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09MAPUTO896	ONE-STOP BORDER: PROJECT BETWEEN MOZAMBIQUE AND S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Econoff met with officials at the Government of Mozambique (GRM) on May 28 and the South African Revenue Service on July 2 to discuss the status of a joint one-stop border project between Mozambique and South Africa. Plans to create a 24-hour, one-stop border were signed in 20 [...]	2009-08-11 10:32:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EINV EINT PGOV ETRD MZ SF

09MAPUTO971	EMBASSY MAPUTO HOSTS U.S. INVESTOR CONFERENCE [...] SUMMARY: In an environment of economic crisis, Mission Maputo's State and USAID colleagues partnered to increase investor interest in Mozambique's commercial opportunities, drawing upon the Department of State's FY09 Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) and joining efforts with the U [...]	2009-09-01 14:18:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EINV ECON ETRD AMGT MZ
09MAPUTO980	BUSINESS COMMUNTITY PROTESTS PORT CARGO SCANNING [...] (SBU) Summary: In 2005, the Government of Mozambique (GRM) awarded a 20-year concession to Kudumba Investments to provide an integrated border and cargo security solution. The concession is based on the principle of "build, operate, and transfer" that requires no capital outlay from the GRM. [...]	2009-09-02 13:47:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EINV EINT PGOV EWWT PREL ETRD MZ SF
09MAPUTO983	MAPUTO PORT BRINGS COMPETITION...AND CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Mozambique (GRM) entered into partnership with private investors to revitalize and increase port and rail infrastructure capacity, which was long-neglected during the civil war. Econoffs met with GRM and private sector representatives to discuss progress with [...]	2009-09-03 11:46:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KCOR EINV EWWT PGOV MZ SF
09MARSEILLE5	MONACO REACHES OUT ON TAX HAVEN COOPERATION [...] (SBU) On March 30, Monaco's Minister of State (Prime Minister-equivalent) Jean-Paul Proust telephoned CG. Proust said he wanted to pass the message that the Government of Monaco is fully engaged with the EU on "tax haven" matters already, but they are also fully disposed to engage on this issu [...]	2009-03-30 14:22:00	Consulate Marseille	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PREL FR
09MASERU15	LESOTHO 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Embassy Maseru submits the following information for Lesotho's 2009 Investment Climate Statement. Lesotho is open to foreign direct investment (FDI) and generally treats foreign investors well. With most investment originating from East Asia, FDI in Lesotho is primarily channeled into export-or [...]	2009-01-20 07:16:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV USTR KTDB OPIC LT
09MASERU448	LESOTHO: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Embassy Maseru submits the following information for Lesotho's 2010 Investment Climate Statement. Lesotho is open to foreign direct investment (FDI) and views FDI as a means to drive growth, improve international competitiveness, and obtain access to foreign markets. Virtually all business sect [...]	2009-12-31 08:46:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC LT
09MBABANE286	THE KING'S ECONOMY - CELL PHONE BUSINESS BENDS TO ROYAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Royal politics and King Mswati's business interests appear to have caused the ouster of Mobile Telephone Network (MTN) CEO Tebogo Mogapi and halted parastatal Swaziland Post and Telecommunications Corporation (SPTC) from selling the MTN shares it owns to raise money for a Next [...]	2009-10-28 06:07:00	Embassy Mbabane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINV PGOV WZ SF
09MELBOURNE121	BHP BILLITON CEO ON NEGOTIATING WITH CHINA [...] (C/NF) The CEO of the world's largest mining company sees another difficult year ahead for ore negotiations with the Chinese. BHP Billiton, which provides China with a growing portion of its imported ores, expects a slow global recovery, with any pickup in the U.S. economy being offset by the [...]	2009-11-17 22:15:00	Consulate Melbourne	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EIND ECON ETRD EINV CH AS
09MELBOURNE66	BHP PREVIEWS SCUTTLING OF CHINESE INVESTMENT [...] (C/NF) According to its CEO Marius Kloppers, BHP Billiton played a role in quashing Chinalco's bid to invest $19.5 billion in Rio Tinto. This meeting took place one day prior to Rio Tinto's decision to walk away from the Chinalco deal (septel from Embassy). BHP, however, still has its eye on [...]	2009-06-05 05:16:00	Consulate Melbourne	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EIND ECON ETRD EINV CH AS
09MEXICO1076	US - MEXICO DISCUSS GOM PROPOSAL TO NEGOTIATE [...] (SBU) Summary: US and Mexican officials held the third in a series of formal consultations under Articles 4 and 5 of the Western Gap treaty and regarding transboundary oil and gas reservoirs more generally March 31 in New Orleans. For the US side, the primary objective of the discussion was [...]	2009-04-15 18:25:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO160	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - MEXICO [...] Mexico is open to foreign direct investment (FDI) in most economic sectors and has consistently been one of the largest recipients of FDI among emerging markets. In recent years, Mexico has become increasingly aware of its loss of competitiveness relative to other emerging economies, notably Ch [...]	2009-01-21 22:38:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD OPIC USTR KTDB MX
09MEXICO2244	MEXICO 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] a. Claimants A b. 1975 c. The Claimants signed a profit-sharing contract with a sulfur company controlled by the GOM. The investors were to have received payments for the life of the contract, but, in fact, received nothing. In 1975, the sulfur company offered to settle the dispute. [...]	2009-07-30 16:19:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD KIDE CASC OPIC PGOV MX
09MEXICO2440	SECRETARY KESSEL AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS BILATERAL ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary: Energy Secretary Georgina Kessel told Ambassador Pascual August 13 that Mexico is eager to continue working with the US on carbon capture and storage, energy efficiency, standards, a bilateral market for renewable energy, and gas flaring. Kessel emphasized the need for an acti [...]	2009-08-17 22:04:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO2445	TRANSBOUNDARY RESERVOIRS - A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Energy Secretary Georgina Kessel told Ambassador Pascual August 13 that the Mexican proposal to negotiate a bilateral treaty on trans-boundary reservoirs provides a window of opportunity for the US and Mexico to engage constructively on the sensitive topic of oil production. N [...]	2009-08-17 23:12:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO2616	MEXICO READY TO SUPPORT THE ECONOMIC AND CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Energy Secretariat officials told State/WHA's visiting Director for Economic Policy and Summit Coordination that Mexico supports the Economic and Climate Change Partnership (ECPA). The GOM wants to highlight an ongoing initiative to promote North American standards for househol [...]	2009-09-02 17:34:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO2738	GOM LAUNCHES CONTROVERSIAL OIL REFINERY PROJECT [...] Summary: President Calderon announced August 2009 that state-owned oil company PEMEX selected Tula, Hidalgo as the site of its new "bicentennial" refinery, a state governed by the PRI opposition party. His statement brings to end a fierce eighteen-month battle between various Mexican states [...]	2009-09-18 22:31:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO299	COOPERATION ON RENEWABLE ENERGY - AN OPENING TO ENGAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Efforts to deepen US-Mexican collaboration on energy issues has been constrained in recent years by Mexico's sensitivity about foreign involvement in the hydrocarbons sector. Since the Calderon Administration's energy reform bill was approved in October 2008 and oil prices have [...]	2009-02-05 13:44:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EINV PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO2995	CHICONTEPEC - WHO IS IN CHARGE OF MEXICAN HYDROCARBONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Juan Carlos Zepeda, head of Mexico's newly created National Hydrocarbons Commission (CNH),said that the press misquoted him last week as ordering PEMEX to stop drilling in Chicontepec. However, Zepeda is clearly unhappy with Pemex's current production policy in Chicontepec an [...]	2009-10-16 22:06:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO30	ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN MEXICO [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the global financial crisis has weakened MexicoQs economy, most analysts do not fear a repeat of the 1995 peso collapse. Financial conditions in Mexico Q most notably the absence of a large foreign debt Q have improved measurably over the financial situation existing [...]	2009-01-07 19:35:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EINV PGOV MX
09MEXICO3098	US - MEXICO REVIEW SEISMIC; DISCUSS GOM PROPOSAL TO [...] (SBU) Summary: US and Mexican officials held the fourth in a series of formal consultations under Articles 4 and 5 of the Western Gap Treaty October 19 in Villahermosa, Mexico. In reviewing Mexican seismic data, USDEL found promising structures on the Mexican side of the boundary as well as p [...]	2009-10-28 16:11:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO3222	SECRETARY KESSEL DISCUSSES BILATERAL ENERGY COOPERATON; [...] (SBU) Summary: Energy Secretary Georgina Kessel told Ambassador Pascual November 5 that she was pleased with progress made at the October 19 trans-boundary energy reservoir meeting in Villahermosa and welcomed news that the USG seeks to extend the moratorium in the Western Gap. Kessel welcom [...]	2009-11-12 22:21:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO33	ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN MEXICO [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the global financial crisis has weakened MexicoQs economy, most analysts do not fear a repeat of the 1995 peso collapse. Financial conditions in Mexico Q most notably the absence of a large foreign debt Q have improved measurably over the financial situation existing [...]	2009-01-07 19:36:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EINV PGOV MX
09MEXICO432	TELECOMS 1377: SLOW PROGRESS IN MEXICO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post thanks USTR for this opportunity to comment on telecom concerns in Mexico for the 2009 Section 1377 Review. Turnover in leadership at the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation (SCT),the uncertain authority and independence of the Federal Telecommunications Comm [...]	2009-02-17 19:26:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EINV ETRD USTR MX
09MEXICO45	CALDERON ANNOUNCES MORE MEASURES TO STIMULATE ECONOMY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Calderon announced on January 7 a new set of measures to help offset the impact of the global financial and economic crisis and stimulate the economy. "The National Accord in Favor of the Families' Economy and Employment" is the third economic program announced by the [...]	2009-01-08 22:28:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EINV PGOV MX
09MEXICO544	STANFORD FRAUD CASE SHAKES MEXICAN INVESTORS [...] (SBU) Summary: Mexican investors' confidence has been shaken once again by the financial scandal surrounding billionaire Robert Allen Stanford, this time affecting more Mexicans than the earlier Madoff case. Stanford Financial Group's Mexican subsidiary, Stanford Fondos S.A. de C.V., has repo [...]	2009-02-25 22:51:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EINV PGOV MX
09MEXICO671	CLEAN AND RENEWABLE ENERGY - POSSIBLE INITIATIVES WITH [...] Summary and Introduction: The GOM is interested in working more closely with the USG on renewable energy, energy efficiency and climate change. Post believes the Mexican position offers a significant opportunity to develop closer ties in a priority area for both countries and is exploring sev [...]	2009-03-06 22:22:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EINV PGOV SENV MX
09MILAN220	NORTHERN ITALIAN "DISTRETTI" HANGING ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The clusters of small same-sector firms known as "distretti" are the backbone of the Italian -- and particularly northern Italian -- economy. To varying degrees these "distretti" have been suffering from the global economic crisis that has hit their traditional export markets. [...]	2009-11-20 13:13:00	Consulate Milan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EINV IT
09MILAN221	NORTHERN ITALIAN "DISTRETTI" HANGING ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The clusters of small same-sector firms known as "distretti" are the backbone of the Italian -- and particularly northern Italian -- economy. To varying degrees these "distretti" have been suffering from the global economic crisis that has hit their traditional export markets. [...]	2009-11-20 13:13:00	Consulate Milan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EINV IT
09MILAN78	NORTHERN ITALIAN "DISTRETTI" FACE THE GROWING [...] (SBU) Summary: Across Italy's industrial northern heartland, we've heard the same message with respect to the economic crisis in recent weeks: we're holding on, but won't last forever. Northern Italy's economy is dependent on clusters of "distretti," each with dozens of small firms that produ [...]	2009-03-23 16:18:00	Consulate Milan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EAGR PGOV IT
09MILAN96	PRIVATE EQUITY IN ITALY: GROWING, BUT IN THE RIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: Even in the midst of economic crisis, Italy's small private equity (PE) marketplace is expanding. Larger multinational PE firms and those in search of "mega-deals" are playing a smaller role, but local PE outfits see a potential for smaller, less-leveraged, longer-horizon, "buy [...]	2009-04-28 16:16:00	Consulate Milan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON IT
09MINSK138	BELARUS: DENIAL OVER DEPTH OF ECONOMIC CRISIS [...] (SBU) The GOB is realizing more and more that the global financial economic crisis will take a bigger toll on Belarus than originally expected. Senior government officials led by Lukashenka try to look optimistic (and so do the official statistics). The reality, however, is not bright and th [...]	2009-04-29 17:34:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ECON PGOV BO
09MINSK150	BELARUS: IMF SEES NEED FOR ADDITIONAL RELIEF [...] (SBU) Charge met May 11 with the visiting IMF mission head and IMF resrep to discuss the IMF's stand-by agreement (SBA) with Belarus and the overall economic situation. Jarvis reported that the GOB was working well with the IMF and was largely on track with requirements, but that the GOB res [...]	2009-05-12 11:57:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ECON PGOV BO
09MINSK30	GOB'S STEPS TOWARD MARKET REFORMS WELCOME WHILE INCOMPLETE [...] Summary: President Lukashenka signed his first decree in 2009 simplifying the process for registration and liquidation of businesses. The GOB further enumerated an ambitious, 52-point plan envisioning an overhaul of the country's business code in 2009 toward liberalizing the economy. While t [...]	2009-01-26 16:42:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD ECON PGOV BO
09MINSK394	BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - DECEMBER 4, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Council of Europe Official Discusses Death Penalty with GOB, A CoE Condition (para. 2) - Santa Claus May Be Sent to Prison in Belarus (para. 3) - Despite Differences, [...]	2009-12-04 20:04:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EFIN ETRD EINV BO
09MINSK413	BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - DECEMBER 18, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Christian Democracy Party Denied Registration, Members Harassed and Discredited (para. 2) - State TV Criticizes Opposition Activists over Abduction Allegations (para. [...]	2009-12-18 17:10:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EFIN ETRD EINV BO
09MONROVIA103	LIBERIA: AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF MONROVIA (FOR [...] (SBU) The American International School of Monrovia (AISM) was established in 2007 with the strong encouragement and support of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. The GOL provided the land and building, and sees AISM as an essential element in creating a climate that will facilitate foreign inve [...]	2009-02-02 17:06:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ETRD ECON OPIC LI
09MONROVIA186	LIBERIA: AMBASSADOR TOURS RECOVERING LIBERIA PETROLEUM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Liberia Petroleum Refining Company (LPRC) Managing Director Harry Greaves outlined an ambitious strategic development plan during the Ambassador's tour of LPRC facilities on February 23. The state-owned petroleum import and storage monopoly has undergone impressive financial and [...]	2009-03-10 11:59:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EWWT ECON EINV PGOV LI
09MONROVIA289	LIBERIA: RUBBER SECTOR OVERVIEW [...] (U) SUMMARY: Liberia's rubber sector provides 5.5% of its economic output, 85% of its exports and work for an estimated 50,000 Liberians. Roughly 40% of Liberia's rubber comes from small, Liberian-owned farms, with the remainder produced on large foreign-owned concessions. There has been l [...]	2009-04-28 08:01:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ELAB EINV PHUM PGOV LI
09MONROVIA373	LIBERIA: REFORMS BOOST INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] Liberia continues to work at improving the business climate and moving up the IFC's "Doing Business" index. Eighteen new reforms, following up on 21 last year, simplify requirements for Starting a Business, Trading Across Borders, Registering Property, and Construction Permits. (See para. 5. [...]	2009-05-29 11:05:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV BEXP ETRD EAID ECON KMCA LI
09MONROVIA375	LIBERIA: DRAFT BUDGET IS BIGGER AND MORE DETAILED [...] (U) The GOL submitted its 2009-10 draft budget for legislative consideration on May 19. Despite the global financial crunch, the budget, at $347 million, shows a 16% increase over last year's and over 400% growth from the $80 million budget when the Sirleaf administration took office. It incl [...]	2009-05-29 11:51:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON EAID PGOV LI
09MONROVIA415	LIBERIA: BANKING SYSTEM STABILIZING DESPITE CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary: Although banking services remain concentrated in Monrovia, the number of banks is increasing and most are expanding their reach outside the capital. Indicators of financial soundness are improving, and there is competition to increase services beyond money transfers and fee-bas [...]	2009-06-10 17:52:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV PGOV LI
09MONROVIA431	LIBERIA: 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (SBU) The United States Government is aware of one claim of United States persons that may be outstanding against the Government of Liberia (GOL; under the National Transitional Government of Liberia - NTGL). a. Claimant A b. 2004 c. In late 2003 and spring 2004, a locally incorporated [...]	2009-06-16 18:23:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC EINV ECON KIDE OPIC PGOV LI
09MONROVIA443	LIBERIA: BUCHANAN RENEWABLES RAISES SUNKEN WRECK [...] On May 23, Buchanan Renewables (BR) removed the wreck of the Torm Alexandra, which sank at Monrovia Freeport pier while unloading in July 2001. After initial unsuccessful attempts to raise the ship, the owners had relinquished title to the Liberia National Port Authority. Two subsequent effo [...]	2009-06-22 07:56:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD EWWT LI
09MONROVIA46	LIBERIA: NATIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY ON OPIC PROJECT [...] (SBU) Summary: The new head of National Housing Authority has assured Post that the title granting 100 acres of land to the National Housing Authority for an OPIC-funded housing project is clear, and that title to the remaining 200 acres should be confirmed shortly. Post has asked the Ministr [...]	2009-01-15 08:07:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ECON OPIC LI
09MONROVIA479	LIBERIA INKS MORE TRANSPARENT DEAL FOR SHIP REGISTRY [...] SUMMARY: The Liberian Ship and Corporate Registry (LISCR) signed a new 10-year deal with the GOL June 30 to manage the country's lucrative "flags of convenience" business. Weary from years of haggling with the Bureau of Maritime Affairs (BMA) over control of revenues, and spurned by specious [...]	2009-07-06 15:10:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EWWT EINV LI
09MONROVIA52	LIBERIA: Donor Support Remains Essential As Economy [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The IMF remains cautiously optimistic about Liberia's economic outlook and we anticipate current USG assistance programs will be adequate to address the challenges of the financial crisis. Liberia's rubber exports are down (for domestic reasons),resumption of timber exports is [...]	2009-01-20 16:13:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ETRD EINV ECON LI
09MONROVIA565	LIBERIA: CAN LEDFC SALVAGE ITS FLOUNDERING BUSINESS? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Short on cash and wracked by non-performing loans, the Liberian Enterprise Development Finance Company (LEDFC) will exhaust its operating capital and be forced to close by February 2010 if it cannot raise $1 million in additional funds. Questioning LEDFC's long-term viability, t [...]	2009-08-04 17:11:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV LI
09MONROVIA618	CODEL BUTTERFIELD MEETING WITH PRESIDENT SIRLEAF [...] (U) August 17, 2009; Monrovia, Liberia. 2. (U) PARTICIPANTS: U.S. Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Brooks Robinson Representative G.K. Butterfield (D-NC) Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX) Representative Lacy Clay (D-MO) Representative Gwen Moore (D-WI) Representative Steven Cohen (D-TN) [...]	2009-08-27 17:34:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON LI OVIP EINV ETRD EAIR EAGR EWWT
09MONROVIA662	LIBERIA: PRESIDENT DISMISSES OIL COMPANY HEAD AMID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf dismissed the head of the state-owned Liberia Petroleum Refining Corporation (LPRC) on September 5, following a Ministry of Justice probe into the alleged acceptance of bribes in exchange for a USD 24.8 million concession. Sirleaf's sacking of a lo [...]	2009-09-11 13:02:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENGR LI
09MONROVIA725	LIBERIA: BUCHANAN RENEWABLES DEAL STALLS OVER PRICE DISPUTE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Liberia may back out of a power purchase agreement with Buchanan Renewables (BR),after a consortium of donors warned the President that unduly high tariffs could threaten the financial solvency of the Liberian Electricity Corporation (LEC) and deter small busi [...]	2009-10-05 09:39:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EAGR LI
09MONROVIA76	LIBERIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] There is growing investor interest in Liberia, particularly in agriculture, construction, the extractive industries and tourism. UN sanctions on timber exports were lifted in 2006 and on diamonds in early 2007 as Liberia became compliant with the Kimberly Process. The removal of sanctions open [...]	2009-01-22 10:18:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB ECON PGOV OPIC USTR KTDB LI
09MONROVIA804	IMF THINKING ON LIBERIA'S HIPC COMPLETION POINT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Resisting political pressures to hasten Completion Point under the Highly Indebted Poor Countries Initiative before the end of 2009, an International Monetary Fund team led by Africa Director Antoinette Sayeh, Liberia's former Finance Minister, estimated that Liberia may achieve [...]	2009-11-02 08:38:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ECOM LI
09MONROVIA82	LIBERIA: GOL SIGNS CONTRACT POWER PLANT FUELED BY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Canadian firm Buchanan Renewables (Monrovia) Power, Inc. (BRP) signed January 21 a concession agreement with the Government of Liberia (GOL) and a power purchase agreement with the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) for the construction of a 35-megawatt power plant to provide [...]	2009-01-23 15:45:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV ETRD OPIC LI
09MONROVIA894	FATE OF BUCHANAN RENEWABLES REMAINS UNCERTAIN AS GOL WAVERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While President Sirleaf feels tremendous political pressure to expand electric services in Monrovia, fulfilling public promises to secure 10 megawatts of power in the capital by the end of 2010, her energy advisors have been unable to proffer the definitive guidance that would e [...]	2009-12-11 11:25:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EGAR ENRG LI
09MONROVIA90	LIBERIA: PRESIDENT CALLS FOR CONTINUED REFORM IN THIRD [...] (U) SUMMARY. In her third State of the Nation Address before a joint session of the National Legislature January 26, President Sirleaf summarized the achievements of her government in 2008 and called for Liberia to "sustain this progress" in 2009. She vowed to continue the fight against corru [...]	2009-01-28 18:04:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID EINV KCRM CACS LI
09MONTERREY101	MONTERREY BUSINESS SURVEY SHOWS ECONOMY IS SLOW, BUT NOT [...] At the suggestion of the Consulate, the Monterrey chapter of the American Chamber of Commerce surveyed its members on the economy during a late January speech by Amcham economist Deborah Riner. Although the member companies expected some decline in sales and delayed investment, they gener [...]	2009-03-04 16:01:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD MX
09MONTERREY137	MONTERREY: MONEY LAUNDERING MOVES FROM BANKS TO CASH [...] (SBU) Summary. Monterrey is a major destination for illegal bulk money transfers and money laundering from the United States. Although Mexico only intermittently prosecutes money launderers, our industry contacts believe that due to corporate self regulation and Mexican laws, money launderin [...]	2009-04-08 19:05:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND EINV ETRD PGOV MX
09MONTERREY198	NUEVO LEON PLANNING AHEAD TO AVOID WATER SHORTAGES. [...] Summary. The northern border state of Nuevo Leon is currently only able to guarantee unrestricted access to water through 2015. Experts predict water shortages in border states will be brought on by booming population growth and climate change induced droughts. These shortages will lead to [...]	2009-05-26 16:37:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ECON EINV EAGR MX
09MONTERREY292	NUEVO LEON ECONOMIC OUTLOOK IMPROVING SLIGHTLY [...] (SBU) Summary: The State of Nuevo Leon's Secretariat of Economic Development (SEDEC) estimates that the 2009 GDP decline for the state will be less than the national average and that employment will increase during the remaining months of the year. SEDEC expects monthly exports to stabilize [...]	2009-07-31 14:13:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD EIND EINV ELAB ECON MX
09MONTERREY297	MONTERREY TO HOST 2009 BORDER GOVERNOR'S CONFERENCE [...] Summary. The 17th annual Border Governor's Conference, slated for September 2 - 4 in Monterrey, is billed as the largest bi-national venue of its kind. The governors of all ten border states, joined by Foreign Minister Espinosa and Mexican Ambassador Sarukhan, are expected to attend this me [...]	2009-08-04 18:26:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI SNAR ETRD SENV SCUL SMIG EIND EINV ECON
09MONTERREY304	MONTERREY ECONOMISTS PREDICT INFLATION; NUEVO LEON CUTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Two noted Monterrey economists cautioned about a potential rise in inflation when the Mexican economy finally begins to rebound, which one economist predicted would occur over the next two to three quarters. Both believed overall year-end GDP would post a significant decline. [...]	2009-08-06 19:11:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD EIND EINV ELAB ECON MX
09MONTERREY314	MONTERREY ECONOMIST WEIGH PROSPECTS FOR RECOVERY IN [...] (SBU) Summary. Monterrey-based economists remain hopeful as employment in Mexico's formal sector recorded its second straight month of growth in July. Even though they believe the worst of the recession may be over, David Martinez, the Chief Economist for Nuevo Leon's Secretary of Economic [...]	2009-08-19 17:16:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD EINV ELAB PGOV ECON MX
09MONTERREY32	NUEVO LEON'S COLLABORATIVE MODEL FOR BUILDING ITS BIOTECH [...] Summary. The State of Nuevo Leon has identified the biotechnology industry as one of five key sectors for potential growth, building on its comparative advantages of strong universities, a business friendly climate and a tradition of public/private partnerships. The state and its private sec [...]	2009-01-29 01:53:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO ECON EINV KIPR PGOV MX
09MONTERREY33	NUEVO LEON'S COLLABORATIVE MODEL FOR BUILDING ITS BIOTECH [...] Summary. The State of Nuevo Leon has identified the biotechnology industry as one of five key sectors for potential growth, building on its comparative advantages of strong universities, a business friendly climate and a tradition of public/private partnerships. The state and its private sec [...]	2009-01-29 01:53:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO ECON EINV KIPR PGOV MX
09MONTERREY34	NUEVO LEON BUSINESS SURVEY SHOWS WORSENING SECURITY [...] (U) On January 14 the Monterrey Chapter of the Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) conducted a survey of 56 employees working in the security and human resources divisions of area companies. Survey participants represented 22 American companies, 24 Mexican firms and 8 other foreign [...]	2009-01-30 11:21:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM EINV ECON ASEC SNAR CASC PGOV MX
09MONTERREY349	SAN LUIS POTOSI GOVERNOR-ELECT OUTLINES PLANS [...] (SBU) Summary: At a recent meeting with the Consul General (CG),San Lusi Potosi Governor-elect Fernando Toranzo Fernandez, a member of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI),outlined his plans to improve economic, healthcare and security conditions in his state. He predicted that h [...]	2009-09-22 20:01:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EIND EINV SOCI ASEC EAID ECON MX
09MONTERREY350	SAN LUIS POTOSI ECONOMY FORECAST TO IMPROVE; SECURITY STILL [...] (SBU) Summary. During a recent meeting with the Consul General (CG),San Luis Potosi State Secretary for Economic Development Carlos Barcena Pous predicted his state would post an economic upturn by year end, driven by increased industrial production. He readily criticized a tax-holiday pla [...]	2009-09-22 21:11:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EINV PGOV ASEC ECON MX
09MONTERREY351	NUEVO LEON BUSINESS LEADERS SHARE DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES ON [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador's September 2 - 4 trip to Monterrey offered him opportunities to receive varied perspectives on the state of the economy in Nuevo Leon, during sessions with the Group of Ten (leaders representing some of Mexico's largest industrial and financial conglomerates),th [...]	2009-09-23 19:58:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ECIN EFIN EINV MX
09MONTERREY438	NUEVO LEON BUSINESS COMMUNITY PESSIMISTIC ABOUT NEW FISCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Reaction to the passage of the modified 2009 Fiscal Law in Nuevo Leon ranges from stoic to pessimistic. Local business leaders and economists cite decreasing competitiveness, growing uncertainty, uncontrolled spending, and a failure to broaden the tax base among their stronges [...]	2009-11-23 22:46:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ECIN EFIN EINV MX
09MONTERREY441	MEXICO BUSINESS SUMMIT FOCUSES ON THE FUTURE [...] (U) The 2009 Mexico Business Summit, "Beyond the Crisis, Creating a Vision for a New Era," held in Monterrey November 8 - 10, brought together prominent leaders from business, government and academia. Major topics at this year's Summit included North American economic development (particularl [...]	2009-12-01 16:27:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND EINV PGOV ASEC ECON MX
09MONTERREY442	MEXICO BUSINESS SUMMIT FOCUSES ON THE FUTURE [...] (U) The 2009 Mexico Business Summit, "Beyond the Crisis, Creating a Vision for a New Era," held in Monterrey November 8 - 10, brought together prominent leaders from business, government and academia. Major topics at this year's Summit included North American economic development (particularl [...]	2009-12-01 18:40:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND EINV PGOV ASEC ECON MX
09MONTERREY445	NUEVO LEON AND ZACATECAS GOVERNORS SEEK INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: On the margins of the Mexico Business Summit, held in Monterrey November 8-10 (reftel),the Ambassador met (separately) with the Governors of Nuevo Leon and Zacatecas. During a November 10 meeting, the Ambassador and Nuevo Leon Governor Rodrigo Medina (PRI) discussed innovati [...]	2009-12-07 20:53:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EIND EINV SOCI ASEC EAID ECON MX
09MONTERREY456	NANOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH TAKING ROOT IN NUEVO LEON [...] (SBU) Summary. Nuevo Leon's Nanotechnology Incubator, the state's newest addition to its nanotechnology infrastructure, is nearing completion and promises to provide pilot scale production facilities to multiple institutes working together to further nanotechnology initiatives in northeastern [...]	2009-12-14 20:24:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND EINT EINV PGOV TSPL MX
09MONTERREY89	MEXICAN ECONOMISTS EXPECT DISMAL ECONOMY THROUGH 2010 [...] (U) Summary. Macroeconomics has become a hot topic among Monterrey businessmen as they try to determine the length and depth of the U.S. recession and its impact on Mexico. The Mexican economy is closely linked to the United States, and the U.S. recession has been transmitted to Mexico [...]	2009-02-23 19:45:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD MX
09MONTEVIDEO121	URUGUAY: PRESIDENT VAZQUEZ TO TRAVEL TO BRASILIA [...] (C) President Vazquez plans to travel to Brasilia March 10 for a meeting with President Lula. That summit is expected to produce agreement on several issues, according to FM Gonzalo Fernandez, including commitments to eliminate a longstanding tariff problem between the two countries and to in [...]	2009-03-03 16:23:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECIN EINV ETRD
09MONTEVIDEO178	URUGUAY: HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESIDENT VAZQUEZ'S VISIT TO CHINA [...] President Vazquez made his first Presidential visit to China March 21-26, leading a delegation of ministers, government representatives and over fifty entrepreneurs. Vazquez's trip was the fifth presidential visit to China since both countries established diplomatic relations in 1988. During [...]	2009-04-01 14:05:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON ETRD EINV PGOV CH UY
09MONTEVIDEO297	2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES: URUGUAY [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-01 16:15:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO316	ENCE Sells Forestry Holdings, New Owners Announce an [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Spanish forestry firm ENCE announced on May 22 the sale of most of its forestry plantations to a consortium formed by Finnish-Swedish Stora Enso and Chilean Arauco, and that it will not continue with plans to build a $1.2 billion cellulose plant. Stora Enso/Arauco announced they [...]	2009-06-08 13:28:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD PREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO328	URUGUAY'S TEXTILE SECTOR FACES TOUGH TIMES [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) GOU officials and private sector representatives told Staffdel Meacham that Uruguay was interested in getting preferential access on textiles and apparel. This cable provides background information on the situation of the sector, beset by challenges such as China's trade and the [...]	2009-06-12 11:03:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN EINV ETRD UY
09MONTEVIDEO489	URUGUAY'S RELATIONSHIP WITH ARGENTINA: NOT THE [...] (C) The relationship between Uruguay and Argentina, which has been strained since early 2006 by a dispute over the installation of a cellulose pulp plant on the Uruguayan shore of the Uruguay River, has continued to deteriorate. Political tensions, which range from the three-year long blockade [...]	2009-08-21 14:48:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EFIN EINV ARG UY
09MONTEVIDEO554	INITIAL REVIEW OF MICROFIN URUGUAY FOR PROPOSED OPIC [...] In response to reftel, emboffs spoke with Microfin Uruguay's General Manager, Antonio Martinez (CPA). Micofin Uruguay Shareholders include: -- ACP Peru (Mi Banco) http://www.grupoacp.com.pe/ -- Corporacion Andina de Fomento since February 2009 -- FOMIN/IDB (not official yet, to be signed in [...]	2009-09-25 11:02:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV UY
09MOSCOW101	INCREASED HARVESTERS DUTIES WILL HURT JOHN DEERE [...] (C) Increased duties on imported harvesters and financing problems will cause foreign agricultural equipment sales in Russia to plummet in 2009, affecting major U.S. and EU producers such as John Deere. GOR suggestions that foreign producers could avoid the duty problems by setting up domesti [...]	2009-01-16 14:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR EINV ECON RS
09MOSCOW112	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR RUSSIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-20 13:25:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV OPIC KTDB USTR RS
09MOSCOW1136	RUSSIAN SME SECTOR: DESPERATELY SEEKING SOLUTIONS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified and not for internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) The economic crisis has hit Russian SMEs hard, resulting in significant setbacks to the sector's development. Access to credit, administrative barriers, corruption, and hig [...]	2009-05-04 13:21:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV RS
09MOSCOW13	A/S SHANNON AND DFM RYABKOV DISCUSS RUSSIA-LATIN [...] (C) Summary: On December 22, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov and Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas Shannon discussed ways in which the U.S. and Russia could constructively engage on issues related to Latin America. Both sides agreed on the need to cast o [...]	2009-01-08 14:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM PBTS ECON ECIN EIND EINV ENRG
09MOSCOW1332	NORWEGIAN PM STOLTENBERG'S MEETINGS WITH MEDVEDEV [...] (C) On May 19, Norwegian PM Stoltenberg met separately with Putin and Medvedev for "friendly talks." The discussions focused on cooperation on the Far North and energy, but were not detailed. To the Norwegian delegation's surprise, neither Putin nor Medvedev raised contentious issues like N [...]	2009-05-22 12:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EINV NO RS
09MOSCOW1450	COOPERATION ON RUSSIAN ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS: [...] (C) Despite the economic crisis, in recent months President Medvedev has kept up a steady flow of initiatives to combat corruption, his signature issue in the presidential campaign last year. Medvedev has largely focused these initiatives on corruption by officials, including declarations of [...]	2009-06-03 08:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV PREL RS
09MOSCOW1520	ELECTRICITY SECTOR REFORM: STILL ON HOLD [...] (C) The strains of the economic crisis are increasing pressure on the GOR to slow down electricity sector reform. Consumers are concerned about the speed of price reform and generating companies (gencos) are reluctant to modernize generating capacity. The GOR's signals about its intentions ar [...]	2009-06-11 07:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EIND ENRG RS
09MOSCOW1538	RUSSIA'S WTO ACCESSION: ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Although U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Kirk's June 4-6 visit to St. Petersburg seemed to make progress on Russia's WTO accession in bilateral meetings with senior Russian economic officials, including First DPM Shuvalov, this progress proved illusory: PM Putin announced Jun [...]	2009-06-11 14:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW1565	2009 REPORT FOR RUSSIA ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (U) Per reftel request, attached is post's draft 2009 Report for Russia on Investment Disputes and Expropriation Claims. We have also e-mailed to EUR/RUS and EEB/OIA the draft report as a Word document marked to show changes from the 2008 Report for Russia. Begin text of draft report: 2. ( [...]	2009-06-15 13:37:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV KIDE ETRD ECON RS
09MOSCOW1733	ALCOA INVESTMENT LIFTS SAMARA'S SAGGING ECONOMY [...] On June 23-24, the Ambassador visited Samara to officiate at the opening of the latest production line of the USD 750 million Alcoa investment in the Samara Metallurgical Plant, Russia's largest aluminum producing facility. The Ambassador met with Samara Governor Vladimir Vladimorovich Artyako [...]	2009-07-02 08:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON PGOV SOCI RU
09MOSCOW1827	THE GOR'S "SECRET" VISIT TO KYRGYZSTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 7 Russian Minister of Defense Anatoliy Serdyukov and Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin made a brief, unannounced visit to Kyrgyzstan to discuss Russia's interest in opening a second Russian military base in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh. The base is expected to house [...]	2009-07-15 13:03:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR MCAP EINV EMIN RS KG
09MOSCOW1912	RUSSIA AND CHINA CONTINUE QUIET ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) In contrast to the high-profile visit of President Obama to Moscow two weeks ago and the attendant expectations for a "reset" U.S.-Russian bilateral relationship, Chinese President Hu Jintao's June 16-18 official visit was low key and almost routine. Moscow and Beijing are continuing a [...]	2009-07-24 12:13:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECIN EFIN EINV CH RS
09MOSCOW20	A/S SHANNON AND DFM RYABKOV DISCUSS RUSSIA-LATIN [...] (C) Summary: On December 22, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov and Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas Shannon discussed ways in which the U.S. and Russia could constructively engage on issues related to Latin America. Both sides agreed on the need to cast o [...]	2009-01-09 06:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM PBTS ECON ECIN EIND EINV ENRG
09MOSCOW2296	REGARDLESS OF OPEL DECISION, GM PREPARING TO [...] (C) Despite press histrionics about GM "refusing" to sell to Russians, indications are that -- in one corporate form or another -- GAZ' Nizhny Novgorod plant will start producing GM cars in the next 12-24 months. According to sources at GM CIS, regardless of the GM Board's decision about Opel, [...]	2009-09-04 07:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EINV RS EU GE
09MOSCOW2336	MAGNA/SBERBANK: CLOSER TO ACQUIRING OPEL [...] (C) The Magna/Sberbank bid has cleared the most recent hurdle in acquiring European Opel and received a green light from the GM Board. Approval from the Opel Trust does not appear to be an obstacle. The GOR, however, appears to have unrealistic expectations about the impact of this acquisitio [...]	2009-09-11 11:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EINV RS GE
09MOSCOW2520	U.S.-RUSSIA BUSINESS FRONT AND CENTER AT SOCHI [...] (SBU) Summary: During his trip to Sochi on September 16-18 Ambassador Beyrle attended the Eighth International Sochi Investment Forum (the Forum) where he led a delegation of U.S. executives at a meeting with the Krasnodar Region and Sochi officials. He also visited the main venues and for the [...]	2009-10-05 05:44:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL ECON RS
09MOSCOW2522	NEW OPEL RUSSIA: WORKING OUT THE DETAILS [...] (C) It remains unclear how management, production, distribution, or sales will be handled by the Magna/Sberbank consortium, which was selected to purchase European Opel. GM CIS confirmed that both of its Russian production sites (the greenfield factory in St. Petersburg and the joint-venture [...]	2009-10-05 08:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EINV RS

09MOSCOW2524	YAKUNIN CONSULTANT SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR NORTHERN [...] (C) We recently met with Consuelo de Haviland (aka Dussya Kostolevskaya),at the introduction of the French Embassy in Moscow. She presented herself as a consultant to Vladimir Yakunin, general director of Russian Railways (RZhD),and RZhD's representative in France. Her purpose in meeting wi [...]	2009-10-05 10:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EINV ENRG PINR RS
09MOSCOW2560	RELIABLE COMMERCIAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION: AN ABSENT [...] (SBU) An unpredictable legal system, specifically as it relates to resolving business disputes, has undermined foreign (and domestic) investor confidence in Russia. Some investors have focused on international arbitration and private dispute resolution to resolve commercial disputes involving [...]	2009-10-09 11:46:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV KCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM PREL RS
09MOSCOW2609	HAS THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY BOTTOMED OUT? [...] (SBU) President Medvedev recently announced that the worst of the recession was over, but real losses suffered by the economy were more severe than anticipated. The industrial sector, particularly the single-company towns, was hard hit, with unemployment remaining at an unprecedented high. Me [...]	2009-10-20 05:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV RS
09MOSCOW2629	STAGE SET FOR RESOLVING TELENOR-FRIDMAN TELECOM [...] (C) On October 5, Norwegian government-owned Telenor and Russian-controlled Altimo announced the creation of a new mobile operator, potentially ending a half-decade feud over control of their current joint venture, Vimpelcom. Telenor's Corporate Affairs Director in Russia called this a positiv [...]	2009-10-22 11:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS ETRD RS EINV BEXP
09MOSCOW2652	RUSSIAN FEDERAL CUSTOMS SERVICE DROPS LAWSUIT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation announced on October 22 that it had dropped its USD 22.5 billion RICO lawsuit against the Bank of New York Mellon (BONY),filed in the Moscow City Arbitration Court, in exchange for BONY paying USD 14 million to Russia to cove [...]	2009-10-26 14:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV RS
09MOSCOW2723	INTEL'S CRYPTO IMPORTATION WAIVER: LESS THAN A [...] (C) Summary: Intel representatives recently briefed us on the waiver it received to import 1,000 encrypted platforms for the development of software. Intel was able to by-pass the cumbersome licensing process by engaging in high-level lobbying and capitalizing on Russia's desire to become a "know [...]	2009-11-03 13:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV ECON PREL RS WTO
09MOSCOW2945	YUKOS DECISION COULD BE MAJOR IRRITANT FOR YEARS [...] (SBU) The November 30 decision by a tribunal of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague that Russia is bound by the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) was a major blow to the GOR. According to representatives of the plaintiffs in the case, led by former Yukos shareholders now known as GML Li [...]	2009-12-04 15:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV PREL RS
09MOSCOW3078	EX-IM BANK SUPPORT OF BOEING'S BID FOR ROSAVIA [...] (C) On December 16, Ex-Im Bank Board Member Bijan Kian met with Rostechnologiya Director General Sergei Chemezov to discuss the possibility of U.S.-backed financing for the possible sale of Boeing aircraft to Rostechnologiya's aviation holding, RosAvia. Chemezov said the purchase decision w [...]	2009-12-22 13:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EINV ETRD RS
09MOSCOW397	CASTRO VISITS MOSCOW TO REJUVENATE RELATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Cuban President Raul Castro visited Moscow from January 28 to February 4 in an effort to boost trade ties and rejuvenate relations with Russia. Despite some exercises in Communist-era nostalgia, experts were quick to downplay any anti-U.S. angle to the trip. Medvedev and Castr [...]	2009-02-18 12:41:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MASS EAID ETRD EPET EINV ENRG RS XM
09MOSCOW709	RUSSIAN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE: DAY OF RECKONING [...] (C) As the bottom falls out of Russia's commercial real estate market, developers are scrambling to refinance hundreds of millions of dollars of debt to complete projects in the face of disappearing cash flows. Tight financing and lack of demand have halted commercial development projects thr [...]	2009-03-23 13:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EIND EFIN RS
09MOSCOW743	TELENOR-FRIDMAN TELECOMS DISPUTE HEATS UP [...] (C) The long-standing battle between Norwegian government owned Telenor and Russian oligarch Mikhail Fridman for control of mobile phone providers in Russia and Ukraine is heating up again. On March 12, each side secured major judgments against the other. Telenor won a billion-dollar contempt [...]	2009-03-25 10:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EINV ETRD ECON RS
09MOSCOW747	RUSSIA'S "TRUST BUSTER" EXERCISES ITS AUTHORITY [...] (C) In a March 19 meeting with the Ambassador, the Chief of the Russian Federal Antimonopoly (FAS) Service Igor Artemyev said the FAS had made signifcant headway in implementing Russian antitrust legislation. The second antimonoply package, recently passed by the Duma, further expanded the FAS [...]	2009-03-25 14:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EPET RS
09MOSCOW754	FALLING RUSSIAN RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE PRICES [...] (C) Residential real estate prices have already fallen more than 28 percent since their October 2008 peak, with some market participants predicting total drops of 75 percent before prices hit bottom. Similar to commercial developers (reftel),"mass-market" Moscow developers owe billions of do [...]	2009-03-26 14:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EINV EFIN RS
09MOSCOW756	ROSTECHNOLOGII DIRECTOR CHEMEZOV SEEKS MORE STATE [...] (C) In a March 20 meeting with the Ambassador, Director General of Rostechnologii, Sergei Chemezov, stated that many of the conglomerate's constituent corporations would likely close owing to the economic crisis. Thirty percent of Rostechnologii's defense plants were on the verge of bankrup [...]	2009-03-26 15:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON EINV PARM RS
09MOSCOW888	ROSTOV'S TROUBLED ECONOMY: IS DIVERSIFICATION THE [...] (C) Rostov-on-Don, a predominantly agricultural region, has a relatively diversified industrial base dominated by the Soviet-era combine manufacturer, Rostselmash. The economic crisis has increased regional unemployment, and many local government officials long for the days of a more autarkic [...]	2009-04-07 13:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EAGR RS BEXP
09MOSCOW898	DEPUTY ECONOMIC MINISTER WEIGHS IN ON ST. [...] (C) In an April 7 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Economic Development Minister Stanislav Voskresensky urged U.S. Cabinet-level participation in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum to be held on June 4-6. Voskresensky said the GOR was very pleased with the President Obama-Presi [...]	2009-04-08 14:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KIPR EINV ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW946	ULYANOVSK OFFICIALS STRESS WESTERN INVESTMENT TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Congressman Michael J. Rogers (R-MI) and Ambassador Beyrle traveled to the Ulyanovsk region on April 9 for a better understanding of how the economic crisis is affecting regional economies beyond Moscow's beltway. The Ulyanovsk administration used the visit to tout its success [...]	2009-04-14 09:31:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM ECON EINV PINR RS
09MUMBAI170	MUMBAI MASALA: CORPORATE BONDS, SOLAR ENERGY, AND RETAIL [...] (U) Table of Contents: - Capital Market Regulator talks about the Corporate Bond Market and the Financial Crisis - Ispat Energy Plans 500 MW Concentrating Solar Thermal Energy Project in Gujarat - Wal-Mart Expands its Indian Footprint while Other Big Retailers Pause to Regroup [...]	2009-04-24 12:39:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG IN
09MUMBAI186	INDIA'S "INTERNATIONAL WORKER" PROVISION FOR PENSION FUNDS [...] Summary: (SBU) Social security in India is most closely approximated by provident funds (PF),an employment-based retirement fund, similar to a U.S. 401(K) plan. In October 2008, the Indian Ministry of Labor and Employment created a new category of mandatory coverage for "international work [...]	2009-05-11 11:56:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB IN
