBANS IN VENEZUELA'S PORTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Post has comfirmed that a wholly Venezuelan government-owned company, Bolipuertos, is now charged with the management of Venezuela's ports. Cuba's ASPORT has a 49 percent share in Puertos del Alba, a separate company, which will reportedly be focused on business development. Contac [...]	2009-09-09 12:24:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ETRD EINV MARR CU VE
09CARACAS1198	EARTHQUAKE STRIKES VENEZUELA, BUT CHAVEZ DOESN'T [...] (U) On September 12, a 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck the coast of Venezuela at approximately 3:36 PM local time, according to the Venezuelan Seismological Foundation (FUNVISI). FUNVISI reported that the earthquake's epicenter was 100 kilometers west of Caracas, off the coast of Carabobo st [...]	2009-09-14 20:55:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EIND EINV EMIN ENRG EPET VE
09CARACAS1208	VENEZUELA: CHAVEZ'S EARLY ANNOUNCEMENT OF REPSOL'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: On Friday, September 11, President Chavez trumpeted that Spanish oil company Repsol had made a significant natural gas discovery in the Gulf of Venezuela. Repsol issued a press release reiterating President Chavez's statement. This discovery was made in one of seven off-shore blo [...]	2009-09-16 14:09:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON CU VE
09CARACAS1218	EARTHQUAKE STRIKS VENEZUELA, BUT CHAVEZ DOESN'T [...] (U) This information was previously reported in a classified cable on September 14. This information is unclassified. 2. (U) On September 12, a 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck the coast of Venezuela at approximately 3:36 PM local time, according to the Venezuelan Seismological Foundati [...]	2009-09-17 15:31:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB EMIN ENRG EPET
09CARACAS1236	VENEZUELA: INSIGHT INTO LUKOIL AND THE RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russian oil companies in Venezuela understand that government-to-government negotiations are the most expedient way to advance commercial relations in Venezuela. In addition to working through a consortium to sign new oil deals, the individual companies are preparing to transfer [...]	2009-09-21 11:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS1240	VENEZUELA: PRODUCTION UPDATE FROM PDVSA AND [...] (C) A petroleum engineer working on crude oil production at Shell and PDVSA's joint venture on Lake Maracaibo provided some insights into the challenges of oil production in Venezuela's oldest production area. According to the engineer, the production of Petroregional del Lago (PERLA) had dro [...]	2009-09-22 15:52:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON CU VE
09CARACAS1246	VENEZUELA: INSIGHTS FROM PDVSA'S SENIOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: XXXXXXXXXXXX provided insight into PDVSA's finances and strategy, saying that PDVSA plans to issue additional bonds in the coming months and to use the revenues to pay pending arrears to oil services companies. PDVSA has also negotiated payment in crude oil shipments for outstanding di [...]	2009-09-23 14:24:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS126	VENEZUELA: SEEKING IMPROVED TIES WITH COLUMBIA [...] (C) Summary. In response to the worldwide economic crisis, on January 24, Presidents Uribe and Chavez agreed to create an economic commission focused on binational issues, including a binational fund for microfinance projects. Documented trade between the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (B [...]	2009-01-29 21:31:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE
09CARACAS1265	VENEZUELA: GBRV ERECTING OBSTACLES TO NEW LABOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The collective bargaining agreement for the Oil, Chemical, and Gas Workers Federation of Venezuela (FUTEV) expired on January 21, 2009. Our contacts report the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) and PDVSA do not want to negotiate a costly new collective bargaining agreemen [...]	2009-09-30 13:56:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ELAB ECON ENRG VE
09CARACAS1281	GBRV USES ANTI-TRADE MEASURES TO PUNISH COLOMBIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following President Chavez's July 28 announcement to freeze relations with Colombia, trade experts and business leaders in both countries downplayed the threat to bilateral trade and predicted that Chavez would not damage a mutually beneficial commercial relationship. But recent [...]	2009-10-02 18:57:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB EMIN ENRG EPET
09CARACAS1295	URBAN LANDS LAW THREATENS PROPERTY RIGHTS [...] SUMMARY: On August 14, the National Assembly unanimously approved a new law that grants the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) wide authority to seize underutilized urban lands to develop socialist housing projects. While the law is yet unpublished in the Official Gaz [...]	2009-10-07 19:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB EMIN ENRG EPET