09MUMBAI195	BHARAT BALLOT 09: WILL POWER SECTOR POLITICS IN MAHARASHTRA [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-15 12:04:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG EPET PGOV IN
09MUMBAI238	INDIAN CORPORATE BOND MARKET MOVING SLOWLY BUT STEADILY [...] (SBU) Summary: Since September 2008, the Indian corporate bond market has witnessed an increase in trading volumes as Indian companies found it difficult to raise money through other routes. Both the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) have taken in [...]	2009-06-12 06:39:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ECON IN
09MUMBAI265	TWENTY-FIVE YEARS LATER, BHOPAL DISASTER NOW HAUNTS DOW [...] (U) Summary. In December 1984, a massive chemical leak at the Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh killed thousands, leaving a legacy of suffering, continued health and environmental concerns, and political controversy. As the twenty-fifth anniversary of this traged [...]	2009-06-22 06:34:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON PGOV ASEC ELAB IN
09MUMBAI273	MUMBAI ECONOMISTS DISCUSS NEXT STEPS NECESSARY TO COUNTER [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 16, a group of leading economists in Mumbai discussed possible economic reforms by the newly-elected Congress-led government. All economists agreed that the mood in the Indian economy is currently buoyant and confidence ruled. Nevertheless, they cautioned that timely g [...]	2009-06-30 06:11:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EAGR IN
09MUMBAI282	INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES FORUM HOLDS PANEL WITH [...] (U) Summary. On June 17, the International Financial Services Forum (IFSF),Mumbai - a collaborative effort of Consulate Mumbai and the British High Commission - hosted a panel-discussion entitled, "Working with Indian Regulators." The panel, comprised of three of India's most distinguished [...]	2009-07-06 08:53:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON IN
09MUMBAI294	SHALOM AND NAMASTE: ISRAEL AND INDIA'S BURGEONING BUSINESS [...] (U) Summary. Following more than forty years of diplomatic estrangement, the last fifteen years has witnessed India and Israel embarking on a new, multidimensional strategic partnership. The two states have expanded cooperation in a number of key areas, with counterterrorism and the sale of [...]	2009-07-15 08:22:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EINV EAGR ETRD PTER PREL IS IN
09MUMBAI311	MUMBAI BUSINESSES FINDING NEW MECHANISMS FOR TRADE WITH [...] (C) Summary: While large Indian conglomerates are wary of investing in Iran, Mumbai's small and medium size trade companies continue to do business with their Iranian counterparts, explaining the 42 percent increase in India's non-petroleum and non-crude oil trade with Iran in the last year. [...]	2009-07-28 08:32:00	Consulate Mumbai	SECRET	EINV ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD ETTC EIND KCRM IR KS
09MUMBAI316	MUMBAI MASALA: 2003 MUMBAI BOMBINGS, RBI KEEPS INTEREST [...] (U) Table of Contents: - Three Convicted for 2003 Mumbai Bombings - RBI Keeps Interest Rates on Hold, Expresses Concerns Over Inflation - Successful Trafficking Bust By Navi Mumbai Police - Global Office Equipment Supplier Office Depot Thinks Big But Will Tread Cau [...]	2009-07-31 10:05:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ECON PHUM KDEM KWMN PTER IN
09MUMBAI327	FOREIGN INVESTORS CHASE INDIAN ECONOMY'S GOOD NEWS BUT WEAK [...] (SBU) Summary: According to investors and finance professionals in Mumbai, economic sentiment in India is on the upswing. Key indicators, including rising capital markets, corporate earnings, and manufacturing indices confirm this belief. Foreign institutional investors (FII) are returnin [...]	2009-08-07 11:46:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND EINV ETRD EAGR IN
09MUMBAI328	INDUSTRY DEBATES NEED FOR INCREASED FDI LIMITS AS REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: After years of fast-paced growth, the Indian life insurance industry saw a seven percent decline in premiums collected in 2008-09. Industry experts asserted that these declines were more the result of domestic factors such as the interest rate hikes in mid-2008 rather than the [...]	2009-08-07 12:36:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV IN
09MUMBAI341	INDIA'S SECRETARY FOR ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENDS NUCLEAR FUEL [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-21 09:51:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY BEXP EINV EFIN ECON PREL IN
09MUMBAI346	MINISTER FOR CORPORATE AND MINORITY AFFAIRS PROMOTES [...] (SBU) Summary: In a recent talk in Mumbai, Salman Khurshid, Union Minister of State for Corporate Affairs and Minority Affairs, promised a "hands off" attitude towards the state's role in corporate governance. He praised the effective handling of the Satyam scandal, but called for further [...]	2009-08-25 10:37:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV SOCI IN
09MUMBAI363	AUTO COMPONENT & JEWELRY INDUSTRY DISCUSS U.S. TRADE [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-04 10:08:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EIND EINV ELAB ETRD SOCI IN
09MUMBAI371	MUMBAI ECON MASALA: ECONOMISTS EXPRESS CONCERN OVER FISCAL [...] Mumbai Econ Masala Contents: n Economists Point to Rising Production and Capex as Positive Economic Indicators~. n ~But Note Concerns of Rising Inflation and Fiscal Deficit n Deficit Continues to Concern Economists n Interest-Rate Futures Reintroduced in India Econo [...]	2009-09-10 05:48:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN EIND EINV IN
09MUMBAI373	A USER'S GUIDE TO THE RESERVE BANK OF INDIA AND THE INDIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the last decade, the Indian banking sector has deepened, matured, and grown, and many of its banks have become leaders in the new Indian economy. Moreover, foreign banks have also succeeded in expanding in the Indian market, and have become a significant part of the banki [...]	2009-09-11 08:56:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV IN
09MUMBAI415	ARE CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE U.S. IN [...] Summary: As efforts to introduce clean and renewable energy in India grow, energy entrepreneurs hope that a mix of government policies, international technology transfers, and better access to financing will spur the development of a competitive clean energy industry. Many Indian companies ha [...]	2009-10-30 09:19:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG EPET ETRD ETTC IN
09MUMBAI439	PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS IN INDIA BELIEVE BETTER TIMES AHEAD [...] SUMMARY: Fund managers at private equity (PE) firms are expressing renewed confidence in high-growth opportunities in India, after a long hiatus. While the market for private equity dried up from a high of $17.3 billion in FY2007 to $3 billion in year-to-date FY2009, PE investors report that [...]	2009-11-19 09:09:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG ELTN IN
09MUMBAI444	GOLDEN" MAHARASHTRA'S ECONOMY IS STILL INDIA'S BIGGEST, BUT [...] (U) Summary: The state of Maharashtra has historically been the seat of economic and financial power in India. State government officials, members of the business community, and investors told Congenoffs that Maharashtra's historical status as the top investment destination is also driven by [...]	2009-11-25 12:14:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB ENRG ETRD IN
09MUMBAI450	KAKODKAR RETIRES, BARC'S BANERJEE NEW HEAD OF INDIA'S [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 30, Anil Kakodkar, the guardian of India's nuclear energy program and one of the chief negotiators of the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement, retired after over 45 years with India's civil and military nuclear energy programs. His successor, Srikumar B [...]	2009-12-03 05:33:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IN ENRG TRGY BEXP EINV ECON PREL
09MUMBAI479	INDIAN NUCLEAR ESTABLISHMENT HIGHLIGHTS REPROCESSING AND [...] (U) Summary: The U.S.-India Business Council's delegation of U.S. commercial nuclear energy vendors engaged with the Indian nuclear energy establishment in Mumbai to discuss the role of U.S. companies in augmenting India's nuclear energy capacity. The Nuclear Power Corporation of India, the go [...]	2009-12-17 07:41:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG KNNP ETRD IN
09MUMBAI85	MUMBAI BUSINESS COMMUNITY RAISES CHALLENGES TO IMPROVING [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with Mumbai-based business executives and corporate governance experts, CongenOff heard that corporate governance is still at a nascent stage in India. While most acknowledged that the size of the Satyam Computer scandal was exceptional, interlocutors also believe t [...]	2009-03-02 05:53:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV EAGR IN
09MUMBAI96	RBI CUTS TWO KEY INTEREST RATES TO SPUT LENDING AS INDIA [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 4, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI),long anticipated, lowered two interest rates by 50 basis points in an effort to boost credit, raise consumer confidence, and spur economic growth. With inflation dropping, the RBI has more room to cut interest rates, though most obs [...]	2009-03-09 13:27:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EFIN EIND EINV ETRD IN
09MUNICH261	Insurance Capital Munich - Industry Experiences Delayed [...] (SBU) Germany's primary insurance firms experienced the economic crisis with a delay. Profits from classic insurance business and international investments are decreasing, and high sums have been paid out after insured businesses have gone bankrupt. Layoffs seem inevitable, as the life insur [...]	2009-10-16 07:12:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EINV EUN GM
09MUSCAT1048	MICHIGAN-BASED NETLINK SIGNS MOU WITH LEADING OMANI BUSINESS [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-24 11:40:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV BEXP MU
09MUSCAT1052	MARRIOTT ENTERS THE OMANI MARKET [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-28 12:39:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV MU
09MUSCAT1084	OMAN PROJECTS INCREASE TO 850,000 TO 900,000 BARRELS OD OIL [...] (SBU) State-owned English daily "Oman Observer" reported on November 2 that Oil and Gas Minister Dr. Mohammed Al Rumhy predicts that Oman will produce between 850,000 and 900,000 barrels per day (bpd) in 2010. Minister Al Rumhy declared that "[t]he hydrocarbon sector is healthy and looks very p [...]	2009-11-03 10:15:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND EINV EPET MU
09MUSCAT1085	OMANI MINISTER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY: AL BOYCOTT, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 9, the Ambassador met with Maqbool bin Ali bin Sultan, Omani Minister of Commerce and Industry and a close advisor to the Sultan. The meeting was primarily an introductory call, although several substantive issues were addressed, including the upcoming U.S. - Oman Fre [...]	2009-12-13 13:17:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN ECON EINV ETRD PGOV MU
09MUSCAT533	FIGHTER AIRCRAFT SALE NOT FINAL [...] (C) Oman apparently continues to assess whether to buy 18 Lockheed Martin F-16s or Eurofighter Typhoons made by BAE, but in this case being marketed by the UK. Press reports suggest that Oman has been offered 18 Eurofighters for 1.6 billion pounds sterling (about $2.4 billion). Separately, [...]	2009-06-01 12:04:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EINT ECIN PREL MASS MU
09MUSCAT597	(C) GCC CUSTOMS UNION HINDERS FTA IMPLEMENTATION [...] (C) Summary: In an effort to respond to both Oman and U.S. business concerns that tariffs are being charged on goods considered duty-free per the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA),the Embassy contacted its Omani counterparts to clarify the terms of the agreement. While Oman's membership [...]	2009-06-08 14:05:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV ECIN MU
09MUSCAT84	FTA HIGH ON OMANI AGENDA, BUT MORE U.S. ASSISTANCE NEEDED [...] (SBU) Since its January 1 implementation, the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA) continues to capture the attention of the regional business community as well as the Omani government. Post has experienced a significant increase in outside inquiries and comments regarding both the FTA and ne [...]	2009-02-01 12:43:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KMPI MU
09MUSCAT887	Embassy Advocacy Helps U.S. Business Secure Multi-Million [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-07 07:00:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EINV MU ETRD
09MUSCAT903	DIFFERENCES IN FTA INTERPRETATION OVERSHADOW SUCESSES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) does not appear to share the U.S. interpretation of qualification for national treatment by U.S. companies and its interpretation of transshipment treatment under the FTA. It is aware of the U.S. position on transshipments, but the MOCI [...]	2009-09-13 12:04:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECIN EINV PREL MU
09NAIROBI1036	KENYA ECONOMIC NOTES: MAY 2009 [...] Leading Indicators Suggest Negative Per Capita Growth 2. Kenya Tourism Shows Signs of Life 3. USG-Sponsored IPR Conference Raises Awareness 4. Export Processing Zones (EPZ) Fared Well in 2008 Â [...]	2009-05-22 07:51:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB ECPS EINV EFIN ETRD KIPR PINR KE
09NAIROBI119	KENYA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: JANUARY 2009 [...] (SBU) IMF SEES SLOW GROWTH/RECESSION IN 2009 2. (SBU) TEACHERS STRIKE; POLICE MAKE ARRESTS 3. (SBU) CIVAIR LEADERSHIP UP IN THE AIR Â [...]	2009-01-21 14:56:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV EAGR ELAB EINV EFIN ETRD EAID BEXP PINR
09NAIROBI1200	GOVERNMENT OF KENYA SUPPORTS ETHIOPIA'S GIBE III [...] (SBU) Summary: According to John Rao Nyaoro, the director of the Bureau of Water Resources in the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, Kenya is convinced that Ethiopia's proposed Gibe III hydroelectric run-of-the-river project on the lower Omo River will not harm Lake Turkana and may, in fact, e [...]	2009-06-15 11:49:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG PBTS EINV SOCI ECON KE
09NAIROBI1210	2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION CLAIMS [...] (U) The U.S. Mission in Kenya is aware of one (1) outstanding claim of a United States business interest against a branch of the Government of Kenya (GOK). 2. (U) Background: In the mid-1990s, Claimant A entered into a partnership with a Kenyan public university ("the university"),via a [...]	2009-06-15 14:51:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIDE EINV OPIC CASC PGOV KE
09NAIROBI178	KENYA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: FEBRUARY 2009 [...] (SBU) KENYA STRUGGLES WITH GROWING DEFICIT 2. (SBU) TEACHERS CALL OFF STRIKE 3. (SBU) SEACOM CABLE SET TO LAND JUNE 27 Â [...]	2009-02-03 12:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB ECPS EINV EFIN ETRD EAID BEXP PINR ASEC
09NAIROBI2007	KENYA: SEPTEMBER ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] KENYA BUREAU OF STANDARDS CHIEF SACKED; POTENTIAL POSITIVE STEP 2. GDP GROWTH BELOW TARGET, GOK MULLS IMF PROGRAM REQUEST, AND FOOD/ENERGY PRICES SET TO RISE 3. AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOR AGRICULTURAL REFORM IN FACE OF RECURRING DROUGHT 4. TURKANA WIND PROJECT PROMISES NEW ENERGY CAPACITY [...]	2009-09-23 14:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ELAB ECPS EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PINR KCOR
09NAIROBI2184	KENYA: AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW 2010 [...] This cable is not/not for internet distribution. 2. Country: Kenya 3. Current Status: Eligible 4. Country Background Summary: The population of Kenya is 38.6 million (mid 2008 estimate),estimated 2008 GDP is $30.4 billion, and per capita income is $770. An estimated 54% of the [...]	2009-10-16 08:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON ETRD EINV ENRG ELAB AGOA PGOV PREL
09NAIROBI2260	KENYA: OCTOBER ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] IMF FORECASTS CY2009 2.7% ECONOMIC GROWTH 2. TOURISM SHOWS SIGNS OF RECOVERY 3. WILDLIFE THREATENED BY DROUGHT AND INCREASED POACHING 4. CORRUPTION SURFACES AT THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION Â [...]	2009-10-30 09:35:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ELAB ECPS EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PINR KCOR
09NAIROBI2408	KENYA: CHINA DRILLING FOR OIL IN ISIOLO [...] (SBU) Summary: The China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) is drilling for oil in the Isiolo region of Kenya. Kenya won't realistically know until January 2010 if they have struck a commercially viable deposit. To date, oil exploration in Kenya has been unsuccessful. Kenya has no o [...]	2009-11-25 11:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG SENV KE
09NAIROBI2412	KENYA: NOVEMBER ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] IMF APPLAUDS KENYA'S NEW INFLATION CALCULATION 2. EVICTIONS PROCEED IN MAU FOREST 3. KENYA SIGNS COMMON MARKET TREATY Â [...]	2009-11-25 12:04:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EINV ETRD PINR KCOR SENV KE
09NAIROBI2592	KENYA: FIBER CUTS UNDERMINE GROWTH OF ICT SECTOR [...] SUMMARY: Fiber cuts are degrading the potentially positive impact of the new broadband Internet connections in Kenya. Kenya Data Networks (KDN),the country's largest private data carrier and infrastructure provider, has experienced 153 fiber cuts in the last three months. KDN suspects that [...]	2009-12-16 09:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ECPS ETRD AMTC AADP ACOA ANET KE XW
09NAIROBI342	IRANIAN PRESIDENT VISITS KENYA [...] (U) Iranian President Ahmadinejad arrives in Kenya on February 24th at the head of a delegation of over 100 government officials and private businessmen. Ahmadinejad's visit follows a flurry of reciprocal visits between high level Kenyan officials and their Iranian counterparts over the past [...]	2009-02-23 13:24:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON ENRG EPET ETRD IR KE PINR PREL EINV
09NAIROBI428	KENYA ECONOMIC NOTES: MARCH 2009 [...] (SBU) ECONOMIC ADVISOR TO GOK LEADERS: "GET REAL" 2. (SBU) IMF MISSION EXPLORES SUPPORT FOR KENYA 3. (SBU) HORTICULTURE EXPORTERS LOOK TO THE U.S. MARKET 4. (SBU) KENYAN TRAVEL TO THE U.S. DECLINES Â [...]	2009-03-03 09:13:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB ECPS EINV EFIN ETRD EAID BEXP PINR ASEC
09NAIROBI496	CAUTIOUS KENYA FINALLY ENACTS LONG AWAITED BIOSAFETY ACT OF [...] Summary: On February 12, 2009, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki signed the long awaited and hotly disputed Biosafety Act of 2009 into law. Kenya thus becomes the fourth African country (following South Africa, Egypt, and Burkina Faso) to enact legislation establishing the legal framework to gover [...]	2009-03-11 13:52:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAGR KIPR ETRD SENV EINV ECON PGOV KE
09NAIROBI553	IRAN TRADE MISSION TO KENYA STRICTLY BUSINESS; AHMADINEJAD [...] (SBU) Summary: According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Middle East Division director Ken Vitisia, the recent visit of Iranian President Mahjmoud Ahmadinejad, accompanied by 200 businessmen and Iranian government officials, among them Foreign Minister Manoucher Mottaki, was principally a tr [...]	2009-03-19 08:06:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EPET PREL ENRG ECON EINV PINR IR KE
09NAIROBI600	AMBASSADOR URGES GOK TO BEGIN ENFORCING ITS [...] In his keynote address at a March 11 workshop on brand protection and the observance of intellectual property rights organized by the Kenya Association of Manufacturers, Ambassador Ranneberger urged the Government of Kenya to begin enforcing the recently enacted Anti-Counterfeit Act of 2009 in [...]	2009-03-25 14:01:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD EINV EFIN ECON PGOV KCOR KE
09NAIROBI638	KENYA ECONOMIC NOTES: APRIL 2009 [...] (SBU) Drought Contributes to GOK Fiscal Woes; A Macro Update 2. (SBU) Shipping News from the Port of Mombasa 3. (SBU) Coastal Tourism in Decline 4. (SBU) Broadband Comes to Kenya 5. (SBU) Anti-Money Laundering Legislation Still Stalled 6. (U) Kenya Expands Geothermal Production [...]	2009-04-01 08:21:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB ECPS EINV EFIN ETRD EAID BEXP PINR ASEC
09NAIROBI86	KENYA PASSES LONG AWAITED ANTI-COUNTERFEIT GOODS BILL [...] Summary: On 10 December 2008, Kenya's Parliament finally passed a long awaited anti-counterfeit goods bill, which substantially raises penalties for individuals convicted of manufacturing, importing, and selling knockoffs. President Mwai Kibaki signed it December 24 and it is expected to be p [...]	2009-01-13 14:14:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR KCRM ETRD PHUM EINV EFIN ECON PGOV KE
09NAIROBI992	KENYA'S NEW BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE PROMISES GROWTH [...] Summary: Kenya will revolutionize its telecom industry when it initiates its first fiber optic internet connection on June 27. This broadband connection will vastly improve the quality of internet access to Kenya and contiguous landlocked countries. With increased internet capacity, the fibe [...]	2009-05-15 09:12:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ETRD ETTC ECON EINT PGOV EFIN EINV KE
09NASSAU62	THE STANDARD AND POOR'S CONTROVERSY [...] SUMMARY: Standard and Poor's Sovereign Report released on December 29, 2008 has generated heated debate between the governing Free National Movement (FNM) and opposition Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) officials. The report states that the FNM's decision to delay several PLP signed contract [...]	2009-01-30 16:44:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV BF
09NASSAU723	Mega-Resort Plans Include 4,000 Chinese Workers; GCOB "Wary" [...] (S) SUMMARY: Baha Mar Corporation executives described plans to begin construction on a USD 2.7 billion mega-resort and casino in Nassau starting January 2010. The resort would add three additional hotels to the Cable Beach area, as well as several other high-end amenities to rival another [...]	2009-11-20 20:52:00	Embassy Nassau	SECRET	ECON EINT EINV EAID ELAB ETRD BF
09NASSAU751	PM Removes Major Port Manager for Deal with U.S. Company, [...] (S) SUMMARY: In an unusual move, PM Ingraham effectively removed the foreign manager of one of the world's largest and busiest ports after learning of his role in the partial sale of the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) in Freeport to a U.S.-Singapore Firm. Confidential sources speculate [...]	2009-12-18 16:21:00	Embassy Nassau	SECRET	PREL PGOV ECON EINT EINV EPET BF
09NASSAU83	THE BAHAMAS 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Openness to Foreign Investment: The Bahamian Government generally encourages and offers incentives for foreign investment in all sectors of the economy except those the Government reserves exclusively to Bahamian citizens. Reserved businesses include: wholesale and retail operations; commiss [...]	2009-02-05 17:53:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR BF
09NDJAMENA284	CHAD'S ELECTRICITY: MORE GENERATION BY 2011, AWAITING [...] (SBU) Yaccoub Brahim Djouma, Director General of the national electric company, had little relief to offer for the weeks-long power outages that were commonplace in the capital, counting on replacement parts and cooler temperatures, in a meeting with emboffs July 6. He outlined a long-term p [...]	2009-07-13 15:35:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EINV ENRG PREF CD
09NDJAMENA338	CHAD AND ESSO/CHAD: PROTECTING A SIGNIFICANT AMERICAN [...] (SBU) OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS, AMBASSADOR NIGRO WORKED WITH ESSO/CHAD HEAD STEPHANE DE MAHIEU IN WHAT THEY BELIEVE WAS A SUCCESSFUL EFFORT TO PROTECT THE MOSTLY U.S.-OWNED PETROLEUM PRODUCTION AND PIPELINE PROJECT FROM UNCOORDINATED GOC ACTIONS AND AT THE SAME TIME, TO PROTECT THE GOC FROM ITS [...]	2009-08-13 09:54:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EINV PGOV PREL FR CD
09NDJAMENA413	GOC STILL COLLECTING INCREASED WORK PERMIT FEES FOR [...] (SBU) The Chadian Presidency's August decision to suspend implementation of a plan to demand large increases in expatriate work permit fees, following interventions by Esso and the USG, appears to have given some breathing room to some foreign workers and to firms who wish to employ them (incl [...]	2009-09-24 16:01:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD EPET PREL PREF CD
09NDJAMENA471	CHAD: ESSO-CHAD MEETS DEBY CRITIQUE AND HOLDS [...] (SBU) ESSO-Chad Chief De Mahieu told Ambassador October 21 that ExxonMobil had successfully defended its management of the petroleum project during a meeting with President Deby in Washington last month, satisfying the skeptical Deby that the consortium was not/not being pressured by third par [...]	2009-10-23 08:57:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EPET ETRD PREF EINV US CD
09NDJAMENA596	UPDATE ON AWARD FOR CORPORATE EXCELLENCE ENTRANT [...] (U) This message responds to request in reftel for current information about past-year candidates for the Department's Corporate Excellence Award, in the case of Embassy N'Djamena, Esso Exploration and Production, Inc., Chad (Esso Chad). 2. (U) A) Is the company still working in the reg [...]	2009-12-14 13:17:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT BEXP ECON EINV ELAB ETRD KSEP SENV CD
09NEWDELHI103	INDIA MANAGING IMPACT OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS ALTHOUGH [...] (SBU) Summary. Per Ref A, Mission provides an update on how India is weathering the global financial crisis and subsequent economic slowdown and on the political economy of the impact and government response. India's economy, already slowing from lower domestic spending in a high interest re [...]	2009-01-16 12:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD IN
09NEWDELHI1030	REFORM PROSPECTS IN NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: More than 400 million Indians cast their vote in India's national parliamentary elections this past month and seem to have decisively signaled that they want stability and continuity in the national government, handing Congress an 18-year best performance of more than 200 seats [...]	2009-05-20 12:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV PTER IN
09NEWDELHI104	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of January 12-16, 2009, including the following: -- Trade Roundtable with Canada, EU, NZ, Australia -- Update on the Pension Sector -- FDI Slows in November -- Aviation Industry Likely to Fare Better in 20 [...]	2009-01-16 12:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI1048	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 18-22, 2009, including the following: -- Ministry of Finance Reorganization -- Insurance Bill Passage Likely in Winter Parliament -- CCI Goes Live -- India Notifies Initiation of Safeguard Duty Inve [...]	2009-05-22 10:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV ELAB EMIN ENRG EPET
09NEWDELHI1096	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 26-29, 2009, including the following: -- Indian Telecom Major Bharti Airtel and MTN of South Africa Back in Merger Negotiations -- Government Aims to Present Budget by Early July -- Bharti Wal-Mart t [...]	2009-05-29 13:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI1099	GOVERNMENT SIGNALS PERFORMANCE IS PARAMOUNT IN KEY ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary. The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) announced the remainder of its 79-member council of ministers on May 28, who join the earlier round of ministers announced on May 22 (see reftel). The week-long process of selection seems to have placed more weight on capable [...]	2009-05-29 14:32:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV PTER IN
09NEWDELHI1162	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 1-5, 2009, including the following: -- GDP Growth of 6.7% Surprises on the Upside -- Infrastructure Sector Recovers Somewhat in April -- Some Signs of Expanding Manufacturing Sector -- FY 2009-10 Be [...]	2009-06-05 13:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI1222	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 8-12, 2009, including the following: -- MOF Preparing for Budget Session -- Indian Commerce Minister Meets with USTR, Others on WTO -- Tax Concessions Proposed for Broadcast & Film Industry -- Will [...]	2009-06-12 13:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI1223	U/S BURNS AND AHLUWALIA CHART NEXT STEPS IN THE BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns met with Planning Commission Deputy Chairman, and close economic adviser to the Prime Minister, Montek Singh Ahluwalia on June 11 to discuss proposals for moving the economic relationship forward. They focused on ways [...]	2009-06-12 14:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV PTER IN
09NEWDELHI1235	INVESTOR APPETITE FOR INDIA RETURNING BUT GOVT BETTER NOT [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-15 12:58:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV PTER IN
09NEWDELHI1237	INVESTOR APPETITE FOR INDIA RETURNING BUT GOVT BETTER NOT [...] (SBU) Summary. Econoff and ConGenoffs met with Mumbai contacts on June 1 and 2 to gauge investor reaction to the elections and signs of recovery in the Indian economy. In contrast to reports at the beginning of 2009 that investors were waiting for political uncertainty to end with the May el [...]	2009-06-16 03:25:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV PTER IN
09NEWDELHI1284	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 15-19, 2009, including the following: -- Inflation Hits Negative Territory -- India Imposes Restrictions on Chinese Mobiles, Extends Tight Norms on Toys and Dairy -- Panel Advises Increase in Supp [...]	2009-06-19 11:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI1330	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 22-26, 2009, including the following: -- India To Be Fastest Growing Economy in 2010 -- India Signals Openness to Re-Start Doha Round Negotiations -- GOI Announces New PPP Norms -- GOI Announces [...]	2009-06-26 13:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI1392	INDIA'S ECONOMIC SURVEY FOCUSES ON GROWTH AND FISCAL [...] (U) Summary: The Economic Survey for India's Fiscal Year (IFY) 2008-09 (4/1/2008 to 3/31/2009) presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in India's Parliament on July 2 paints a resilient picture of the Indian economy. The Survey sees a 'U shaped' recovery for growth in IFY 2009-10 (4/1/2 [...]	2009-07-06 13:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI1401	THE NEW BUDGET INVESTS IN RURAL INDIA, BUT POSTPONES FISCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented a rural-oriented 2009-2010 central government budget on July 6 which many say reflect his style: pragmatic, not flashy, and indifferent to market expectations. Indeed, the initial reaction of many to the budget was one of disappointm [...]	2009-07-07 14:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR EPET PREL PGOV IN
09NEWDELHI1433	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 6-10, 2009, including the following: -- Sharma Sees Recovery Signs in Exports -- Update on India's Balance of Payments -- Price Rise for Petrol and Diesel -- Lower House of Parliament Passes Railwa [...]	2009-07-10 13:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI1464	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE CLINTON'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Madame Secretary: Mission India warmly welcomes you to India. This is an opportune moment in the relationship between the world's largest democracies. The Congress Party's strong showing in the April elections allowed formation of a new and strong Indian government--freed from the constrain [...]	2009-07-15 12:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET//NOFORN	EAGR EAID ECIN EFIN EINT EINV ENRG ETRD ETTC
09NEWDELHI1489	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 13-17, 2009, including the following: -- Informal WTO Talks to be Held in September -- EGoM to Help Steer the Long Delayed 3G Spectrum Auction -- Adequacy of India's Foreign Exchange Reserves -- [...]	2009-07-20 07:37:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI150	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of January 20-23, 2009, including the following: -- Montek Ahluwalia on 2009: "Brace Yourselves" -- Canadian FIPA/BIT Still Being Scrubbed -- GOI May Relax SEZ Norms Due to Low Export Demand -- Tourism in [...]	2009-01-23 12:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI1544	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 20-24, 2009, including the following: -- GOI Releases Online Customs and Tariff Database -- Report on Benefits to India of Increasing FDI in Higher Ed -- Minister Sharma on Retail Growth and Agricul [...]	2009-07-24 14:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI1608	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 27-31, 2009, including the following: -- Tax Breaks Clear the Way for Oil and Gas Auction -- Passing of FY 2010 Budget Trumps Economic Reforms -- India Plans September WTO Mini-Ministerial to Reener [...]	2009-07-31 12:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BEXP KIPR IN CN

09NEWDELHI173	FRANCE NEEDS CIVIL NUCLEAR LIABILITY CONVENTION, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The French public multinational civil nuclear firm Areva shares many of the same requirements for doing business in India as U.S. private sector firms, including a civil nuclear liability regime consistent with the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage and [...]	2009-01-28 14:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY PREL PARM TSPL KNNP EINV BEXP KIPR
09NEWDELHI1766	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of August 17-21, 2009, including the following: -- Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council Reconstituted -- Dr. Subir Gokran Likely to be Next RBI Deputy Governor -- Ministry of Finance Releases Direct T [...]	2009-08-21 13:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID ECIN ECPS EINT EAGR EFIN EINV ENRG EPET
09NEWDELHI1808	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of August 24-28, 2009, including the following: -- India Announces Foreign Trade Policy for 2009-2014 -- ICRIER Seminar On Express Delivery Issues -- Washington Apples Bring Bonanza to Indian Importers -- [...]	2009-08-31 02:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD BEXP PHUM PINR
09NEWDELHI1861	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of August 31 - September 4, 2009, including the following: -- India Hosts WTO Mini-Ministerial to Re-energize Doha -- India's Own Trade Continues to Plunge -- More Investment Options for Foreign Venture Cap [...]	2009-09-08 03:35:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD BEXP PHUM PINR
09NEWDELHI1902	DUSTR Marantis Visit to Re-energize Trade Policy Forum [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy U.S. Trade Representative (DUSTR) Demetrios Marantis visited New Delhi August 11-13 to meet with GOI officials and private sector representatives to prepare for USTR Ambassador Kirk's participation in a bilaterl Trade Policy Forum (TPF) ministerial in Delhi later this fal [...]	2009-09-11 14:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV EAGR EFIN CVIS KGHG ECPS PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1903	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 8-11, 2009, including the following: -- Possible Warming of India-Pakistan Bilateral Trade Ties -- India's First Annual Foreign Trade Barriers Report -- Jet Airways Pilots Strike - An End in Si [...]	2009-09-14 02:40:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD BEXP PHUM PINR
09NEWDELHI191	INDIA: MODEST LIBERALIZATION OF INVESTMENT NORMS IN WAKE OF [...] (SBU) Summary. In response to reftel A, Post reports that India has not adopted nor indicated plans to restrict sovereign wealth fund (SWF) investments generally, although media reports that part of the government may wish to restrict Singapore's two SWFs in India. More broadly, India has no [...]	2009-01-30 12:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD IN
09NEWDELHI192	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of January 27-30, 2009, including the following: -- Govt, Central Bank Lower GDP Projections -- Study Projects $6-10 billion for India from EU FTA -- Study Projects Continued Growth in Higher-Income Househo [...]	2009-01-30 12:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI193	APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: EYE FUND I [...] (SBU) This is in response to reftel, seeking Post input on OPIC providing a direct loan to Eye Fund I ("Eye Fund I"),a social fund managed by Deutsche Bank Social Investment Group for the purpose of supporting five downstream loans into the eye care sector in certain developing countries. On [...]	2009-01-30 13:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IN EINV
09NEWDELHI194	APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: REPCO HOME FINANCE LIMITED [...] (SBU) This is in response to reftel, seeking Post input regarding OPIC providing an Investment Guaranty to support a third party loan to Repco Home Finance Limited ("REPCO") for the purpose of expanding its affordable mortgage lending business in southeast India. The US Sponsor connection is [...]	2009-01-30 13:07:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IN EINV
09NEWDELHI1944	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 14-17, 2009, including the following: -- Financial Sector Reforms Still In Play -- Invest India to Boost Foreign Investment -- DOT to Allow Remote Access Monitoring Financial Sector Reform [...]	2009-09-17 13:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD BEXP PHUM PINR
09NEWDELHI1999	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-25 13:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD BEXP PHUM PINR
09NEWDELHI2013	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 21-24, 2009, including the following: -- AIG Downsizing In India -- Slow Going for Financial Sector Reform -- India Retains U.S. FAA Category 1 Status -- World Bank Approves $4.3 billion Loans [...]	2009-09-29 13:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD BEXP PHUM PINR
09NEWDELHI2037	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 29-October 1, 2009, including the following: -- Foreign Equity Investment Passes $10 Billion Mark -- FIPB Approves 13 Proposals in September 2009 -- Air India Strike Ends -- India's Small but [...]	2009-10-01 14:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD BEXP PHUM PINR
09NEWDELHI2087	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of October 2-8, 2009, including the following: -- Reserve Bank of India Warns Banks of Real Estate Risks -- Bombay Stock Exchange Rises on Improved Data, FII Inflows -- 3G Auction Delayed -- Telecom Expert [...]	2009-10-09 13:26:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD ECPS BEXP PHUM PINR IN
09NEWDELHI2120	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of October 9-15, 2009, including the following: -- No End in Sight for Strengthening Rupee -- Industrial Production Points to Recovery No End in Sight for Strengthening Rupee ---------------------------- [...]	2009-10-16 12:58:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD ECPS BEXP PHUM PINR IN
09NEWDELHI2164	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of October 16-22, 2009, including the following: -- India to Launch Satellites to Monitor Climate Change -- New Secretaries for Space and Atomic Energy -- India's Outward FDI Declines, while FDI Inflows still Ro [...]	2009-10-23 12:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD ECPS BEXP PHUM PINR TSPA
09NEWDELHI2166	U/S BURNS MEETS WITH PLANNING COMMISSION DEPUTY CHAIRMAN [...] (SBU) On October 15, U/S Burns met with Deputy Chairman of India's Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia for a wide-ranging discussion of the U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue and Prime Minister Singh's November State Visit to Washington. Ambassador Roemer, A/S for South and Central Asia Bob [...]	2009-10-26 02:44:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV ETRD EINV EAGR BEXP IN
09NEWDELHI2177	U/S BURNS DISCUSSES EDUCATIONAL COOPERATION WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Under Secretary Burns met Indian Minister for Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal in New Delhi on October 15 to discuss educational cooperation and Prime Minister Singh's November visit to Washington. Sibal previewed his late October travel to the United States and pushed [...]	2009-10-27 08:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EINT EINV IN PHUM SCUL SOCI TBIO TSPL
09NEWDELHI22	INDIA PRODS ECONOMY WITH MORE FISCAL AND MONETARY STIMULUS [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 2, the government announced additional fiscal and monetary steps aimed at reviving economic growth, mainly through lowering the cost of borrowing to banks -- to pass on to consumers - as well as easing policies aimed at helping hard hit sectors of the economy, especi [...]	2009-01-06 12:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD IN
09NEWDELHI2209	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of October 23-29, 2009, including the following: -- Central Bureau of Investigation Raids Department of Telecom Offices -- The RBI Takes A Bow -- Economic Advisory Council Expects Better Days Ahead [...]	2009-10-30 13:23:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD ECPS BEXP PHUM PINR TSPA
09NEWDELHI2245	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of November 2-6, 2009, including the following: -- No Major Changes Yet to Monetary Policy -- Insurance Sector Growing -- Alok Nigam: New Joint Secretary of Financial Services -- Tarun Das Retires No Ma [...]	2009-11-06 12:20:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD ECPS BEXP PHUM PINR TSPA
09NEWDELHI2280	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of November 9-13, 2009, including the following: -- Buzz Misleads on WTO Government Procurement Agreement -- RBI Audits Could Lead to Further Opening of the Banking Sector -- Corporate Profits Up, Sales Not [...]	2009-11-13 09:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD ECPS BEXP TRGY IN
09NEWDELHI230	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of February 2-6, 2009, including the following: -- India Largest Recipient of Worker Remittances -- Government Anticipates 1.5 million Job-loss by March Due to Global Downturn -- India's FY2008 Investment [...]	2009-02-06 10:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI2334	Secretary Chu Focuses on Clean Energy and Climate Change in [...] (SBU) Summary: During November 13-14 meetings with Government of India (GOI) officials, scientists, students, NGO and industry representatives in New Delhi, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu stressed the vast scope for bilateral cooperation, noting that the world's current emphasis on clean energ [...]	2009-11-19 06:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV EFIN EINV PREL TSPL KSCA KGHG IN
09NEWDELHI2335	Secretary Chu Focuses on Clean Energy and Climate Change in [...] (SBU) Summary: During November 13-14 meetings with Government of India (GOI) officials, scientists, students, NGO and industry representatives in New Delhi, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu stressed the vast scope for bilateral cooperation, noting that the world's current emphasis on clean energ [...]	2009-11-19 06:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV EFIN EINV PREL TSPL KSCA KGHG IN
09NEWDELHI2350	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of November 16-20, 2009, including the following: -- India Ready for FATF Evaluation -- Disinvestment Gets a Push -- Commerce Minister Plans to Double India's Share in Global Trade Within the Next Five Yea [...]	2009-11-20 11:26:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD ECPS BEXP TRGY TINT BG NP
09NEWDELHI2358	India Wrestles With Food Price Inflation - Plans to Import [...] (SBU) Summary: The government of India (GOI) is struggling to contain double-digit food price inflation, while sitting on near-record food grain stocks. An uneven 2009 monsoon that significantly reduced the rice output combined with regressive GOI decisions on grain stocks, support prices and [...]	2009-11-20 15:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EAID EFIN ECIN EINV SENV PGOV IN
09NEWDELHI2375	USTR KIRK AND MINISTER SHARMA REACTIVATE TRADE POLICY FORUM [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 26, United States Trade Representative (USTR) Ambassador Ron Kirk led an interagency delegation to India for the first Trade Policy Forum (TPF) meeting with the GOI since February 2008. Noting the 20 months between TPF meetings, USTR Kirk and Minister of Commerce and [...]	2009-11-24 12:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR EINV KIPR IN
09NEWDELHI2395	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of November 23-27, 2009, including the following: -- Industrial Growth on Path to Recovery -- RBI Warns Banks Dealing with Iran, Pakistan, and Others -- FATF Mutual Evaluation Spurs Tougher AML Regulations I [...]	2009-11-27 10:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ECIN EIND PK IR UZ TU TP IN
09NEWDELHI2399	INDIA UNLIKELY TO MEET $500 BILLION INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING [...] (SBU) Summary. Both Government of India (GOI) officials and private sector experts expect the GOI to fall far short of its plan to spend $500 billion on infrastructure between 2007 and 2012. Public-private partnerships have become an acceptable format for such projects but the private sector r [...]	2009-11-27 13:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ENRG ELTN EWWT IN
09NEWDELHI241	SATYAM PUTS THE SPOTLIGHT ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN INDIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Indian government and industry leaders are working to make the fraud and failure of corporate governance at Satyam appear to be an isolated incident. However, industry insiders and legal experts view Satyam as indicative of widespread lack of corporate governance especially in [...]	2009-02-10 05:23:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EIND KCRM KCOR IN
09NEWDELHI2445	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of November 30 to December 4, 2009, including the following: -- Trade Contraction Moderating -- World Bank Commits Increased Funding for India -- Competition Commission Focuses on the 'Common Man' -- GOI Has N [...]	2009-12-04 12:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EAID ECIN EIND ELTN ETRD IN
09NEWDELHI2482	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of December 7, to December 11, 2009, including the following: -- New Chief Economic Advisor -- GOI Seeks Additional Funds from Parliament -- GOI Drafts New Postal Legislation -- GDP Growth on Path Towards Reco [...]	2009-12-11 12:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PINR EFIN EINV EAID ECIN EIND ELTN ETRD IN
09NEWDELHI2515	High Food Inflation Eclipses Economic Recovery [...] SUMMARY: Despite a promising overall economic outlook, rising food price inflation continues to pose a serious challenge to the Government of India (GOI). Food prices increased by a staggering 19.95 percent for the week ending on December 5, the fastest pace in eleven years. Causes of the ris [...]	2009-12-17 13:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EAID EFIN ECIN EINV SENV PGOV IN
09NEWDELHI2528	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of December 14, to December 18, 2009, including the following: -- All's Quiet in Parliament on the Economic Reform Front -- Unbundling Electricity in Tamil Nadu -- U.S. Firm Azure Power Opens India's First [...]	2009-12-18 14:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EAID ECIN EIND ELTN ETRD IN
09NEWDELHI2554	Auto Industry, GOI on Standards and Remanufacturing [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 15, Dilip Chenoy, Director General of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM),told Econoff and Econ Specialist that he had drafted IndiaQs newly mandatory tire standards (reftel) and the standards would not affect any U.S. companies. He expressed supp [...]	2009-12-23 11:34:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ETRD ECON EINV IN
09NEWDELHI2558	Industry, GOI on WTO, Government Procurement, SAFTA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Assistant Secretary General Manab Majumdar, who is responsible for trade policy, said FICCI is a strong believer in the World Trade Organization (WTO) and understood that India would be poorer without a Doha Deve [...]	2009-12-24 07:05:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ETRD ECON EINV IN
09NEWDELHI280	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of February 9-13, 2009, including the following: -- India Modifies FDI Procedures -- Inflation Continues to Fall -- December Industrial Output Falls -- Interim Railway Budget Announced -- FII Holdings Fal [...]	2009-02-13 12:35:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI324	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of February 17-20, 2009, including the following: -- Inflation Declines to 14-Month Low -- India-ASEAN FTA Authorization May Be Postponed -- State-owned Banks to Be Recapitalized -- GOI Extends Duty Credit [...]	2009-02-20 11:23:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI368	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 23 TO FEBRUARY 27, 2009 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of February 23-27, 2009, including the following: -- UPA Government's Last Relief Package to Exporters -- UPA Sneaks in Another Last Minute Vote Sweetener -- Government Attempts Clarification of FDI Policy [...]	2009-02-27 12:26:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI435	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 2-6, 2009, including the following: -- India Continues to Slow Down -- Inflation Declines to 7-Year Low; RBI Moves -- FDI Clarifications Just Cloud the Issue -- FATF Gives Go Ahead for India Mutual [...]	2009-03-06 09:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI44	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of January 5-9, 2009, including the following: -- India's Exports Continue to Fall in December -- Export Tax Makes Indian Basmati Rice Expensive -- Government Hopeful on Insurance Sector Bills -- GOI Manda [...]	2009-01-09 12:01:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI471	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 9-13, 2009, including the following: -- Industrial Index Declines Again -- Foreign Direct Investment High Through December -- Inflation Continues To Soften -- Characteristics of Service Sector Ent [...]	2009-03-13 11:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI493	AFFORDABLE HOUSING: A RAY OF LIGHT IN AN OTHERWISE GLOOMY [...] (U) Summary: After a period of unprecedented growth, the Indian real estate sector is in the midst of a protracted slowdown. Housing prices are in a phase of adjustment; having been reduced 20-30% in the major metros, and developers are not sure they have yet hit the bottom. However, a ray of [...]	2009-03-17 11:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EIND IN
09NEWDELHI532	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 16-20, 2009, including the following: -- Inflation Falls to a Historic Low -- Foreign Direct Investments High Through January -- India Discusses Free Trade Pact with Chile -- New Pension Scheme fo [...]	2009-03-20 13:01:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI596	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 23-27, 2009, including the following: -- Much Ado: Tata Nano Finally Launched -- Infosys Postpones Hiring; IBM Plans to Shift Jobs to India -- Wind-power Producers in Tamil Nadu Can Charge More -- [...]	2009-03-27 12:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI663	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 30-April 3, 2009, including the following: -- Update on India's External Sector -- Indian Carriers Cancel Aircraft Orders -- Boeing Opens Research and Technology Center -- Bihar Govt Official Comm [...]	2009-04-03 10:43:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI694	BHARAT BALLOT 09: THE INDIAN RURAL VOTER [...] (SBU) Summary: It is conventional wisdom in India that the rural voter is more important than the urban voter, mainly because there are more than twice as many rural as urban residents in India and polling in recent years has indicated that rural voters are more likely to vote than urban voter [...]	2009-04-09 10:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV PTER IN
09NEWDELHI770	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of April 13-17, 2009, including the following: -- India Misses Export Target -- Inflation Declines, Food Still Expensive -- Domestic Steel Users Oppose Antidumping Duty -- Company Expects Approval of Firs [...]	2009-04-17 12:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI782	PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES IRAN, AFGHANISTAN WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: In an April 17 meeting with Codel Berman, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh endorsed the Obama Administration's outreach to Iran, saying that a comprehensive dialogue will be more effective in changing Tehran's behavior than international sanctions. He urged the U.S. to stay the cou [...]	2009-04-21 06:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PARM TRGY KNNP EAGR ENRG EINV ETRD