09CARACAS1318	VENEZUELA: LOOMING POWER BLACKOUTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) has not adequately invested in the electrical sector nor addressed its deteriorating infrastructure resulting in hundreds of isolated local power outages and regular nation-wide outages. Domestic electricity consumption has increased ov [...]	2009-10-14 15:41:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS1326	VENEZUELA: JOINT VENTURE WITH PETROVIETNAM NEARING [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to senior PDVSA officials, the process to launch a joint venture between PDVSA and PetroVietnam is pending a decree from President Chavez. Plans for PDVSA to build a refinery in Vietnam have fallen through, however. Nevertheless, PDVSA continues to plan to sign a long-t [...]	2009-10-15 15:52:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS1333	VENEZUELA: AMBASSADOR VIEWS ECONOMIC SITUATION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador traveled to the State of Zulia October 4-7 and met with a range of political, private sector, and business leaders. This cable highlights the economic messages delivered to him by the business community. It reinforces reftels that point to decreased private sector inves [...]	2009-10-15 21:59:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS1334	GBRV EXPROPRIATES ONE OF CHAVEZ'S FAVORITE HOTELS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 14, the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) assumed formal control of the Margarita Hilton Hotel and Suites Hotel complex after President Chavez complained that the owners were enriching themselves at the expense of the local tourism industry. The Marga [...]	2009-10-16 10:59:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV KPOL VE
09CARACAS1338	VENEZUELA: ENSCO BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON STATUS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ensco executives remain optimistic that the U.S. drilling company will recover the offshore platform seized by PDVSA in January 2009 and hopes amicably to resolve the situation leaving open the possibility of future cooperation. The company does not want the USG to raise its spe [...]	2009-10-16 18:58:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS1352	VENEZUELA: IRAN'S PETROPARS FRUSTRATED IN CARACAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran's PetroPars is reportedly frustrated by its inability to move petroleum projects forward in Venezuela, especially the development of Ayacucho block 7 in the Faja heavy oil belt. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) XXXXXXXXXXXX told Petroleum Attache (PetAtt) on October 15 that PetroPars is frus [...]	2009-10-20 17:38:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE IR
09CARACAS136	VENEZUELA: SERVICE COMPANIES FEEL THE PINCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDVSA,s cash shortage is exacting an increasingly heavy burden on oil services companies. As reported in the press, Ensco and Helmerich& Payne have already chosen to cease certain drilling operations. Ensco has allowed PDVSA to operate its rig while negotiating quietly for outstanding [...]	2009-02-03 12:43:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV VE
09CARACAS1361	VENEZUELA: REPSOL CONFIRMS SIGNIFICANT NATURAL GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chavez's recent claims that Repsol and ENI's natural gas discovery in the Gulf of Venezuela will catapult Venezuela into place as the country with the fourth largest natural gas reserves in the world appear to be true. Furthermore, Repsol and ENI expect to produce suffici [...]	2009-10-22 16:41:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS1367	VENEZUELA: GBRV IMPOSES WATER AND ELECTRICITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Faced with water and electrical shortages, Venezuelans are facing outages and rationing of both. In response to the growing electrical crisis affecting the entire country, President Chavez has announced an emergency plan that includes the creation of a new electricity ministry [...]	2009-10-23 21:44:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS1373	CHAVEZ EXPROPRIATES TWO SUGAR MILLS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 21, in a state television broadcast, Agriculture and Lands Minister Elias Jaua announced the 90 day occupation and planned expropriation of two sugar mills in western Venezuela. Jaua accused Central Azucarero Venezuela of illegally halting production and Central Azu [...]	2009-10-26 15:41:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EINV ENRG ETRD VE
09CARACAS1383	VENEZUELA: WORLD HEAVY OIL CONFERENCE MOVED AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) announced on October 27, 2009, that the November 2-5 third World Heavy Oil Conference had been moved from Puerto La Cruz to the Island of Margarita. Citing electricity problems in Puerto La Cruz, the GBRV announced the conference (repo [...]	2009-10-29 12:59:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS1393	URBAN LANDS LAW PUBLISHED, GBRV RECLASSIFIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 21, the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) published a controversial Urban Lands Law in the Official Gazette. This empowers the state to seize underutilized urban lands in order to develop socialist housing projects. Critics say that the law t [...]	2009-11-02 11:26:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV KCOR VE