09NEWDELHI8	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of December 29, 2008 to January 2, 2009, including the following: -- Trade Figures Decline for Second Consecutive Month -- 3G Telecom Spectrum Auction Postponed -- Most Indian Carriers Cut Domestic Fares - [...]	2009-01-02 11:58:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI826	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of April 20-24, 2009, including the following: -- India's Outward FDI Plans Up, But Actual Flows Down -- RBI Cuts Interest Rates In Its Monetary Policy -- ......And Lowers Growth Estimates -- Retail Food I [...]	2009-04-24 14:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI838	APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: ROOT CAPITAL, INC. [...] (SBU) This is in response to reftel, seeking Post input on OPIC providing a direct loan to Root Capital, a 501(c)(3)for the purpose of expanding its global financial services business as a non-bank to farmers and artisans, agricultural companies and cooperatives globally. 2. (SBU) The only [...]	2009-04-27 09:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IN EINV
09NEWDELHI872	INDIAN ECONOMY SHOWING SIGNS OF RECOVERY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Indian economy is showing some signs of recovery from the current slowdown, with many analysts predicting that the downward cycle is expected to bottom out in the second half of FY 2009-10 (October-April). The core sector (including power, cement, and steel) and automobiles [...]	2009-05-01 11:33:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI878	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of April 27 to May 1, 2009, including the following: -- India Signals Plans to Purchase IMF Bonds -- Slowdown in Mergers and Acquisitions -- Regulator Issues Notices to 12 Accounting Firms -- India Conside [...]	2009-05-01 13:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI937	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 4-8, 2009, including the following: -- Indian IT Industry Reactions to U.S. Tax Plan -- Indo-Pak Border Trade Increases to About $80M -- New Chief of National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL) [...]	2009-05-08 12:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI941	EMERGING TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON ADAPTATION, NOT INNOVATION [...] SUMMARY: EmTech India '09 was MIT Technology Review's first ever emerging technology conference held outside the U.S. The conference was billed as a forum to discuss technological trends and showcase India's latest cutting edge technologies in information and communications technology, clean [...]	2009-05-08 13:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPL TBIO TNGD TPHY EINV SIPR TINT SCUL ECPS IN
09NEWDELHI991	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 11-15, 2009, including the following: -- Exports Continue Contraction -- March Industry Growth Down -- But Manufacturing Sector Showing Revival Signs -- Consumer Inflation Shows Some Abatement -- SE [...]	2009-05-15 12:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI994	INDIA'S NEW PENSION SCHEME AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP IN [...] (SBU) Summary: India's Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) opened the "New Pension Scheme" (NPS) to all Indians between the ages of 18-55, including private sector companies, self-employed professionals and informal sector low wage workers, on May 1, 2009. The NPS had pr [...]	2009-05-15 13:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NIAMEY132	NIGER EXPROPRIATES TELEPHONE UTILITY SONITEL [...] SUMMARY: On February 12, the Government of Niger (GON) unilaterally announced a decision to reduce the term of the operating license of the country's privatized telecoms provider SONITEL, effectively ending the management of Dataport LTD, the foreign-owned consortium that had purchased 51% own [...]	2009-03-16 07:08:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ECPS KPRV ELAB EINV KMCA NG
09NIAMEY22	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: NIGER [...] Openness to Foreign Investment The Government of Niger (GON) welcomes foreign private investment and considers it to be critical to economic growth. Under the Investment Code (revised in 2000) industrial investments enjoy tax and customs exemptions and even, in some cases, exemptions from th [...]	2009-01-20 07:18:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR NG
09NIAMEY29	NIGER COMMENTS ON PROPOSED OPIC SUPPORT TO ECP AFRICA FUND [...] Post views proposed OPIC support to the Emerging Capital Partners (ECP) Africa Fund III PCC as supportive of economic development in the ECOWAS region. 2. With the exception of the mining sector, companies based in Niger are unlikely to benefit directly from this type of private equity fund [...]	2009-01-26 16:54:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD OPIC USTR NG
09NIAMEY508	URANIUM MINING IN NIGER: EXPLODING PRODUCTION [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 4, President Mamadou Tandja laid the foundation stone of a massive new uranium mining complex at Imouraren, Niger. The project will be developed by AREVA, the French nuclear giant, which is majority owned by the Government of France. Imouraren will be the second largest [...]	2009-07-07 12:13:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ECON EINV ENRG KCOR KNNP SENV NG
09NICOSIA205	CYPRUS: INVESTMENT AGREEMENT WITH IRAN AND GOC GENERAL [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 2, 2009, Cyprus and Iran signed an Agreement on the reciprocal promotion and protection of investments. The agreement was the outcome of a recent trade mission to Iran. It falls under the GOC's ongoing business outreach efforts towards "non-traditional" markets such as [...]	2009-03-23 07:03:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ETRD CY
09NICOSIA21	CYPRUS: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] EU nationals permanently residing in the Republic of Cyprus, and EU registered legal entities with jurisdiction, central management or primary place of business in the Republic of Cyprus may acquire real estate (of any type or size) without prior approval by the District Administration Offices [...]	2009-01-16 13:09:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR CY
09NICOSIA416	CYPRUS' BFIF FUND 2009. RESULTS FROM INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY [...] Summary: Embassy Nicosia received USD 17,100 of Business Facilitation Incentive Funds (BFIF) to cover the costs of two Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) seminars organized by the Economic/Commercial Section of the U.S. Embassy in Nicosia in April and to subsidize U.S.-made auto distributors' p [...]	2009-06-26 12:46:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ABUD AMGT ETRD ECON EINV BTIO CY
09NICOSIA9	CYPRUS' PROPOSAL FOR BFIF FUNDS [...] Summary: Embassy Nicosia requests BFIF funding to: 1) reserve space at the Cyprus International Trade Fair to promote U.S. products and services to the general public, as well as to cover costs for related advertising and printing of promotional materials. Embassy Nicosia notes that USD 1,100 i [...]	2009-01-12 12:11:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ABUD AMGT ETRD ECON EINV BTIO CY
09NOUAKCHOTT168	SOMETHING FISHY: JUNTA ANNOUNCES NEW "INVESTMENTS" [...] (C) Summary: The junta announced three new fisheries investments during January and February. These include a 20 million euro loan from Spain to expand Nouadhibou port, $120 million FDI by a South African company to build a fish processing factory, and a new fishing agreement with the Govern [...]	2009-03-02 15:00:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIS EINV PROP MR
09NOUAKCHOTT236	MAURITANIA TURNS TO CHINA, LIBYA AND IRAN FOR AID [...] (C) Summary: China agreed to provide a low-interest loan to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania to finance a $294 million expansion of the Port of Nouakchott. The port will be expanded from 500 meters to 1400 meters, allowing it to accommodate four ships at a time. China also [...]	2009-04-01 15:28:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EINV ETRD PREL MR CH IR LY
09NOUAKCHOTT53	MAURITANIA 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] President Abdallahi's government strongly encouraged foreign direct investment and economic liberalization. The government's investment and development strategy emphasized private sector development, which was seen as the main engine of economic growth. Privatization, liberalization, and inves [...]	2009-01-19 16:52:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV OPIC KTDB USTR EFIN ELAB MR
09NOUAKCHOTT613	C-CI9-01825 RUSSIAN BUSINESS PRESENCE IN MAURITANIA [...] (C). As requested in REFTEL, Embassy Nouakchott reviewed current Russian business interests in Mauritania: A. Russia does not have a trade representative or office in Mauritania, and has no plans to establish such an office in the near future. There is an agreement between the Russian agen [...]	2009-09-27 11:41:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	BBSR ECON EINV MR PINR
09OSAKAKOBE102	Kyocera Solar - Kyoto's Tech Edge [...] (SBU) Summary: Kyocera, manufacturer of solar panels with among the highest efficiency for converting sunlight into electricity, believes that new incentives for solar power by the Japanese government will boost the company's domestic sales. Until recently, Kyocera has focused on installing [...]	2009-06-25 02:09:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EINV ENRG ECON JA
09OSAKAKOBE24	Japanese Solar Powers Pin Hopes on Obama "Green [...] (U) Executives from the solar power divisions at Sharp Corporation and Sanyo Electric Company have told us that they plan to accelerate U.S. bound solar technology investments, tie-ups with U.S. firms, and sales under a presumed Obama administration policy emphasizing alternative energy and e [...]	2009-01-28 00:56:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EINV ENRG JA
09OSAKAKOBE34	Kaneka Seeks FIT to be Tied to Green New Deal [...] (SBU) Summary: Kaneka Corporation, a leading innovator in thin-film solar cell production remains focused on the European market and has no immediate plans to make green energy investments in the United States. While its much larger Japanese solar rivals such as Sharp and Panasonic/Sanyo are [...]	2009-02-17 02:22:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EINV ENRG JA
09OSAKAKOBE37	Paradigm Shift: Kansai Enterprises Contemplate a [...] (SBU) Summary: "Paradigm shift" was the catchphrase of choice during the annual meeting of Kansai area economic groups, global companies, high tech firms, and other major enterprises. With major stakes in manufacturing for export, many participants bemoaned the gloomy prospects for dealing w [...]	2009-02-25 22:37:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ENRG PGOV JA
09OSAKAKOBE76	GS Yuasa: Economic Downturn Assault on Lithium [...] (SBU) Summary: Tucked into a corner of Japan's cultural center of Kyoto is GS Yuasa Corporation (GSYC),a cutting edge producer of new greener battery technologies for use in hybrid and electric vehicles. GSYC's research ventures and projects with widely known companies such as Honda, Mitsubi [...]	2009-05-07 02:37:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EINV ENRG ECON JA
09OSAKAKOBE84	Kansai Wind Power: A Breath of Fresh Innovation [...] (SBU) Summary: Unlike the GOJ's recently announced feed-in-tariff (FIT) policy favoring solar power (reftel) and aggressive goals to raise Japan's solar power production capacity forty-fold by 2030, Japanese officials have established much more modest goals for increasing wind power productio [...]	2009-05-14 04:03:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EINV ENRG ECON JA
09OSAKAKOBE92	Sharp Doubles Down, Heavily Invests in Solar [...] (SBU) Summary: In follow up to a meeting earlier this year (Ref A),we toured Sharp Corporation's state-of-the- art 160mw capacity photovoltaic (PV) plant in Katsuragi, Nara with Embassy's Energy Attach and discussed with senior executives from Sharp's Solar Group, the company's short and mid [...]	2009-05-27 03:21:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EINV ENRG ECON JA
09OSLO216	LAVROV AND STOERE TRADE TOUGH WORDS OVER NATO, BUSINESS DISPUTE [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-31 14:43:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL EINV RU NO
09OSLO394	NORWAY: 2009 INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION CLAIMS [...] Post has no knowledge of any investment disputes where a U.S. citizen alleges an appropriation, as outlined in reftel. 2. Post's primary point of contact on this issue is Consul Rodger Deuerlein: telephone (47) 2130-8931; email DeuerleinRJ@state.gov. Back-up contact is Vice Consul Deborah L [...]	2009-06-15 15:33:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EINV OPIC PGOV KIDE NO
09OSLO574	COMMERCE DESK OFFICER FOLLOWS UP INFORMAL COMMERCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Commerce Nordic/Baltic desk officer Jennifer Derstine met with industry and GON representatives on a range of issues covered in the bilateral Informal Commercial Exchange (ICE) framework during her September 7 to 9 visit to Oslo. There has been limited progress on some element [...]	2009-09-18 12:39:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP KIPR ETRD EINV EPET ENRG NO
09OSLO73	NORWAY ? 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT [...] (U) Summary. Here is the submission for Norway's 2009 Investment Climate Report. Per reftel, it will be incorporated in the Country's Commercial Guide. End summary. Chapter 6: Investment Climate Openness to Foreign Investment Conversion and Transfer Policies Expropriation and Compensati [...]	2009-01-14 13:18:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV OPIC KTDB USTR NO
09OSLO748	Ambassador's Stavanger Discussions with GON and Oil [...] (SBU) In meetings during the Ambassador's first visit to Norway's "oil city" of Stavanger, U.S. companies told the Ambassador they were keenly interested in access to more offshore production acreage, particularly in the environmentally/ politically sensitive area of Lofoten-Vesteralen. The Di [...]	2009-12-04 06:43:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV SENV PREL NO VE RS
09OTTAWA116	BANK OF CANADA GOVERNOR DEFENDS OPTIMISTIC GROWTH FORECAST [...] (U) Summary: The Governor of the Bank of Canada predicts the Canadian economy will recover from the global financial crisis in late 2009, with growth approaching 4 percent in 2010. However, Canadian economic recovery is dependent on a range of domestic and international factors, including the [...]	2009-02-12 20:36:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA
09OTTAWA212	High unemployment rates speed passage of Canadian budget [...] (SBU) Summary: The combination of worse-than-expected unemployment numbers and high unemployment in key opposition Parliamentary ridings put pressure on Liberal Senators to pass budget and stimulus legislation quickly and with less than the usual level of rancor. The budget legislation receive [...]	2009-03-13 20:33:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA
09OTTAWA321	Canada tries to keep credit markets open as foreign bankers [...] SBU) Summary: The traditional conservatism of the Canadian banking sector helped it avoid some of the damage suffered in other G-7 countries during the international financial crisis. Canada's banks have had fewer toxic assets to deal with and much higher capital reserve requirements. Howeve [...]	2009-04-29 17:07:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA
09OTTAWA34	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR CANADA [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-14 18:36:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB USTR OPIC PGOV CA
09OTTAWA364	CANADA'S LIST OF TRADE IRRITANTS CEMENTING IDEA OF GROWING [...] (SBU) Summary: Several recent U.S.-Canada trade irritants have led Canadian business associations and the media to accuse the USG of economic protectionism. The major problem areas are the Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) voluntary requirements on meat products and "Buy American" provisions [...]	2009-05-15 17:30:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EIND PREL KPAO CA
09OTTAWA393	Talk of Retaliation Against "Buy American" Escalates in [...] (SBU) Summary: Calls for retaliation against "Buy American" provisions in U.S. federal legislation are growing in Canada. Canadian officials and businesses claim "Buy American" actions threaten serious economic damage here, both to American and Canadian firms and their joint supply chains. I [...]	2009-05-27 19:17:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA
09OTTAWA425	Prime Minister announces proposal to expand NAFTA's [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Harper is receiving guarded support from Canada's provinces over his proposal to counter "Buy American" measures by expanding the NAFTA government procurement chapter. The government hopes such an expansion will secure access for Canadian suppliers to the U.S. su [...]	2009-06-04 20:23:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA
09OTTAWA440	Canadian municipalities adopt resolution to counter US Buy [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 6, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) adopted a non-binding "Buy Canadian" resolution on municipal procurement to counter alleged Canadian losses resulting from "Buy American" legislative provisions. The resolution called on municipalities to only purchase go [...]	2009-06-09 15:47:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA
09OTTAWA581	Canada's Foreign Investment Reforms Create A More Open [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's July 17 federal court action against U.S. Steel attempts to force the company to meet the production and employment commitments it made to the Federal Government in 2007 in exchange for permission to take over Canada's Stelco. At that time, the GOC exercised its legal r [...]	2009-07-27 19:08:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL CA
09OTTAWA639	CANADA IMPOSES 45-DAY HOLD ON FORSYS URANIUM SALE [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-19 20:56:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC KNNP EINV IR NA CA
09OTTAWA659	CANADA SEEKING OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION FORSYS URANIUM DEAL HAS COLLAPSED REF: A. OTTAWA 639 B. OTTAWA 627 C. STATE 84119 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-28 19:52:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET	PREL PARM MNUC KNNP EINV IR NA CA
09OTTAWA662	CANADA CONFIRMS COLLAPSE OF FORSYS URANIUM DEAL REF: A. OTTAWA 659 B. OTTAWA 639 C. OTTAWA 627 D. STATE 84119 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-31 19:05:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET	PREL PARM MNUC KNNP EINV IR NA CA
09OTTAWA70	Canada's Coming Federal Budget and Stimulus Prospects [...] (SBU) Summary: With the economy dominating the political landscape (ref a),Canada's opposition parties have made the January 27 federal budget a litmus test of PM Harper's ability to make his Conservative minority government work. Ottawa observers estimate that the budget will pass with just [...]	2009-01-26 13:07:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA
09OTTAWA748	Treasury Discussions with Canada Regarding Export Credits [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 2, Treasury DAS for Trade and Investment Sharon Yuan, Treasury Director for Trade Finance Steve Tvardek, Embassy EMIN, Embassy Commercial MC and Senior ECON FSN met with officials from key GOC departments and representatives from Canada's export financing agency to [...]	2009-09-25 19:53:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EFIN EAIR ECON EINV PREL CA
09OTTAWA756	Canadian Finance Minister Announces Canadian Economy [...] (SBU) Summary: The Canadian government's plan to eliminate the nation's budget deficit and return to pre-recession growth rates by 2015 without cutting spending or raising taxes is leaving some economists scratching their heads. Ottawa observers suggest that the optimistic forecast is an atte [...]	2009-09-28 21:20:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA
09OTTAWA762	Canadian Government announces plan to eliminate tariffs on [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's plan to eliminate tariffs on a broad range of manufacturing should take effect in early 2010. GOC submits that the elimination of tariffs for inputs in key manufacturing sectors will help facilitate economic recovery and improve Canadian competitiveness. Critics in C [...]	2009-09-30 17:57:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA

09OTTAWA80	Canada Budget Offers Economic Stimulus [...] (SBU) Summary: Although battered by economic shocks, Canada is well positioned for economic recovery if and when commodity prices rise and U.S. demand returns. To best position Canada for eventual recovery, the Conservative government's January 27 budget provides massive (by Canadian standards [...]	2009-01-30 21:13:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA
09OTTAWA828	HydroQu??bec to acquire most of the assets of NB Power [...] (U) This cable contains an action request, see para 11. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 29 the Quebec and New Brunswick (NB) provincial governments announced that HydroQu????bec intends to purchase the assets of New Brunswick Power (NB Power). The deal is attractive to HydroQu????bec becaus [...]	2009-10-29 20:19:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV SENV PGOV CA
09OTTAWA84	Canada warns "Buy American" legislation would trigger [...] (SBU) The "Buy American" provisions in the U.S. economic stimulus bill in the Senate have received widespread critical attention in Canada - the United States' largest trading partner. -- Running front-page headlines, newspapers across Canada have been uniformly negative about the "Buy American [...]	2009-02-03 21:12:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA
09OTTAWA9	CANADA AND ICSID SECRETARY-GENERAL NOMINATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-07 20:15:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA KIDE EINV ECON EFIN
09OTTAWA92	Response to OPIC on Operation Eyesight Universal [...] (SBU) The health NGO Operation Eyesight Universal Foundation (OEUF) is well known and highly regarded in Canada. USAID's Canadian counterpart, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA),cites OEUF as having been a key partner for more than thirty years. The 2007 OEUF annual report [...]	2009-02-05 13:49:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV CA
09OUAGADOUGOU27	BURKINA FASO 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] In response to reftel, the following is the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Burkina Faso. Table of Contents ----------------- A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment 2. Conversion and Transfer Policies 3. Expropriation and Compensation 4. Dispute Settlement 5. Perfor [...]	2009-01-15 17:09:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON PGOV EFIN KTDB OPIC USTR UV
09OUAGADOUGOU706	RUSSIAN BUSINESS PRESENCE - BURKINA FASO RESPONSE [...] (C) The Embassy sees little evidence of Russian economic interest in Burkina Faso. To the best of our knowledge, there is no large-scale Russian business presence, no significant Russian investment, and very few Russian citizens currently residing in Burkina Faso. Responses to Washington's [...]	2009-09-04 11:23:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR UV RS ECON EINV
09PANAMA122	PANAMA: REFINERY ON HOLD DUE TO WORLD ECONOMIC [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive proprietary business information concerning on-going negotiations. Please handle accordingly. SUMMARY 2. (C) Occidental Petroleum (OXY) and Qatar Petroleum (QP) representatives privately informed the Ambassador their firms are putting on hold (not cance [...]	2009-02-10 18:33:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV ECON EIND EPET PM
09PANAMA195	PANAMA CANAL EXPANSION BIDS SUBMITTED [...] (U) Under the lights of TV cameras in a packed auditorium, three consortia, including one led by American firm Bechtel, submitted bids to the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) on March 3 to build the 3.3 billion USD set of locks for the already under-construction third lane of the Panama Canal. The bid [...]	2009-03-10 15:14:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD MARR PM EWWT
09PANAMA265	PANAMA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HOYER [...] (SBU) Summary. Since the 1989 restoration of democracy, Panama has established and consolidated a democratic, stable and responsive government; accelerated economic growth through open markets; and strived to ensure that the benefits of that growth reach all citizens. While a hemispheric leader [...]	2009-03-30 18:50:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP EWWT OVIP PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EINV PM
09PANAMA306	PANAMA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LEVIN [...] (SBU) The fate of the U.S./Panama Free Trade Agreement (FTA) will determine the trajectory of our bilateral relationship through the foreseeable future. Congressional passage and a successful implementation of the FTA would serve to maintain extraordinary, yet vulnerable, U.S. influence in Pan [...]	2009-04-14 23:03:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP EWWT OVIP PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EINV PM
09PANAMA519	PRIMARY PANAMA CANAL CONTRACT TO BE AWARDED [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-30 17:05:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD MARR PM EWWT
09PANAMA550	IN BARGAIN BASEMENT BID, SPANISH TO EXPAND PANAMA [...] (C) During a morning of high political theater, President Martinelli, Panama's senior government officials, consortia representatives, diplomatic corps, and the public (through live TV and an internet broadcast) witnessed the presentation of the technical scores and the opening of the financial bid [...]	2009-07-09 21:36:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EINV ETRD MARR PM EWWT PREL
09PANAMA657	AES CONCERNED ABOUT GOP ACTIONS ON PANAMA'S [...] (SBU) AES representatives informed the DCM that they are concerned that the Martinelli Administration may jeopardize their $856 million dollar investment in Panama by unilaterally changing the contracted price of water for hydroelectric generation plants owned by AES and others. The Martinell [...]	2009-08-27 17:50:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG PM EINV PGOV
09PANAMA795	Panama's National Assembly Debating Property Law [...] (SBU) American citizens in Panama reacted strongly to proposed legislation that would change the rules for recognizing rights of possession. As currently worded and depending upon possible implementation, domestic and foreign holders of rights of possession may have to pay the government for t [...]	2009-10-23 17:45:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PM PGOV USTR
09PANAMA803	GOP DELAYS PROPERTY RIGHTS LEGISLATION - WILL TALK WITH [...] (SBU) Ambassador Stephenson informed Vice-President and Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Varela on October 23 of the angst of American citizens in Panama over proposed law 71 (which deals with property rights),which many American citizens perceive as a form of expropriation. (See Reftel.) Varela [...]	2009-10-27 20:04:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD USTR PREL EINV PM CASC
09PARAMARIBO19	ACCOUNTING DATA USA TRADE SHOW (2008) [...] (U) Post submits the accounting information for the USA Trade Show 2008, held July 18-20 in Paramaribo Total BFIF FY 2008 funds allotted: $ 5,000 BFIF Fundcite: M9: 1900 80113000-1005-1005800160A-050500-2251-2589 Funds appropriated for the USA Trade show were as follows: Decorating compa [...]	2009-01-14 16:16:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN BEXP BTIO ECON EINV ETRD ADPM NS
09PARAMARIBO279	ACCOUNTING DATA USA EXPO 2009 [...] (U) Post submits the accounting information for the USA EXPO 2009, held July 24-26, in Paramaribo. Total BFYF FY 2009 funds allotted: $ 5,000 BFIF Fund cite: M9: 19 901130000-1005-9BF053-050500-2251-2589 Funds used for the USA Expo 2009 were as follows: Venue rental $1,740.00 Deco [...]	2009-09-18 16:15:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD AFIN NS BEXP BTIO ECON EINV ETRD
09PARAMARIBO32	SURINAME: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] (U) Post submits the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Suriname. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------- 2. The Government of Suriname (GOS) welcomes Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into the country and has on several occasions identified it as key in achieving [...]	2009-01-26 12:08:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB PGOV USTR NS
09PARIS1216	LABOR DISPUTE AT MOLEX AUTOMOTIVE SARL [...] (SBU): Negotiations over the closure and loss of 280 jobs at Molex Automotive SARL, a US-owned automotive supplier near Toulouse, have taken a sharp turn for the worse. Discussions on a buyout between Molex and an investment fund brought in by the GOF ended in a stalemate. Minister of Indust [...]	2009-09-04 15:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON EIND EINV ETRD PREL FR
09PARIS1413	France: Total SA's Investment Projects [...] (SBU) Total SA executives gave Deputy Assistant Secretary Douglas Hengel an overview of investment activities in some of the world's political hotspots. On Iran, they denied talks had resumed on phase 11 of the South Pars gas field but expressed frustration over Chinese companies entering the [...]	2009-10-21 10:24:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON EINV PREL FR IR KZ NI RS SU BM
09PARIS1471	TOGO'S UFC LEADER GILCHRIST OLYMPIO CONTINUES HIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meeting with us on October 26, Togolese opposition leader Gilchrist Olympio was relaxed and at ease as he discussed his electoral prospects. He said he had overcome several procedural obstacles and was ready to campaign actively for the presidency. He asked that the U.S., alon [...]	2009-11-02 17:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCOR EINV TO CH GH FR
09PARIS1548	FRANCO-CUBAN RELATIONS: RESPONSE TO REVIEW FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: France advocates democratic advancement and the protection of fundamental human rights in conjunction with the joint EU position on Cuba. Although diplomatic ties have been frayed since 2003, the GOF supports continued dialogue with Havana on democratization and the release of p [...]	2009-11-23 12:47:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC EFIN EINV PREL PHUM FR CU
09PARIS1553	FRANCE/BRAZIL: THE ECONOMIC AGENDA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Behind the cultural exchanges and warm diplomatic relations with Brazil (Ref A),France is embarking on a long-term strategy to court a country it sees as a resource-rich future global powerhouse and foothold in Latin America. Since the 2005 "Year of Brazil in France," commercial tie [...]	2009-11-23 16:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EINV BEXP ETRD EAID SENV FR BR
09PARIS1565	FRANCE: TOTAL SA LEADS THE NORTH CASPIAN OPERATING COMPANY [...] (C) Summary. The North Caspian Operating Company (NCOC) will oversee planning and development of Kazakhstan's rich North Caspian petroleum resources, but the seven NCOC partner companies are on their own to get the crude to the market. NCOC faces numerous challenges: a harsh climate, sensit [...]	2009-11-24 16:55:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG BEXP FR KZ ETRD PREL
09PARIS1720	FRANCE'S "YEAR OF" PROGRAM FINDS CULTURAL AND COMMERCIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY Cultural exchanges serve as a vehicle for French commercial diplomacy and a key feature in its foreign affairs strategy. Through the semi-public agency CulturesFrance, France dedicates a calendar year or a shorter "season" to cultural cooperation with a chosen country in order to b [...]	2009-12-17 16:26:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EINV ETRD SCUL FR
09PARIS287	FINANCING FRANCE'S RECOVERY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As EU president last fall, President Sarkozy pressed unsuccessfully for a coordinated European economic stimulus. The best he could get was a commitment to national efforts in the range of 1.5 to 2 percent of GDP. At home, Sarkozy wasted no time in acting on his proposals. To [...]	2009-02-27 07:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ECON PREL FR
09PARIS295	THE CRISIS AND FRANCE'S BANKING SECTOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: French banks have remained generally profitable, despite almost USD 20 billion in subprime write-downs and credit losses. The government has provided banks with capital injections and guarantees on credit financing to bolster market confidence and encourage interbank and money m [...]	2009-03-02 06:58:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ECON PREL FR
09PARIS315	FRANCE: LATEST ECONOMIC TRENDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With unemployment near 8% (and rising) and the French economy expected to contract 1.5% in 2009, France is facing up to a deeper recession and slower recovery than anticipated even two months ago. Declining government revenues and an automatic spike in social outlays will drive [...]	2009-03-04 12:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ECON PREL FR
09PARIS320	FRANCE/G20: FIXATION ON TAX HAVENS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the context of the international financial crisis, President Sarkozy has repeatedly cited the need for international action on "tax havens," a point on which he recently said he sees "zero room to negotiate" in the G20 (ref A). Sarkozy appears to have garnered substantial Eu [...]	2009-03-04 18:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ECON PREL FR
09PARIS321	FRANCE/G20: FIXATION ON TAX HAVENS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the context of the international financial crisis, President Sarkozy has repeatedly cited the need for international action on "tax havens," a point on which he recently said he sees "zero room to negotiate" in the G20 (ref A). Sarkozy appears to have garnered substantial Eu [...]	2009-03-05 07:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ECON PREL FR
09PARIS336	FRANCE Q SPECIAL 301 2009 ANNUAL REVIEW [...] (SBU) Post has reviewed PhRMA's Special 301 submission on France and recommends against inclusion of France on the 2009 Special 301 Watch List. As we reported in 2008 (refs B and C) GOF efforts to rein in state health insurance spending on pharmaceuticals has made for a challenging environmen [...]	2009-03-09 16:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EUN FR
09PARIS898	BUY AMERICAN BLOCKS BELL LABS [...] (SBU) Alcatel-Lucent Board Chairman Philippe Camus told EMIN recently that Alcatel-Lucent and its Bell Labs research subsidiary had been blocked by from submitting proposals to be funded under the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act by the new Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy. We [...]	2009-07-01 15:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG ECON ETRD EIND PREL FR
09PERTH19	WA MINERS WELCOME STEPPED-UP CHINESE INVESTMENT [...] (C) Summary: The proposed acquisition by Chinese company Chinalco of a significant stake in Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto (ref A) has sparked widespread debate in the Western Australia (WA) mining sector over the prospects for increased Chinese investment in the state's iron ore and [...]	2009-03-19 07:43:00	Consulate Perth	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN EINV ECON PREL CH AS
09PERTH24	WA PINS IRON ORE HOPES ON CHINA [...] (SBU) Summary: Iron ore miners in Western Australia (WA) are expecting to take a big hit on prices in this year's annual contract negotiations, but they remain optimistic about economic recovery in the state's key export market, China. Miners' representatives told the Consul General they expe [...]	2009-04-08 09:03:00	Consulate Perth	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN EINV ECON PREL CH AS
09PERTH36	WA PREMIER SOOTHES CHINA, COURTS INVESTMENT [...] (C) Summary: Western Australia (WA) State Premier Barnett used a previously-scheduled eight-day China visit to turn down the heat after the collapse of a bid by the state-owned Chinese Chinalco firm to boost its share in Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto and the subsequent arrest of Rio [...]	2009-08-05 09:46:00	Consulate Perth	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EINV EMIN CH AS
09PERTH38	HUGE GORGON GAS DEAL WITH CHINA [...] (SBU) Summary: Western Australia's massive Gorgon Gas project took a big step forward August 18 with partner ExxonMobil's announcement of a projected A$50 billion (US$40 billion) liquefied natural gas (LNG) deal with PetroChina. Touted as the largest energy deal in Australian history and spot [...]	2009-08-19 08:51:00	Consulate Perth	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ECON AS CH
09PERTH39	GORGON GAS PROJECT GETS FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL GO AHEAD [...] (U) SUMMARY: Australian Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett granted conditional environmental approval August 26 for the proposed A$50 billion (US$40 billion) three-train Gorgon liquefied natural gas (LNG) Project in Western Australia (WA). The approval comes with 28 conditions to mitiga [...]	2009-08-26 08:22:00	Consulate Perth	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV SENV AS
09PERTH40	INFRASTRUCTURE KEY FOR AUSTRALIAN LNG PROJECTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Australia's conventional liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry is set to take a significant step forward over the next 18 months when a third LNG project, Woodside's Pluto, becomes operational and the massive Gorgon Gas project in Western Australia (WA) receives the widely-anticipat [...]	2009-08-27 05:05:00	Consulate Perth	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV EPET AS
09PERTH42	GORGON LNG PARTNERS FINALIZE $37- BILLION INVESTMENT [...] Summary: The Gorgon Liquefied Natural Gas Project received the official go-ahead September 14 at a high-profile signing ceremony in Perth. Partners Chevron, ExxonMobil, and Shell announced their expected final investment decision for the estimated A$43 billion (US$37 billion) project. Federa [...]	2009-09-14 08:37:00	Consulate Perth	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EINV SENV AS
09PERTH51	KIMBERLEY GAS SPLITS INDIGENOUS GROUPS [...] (U) Summary: Indigenous communities in Western Australia's northeast Kimberley region stand to gain significant socio-economic benefits from an estimated A$60 billion (US$54 billion) worth of natural gas projects under consideration for the area. Regional Indigenous leaders told us they are [...]	2009-11-06 06:54:00	Consulate Perth	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV SENV AS
09PERTH54	AUSTRALIA: WHEATSTONE GAS AND EQUITY TO JAPAN [...] SUMMARY: Less than a week after breaking ground on the US$37 billion Gorgon liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, U.S. oil and gas company Chevron announced a cornerstone gas and equity agreement with Japan for its majority-owned Wheatstone LNG project in Western Australia. The estimated A$90 [...]	2009-12-10 05:16:00	Consulate Perth	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET EINV ENRG AS
09PHNOMPENH196	U.S.-ASEAN BUSINESS COUNCIL CONCLUDES THIRD SUCCESSFUL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S.-ASEAN Business Council (USABC) recently concluded its third consecutive business mission to Cambodia consisting this year of six multi-national corporations and a maternal health NGO. During the mission, Abbott, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, General Electric (GE),JHPIEGO, [...]	2009-03-26 06:15:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV CB
09PHNOMPENH205	U.S. BUSINESSES CONCERNED ABOUT FINANCIAL, NOT POLITICAL, [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. The future stability of the Cambodian financial sector was foremost on the minds of U.S. business representatives during a monthly AmCham breakfast meeting hosted by the Ambassador March 26. Not dissimilar to problems in the U.S., turmoil in the real estate market, [...]	2009-03-27 09:58:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV EINV CB
09PHNOMPENH284	CHALLENGES TO CLEAN BUSINESS IN CAMBODIA'S CORRUPT [...] (SBU) Summary. The large turnout at a seminar discussing the application of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) illustrates just how daunting the challenges are for international businesses to conduct clean business in Cambodia's highly corrupt business environment. Questions from the ma [...]	2009-05-04 11:37:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM EINV ETRD EIND CB
09PHNOMPENH364	U.S. Companies Eye Opportunities in Cambodian Agriculture [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the effects of the global economic crisis hit Cambodia's other important growth sectors, the government is pinning its hopes on growth in the expanding agriculture sector to shelter Cambodians from the global downturn. In an effort to support the government's growth initiat [...]	2009-06-03 08:09:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EINV ETRD EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH370	CORRECTED COPY: U.S. COMPANIES EYE OPPORTUNITIES IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the effects of the global economic crisis hit Cambodia's other important growth sectors, the government is pinning its hopes on growth in the expanding agriculture sector to shelter Cambodians from the global downturn. In an effort to support the government's growth initiat [...]	2009-06-04 09:17:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EINV ETRD EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH458	2009 Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriation [...] (SBU) Summary. The Cambodian Constitution and laws protect against expropriation, except confiscation in the public interest. When property is seized in the public interest, just compensation is required. Post is not aware of property being taken from U.S. persons by the Cambodian government [...]	2009-07-07 10:07:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV KIDE CASC PGOV CB
09PHNOMPENH607	AMERICAN BUSINESS COMMUNITY INFORMS SENATOR WEBB THAT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an August 18 meeting with Senator Jim Webb, representatives from the American business community were positive on investment and trade prospects in Cambodia. They highlighted Cambodia's liberal and reforming legal regime, its generally supportive government, and widespr [...]	2009-08-20 08:46:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV CB
09PHNOMPENH608	LAW ON STRATA TITLING PAVES THE WAY FOR FOREIGN PROPERTY [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Council of Ministers passed a new sub-decree July 31 which allows Cambodian citizens to apply for titles to individual apartment or condominium units in a larger building. The new law is the precursor to a widely anticipated draft law which would allow foreigners to own prope [...]	2009-08-20 09:48:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV CB
09PHNOMPENH71	2009 Investment Climate Statement - Cambodia [...] Cambodia, a developing country, began the transformation from a command economy to the free market in the late 1980s. It is now integrating into the regional and world trading framework. In 1999, Cambodia joined the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and in September 2004, became [...]	2009-01-28 10:02:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KIPR OPIC KTDB USTR CB
09PHNOMPENH721	EXPERIENCE ENGAGING DIASPORA COMMUNITIES [...] This cable provides input requested in reftel for the Secretary's Global Partnership Initiative. 2. Between the years of 1975-1985, approximately 130,000 Cambodian refuges were resettled in the United States after fleeing the Khmer Rouge regime. Since then, it is estimated that the numbe [...]	2009-09-25 09:21:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL EINV EAID SCUL SMIG OIIP
09PHNOMPENH97	CAMBODIA'S ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Hun Sen announced to an assembled audience of the country's top economists and development partners at the Third Cambodia Economic Forum February 5 that projections for Cambodia's economic have been revised downward to 6 percent for 2009, indicating the more sobe [...]	2009-02-12 05:33:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD CB
09PODGORICA24	MONTENEGRO BLINDSIDED BY UKRAINIAN WTO MOVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ukraine's 11th hour request for bilateral negotiations as part of Montenegro's WTO accession process has thrown Montenegro's WTO negotiations team, led by Deputy Prime Minister Gordana Djurovic, for a loop. Having closed bilateral negotiations with the EU and the U.S., the GoM w [...]	2009-01-28 21:24:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EINV ECON ECIN WTRO MW
09PODGORICA63	MONTENEGRO'S LARGEST EXPORTER CONTINUES TO FLOUNDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Podgorica's aluminum plant, KAP, has been struggling since at least mid-2008 to survive the impact of ongoing economic crisis. The low trading price of aluminum and expensive production inputs, particularly electricity, have resulted in daily losses of up to 200,000 Euros. KAP [...]	2009-03-16 19:08:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPRV ENRG EINV ECON MW
09PORTAUPRINCE134	HAITI MONTHLY -*JANUARY 2009 [...] (U) This is a monthly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. End summary. Foreign Economic Assistance --------------------------- 2. (U) Association of Caribbean States. Haiti hosted the Council of Ministers of the Association of Caribbean St [...]	2009-02-10 12:47:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EAID EAGR EINV ETRD BEXP HA
09PORTAUPRINCE370	HAITI ECONOMIC MONTHLY UPDATE FOR MARCH 2009 [...] (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. End summary. 2. (U) Joint Bilateral Commission between DR and Haiti. Haiti and the Dominican Republic re-established a joint Dominican/Haitian Commission on March 5, 2009, in [...]	2009-04-03 16:36:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EAID EAGR EINV ETRD BEXP HA
09PORTAUPRINCE498	HAITI ECONOMIC MONTHLY UPDATE FOR APRIL 2009 [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is a monthly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. End summary. 2. (U) IMF FORECASTS SLOWDOWN: The IMF forecasts a slight slowdown in Haiti's economic growth to 1 percent in 2009, but predicts the growth will strengthen in 20 [...]	2009-05-21 14:52:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EAID EAGR EINV ETRD BEXP HA
09PORTAUPRINCE533	HAITI ECONOMIC MONTHLY UPDATE FOR MAY 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is a monthly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. End summary. 2. (U) REMITTANCES CONTINUE SLOWDOWN. April remittances amounted to USD 81.8 million, down 16 percent compared to March. Year-to-date remittances total USD 590 [...]	2009-06-05 16:40:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EAID EAGR EINV ETRD BEXP HA
09PORTAUPRINCE548	HAITI ECONOMIC WEEKLY UPDATE FOR MAY 30 TO JUNE 5, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is a weekly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. End summary. 2. (U) FIRE CREATES ELECTRICAL SHORTAGE. A fire severely damaged the EDH substation in the Delmas section of Port-au-Prince. Eight major electrical circuits in t [...]	2009-06-10 12:55:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EAID EAGR EINV ETRD BEXP HA
09PORTAUPRINCE553	HAITI ANXIOUSLY AWAITS DECISION ON MINIMUM WAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Parliament's decision to raise daily minimum wages in the commercial and industrial sectors continues to strain relations between President Preval and members of Parliament. Since mid-May, President Preval has encouraged dialogue between members of Parliament and the private sector [...]	2009-06-10 20:15:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAID ETRD EINV HA
09PORTAUPRINCE564	HAITI ECONOMIC WEEKLY UPDATE FOR JUNE 6 TO JUNE 12, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is a weekly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. End summary. 2. (U) PRIVATIZATION OF TELECO. The Haitian Central Bank (BRH) published a Memorandum of Understanding inviting private enterprises to bid on modernizing Teleco, [...]	2009-06-15 18:27:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EAID EAGR EINV ETRD BEXP HA
09PORTAUPRINCE583	HAITIAN PRESIDENT'S DECISION ON MINIMUM WAGE LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: Haitian President Rene Preval, after intensive discussion with private sector and parliamentary representatives, plans to return the minimum wage law to Parliament with a proposal to modify the bill with a phased-in wage increase for the assembly sector. A 200 Haitian gourde (HTG) [...]	2009-06-17 19:26:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAID ETRD EINV HA
09PORTAUPRINCE642	HAITI'S MINIMUM WAGE LAW STILL STALLED [...] (SBU) Summary: Haitian President Rene Preval continues to take a strong stand behind his formally submitted objections to raising the minimum wage to 200 Haitian gourds (HTG) per day. In a sustained media campaign, Preval warns of the negative consequences of a wage increase on foreign inv [...]	2009-07-15 13:02:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON ETRD HA PGOV PREL EINV
09PORTAUPRINCE646	HAITI ECONOMIC UPDATE FOR JULY 1 TO JULY 10, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is a report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. End summary. 2. (U) The Minister of Finance announced a price increase for 91 and 95 octane gasoline. The price of gasoline 91 rose 18 percent from HTG 163 to HTG 192 (USD 3.98 to US [...]	2009-07-16 19:18:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EAID EAGR EINV ETRD BEXP HA
09PORTAUPRINCE742	HAITI: DEPUTIES FINALLY APPROVE MINIMUM WAGE LAW-- [...] (U) Parliamentary deputies on August 18 voted narrowly in favor of President Preval's objections to the original minimum wage legislation, thereby setting the minimum wage to HTG 125 (USD 3.00) in the textile sector and HTG 200 (USD 5.00)in the industrial and commercial sectors. The Chamber of De [...]	2009-08-20 13:33:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON ETRD HA PGOV PREL EINV
09PORTAUPRINCE754	HAITI ECONOMIC WEEKLY UPDATE FOR AUGUST 3 TO AUGUST 7, [...] (U) Summary. This is a weekly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. End summary. 2. (U) Compassion-Haiti, a non-governmental organization (NGO) in Haiti, presented the keys for 30 houses (worth USD 350,000) to the mayor of Cabaret. The houses [...]	2009-08-25 11:44:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EAID EAGR EINV ETRD BEXP HA
09PORTAUPRINCE758	HAITI ECONOMIC WEEKLY UPDATE FOR AUGUST 10 TO AUGUST 14, [...] (U) Summary. This is a weekly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. End summary. Call to Action -------------- 2. (U) The Second Congress of the Haitian Diaspora met in Miami on August 6 through 9. GoH Prime Minister Michele Pierre Louis and forme [...]	2009-08-26 18:21:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EAID EAGR EINV ETRD BEXP HA
09PORTAUPRINCE770	HAITI ECONOMIC WEEKLY UPDATE FOR AUGUST 24 TO AUGUST 28, [...] (U) Summary. This is a weekly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. End summary. Minimum Wage ------------ 2. (U) The Minimum Wage compromise suggested by President Preval (HTG 125, about USD 3.00, per day for workers in the apparel assembly sector [...]	2009-09-02 14:36:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EAID EAGR EINV ETRD BEXP HA
09PORTAUPRINCE818	HAITI ECONOMIC WEEKLY UPDATE FOR SEPTEMBER 7 TO SEPTEMBER [...] (U) Summary. This is a weekly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. End summary. Budget ------ 2. (U) The lower house of the Haitian parliament voted in the FY10 budget with numerous changes on September 9 (septel). 3. (U) The European U [...]	2009-09-21 12:21:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EAID EAGR EINV ETRD BEXP HA
09PORTAUPRINCE839	HAITI ECONOMIC WEEKLY UPDATE FOR SEPTEMBER 14 TO SEPTEMBER [...] (U) Summary. This is a weekly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. End summary. Debt Reduction -------------- 2. (U) On Friday, September 18, Ambassador Kenneth Merten and GOH Finance Minister Daniel Dorsainvil signed a U.S.-Haiti Bilateral [...]	2009-09-28 14:17:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EAID EAGR EINV ETRD BEXP HA
09PORTAUPRINCE86	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - HAITI [...] (U) Haiti's openness to foreign investment is codified in its laws. Import and export policies are non-discriminatory and are not based upon nationality. There is no significant public opposition to foreign investment in Haiti. The Government of Haiti (GoH) has made notable progress in rece [...]	2009-01-27 14:22:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	KIDE EINV ECON EFIN PGOV HA OPIC USTR KTDB ETRD
09PORTLOUIS147	TIFA DELEGATION MEETS MAURITIAN PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Africa Florizelle Liser, accompanied by CDA and other USG officials, called on Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam April 20. Ramgoolam claimed some credit for efforts to diversify Mauritius exports and the resulting resiliency of his country in [...]	2009-05-13 07:43:00	Embassy Port Louis	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV ECON PGOV USTR MP
09PORTLOUIS151	USTDA GRANT TO CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD SIGNED [...] On May 14, Embassy Charge d'Affaires, Virginia Blaser, and the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Renewable Energy and Public Utilities, Dr. Rashid Beebeejaun, signed a Grant Agreement whereby the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (TDA) will provide $325,000 to the Central Electricity Board [...]	2009-05-14 13:28:00	Embassy Port Louis	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD EINV ECON PGOV USTR MP
09PORTLOUIS412	SEYCHELLES TO DROP CASE AGAINST LXE SOLAR AND JIE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a U.S. District Court, LXE Solar and Jie (George) Xiao have charged Seychelles with seizing an 8.5 million dollar bank account; the suit seeks the return of the funds plus 30 million dollars in damages. Seychelles has denied the allegations, stating that the account was legally [...]	2009-12-23 11:00:00	Embassy Port Louis	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EFIN SE
09PORTOFSPAIN39	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR DECEMBER 2008 [...] Inflation falling says CBTT 2. Tourism slows in Tobago 3. Legislative Agenda for 2009 - 2010 4. GOTT Encourages Comparison Shopping 5. GOTT Invests US $16.3 Million in Food Security 6. PriceSmart a Good Investment Â [...]	2009-01-28 14:49:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EAGR EINV ETRD BEXP TD
09PORTOFSPAIN430	SETTLEMENT OFFER ON GTL DISPUTE IN TRINIDAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The commercial dispute continues between U.S.-based fuel processing company World GTL (WGTL) and Trinidad and Tobago's national oil company Petrotrin (ref). In recent weeks, the CDA has urged the GOTT to be flexible and consider a commercial settlement during separate conversat [...]	2009-11-03 18:20:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EINV ECON KIDE TRGY BTIO PGOV TD
09PORTOFSPAIN468	WGTL SETTLEMENT DEADLINE MAY PASS WITHOUT GOTT ACTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: World GTL's (WGTL) dispute with Trinidad and Tobago's national oil company Petrotrin (reftels) is reaching a watershed moment as its offer for settlement expires December 3. The Minister of Trade told Charge that the GOTT considers the dispute a commercial matter, and Pe [...]	2009-11-25 18:26:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV KIDE ECON EPET PGOV TRGY BTIO TD
09PORTOFSPAIN480	PETROTRIN REJECTS DEMAND TO SETTLE WGTL DISPUTE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Lawyers for Trinidad and Tobago's state-owned oil company Petrotrin sent a letter dated December 2 to attorneys representing US-based World GTL (WGTL) rejecting that firm's claims that Petrotrin expropriated its property and fraudulently and negligently deprived WGTL of its inve [...]	2009-12-04 20:55:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV KIDE ECON EPET PGOV TRGY BTIO TD
09PORTOFSPAIN506	TIGHT RACE FOR BOEING IN CARIBBEAN AIRLINES DEAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Boeing's bid to sell ten 737-800 aircraft to Trinidad and Tobago's national carrier Caribbean Airlines (CAL) is reaching a watershed as an intra-governmental board is expected to decide on a vendor by early January. Boeing is competing against Airbus for a potential $790 millio [...]	2009-12-28 16:07:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV PREL KPRV TD
09PRAGUE271	MAY 8 EU SOUTHERN CORRIDOR -- NEW SILK ROAD SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Summary: At the May 8 EU Southern Corridor ) New Silk Road Summit in Prague, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Egypt, and the EU signed a political declaration that, among other things, underscores the EU and Turkey's intent to sign the Nabucco Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) "in Turkey by [...]	2009-05-20 09:26:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV ECON PREL PGOV EUN EZ
09PRAGUE334	CZECH REPUBLIC 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES [...] (U) The United States Government is generally aware of many United States citizens of Czech descent who have outstanding claims against the Czech Government, but who were not U.S. citizens at the time their claims arose. As noted in the introduction, the Act does not require a report on their [...]	2009-06-15 15:45:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV EZ
09PRETORIA1017	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2009-05-20 08:29:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
09PRETORIA1033	VODACOM COURT DECISION PROVIDES TEMPORARY REASSURANCE TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Vodacom listed its shares on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) on May 18 after legal actions by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and ICT regulator the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) failed to stop the unbundling of state-contr [...]	2009-05-21 07:43:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ELAB EIND EINV EINT PGOV PREL USTR SF
09PRETORIA1046	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MAY 22, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 21 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Moody's Upbeat on South Africa's Growth after 'Brief' Recession - Strong Vote of Confidence as Largest South African Bond is Snapped [...]	2009-05-22 11:04:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA1054	SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL WATSON'S MAY 26-31, 2009 [...] (SBU) Charge La Lime warmly welcomes the visit of your delegation to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, following South Africa's fourth successful democratic election o [...]	2009-05-22 12:44:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EINV SF
09PRETORIA1055	SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL PAYNE'S MAY 26-29, 2009, [...] (SBU) Charge La Lime warmly welcomes the visit of your delegation to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, following South Africa's fourth successful democratic election o [...]	2009-05-22 12:44:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EINV SF
09PRETORIA1134	DELTA AND SAA INCREASE SERVICE BETWEEN U.S. AND AFRICA TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Charge La Lime hosted a lunch for Delta officials on May 14. Delta Southern Africa General Sales Manager Margaret Copeland and outsourced Cargo Manager Anne Sanders discussed Delta's expansion strategy in Africa and provided an update on the impact of the global economic crisis [...]	2009-06-05 14:03:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV ETRD SF
09PRETORIA1135	AIR CARGO TRADE GROWS AS AIRLINES EXPAND SERVICE BETWEEN [...] (SBU) Summary. Charge La Lime hosted a lunch on May 14 for Delta officials and representatives of the Commercial, Consular, Economic, and Management sections of the mission. Delta Southern Africa General Sales Manager Margaret Copeland and outsourced Cargo Manager Anne Sanders provided an upd [...]	2009-06-05 14:03:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV ETRD SOCI SNAR SF
09PRETORIA1139	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JUNE 5, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 22 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Zuma Lays Out Ambitious Program - Recession Adds More Strain to Motor Industry - Mboweni in Bid to Talk Down Currency - South Africa Re [...]	2009-06-05 15:09:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA1192	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JUNE 12, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 23 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - South Africa's Reserves Rise - No Tax Money to Bail Out Firms - Minister Confident South Africa Will Weather Recession - Indian Auto Ma [...]	2009-06-15 08:09:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA1247	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JUNE 19, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 24 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Weak Exports Put Pressure on Current Account Deficit - Consumers Avoid Spending - Employment Outlook Still Weak - Zuma and Manuel Scold [...]	2009-06-19 14:55:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA1259	THE STATUS OF SOUTH AFRICA'S MEGA-HYDROCARBON PROJECTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: South Africa is aiming at a number of mega-hydrocarbon projects, highlighted at a recent oil and gas conference. U.S. firm Forest Oil is very close to gaining its long-awaited production license for an offshore gas field in the Western Cape, which could alleviate regional power [...]	2009-06-23 11:53:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EMIN EINV SENV SF
09PRETORIA1261	Westinghouse China Manager Promotes Technology Transfer and [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Charge hosted a luncheon on June 17 for Westinghouse where the company's Technology Transfer and Localization Director for its China project show-cased Westinghouse's track record for technology transfer localization, and punctuality for its nuclear power plants under constru [...]	2009-06-23 11:53:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EMIN EINV EIND ETRD SF CH
09PRETORIA1343	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JULY 2, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 26 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Deficit Yawns Wider as Spending Accelerates and Revenues Decrease - Credit Growth Slows - Consumer Confidence Surprises - Moody's Says [...]	2009-07-02 15:35:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA136	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JANUARY 23, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 4 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Manuel: First Wave of Unemployment Being Seen in Africa - Retail Nosedive Raises Clamor for Big Rate Cut - Tata Increases Stake in Neotel [...]	2009-01-23 11:13:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA1429	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2009-07-15 06:00:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
09PRETORIA1463	SOUTH AFRICA RECEIVES AN A-CATEGORY CURRENCY RATING FROM [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-20 14:50:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF
09PRETORIA1482	SCENE-SETTER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE VISIT TO SOUTH [...] (SBU) Charge La Lime warmly welcomes your visit to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, following South Africa's fourth successful democratic election. 2. (SBU) The A [...]	2009-07-22 15:23:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD MCAP OVIP PGOV PREL SF EINV
09PRETORIA1499	GILL MARCUS APPOINTED SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE BANK GOVERNOR [...] Summary. South African President Jacob Zuma announced the appointment of ABSA Group Non-Executive Chairperson Gill Marcus as South African Reserve Bank (SARB) Governor on July 19, 2009. Born in 1949 to African National Congress (ANC) activist parents, Marcus went into exile in 1970 and joined [...]	2009-07-24 15:25:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF

09PRETORIA1500	QUARTERLY REVIEW OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN ECONOMY WITH KEY [...] (U) Summary: The global economy remained firmly in the grips of a recession in the first quarter of 2009, causing South Africa to record its first recession in 18 years. Declining export demand and lusterless prices of most export commodities acted as powerful brakes on South Africa's growth. [...]	2009-07-24 15:25:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF
09PRETORIA159	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2009-01-27 09:50:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
09PRETORIA1615	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2009-08-07 14:04:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
09PRETORIA1707	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2009-08-24 14:25:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
09PRETORIA1761	SOUTH AFRICA TAKING STEPS TO BOOST RENEWABLE ENERGY; MAJOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Participants at a recent conference on climate change and development in Pretoria reviewed the status of renewable energy in South Africa, including regulatory and market barriers to development of the renewables sector. Industry insiders were skeptical that the government's t [...]	2009-09-01 09:00:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EMIN EINV ETRD SENV SF
09PRETORIA1762	SOUTH AFRICA TAKING STEPS TO BOOST [...] (SBU) Summary. Participants at a recent conference on climate change and development in Pretoria reviewed the status of renewable energy in South Africa, including regulatory and market barriers to development of the renewables sector. Industry insiders were skeptical that the government's [...]	2009-09-01 09:00:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EMIN EINV ETRD SENV SF
09PRETORIA178	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JANUARY 30, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 5 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Big Rate Cut Expected as Inflation Plummets - South Africa's Leading Indicator Confirms Dismal Growth Outlook - Sharp Rise in Company [...]	2009-01-30 08:44:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA179	ESKOM BENEFITS FROM A REPRIEVE OF REDUCED DEMAND WHILE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The economic downturn has given state power utility Eskom a reprieve of reduced demand, but the supply and margin remain vulnerable. Eskom has managed to avoid controversial load-shedding since April 2008. Chief Nuclear Officer Clive Le Roux briefed NRC Commissioner Peter Lyon [...]	2009-01-30 08:50:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EMIN EPET SENV EINV EIND KNNP SF
09PRETORIA1808	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 4, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 34 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - South African Consumers in Debt Trouble - Outlook for Vehicle Sales Brightens - National Broadband Policy Expected "Shortly" - Governme [...]	2009-09-04 14:19:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA1914	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2009-09-17 14:45:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
09PRETORIA1981	QUARTERLY REVIEW OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN ECONOMY WITH KEY [...] (U) Summary: The South African economy recorded negative real growth in the second quarter of 2009, the third successive quarterly contraction. Some 475,000 jobs were lost in the first half of 2009. The trade data continued to reflect depressed global as well as domestic demand conditions. The [...]	2009-10-01 14:17:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF
09PRETORIA2164	ICT COMPANIES HIGHLIGHT BROADBAND AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Ambassador Gips hosted a luncheon discussion with leading executives of U.S. ICT companies in South Africa on September 25. The executives called for improvements in South African Government (SAG) decision-making processes and for increased public-private collaboration. Leadership shortf [...]	2009-10-23 14:08:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EIND EINV EINT ETTC SOCI SF
09PRETORIA2166	Electricity - Economy's Driver or Achilles Heel? [...] (SBU) South African power utility Eskom is struggling belatedly to increase capacity to meet demand, while working to engage the private sector, secure financing, and correct its pricing to reflect market realities. The utility suffered an electricity supply emergency, resulting in rolling bl [...]	2009-10-23 14:22:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EMIN EINV ETRD ECON SENV SF
09PRETORIA2169	RECONFIGURED MINISTERIAL CLUSTERS LEAD TO [...] (C) The South African Government on October 19 announced plans to reconfigure ministerial clusters (committees within the Cabinet intended to improve coordination within government). The announcement set off immediate speculation by political analysts and economists over whether the reconfig [...]	2009-10-23 17:45:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF ECON EFIN EINV
09PRETORIA2240	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2009-11-03 13:58:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
09PRETORIA228	NRC VISITS ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI GOLD AND URANIUM MINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: NRC Commissioner Peter Lyons visited AngloGold Ashanti's Moab Khotsong gold and uranium mine west of Johannesburg on January 22. The mine boasts the world's deepest single-lift shaft at 3,106 meters. Moab Khotsong has been mining deep-level, moderate-grade gold and uranium dep [...]	2009-02-05 15:12:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EMIN EPET SENV EINV EIND KNNP SF
09PRETORIA2280	FOREIGN OPERATORS AND PRIVATIZATION INCREASE COMPETITION IN [...] (SBU) Neotel executives briefed Ambassador Gips on the creation of the second fixed-line operator on October 27. Neotel began operations in 2005 and is working with new undersea fiber-optic cable companies to boost broadband capacity in the region. Neotel executives outlined impending changes [...]	2009-11-09 07:07:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EIND EINV EINT ETTC EAID SOCI SF
09PRETORIA2293	ANC SHOWS ALLIANCE WHO IS BOSS [...] (C) Summary: The African National Congress (ANC) on November 8 reaffirmed the party's support for Minister in the Presidency for National Planning Trevor Manuel's controversial plan for a National Planning Commission, making it clear to ruling tripartite alliance members in the trade unions [...]	2009-11-10 13:29:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF ECON ECIN ELAB EINV
09PRETORIA2315	Eskom Leadership Crisis Exacerbates Capacity Challenges [...] (SBU) South African power utility Eskom is in crisis with recent resignations of Board Chair Godsell and CEO Maroga, just as the company and its shareholder, the South African Government, grapple with financing for huge capital investments needed to meet electricity demand and avoid brown-outs [...]	2009-11-13 15:08:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EMIN EINV ETRD ECON SENV PGOV SF
09PRETORIA233	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 6, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 6 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Reserve Bank Cuts Interest Rate - South African Notes Pare Gains as Inflation Measure Changes - Trade Deficit Revised Lower - January [...]	2009-02-06 10:43:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA241	SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE BANK CUTS INTEREST RATE BY ONE [...] (U) Summary. The South African Reserve Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has reduced the key policy interest rate, the repo rate, by 100 basis points to 10.5 percent. The rate cut was made possible by declining domestic inflation, which the MPC expects to fall within the target range of [...]	2009-02-09 09:13:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF
09PRETORIA2474	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2009-12-02 13:21:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
09PRETORIA2478	JOHANNESBURG'S TWO BILLION RAND BUS RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM [...] (SBU) Summary. Emboff tested Johannesburg's new Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) System, the Rea Vaya, on November 20. The Rea Vaya was launched on October 20, to improve public transport infrastructure and alleviate traffic gridlock in South Africa's most congested and economically productive city. [...]	2009-12-03 07:40:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ELTN SOCI SF PREL PGOV
09PRETORIA2498	ESKOM REDUCES TARIFF HIKE REQUEST, LOOKS FOR PRIVATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: State power utility Eskom backtracked on its controversial 45 percent tariff hikes for each of three years, at the last moment revising its application to the regulator down to 35 percent per year. At the same time it announced a number of new strategic initiatives, a desire fo [...]	2009-12-04 14:52:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EMIN EINV ETRD ECON SENV PGOV SF
09PRETORIA2660	AFRICAN UNION CONFERENCE RATIFIES MARTIME CHARTER [...] (SBU) Summary. South Africa hosted a week-long African Union (AU) Conference for Ministers responsible for maritime transport in Durban during the week of October 12. The AU Maritime Charter was initially developed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in 1993, and was adopted by 36 AU member states at t [...]	2009-12-28 08:16:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EWWT PGOV SF
09PRETORIA2679	ANC TREASURER GENERAL MATHEWS PHOSA SATISFIED WITH [...] (C) African National Congress (ANC) Treasurer General Mathews Phosa hosted Ambassador Donald Gips and Deputy Chief of Mission Helen La Lime for a meeting that covered current domestic political dynamics, President Jacob Zuma's policies, and the relationship between the United States and South [...]	2009-12-30 15:47:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN EINV ECPS ETRD MARR MASS SF
09PRETORIA294	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 13, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 7 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Budget 2009 - Finance Minister Cushions the Blow - Factories Put in Worst Performance in a Decade - Trade Conditions Survey Shows Cautiou [...]	2009-02-13 13:48:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA306	ONE EXPERT SEES MORE CHINESE INVESTMENT "IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Chinese investors are reportedly preparing to make large equity investments in South African companies in the mining, telecom, civil construction, and other sectors. The target companies have operations across Africa and could help Chinese companies tap African markets outside [...]	2009-02-19 11:20:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV SF CH
09PRETORIA309	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2009-02-19 13:24:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
09PRETORIA323	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 13, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 8 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Retail Sales Growth Remains Negative - Rand Vulnerable to Higher Risk Aversion - Special Duty on Textiles Considered - SAA Tells Governm [...]	2009-02-20 12:42:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA375	GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS PUSHES SOUTH AFRICA INTO BUDGET [...] Summary. Finance Minister Trevor Manuel announced in his 2009 budget speech that the FY 2010 budget deficit would be 3.9 percent of GDP. To finance the deficit, government debt will increase from 22.6 percent of GDP in FY 2009 to 25.6 percent of GDP in FY 2010. South Africa's short-term econo [...]	2009-02-27 12:33:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF
09PRETORIA377	SAG CONVEYS READINESS TO SIGN NUCLEAR AGREEMENT IN WRITING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The SAG sent a diplomatic note (see full text below) conveying its readiness to sign the bilateral Agreement on Cooperation in Research and Development of Nuclear Energy, as promised in a February 20 conference call. The SAG conveyed that it must sign the Agreement at the level [...]	2009-02-27 13:32:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EMIN EPET SENV EINV EIND KNNP SF
09PRETORIA378	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 27, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 9 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Q4 GDP Down 1.8% - U.S. Trade with South Africa - Government and Auto Industry Officials to Discuss Loan Package - Task Team Recommen [...]	2009-02-27 14:19:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA38	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JANUARY 9, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 2 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Optimistic Outlook with Rates, Inflation Easing - Rand at Mercy of Global Forces - Permission to Raise Prices a Relief to Pharmaceutic [...]	2009-01-09 14:35:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA393	AFRICAN MINING INDABA WATCHING GLOBAL MARKETS WITH GROWING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 14th African Mining Indaba took place in Cape Town February 9-12 under the cloud of an unprecedented global commodity downturn and economic malaise, in great contrast to last year's celebration of the commodity boom (Ref E). Last year's worry of regional power shortages has [...]	2009-03-03 10:20:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EMIN EPET SENV BEXP EINV SF
09PRETORIA4	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JANUARY 2, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 1 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Growth in Credit Slows - COSATU Slammed on Labor Plans - South Africa's Trade Gap Swells - Vodacom Ponders Launching Mobile Money Servic [...]	2009-01-02 10:18:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA436	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MARCH 6, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 10 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Government Still Sees Growth in 2009 - Job Growth Data Sparks Disbelief - South Africa's House Prices Still Falling - New Vehicle Sales [...]	2009-03-06 10:56:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA449	SOUTH AFRICA'S GDP CONTRACTS AFTER FORTY QUARTERS OF [...] Summary. South Africa's real GDP contracted by a seasonally adjusted and annualized rate of 1.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008. This was the first quarterly contraction since the third quarter of 1998. Growth was pulled down by weakness in the manufacturing; electricity, water and ga [...]	2009-03-09 13:55:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF
09PRETORIA478	SOUTH AFRICAN MINING EXECUTIVES DISCUSS GLOBAL AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A group of South African mining executives expressed concern about the effects of the global commodity downturn on the mining sector and associated social transformation in South Africa. They highlighted a number of challenges of doing mining business in South Africa, many dir [...]	2009-03-12 09:44:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ENRG EINV ETRD EPET KHIV ZI SF
09PRETORIA487	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MARCH 6, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 11 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Business Confidence Hits 10-Year Low on Slowdown - State 'Will Not Give Up' on Car Industry - South Africa Needs a Homegrown Response to [...]	2009-03-13 09:28:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA510	SOUTH AFRICAN COAL IS KING - AND WILL REMAIN SO [...] (SBU) Summary: South Africa is unique in its dependence on coal. The country is dependent on coal for over 90 percent of its electricity, almost 25 percent of its gasoline and diesel fuels, 90 percent of its iron and steel reduction, and large volumes of foreign exchange from exports. The go [...]	2009-03-17 15:14:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EPET ENRG EINV EIND ETRD SENV SF
09PRETORIA533	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MARCH 20, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 12 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Manufacturing Production Has Steepest Fall in Almost Two Decades - Gold Production Declines Sharply - Retail Sales Grow - Moody's to Re [...]	2009-03-20 13:39:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA595	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MARCH 27, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 13 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - SARB Cuts Interest Rates - Current Account Deficit Lowest in Almost Three Years - Slowdown 'May Bring Manufacturing Sector to its Knees' [...]	2009-03-27 10:41:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA596	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2009-03-27 11:52:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
09PRETORIA600	SOUTH AFRICA'S GREEN INVESTMENTS IN STIMULUS [...] (sbu) SUMMARY: This cable responds to reftel request for information on South African green investments in economic stimulus packages in preparation for the G-20 meeting. South Africa relies on coal for over 90 percent of its power generation. It aspires to commit to carbon emission reducti [...]	2009-03-27 14:55:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EFIN EPET EMIN EINV SENV KGHG SF
09PRETORIA658	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 3, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 14 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Manufacturing Activity Slumps to Record Low - Vehicle Sales, Exports Continue to Plummet - South Africa Must Try to Save 'Distressed' Se [...]	2009-04-03 10:51:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA687	ANC TREASURER GENERAL MATHEWS PHOSA DISCUSSES WAYS [...] (C) ANC Treasurer General Dr. Mathews Phosa met on April 2 with Charge and AmCham representatives to discuss ways to strengthen the bilateral relationship and promote U.S. investment. Dr. Phosa encouraged a closer relationship between the U.S. Embassy and the ANC Foreign Policy Committee; cl [...]	2009-04-07 11:06:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV SF
09PRETORIA707	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 9, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 15 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Recession Rules Out Post-Election Policy Shift; Mboweni and Manuel Agree on Rate Cuts - Significant Rise in Reserves - Treasury Wil [...]	2009-04-09 12:42:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA708	QUARTERLY REVIEW OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN ECONOMY WITH KEY [...] (U) Summary: South Africa did not escape the negative consequences of the international financial turmoil, despite the fact that its domestic financial institutions had virtually no direct exposure to the troubled assets that were central to the deterioration of credit markets. Deteriorating [...]	2009-04-09 12:58:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF
09PRETORIA71	QUARTERLY REVIEW OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN ECONOMY WITH KEY [...] (U) Summary: The deterioration in the global economic landscape affected South Africa's third quarter 2008 economic performance. Weaker international demand, falling commodity prices, and the tight domestic economic environment resulted in the lowest quarterly real GDP growth in ten years. Une [...]	2009-01-14 15:03:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF
09PRETORIA742	China Sustains Interest in African Minerals and Energy [...] (SBU) Summary. The African Mining Indaba in Cape Town February 9-12 provided verve for discussion on China's interest in African resources (Reftel). The consensus view was that China is taking a long-term perspective on its resource investments in Africa, but driving harder bargains in the gl [...]	2009-04-16 07:43:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EPET ENRG EINV ETRD SF CH
09PRETORIA78	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT SOUTH AFRICA [...] (U) Summary. In response to Ref A, this cable presents the first part of post?s two-part 2009 Investment Climate Statement for South Africa. This is also Chapter 6 of the Country Commercial Guide for South Africa. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT Chapter 6 Investment Climate Statement FY2009 6.1 Op [...]	2009-01-15 14:56:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC KTDB
09PRETORIA80	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - SOUTH AFRICA [...] (U) Summary. In response to Ref A, this cable presents the first part of post's two-part 2009 Investment Climate Statement for South Africa. This is also Chapter 6 of the Country Commercial Guide for South Africa. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT Chapter 6 Investment Climate Statement FY2009 6.1 Op [...]	2009-01-15 16:38:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC KTDB
09PRETORIA81	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT SOUTH AFRICA (PART [...] (U) Summary. In response to Ref A, this cable presents part two of post's two-part 2009 Investment Climate Statement for South Africa. This is also Chapter 6 of the Country Commercial Guide for South Africa 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT Chapter 6 Investment Climate Statement FY2009, continued [...]	2009-01-15 16:38:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR SF
09PRETORIA810	South Africa makes slow progress on renewable energy, but [...] (SBU) Summary. South Africa is a coal-based economy and little attention to date has been given by the government and the private sector to the country's significant renewable energy potential. Even the minimal target set for renewable energy in the country's energy mix by 2013 is likely to be [...]	2009-04-23 10:30:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EMIN EINV ETRD SENV SF
09PRETORIA831	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 17, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 17 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Business Index Shows Light at End of Tunnel - Empowerment Fund Changes Strategy to Help Smaller Firms - Telkom and AT&T Launch Strategic [...]	2009-04-24 14:12:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA875	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 30, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 18 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - South African Reserve Bank Cuts Repo Rate - Company Failures Rise - Finance Minister Will Have Role in Next ANC Government - South Afri [...]	2009-04-30 14:16:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA88	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JANUARY 16, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 3 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - South African Economy to "Feel Pressure" - Manufacturing Output, Business Confidence Dive - South Africa's House Prices Fall - Stadiums [...]	2009-01-16 12:08:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA893	SCENE-SETTER FOR USTR AMBASSADOR RON KIRK'S MAY [...] (SBU) Charge La Lime warmly welcomes the visit of your delegation to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, following South Africa's fourth successful democratic election o [...]	2009-05-04 13:54:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV SF
09PRETORIA941	WESTINGHOUSE PERSEVERES FOR NEW NUCLEAR BUILD IN [...] (C) Westinghouse Regional Vice-President - South Africa Rita Bowser told Economic Counselor that Westinghouse remained cautiously optimistic about winning a contract for building new nuclear power stations in South Africa. The Westinghouse rep believes that the key period to influence the pr [...]	2009-05-08 16:01:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EMIN EINV ETRD BEXP KNNP SF
09PRETORIA981	AT&T PURSUES STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH TELKOM SOUTH AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary. AT&T officials met with post to discuss a new strategic partnership with Telkom South Africa on April 16. The officials noted that increasing numbers of international corporations were finding opportunities for investment in Africa and agreed that improvements in bandwidth capa [...]	2009-05-14 05:10:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EIND EINV EINT ECIP PGOV USTR SF
09PRETORIA990	INDUSTRY APPLAUDES CREATION OF DEDICATED TOURISM MINISTRY [...] (U) Summary. President Zuma announced a split in the existing Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEAT) when he revealed his cabinet on May 9. Former Minister of DEAT Marthinus van Schalkwyk will head the new Department of Tourism. Industry analysts welcomed the creation of a ca [...]	2009-05-14 16:26:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD SENV PGOV SF
09PRISTINA23	KOSOVO 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) On February 17, 2008 the Kosovo Assembly declared the independence of Kosovo. The United States immediately recognized and formally established diplomatic relations with Kosovo. Prior to the declaration, Kosovo was administered by the United Nations Interim Administrative Mission in Kosovo [...]	2009-01-20 15:11:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ELAB ETRD YI KV OPIC USTR EINV EGOV KTDB
09PRISTINA40	KOSOVO: 2009 BFIF PROPOSALS [...] Post thanks EEB/CBA for the opportunity to submit proposals for the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF). Per reftel instructions, USEP is submitting three proposals for consideration. 2. International Franchise Expo: There has been a steady increase in inquiries from U.S. companie [...]	2009-02-02 12:16:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD AMGT BEXP BTIO ECON ETRD YI EINV KV
09QUITO1	ANOTHER U.S. ARBITRATION RESOLVED: GOE PAYS DUKE [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOE paid U.S. firm Duke Energy $10.7 million in settlement of an ICSID arbitral award December 16, resolving the company's long standing dispute over improper fines levied against its Ecuadorian subsidiary by the state electricity company. Duke Energy is evaluating whether [...]	2009-01-05 21:00:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG ECON EC
09QUITO1026	ECUADOR ECONOMIC NEWS: ECONOMY CONTRACTS, BALANCE OF [...] (U) The following is a periodic economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. This document is sensitive but unclassified. It should not be disseminated outside of USG channels and should not be posted on the internet. ------- [...]	2009-10-20 19:37:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN EC
09QUITO1057	Power Blackouts Continue in Ecuador [...] (SBU) Having failed to end energy blackouts by Ecuadorian President Correa's arbitrary deadline of December 15, Minister of Electricity and Renewable Resources Esteban Albornoz resigned December 16 and was replaced by Miguel Calahorrano. In the face of continuing energy shortages, President Cor [...]	2009-12-23 22:12:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EPET ENRG ECON EC
09QUITO1059	Ecuador's 2010 Budget: Optimistic Assumptions, large [...] (SBU) Marked by optimistic growth and revenue assumptions, a record-level fiscal deficit, and a conspicuous lack of detail about sources of financing, Ecuador's 2010 budget passed the National Assembly December 22. President Correa's administration submitted the 2009 and 2010 budgets simultaneo [...]	2009-12-23 23:05:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV EC
09QUITO1068	ECUADOR ECONOMIC NEWS [...] (U) The following is a periodic economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. This document is sensitive but unclassified. It should not be disseminated outside of USG channels and should not be posted on the internet. ------- [...]	2009-10-29 14:15:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN EC
09QUITO1080	NOBLE ENERGY FEARS DISPUTE WITH GOE [...] (SBU) Summary. Noble Energy, the last U.S. company operating in the oil and gas sector in Ecuador, fears the GoE may soon initiate a process to terminate the contract of one of its subsidiaries, claiming breach of contract. Noble has 100% ownership of a fully-integrated gas-to-power proje [...]	2009-10-30 18:55:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EPET ENRG ECON EC
09QUITO1110	GOE STRUGGLING IN FACE OF ENERGY CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary. Shrinking reservoirs caused by a delay in the start of seasonal rains have reduced output of Ecuador's hydroelectric plants, causing a severe electrical power shortage and prompting the government to ration electricity usage throughout the country. The government is negotiat [...]	2009-11-13 21:09:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EINV EC
09QUITO121	A Somber U.S. Business Forum Briefs the Ambassador [...] (C) Summary. On February 13, U.S. companies briefed the Ambassador on the business climate in Ecuador. The tone was somber, as the representative outlined challenges and risks, but also opportunities for their companies, which are representative of many business sectors in Ecuador. Most wer [...]	2009-02-18 20:41:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV EFIN EPET ECON EC
09QUITO13	GOE TALKS OF TERMINATING FRENCH, ITALIAN OIL CONTRACTS [...] (C) Summary: Ecuador's Petroleum Minister announced January 8 that the GOE would terminate oil contracts with two European oil companies, Perenco (French) and AGIP (Italian),in order to comply with an OPEC-mandated production cut. Minister Palacios justified terminating the contracts becaus [...]	2009-01-13 19:00:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ECON EC
09QUITO160	ECUADOR'S NEW VISION FOR RELATIONS WITH U.S. [...] (C) Summary: In a March 4 meeting, MFA U/S Orbe, speaking on instructions from FM Falconi, set the stage for Ecuador's vision for future relations with the U.S. He then called for a meeting between President Obama and President Correa to set a strategic agenda for future cooperation on the [...]	2009-03-05 16:19:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR EINV PGOV ETRD KJUS EC IR
09QUITO173	GOE PRESSURES FRENCH, SPANISH OIL COMPANIES [...] (C) Summary: In another move to pressure foreign oil companies to sign new contracts, on February 21 the GOE told French Perenco and Spanish Repsol that they had 72 hours to pay monies owed under Ecuador's windfall petroleum revenue sharing law or their oil shipments could be withheld by the [...]	2009-03-10 19:26:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ECON EC
09QUITO178	HIGH-LEVEL CHINESE VISIT HIGHLIGHTS CLOSER TIES [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met privately with Chinese Ambassador Cai Runguo on February 27 to discuss the February 13 visit by Vice Prime Minister Hui Liangyu in Ecuador, as well as the Ecuador-China relationship more generally. Ambassador Cai downplayed the importance of the visit, and was [...]	2009-03-12 14:56:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINV EAID ETRD ENRG SMIG CVIS EC CH
09QUITO196	ANOTHER U.S. OIL COMPANY LEAVES ECUADOR [...] (U) On March 12, as planned, Spanish oil company Repsol signed a new oil contract with the Government of Ecuador (details of the agreement can be found in reftel A). The same day, it bought out U.S. minority partner Murphy Oil's share of the petroleum consortium. On March 13, Murphy announce [...]	2009-03-18 21:54:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ECON EC
09QUITO22	U.S. MACHALA POWER REACHES AGREEMENT WITH GOE ON INVESTMENT [...] (C) Summary. U.S. electricity generator Machala Power signed an agreement with the GOE December 19 to drop its arbitration claim in exchange for payment of approximately $70 million to cover past due GOE debts (payment and termination of the arbitration claim are still pending). The company [...]	2009-01-15 16:59:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG ECON EC
09QUITO257	DESPITE DELAYS, QUITO HOPES TO COMPLETE ROAD TO NEW AIRPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives from Quito's municipal government told EconOff on March 31 that, despite delays, they still hoped to complete a road to Quito's new airport in time for the airport's scheduled inauguration on August 10, 2010. The representatives detailed progress in securing lan [...]	2009-04-14 21:18:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON BTIO EAIR EAID EINV ECIN EC MARR MCAP
09QUITO332	GOE PAYS U.S. ELECTRICITY FIRM MACHALA POWER, RESOLVES [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOE paid $60 million in March and April 2009 in settlement of an investment dispute with U.S. electricity company Machala Power, following an agreement between the two parties in December 2008. Machala Power has withdrawn its international arbitration claim and continues t [...]	2009-05-08 12:46:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET ENRG EINV EC
09QUITO351	ECUADOR ECON UPDATE: BOND REPURCHASE; FINANCIAL LIQUIDITY [...] (U) The following is a periodic economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Reactions to Government Repurchase Proposal ------------------------------------------- 2. (U) On May 1, a group reportedly representing bondholders [...]	2009-05-15 16:23:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD EC
09QUITO36	ECUADOR'S 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] In response to State 123907, Embassy Quito reports the following update for its 2009 Investment Climate Statement. This update has also been sent to EB/IFD/OIA (J. Nathaniel Hatcher) by email. Openness to Foreign Investment Ecuador can be a difficult place in which to do business, althoug [...]	2009-01-20 21:51:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR EC
09QUITO439	EMBASSY QUITO ACE AWARD NOMINATION [...] Embassy Quito is pleased to nominate General Motors of Ecuador S.A. for the Secretary of State's Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE). General Motors of Ecuador has maintained a strong commercial performance in an exceptionally difficult global auto market. In terms of the Award for Corporat [...]	2009-06-12 13:47:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON BEXP EINV ELAB ETRD KSEP SENV AMGT EC
09QUITO455	ECUADORIAN PRESIDENT MAKES ACCUSATIONS ABOUT U.S. TELECOMS [...] (SBU) Summary: In the May 30 presentation of his weekly radio address, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa sharply criticized U.S. telecommunications companies ATT, MCI, and Sprint, accusing them of "swindling" Ecuador out of millions of dollars of long-distance fees. ATT maintains that the ac [...]	2009-06-15 18:56:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EINT ETRD EC
09QUITO464	ICSID - ECUADOR TO WITHDRAW FROM WORLD BANK'S ARBITRATION [...] (U) Summary: On May 30, President Correa stated that Ecuador would withdraw from the World Bank's investment dispute arbitration forum (ICSID) because it violated Ecuador's new constitution, which only permits the use of regional arbitral forums. Current ICSID cases would still be honored. [...]	2009-06-16 18:48:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PREL EC
09QUITO485	EMBASSY-SPONSORED CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY SPEAKER [...] Summary: With the goal of highlighting the positive impact of the U.S. business community in Ecuador, Embassy Quito used its 2009 I-bucks funding to bring to Ecuador Celina Pagani-Tousignant, an expert on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR),the week of May 18-22. Pagani-Tousignant gave pol [...]	2009-06-19 13:38:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EINT ETRD EC
09QUITO515	CORREA REPLACES PETROLEUM MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: On June 8, President Correa replaced his Minister of Petroleum and Mines in a surprise appointment. New Minister Germanico Pinto is a former Constitutional Assembly member with a teaching background and little experience in the sector, but is strongly aligned with Correa's ideol [...]	2009-06-26 17:19:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ECON EC
09QUITO525	UNREALIZED POTENTIAL IN ECUADOR'S MINING SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ecuadorian government hopes to restart mining investment in Ecuador with a new law that increases the state share of revenues and control over the sector. Changes include reinstating royalties and tightening environmental controls, among others. The four major foreign fir [...]	2009-06-29 19:43:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN EINV EC
09QUITO59	LENDERS RECEIVE ASSURANCES THAT QUITO AIRPORT PROJECT WILL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In December 2008, representatives of key lenders (including OPIC and Exim Bank) for the new Quito airport received assurances from the GOE's Ministry of Industries, and Quito's Mayor, that Ecuador's new constitution would not adversely affect the project. The lenders' represent [...]	2009-01-27 15:57:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAIR EINV ECIN EC
09QUITO644	ECUADOR SEIZED FRENCH OIL COMPANY'S FIELDS ON THREAT TO HALT [...] (C) Summary: Ecuador seized French oil company Perenco's oil fields after the company threatened to halt output amid a tax dispute and oil embargo. Perenco's senior executive and spokesman for Latin America confirmed the assets expropriation, and said that Perenco would file another case with t [...]	2009-07-27 14:56:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ECON EC
09QUITO652	Reflections on Ecuador's Underperforming Economy [...] (C) Summary. Ecuador has not fully realized the economic benefits of its considerable natural resources and capable work force, in large part because of several long-term factors that create an unpredictable and at times difficult business environment. These constraints include a lack of con [...]	2009-07-29 14:09:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV EPET EMIN ETRD EAGR EC
09QUITO70	QUITO'S NEW AIRPORT MAKES PROGRESS BUT FACES BIG [...] (SBU) Summary: The construction of Quito's new airport has made significant progress. The project is large and complex, however, dealing with an unpredictable political environment, sensitive community relations, and environmental challenges. The builders have made several recent missteps th [...]	2009-01-29 19:28:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR EAID EINV ECIN EC MARR MCAP
09QUITO795	GOE RESPONSE TO CHEVRON TAPES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOE has responded in a fractured way to Chevron's release on August 31 of tapes alleging a $3 million bribery scheme involving the presiding judge in its pending environmental case in Ecuador. The only official GOE response so far has been a statement released by the Preside [...]	2009-09-02 12:40:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET PREL EINV EC
09QUITO812	RECALL 09 QUITO 812 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-04 20:24:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET EINV EFIN ENRG EC
09QUITO814	ECUADOR ECONOMIC NEWS: CORREA ANNOUNCES NEW ECONOMIC [...] (U) The following is a periodic economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. This document is sensitive but unclassified. It should not be disseminated outside of USG channels and should not be posted on the internet. ------- [...]	2009-09-04 20:26:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN EC
09QUITO820	ECUADOR SELLS FUTURE OIL PRODUCTION TO PETROCHINA TO [...] (SBU) The Government of Ecuador (GoE) is increasingly looking to China as a source of financing to help alleviate fiscal pressures. The prime example of this is Ecuadorian state-run oil firm PetroEcuador's recent agreement to sell future oil production to China's state-owned oil company PetroCh [...]	2009-09-04 21:42:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EINV EFIN ENRG EC
09QUITO860	Chevron Tapes Backlash [...] (SBU) Several Ecuadorian legal bodies have launched investigations into aspects of the allegations of corruption made by Chevron with the August 31 release of clandestinely recorded videotapes implicating the presiding judge in its multi-billion dollar environmental lawsuit, as well as people [...]	2009-09-10 22:24:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EPET EC
09QUITO905	Ecuador's Plans to Terminate All Bilateral Investment [...] (C) The Government of Ecuador is preparing to terminate existing Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) with seventeen countries, including the United States, with the goal of replacing them with investment agreements that do not/not include national treatment, allow only local or regional disput [...]	2009-10-27 22:20:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EC PREL ETRD EINV
09QUITO938	ECUADOR ECONOMIC NEWS: CHEVRON FILES FOR ABRITRATION, PLAN [...] (U) The following is a periodic economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. This document is sensitive but unclassified. It should not be disseminated outside of USG channels and should not be posted on the internet. ------- [...]	2009-09-28 14:16:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN EC
09QUITO949	National Assembly President Cordero's Meeting with [...] (C) Summary: National Assembly President Cordero indicated he shared some of the Ambassador's concern about the GOE's decision to terminate the BIT and promised to discuss it with President Correa. He disowned the report by the former head of the International Relations Commission alleging th [...]	2009-11-12 23:43:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINV MARR PHUM EAID EC

09QUITO973	GOE "EXPLAINS" TERMINATION OF INVESTMENT TREATIES... [...] (SBU) Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Falconi explained the reasoning behind the GoE's decision to terminate 13 bilateral investment treaties (BITs) during a November 12 meeting with Embassy representatives of the affected countries. Falconi reiterated the GoE's claim that Ecuador's 2008 Constitu [...]	2009-11-17 22:43:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON EC
09RABAT106	MOROCCO REQUESTS JOINT COMMITTEE TO ADVANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: This is an Action Request. Please see Paragraph 7. Government of Morocco (GOM) officials told EconOff and visiting ESTH Regional Hub Officer on January 26 that Morocco would like to create a Joint Committee of U.S. and Moroccan officials to determine priority areas for colla [...]	2009-02-04 15:50:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL EINV MO