09CARACAS1447	VENEZUELA'S STANDARDS REGIME IN DISARRAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The status of Venezuela's standards regime is uncertain after a June 2009 resolution abolished the relationship between the principal, non-profit industry standards setting entity, the Fund for Standardization and Quality (FONDONORMA),and the Government of the Bolivarian Republ [...]	2009-11-12 10:20:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECIN EIND EINT EINV ETRD VE
09CARACAS1465	VENEZUELA: PDVSA'S REFINERIES AND NEW PROJECT PLANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDVSA's concept for the future development of the Faja heavy oil fields -- and particularly how to link the different joint venture projects together into a common infrastructure -- is still in its infancy. A senior PDVSA official described the company's numerous international ref [...]	2009-11-17 21:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS1475	Venezuela: Deciphering the Current Electricity Crisis [...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuela's current electrical crisis is serious and complex, with problems that may yet present a "perfect storm" for policymakers. While acknowledging problems in maintenance delays and planning shortfalls in augmenting electricity infrastructure, President Chavez cites increase [...]	2009-11-20 15:38:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS1487	VENEZUELA: REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-20 20:51:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	CU ECON EINV EPET ETRD ETTC HURI PREL VE
09CARACAS149	RUMORS OF A RUSSIAN FAVORED BID IN CARABOBO AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: A well-connected industry source asserts that PDVSA has offered to form a mixed company with a newly formed Russian consortium for direct award of one of the Carabobo bid round blocks. The consortium was reportedly not required to pay for the data pack (for $2 million) despite p [...]	2009-02-04 19:15:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV VE
09CARACAS155	VENEZUELAN AUTOMOTIVE POLICY HAD "DISASTEROUS" [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Venezuelan government's automotive policy, in effect since January 1, 2008, fell far short of meeting its goal of increasing domestic car production. Car sales dropped by 45 percent in 2008 while spiraling prices due to lack of supply now have some in the government calling f [...]	2009-02-05 16:49:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV VE
09CARACAS1567	Venezuela: PDVSA Experiencing Quality Control Problems [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDVSA is experiencing quality control problems with refined product and upgraded crude oil and is bearing significant costs due to these problems. The Venezuelan national oil company has prioritized the supply of gasoline and other petroleum products to its domestic market over it [...]	2009-12-17 17:28:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON CH VE
09CARACAS157	VENEZUELA: LABOR UNREST TURNS DEADLY [...] (C) Summary. On January 29, police in Anzoategui state, enforcing a judicial order obtained by Mitsubishi, entered the Mitsubishi automotive factory, which had been taken over by union workers on January 12. A melee ensued, leaving two workers dead and several workers and two police officers [...]	2009-02-05 17:56:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ELAB EINV PGOV PREL VE
09CARACAS1593	VENEZUELA: PDVSA'S CVP LEADERSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: A senior Ministry of Energy and Petroleum (MENPET) official provided insight into the structure of PDVSA's Venezuelan Petroleum Corporation (or CVP by its Spanish acronym) board of directors, current production numbers, and noted current Russian and Chinese difficulties [...]	2009-12-23 15:13:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON RS CH VE
09CARACAS1599	CHAVEZ PROMOTES TRANSITION TO SOCIALIST ECONOMY, THREATENS [...] (SBU) On December 22, President Chavez inaugurated a chain of government-run retail stores called the Corporation of Socialist Markets (COMERSO). "We're going to defeat speculation. Private individuals can still sell, but they'll have to compete with us and with a people that is now fully awa [...]	2009-12-29 22:50:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KIPR EINV ETRD EIND EINT ECIN CH VE
09CARACAS213	RECYCLE AND REUSE: VENEZUELAN TOILET PAPER SHORTAGE [...] (U) The following message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. In the ramp up to the February 15 referendum, toilet paper is the latest consumer product shortage. The Government of the Bolivarian Republic (GBRV),through its consumer protection age [...]	2009-02-17 11:26:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV PREL VE
09CARACAS214	PDVSA'S STRATEGY AGAINST EXXONMOBIL AND INCREASED [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a PDVSA employee interviewed following his visa renewal, PDVSA is aggressively preparing its international arbitration case against ExxonMobil (XM),is reviewing and prioritizing balances due to service companies, and is optimistic that ConocoPhillips (CP) will retur [...]	2009-02-17 11:31:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS218	VENEZUELA WILL NOT ATTEND MEETING ON BIOSAFETY [...] (C) As requested in reftel A, the Agriculture Attache approached university professor and biotech expert Dr. Claret Michelangeli de Clavio (strictly protect throughout) to determine Venezuelan participation at the Mexico City biosafety meeting. Michelangeli, who represented the Venezuelan gov [...]	2009-02-17 18:00:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAGR VE