09RABAT187	IRAQI DEBT TOWARD MOROCCO NOT LARGE, BUT NOT EASY TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco is likely to eventually forgive all or most of outstanding pre-Gulf War I Iraqi debt owed to the Government of Morocco (GOM). However, a smaller amount is still owed to private enterprises, and GOM officials warn that any attempt to settle the debt will elicit a flood of [...]	2009-03-04 17:15:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV MO IZ
09RABAT190	A NEW APPROACH FOR MOROCCAN EXPORTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A new national export strategy to be unveiled this month seeks to address a key gap in the recent improvement of the Moroccan economy - the continuing lack of competitiveness of Morocco,s export sector. Non-phosphate exports were essentially flat in 2008, and 2009 augurs worse. [...]	2009-03-05 17:00:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EIND EINV MO
09RABAT256	AMU SLUGGISH, BUT STILL HAS A PULSE [...] (C) Summary: Secretary General of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) Habib Ben Yahia told the Charge and Department representatives on March 18 that the North African countries continue to make modest advances in functional economic integration, but prospects for political rapprochement remain rem [...]	2009-03-30 17:56:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN PREL ETRD EINV PTER XI MO
09RABAT325	MOROCCO'S NEW ENERGY STRATEGY LEAVES A FEW HOLES [...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco's new energy strategy aims to avert an urgent electricity supply-demand imbalance, as well as lessen Morocco's dependence on energy imports and exposure to price swings, but geography and natural resources make the latter goal elusive. The Ministry of Energy's short term [...]	2009-04-14 16:42:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EINV SENV MO
09RABAT334	TOURISM MINISTER LEAVES "DOOR AJAR" ON COLONY [...] (U) This cable contains company proprietary information. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Moroccan Minister of Tourism Mohammed Boussaid told Charge on April 17 that U.S. investor Colony Capital's "failure" to fulfill the terms of its amended convention to develop the Taghaz [...]	2009-04-19 13:33:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON EFIN MO
09RABAT431	RE-ORIENTING THE ORIENT: ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Oriental region in northeastern Morocco is undergoing a rapid transformation from one of Morocco's poorest and least-developed regions to one of its most richly-endowed with development projects and infrastructure. The flood of new construction, investment, and social prog [...]	2009-05-29 15:30:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EAGR SOCI MO
09RABAT642	EFFECTS OF RECESSION STARTING TO APPEAR IN MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Summary: The lingering global recession continues progressively to affect economic growth forecasts for Morocco, as well as the balance of payments and current economic activity. A flurry of reports, prognostications and evaluations in late June and early July describes the Kingdom as [...]	2009-07-23 14:33:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV MO
09RABAT769	MOROCCAN FORUM SEEKS HIGH LEVEL USG PARTICIPATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Top USG officials have been invited to take part in the annual "MEDays 2009" forum, November 19 to 21 in Tangier, aimed at developing recommendations to address the political, economic, environmental and socio-cultural issues of the Mediterranean region. Among those invited ar [...]	2009-09-11 17:28:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN PREL ETRD EINV PTER XI MO
09RABAT787	SENIOR USG PARTICIPATION REQUESTED FOR THE 2009 [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Middle East and North Africa initiative of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (MENA-OECD) is holding a Ministerial Conference at the Palmeraie Convention Center in Marrakesh on November 23 [...]	2009-09-18 16:06:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN PREL ETRD EINV PTER XI MO
09RABAT807	MOROCCO SEEKS TO JOIN OECD DECLARATION ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs seeking U.S. support for Morocco's bid to join the OECD Declaration on Investment and Multinational Enterprises. The note made the case that Morocco has undertaken numerous steps in recent years to improve [...]	2009-09-29 17:17:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD MO
09RABAT826	Eizenstat promotes bilateral FTA, Maghreb [...] Summary: During an October 1 conference in Casablanca on the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement (FTA),former senior USG official Stuart Eizenstat discussed opportunities for increasing bilateral trade between Morocco and the U.S., and for bolstering U.S. FDI in Morocco. He also proposed rei [...]	2009-10-06 16:53:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ECON PREL MO
09RABAT847	OPIC-SUPPORTED RENEWABLE ENERGY INVESTMENT [...] (U) Summary: Morocco's energy sector is expected to require nearly USD 12 billion of investment in the next six years, including USD 7.6 billion for electricity production. The Kingdom's energy strategy calls for renewable energy to make up one- third of the new production capacity. Morocca [...]	2009-10-15 15:33:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG SENV TRGY MO
09RABAT950	OECD-MENA MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE, NOVEMBER 23, MARRAKESH [...] SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: The November 23 OECD-MENA Ministerial Conference in Marrakesh, Morocco, brought government, business, and civil society leaders together to debate policy responses to the global economic crisis as well as government and business climate reforms in the Middle East and [...]	2009-12-04 15:20:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID ECON EINV SOCI MO
09RABAT978	MOROCCO'S FIRST BEACH RESORT UNDER NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Three months after the fanfare surrounding the June 19 inauguration of Morocco's first seaside resort completed under the "Plan Azur" or Blue Plan tourism strategy, Saidia Mediterranean officially closed its doors to tourists. The Saidia resort represents a USD 1.5 billion in [...]	2009-12-16 14:13:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON EFIN SENV MO
09RANGOON311	BURMA: 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] Embassy Rangoon is not aware of any ongoing investment disputes in Burma. U.S. law has prohibited new investment in Burma since 1997. 2. Primary points of contact for issues relevant to the report are: Prior to July 27, 2009: Samantha A. Carl-Yoder Economic Officer (95) (1) 536-50 [...]	2009-05-27 06:39:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV BM
09RANGOON33	BURMA: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel, this is Embassy Rangoon's submission for the 2009 Investment Climate Statement. Preface ------- 2. U.S. Investment Subject to Sanctions: On May 20, 1997, by Executive Order 13047, the President imposed economic sanctions prohibiting new investment by U.S. persons or entiti [...]	2009-01-14 08:32:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	OPIC KTDB USTR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BM
09RANGOON446	U.S. ECONOMIC SANCTIONS ON BURMA -- SOME [...] (S) Economic sanctions are a cornerstone of U.S. policy toward Burma. The sanctions are broad and include bans on investment, imports of Burmese products, provision of financial services, and targeted sanctions on key regime officials and their cronies. This cable, based on Econoff's two y [...]	2009-07-16 09:51:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL PGOV PINR BM
09RANGOON77	UPDATE ON MYANMAR ECONOMIC HOLDINGS' ACTIVITIES [...] (C) Myanmar Economic Holdings Ltd. (MEHL),one of 46 state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in Burma, is among the largest and most powerful commercial entities in the country. Established in 1990 by the Ministry of Defense, active and retired military officers appear to control 70 percent of MEHL, [...]	2009-02-06 05:22:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV ETRD PREL PINR BM
09RANGOON83	BURMA: STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISE DEMONSTRATES [...] (C) Myanmar Economic Holdings Ltd. (MEHL),one of 46 state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in Burma, is among the largest and most powerful commercial entities in the country. Established in 1990 by the Ministry of Defense, active and retired military officers appear to control 70 percent of MEHL, [...]	2009-02-06 06:51:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV ETRD PREL PINR BM
09REYKJAVIK27	ICELAND: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] (U) Post submits the following Investment Climate Statement for Iceland for 2009. Responses are keyed to reftel. This report has been sent by unclassified email to J. Nathaniel Hatcher in EEB/IFD/OIA per reftel instructions. The statistics portion at the end of this report was only sent by [...]	2009-02-02 15:19:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR IC
09RIGA35	RIGA'S FY2009 BFIF PROPOSALS [...] Summary: Embassy Riga proposes two FY09 projects for the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund. The first is connected to the upcoming launch of the Commerce-State Post Partnership Program MOU for Fee Collection, while the other focuses on energy security, a key mission priority. Post requests [...]	2009-01-15 15:45:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD BEXP EINV LG
09RIGA364	527 REPORT: EMBASSY RIGA SUBMISSION [...] Post is aware of two (2) outstanding claims of United States persons against representatives of the Government of Latvia. The claims are being adjudicated in the Latvian courts. 2. a. Claimant A b. 2004 c. According to Claimant A, it obtained a lease for a parcel of land in Gu [...]	2009-07-07 11:28:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV LG
09RIGA369	527 REPORT: EMBASSY RIGA SUBMISSION [...] Post is aware of two (2) outstanding claims of United States persons against representatives of the Government of Latvia. The claims are being adjudicated in the Latvian courts. 2. a. Claimant A b. 2004 c. According to Claimant A, it obtained a lease for a parcel of land in Gu [...]	2009-07-08 07:42:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV LG
09RIODEJANEIRO14	US OIL COMPANIES ONE STEP CLOSER TO PRE-SALT OIL DISOVERY [...] U.S. oil companies Exxon and Hess, together with Brazilian partner Petrobras, have found evidence of oil in their highly anticipated pre-salt exploration block in Brazil's Santos Basin. Exxon, which operates the well, and Hess each own 40 percent of the concession while 20 percent is held by P [...]	2009-01-21 15:23:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EINV BR
09RIODEJANEIRO151	EXIM MEETING WITH BRAZIL MINING GIANT VALE [...] Begin Summary: On May 11-12, U.S. Export-Import Bank (ExIm) officials, accompanied by Ambassador Sobel, met with finance executives from Brazilian mining conglomerate Vale to discuss access to ExIm financing. Vale has expressed a preference for using ExIm financing to purchase equipment and ca [...]	2009-06-22 18:35:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN EFIN EINV EIND ETRD BR
09RIODEJANEIRO190	Petrobras Probe a Potential Political Free for All [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 6, the Brazilian Senate will begin an investigation (Comissao Parlamentar de Inquerito, CPI) into allegations of corruption in state-controlled oil company Petrobras. Members of the PSDB, the lead government opposition party, allege that Petrobras engaged in tax and p [...]	2009-07-22 11:11:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV PGOV BR
09RIODEJANEIRO285	Rio Radar - August 21, 2009 [...] (U) Rio Radar is a weekly compilation of key economic, political, commercial, and other developments in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, and Sergipe. This week's subjects: CLEANING UP THE FAVELAS: ECONOMIC BENEFIT TRUMPS COSTS ------------------------------ [...]	2009-08-24 09:58:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EINV EIND EPET EWWT PHUM PINS SOCI BR
09RIODEJANEIRO311	Rio Radar - September 18, 2009 [...] Rio Radar is a weekly compilation of key economic, political, commercial, and other developments in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, and Sergipe. This week's subjects: RIO MAYOR WANTS FURTHER COOPERATION WITH USG 2. (U) On September 11, Principal Officer m [...]	2009-09-22 09:58:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND EAIR EINV EPET ENRG PREL PHUM SOCI BR
09RIODEJANEIRO335	SEMINAR REVEALS WIDE SKEPTISM OVER PRE-SALT REGULATORY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a conference entitled "Pre-salt Oil Risks and Opportunities," sponsored by Rio de Janeiro Federation of Industries (FIRJAN) on September 21, sitting and retired politicians, petroleum executives, and energy analysts debated the merits and deficiencies of the regulatory framew [...]	2009-10-08 18:21:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV PREL BR
09RIODEJANEIRO369	CAN THE OIL INDUSTRY BEAT BACK THE PRE-SALT LAW? [...] (C) Although major international and independent oil companies continue to view the regulatory framework to develop Brazil's offshore Pre-salt oil and gas reserves as potentially debilitating to their future exploration and production (E&P) operations here, the Rio de Janeiro-based industry gr [...]	2009-12-02 21:12:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV BR CO
09RIYADH1034	PRINCE FAISAL BIN KHALID DISCUSSES REGIONAL [...] (C) HRH Prince Faisal bin Khalid, Governor of Asir province, acknowledged security concerns about Iran, Libya, and neighboring Yemen related to his province in a meeting with Charge Ambassador Erdman in the Governor's Abha office August 1. He agreed to provide additional security forces for v [...]	2009-08-12 04:45:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KPAO EINV PREL SCUL SMIG SOCI SA
09RIYADH1050	SAUDIS DELAY JOINT VENTURE APPROVAL FOR TWO US [...] (SBU) On August 10 Representatives from American Life Insurance Company (ALICO) briefed Emboffs on their meeting earlier that day with Saudi Monetary Authority (SAMA) Insurance Supervisor Mohammed Al-Shayea. 2. (SBU) Al-Shayea gave the ALICO reps gave no inkling when/if a royal decree sanct [...]	2009-08-12 15:15:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ECON EFIN EINV ETRD WTO SA
09RIYADH1219	LIKELY SAUDI POSITIONS AT THE G-20 SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: The Saudi Finance Ministry provided a preview of its thinking in preparation for the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh. Saudi Arabia is pleased with the G-20's performance to date and thinks it is the forum best able to enforce policy changes needed to prevent a recurrence of the intern [...]	2009-09-16 10:31:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV ENRG PREL SA
09RIYADH1278	KING CHARTS NEW VISION FOR SAUDI ARABIA WITH [...] (SBU) After only three short years of preparation, Saudi Arabia inaugurated the King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST) in an elaborate ceremony on September 23, coinciding with Saudi National Day. The massive scale and luxury of the amenities are physical reminders of the [...]	2009-09-29 06:40:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL SOCI EINV KSCA SCUL SA
09RIYADH1340	SAUDI COMMERCIAL SAGA NEARING CONCLUSION? [...] (C) Maan Al-Sanea and his company, the Saad Group, recently settled several of their outstanding domestic loans, leading some bankers to speculate that the dispute between him and the Gosaibis may be drawing to a close. Other bankers are not convinced. The central bank maintains that it is o [...]	2009-10-07 17:36:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD EFIN SA
09RIYADH1365	SAUDI DEVELOPMENT FUND PROVIDES DETAILS ON AID TO [...] (C) The Saudi Fund for Development is on the verge of signing three agreements with Pakistan that will disburse close to half of the $700 million it pledged at the Tokyo conference in April. SFD is also spending more than $800 million on projects in Yemen, and continues to play a role in Afgh [...]	2009-10-13 18:04:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EINV PREL PK YM SA
09RIYADH1366	SAUDI PROGRESS ON IPR AND TRADE ISSUES [...] (SBU) Saudi government officials and industry representatives have recently reported that the Saudi Government has made significant progress on outstanding trade and intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement issues since the U.S.-Saudi Arabia IPR Working Group held its first meeting March [...]	2009-10-13 18:25:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD KIPR PREL SA
09RIYADH1375	SCENE SETTER FOR A/USTR CHRIS WILSON VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Saudi Arabia has made significant progress on improving the climate to protect intellectual property rights in the last several years. It has done so through the commitment of the reformist King, sustained hard work by dedicated staff, and the conjunction of committed senior lea [...]	2009-10-15 10:55:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON EINV PREL SA
09RIYADH1392	ANALYST UPBEAT ON SAUDI ECONOMY BUT FAMILY DISPUTE [...] (SBU) On October 19, Econoff met with Paul Gamble, head of research at local investment house Jadwa, to discuss the general state of the Saudi economy. Gamble said that there were still many indicators the economy had not fully turned a corner, including the continued contraction of commercial [...]	2009-10-20 15:40:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN SA
09RIYADH1393	RAPID ELECTRICITY DEMAND PUSHING SAUDI TO CONSIDER [...] (C) Summary: The pace of growth in electricity demand, at 10% per year, is putting significant strain on the Saudi Government's ability to meet demand. Industry reports that, for the first time, brownouts affected the oil loading facilities at Jubail this summer. The Saudi Electricity Compan [...]	2009-10-20 15:43:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EINV PREL MNUC SA
09RIYADH1397	REINVIGORATING AN ENERGY DIALOGUE WITH SAUDI [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Riyadh believes that the United States would benefit from a direct, senior-level energy discussion with Saudi officials that would clear the air of misperceptions on the Saudi side of our long-term vision for the world's energy future. It would also afford the U.S. an opp [...]	2009-10-22 12:32:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV SENV PREL SA
09RIYADH1421	COMMERCE MINISTER OPTIMISTIC ON KAUST, COOPERATION [...] (C) Commerce Minister Abdullah Alireza and the Ambassador October 19 discussed a range of issues related to the reform and transformation of the Saudi economy, including the important role of education reform, visas, and cooperation between Saudi Arabia and the U.S. Alireza is an enthusiastic [...]	2009-10-27 08:57:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD SCUL CVIS SA
09RIYADH1422	INDUSTRY LAUDS MILESTONE EXCLUSIVE MARKETING [...] (SBU) Chair of the inter-ministerial IPR Committee Mohammad Al-Aiyash told EconCouns October 12 that King Abdullah approved a granting of Exclusive Marketing Rights (EMR) to pharmaceutical companies under a Proposal first put forth by USTR in 2007. The King's decision formally brings the prote [...]	2009-10-27 09:28:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON EINV PREL SA
09RIYADH1423	SAUDI CUSTOMS AUTHORITY SERIOUS ABOUT IPR [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with visiting Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Europe and the Middle East Christopher Wilson, the Director General of the Saudi Customs Authority outlined the Authority's strong efforts to protect trademarks in Saudi Arabia, which were recognized by the Worl [...]	2009-10-27 09:37:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON EINV PREL SA
09RIYADH1425	AUSTR CHRIS WILSON VISIT TO SAUDI ARABIA [...] (SBU) Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Europe and the Middle East Chris Wilson visited Riyadh October 16 to 20 at the invitation of Deputy Minister of Commerce and Industry Abdullah Al-Hamoudi. In all of his meetings, Wilson delivered the clear message that the U.S. government recogniz [...]	2009-10-27 10:26:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON EINV PREL SA
09RIYADH1426	SAUDI INVESTMENT CHIEF CALLS FOR MORE U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: The Governor of Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) told visiting Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Christopher Wilson on October 19 that the protection of intellectual property rights is essential for SAGIA to reach its goals. SAGIA wants to increase Saudi co [...]	2009-10-27 11:01:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON EINV PREL SA
09RIYADH1441	GCC ANXIOUS FOR GREATER COOPERATION, COORDINATION [...] (C) During an extremely positive meeting on October 28, the GCC's lead official for international economic relations expressed a strong interest in working with the U.S. on trade issues and solicited our assistance in developing harmonized financial regulations. He highlighted some difficultie [...]	2009-11-01 06:03:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN SA
09RIYADH1447	SAUDI ARABIA INVESTING IN ETHIOPIA TO IMPROVE FOOD [...] (U) The Saudi Government is working with its private sector to bolster the Kingdom's food security by investing in agricultural production in Ethiopia. Representatives from the Ministries of Agriculture, Commerce and Industry, Finance, and Transportation will participate in a forum on Novembe [...]	2009-11-01 14:35:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD ECON EINV PREL SA ET
09RIYADH1450	RESOLVING THE INTERNATIONAL ENERGY FORUM [...] (U) Embassy Riyadh appreciates the assistance of the Departments of Energy and State in making $100,000 available to contribute to the International Energy Forum (IEF) expert committee's analysis of energy price volatility. IEF officials have told the Embassy that they very much appreciate th [...]	2009-11-02 07:08:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EINV PREL IEF SA
09RIYADH1459	GCC WANTS MORE TRADE ENGAGEMENT WITH U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: In a frank discussion with visiting AUSTR Wilson, GCC Assistant Secretary General Al-Mazrouy called for deepened U.S. trade relations with the GCC. Al-Mazrouy noted progress on trademark and data protection laws, and agreed to address industry concerns over the implementation of [...]	2009-11-03 10:35:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON EINV PREL SA
09RIYADH1472	BANKERS SANGUINE ABOUT SAUDI ECONOMIC PROSPECTS [...] (C) Private bankers and government officials in Saudi Arabia insist that domestic Saudi banks did not receive special treatment in the AHAB - Saad Group dispute, despite protests by overseas lenders to the contrary. Embassy contacts contend that Saudi banks just wrote better loans that requir [...]	2009-11-04 11:44:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV SA
09RIYADH1493	SAUDI IPR WORKING GROUP REPORTS CONTINUED [...] (SBU) The U.S. - Saudi Arabia Intellectual Property Working Group met via digital video conference (DVC) November 3 to discuss Saudi Arabia's preparations for the upcoming Special 301 Out-of-Cycle Review (OCR). The IPR Committee Chair said AUSTR Chris Wilson's October 16 to 20 visit gave mome [...]	2009-11-09 06:04:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON EINV PREL SA
09RIYADH1508	SAUDI ARABIA LOOKING TO EXPAND CORPORATE FINANCE [...] (C) The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) is working hard to develop the Saudi corporate bond market, an endeavor it started in June 2009 by enhancing investment banks' understanding of how the market works. The CMA does not see a benchmark set by a series of government debt issuances as necess [...]	2009-11-10 14:04:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN SA
09RIYADH1520	SAUDI MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM RETHINKING GAS USE [...] (C) Summary: The Saudi Ministry of Petroleum continues to grapple with how best to use Saudi Arabia's available natural gas resources. While international oil companies working in the Empty Quarter have found some new deposits of gas, they are very deep and will pose technical challenges to de [...]	2009-11-15 11:58:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PREL SA
09RIYADH1543	FIRST-EVER SAUDI REFERRAL OF COPYRIGHT VIOLATION [...] (SBU) Deputy Minister of Culture and Information Abdulrahman Al-Hazzaa told Econoffs that the Violations Review Committee (VRC) would refer two copyright violation cases to the Board of Grievances with recommendations for 150,000 SAR fines and 15 days imprisonment in both cases. Al-Hazzaa said [...]	2009-11-22 06:46:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON EINV PREL SA
09RIYADH1544	U.S. INDUSTRY SAYS SAG IMPLEMENTATION OF EMR [...] (SBU) Chairman of the Saudi Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Committee Mohammad Al-Aiyash told Econoffs that the Saudi government had begun implementing the Exclusive Marketing Rights (EMR) agreement which King Abdullah signed in October. The Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Saudi Food an [...]	2009-11-22 06:47:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON EINV PREL SA
09RIYADH1548	POST RECOMMENDS SAUDI ARABIA BE REMOVED FROM 301 [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-23 05:34:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON EINV PREL SA
09RIYADH1550	POST RECOMMENDS SAUDI ARABIA BE REMOVED FROM 301 [...] (SBU) Embassy Riyadh recommends Saudi Arabia be removed from the Special 301 Watch List for IPR protection during the 2009 Out-of-Cycle Review. As industry's submissions for the OCR have recognized, the Kingdom's motivated leadership on intellectual property protection and demonstrated signifi [...]	2009-11-23 06:36:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON EINV PREL SA
09RIYADH1596	IMPACT OF DUBAI DEBT RESTRUCTURING ON SAUDI ARABIA [...] (C) Despite initial concerns that Dubai's debt crisis could impact the Saudi economy, all indications are that any effect here will be minimal. Senior government officials, bank officers, and analytic reports from major international banks all suggest that Saudi banks have minimal exposure to [...]	2009-12-08 15:43:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV SA
09RIYADH160	CORPORATE PROFITS LOWER, BUT MOST STILL IN THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The economic crisis is starting to hit harder in Saudi Arabia as oil prices remain low, with most companies reporting lower profits in the 4th quarter of 2008, and some reporting losses. Banks and holding companies exposed to bank losses are being hit hardest. Interestingly, [...]	2009-01-26 14:43:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD SA
09RIYADH1626	SAUDI REMOVAL FROM IPR WATCH LIST DURING [...] (SBU) The Saudi government continues to make progress on copyright and patent protection, including recent accession to two significant patent treaties, following their November 23 on-time submission to the Special 301 Out-of-Cycle Review (OCR) committee. Upon return from the Eid holiday, key [...]	2009-12-15 14:05:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON EINV PREL SA
09RIYADH1634	SAUDI COMMERCE MINISTRY EAGER FOR DATA EXCLUSIVITY [...] (SBU) Saudi intellectual property rights (IPR) Committee chairman Mohammad Al-Aiyash told Econoffs December 16 the Ministry of Commerce and Industry is eager for a second workshop on data exclusivity (DE) protection. The first workshop held in Riyadh in June was considered a success by Saudi [...]	2009-12-16 14:44:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON EINV PREL SA
09RIYADH192	CALLS FOR ANTI-AMERICAN BOYCOTT CONTINUE, MIXED [...] (C) Summary: Despite the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, Saudi public anger over perceived U.S. support for Israel's military actions in Gaza continues to simmer, and a grassroots campaign to boycott U.S. products remains ongoing for the moment, particularly among the youth population. [...]	2009-01-31 07:54:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN KWBG KBCT KPAL SA IS
09RIYADH290	PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY GROUP STILL SEEKING [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-11 14:31:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV KIPR SA
09RIYADH291	FED DISCUSSES TARP, DOLLAR PEG DURING VISIT [...] (C/NF) -- Private banks in Riyadh were most concerned by the increase in U.S. debt and the effect this would have on the dollar, as well as the size of the increase in the Federal Reserve's balance sheet. -- SAMA Vice Governor Jasser told the group the SAG's decision to stick with the dollar [...]	2009-02-11 14:35:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN EINV ECON PREL SA
09RIYADH30	INDUSTRY GROUP HAS MIXED FEELINGS ON SPECIAL 301 [...] (C) Summary: Although the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) is preparing to recommend that Saudi Arabia be placed on the Special 301 Priority Watchlist, representatives in Riyadh said they feel "handcuffed" into this recommendation, and would prefer to recommend a more favor [...]	2009-01-06 13:33:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV KIPR PREL SA
09RIYADH319	NEW CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR WILL MAINTAIN STATUS QUO [...] (SBU) -- As part of his February 14 cabinet re-shuffle (more details septel),King Abdallah appointed Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) Vice Governor Dr. Muhammed Al-Jasser to be SAMA's new governor, replacing Hamad Al-Sayari, who had held the position since 1985. -- Senior banking sourc [...]	2009-02-17 14:07:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV PINR SA
09RIYADH329	CARTAGENA PROTOCOL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on February 18 on the Catagena Protocol on Biosafety and upcoming meetings in Mexico City. Post will inform the Department of any response we receive. FRAKER [...]	2009-02-21 15:05:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV KIPR
09RIYADH386	SAUDI ARABIA SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: POST INPUT [...] Despite continuing deficiencies, Saudi Arabia improved its protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) in the preceding year. The Violations Review Committee has become more productive and transparent under new leadership. The SAG offered a counter-proposal to USTR's Exclusive Marketing [...]	2009-03-04 11:46:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV KIPR SA
09RIYADH40	MINISTRY OF CULTURE CONTINUES TO MOVE ON IPR [...] (SBU) On Wednesday, January 7, the English-language newspaper Saudi Gazette reported that the Ministry of Culture and Information had closed a cafe in Riyadh's al-Dhabab district for accessing coded satellite television channels without possessing a commercial subscription. 2. (SBU) In a t [...]	2009-01-07 14:54:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV KIPR SA
09RIYADH486	HOW TO MAXIMIZE SAUDI FUNDING ASSISTANCE [...] (C) -- Saudi Arabia is a large aid donor. In 2007, the Saudi Fund for Development officially distributed 2.2 billion dollars in foreign assistance. Numerous other contributions are made through additional channels. -- During the past five years the USG has made 66 formal requests for fina [...]	2009-03-30 13:05:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	EAID PREL PGOV EINV SA
09RIYADH524	FIRST MEETING OF U.S. - SAUDI ARABIA INTELLECTUAL [...] (SBU) The first meeting of the U.S. - Saudi Arabia Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Working Group occurred March 4-6 in Washington, DC, on the margins of the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council Meeting (septel). Some private rights-holders also participated in the meetin [...]	2009-04-06 14:21:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV KIPR SA
09RIYADH537	COMMERCE MINISTRY OUTLINES CONSUMER PROTECTION TRAINING [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraph four. 2. (SBU) In a recent letter to the Charge, Deputy Commerce Minister for Consumer Protection Abdulrahman Abdulrazzaq outlined areas in which the Ministry could benefit from USG training assistance. The letter was following up on a meeting [...]	2009-04-08 13:29:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PREL SA
09RIYADH577	RECENT SIGNS ON SAUDI ECONOMY MIXED [...] (U) Key points: -- (U) All four Saudi banks that have reported their first quarter earnings to date were profitable, three at higher levels than in the same period last year. -- (SBU) Despite this, it is clear banks still are not lending money and project finance has not recovered. -- ( [...]	2009-04-15 16:42:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON EINV ETRD SA
09RIYADH653	SAG FLEXES MUSCLES TO ENSURE GCC CENTRAL BANK IN [...] (U) Key points: -- (U) The GCC announced on May 5 that the GCC monetary council, a precursor to a GCC central bank, would be located in Riyadh and would start operating by the end of 2009. -- (SBU) Embassy contacts disagree as to the reason for locating the council in Riyadh as opposed to [...]	2009-05-11 14:33:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PREL ETRD GCC SA
09RIYADH71	GRASSROOTS BOYCOTT OF AMERICAN GOODS GAINING [...] (SBU) -- A grassroots campaign to boycott U.S. goods and franchises, with the notable exception of automobiles and hotels, is gaining ground in the Kingdom. -- This campaign is bolstered by endorsements from local and foreign Islamic scholars. -- Comment: This campaign is broader than sim [...]	2009-01-12 14:37:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON EFIN KWBG KBCT KPAL SA IS
09RIYADH713	FOOD SECURITY, AGRICULTURE GETTING SPOTLIGHT IN [...] Key points: -- (U) Saudi Arabia is increasingly looking for agriculture investment opportunities abroad, mostly in Africa. -- (U) The creation of a state-owned agriculture investment company, the Saudi Company for Agricultural Investment and Animal Production, was announced last month, tho [...]	2009-05-27 13:05:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR ETRD EINV PGOV PREL SA
09RIYADH788	SAUDI ADVISOR ON THE IMF, DOLLAR PEG [...] (U) Key points: -- (C/NF) According to a key Post contact, quiet, behind-the-scenes diplomacy will be most effective in convincing the Saudis to make greater contributions to the IMF. -- (C/NF) The SAG is supporting, and will continue to support, the dollar, but could have to re-think thi [...]	2009-06-14 13:51:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EINV PREL SA
09RIYADH789	PRO-ACTIVE DEPUTY MINISTER OF CULTURE AND [...] (SBU) The June 9 edition of the Saudi Gazette reported that Minister of Culture and Information, Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Khoja, appointed Deputy Minister Abdulrama Bin Abdulaziz Al-Hazzaa as the official spokesman of the Ministry of Culture and Information (MOCI). A Microsoft representative who met [...]	2009-06-15 06:07:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD PREL KIPR SA
09RIYADH793	NEW MINISTER OF CULTURE AND INFORMATION: MODERN [...] (C) In a June 7 meeting with the Charge, the new Minister of Culture and Information Abdul Aziz Khoja believes the Kingdom cannot avoid the reach of modern technology. A "wise but strong" approach is needed to reconcile traditional values with modernity and protect women's rights. Khoja prom [...]	2009-06-15 13:39:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD PREL KIPR SA
09RIYADH828	TREASURY DAS PRESSES TERROR FINANCE COOPERATION IN [...] (S) Summary: On 16-17 May 2009, Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary Daniel Glaser visited Riyadh to advance counter terror finance cooperation with Saudi government and private sector officials. DAS Glaser explored developments pertaining to the Saudi charities commission, encouraged an act [...]	2009-06-22 13:20:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON EINV EFIN KTFN SA
09RIYADH83	DEPUTY MINISTER OF CULTURE SAYS "LET'S WORK [...] (C) Econcouns and Econoff met with Ministry of Culture and Information (MOCI) Deputy Minister Abdul Rahman Al-Hazzaa and MOCI Director General of Copyrights Obaidallah Obaidallah in their offices on January 11th to discuss ongoing efforts to combat intellectual property rights (IPR) violations. [...]	2009-01-13 14:49:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV KIPR SA
09RIYADH910	SCENESETTER FOR TREASURY SECRETARY GEITHNER'S JULY [...] (S) Embassy Riyadh warmly welcomes you to the Kingdom. While it's not exactly magical, it is unique and it is important. Unique because it's the only country in the world that is named after the ruling family and where almost all the senior government positions are filled by either brothers o [...]	2009-07-12 09:12:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON PREL EAID EFIN EINV KTFN PINR OVIP SA
09RIYADH916	THE SAUDI SUPREME ECONOMIC COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-13 14:46:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV SA
09RIYADH976	MORE ON FINANCIAL TROUBLE AT GOSAIBI AND SAAD [...] (C) Summary: Saud Al-Gosaibi (strictly protect),chairman of the Ahmad Hamad Al-Gosaibi and Brothers Co (AH Al-Gosaibi),told Econoff that a court in the Cayman Islands decided July 24 to freeze 9.2 billion dollars of Maan Al-Sanea's assets. Saud hopes this ruling will put pressure on the Sa [...]	2009-07-29 06:36:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PINR PGOV CJ SA
09RIYADH982	DEPUTY MINISTER OF CULTURE AND INFORMATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Minister of Culture and Information Abdul Rahman Al-Hazza told EconCouns that he wants to develop an action plan for intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement and awareness with input and sponsorship from the private sector. Hazza hopes to conclude and publish the [...]	2009-07-29 13:50:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV KIPR SA
09RIYADH985	TREASURY SECRETARY GEITHNER MEETS WITH SAUDI [...] (S) Summary: On July 14, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner met with Saudi Finance Minister Ibrahim Al Assaf in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia. They discussed issues of mutual interest, including recovery of the global economy, the riyal-dollar peg, illicit finance, cooperation at the G-20 and IMF, an [...]	2009-07-30 12:09:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EINV PREL KTFN KWBG SA
09RIYADH986	TREASURY SECRETARY GEITHNER MEETS WITH KING [...] (S) Summary: On July 14, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner visited Saudi Arabia and met with King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in Yanbu, discussing a broad range of topics including commitment to the dollar, the global economic crisis, illicit finance, Israel-Palestine issues, and the G-2 [...]	2009-07-30 12:10:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	ECON EFIN EINV PREL KTFN KWBG SA
09RIYADH987	JEDDAH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY HOSTS [...] (U) Summary: In his July 14 visit to Saudi Arabia, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner led a roundtable discussion and delivered a speech at the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI). He discussed the economic downturn and measures taken to stem the crisis, sharing his outlook for t [...]	2009-07-30 12:11:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV PREL KTFN KWBG SA
09ROME1019	G20: ITALIANS SEE EUROPE DIVIDED ON BANKERS' [...] (SBU) Summary: A senior aide of Italy's Finance Minister told econoff August 31 that in the runup to the next G20 meeting Europeans remain divided on how to regulate compensation of financial sector executives, a point Italians expect to be high on the Pittsburgh agenda. The aide also ventured [...]	2009-09-01 15:16:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ECON OECD IT
09ROME1284	CONTINUED USG ENGAGEMENT IMPORTANT AS ITALY TAKES [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The GOI is creating a nuclear energy regulatory agency, the first in a series of important steps in the government's efforts to bring back nuclear energy to Italy. Much remains to be done: Italy must win public support for nuclear power and find a solution to the nuclear waste [...]	2009-11-20 16:05:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EINV ENRG IT
09ROME1308	ITALY: ARGENTINA BONDHOLDERS DIGGING IN [...] Confidential - - Entire Text. 2. Summary - Italian bondholders of defaulted Argentine debt are unlikely to take up the most recent GOA buy-out offer and intend to pursue ongoing arbitration. A bondholders' group says its members' interests vary greatly from those of US institutional investors th [...]	2009-11-25 16:34:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV AR IT
09ROME171	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 - ITALY [...] SUMMARY: Following is Post's submission for 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Italy. End Summary. OVERVIEW AND UPDATE ------------------- 2. A January 2008 article in London's Financial Times likened investing in Italy to "driving with the brakes on." It cited the dearth of global [...]	2009-02-12 11:44:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR PGOV IT
09ROME815	ITALIAN PARLIAMENT GIVES GREEN LIGHT FOR NUCLEAR [...] (C/NF) Summary: The Italian Parliament approved nuclear energy legislation on July 9th that gives the GOI the green-light to re-launch Italy's civil nuclear energy program. The legislation calls for the GOI to come up within six months with revamped regulation to govern the nuclear sector, ide [...]	2009-07-16 12:27:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EINV ENRG IT
09ROME878	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MINISTER SCAJOLA'S U.S. VISIT TO STRESS NUCLEAR ENERGY AND OTHER COMMERCIAL COLLABORATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-30 15:45:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EINV ENRG IT PREL
09RPODUBAI244	FACTORING THE ECONOMY INTO IRAN'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Conversations with Iranian businessmen and financial consultants held in the past week reveal an overwhelming preference among our contacts for Mohsen Rezai's economic proposals, but most intend to vote for Mir Hossein Mousavi for political and social reasons. Our contacts admit t [...]	2009-06-11 12:19:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD IR
09RPODUBAI285	IRAN: BUSINESSMEN POST-ELECTION: THINGS HAVE COME TO A HALT [...] (C) Summary: Several Iranian business contacts told IRPO that business was on hold in the aftermath of the election, and all doubted that their businesses could survive much longer. Goods are not clearing customs, clients are not placing orders, no money is moving out, revenues are falling, and [...]	2009-07-14 12:35:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EINV EIND ETRD ETTC PGOV IR
09RPODUBAI302	IRAN: WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE IRGC IS GOOD FOR IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Iranian businessmen who have experience with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps's (IRGC) economic activities maintained that its involvement is increasing economic inefficiencies and discouraging the private sector. They lamented that without a strong challenger and President [...]	2009-07-27 14:20:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EIND EINV ETRD IR

09RPODUBAI317	IRAN: ECONOMIC CHALLENGES MOUNT AS AHMADINEJAD BEGINS SECOND [...] (C) Summary: As President Ahmadinejad enters his second term in office, his administration will likely be hamstrung by a strained budget, falling GDP growth, the global economic slowdown, and sanctions. Dealing with Iran's budget deficit currently is the government's main priority, though IRPO [...]	2009-08-03 11:58:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EIND EINV ETRD PGOV IR
09RPODUBAI319	IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE DUBAI:WINDOW ON IRAN-AUGUST 5, [...] (S) Endorsement, Inauguration Initiate Ahmadinejad's Second Term: Supreme Leader Khamenei officially endorsed Ahmadinejad for the presidency on August 3 and today Ahmadinejad took the oath of office during his inauguration. Both events have been scrutinized for their clues to the elite infight [...]	2009-08-05 12:41:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EINV ENRG EPET ETRD SOCI IR
09SANAA1086	YEMEN: 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] As per REF A request, Post is aware of one ongoing claim (Claimant A) of United States persons against the Republic of Yemen (ROYG). A separate claim (Claimant B) that was listed in last year's report (REF B) was resolved in 2008. 2. Claimant A (2005) informed Post on 25 September 2005 of [...]	2009-06-09 12:04:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV FR YM
09SANAA1103	YEMEN: CONCERN RISES AS FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES [...] (U) Summary. As foreign exchange reserves decline, non-ROYG observers have raised a red flag and predicted the impending collapse of the Yemeni rial. The ROYG, however, remains complacent and downplays the threat to the rial's stability. The decline in foreign exchange reserves is reality [...]	2009-06-14 13:26:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV YM
09SANAA1121	TRIBAL CONFRONTATIONS, ROYG HEADACHES CAUSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Occidental Petroleum (Oxy),whose exploration and production operations in Shebwa and Jawf governorates are under siege by increasingly brazen tribal attacks, is considering pulling out of Yemen. The two factors that will influence Oxy's final decision to stay or leave are relatio [...]	2009-06-17 08:56:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EPET ENRG YM
09SANAA1145	YEMEN: CABINET PASSES INVESTMENT-REFORM PACKAGE [...] SUMMARY. The cabinet passed an investment-reform package on June 11, which included a new Investment Law, amendments to the existing Customs Law, and a new Income Tax Law. The ROYG would like to strengthen its relationship with the private sector, and is attempting to streamline the investme [...]	2009-06-24 08:42:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN YM
09SANAA120	EMBASSY SANAA'S FY2009 BFIF PROPOSALS [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Sanaa proposes two FY2009 projects for the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF): (1) training for the Economic/Commercial officer and the FSN Commercial Assistant, both of whom are new to Post and lack any formal commercial tradecraft training, and (2) a one-day investme [...]	2009-01-22 04:07:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD AMGT BEXP BTIO ECON EINV ETRD YM
09SANAA1582	YEMEN: INTEREST IN INVESTMENT STAGNATES AS [...] SUMMARY: The Central Bank of Yemen (CBY) has reduced interest rates in Yemen twice in the last six months, ostensibly in an attempt to stem inflation. The reduction in interest rates appears to have had little effect on investment in Yemen. The ROYG has not shown an inclination to introduce [...]	2009-08-25 05:47:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN YM
09SANAA293	FIRST MICROFINANCE BANK, AL-AMAL BANK [...] SUMMARY: Al-Amal Bank has renewed its commitment to microfinance since November 2008. The bank is targeting micro-enterprises, low-income families, and women. It is basing its five-year business plan on reports from the Social Fund for Development (SFD) and International Finance Corporation [...]	2009-02-17 13:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN EINV YM
09SANAA500	YEMEN: DONOR COMMUNITY FRUSTRATION RISES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Yemen,s donor community is concerned about the long-term effectiveness of aid to Yemen. Donors worry about the lack of political commitment to development both at the presidential and the parliamentary levels. Donors remain committed to policy reform and supportive of private sector in [...]	2009-03-24 10:45:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	EINV EAID ECON AORC YM
09SANAA876	YEMEN: AMBITIOUS POWER GENERATION PLANS HAUNTED BY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Yemen's national electricity grid serves only a small fraction of the population and bypasses the industrial sector completely. Realizing that maintaining oil product-powered plants is fiscally unsustainable, the ROYG plans to build three natural gas-fired power plants. The [...]	2009-05-06 11:23:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET IR YM
09SANJOSE1140	Costa Rica: National Trade Estimate [...] U.S. goods trade surplus with Costa Rica was $1.7 billion in 2008, an increase of $1.1 billion from $639 million in 2007. U.S. goods exports in 2008 were $5.7 billion, up 24.0 percent. Corresponding U.S. imports from Costa Rica were $3.9 billion, down 0.1 percent. Costa Rica is currently the 38 [...]	2009-12-15 20:03:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV CS
09SANJOSE34	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - COSTA RICA [...] Costa Rica's investment climate is generally favorable and has been for many years. Consequently, foreign direct investment is high and has been a significant contributor to Costa Rica's economic growth. Nevertheless, the country continues to present stumbling blocks to investors. The Januar [...]	2009-01-21 19:03:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV
09SANJOSE464	COSTA RICA: OPIC LOAN TO IMPROSA SERVICIOS [...] SUMMARY: Embassy San Jose supports the Overseas Private Investment Corporation's (OPIC) proposal for a USD 10 million loan to Improsa Servicios Internacionales (ISI). The Econ and FCS Sections reviewed the proposal and concluded that there were no reasons that the loan should not proceed (ref [...]	2009-06-02 23:16:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	CS ECON EFIN PGOV PREL EINV
09SANJOSE497	U.S.-CHILEAN JOINT INFRASTRUCTURE ASSISTANCE LAUNCHES IN [...] From May 18-21, a Treasury Department team from the Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) met with Costa Rican government leaders and private sector officials to consider how to meet Costa Rica's national infrastructure challenges. The meetings represented the first step of Treasury's and the [...]	2009-06-17 12:35:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CS CI
09SANJOSE531	COSTA RICA MAKES A BET ON GAMBLING LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. June 8-12, Rick Hector and Charles Klingman of Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) advised Costa Rican Finance (Hacienda) Minister Guillermo Zuniga and Vice Minister Jenny Phillips on the pros and cons of legislating and regulating the gaming industry. Their week o [...]	2009-06-25 22:15:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CS
09SANJOSE543	COSTA RICA: OPIC LOAN TO CSI LATINA FINANCIAL [...] SUMMARY: Embassy San Jose supports the Overseas Private Investment Corporation's (OPIC) proposal for a USD 20 million credit facility to CSI Latina Financial, Inc. (CSI). The Econ and FCS Sections reviewed the proposal and concluded that there were no reasons that the loan should not proceed [...]	2009-06-28 20:10:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	CS ECON EFIN PGOV PREL EINV
09SANJOSE552	EMBASSY SAN JOSE REQUESTS MERIDA SUPPORT FOR 2009 [...] (U) This is an ACTION MESSAGE. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Costa Rica's unregulated and untaxed gaming industry, legal but unregulated prostitution, and growing narco-trafficking all contribute to an increase in criminal activity; this exposes Costa Rica to transnational cas [...]	2009-06-30 12:54:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CS
09SANJOSE577	COSTA RICA 2009 SECTION 527 REPORT [...] Embassy San Jose provides its information for the 2009 Section 527 Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriation Claims in paragraph 2. Information on each claimant appears in paragraph 3. Text in MS Word track changes format has been e-mailed to EEB/IFD/OIA and L/CID per reftel. 2. The [...]	2009-07-08 21:03:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV CS
09SANJOSE615	COSTA RICA'S ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE - OPPORTUNITIES AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: U.S. investors identify physical infrastructure challenges as the key hurdle for Costa Rica's development and modernization, according to the Costa Rican-U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Costa Rica provides a sometimes reliable electric power supply to over 97 percent of the country. Its [...]	2009-07-23 19:03:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON ETRD EIND SENV EFIN EINV PREL
09SANJOSE686	U.S.-CHILEAN JOINT INFRASTRUCTURE ASSISTANCE IDENTIFIES [...] SUMMARY. From July 13-16, a Treasury Department team from the Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) and a representative of Chile's Ministerio de Obras Publicas (GOC MOP) met with GOCR leaders and private sector officials to consider how to deliver infrastructure technical assistance (TA). Bot [...]	2009-08-13 12:36:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CS CI
09SANJOSE703	CAN COSTA RICA FINISH MODERNIZING ITS AIRPORT? [...] SUMMARY (U) Modernization of Costa Rica's main international airport, San Jose's Juan Santamaria, stalled for over five years as a result of contract disagreements between the GOCR and the operator/developer Alterra. Realizing that an acceptable solution would be impossible to reach, Alterra s [...]	2009-08-19 12:27:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR EFIN EIND EINV PREL PGOV CS
09SANJOSE747	COSTA RICA: BALANCING SIEPAC PROGRESS AGAINST THE [...] SUMMARY. Costa Rica struggles to complete its portion of the Panama to Guatemala power grid interconnection project (SIEPAC). The negotiation and acquisition of land consumes most of the project's time )- much more so than actual construction -- such that only approximately 60 percent of th [...]	2009-08-28 13:50:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CS ECON ENRG KIDE PGOV PREL EINV
09SANJOSE811	COSTA RICA: PRUDENT DEBT MANAGEMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Arias administration has increased spending on infrastructure, education, health, support for workers, and the judiciary, not only in absolute terms, but also as a percentage of the total budget. As spending in these line items increased, they were offset by a decline in the [...]	2009-09-24 17:02:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND EINV PGOV PREL CS
09SANJOSE823	COSTA RICA: POSSIBLE PATHWAYS TO REGIONAL ENERGY [...] SUMMARY. In their September 16-17 trip to Costa Rica, the Pathways to Prosperity team of WHA/EPSC Director Matt Rooney, WHA/EPSC Trade Officer Susan Garro and EEB/TPP/BT Director Robert Manogue met with three energy-sector leaders: Pedro Pablo Quiros, executive President of the Costa Rican Ins [...]	2009-09-25 20:06:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EINV PGOV PREL CS
09SANJOSE85	COSTA RICA AND THE FINANCIAL CRISIS: SO FAR, SO GOOD, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Costa Rica's conservative financial system has served it reasonably well thus far during the current global financial crisis, but 2009 will likely be difficult. The GOCR knows it must act intelligently as some fundamentals begin to deteriorate; the Arias administration does not [...]	2009-02-10 12:59:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND EINV PGOV PREL CS
09SANJOSE917	COSTA RICA: OPIC FINANCE APPLICATION FOR JUAN [...] Embassy San Jose fully supports the Overseas Private Investment Corporation's (OPIC) plan to provide a USD 55 million loan to Alterra Partners Costa Rica, S.A. (APCR),the operator of San Jose's Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO). The loan -) in addition to a USD 45 million Inter-Am [...]	2009-10-27 01:02:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	CS ECON EFIN PGOV PREL EINV
09SANJOSE921	COSTA RICA RESPONSE TO USTR REQUEST FOR INFO ON CBI- [...] The following is Post's response to reftel A. The text replies to specific keyed reftel questions and updates Post's 2007 submission (reftel C) to USTR's request regarding CBI beneficiary countries. Questions can be directed to Economics Specialist, Kevin Ludeke at +506 2519-22261, Fax +506 [...]	2009-10-27 20:48:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR EINV PREL PGOV CS
09SANJOSE954	Costa Rica: National Trade Estimate Sections on SPS and [...] Under current regulations, the Ministry of Health must test and register domestically produced or imported pharmaceuticals, feeds, chemicals, and cosmetics before they can be sold in Costa Rica. As implemented, this system appears to be enforced more rigorously on imported goods than on domes [...]	2009-11-05 22:15:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV CS
09SANSALVADOR1006	EL SALVADOR'S IMPENDING ENERGY CRISIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Unless new electrical generation capacity is brought on-line in El Salvador, the country will begin to experience blackouts in the next 3 to 4 years. Two large privately funded projects currently in the planning stages are viewed as the key toward meeting the country's future e [...]	2009-10-26 19:53:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV EPET ECON ES
09SANSALVADOR1184	ELECTRICITY SECTOR REFORMS THREATEN PRIVATE SECTOR [...] SUMMARY. Proposed regulatory reforms in the electricity sector will introduce a cost-based pricing system with publicly bid long-term contracts, designed to promote transparency in energy costs, reduce price volatility, and foster healthy competition in the sector. While both private sect [...]	2009-12-14 16:54:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EINV ECON ES
09SANSALVADOR230	EL SALVADOR: 2008 EXPORTS UP BUT SHOW SIGNS OF WEAKNESS [...] El Salvador's total exports and imports increased by 14.2 percent and 12 percent respectively during 2008. Exports to the United States increased by 7.7 percent, while exports to other Central American countries increased by 21.3 percent. Traditional exports of coffee, sugar, and shrimp incre [...]	2009-03-16 23:00:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EINV ES
09SANSALVADOR278	SALVADORAN ECONOMIC INDICATORS SHOW CONTRACTION, LIKELY [...] The Government of El Salvador (GOES) cut its official projection for 2009 GDP growth to less than 1 percent. The GOES's GDP proxy has fallen for the last five months, and the Central Bank President expects 2008 GDP growth figures of about 2.5 percent, far below the original projection of 4.5-5 [...]	2009-03-30 20:31:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ES
09SANSALVADOR317	ELECTRICITY SUBSIDIES END BUT PROBLEMS CONTINUE [...] SUMMARY: The GOES announced on March 23 that electricity subsidies will be discontinued. This change is expected to raise energy costs by 60% for industrial and 30% for residential customers. Industry groups have criticized the government's failure to honor an agreement to phase out the sub [...]	2009-04-03 22:21:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EPET EINV ES
09SANSALVADOR39	FINANCIAL CRISIS ACCELERATES REDUCTION OF LENDING TO [...] SUMMARY: The construction industry has raised alarms over the impact of the global financial crisis on El Salvador's construction sector. While public funding for infrastructure and low-income housing continue, credit shortages have delayed commercial building projects. Salvadoran banks wer [...]	2009-01-13 21:06:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ES
09SANSALVADOR463	LA UNION PORT: A WHITE ELEPHANT IN THE MAKING? [...] (U) Summary. Four months after its inauguration, El Salvador's $187 million La Union port project remains in limbo due to a political deadlock over who will manage the port. The ruling ARENA party was unable to secure approval for a proposed port concession due to opposition from parties favo [...]	2009-05-26 18:33:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EWWT ES
09SANSALVADOR47	EL SALVADOR: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel, following is Embassy San Salvador's submission for the 2009 Investment Climate Statement. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. The Government of El Salvador views foreign investment as crucial for economic growth and development and has taken numerous [...]	2009-01-15 22:28:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON ETRD EFIN OPIC KTDB USTR ES
09SANSALVADOR470	MCC ACTING CEO BENT INAUGURATES TRANSNATIONAL HIGHWAY [...] (U) SUMMARY. During an April 27-28 visit to El Salvador, Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Rodney Bent participated in the formal groundbreaking for the Northern Transnational Highway. Bent met with President Saca to express his appreciation for Saca' [...]	2009-05-26 22:11:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ES
09SANSALVADOR481	PRESIDENT-ELECT FUNES ANNOUNCES ECONOMIC CABINET [...] (SBU) Summary. President-Elect Mauricio Funes named his economic cabinet on May 26. The following positions were announced: Technical Secretary to the President (Chief of Staff),Minister of Finance, Minister of Economy, President of the Central Bank, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Min [...]	2009-05-28 22:38:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD EINV ES
09SANSALVADOR487	PENDING ENERGY SECTOR DISPUTES IN EL SALVADOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: The new Funes administration is inheriting several commercial disputes in the energy sector that raise questions about the enforceability of contracts and may discourage new investment in generation projects. Two U.S. firms have contested decisions by a majority-state-owned gener [...]	2009-05-29 19:46:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET EINV ES
09SANSALVADOR566	EL SALVADOR'S ANTI-CRISIS PLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On June 18, the Funes Administration announced its $587.5 million "Anti-Crisis" plan intended to ameliorate the effects of the international financial crisis on El Salvador. The plan's economic and social components include creating a "temporary worker" program, providing ferti [...]	2009-06-19 20:53:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EINV KCRN ES
09SANSALVADOR6	OAS AND IOA HOLD REGIONAL CONFERENCES ON RENEWABLE ENERGY [...] SUMMARY: The OAS and the Institute of the Americas (IOA) organized two USG-funded regional conferences on renewable energy in San Salvador on December 11-12. At the December 11 OAS conference, delegates from Central and North America discussed their current energy matrices and policies to imp [...]	2009-01-06 14:19:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EINV EPET ES
09SANSALVADOR637	NEW ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY MOVES TO BAN MINING, SENDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A proposed mining moratorium and statements about hydroelectric projects suggest that the new Ministry of Environment may be adopting an "anti-development" stance. The Ministry has proposed a moratorium on mining, while the FMLN delegation in the Legislative Assembly is pushing [...]	2009-07-07 19:00:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EMIN SENV EINV ES
09SANSALVADOR642	ECONOMISTS DISCUSS GOVERNMENT'S ANTI-CRISIS PLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Two prominent economists offered similar views of the Government of El Salvador's (GOES) $587 million anti-crisis plan. Luis Membreno and Claudio DeRosa separately said the plan largely consisted of increased spending on existing programs. As an economic stimulus, the plan was [...]	2009-07-07 21:20:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EINV KCRN ES
09SANSALVADOR713	NEW PORT AUTHORITY DIRECTOR PUSHING FOR LA UNION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to Port Authority (CEPA) Director Guillermo Lopez-Suarez, President Funes and key FMLN legislators have dropped their insistence upon maintaining state control of the Port of La Union and are now open to a full private concession. Once a concession is granted, however, [...]	2009-07-30 16:24:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT EINV ECON ES
09SANSALVADOR887	EL SALVADOR TO ISSUE $800 MILLION IN EUROBONDS IN OCTOBER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of El Salvador (GOES) announced plans to sell $800 million in Eurobonds in the international market in October. Proceeds from the Eurobonds will be used to improve the liquidity of public finances and provide funding for new social programs. While a new bond off [...]	2009-09-22 15:07:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ES
09SANSALVADOR987	EL SALVADOR'S NATIONAL STATISTICS SYSTEM UNDER REVISION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Director of El Salvador's statistics and census bureau (DIGESTYC) detailed past government interference in government statistics and the major changes the Funes Administration is considering for El Salvador's National Statistics System. First, the GOES is investigating ways [...]	2009-10-16 17:38:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ES
09SANTIAGO1	Fifth Annual Meeting of U.S. - Chile Free Trade [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The fifth annual U.S.-Chile Free Trade Commission (FTC) met December 12 in Santiago, Chile. The FTC discussed: 1) the effects of the U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on trade and investment between the two countries, 2) the FTA institutional framework, 3) FTA implementati [...]	2009-01-02 11:02:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD KIPR EFTA CI
09SANTIAGO1074	CHILE: MONTHLY ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER [...] SUMMARY: Despite recent positive signs, Chile's economy is still working through the negative effects of its recession. Economic activity contracted again in August and September. The unemployment rate in Chile decreased to 10.2% for the first time after nine increases in a row. Although in [...]	2009-11-10 19:14:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN CI
09SANTIAGO111	CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS WEEK OF FEBRUARY 2 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This continues a series of updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. By February 6, copper prices showed a steady rise, the Peso remained stable against the Dollar, and the stock market closed higher. Inflation fell to [...]	2009-02-09 10:21:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
09SANTIAGO1114	STAFFDEL MEACHAM - CHILE'S ECONOMY AND DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staff Member Carl Meacham traveled to Chile October 26-28 to review the state of the economy, the history of Chile's development, and the work of international financial institutions (IFIs) in country. The Chilean economy suffered a rece [...]	2009-11-18 20:17:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PREL OVIP CI
09SANTIAGO1122	AES-GENER: Chilean Minister of Housing Promises to Resolve [...] (SBU) Summary: The Minister of Housing assured the Ambassador that by year's-end she will resolve the regulatory confusion that has undermined a large investment by AES-Gener, a U.S. electric company. In delivering a letter from Commerce Secretary Locke to President Bachelet on AES, the Amba [...]	2009-11-20 19:46:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ENRG PGOV SENV CI
09SANTIAGO130	WAIT 'TIL NEXT YEAR- CHILE'S DIGITAL TV DELAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite lengthy studies and a draft law on the regulatory framework of digital TV, Chile does not/not appear close to selecting a digital TV standard in 2009. Government and industry contacts agree the Bachelet administration will put off the decision, leaving it for a future go [...]	2009-02-11 21:53:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PREL ECPS ITU OVIP TSPL TINT CI
09SANTIAGO138	CHILE'S COMPETING ECOMOMIC VISIONS: A POSSIBLE PREVIEW OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Chile 21 Foundation (a think tank affiliated with Chile's Socialist party) organized a seminar late last month to discuss the current global economic situation and its impact on Chile. Minister of Finance Andres Velasco reviewed the GOC's economic policy designed to combat [...]	2009-02-17 19:40:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
09SANTIAGO161	CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS WEEK OF FEBRUARY 16 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This continues a series of updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. By February 20, copper prices slid backward as copper production fell, the Peso remained stable against the Dollar, and the stock market closed lower. [...]	2009-02-23 19:55:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
09SANTIAGO170	DAS MCMULLEN MEETS WITH ECONOMIC, ENERGY, AND BUSINESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DAS Christopher McMullen met with officials at the Ministry of Finance, the National Energy Commission, business leaders, and the Central Bank Governor during his visit to Chile February 12-13. Senior Finance Ministry staff told DAS McMullen that Chile's process to accede to th [...]	2009-02-25 18:56:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENVR ENRG EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV PREL CI
09SANTIAGO188	CHILE - INPUT FOR 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post recommends Chile remain on the 2009 Special 301 Priority Watch List (PWL) for a third year. There was less progress on intellectual property rights (IPR) than hoped for in 2008. Post has identified four priority areas for GOC action: anti-piracy and counterfeiting, data [...]	2009-03-02 19:32:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD KIPR PREL CI
09SANTIAGO217	CHILE: BIWEEKLY ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] SUMMARY: This continues a series of updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. President Bachelet said publicly that Chile's economic growth will slow in 2009, but remain positive. Chile's economy contracted by 1.4%. The unemploymen [...]	2009-03-09 10:22:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
09SANTIAGO23	CHILE'S ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 5, President Bachelet announced a $4 billion economic stimulus plan designed to create 100,000 jobs and maintain a GDP growth rate of 2-3% in 2009. The plan calls for increased public infrastructure spending, temporary tax cuts for businesses, direct payments to low- [...]	2009-01-09 17:00:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
09SANTIAGO30	CHILE: RECENT ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] SUMMARY: This continues a series of updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. Between December 22, 2008, and January 9, 2009, copper prices recovered from their lows in early December 2008, the Peso rose modestly against the Dollar, a [...]	2009-01-12 10:47:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
09SANTIAGO316	GOC LAUNCHES NEW INITIATIVE TO STIMULATE CREDIT [...] SUMMARY: On March 29, the GOC announced a new "Pro-Credit Initiative" designed to stimulate bank and non-bank credit by generating an extra US$3.6 billion in private loans. The Initiative comes in the face of worsening unemployment and industrial output and places an emphasis on increasing co [...]	2009-04-03 22:11:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
09SANTIAGO334	ECONOMY MINISTER LAVADOS DISCUSSES AMERICAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Economy Minister Hugo Lavados, the Ambassador praised Chile's ongoing preparations to host the Americas Competitiveness Forum (ACF) in late September and discussed continuing IPR concerns. Minister Lavados indicated he very much wants Commerce Secretary Locke [...]	2009-04-08 20:13:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIPR EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
09SANTIAGO368	CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS MARCH 6-APRIL 17 [...] SUMMARY: This continues a series of updates on major developments in Chile's economy. Economic activity fell for the second straight month, contracting by 3.9%. The unemployment rate increased for the third time in a row to 8.5%. Annual inflation fell to 5%, despite a small increase in Mar [...]	2009-04-20 12:16:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
09SANTIAGO442	Chile Wants Free Trade Commission Meeting To Review Pulp [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chile's wood and pulp industry association (CORMA),one of the nation's leading export industries, is pressuring the GOC to address a tax credit received by U.S. pulp and paper companies for use of alternative fuels. In response, the GOC on April 29 sent a letter to USTR reques [...]	2009-05-08 17:39:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD KIPR EFTA CI
09SANTIAGO447	CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS APRIL 17 - MAY 8 [...] SUMMARY: This continues a series of updates on major developments in Chile's economy. Economic activity fell for the fifth straight month, contracting by a less than expected 0.7%. The unemployment rate increased for the third period in a row to 9.2%. Annual inflation fell to 4.5%, resumi [...]	2009-05-08 21:40:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
09SANTIAGO489	CHILE: CENTRAL BANK CONFIRMS ECONOMY HIT HARDER THAN [...] SUMMARY: Chile's Central Bank announced it had sharply downgraded projections for economic growth in 2009, due to the stronger than expected impact of the international financial crisis. The Central Bank predicts GDP growth in 2009 will be between 0.25% and negative growth of -0.75%. In the [...]	2009-05-22 18:18:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
09SANTIAGO533	CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS MAY 8 - JUNE 5 [...] SUMMARY: Chile has officially entered a recession, as the Central Bank reported June 5 that economic activity fell for the sixth straight month. President Bachelet stated publicly that the news demonstrated the size of the challenge facing Chile. She clarified that it also demonstrated that [...]	2009-06-08 11:53:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
09SANTIAGO648	CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS JUNE 6 - JULY 10 [...] SUMMARY: Chile's economy contracted for the seventh straight month by 4.4%, the Central Bank reported July 3. The Finance Minister claimed Chile's economy has stabilized, but a noted economist associated with the opposition disagreed. The unemployment rate increased for the sixth period in [...]	2009-07-13 14:21:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
09SANTIAGO666	2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-15 20:16:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV EFIN ETRD CI
09SANTIAGO689	DHS-FUNDED APEC CASH COURIER WORKSHOP SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, JUNE 9-12, 2009 - USAGE OF FUNDS [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-22 21:34:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON OTRA PTER PREL SNAR PE EINV
09SANTIAGO75	CHILEAN STIMULUS PACKAGE DESIGNED FOR QUICK [...] (SBU) Summary: Chile's recently announced stimulus plan was specifically developed to have a quick impact, Finance Minister Andres Velasco recently told the Ambassador. Half of the public infrastructure spending will be completed by July 2009 and tax incentives are structured to encourage i [...]	2009-01-22 20:22:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PROG CI
09SANTIAGO760	CHILE: OPIC-SUPPORTED INVESTMENT FUND MAY BE BETTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post has no objection to OPIC's proposed investment funds program outlined in ref A. The objectives of the Paladin Realty Latin America Investors III, L.P. fund are compatible with Chile's economic development programs. However, OPIC may find that the program is better targete [...]	2009-08-10 18:26:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV CI
09SANTIAGO790	CHILEAN INVESTMENTS IN VENEZUELA UNDER FIRE [...] (C) Summary: The restrictions on Chilean companies, ability to repatriate funds from Venezuela has become a major irritant between the two countries. Blocked returns exceed $80 million, and the Chilean Congress and companies have pressed the Bachelet Administration to defend Chilean companie [...]	2009-08-19 20:20:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CI VE
09SANTIAGO81	CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS JANUARY 12-23 [...] SUMMARY: This continues a series of updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. Between January 12 and January 23, copper prices slipped, the Peso remained relatively stable against the Dollar, and there was little movement in the stock [...]	2009-01-26 10:15:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
09SANTIAGO812	CHILE: MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS SAYS TRILATERAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chilean Minister of Public Works Sergio Bitar told the Ambassador August 26 that cooperation with the U.S. Treasury on an infrastructure project in Costa Rica will continue. Bitar underlined that this type of trilateral cooperation is "very important" to the GOC. The Minister n [...]	2009-08-28 20:57:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI CR
09SANTIAGO839	ACTION REQUEST RESPONSE: NEGOTIATIONS OVER A BILATERAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-10 18:00:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD CI EFIN EINV
09SANTIAGO868	CHILE: MONTHLY ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - JULY AND AUGUST [...] SUMMARY: Chile's economy may have passed through the worst of the recession, as some macroeconomic indicators show positive signs. The Chilean economy contracted by 4.5% in the second quarter of 2009, and economic activity fell again in July and August. However, August's seasonally adjusted [...]	2009-09-16 13:23:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
09SANTIAGO893	Chile Lauds Honduran Agreement, Low Key on DCA Signing, [...] (C) Summary. On October 30, FM Fernandez and presidential foreign policy advisor Robledo strongly welcomed the U.S.-brokered agreement in Honduras, calling it an historical moment that would have positive consequences for the region. Those officials, when informed of the signing of the Defen [...]	2009-11-03 19:12:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINV ENRG PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO94	CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS WEEK OF JANUARY 26 [...] SUMMARY: This continues a series of updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. By January 30, copper prices rose slightly, the Peso gained some ground against the Dollar, and the stock market closed higher. Retail sales dropped by 9% [...]	2009-01-30 21:12:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
09SANTIAGO946	Chile - Proposed OPIC Financing for Microfinance Growth Fund [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-01 21:23:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO968	CHILE-CALIFORNIA PARTNERSHIP CELEBRATES ACHIEVEMENTS, LOOKS [...] (U) SUMMARY: A California delegation traveled to Chile September 27-29 to recognize the achievements of the Chile-California Partnership and explore more opportunities for engagement. Led by Secretaries of State Dale Bonner and Mike Chrisman, the delegation met with Chilean counterparts to d [...]	2009-10-07 20:56:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON EINV ENRG EAGR OEXC CI
09SANTODOMINGO1169	PROPOSED SALE OF GOVERNMENT-OWNED OIL REFINERY TO [...] (C) The Government of the Dominican Republic (GoDR) is proposing to sell 49 percent of its principal petroleum refinery, REFIDOMSA, to Venezuela's state-owned oil company, PdVSA. The American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) has expressed its concern to the Embassy that this transaction would pro [...]	2009-10-02 18:49:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV PREL DR VE
09SANTODOMINGO1270	U.S.-OWNED ELECTRICITY GENERATOR CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C) Charge and Emboffs,on 10/19, visited the AES Andres power plant, the largest American investment and the only liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the Dominican Republic. AES officials lamented the state of the electricity sector in the country, noting that most of the sector's proble [...]	2009-10-30 17:58:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV DR
09SANTODOMINGO1335	Pharma Industry Laments Lack of Patent Protection [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dominican Republic has serious gaps in its legal and regulatory structure concerning pharmaceutical products. The patent-issuing authority, ONAPI, has not issued any new pharmaceutical patents this year, has a backlog of over 700 cases, and has cases that have been pending s [...]	2009-12-17 19:31:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV PREL DR
09SANTODOMINGO205	BONDS, THIEVES AND ARBITRATIONS: A DOMINICAN [...] (U) Summary: In what the electricity generators consider a very positive step forward, the Dominican Corporation of State-Owned Electricity Companies (CDEEE) is paying a large part of its outstanding 2008 balance to the generators with USD 250 million in bonds backed by a sovereign guarantee. [...]	2009-02-13 14:51:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EINV DR
09SANTODOMINGO515	DARK DOMINICAN NIGHTS LOOM AS DEBT TO POWER [...] (U) Despite optimism earlier this year that the government would be able to settle its debt to the private electricity generators, the government's failure to pay 2009 invoices has instead compounded last year's deficit and led to increased blackouts in recent weeks. A corruption scandal in th [...]	2009-04-30 17:24:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV DR
09SANTODOMINGO570	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC IS BAD FOR BUSINESS, SAYS [...] (C) Summary: Managers from U.S. investment company Advent International told EconOffs that they have faced numerous barriers to their conduct of business since acquiring the airport concessionaire Aerodom Dominicana Siglo XXI in October 2008. Among these is a GODR official who has harassed, threate [...]	2009-05-18 17:29:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR KCOR EINV ECON DR
09SANTODOMINGO632	SANTO DOMINGO ECONOMIC-POLITICAL ROUNDUP, MAY 29, [...] New Customs Director and Superintendent of Banks 2. Pressure Builds on the GODR to Seek an IMF Agreement 3. Government Seeks to Buy Out Remaining Private Participation in Electricity Distribution 4. Constitutional Reform and Nationality Â [...]	2009-05-29 17:43:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ENRG EINV PHUM DR
09SANTODOMINGO687	2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATIONS [...] Below is the 2009 submission of the Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriations Claims for the Dominican Republic. The same will be sent via e-mail with all changes from the 2008 marked as well as a list of the claimants. 2. The United States Government is presently aware of twenty (20 [...]	2009-06-16 16:58:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EINV KIDE OPIC ECON DR
09SANTODOMINGO892	LIGHT AT END OF THE TUNNEL FOR DR ENERGY SECTOR? [...] (U) President Fernandez announced on August 4, 2009 that the GoDR, with the assistance of Inter-American Development Bank (IDB),World Bank (WB),and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will undertake a two-year plan to address the country's electricity crisis. The initia [...]	2009-08-13 16:38:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR ECON ENRG EINV
09SANTODOMINGO963	REVENUE SHORTFALLS SEND THE GODR BACK TO THE IMF [...] President Leonel Fernandez, at an 8/21 meeting of the GoDR's economic team, instructed Central Bank Governor Hector Valdez and Secretary of Finance Vicente Bengoa to head a delegation to Washington this week to seek an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) aimed at obtaining a l [...]	2009-08-25 18:21:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN EINV IMF DR
09SAOPAULO11	BRAZILIAN MEDIUM-SIZE BANKS: KEY TO SMES [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives from five medium-size banks and the World Bank's International Finance Corporation met at Consulate General Sao Paulo on December 18 to discuss the operating environment for medium-size banks, major problems in the sector, and possible steps forward for 2009. T [...]	2009-01-08 15:15:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
09SAOPAULO121	OUTLOOK FOR BRAZILIAN NATURAL GAS MARKET POSITIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's Congress has passed natural gas legislation that would create specific roles for production, distribution, and commercialization of natural gas. The original bill, passed by Brazil's lower house in August 2007 and then with revisions in the Senate on December 3, clari [...]	2009-03-04 13:11:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EFIN EINV BR
09SAOPAULO204	THE FINANCIAL CRISIS AND BRAZIL'S ELECTRICITY SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's electricity demand generally follows economic growth and recent data confirms a big dip in consumption, particularly from the industrial sector. The electricity sector itself should suffer minimal impacts as most companies are well-capitalized and were financially sou [...]	2009-04-03 13:02:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EFIN EINV BR
09SAOPAULO208	BRAZIL'S REGIONAL CITIES FEEL THE EFFECTS OF THE GLOBAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's regional cities in Sao Paulo State and Minas Gerais are feeling the effects of the financial crisis. During a March 16-19 outreach visit to several interior cities, local business leaders indicated that the current financial crisis created a vicious cycle of falling ex [...]	2009-04-06 12:53:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR BR
09SAOPAULO265	Brazil: Morgan Stanley's Dismal View of 2009 Growth [...] (SBU) Summary: Economic growth in Brazil will fall to negative 4.5 percent this year, Morgan Stanley country manager Daniel Goldberg told Ambassador Sobel in an April 23 meeting. Goldberg cited low corporate confidence and weak industrial production numbers as the main drivers. His firm exp [...]	2009-05-06 10:48:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
09SAOPAULO280	THE BANCO DO BRASIL LEADERSHIP SHAKEUP [...] (SBU) Summary: President Lula announced last month a leadership change at the Banco do Brasil (BB),replacing independent-minded Francisco de Lima Neto with PT-loyalist Aldemir Bendine. The shakeup is intended to expand credit in an economy where consumers and businesses have long paid high [...]	2009-05-14 14:38:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
09SAOPAULO310	THE "OBAMA ADVANTAGE" AT 100-PLUS DAYS [...] (U) Summary: President Obama's popularity translates into an "Obama Advantage" that post has used to gin up outreach efforts and build reporting contacts. A post-generated Obama PowerPoint has proven to have far greater longevity than we had anticipated, and we continue to get speaker request [...]	2009-05-22 14:11:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO PINR OIIP KIRC ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
09SAOPAULO317	The MST Method: Work the State, Alienate the Locals [...] (SBU) Summary: The Landless Rural Worker's Movement (MST) follows a pre-planned methodology in its land seizures that includes leveraging contacts within the GOB's National Institute of Colonization and Agricultural Reform (INCRA) to help select targets, according to MST expert Clifford Welch [...]	2009-05-29 13:55:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAGR ELAB PHUM PINS EINV SOCI ASEC BR
09SAOPAULO320	BRAZILIAN ECONOMY SHOWING FIRST SIGNS OF RECOVERY [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil increasingly appears to be in a state of early economic expansion. Recent market and sentiment indicators have shown improvement. More importantly, contacts have started speaking with much greater optimism about Brazil's outlook and their willingness to take risk than e [...]	2009-06-01 14:33:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV BR

09SAOPAULO367	BRAZIL: PRIVATE SECTOR AND CENTRAL BANK DISCUSS BILAT [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S.-Brazil bilateral relationship is probably at a multi-decade high, thanks in part to institutions like the CEO Forum, which provide a flexible vehicle for the business sector to move the relationship forward, according to Sao Paulo private sector and Central Bank interlo [...]	2009-06-25 14:25:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN SENV BR
09SAOPAULO373	WHY IS BRAZIL'S COST OF CREDIT SO HIGH? [...] (SBU) Summary: Consumers and businesses pay more for loans in Brazil than they do in almost any other country, with average interest rates on credit cards of 200 percent and some of the highest banking spreads in the world. While the GOB blames banks (and vice-versa) for the high real intere [...]	2009-06-30 14:47:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
09SAOPAULO391	BRAZILIAN PRIVATE SECTOR VIEWS ON FREE TRADE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Private sector leaders from the powerful Sao Paulo Federation of Industries (FIESP) emphasized their growing interest in negotiating a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT),a Bilateral Tax Treaty (BTT),as well as liberalizing trade with Mexico and the United States, during meeting [...]	2009-07-07 13:18:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
09SAOPAULO5	BRAZILIAN CURRENCY DEPRECIATION: AFFECTING THE ECONOMY? [...] (U) Summary: Brazil's currency depreciated by more than 40 percent against the USD since the global financial crisis hit Brazil. The depreciation has less to do with Brazil's economic fundamentals and more with global risk aversion and the rush to U.S. Dollars. The strength of the Brazilian [...]	2009-01-07 10:55:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
09SAOPAULO506	BRAZIL: Ex-Im Chairman's Visit Opens New Opportunities for [...] Summary: In his first official international visit, Fred Hochberg, the newly appointed Chairman and President of the U.S. Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im),highlighted Brazil as a priority for the USG and committed to deepening bilateral trade relations. In meetings July 28-31 in Rio and Sao Paulo, [...]	2009-08-26 10:42:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD BEXP EINV ECON ENRG BR
09SAOPAULO531	BRAZILIAN BUSINESS SEES RECOVERY UNDERWAY [...] SUMMARY: Following two quarters of economic contraction, most Brazilian private sector representatives agree the local economy is solidly on the road to recovery. Restored domestic consumer confidence and strong domestic demand are fueling business optimism. Underlying factors contributing to [...]	2009-09-09 17:26:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV BR
09SAOPAULO549	BRAZIL: PUBLIC BANKS' RISING INFLUENCE BRINGS INCREASED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Public bank growth in Brazil has played a positive counter-cyclical role against the impact of the global financial crisis, but has also raised concerns. In the near-term, continued growth in public bank lending could accelerate inflation. Over the longer term, public banks may [...]	2009-09-15 13:00:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV BR
09SAOPAULO55	SOFT POWER GOLD: PRESIDENT OBAMA INSPIRES AFRO-BRAZILIANS [...] (U) Summary: Sao Paulo's leading Afro-Brazilians organized a packed (300-plus person) dinner event attended by the community's leading figures, from celebrities to successful business persons, to celebrate President Barack Obama's inauguration on January 20. The atmosphere was euphoric. The [...]	2009-01-27 16:41:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KPAO BR
09SAOPAULO624	BRAZIL: NEW TAX UNLIKELY TO CURB REAL APPRECIATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Brazilian government's (GoB) October 20 decision to re-impose a two percent tax on financial transactions (IOF) in order to curb appreciation of the local currency is unlikely to have a significant impact controlling the Real's rise or on foreign direct investment. The IOF a [...]	2009-10-26 18:00:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL BR
09SAOPAULO630	BRAZILIAN MIDDLE CLASS ON THE RISE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Brazil's middle class, as measured in income terms, has grown rapidly in recent years and now represents approximately half of the population according to government figures and independent analysis. Coinciding with this rise in incomes, more Brazilians are gaining access to pro [...]	2009-10-27 18:50:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL PGOV CVIS BR
09SAOPAULO67	FIESP CALLS FOR A BILATERAL TRADE DIALOGUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On Monday, January 19, Ambassador Sobel met with FIESP (Federation of Industries of Sao Paulo) President Paulo Skaf, FIESP's chief trade negotiator, Mario Marconini, and others. Skaf and Marconini underscored FIESP's concerns over the perceived Foreign Ministry's inactivity [...]	2009-01-30 17:58:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV ENRG BR
09SAOPAULO688	Brazil's Natural Gas Output to Rise, but Challenges Remain [...] (SBU) Summary: The potential natural gas reserves found in Brazil's offshore pre-salt cluster could help boost domestic production and reduce Brazil's dependency on foreign natural gas, possibly as early as 2020. According to energy sector experts at a conference sponsored by Gas Energy, while [...]	2009-11-25 14:14:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EFIN PGOV BR ETRD EINV
09SAOPAULO728	SAO PAULO KEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS, DECEMBER 1-15, 2009 [...] (U) SUMMARY: This cable covers the period of December 1-15, 2009. It highlights economic, energy and science and technology developments in the Sao Paulo Consular District not covered by broader reporting. Some significant developments during the period were: Brazil's bullet train project, re [...]	2009-12-16 16:47:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV BR ETRD EINV
09SAOPAULO92	BRAZILIAN ETHANOL SECTOR AND THE FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: The effects of the global financial crisis are visible within Brazil's sugar and ethanol sector with industry experts estimating that about 20 percent of Brazil's ethanol mills are suffering financial difficulty. Even though the fundamentals for the sector remain positive, and [...]	2009-02-11 18:30:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ENRG EFIN EINV BR
09SARAJEVO1148	BOSNIA: OPIC ACTION REQUEST - PROCREDIT HOLDINGS [...] Per Reftel action request, post did not uncover information on Procredit Holdings, and its subsidiary in Bosnia, Procredit Bank BiH, that would prevent OPIC from extending its subordinated loan to ProCredit Holdings. The local branch, managed by a staff of European expatriates, has a previou [...]	2009-10-02 04:34:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV MX EC NU RO BK
09SARAJEVO1149	BOSNIA: OPIC ACTION REQUEST - PROCREDIT HOLDINGS [...] Per Reftel action request, post did not uncover information on Procredit Holdings, and its subsidiary in Bosnia, Procredit Bank BiH, that would prevent OPIC from extending its subordinated loan to ProCredit Holdings. The local branch, managed by a staff of European expatriates, has a previou [...]	2009-10-02 04:34:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV MX EC NU RO BK
09SARAJEVO251	BOSNIA: EU REBUFFED BY RS AGAIN ON TRANSCO [...] (C) RS Minister of Energy Puhalac submitted a strongly-worded reply to EU officials on February 17 regarding the EU,s offer to conduct a management review of the moribund state-run electricity transmission company Electroprijenos (TRANSCO). Instead of a reply from the RS Government, Puhalac i [...]	2009-03-02 08:52:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EINV ENRG PINR PREL BK
09SARAJEVO42	BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has made considerable efforts to open its economy to more foreign investment. Major initiatives include a liberal State Foreign Investment Policy Law, a value-added tax (VAT),and a uniform trade and customs policy. However, foreign investors continue to face a num [...]	2009-01-13 10:20:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV KTDB OPIC USTR BK
09SARAJEVO75	BOSNIA: FY09 BFIF PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] Post appreciates EEB/CBA's offer of Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) support. Per reftel instructions, we submit the following proposals in rank priority order. Our responses are keyed to reftel instructions. 2. Regional Balkan Energy Meeting (Two-Day),April 2009. a) The Bal [...]	2009-01-16 15:03:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ABUD AMGT BTIO ECON EINV ETRD
09SEOUL1073	NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - JUNE 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. In This Issue -- DPRK Intensifies H1N1 Flu Preventive Measures -- DPRK Bond Prices Nosedive Following Launch of DPRK Rocket -- DPRK Opens Limited Internet Cell Phone Service -- WHO Provides Tamifl [...]	2009-07-08 01:21:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
09SEOUL1092	SOUTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - JUNE 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- ROKG to Invest 24.5 Trillion Won in 17 New Growth Engines -- Current Account Surplus of USD 4.28 Billion in April -- Business Sentiment Recovering in [...]	2009-07-10 06:07:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS
09SEOUL1177	SOUTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - JULY 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- South Korea's GDP Ranking Falls to Fifteenth Highest -- Inflation Rate Slows to 2 Percent in June -- Producer Prices Fall in June -- Trade Surplus Re [...]	2009-07-28 00:16:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS
09SEOUL1194	NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - JULY 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. In This Issue ------------- -- North Korea Begins Closing General Markets -- DPRK Sets Up Environmental Protection Plan -- DPRK Establishes a Charity Branch in Beijing -- DPRK Engages in Disaster P [...]	2009-07-30 03:04:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
09SEOUL1389	NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - AUGUST 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- ROK Think Tank: DPRK Faces Worst Economic Crisis since 1994 -- DPRK Develops Wind Power Capacity -- Number of DPRK Mobile Phone Users Increases to 48 [...]	2009-08-31 08:02:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
09SEOUL1402	SOUTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - AUGUST 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- Producer Prices Reverse Course, Rise on Monthly Basis -- July Consumer Inflation Slowed -- Household Debt Risks Expected to Rise -- FX Reserves Conti [...]	2009-09-02 02:19:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS
09SEOUL1435	ROK RELATIONS WITH UZBEKISTAN: BLOOD, GAS, GOLD [...] (C) Uzbek Embassy DCM Alisher Okhunjonov gave us an upbeat assessment of bilateral ties with South Korea, which is now Uzbekistan's number one East Asian investor and one of its top trade partners. Using Uzbekistan's large ethnic Korean community as a bridge, the Korea Gas Corporation, the Kor [...]	2009-09-08 07:39:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PINR PGOV ECON EINV KS UZ
09SEOUL1563	NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - SEPTEMBER 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- New Finance Minister Named -- Labor Drive Campaign Extended -- DPRK Shuts Down Wholesale Market -- DPRK Expands Telecommunications Network -- Pyongyan [...]	2009-09-30 05:13:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
09SEOUL1569	SOUTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - SEPTEMBER 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- National Income Resurges in the Second Quarter -- ROKG Sets 2010 Budget at 290 Trillion Won -- KDI Raises 2009 Growth Forecast -- South Korea Ranks N [...]	2009-09-30 08:37:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS
09SEOUL1733	SOUTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - OCTOBER 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- IMF: Korea's Per-capita GDP Down in 2009 before Recovering -- Trade Surplus Continues to Grow in September -- Number of Self-Employed Falls by Most i [...]	2009-10-30 07:46:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS
09SEOUL1740	NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - OCTOBER 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- ROK Scholar: DPRK Economy Dysfunctional, Not in Crisis -- DPRK Restores Science and Technology Commission -- DPRK Establishes Ship Control Center to [...]	2009-11-02 08:17:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
09SEOUL187	KOREA RAMPS UP ITS G20 EFFORTS; SEEKS TO [...] (C) Summary: Korea has ramped up its efforts on the G20 process, and ideally hopes to see the G20 become the main forum for global economic and financial coordination in the future. Former Finance Minister Sakong Il, Korea's new coordinator on G20 issues (as well as senior advisor to Preside [...]	2009-02-05 10:44:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV PREL KS
09SEOUL1873	SOUTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - NOVEMBER 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- Korea's Trade Dependency Over 90 Percent -- Foreign Currency Reserves Continue to Rise -- International Organizations Raise ROK Economic Outlook -- P [...]	2009-11-30 06:26:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS
09SEOUL1879	NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - NOVEMBER 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- Cabinet Considers New Economic Campaign -- Economic "Informationalization" Declared Key to Success -- DPRK Modernizes Steel Complex -- English Classe [...]	2009-12-01 04:42:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
09SEOUL2006	SOUTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - DECEMBER 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. In This Issue ------------- -- Economy Records 3.2 Percent Quarterly Growth -- ROKG, IMF Optimistic About 2010 -- ROKG Plans to Expand Stake in IMF and World Bank -- ROKG Plans "Business Summit" [...]	2009-12-28 04:09:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS
09SEOUL2008	NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - DECEMBER 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. In This Issue ------------- -- ROK Experts: Currency Reform Will Increase Poverty -- DPRK Adopts New Economic Laws -- DPRK Population Exceeds 24 Million -- DPRK Seeks to Develop Wind Power -- DP [...]	2009-12-28 05:35:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
09SEOUL2016	KOREA'S "AFRICA GREEN GROWTH PARTNERSHIP" RAMPS UP [...] (C) The "Africa Green Growth Partnership," launched by President Lee in November, will double ROK Official Development Assistance (ODA) to Africa by 2012. A key facet of the initiative, which is part of a broader program to expand the ROK's development assistance programming, will be the dis [...]	2009-12-30 02:17:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EINV ETRD SENV XA KS
09SEOUL314	SEOUL ECONOMIC BRIEFING -- FEBRUARY 2009 [...] (U) Korea,s 2008 Current Account Posts USD 6.41 Billion Deficit: South Korea,s 2008 current account shifted to a deficit of USD 6.41 billion from 2007,s surplus of USD 5.88 billion dollars. The goods account surplus decreased to USD 5.99 billion from the previous year's 28.17 billion dollars, [...]	2009-02-27 10:27:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD EINV KS
09SEOUL315	NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - FEBRUARY 2009 [...] (U) Slow Growth in Inter-Korean Trade Masks Big Changes in Composition: The Ministry of Unification (MOU) announced that inter-Korean trade in 2008 grew just 1.2 percent to USD 1.82 billion (following growth rates of 27.8 percent in 2006 and 33.2 percent in 2007). South Korea's exports to the [...]	2009-03-01 22:35:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
09SEOUL327	POHANG AND POSCO ADJUSTING FOR THE FUTURE -- AMBASSADOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: During a visit to Pohang, the home of Korea?s steel industry, the Ambassador learned that POSCO, the world?s fourth largest steel producer, is having to adjust to the global economic slowdown, cutting production for the first time in its four decades of existence. The company, ho [...]	2009-03-03 01:05:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EMIN ELAB EINV PGOV PINR KS
09SEOUL455	IRAN CALLS FOR "BOLD STEPS" FROM OBAMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian Head of Judiciary Ayatollah Seyyed Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi visited Seoul with several senior Iranian legal and diplomatic officials March 16-18 at the invitation of ROK Chief Justice Lee Yong-hoon. Shahroudi, his Senior Advisor for International Affairs Mohammad Javad [...]	2009-03-23 07:59:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EAID PINR PREF PREL KS IR AF IZ PK
09SEOUL544	NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - MARCH 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-03 07:38:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS
09SEOUL576	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HIALEAH WITH AN EAGER BUSAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Busan Mayor Hur Nam-sik called on Ambassador Stephens on April 2 to thank her for progress on the Joint Assessment Environmental Procedure affecting the return of Camp Hialeah. The Ambassador and Mayor agreed that a quick and smooth return is in both countries' interests. For [...]	2009-04-09 06:26:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR EINV KS
09SEOUL58	NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - DECEMBER 2008 [...] (U) Inter-Korean Exchange Fund Allocation to Increase in 2009, although National Assembly Slashes ROKG Share: The Ministry of Unification (MOU) said December 14 that it will set aside about 1.5 trillion won (USD 1.1 billion) in 2009 to facilitate economic and humanitarian exchanges with North [...]	2009-01-12 08:01:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
09SEOUL753	ROKG, KOREAN COMPANIES REACHING OUT TO CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: ROK President Lee Myung-bak will be visiting Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan May 10-14. His meeting with Uzbek President Islam Karimov will be his third in 15 months, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Eurasia Division Director Lim Soo-suk told Poloffs on May 7. Seoul is in [...]	2009-05-12 01:07:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAID EAIR EINV ENRG EPET KS UZ KZ
09SEOUL776	NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - APRIL 2009 [...] (U) DPRK Reportedly Bans Wide Array of Goods from Markets: The Korea Institute for Far Eastern Studies (IFES) reported that "North Korea Intellectual Solidarity," a South Korean civic group consisting of 600 North Korean defectors, claimed that North Korean authorities released on March 15 a l [...]	2009-05-15 01:00:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
09SEOUL780	SOUTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - APRIL 2009 [...] (U) Manufacturers' Confidence Posts Largest Gain since 2003: Manufacturers' confidence for April rose as more companies expressed optimism over eased woes in the financial market and the expected effects of the government's stimulus package, the central bank said on March 31. The business surv [...]	2009-05-15 07:04:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS
09SEOUL812	NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - MAY 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. In This Issue ------------- -- DPRK Finance Minister Kim Announces National Budget to Increase 7 Percent in 2009 -- EU Seizes USD 20 Million in DPRK Deposits Reportedly for Yacht Purchases in It [...]	2009-05-21 06:23:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
09SEOUL841	KOREAN ECONOMY BEGINS TO SHOW FASTER-THAN-EXPECTED SIGNS OF [...] (SBU) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not rpt not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Korean economy has proved more resilient than most think tanks expected during the steepest part of the global downturn in January and February. In the first quarter of 20 [...]	2009-05-28 10:19:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS
09SEOUL845	KOREAN ECONOMY BEGINS TO SHOW FASTER-THAN-EXPECTED SIGNS OF [...] (SBU) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not rpt not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Korean economy has proved more resilient than most think tanks expected during the steepest part of the global downturn in January and February. In the first quarter of 20 [...]	2009-05-28 10:25:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS
09SEOUL846	KOREAN ECONOMY BEGINS TO SHOW FASTER-THAN-EXPECTED SIGNS OF [...] (SBU) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not rpt not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Korean economy has proved more resilient than most think tanks expected during the steepest part of the global downturn in January and February. In the first quarter of 20 [...]	2009-05-28 10:27:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS
09SEOUL847	KOREAN ECONOMY BEGINS TO SHOW FASTER-THAN-EXPECTED SIGNS OF [...] (SBU) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not rpt not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Korean economy has proved more resilient than most think tanks expected during the steepest part of the global downturn in January and February. In the first quarter of 20 [...]	2009-05-28 10:29:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS
09SEOUL96	SOUTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - JANUARY 2009 [...] (U) ROKG Adopts Expansionary USD 219 Billion 2009 Budget; Accelerates Spending: The National Assembly approved the 2009 Budget and Public Fund Operations Plan on December 13, providing an overall budget of 284.5 trillion won (USD 219 billion) -- USD 157 billion for government accounts and USD [...]	2009-01-21 02:32:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KS
09SHANGHAI124	ALIBABA WORKS MAGIC DESPITE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN [...] (SBU) Summary: Hangzhou, the provincial capital of Zhejiang Province, prides itself on its rapidly growing high-tech sector. City leaders often draw comparisons between the city and Silicon Valley, citing the symbiosis of its numerous high-tech companies and rich academic community. Perhaps [...]	2009-03-17 09:51:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINT PGOV EINV ELAB KIPR BEXP OIIP CH
09SHANGHAI132	ANHUI OPENS THE DOOR TO COOPERATION ON IPR [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 10, Anhui Province opened the door to cooperation on intellectual property rights (IPR) with the United State by holding a roundtable at the Consulate's request. The meeting was a breakthrough for the Consulate, representing the first engagement on IP issues with t [...]	2009-03-20 08:41:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ETRD KIPR PREL CH
09SHANGHAI149	CHANGZHOU EMBRACES CLOSER U.S. TIES, ENJOYS HONEYMOON WITH [...] (SBU) A key Yangtze River Delta (YRD) city located roughly midway between Shanghai and Nanjing, Changzhou aggressively woos foreign investors, and city officials often travel to the United States and Europe to expand commercial ties. Responding to repeated invitations from energetic city offi [...]	2009-04-02 08:42:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD ELAB SCUL SENV CH
09SHANGHAI160	CHINA AND AFRICA: SHANGHAI VIEWS ON EXPANDING TRADE AND [...] (C) Summary: During March 2009 meetings with four Shanghai-based Africa scholars, the largest Chinese investor in Africa, and officials from the Egyptian and South African Consulates General in Shanghai, Congenoffs examined the evolving state of China-Africa relations. The upcoming Forum on China-A [...]	2009-04-10 01:32:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EINV CH XA TW
09SHANGHAI175	THE PERFECT MURDER? DEVELOPMENT ZONE TAKES "BUSINESS AS [...] (C) An industrial development zone in western Shanghai hosted a glitzy investment seminar in Pudong's World Financial Center on April 10, one month after the zone's Communist Party Secretary was brutally murdered in an underground parking lot. There were no public references to the murder durin [...]	2009-04-16 08:45:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV PHUM SOCI EFIN CH
09SHANGHAI185	(SBU) EAST CHINA SEES CORPORATE BOND MARKET OPENING SLOWLY [...] (SBU) Summary. Foreign-invested banks in Shanghai generally agree that they will take only gradual steps into local corporate bonds traded on the interbank market. Several banks are still studying the market conditions, although one disappointment already is that foreign-invested banks most [...]	2009-04-23 02:14:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV
09SHANGHAI186	SANMEN NUCLEAR POWER PLANT - OFFICIALS MARK THE START OF [...] On April 19, the National Development and Reform Commission - National Energy Administration (NEA),China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC),State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNPTC),and the Sanmen Nuclear Power Company hosted a construction commencement ceremony for the Sanmen Nuc [...]	2009-04-24 07:09:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECIN EINV TRGY BEXP CH
09SHANGHAI189	WUXI: YANGTZE RIVER CITY REMAINS OPTIMISTIC IN FACE OF [...] (SBU) Local government officials in Wuxi, a major exporting city in East China, told PolOff on April 20 that while the global financial crisis and China's economic downturn have hurt exporters, Wuxi is optimistic it will weather the economic downturn, particularly given its 10 percent growth du [...]	2009-04-24 08:20:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD ELAB CH
09SHANGHAI191	(C) STATE COUNCIL APPROVES SHANGHAI FINANCIAL REFORM PLAN [...] (C) Summary. A leading Shanghai government finance official recently revealed that the State Council has approved a critical document for Shanghai, laying out how the city will become an international financial and shipping center. Reforms could include opening a financial futures market, al [...]	2009-04-27 11:21:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON EFIN EINV PGOV
09SHANGHAI193	SCANDAL-RIDDEN WENZHOU DEALT ANOTHER BLOW [...] (SBU) Scandal-ridden Wenzhou in Zhejiang Province was dealt another blow on April 1 when a document was posted on the internet that identified local officials who illegally bought houses at below market prices. The case reportedly is related to the mysterious disappearance last fall of Yang Xi [...]	2009-04-28 06:50:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON EINV CH
09SHANGHAI194	IPR - MOVING THE BALL DOWN FIELD IN ZHEJIANG WITH PATENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Building on the Consulate's successful engagement with Zhejiang intellectual property (IP) officials during a roundtable in January 2009 (reftel),the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and China's State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) co-sponsored a joint seminar on [...]	2009-04-28 08:31:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD EINV EFIN PGOV CH
09SHANGHAI210	CENTRAL CHINA EXPO HIGHLIGHTS ACHIEVEMENTS, DOWNPLAYS [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 25-26, Shanghai Deputy Principal Officer and ConOff traveled to Hefei, Anhui, to attend the 2009 Central China Expo. This annual gathering aims to promote the `Rise of Central China' through investment and economic development in the six Central Chinese provinces of Hu [...]	2009-05-07 10:10:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EINV ETRD ELTN EAIR CH
09SHANGHAI211	ANHUI SHOWCASES INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN LU'AN [...] (SBU) On April 25-27, Shanghai Deputy Principal Officer and ConOff traveled to Anhui to attend the 2009 Central China Expo in Hefei (ref A) and visit Lu'an Municipality in western Anhui. `Central China Rising' was the theme of the weekend, and provincial leaders and Foreign Affairs Office (FAO) [...]	2009-05-08 02:30:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ELTN EIND PGOV SOCI CH
09SHANGHAI252	NANJING CONTINUES TO LEAD ON IPR ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Nanjing continues to push the envelope on intellectual property rights (IPR) protection in East China. During a May 18 through 20 visit to the city, IPR Officer Conrad Wong from the U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou engaged Nanjing IP Administration officials, who said that patent ap [...]	2009-06-08 08:56:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD EINV EFIN PGOV CH
09SHANGHAI28	SOUTHERN JIANGSU'S VIEW ON SOCIAL STABILITY [...] (C) Consulate contacts in southern Jiangsu Province have mixed views on the impacts of China's economic downturn, stating that the region continues to attract investment, but they acknowledged that many local export-oriented companies are feeling the effects of slowing external demand. As in o [...]	2009-01-14 05:41:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV ELAB PHUM CH
09SHANGHAI291	HOUSEHOLDS LOOKING AT REAL ESTATE PURCHASES, BUT GROWTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese households in cities across China began to show renewed interest in residential property during the first four months of 2009, but the boost this gives to the economy is limited because developers are still running down their housing inventory. Speculators, who drove i [...]	2009-07-01 05:46:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV SOCI
09SHANGHAI292	BEIJING LOOSENING RESTRICTIONS ON PROPERTY DEVELOPERS [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent weeks the Central Government has shifted from--in the words of one contact--"strangling" the property sector with regulatory restrictions to encouraging families to purchase homes. While this is not the direct aid that many struggling property developers were hoping [...]	2009-07-01 10:59:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN EINV PGOV SOCI
09SHANGHAI321	(C) AUSTRALIAN CONSUL GENERAL'S BRIEFING ON THE RIO TINTO [...] (C) Summary. Australian diplomats in Shanghai have not passed judgment on whether the detention of four Rio Tinto employees here (refs A-B) is retaliation for the failed Chinalco acquisition of Rio Tinto (refs C-D) or for reasons relating to an impasse in iron ore contract negotiations. The [...]	2009-07-19 10:49:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON EINV CH AS
09SHANGHAI33	ZHEJIANG VICE GOVERNOR PROMOTED TO COMMERCE VICE MINISTER [...] (SBU) China's State Council recently appointed Zhejiang Vice Governor Zhong Shan to move to the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) as Vice Minister. Zhong has served in Zhejiang's provincial government since 2003 during a period of rapid economic growth and the expansion of trade and investment tie [...]	2009-01-16 07:06:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PGOV PREL EINV ECON PINR CH
09SHANGHAI362	STIMULUS BOOSTING GROWTH, SHANGHAI ANALYST TELLS CODEL BOEHNER [...] (SBU) Summary: China's economy is likely to achieve the Central Government's 8 percent growth target this year, a Shanghai-based investment bank analyst told CODEL Boehner on August 11. However, much of the growth is a result of Beijing's economic stimulus measures, which are non-transparent [...]	2009-08-19 04:05:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG PREL OVIP CH
09SHANGHAI369	FEARS OF POLICY CHANGES DRIVE SHANGHAI STOCKS SLUMP [...] (SBU) Summary: The Shanghai stock market's recent 18 percent decline stems from three main factors, say ConGen Shanghai contacts: a more cautious Central Government stance regarding potential asset bubbles; profit-taking by some leading institutional investors; and an expected moderation to t [...]	2009-08-20 08:51:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON CH EFIN EINV PGOV
09SHANGHAI372	U.S.-CHINA STRATEGIC & ECONOMIC DIALOGUE: SHANGHAI OBSERVERS [...] (SBU) Summary: Shanghai financial sector representatives generally acknowledge the symbolic and confidence-building value of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED),although many are uncertain about the actual economic impact of the discussions. End summary. ================ [...]	2009-08-27 11:30:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN EINV PGOV
09SHANGHAI380	BOOSTING CHINESE DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION PROBLEMATIC, SAY EAST [...] (SBU) Summary: China's decentralized investment approval process aids the entry of foreign businesses into the China market, in the view of ConGen contacts in Shanghai's financial sector. However, problems with official approval of investment projects and the varying quality of government ca [...]	2009-09-04 11:16:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CH
09SHANGHAI394	SHANGHAI OFFICIALS, U.S. BANKS DISCUSS CURRENT ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: During a September 3-6 visit to Shanghai, Representative James Moran (D-VA) and Joint Economic Committee Chair Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) met with Shanghai municipal government officials and American bank representatives to discuss ways the US-China economic relationship could be use [...]	2009-09-17 05:33:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV OREP CH
09SHANGHAI401	CHINESE BANKS DEMANDING ASSURANCES ON FOREIGN BANKS' [...] (SBU) Summary: New Chinese regulations governing derivatives trading that went into effect September 16 are having a disproportionate negative impact on foreign-invested firms. In the face of efforts by foreign-invested banks to modify or roll back the requirements, the major Chinese banks [...]	2009-09-22 05:56:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN EINV PGOV
09SHANGHAI410	SHANGHAI DEFINING ITS ROLE AS AN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Shanghai received a large rhetorical boost this past spring in its quest to build a modern financial sector that might eventually rival New York and London. The State Council, after months of delay, issued an endorsement of Shanghai's goal to become China's international finan [...]	2009-09-30 05:21:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CH
09SHANGHAI411	60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS BALANCE LOCAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS [...] (SBU) As Shanghai prepares to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the People's Republic of China on October 1, municipal government officials and the state-run media have attempted to balance local pride with national unity. In public statements and newspaper articles, Shang [...]	2009-09-30 06:42:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ETRD EINV EFIN KPAO SOCI TPHY CH
09SHANGHAI44	(SBU) NANJING BANKERS NOTE SURGE IN GOVERNMENT PROJECT [...] (SBU) Summary. Chinese domestic and Hong Kong commercial bank representatives in Nanjing confirmed that new lending for government-sponsored projects surged in December and January. Over the past year, said the officials, lending quotas established by China's central bank have made the greate [...]	2009-01-22 09:03:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED	CH ECON EFIN EINV PGOV
09SHANGHAI444	JIANGSU PURSUES INVESTMENT-FUELED GROWTH DESPITE CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Summary: With little regard for Central Government concerns about investment bubbles or overcapacity, Jiangsu -- East China's largest province -- is tapping a locally funded government stimulus program and lending to large firms to rack up impressive growth figures even as net exports r [...]	2009-11-02 10:41:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CH
09SHANGHAI451	ODD NUMBERS: EXPLAINING JIANGSU'S PROVINCIAL ECONOMIC DATA [...] (SBU) Summary: Jiangsu Province economic growth figures do not add up -- provincial GDP growth is well above national average, while key indicators such as exports and electricity production have declined. Jiangsu's reported figures also outshine the province's neighbors Shanghai and Zhejian [...]	2009-11-09 09:54:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CH
09SHANGHAI469	REAL ESTATE TALES FROM A SECOND-TIER CITY: NANJING HOUSING [...] (SBU) Summary: Real estate sales are booming in Jiangsu -- as they are in neighboring provinces -- and have become a key component of economic growth following the introduction of real estate stimulus measures in December 2008. However, our contacts say that the stimulus measures will be dif [...]	2009-12-04 11:04:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV CH
09SHANGHAI475	POSITIVE VIBES FROM PRESIDENT'S VISIT; SHANGHAI SCHOLARS [...] (SBU) Shanghai-based scholars generally expressed positive views on President Obama's November visit to China during a panel discussion on December 7 but noted areas of friction and disagreement that remain unresolved. They appeared optimistic that U.S.-China relations are headed in the right [...]	2009-12-10 08:04:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PHUM CH
09SHANGHAI477	AMBASSADOR'S JIANGSU TRIP BUILDS TIES WITH RISING LOCAL [...] (SBU) Ambassador Huntsman's three-city swing through Jiangsu province December 2-4 offered the opportunity to meet a crop of rising provincial leaders, introduce Consulate Shanghai's new officer for Nanjing Affairs, discuss the local business climate, promote intellectual property rights protec [...]	2009-12-11 06:16:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EINV PREL KIPR CH ETRD SCUL
09SHANGHAI486	2009 SHANGHAI FDI SNAPSHOT [...] (SBU) Summary: In 2009, Shanghai's foreign direct investment (FDI) continued to grow despite China's dramatic drop in nationwide FDI. Municipal officials and academics report that Shanghai's increasingly service-based economy, the Central Government's anointment of Shanghai as a future intern [...]	2009-12-16 10:57:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV CH ETRD
09SHANGHAI488	GREATER U.S. EX-IM BANK ROLE URGED BY SHANGHAI BANKERS [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign bank executives in Shanghai recommended that the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im) increase its operations in China by working with second-tier banks to finance imports by Chinese small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs). They urged Ex-Im to establish a [...]	2009-12-18 06:13:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV CH
09SHANGHAI494	FAST CHINESE LOAN GROWTH BUOYS PROVINCIAL BANK'S AMBITIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Bank of Jiangsu (BOJS) -- a model for government-led reform of China's municipal-level commercial banks -- appears to be prospering from the current lending boom, and has set its sights on becoming a trans-regional bank. Within Jiangsu Province in East China, BOJS is building a [...]	2009-12-21 12:52:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV CH
09SHANGHAI50	SOCIAL STABILITY IN JIANGSU: NANJING SCHOLARS OFFER [...] (C) Two prominent political scholars in Nanjing, Jiangsu's provincial capital, offered different views on social stability in Jiangsu, where migrant workers from the rural northern part of the province may not be able to find jobs in developed southern Jiangsu after the Lunar New Year. The sch [...]	2009-01-29 08:33:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV ELAB PHUM CH
09SHANGHAI51	RURAL EASTERN ANHUI STABLE AND PROSPEROUS IN THE YEAR OF THE [...] (C) Rural Eastern Anhui Province appeared festive and upbeat on the eve of Lunar New Year celebrations despite continued reports of returned migrant workers facing difficult job prospects after the holiday. A County Governor who attended Central Party School training in Shanghai in November 20 [...]	2009-01-30 04:07:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV ELAB PHUM CH
09SHANGHAI53	SHANGHAI AIRLINES FACES TURBULENT TIMES [...] (SBU) Summary: Shanghai Airlines (SAL),China's fifth largest and first independently-run local airline, struggled through a string of economic blows in 2008, and the global economic slump is promising to bring more hardship in 2009. Shanghai Airlines Senior Vice President Gu Jiadan said the [...]	2009-01-30 11:22:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH EAIR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV
09SHANGHAI54	SHANGHAI UNIVERSITIES NURTURE NEXT GENERATION OF IPR [...] (SBU) Summary. A key element of the Shanghai Municipal Government's efforts to be a leader in intellectual property rights (IPR) protection has been the establishment and support of IPR colleges and research centers at several major universities throughout the city. Although these schools tr [...]	2009-01-30 11:23:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD EINV EFIN SCUL TBIO CH
09SHANGHAI55	CHINA SETS SIGHTS HIGH FOR NEW REGIONAL JET [...] (SBU) Summary: China's ambition to produce a domestically designed and manufactured aircraft, the ARJ21 "regional jet", is nearing reality. During a January 8 visit to the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC),Consulate officers talked with company executives and viewed the plane [...]	2009-01-30 11:23:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV ETRD ECON KIPR ELAB CH
09SHANGHAI58	CORRECTED COPY: CHINA SETS SIGHTS HIGH FOR NEW REGIONAL JET [...] (SBU) Summary: China's ambition to produce a domestically designed and manufactured aircraft, the ARJ21 "regional jet", is nearing reality. During a January 8 visit to the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC),Consulate officers talked with company executives and viewed the plane [...]	2009-02-02 03:56:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV ETRD ECON KIPR ELAB CH
09SHANGHAI59	ZHEJIANG RESUMES COOPERATION WITH U.S. ON IPR [...] (SBU) Summary: After nearly two years of Consulate efforts to revive relations on intellectual property rights (IPR),Zhejiang IP officials held a roundtable on January 12 on efforts to protect IPR in the province. The meeting is a breakthrough in IPR relations, representing the first engage [...]	2009-02-02 05:34:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD EINV EFIN SCUL TBIO CH
09SHANGHAI64	(SBU) GOVERNMENT HOUSING STIMULUS PLANS FOCUSED ON [...] (SBU) Summary. Chinese government plans to expand subsidized housing have been designed to limit the benefits to property developers, according to a new contact who works with one of China's main real estate market indexes -- in fact, the government is not opposed to housing prices falling fa [...]	2009-02-04 04:35:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL
09SHANGHAI70	BAO STEEL GLOOMY ON QUICK ECONOMIC RECOVERY [...] (SBU) Summary: China's largest steel producer, Bao Steel, is pessimistic about China's economic prospects through 2009. In a February 3 meeting with Bao Steel, Vice President Dai Zhihao said that demand in China's steel market remains lackluster with no sign of recovery. Although excess stoc [...]	2009-02-06 09:42:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EIND EINV ELAB PREL CH
09SHANGHAI72	EAST CHINA CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY ON U.S. TRANSPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: During a February 4 courtesy call on East China Regional Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC) Director General Xia Xinghua, the Consul General (CG) raised several industry issues, including Polar Air Cargo's request for an additional slot at Pudong Airport and UPS' [...]	2009-02-06 11:21:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EFIN PREL EINV CH
09SHANGHAI79	JAPANESE MANUFACTURERS IN EAST CHINA HIT HARD BY ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Japanese manufacturers in East China started seeing a drop in domestic and export demand in early 2008 but did not cut production until late 2008, hoping for Olympics-driven growth and pressured by Chinese JV partners to "keep the machines running," according to Shanghai-based [...]	2009-02-13 01:20:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV CH JA
09SHANGHAI89	JIANGSU SCHOLARS SEEK CLEARER U.S. POLICIES ON FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) A desire for greater policy clarity by the United States dominated comments regarding the new U.S. administration by economists and sociologists at the Jiangsu Academy of Social Sciences. Jiangsu's export-dominated economy has suffered more than other parts of China with the global econo [...]	2009-02-20 09:03:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD EINV SOCI CH

09SHANGHAI96	ANHUI'S AUTO INDUSTRY HURT BY ECONOMIC DOWNTURN, BENEFITS [...] (SBU) Summary: After years of double-digit growth, Chery Automobile Company and Jianghuai Automobile Company (JAC),two large Chinese auto manufacturers headquartered in Anhui Province, saw sales slump in 2008 due to the economic downturn, with exports hit particularly hard. Recent government [...]	2009-02-27 01:39:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN EINV ELAB EIND PGOV CH
09SINGAPORE1002	SINGAPORE PREPARES TO PHASE OUT STIMULUS MEASURES [...] (U) Summary: Singapore is extending for an additional six months a popular wage subsidy program widely credited with saving thousands of jobs and businesses during the recession. The program was part of an anticipated one-year set of stimulus measures laid out in last January's budget. Howe [...]	2009-10-15 08:40:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV SN
09SINGAPORE1016	SINGAPORE PASSES TAX INFO SHARING LAW, EYES U.S. TAX [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore took a step to exiting the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) "grey list" of tax havens by passing tax amendments that improve its ability to exchange tax information with foreign authorities. Singapore is also renegotiating existing Double T [...]	2009-10-20 09:30:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV SN
09SINGAPORE1108	SINGAPORE BROADBAND NETWORK PROMISES FASTER INTERNET [...] (SBU) Summary: Supported by a billion dollars in subsidies, Singapore is launching construction of a city-wide next generation broadband network that promises higher connectivity speeds at lower subscription rates. The new fiber-to-home network is part of a grand ten-year plan begun in 2005 [...]	2009-11-19 02:51:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON ETRD EINV SN
09SINGAPORE1142	SINGAPORE POSITIONS TO BE CARBON TRADING CENTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Singapore hosted an October conference on emissions trading and carbon finance, highlighting the role Asia, and potentially Singapore, can play as a center for carbon trading. Speakers at the Carbon Forum Asia conference voiced concerns about the lack of carbon credit supply and a [...]	2009-12-01 10:15:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV ECON KGHG SN
09SINGAPORE1217	SINGAPORE VIEW OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT WITH IRAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Singapore maintains positive economic relations with Iran and would be open to expanded economic ties, though Singapore is mindful of proliferation issues and international sanctions, Government of Singapore (GOS) officials told Emboffs. Singapore has engaged Iran in the contex [...]	2009-12-20 23:42:00	Embassy Singapore	SECRET	ETRD EINV ENRG ECON PREL KNNP IR SN
09SINGAPORE1245	SINGAPORE FTA REVIEW REVEALS PROGRESS IN SOME AREAS, DEAD [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore and U.S. trade officials noted progress in resolving outstanding trade issues during an annual review of the 2004 U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The review saw positive developments in the processing of two textile short supply requests, initiatives under [...]	2009-12-28 06:03:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EFIN EINV ECPS SENV EAGR KTEX KIPR SN
09SINGAPORE128	LACK OF TRANSPARENCY CAN BE A CHALLENGE FOR U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Some U.S. and other foreign firms have found the lack of transparency from the Singapore government and its government-linked corporations (GLCs) a serious challenge in operating in Singapore. The GOS maintains a strong grip on the economy, whether through the Economic Developm [...]	2009-02-11 09:50:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG ECPS ECON SN
09SINGAPORE131	SINGAPORE REACTS TO LEADERSHIP CHANGES AT TEMASEK [...] (C) Summary: Despite denials from Temasek leadership, the announcement of the upcoming departure of CEO Ho Ching from Singapore's sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings is suspected to be at least partly a result of the fund's recent poor performance. Ho oversaw a broad expansion and diversi [...]	2009-02-12 09:51:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV SN
09SINGAPORE165	GOS PROVIDING $200 MILLION TO "AIRPORT PARTNERS" IN 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) will provide S$200 million to airlines and "airport partners" to help bolster local aviation and airport business in 2009. Funds will be disbursed in the form of property tax and rental rebates, as well as other incentives. Air [...]	2009-02-25 06:26:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EIND EINV ETRD ECON SN
09SINGAPORE167	OUTLOOK MIXED FOR SINGAPORE'S AVIATION REPAIR INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: 2009 is expected to be difficult for the aviation maintenance and repair overhaul (MRO) industry in Singapore. As the recession deepens and leisure travel slows, some carriers may be forced to ground older planes and default on payments. MRO companies face challenges securing [...]	2009-02-26 04:20:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EIND EINV ETRD ECON SN
09SINGAPORE186	SINGAPORE 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW - RECOMMEND NO [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to Ref A request, Post recommends maintaining Singapore's current Special 301 status in 2009, i.e., not on the Watch List. Singapore is committed to enhancing what is already one of Asia's strongest intellectual property regimes. The government continues to implem [...]	2009-03-02 08:25:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD EINV USTR WTRO SN
09SINGAPORE294	SINGAPORE MAKING CHANGES TO AVOID TAX HAVEN LABEL [...] This cable is classified Sensitive but Unclassified (SBU) please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Government of Singapore (GOS),concerned that being labeled as a non-cooperative tax haven would dent its ambitions to become a global financial center, announced on March 6th that [...]	2009-03-30 07:38:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV SN
09SINGAPORE308	OUTLOOOK FOR PORT OF SINGAPORE FROM MARITIME AND PORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The economic downturn has caused container volumes to decline substantially in Singapore, but it has not had a comparable effect on vessel traffic and daily operations at the port, Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) officials told Emboffs March 31. There are no ships laid up in [...]	2009-04-02 01:46:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT SENV EPET ETRD EINV ECON SN
09SINGAPORE311	SINGAPORE: UPDATE ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ISSUES [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Econoffs met with officials from the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) March 26 to discuss progress made on intellectual property rights (IPR) issues since the October review of the U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA) (Ref A),and urge IPOS to focus on reso [...]	2009-04-03 06:31:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR EINT EINV ETRD ECON SN
09SINGAPORE355	SINGAPORE SEES SHARP DECLINE IN GDP, LOOSENS MONETARY [...] (U) Summary: The Singapore government announced April 14 that first quarter GDP growth was 11.5 percent lower than the first quarter of 2008, the sharpest fall in GDP on record. The steep drop is attributed to the collapse in global trade demand which has dramatically reduced economic activi [...]	2009-04-16 00:31:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV SN
09SINGAPORE477	TEMASEK DIVESTS BANK OF AMERICA HOLDINGS, CHANGES STRATEGY [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings confirmed it sold its entire 3.8 percent stake in Bank of America at what appears to be a substantial loss, ending its foray into U.S. financial sector investments. The sale comes only two years after Temasek's original entry in [...]	2009-05-20 08:13:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON SN
09SINGAPORE492	SINGAPORE: 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-27 08:54:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV SN
09SINGAPORE51	SINGAPORE - 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) In response to reftel instructions, this message is Post's draft chapter of the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Singapore. As requested, we have also provided via email a Microsoft Word version of the document to EB/IFD/OIA. 2. (SBU) Begin text of Statement: 2009 Investment Cli [...]	2009-01-15 09:16:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR SN
09SINGAPORE588	FOLLOWING THE MONEY TRAIL OF SINGAPORE'S SECRETIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite a portfolio estimated at more than $300 billion, the funding sources and uses of Singapore's two sovereign wealth funds (SWF) are shrouded in secrecy and not well understood by the Singapore public or most analysts. SWF funds come from three sources: the government's [...]	2009-06-23 09:21:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON ECIN ETRD SN
09SINGAPORE612	SINGAPORE DOWNPLAYS ITS ECONOMIC RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Singapore is one of Burma's largest investors and trading partners, but the GOS downplays the bilateral economic relationship and asserts the economic relationship offers little leverage to engage Burma on non-economic issues. The GOS does not actively promote investment in Burm [...]	2009-06-29 06:30:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD ECON PREL BM SN
09SINGAPORE623	SINGAPORE AMENDING TAX LAW TO IMPROVE INFO SHARING [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore's Ministry of Finance has issued for comment draft amendments to its Income Tax Act to improve exchange of information on tax matters and bring Singapore in line with OECD standards. The OECD's inclusion of Singapore on its "grey list" of non-compliant jurisdictions [...]	2009-07-01 07:06:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON SN
09SINGAPORE631	GOS TAKES OVER LNG TERMINAL PROJECT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOS has taken over ownership and development of Singapore's first liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal after the companies developing the project struggled to secure financing that would keep the terminal on track for a 2012 deadline. The LNG terminal is considered critical [...]	2009-07-02 10:22:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV ECON SN
09SINGAPORE695	SINGAPORE SWF TEMASEK REVERSES LEADERSHIP TRANSITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Temasek Holdings, one of Singapore's two sovereign wealth funds, announced it had canceled plans for U.S. citizen Charles Goodyear to take over as CEO on October 1. Ho Ching, the current CEO and Executive Director (and PM Lee's wife) will remain in charge. The announcement abr [...]	2009-07-22 12:22:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN SN
09SINGAPORE704	SINGAPORE AIRPORT "CORPORATIZED"; LEE FAMILY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Singapore has "corporatized" Changi International Airport in a move that will consolidate control of the domestic aviation sector in the hands of sovereign wealth fund Temasek and the Lee family. Aviation regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) has split off [...]	2009-07-24 09:16:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EINV ETRD PGOV ECON SN
09SINGAPORE715	SINGAPORE ELECTRONICS SECTOR RECOVERING, BUT FUTURE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore's electronics manufacturing sector is facing a transformative shift as it begins to recover from recession. The economic downturn gave a further push to a trend already underway as high-volume, lower value-added manufacturing departed Singapore for lower-cost produce [...]	2009-07-29 10:20:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV SN
09SINGAPORE717	TEMASEK MULLING OPENING FUND TO CO-INVESTORS [...] (U) Ho Ching, CEO of Singapore sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings, disclosed in a July 29 speech that the fund was considering opening up to co-investors from the general public. Ho said a pilot program would organize relevant structures and devise rules of engagement on how to proceed wi [...]	2009-07-30 08:50:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV SN
09SINGAPORE722	SINGAPORE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE STEADY AS ECONOMY BEGINS [...] (U) Summary: Singapore's overall unemployment rate stayed steady at 3.3 percent during the second quarter, although industry still reported 12,400 net job losses, mostly in manufacturing. Unemployment during the economic slowdown has been lower than in previous recessions, and much better tha [...]	2009-07-31 09:32:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EINV SN
09SINGAPORE734	SEAGATE CLOSES SINGAPORE HDD PLANT, CONTINUING ELECTRONICS [...] (SBU) U.S.-based Seagate Technology announced August 4 that it would relocate its hard disk drive (HDD) manufacturing from Singapore to other Seagate facilities elsewhere in Asia by the end of 2010 and would lay off 2000 of its current 8000 person labor force. Seagate has had operations in Si [...]	2009-08-05 09:52:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV CN SN
09SINGAPORE755	WIPO CENTER COMING TO SINGAPORE, BUT IPR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Singapore and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) signed an agreement on July 28 to establish the first WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center outside of Geneva. Singapore is already home to a WIPO office and the new Center is slated to open in January 2010. News [...]	2009-08-13 03:52:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	KIPR ETRD EINV ECON SN
09SINGAPORE779	READOUT OF SOUTHEAST ASIA ISSUES DISCUSSED AT TWELFTH [...] (U) The 12th annual meetings of the Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) convened July 5 through 10 in Brisbane, Australia. The APG highlighted challenges in Southeast Asia in anti-money laundering (AML) and combating financing of terrorism (CFT) and identified many acute training need [...]	2009-08-18 10:12:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PREL ID MY SN TH VM
09SINGAPORE78	SINGAPORE - NO PROTECTIONIST PROPOSALS ON INVESTMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-23 09:03:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV SN
09SINGAPORE842	TEMASEK UPDATES CHARTER TO REFLECT COMMERCIAL FOCUS [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings revised its charter to reflect what it called "a changed environment," downplaying its former leadership role in managing Singapore's state-owned companies and guiding the country's economic development. The new charter emphasiz [...]	2009-09-03 02:12:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN SN
09SINGAPORE884	SINGAPORE PUSHING R&D AND POACHING TALENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Singapore (GOS) aims to grow research and development (R&D) spending to three percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) by 2010. GOS agencies advocate a results-driven and integrative approach to R&D in order to expand the local economy and involve foreign [...]	2009-09-14 08:33:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND EINV TSPL TBIO PGOV PREL SN
09SINGAPORE951	SINGAPORE SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND SHOWS SHARP LOSSES [...] Summary: Singapore's largest sovereign wealth fund lost 20 percent of its value in the last financial year ending in March, but has since made up much of the losses in the ensuing recovery in financial markets. In only its second annual report in its history, the Government of Singapore Inve [...]	2009-09-29 08:07:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV SN
09SINGAPORE978	SINGAPORE, CHINA PLAN DIALOGUE TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore and China will hold a joint economic dialogue in early 2010 to discuss recent experiences dealing with the financial crisis and economic slowdown, and plans to reorient their economies post-recession. Singapore officials are still developing plans for the hastily prop [...]	2009-10-06 23:50:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PREL CN SN
09SINGAPORE994	SINGAPORE KEEPS MONETARY POLICY UNCHANGED AS ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore's GDP tallied up 14.9 percent growth in the third quarter compared to the previous quarter, its second consecutive strong quarter of double digit growth. The government revised upward its official estimates of 2009 GDP growth, predicting a contraction of between 2.0 [...]	2009-10-13 10:20:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV SN
09SOFIA27	BULGARIA: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The following is the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Bulgaria: A. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT Bulgaria has put in place a liberal foreign investment regime, including low, flat corporate and income taxes and competitive incentives to attract high levels of foreign investment. Prom [...]	2009-01-20 15:14:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR BU
09SOFIA287	BULGARIA: 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] The United States government is aware of two (2) claims of U.S. persons that may be outstanding against the Government of Bulgaria (GOB),and one (1) that has been closed in the past one year. 2. This report is keyed to reftel instructions. CASE 1 ------ (A.) Claimant A (ongoing cas [...]	2009-06-12 06:45:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KIDE CASC PGOV BU
09SOFIA324	BULGARIAN ECONOMY: STORM CLOUDS DARKEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The government will barely get past the July 5 general elections before a gathering economic storm erupts. EU, IMF, WB, and think tank forecasts are turning uniformly negative, with economic contraction now expected to range between 7 and 10 percent. Foreign Direct Investment [...]	2009-06-26 13:45:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV BU
09SOFIA535	BULGARIA: COMMENTS ON OPIC-SUPPORTED GLOBAL RENEWABLE [...] Per reftel, Post supports OPIC's proposed investment in the USRG Emerging Market Fund ("the Fund") and is not aware of any derogatory information on the prospective fund manager, US Renewables Group, LLC. 2. The Fund's objectives appear entirely consistent with Bulgaria's energy needs and p [...]	2009-09-24 11:53:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV BU
09STATE112853	DIALOGUE ON ECONOMIC COOPERATION (DEC): ENERGY [...] (SBU) This cable reports on the October 19, 2009, DEC Energy Sessions. The discussions on Public Financial Management, Financial Services, Investment and Trade, and Industry and Private Sector Development will be reported separately. Interlocutors are recorded in paragraph 16. 2. (SBU) S [...]	2009-11-02 18:08:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ EPET ENRG EINV ECON
09STATE113362	DIALOGUE ON ECONOMIC COOPERATION: SESSIONS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The afternoon sessions of the October 19 Dialogue on Economic Cooperation (DEC) focused on trade, investment, industry, and private sector development. Throughout these sessions, USG and Government of Iraq (GOI) interlocutors acknowledged that Iraq's investment climate was "imp [...]	2009-11-03 17:16:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EINV ETRD IZ
09STATE115571	MINISTERS SHAHRISTANI AND KAREEM DISCUSS IRAQ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the margins of the Dialogue on Economic Cooperation (DEC) and the U.S.-Iraq Business and Investment Conference (BIC),the Iraqi Minister of Oil, Dr. Hussain al-Shahristani, and the Iraqi Minister of Electricity, Dr. Kareem Wahid al-Hasan, met with USG officials. Minister Sh [...]	2009-11-09 19:12:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV PGOV IZ
09STATE120241	ANGOLA: TRANSPORT MINISTER'S MEETING WITH DOT [...] (SBU) On November 4, 2009, Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood held a thirty-minute meeting with Angola,s Minister of Transport Augusto da Silva Tomas. The Minister spoke in great detail and with great enthusiasm (and without notes) about Angola,s integrated plan to completely restructure [...]	2009-11-20 21:52:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AO EAIR EINV ETRD PGOV PREL
09STATE120250	ANGOLA: TRANSPORT MINISTER TELLS WASHINGTON [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 2. Summary and Action Request -------------------------- 2. (SBU) Angolan Minister of Transportation August da Silva Tomas and a delegation of Government of Angola transportation figures discussed future cooperation in supp [...]	2009-11-20 22:16:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	AO EAIR EINV ETRD PGOV PREL
09STATE125902	LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (BELGRADE 1326 ) [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidates nominated to attend the IMET Command General Staff College course. 2. (U) The Department of State has vetted the individuals listed in reftel and possesses no credible derogatory info [...]	2009-12-09 15:20:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV SR
09STATE129118	JAPAN: DEMARCHE ON POSTAL REFORM REVIEW [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: The Government of Japan is currently undergoing an intensive process of reviewing postal reform policies and drafting new legislation regarding the structure and services offered by Japan Post. The USG, though neutral [...]	2009-12-17 20:44:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV JA
09STATE129201	(U) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON THE RETIREMENT OF [...] (SBU) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATED REFTEL ON THE TRANSITION OF PERSONNEL IN INDIA'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM. THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON S.K. BANERJEE'S DEMEANOR, ENGAGEMENT WITH US OFFICIALS, AND HIS ABILITY TO LEAD INDIA'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM WAS PARTICULARLY HELPFUL. WE WOULD WELCOME A [...]	2009-12-17 23:01:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR BEXP ECON EINV ENRG PREL TRGY IN
09STATE130560	KUDOS TO DUBAI AND ABU DHABI FOR EXCELLENT [...] (SBU) EEB appreciates Embassy Abu Dhabi's and Congen Dubai's timely, consistent, and astute reporting on the recent Dubai World debt crisis and related financial events. These cables have been extremely helpful in laying out the broader political and economic policy challenges posed by the deb [...]	2009-12-23 17:48:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL AE
09STATE131382	(U) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON AZERBAIJAN [...] (S) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE CLOSELY FOLLOWING DEVELOPMENTS RELATED TO THE AZERI GOVERNMENT AND WOULD APPRECIATE ANY INFORMATION POST CAN PROVIDE ON RELATIONSHIPS OF KEY NATIONAL POLITICAL FIGURES WITH PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV, AS TIME AND RESOURCES PERMIT. SPECIFICALLY OF INTEREST ARE ANY INSI [...]	2009-12-28 22:31:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PINR EFIN EINV PGOV PREL AJ
09STATE131728	(S) KUDOS ON ORGANIZED CRIME REPORTING [...] (S) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS APPRECIATE REF REPORTING ON BULGARIA'S MOST WANTED. THIS IS EXACTLY THE TYPE AND QUALITY OF REPORTING ANALYSTS LOOK FORWARD TO AND VALUE. ADDITIONAL REPORTING ON PROMINENT ORGANIZED CRIMINALS, THE ACTIVITIES THEY ARE INVOLVED IN, AND THEIR LINKS TO PROMINENT BUSINESS [...]	2009-12-29 22:03:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KCRM PGOV SNAR BU
09STATE132385	(U) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON ALIYEV FAMILY [...] (S) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE CLOSELY FOLLOWING THE ALIYEV GOVERNMENT AND WOULD APPRECIATE ANY INFORMATION POST CAN PROVIDE ON PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV'S FAMILY, AS TIME AND RESOURCES PERMIT. INDIVIDUALS OF PARTICULAR INTEREST INCLUDE FIRST LADY MEHRIBAN ALIYEVA, PRESIDENTIAL DAUGHTER LEYLA ALIY [...]	2009-12-31 15:40:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PINR EFIN EINV PGOV AJ
09STATE23533	CONFERENCE ON BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN THE [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. The Department of the Interior (DOI) will hold its fifth Conference on Business Opportunities in the Islands on April 6-8, 2009 in Honolulu, Hawaii. The conference will provide businesses from around the world with opportunities to le [...]	2009-03-12 17:27:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD CVIS XV
09STATE26719	(U) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON ESTONIA'S ECONOMIC [...] (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATE INFORMATION FROM POST ON ESTONIA'S ECONOMIC TIES TO RUSSIA. ANALYSTS CONTINUE TO FOLLOW ESTONIA'S ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL TIES TO RUSSIA IN LIGHT OF EU, NATO, AND US RESPONSES TO THE AUGUST 2008 GEORGIA CONFLICT AND THE MOST RECENT UKRAINE-RUSSIA GAS [...]	2009-03-19 21:55:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL EN
09STATE26881	OPIC-SUPPORTED INVESTMENT FUND IN THE REGION [...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 4. 2. OPIC management is considering support of a new $400-$500 million private equity fund, Paladin Realty Latin America Investors III, L.P. (the "Fund") that will be sponsored by Paladin Realty Partners, LLC (the "Sponsor"),of which a $200 million [...]	2009-03-20 13:00:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV BR CI MX PE
09STATE29727	(U) IMPACT OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN ON [...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ECONOMIC ANALYSTS ARE CLOSELY MONITORING THE IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN ON SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN ECONOMIES AND THE REACTION OF REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS, PRIVATE SECTORS, AND GENERAL POPULATIONS TO NEGATIVE IMPACTS DOMESTICALLY. SENIOR US POLICY MAKERS HAVE EXPRESSED [...]	2009-03-27 14:54:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR ECON EFIN EINV EMIN SE
09STATE31398	WORLD BANK'S MIGA PLANS IRAQ TRIP AND ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) Representatives of the Departments of Treasury, Commerce, and State met with the head of the World Bank Group's Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA),Executive Vice-President Izumi Kobayashi, and Chief Operating Officer James Bond, to discuss MIGA's incipient efforts at suppor [...]	2009-04-01 15:34:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC BEXP BTIO EFIN EINV OTRA IZ
09STATE3451	DEMARCHE REQUEST: ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW INSURANCE [...] (U) BACKGROUND AND ACTION REQUEST: According to recent press reporting in Japan, Japan Post Insurance Co. Ltd. (Kampo Life) has announced that it intends to develop and market a new cancer insurance product with assistance from Nippon Life Insurance Company. Embassy Tokyo is requested to vis [...]	2009-01-13 21:16:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EINV JA
09STATE37071	MARCH 2009 OECD WORKING GROUP ON BRIBERY MEETING [...] (SBU) U.S. delegation (USDEL) members from the Commerce, Justice, and State Departments and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) participated in the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) meeting in Paris March 16-20, 2009. The WGB made significant progress on its Review of Instruments, w [...]	2009-04-15 16:00:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH CI ECON EG EINV EN ETRD EZ FR ID IN IS PGOV
09STATE41764	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 20:10:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV IZ IR
09STATE42778	KAZAKHSTAN OFFICIALS MEET WITH EEB A/S DAVID [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-28 17:52:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN EINV
09STATE45222	BIOFUELS RULEMAKING: GUIDANCE ON RESPONDING TO [...] (U) This cable provides information about an imminent rulemaking announcement that is likely to be of significant international interest, and guidance for responding to requests for information or comments. Posts should restrict their discussion to the talking points in paragraph 17. Inquirie [...]	2009-05-04 21:30:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EINV ENRG EPA EPET ETRD
09STATE48534	Deputy Secretary Steinberg Letter to President [...] Please deliver the following message from the Deputy Secretary to President Aliyev. There will be no signed original. 2. Begin text: Dear Mr. President: The State Department has recently been informed by executives of Boeing Commercial Aircraft that Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) [...]	2009-05-13 00:37:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PGOV PREL ECON EINV AJ