09CARACAS239	PDVSA STRUGGLING WITH FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the CEO of a major domestic oil field services company, Chavez continues to spend as if world oil prices will quickly return to a minimum of $60/barrel, ignoring other budget scenarios developed by PDVSA planners. This contact avers that Venezuela is not only facin [...]	2009-02-20 20:22:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS269	VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT IGNORES USG OVERTURES ON AVIATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Venezuelan private sector organization advocated strongly for the Venezuelan civil aviation authority (INAC) to support the issuance of visas for F AA inspectors and to meet with the Embassy to discuss visa matters. The Venezuelan govemment (GBRV) has not acceded to either request. [...]	2009-03-03 15:45:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAIR VE
09CARACAS270	VENEZUELA'S RICE INDUSTRY THREATENED FOR POLITICAL GAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chavez announced on February 28, that the government would intervene in the domestic rice processing industry, ostensibly to stop millers from contravening its food price control policy. The Venezuelan National Guard occupied one of the plants on February 27 - the da [...]	2009-03-03 16:47:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ETRD EINV EAGR VE
09CARACAS279	VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT THREATENS TO "EXPROPRIATE" A [...] (C) On March 4, Chavez directed the Minister to "begin the process of expropriating Cargill." The President of Cargill Venezuela Roberto Moro (protect) told Post this morning that he was on his way to a meeting with the Minister of Agriculture Elias Jaua. Moro reported tha he believes thus f [...]	2009-03-05 16:54:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAGR VE
09CARACAS280	VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT THREATENS TO "EXPROPRIATE" A [...] (C) On March 4, Chavez directed the Minister to "begin the process of expropriating Cargill." The President of Cargill Venezuela Roberto Moro (protect) told Post this morning that he was on his way to a meeting with the Minister of Agriculture Elias Jaua. Moro reported that he believes thus [...]	2009-03-05 18:30:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAGR VE
09CARACAS282	VENEZUELA: CONFLUENCE OF CHAVEZ AND OBAMA OIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Press reports have picked up on DOE/EIA statistics indicating that Venezuelan exports to the U.S. decreased 12.3% in 2008 and have concluded that President Chavez's plans to reduce oil exports to the U.S. are succeeding. The stories ignore the broader impact of the last ten year [...]	2009-03-05 18:30:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS287	VENEZUELA: LATEST CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] (C) Summary. On March 3, the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) announced a cabinet reshuffling, including the transformation of five existing ministries and the abolition of three ministries. The only new face in the cabinet is Eduardo Saman, a hard line Chavista and [...]	2009-03-05 21:48:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE
09CARACAS288	VENEZUELA: PDVSA FALLS FURTHER DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Even though Energy Minister Ramirez announced March 2 that PDVSA would begin paying service companies and that it would not cancel any contracts, several major service companies have neither received payments nor notification from PDVSA of pending payments. International service [...]	2009-03-06 13:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS290	VENEZULEAN NATIONAL GUARD STILL OCCUPYING CARGILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: US agribusiness giant Cargill has yet to receive an official expropriation order following President Chavez's March 4 threat to expropriate the company's rice plant (ref A). According to Cargill Venezuela, the company has three days to respond to a citation issued as a result of [...]	2009-03-06 19:05:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAGR VE
09CARACAS305	VENEZUELA: CARGILL EXPECTS PLANT TO BE NATIONALIZED [...] (C) Cargill Venezuela's Director of International Relations Ramon Sosa (protect) told the Agriculture Attache on March 9 that it is only a matter of time before the Venezuelan government nationalizes Cargill's rice processing plant. Sosa reported that in a March 8 meeting with Minister of Agr [...]	2009-03-10 21:05:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAGR VE
09CARACAS307	VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT "HITS THE ACCELERATOR" ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) has dramatically increased its intervention in the Venezuelan economy in the weeks following President Chavez's successful February 15 bid to abolish presidential term limits. As the price of oil remains low, the GBRV [...]	2009-03-10 21:37:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAGR VE
09CARACAS330	VENEZUELAN NATIONAL GUARD OCCUPIES PORTS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Venezuelan Government passed a "Decentralization Law" on March 12, that moves authority over state-run airports, roads and ports to the central government (Ref A). The morning of March 16, a senior Carabobo state official reported that the National Guard had arrived and fear [...]	2009-03-17 19:31:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAGR VE
09CARACAS339	VENEZUELA: LABOR UNREST ACROSS ECONOMIC SECTORS [...] (C) Summary. Labor unrest is growing in Venezuela, particularly since the January 21 expiration of the collective bargaining agreement for oil workers. Oil workers, whose benefits have lost ground to other unions, are openly expressing their dissent. The Government of the Bolivarian Republi [...]	2009-03-18 21:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ENGR PGOV VE
09CARACAS352	VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT VERSUS U.S. COMPANY CARGILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cargill de Venezuela President Roberto Moro (strictly protect throughout) told the Charge on March 17 that although the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) has informed the company that its rice plant would be nationalized on the grounds of "public utility," [...]	2009-03-20 19:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAGR VE
09CARACAS354	CHAVEZ PLAYS POLITICAL CRAPS WITH PROPOSALS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Facing the global economic crisis and a domestic fiscal crisis arising from low oil prices, Chavez has floated plans to rationalize the subsidized price of gasoline (a $5.5 billion subsidy according to PDVSA,s own calculations). Energy and Petroleum Minister Ramirez has opined t [...]	2009-03-20 19:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS361	VENEZUELA: NATIONALIZED CEMENT COMPANIES GIVE UP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Executive Director of Holcim Venezuela Louis Beauchemin (protect throughout) told EconOff March 19 that Holcim would seek international arbitration after giving up hope of payment for its cement operations, nationalized in August 2008. Holcim, the world's second largest cem [...]	2009-03-23 12:54:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV VE
09CARACAS362	VENEZUELA: OPIC-FINANCED COMPANY MAY FILE DEFAULT [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. concern Williams is poised to file one to three default notices against PDVSA on projects financed by OPIC. PDVSA's on-going financial crisis makes it unlikely it will be able to pay arrears to Williams. Given recent actions taken against other companies that have issued de [...]	2009-03-23 16:52:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS369	VENEZUELA: PDVSA CHEATING ON OPEC CUTS AT EXPENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Senior Chevron official confirmed that he believes PDVSA is cheating on its OPEC-mandated quota cuts to take advantage of greater demand for heavy crude. He also confirmed that PDVSA issued an informal rig stoppage order and instructed its joint venture partners to cease capital [...]	2009-03-24 11:41:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS397	VENEZUELA: ACCESS TO CADIVI DOLLARS TIGHTENS [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified, please treat accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. On March 16, the National Assembly of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) approved revised lists of products eligible for importation using the official exchange rate. Imports at the official [...]	2009-03-27 15:34:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL PGOV VE
09CARACAS407	VENEZUELAN AVIATION UPDATE: NATIONALIZATIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a possible violation of the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation, the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuelan (GBRV) has grounded all foreign-registered private aircraft, 95 percent of which are US-registered. The GBRV informed the Embassy via diplomat [...]	2009-03-27 21:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAIR VE
09CARACAS426	KIMBERLY-CLARK OPERATIONS IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) Summary. Following extensive press coverage the week of March 23 of a government "investigation" of a plant owned by Kimberly-Clark, EmbOffs met with the company March 27. Kimberly-Clark reported it was not concerned by the "routine government inspection" of its Venezuelan factory. Th [...]	2009-04-02 14:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE
09CARACAS428	VENEZUELA: OIL PRODUCTION IN THE WEST: A MIXED BAG [...] (C) SUMMARY: Petroleum AttachQ (PetAtt) conducted site visits in Zulia March 23-26. Companies corroborated reftel reporting and provided additional perspective on the complexity of problems encountered daily in the oil sector. Chevron's production is near capacity in the West; it is taking a [...]	2009-04-02 17:55:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE

09CARACAS433	VENEZUELA NATIONALIZES U.S. COMPANY CARGILL'S RICE [...] (C) On March 31, the Venezuelan government made President Chavez's threats official by publishing a "forced acquisition order" for U.S. company Cargill's rice plant (Ref A). Citing the "Law of Expropriation for Reasons of Public or Social Utility", the decree, which appeared in the Venezuelan [...]	2009-04-03 17:54:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAGR VE

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