09STATE49477	2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] This is an action request. -------------------------- SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST -------------------------- 2. Action Request: Pursuant to the requirements of Section 527 of the FY 94-95 Foreign Relations Authorization Act (FRAA),the Department must prepare an annual, non-public rep [...]	2009-05-14 18:20:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV
09STATE63863	(S/NF) KUDOS TO U.S. EMBASSY MANAGUA FOR TDY [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS APPRECIATE POST'S REPORTING ON THE CURRENT MICRO- AND MACROECONOMIC CHALLENGES FACING THE ORTEGA ADMINISTRATION AS HIGHLIGHTED IN REFS. ANALYSTS VALUED THE INSIGHT INTO HOW ORTEGA MAY HANDLE THE BUDGET DEFICIT AND THE POTENTIAL LOSS OF MCC AND EUROPEAN BUDGET SUPPORT, [...]	2009-06-19 17:23:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR ECIN ECON EINV ETRD NU
09STATE74735	(U) RUSSIAN ENERGY MINISTER SERGEY SHMATKO [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE INTERESTED IN INFORMATION CONCERNING RUSSIAN ENERGY MINISTER SERGEY SHMATKO. SHMATKO SINCE HIS APPOINTMENT IN MAY 2008 AS ENERGY MINISTER HAS QUICKLY ASSUMED A PROACTIVE ROLE IN ADVANCING RUSSIA'S ENERGY DIPLOMACY. SHMATKO ALSO APPEARS OPEN TO REVIVING THE LO [...]	2009-07-17 17:08:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR BEXP BTIO EINV ENRG RS
09STATE77666	(U) LAOS: RESPONSE TO GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE KEENLY INTERESTED IN ASSESSING LAOS'S VULNERABILITY TO FOREIGN ECONOMIES AND THE LIKELIHOOD THAT VIENTIANE IS ACTIVELY MANAGING ITS EXPOSURE TO CHINA, THAILAND, AND VIETNAM. ECONOMIC REPORTING ON LAOS'S BUDGET DIFFICULTIES AND GROWTH PROSPECTS PROVIDED US WITH A [...]	2009-07-24 20:19:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR ECON EFIN EINV PREL LA
09STATE79541	Secretary Clinton's July 24, 2009 Conversation [...] (U) July 24, 2009; 2:30 PM; Washington, DC. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Deputy Secretary Jim Steinberg Ambassador Chris Hill Public Affairs Assistant Secretary P.J. Crowley NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey D. Feltman Executive Assistant Joseph MacManus NEA Senior [...]	2009-07-30 15:54:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EINV EPET SOCI UNSC PREF OVIP
09STATE80207	(C) KUDOS AND FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS ON CHINA'S [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATE REFTEL ON CHINA'S INVESTMENT TREATY NEGOTIATIONS WITH FRANCE. GIVEN THE ADMINISTRATION'S REVIEW OF THE MODEL BILATERAL INVESTMENT TREATY (BIT),WE ARE MONITORING OTHER ONGOING INVESTMENT NEGOTIATIONS, ESPECIALLY AS THEY RELATE TO INCREASING INVE [...]	2009-07-31 22:02:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR BTIO ECIN EINV ETRD CH
09STATE80762	Secretary Clinton?s July 24, 2009 Higher [...] Classified by NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman for Reason: 1.4 (d) 2. July 24, 2009; 3:30 PM; Washington, DC. 3. Participants: U.S. Secretary Ambassador Christopher Hill NEA A/S Feltman PA A/S Philip Crowley USAID A/A Alonzo Fulgham DOJ D A/F David Ogden U/S Jud [...]	2009-08-03 23:27:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EINV EPET SOCI OVIP CLINTON
09STATE84641	(C/NF) ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR THE HONDURAN DE [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE KEENLY INTERESTED IN THE ECONOMIC PROSPECTS FOR HONDURAS IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. WE HAVE APPRECIATED POST'S PREVIOUS ECONOMIC REPORTING AND CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE CAPACITY OF THE DE FACTO GOVERNMENT TO OPERATE AND TO MAINTAIN SUPPORT, AS WELL AS THE CALCULATION [...]	2009-08-13 21:37:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR ECIN ECON EFIN EINV HO
09STATE87262	(U) KUDOS FOR SERBIA TYCOON REQUIREMENTS [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS APPRECIATED REFTELS REGARDING THE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL ACTIVITIES OF SERBIAN TYCOONS. THE REPORTS HELPED ANALYSTS GAIN A DEEPER KNOWLEDGE OF HOW WEALTHY SERBIAN BUSINESSMEN INFLUENCE POLITICS DOMESTICALLY AND THROUGHOUT THE REGION, ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS NON-TRANS [...]	2009-08-21 14:28:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV RI
09STATE88241	(U) RUSSIAN BUSINESS PRESENCE IN AFRICA [...] (C) RUSSIA APPEARS TO BE INCREASING ITS ECONOMIC FOCUS ON SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, AS ILLUSTRATED BY PRESIDENT MEDVEDEV'S RECENT TRIP TO THE CONTINENT. WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WOULD LIKE TO ESTABLISH A BASELINE OF RUSSIA'S ECONOMIC PRESENCE AND IMPACT IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA. AS TIME AND RESOURCES PER [...]	2009-08-24 21:40:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR BBSR ECON EINV AO BC BN BY CD CF CG CM CN CT
09STATE92500	(C/NF) KUDOS FOR COMPREHENSIVE HONDURAN ECONOMIC [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS APPRECIATION FOR EMBASSY REPORTING ON ECONOMIC PROBLEMS STEMMING FROM RECENT POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS. REFTELS WERE EXTREMELY USEFUL FOR UNDERSTANDING THE FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS FACING THE DE FACTO GOVERNMENT AND THE OVERALL HONDURAN ECONOMIC ENV [...]	2009-09-04 18:18:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR ECON EINV HO
09STOCKHOLM195	SWEDISH FINANCE MINISTER ON FINANCIAL CRISIS, [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 16, Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg told Treasury DAS Meyer and CDA the following regarding the financial crisis, Swedish banks and the Baltics: - Swedish banks can absorb further losses given their profitability in recent years. The Swedish financial sector i [...]	2009-03-20 15:48:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV EN LG LH SW
09STOCKHOLM34	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: SWEDEN [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-16 12:13:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV KIDE KSPR OPIC KTDB USTR SW
09STOCKHOLM375	SWEDISH-IRAQI TRADE INCHING FORWARD [...] Summary: With the opening of the new Swedish embassy in Baghdad this summer, all signs point to further strengthening and deepening of the cooperative ties between Sweden and Iraq. Trade deals between Swedish companies and Iraq partners are inching forward despite financing troubles and secu [...]	2009-06-23 13:59:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PREL IZ SW
09STOCKHOLM625	SWEDEN ASKS FOR U.S. VIEWS ON CHINESE PURCHASE OF VOLVO AND [...] (SBU) Summary: During a meeting with the Ambassador, Swedish State Secretary for Enterprise Goran Hagglund described "very strong Chinese interest" in buying 100% of Volvo-cars, which is owned by Ford, and 30-40% of Saab which is owned by GM. He said his government had asked the companies to [...]	2009-10-01 05:17:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR EINV ETRD PREL SW CM
09STOCKHOLM740	SAAB: HOPE NOW WITH THE CHINESE AS KOENIGSEGG DEAL [...] (U) Summary. Luxury car maker Koenigsegg announced on November 24 that they will not pursue their purchase of Saab, blaming the "time-consuming bureaucracy" of the European Commission and other major players. All hope is now with the Chinese because the Swedish government reiterated that it [...]	2009-11-25 14:09:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN EIND PGOV CH SW
09STPETERSBURG48	AMBASSADOR BEYRLE MEETS WITH ST. PETERSBURG GOVERNOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In their first official meeting together, the Ambassador and Governor Matviyenko discussed the economic crisis, U.S. investment, international relations, and various housekeeping issues related to the Consulate. The meeting was cordial and Governor Matviyenko was clearly will [...]	2009-04-22 08:18:00	Consulate St Petersburg	UNCLASSIFIED	RS ASCH BTIO ECON EINV
09STPETERSBURG51	AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING IN NW RUSSIA - DOWN BUT NOT OUT [...] (SBU) Summary. The St. Petersburg region - "Russia's Detroit" - is home to the largest concentration of foreign car manufacturing plants in Russia. These plants have suffered substantially from the economic crisis, and have significantly cut their production in recent months in the wake of a [...]	2009-04-24 08:41:00	Consulate St Petersburg	UNCLASSIFIED	RS ECON EIND EINV
09SURABAYA101	EXXONMOBIL'S CEPU PROJECT: LOCAL POPULATION PERSPECTIVE MORE [...] (SBU) Summary: ExxonMobil's operation of the Cepu oil field has come under harsh media criticism for failure to meet production targets and the expectations of the local population. The situation on the ground, however, paints a different picture. While eager to see more economic impact from [...]	2009-10-26 08:26:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON EINV PGOV PREL ID
09SURABAYA113	EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: GOVERNMENT TAKES OVER MITIGATION, [...] SBU(U) SUMMARY: The Indonesian government has taken over full responsibility for mitigation efforts at the Sidoarjo mudflow disaster. Due to financial difficulties, Lapindo has not met the original compensation deadline. However, most victims have accepted an installment payment system that L [...]	2009-11-24 04:27:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET EINV SENV ENRG SOSI PGOV ID
09SURABAYA16	EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: U.S. ADVISOR BUILDING [...] (SBU) Summary: After almost two months on site, the U.S. mud advisor Van Williams has built a strong working relationship with officials at the Sidoarjo Mud Management Agency (BPLS). The collapse of a major directional dike at the mudflow's epicenter has hampered BPLS's efforts to move large qu [...]	2009-02-13 09:10:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EINV ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
09SURABAYA28	EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: SUBSIDENCE CONTINUES TO HAMPER [...] (SBU) Summary: Subsidence north and west of the mudflow epicenter continues to hamper efforts by the Sidoarjo Muflow Mitigation Agency (BPLS) to pump mud into the Porong River. BPLS officials met with scientists from the National Geological Agency for a technical discussion but produced no new [...]	2009-03-20 09:11:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EINV SENV ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
09SURABAYA43	NEWMONT'S FUTURE IN SUMBAWA [...] (SBU) Summary. ConGenOff visited western Sumbawa from April 21-24, meeting with Newmont representatives as well as government officials and non-governmental organizations (NGO). The General Manager of Newmont Nusa Tenggara (PTNNT) said the recent arbitration ruling offers clarity in regard to [...]	2009-04-30 14:42:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EMIN EFIN ETRD EINV PREL SENV SOCI ID
09SURABAYA48	EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: AS THIRD ANNIVERSARY APPROACHES, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sidoarjo mudflow has buried over 700 hectares over the past three years and threatens critical infrastructure. While the East Java Governor is pushing speedy construction of a new transportation corridor around the mudflow, landowners are demanding compensation equivalent to [...]	2009-05-13 03:29:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EINV SENV ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
09SURABAYA62	SURABAYA: SOUTHEAST ASIA'S LONGEST BRIDGE OPENS--BUT IMPACT [...] (U) Summary: After decades of sporadic planning, Indonesia's longest bridge opened on June 10th. Empty pockets and grass roots opposition stymied the span that now links the islands of Java and Madura. Burdened with symbolism before it carried its first car, skepticism over promised economic [...]	2009-06-19 01:43:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV EINV SOCI ID CH
09SURABAYA66	EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: GOVERNMENT PLANS TO TAKE [...] (SBU) Summary: Three years after the Sidoarjo Mudflow disaster began, the Indonesian government signaled an intent to take over responsibility for mitigation from Lapindo Brantas, citing Lapindo's financial difficulties. If it follows through, the Sidoarjo Mud Management Agency (BPLS) will ex [...]	2009-07-08 01:28:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EINV SENV ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
09SURABAYA70	EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: HOMES DISAPPEAR IN 10 SECONDS [...] (SBU) Summary: Several houses west of the epicenter of the Sidoarjo mudflow collapsed into a sinkhole on July 14. Approximately 200 houses were damaged, 40 houses heavily. The local Government is assisting with evacuation and compensation, but some residents refuse to leave. Severe and sudden [...]	2009-07-17 10:15:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EINV SENV ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
09SURABAYA74	EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: POLICE DROP CASE AGAINST LAPINDO; [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 5, the East Java Provincial Police Chief (Kapolda) announced that his office was dropping its investigation into the cause of the Sidoarjo mudflow. This decision effectively absolves the Lapindo company and its staff of responsibility for causing the mudflow, which ha [...]	2009-08-13 01:54:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EINV SENV ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
09SUVA26	Fiji Investment Climate Statement 2009 [...] Paragraph 2 contains the text of the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Fiji, per reftel. 2. Begin text: Openness to Foreign Investment In light of political events in Fiji and concerns about the treatment of some established foreign investors by Fiji authorities, potential investors [...]	2009-01-22 05:07:00	Embassy Suva	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTBD OPIC USTR FJ
09SUVA27	Tonga Investment Climate Statement 2009 [...] Paragraph 2 contains the text of the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Tonga, per reftel. 2. Begin text: Openness to Foreign Investment The Government of Tonga seeks to be welcoming to business and investors. Many Tongans have lived in or visited the United States, and American prod [...]	2009-01-22 05:08:00	Embassy Suva	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTBD OPIC USTR FJ
09TAIPEI1103	LY SPEAKER WANG JIN-PYNG ON TYPHOON MORAKOT [...] (C) Summary. Cross-Strait relations would not suffer long-term or significant damage because of the Dalai Lama's visit to Taiwan, Legislative Yuan (LY) Speaker Wang Jin-pyng told the Director in a September 4 introductory meeting. Wang said the invitation to the Tibetan spiritual leader issued [...]	2009-09-10 09:16:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV PGOV PREL TW CH SENV UN
09TAIPEI1150	DIRECTOR MEETS KMT LEADERS IN KAOHSIUNG [...] (SBU) Summary: In separate September 17 meetings in Kaohsiung with the Director, two local KMT "heavyweights" underscored the KMT's need to accelerate typhoon reconstruction and economic growth in southern Taiwan. Executive Yuan Southern Office CEO Lo Shih-hsiung praised U.S. typhoon relief [...]	2009-09-22 22:28:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EAID EINV SENV TW
09TAIPEI1166	DIRECTOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH STRAITS [...] (C) Summary. Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) Chairman Chiang Ping-kun (P. K. Chiang) told the Director on September 24 the pace of cross-Strait working-level negotiations had increased after a dip that was partly attributable to China's displeasure over the Dalai Lama's visit. Chiang said se [...]	2009-09-25 10:03:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL TW EINV ETRD PGOV
09TAIPEI1383	GREENING TAIWAN, PART II: ELECTRIC VEHICLE [...] (U) Reftel introduced Taiwan's plans to develop a "green technologies" industrial base through a USD 1.5 billion public investment plan, which the authorities hope will attract a further USD 6.25 billion in domestic and foreign investment over the next five years, create 110,000 new jobs, and [...]	2009-11-20 10:05:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ECON ENRG EINV TRGY TSPL TW XE
09TAIPEI1397	DIRECTOR'S MEETING WITH KAOHSIUNG MAYOR CHEN CHU [...] (SBU) Summary: In her November 18 meeting with Director Stanton, Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu reiterated familiar DPP themes, maintaining that the KMT was rolling back Taiwan's democracy and using the judiciary to persecute the DPP. Mayor Chen chided President Ma for tilting too far toward China [...]	2009-11-25 03:48:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EAID EINV SENV TW
09TAIPEI1453	TAIWAN'S GHG REDUCTION STRATEGY FACES CARBON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Taiwan is one of the world's largest per capita emitters of greenhouse gases (GHG). Officials, academics, and civil society have found common cause in the idea of creating a "low-carbon society" in Taiwan, motivated by political, economic, and disaster mitigation goals. The cen [...]	2009-12-09 22:36:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ECON ENRG EINV TRGY PREL TSPL TW XE

09TAIPEI670	STRAITS EXCHANGE FOUNDATION (SEF) CHAIRMAN P. K. [...] (C) Summary. Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) Chairman P. K. Chiang confirmed he will be in China between June 16-21, with plans to meet Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) Chairman Chen Yunlin to initiate preliminary talks on the timing and agenda for the next round [...]	2009-06-08 10:16:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL TW EINV ETRD PGOV
09TALLINN10	TRAVEL & TOURISM: ESTONIA'S HIDDEN ECONOMIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: The travel and tourism industry in Estonia accounts for an estimated one-fifth of GDP, and is increasingly important as the economy moves away from its old manufacturing base. In-bound and out-bound tourism from Finland, Sweden, Russia and elsewhere is thriving, and the cruise s [...]	2009-01-08 14:52:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EFIN ECON EINV EN
09TALLINN144	IMF CALLS ESTONIAN ECONOMY 'RESILIENT' AS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PM Ansip's May 21 dismissal of junior coalition members - including his Minister of Finance - demonstrate how contentious the recent debates over budget cuts have been. Estonia's first quarter GDP in 2009 fell 15 percent over the same period in 2008. The GOE needs to make pai [...]	2009-05-22 14:32:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN ECON EINV EN
09TALLINN17	TALLINN'S BFIF FY09 PROPOSAL [...] Summary: Embassy Tallinn proposes one FY09 project for the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund connected to the upcoming launch of the Commerce-State Post Partnership Program MOU for Fee Collection. Post requests funding to send our Economic/Commercial/EU LES for training in Foreign Commerci [...]	2009-01-14 14:12:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD BEXP AMGT ABUD BTIO EINV EN
09TALLINN18	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - ESTONIA [...] (U) The following is the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Estonia, keyed to questions in reftel. 2. (U) A.l. Openness to Foreign Investment Since joining the EU in 2004, the Estonian government has sought to maintain liberal policies in order to attract investments that could produce [...]	2009-01-14 14:40:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB EINV OPIC
09TALLINN187	TALLINN'S BFIF FY09 REPORT [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Tallinn received USD 3,090 from the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) to send our Economic/Commercial Assistant to the Pow Wow trade fair and training in Miami on May 15-May 21. Post used 3,036.34 USD for the project. End Summary. 2. (U) Post initiated in 200 [...]	2009-07-17 12:51:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD BEXP ABUD AFIN BTIO EINV EN
09TALLINN323	China Interested in Estonian Port [...] (SBU) Chinese Vice Prime Minister Zhang Dejiang and Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun visited Tallinn November 2 - 3. While in Estonia, they met PM Andrus Ansip, President Toomas Ilves, visited the Port of Muuga, attended a business forum, and Zhijun met with FM Urmas Paet. Dejiang and Ansip [...]	2009-11-06 15:00:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD ECON PREL CH EN
09TALLINN35	Estonian - Russian Relations (Part 1): [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Estonia's economic ties with Russia are modest and relatively straightforward. Bilateral trade with Russia has held steady for several years at around eight percent of Estonia's total, with imports dominated by mineral fuels. Exports are spread across all sectors. [...]	2009-02-05 13:41:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV RU EN
09TALLINN350	ESTONIA'S PROPOSED 2010 BUDGET SPURS LITTLE DEBATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Estonia's 2010 budget quietly sailed through the first reading in the parliament - a surprising development given the 14 percent drop in GDP this year and the contentious budget debates of previous years. This might be a calm before the storm as the opposition parties are start [...]	2009-10-30 14:02:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EFIN EINV EN
09TALLINN361	ESTONIA UPBEAT ON VISAGINAS NPP; PROSPECTS FOR A DOMESTIC [...] (C) In separate meetings with Econoff, GOE and Eesti Energia officials expressed their pleasure with the progress Lithuania has made recently on the Visaginas nuclear power plant (NPP) project and emphasized that Estonia was only at the earliest stages of developing its own, alternative, NPP. [...]	2009-12-03 14:47:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL EINV LH EN
09TALLINN384	USG HELPS BALTIC STATES FIND THEIR WAY TO CLEAN AND GREEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post and the Department of Energy organized the Baltic Clean and Green Energy Conference October 14-15 in Tallinn. The conference brought together more than 150 high level policymakers, energy technology experts, and industry leaders from around the region. The discussions focu [...]	2009-11-27 09:05:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON PGOV EINV EN
09TALLINN57	Estonia Adapting as Economy Reels [...] (U) SUMMARY: While confidence in the government remains strong, recent economic data now show that Estonia?s economic slowdown has been more dramatic than anyone expected. The Government of Estonia (GOE) has responded quickly, cutting the FY2009 state budget by a further 6.7 percent on Februa [...]	2009-03-06 07:04:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EFIN ECON EINV EN
09TASHKENT103	UZBEKISTAN ROLLS OUT RED CARPET FOR DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY. As part of the continuing effort to establish a Northern Distribution Network (NDN) to support U.S. forces in Afghanistan, a Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) delegation visited Tashkent on January 13-15 to look at opportunities for local procurement. Local procurement is something [...]	2009-01-26 00:46:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID EINV ETRD KCRM SOCI UZ
09TASHKENT1121	UZBEKISTAN: EXIM SUPPORT FOR TASHKENT AVIATION PRODUCTION [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (SBU) Embassy Tashkent received an inquiry from Uzbek Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Ulugbek Rozukulov regarding ExIm financing feasibility for the Tashkent Aviation Production Association (TAPOiCh). TAPOiCh manufact [...]	2009-07-01 13:32:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN UZ
09TASHKENT1265	UZBEKISTAN: EXIM SUPPORT FOR TAPOICH, PART II [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Embassy Tashkent thanks ExIm for its response to reftel. Based on this response, Post has prepared a non-paper for transmission to GOU officials outlining the possibilities for ExIm financing support for purchase of U.S.-manufactured [...]	2009-07-22 05:56:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN UZ
09TASHKENT1463	UZBEKISTAN: MINISTER GANIEV TO ATTEND TIFA COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Post sent the proposed TIFA Council agenda (reftel) to the MFA by diplomatic note on July 30 with the request that it be forwarded to the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations, Investment, and Trade (MFERIT). The note further requested a meeting with MFERIT Minister Elyor Ganiev to disc [...]	2009-08-27 12:54:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD EINV ECON UZ
09TASHKENT1591	SCA DAS Krol's Meetings with Uzbek FM Norov and NSC Sec [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol in Tashkent on November 19, Uzbek Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov and National Security Council Secretary Murat Atayev expressed satisfaction with improving U.S.-Uzbek bilateral relations and the Annual Bilateral [...]	2009-11-23 12:52:00	Embassy Tashkent	SECRET	PREL PTER EINV ENRG MASS AF UZ
09TASHKENT1595	UZBEKISTAN: SCA DAS KROL'S MEETINGS ON ECONOMIC AND ENERGY [...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 19 and 20, DAS for South and Central Asian Affairs George Krol had a series of meetings on economic, trade, and energy issues in Tashkent. Meetings at the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations, Investment, and Trade and at the Uzbek Chamber of Commerce revolved prima [...]	2009-11-24 13:50:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EINV EPET ENRG PREL BEXP UZ
09TASHKENT1604	UZBEKISTAN TURNS TO DEBIT CARDS IN INFLATION BATTLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In an effort to control inflation by limiting the amount of cash in circulation, the Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) has begun to mandate the use of debit cards. However, Uzbekistan remains a cash economy and although the debit cards can be used for payment in a limited number of [...]	2009-09-14 05:57:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV SOCI UZ
09TASHKENT1637	UZBEKISTAN: TASHKENT TIDBITS DECEMBER 18, 2009 [...] (SBU) Dilmurod Sayyid, who was sentenced to 12 and a half years in prison last June, was transferred December 15 from Navoi Prison to Sangorod, the Tashkent-based prison hospital. Embassy contact Abdurahmon Tashanov, who attended Sayyid's trial, told the Embassy that he was turned away from v [...]	2009-12-18 12:30:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PHUM SOCI EINV ETRD UZ
09TASHKENT2098	UZBEKISTAN: AUTOMOTIVE POWERHOUSE OF CENTRAL ASIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. 2009 has proved to be one of the most difficult in the history of the U.S. auto industry, but in Uzbekistan business is booming as consumers rush to buy new vehicles and traffic has become noticeably heavier. GM-Uzbekistan announced a $124.5 million USD project to produce the n [...]	2009-11-30 11:40:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EIND EINV ELTN BEXP UZ
09TASHKENT441	Uzbekistan: World Bank Official Discusses Economic [...] (C) Summary: In a March 24 meeting with us, a World Bank economist discussed Uzbekistan's economy and the effects of the global financial crisis on it. Despite the limited exposure of Uzbekistan's financial sector to global markets, the slow-down in construction abroad (particularly in Russia) [...]	2009-04-03 10:47:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB EFIN ENRG EPET EINV PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
09TASHKENT669	Uzbekistan: TRANSCOM Delegation Discusses Transit with GOU [...] (C) Summary: On April 29, a delegation led by Transportation Command Commander General Duncan McNabb met with First Deputy Prime Minister Azimov and with railway officials in Termez to discuss issues related to the transit of goods across Uzbekistan's borders to Afghanistan. Azimov conveyed t [...]	2009-05-07 08:36:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC MOPS PGOV PINS PINR PTER EINV ECON ETRD AF
09TASHKENT74	UZBEKISTAN: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY. Uzbekistan remains a country where conditions for foreign investors are difficult. Legislation guarantees attractive incentives, but in practice it is difficult for an investor to obtain these benefits. The Government of Uzbekistan retains control of large sectors of the economy [...]	2009-01-16 13:25:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC
09TASHKENT795	Uzbekistan: Korean Ambassador Shares Views of Cooperation [...] (C) Summary: On May 15, Korean Ambassador Jea-min Kyun gave the Ambassador a read-out of Korean President Lee Myung-bak's visit to Uzbekistan earlier that week. An energetic President Karimov had accompanied Lee for virtually the entire duration of the three-day visit, and over the course of v [...]	2009-05-18 12:06:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN PGOV ENRG ETRD BEXP EAID EINV EMIN KS UZ
09TASHKENT927	2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION CASES: [...] (U) The United States Government is aware of six (6) claims of United States persons against the Government of Uzbekistan (GOU). 2. (U) a. Claimant A b. 2002 c. Claimant A was the chief operator of a soft drink manufacturing plant in Uzbekistan after its independence in 1991. Howe [...]	2009-06-08 08:20:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EINV KIDE OPIC UZ
09TASHKENT947	UZBEKISTAN: APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE [...] (U) Post knows of no recent events that would impact on the proposed project (reftel) to remodel Malika Hotels Khiva, Khorezm, and Khevak. Despite the global economic downturn, the tourism sector in Uzbekistan is still strong, fueled largely by European retirees. 2. (U) Post has no inform [...]	2009-06-09 09:47:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN UZ
09TBILISI1283	GEORGIA: IFC EVALUATES GEORGIA'S SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary/Comment: On June 29, the International Finance Committee (IFC) released the results of its Sector Competitiveness Overview of Georgia. The Georgian Government requested the IFC conduct the competitiveness survey to help them identify strategic areas to focus investment in hope [...]	2009-07-09 12:31:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EIND EINV ETRD PREL GG
09TBILISI1599	OPIC FINANCING FOR JSC BASISBANK PROJECT [...] Summary: Per reftel, Post's inquiries did reveal any derogatory information about JSC BasisBank that would inhibit OPIC financing to the project. End Summary. 2. JSC BasisBank has a strong, credible reputation among Georgian banks. Former Prime Minister of Georgia Lado Gurgenidze, while [...]	2009-08-25 12:12:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN GG
09TBILISI1840	GEORGIA: BIG SELL ON ECONOMIC REFORM UNDERMINED BY [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-08 14:01:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV PREL GG
09TBILISI1854	GEORGIA: MFA PROPOSALS FOR STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) Deputy Foreign Minister Giga Bokeria outlined to the Charge Georgian plans for upcoming Strategic Partnership Commission Working Group meetings in Tbilisi. In addition to discussing dates, he suggested possible participation and broad strokes for agenda items. Each of the four working [...]	2009-10-08 14:34:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ENIV ENRG PGOV PREL
09TBILISI1876	OPIC FINANCING FOR OPEN REVOLUTION - GEORGIA JSC AND [...] Summary: Per reftel, Post's inquiries revealed that Open Revolution-Georgia JSC and MobiGeorgia-GSC are businesses in good standing, although some contacts expressed reservations about the Georgian partner of Open Revolution. End Summary. 2. Post has no negative information regarding Open [...]	2009-10-09 12:55:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN GG
09TBILISI1920	GEORGIA: GOVERNMENT SUBMITS NOTIONAL BUDGET TO [...] (C) The Government's notional draft of the 2010 budget submitted to Parliament shows the economic difficulties facing the country and contains cuts across the board (except in key social spending areas). While the draft meets the Government's technical and legal requirements, it does not prov [...]	2009-10-21 12:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV PREL GG
09TBILISI1998	GEORGIA: DESERVING OF A SECOND MCC COMPACT [...] (SBU) Summary Since its Millennium Challenge compact came into effect in April 2006, Georgia has consistently performed well in implementation and has strived to maintain and improve upon MCC indicators. Georgia's strong performance in implementing the current compact underscores that the M [...]	2009-11-10 14:24:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV PGOV PREL GG
09TBILISI346	GEORGIA SUBJECT: JSC PROCREDIT BANK GEORGIA [...] Summary: In response to the reftel, Post's inquiry into JSC ProCredit Bank Georgia from both an international financial institution and a competitor revealed no negative information. End Summary. 2. Post has no reports questioning the credibility or positive image of JSC ProCredit Bank Geo [...]	2009-02-20 13:20:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN GG
09TBILISI365	GEORGIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] Per reftel, Embassy Tbilisi submits its Investment Climate Statement for Georgia for 2009. Introduction Since 2004 when the Saakashvili Government came to power, the Georgian Government has undertaken an ambitious program to modernize and liberalize its economy. Institutional reforms in [...]	2009-02-24 12:58:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV GG
09TBILISI391	SANTE GMT PRODUCT PROJECT [...] Summary: In response to reftel, Post's inquiry into Sante GMT Products (Sante) revealed no negative information that would impede issuance of OPIC credit to the company. End Summary. 2. Sante is the largest dairy manufacturer in Georgia. Its juices enjoy a good reputation among Georgia's c [...]	2009-02-27 05:07:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN GG
09TBILISI392	INFORMATION ON IBERIA REAL ESTATE [...] Summary: In response to reftel, Post's inquiries into Iberia Real Estate (Iberia) and its umbrella company JSC Iberia Group revealed no negative information that would preclude OPIC financing. End Summary. 2. Iberia enjoys a strong reputation in Georgia's business arena. Iberia is a divers [...]	2009-02-27 05:08:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN GG
09TBILISI684	OPIC FINANCING FOR LOYAL ESTATE LLC PROJECT [...] Summary: In response to reftel, Post's inquiry into Loyal Estate LLC (Hyatt) project revealed no negative information that would impede issuance of OPIC credit. End Summary. 2. Kakha Sharabidze, CEO of the Loyal Estate told Econoff that financing remains in place to construct the hotel alt [...]	2009-04-08 05:30:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN GG
09TEGUCIGALPA101	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON NEWLY ELECTED CHIEF [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador called on newly-elected Supreme Court Chief Justice Jorge Rivera Aviles on February 11. Rivera discussed his priority goals of reducing case backlogs and increasing the efficiency of oral case procedures. The Ambassador and Rivera agreed that organized crime and drug t [...]	2009-02-17 14:32:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOVE KCRM EFIN EAID EINV HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1043	TFHO1: POLITICAL CRISIS PROMPTS PLANT'S CLOSURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Judco Manufacturing Inc., a U.S.-based automotive industry supplier, is in the process of closing its manufacturing facility in San Pedro Sula as a direct result of the political crisis. The company located its plant in Honduras in 2005 for reasons including the country's poli [...]	2009-10-13 22:05:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON BBSR BEXP EINV ETRD KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1081	TFH01: INVESTMENT FOUNDATION LEADER DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Foundation for Investment and Development of Exports (FIDE),Honduras's leading business foundation, is grappling with the challenge of how to market Honduras to investors in light of the ongoing political crisis. FIDE's Executive President, Vilma Sierra de Fonseca, told the [...]	2009-10-23 22:17:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP BTIO ECON EINV ETRD KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1209	TFHO1: NATIONAL PARTY ECONOMIC ADVISORS OUTLINE [...] (C) Summary: Members of the National Party economic team met with Embassy officers on November 24 to discuss the economic policies of the party, which led in the polls as the November 29 election approached. Job creation programs and assistance to poor families are key priorities, but the p [...]	2009-11-27 17:43:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV SOCI PREL KDEM
09TEGUCIGALPA1254	TFHO1: POLITICAL CRISIS LEADS TO STEEP DROP IN AIR [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-04 22:20:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC CVIS EAID EAIR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1285	TFHO1: CHEVRON SENDS MIXED MESSAGES ON LEAVING [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with the Ambassador and economic officers, Chevron representatives expressed concern about continuing financial losses tied to the GOH's application of an unfavorable formula for the pricing of finished oil products. The Chevron representatives said that the compa [...]	2009-12-14 20:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EPET ETRD HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1287	TFHO1: POLITICAL CRISIS LEADS TO STEEP DROP IN AIR [...] (SBU) Summary. EconCouns and EconOffs met with local representatives from Continental, American and Delta Airlines to gauge the overall health of the airline industry in light of the international economic downturn and the Honduran political crisis. Representatives of all three airlines said [...]	2009-12-14 22:05:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAIR EAID EFIN EINV ETRD CASC CVIS PGOV
09TEGUCIGALPA1333	ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY DOGS HONDURAS [...] (SBU) Summary: Uncertainty at home and abroad dogged the Honduran economy throughout 2009. With two-thirds of its exports destined for the U.S., the country was hard hit by the U.S. recession. On top of the crumbling international situation, President Jose Manual "Mel" Zelaya created a clima [...]	2009-12-29 23:46:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1336	PARTIAL CHANGE TO FUEL PRICING FORMULA [...] (U) Summary: The de facto regime has updated the pricing formula for gasoline, removing a restriction that pegged the price of premium gas to the price of regular. This is seen as a partial victory by fuel importers, but as a potential burden by consumers. Since this modification does not [...]	2009-12-30 22:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EPET ETRD HO
09TEGUCIGALPA565	AMCHAM VIEWS ON HONDURAN COUP [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 2, the Ambassador, Consul General, and the Econ section met with the executive directors of the Honduran AmCham to convey the USG position in the wake of the coup. The Ambassador condemned the coup, informed them that the U.S. only recognized President Zelaya as the legi [...]	2009-07-08 23:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV BBSR EINV HO
09TEGUCIGALPA586	HONDURAN BUSINESS COMMUNITY VIEWS ON COUP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The vast majority of the Honduran business community both publicly and privately supports the removal of President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya from office June 28. Major business organizations have published full-page ads over the past week supporting the coup and recognizing the legiti [...]	2009-07-13 21:22:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EINV EAID ETRD HO
09TEGUCIGALPA996	TFHO1: COMPANIES COMPLAIN CURFEWS CRUSH COMMERCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The business community has urged de facto regime leader Roberto Micheletti to consider the negative impacts of curfews to business and provide exemptions for maquillas and commerce, according to Honduran Private Enterprise Council (COHEP) representatives. A recent decree limi [...]	2009-09-30 23:23:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON BBSR EIND EINV ELTN ETRD EWWT PGOV PINS
09TELAVIV2149	ISRAEL MAKES PROGRESS ON DESALINATION SUBSTITUTION [...] (U) Summary: Now entering its fifth year of substandard rainfall, Israel is making notable progress in substituting desalinated sea water for natural source fresh water for public consumption. Expanded production from existing seawater facilities should reach 160 million cubic meters (mcm) an [...]	2009-09-30 15:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG EINV IS
09TELAVIV653	Israel's Technology Sector: The Future at Risk [...] (U) Israel's economy was fundamentally altered by the rise of a robust high-technology innovation sector over the past twenty years. The key factors contributing to its formation were strong national intellectual capital resources, state-supported innovation programs in the defense and non-def [...]	2009-03-19 13:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL EINV ECON ENRG PINR IS
09TELAVIV984	Israeli High-Tech Surviving the Global Downturn [...] (SBU) Despite fears that the global economic recession would severely impact Israel's high-technology sector, industry analysts and participants are pleased with the resilience it has shown. Though potentially vulnerable on several fronts, both the production and R&D facets of the sector are su [...]	2009-05-04 13:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL EINV ECON ENRG PINR IS
09TIJUANA774	SILICON VALLEY (SOUTH) [...] Mexico has had only moderate success in attracting high-tech industries. Guadalajara, in south-central Mexico, claims to be the "Mexican Silicon Valley", being a leading producer of software and electronic and digital components. Some states have attracted aerospace companies. However, mos [...]	2009-07-29 22:07:00	Consulate Tijuana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EIND ETRD MX
09TIRANA348	ALBANIA: 2009 EXPROPRIATION REPORT [...] (U) All four (4) previous claims of United States persons against the Government of Albania (GOA) are considered extinguished. 2. (SBU) a. Claimant A b. 1939 c. Claimant and her family left Albania in 1939 when the Italian occupying government allegedly expropriated their home and adjoinin [...]	2009-06-08 13:13:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV AL
09TIRANA37	ALBANIA'S BFIF PROPOSAL [...] Post is pleased to forward Embassy Tirana's proposals for FY09 BFIF funding as requested reftel. 2. Proposal 1: Promotion of the IBP Franchising Show, Washington DC. a) Albanians are very entrepreneurial people as witnessed by the large number of small shops and service businesses thro [...]	2009-01-20 06:31:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD AMGT BEXP BTIO EINV ECON AL
09TIRANA585	ECONOMY STILL GROWING, BUT CAUTION IS KEY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Against all odds, the consensus view among economists is that the Albanian economy will post positive growth for 2009. Although the GOA's projection of 4.8 percent growth for 2009 is almost certainly too high, Ministry of Finance economists privately say that the economy will n [...]	2009-08-28 15:25:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV AL
09TIRANA719	Albanian Railways: Going Nowhere Slowly [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Sali Berisha's recent statements on the need for a rail connection between Albania and Kosovo as well as Minister of Economy Dritan Prifti's comments to PolOff in support of the privatization of Albania's railroads seem to demonstrate a renewed interest in the coun [...]	2009-11-06 05:43:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREL EINV AL
09TIRANA742	Albania: Weak Lek Makes Headlines [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The recent period of high volatility of the Albanian lek versus the euro has made headlines and shaken market confidence. The contributing factors are short-term and more psychological and speculative such as reactions to the Prime Minister's comments on adopting the euro. Long [...]	2009-11-18 09:48:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ZL AL
09TIRANA92	BERISHA FAMILY LINKED WITH WORLD BANK CONSTRUCTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In late-January 2009 the Albanian parliament and press began accusing the Government of Albania (GOA),and specifically Prime Minister Sali Berisha's son-in-law, Jamarber Malltezi, of misusing World Bank (WB) project funds for personal interest. The WB halted the project and i [...]	2009-02-10 15:21:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND EINV PGOV AL
09TOKYO1302	OKINAWA PRIVIDES LEADERSHIP ON INFORMATION AND [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Contains Proprietary Information. 2. (U) Summary: Okinawa's information technology (IT) sector is breaking some new ground and represents a key sector in the Prefecture's economy, as shown in emboff's recent visit. Prefectural officials reported on successe [...]	2009-06-10 08:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINT ECON EINV TINT JA
09TOKYO1407	THE FUTURE OF THE U.S.-JAPAN INVESTMENT INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S.-Japan Investment Initiative recently completed its eighth year of work on improving Japan's investment climate and contributing to economic growth in both countries. The Initiative can claim a number of successes. However, we may be able to engage Japan more effectiv [...]	2009-06-23 01:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL JA
09TOKYO157	EMINENT PERSONS' GROUP SUGGESTS A NEW FRAMEWORK [...] (SBU) Summary: An eminent persons' study group organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) will report to Foreign Minister Nakasone January 23 on its work regarding a new economic dialogue between the U.S. and Japan. MOFA officials called in econoffs to say the group recommends the [...]	2009-01-23 09:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR SENV EFIN PGOV EINV JA
09TOKYO1730	APEC SENIOR OFFICIAL KURT TONG'S MEETINGS ON APEC AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Acting U.S. Senior Official for APEC Kurt Tong emphasized the need to focus on discrete outcomes rather than process in U.S.-Japan economic relations, as well as in setting the agenda for consecutive APEC host years, during meetings with senior GOJ officials and U.S and Japanese [...]	2009-07-29 07:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON PGOV PREL APECO JA
09TOKYO1742	THE DPJ ELECTION MANIFESTO: POTENTIAL NEW JAPANESE MARKET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) released its election "manifesto" (platform) on July 27 intend to highlight the party's efforts to reform and revitalize the Japanese economy and its social safety net. The 55-point election manifesto includes no new economic or social safety [...]	2009-07-30 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD PGOV JA
09TOKYO2358	APEC SENIOR OFFICIAL KURT TONG'S MEETINGS ON APEC, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Acting U.S. Senior Official for APEC Kurt Tong emphasized the need to focus on discrete outcomes rather than process in U.S.-Japan economic relations, as well as in setting the agenda for consecutive APEC host years, during meetings with senior GOJ officials in the Ministry of Fo [...]	2009-10-13 08:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV PREL APECO JA
09TOKYO2388	JAPANESE OFFICIALS: JAPAN-CHINA-SOUTH KOREA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese government and industry officials are optimistic about prospects for further economic integration among Japan, China, and South Korea following Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's October 10 statement that he hopes the three countries conclude an investment agreement by earl [...]	2009-10-16 05:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD PREL CH KS JA
09TOKYO2606	AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN: AUSTR DELANEY RAISES RECONSTRUCTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior Government of Japan (GOJ) officials told Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for South Asia (AUSTR) Michael Delaney November 2 that Japan's development assistance strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan would in principle complement U.S.-proposed Reconstruction Opportunity Zo [...]	2009-11-10 09:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAID EINV AF PK JA
09TOKYO2708	U/S HORMATS: KEIDANREN OFFICIALS WELCOME U.S. ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) officials told Under Secretary of State Hormats the Japanese business community welcomes American "reengagement" in the region and, in particular, the U.S. commitment to APEC. They expressed concern, however, about the global management of [...]	2009-11-25 02:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PREL KGHG JA
09TOKYO2709	JAPANESE DEPUTY PM KAN DISCUSSES ECONOMIC STRATEGY, [...] (SBU) Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Vice Minister Motohisa Furukawa discussed the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) government's thinking on economic strategy and called for political-level bilateral dialogue on economic issues during a meeting with National Economic Council (NEC) Director [...]	2009-11-25 04:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL EINV JA
09TOKYO2715	U/S HORMATS' MEETINGS WITH JAPANESE GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Japanese government officials welcomed the visit of Under Secretary Hormats on November 16 and 17, immediately following that of President Obama, as a strong sign of the importance the United States attaches to the U.S.-Japan economic relationship. They agreed with U/S Hor [...]	2009-11-27 04:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG ETRD PREL EAID EAGR PARM IR JA
09TOKYO2813	JAPAN - 2010 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATES REPORT [...] Per reftel instructions, post submits it draft chapter on Japan for the 2010 National Trade Estimate Report. We assume Washington agencies will update the trade and investment data in the first five paragraphs of the report as they have done in the past. Additionally, we have excluded the midd [...]	2009-12-09 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV KIPR ECPS SN
09TOKYO2845	JAPAN BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION OFFICIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) strategic planning head Tadashi Maeda told Embassy Tokyo Economic Minister Counselor the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) leadership's failure to move forward on Futenma relocation will likely remain a problem well into the next year [...]	2009-12-11 04:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV PREL ELTN SENV JA
09TOKYO2890	AUSTR CUTLER RAISES BILATERAL TRADE IRRITANTS AND [...] (C) Summary: Government of Japan (GOJ) officials -- politicians and bureaucrats alike -- told AUSTR Wendy Cutler during her December 10 visit to Tokyo they are frustrated by the challenges with the new government's political transition, most notably inconsistencies in the decision making pro [...]	2009-12-17 06:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR EINV APEC PREL JA
09TOKYO2901	APEC SOM TONG'S BILATERAL ECONOMIC MEETINGS WITH MOFA AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. APEC Senior Official Kurt Tong met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) officials to discuss U.S.-Japan bilateral economic dialogue ideas, Japan Post, whaling, the future of the investment dialogue and beef on December 8 [...]	2009-12-18 08:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EAGR APEC JA
09TOKYO309	SONY EXECUTIVE ON CHALLENGES TO JAPAN'S [...] (SBU) Sony reports serious concern within Japan's electronics industry about actions various governments have taken recently that restrict or could restrict trade. He included in his assessment adoption of the "10 2" rule in the U.S. and reports of possible "Buy American" amendments to the [...]	2009-02-09 09:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EINV ETRD PGOV JA
09TOKYO346	PANASONIC CONFIRMS PLANS TO REPATRIATE STAFF [...] (SBU) Summary: Panasonic says pandemic preparedness and risk management are behind its decision to repatriate dependents of employees working in many emerging countries. However, the company concedes there is no imminent pandemic threat. With no particular guidance from the GOJ or other aut [...]	2009-02-13 10:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV KFLU TBIO KSTH JA
09TOKYO37	METI SOLICITING PUBLIC COMMENTS ON STRENGTHENING TRADE [...] Summary and Action Request: The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) is soliciting public comments on the contents of a recent draft report from its Industrial Structure Council's Intellectual Property Subcommittee. Among other measures, this report recommends stronger efforts to p [...]	2009-01-07 22:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV JA
09TOKYO411	JAPANESE GOVERNMENT TO REVIEW PROPOSED BAN ON [...] (SBU) Minister Yoichi Masuzoe has ordered a review of the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (MHLW)'s February 6 ordinance that would ban Internet and mail order sales of most over-the-counter (OTC) drugs. The review was ordered within hours of the provision's announcement following comp [...]	2009-02-23 09:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV TBIO KSTH JA
09TOKYO473	WTO DIRECTOR GENERAL LAMY DISCUSSES PROTECTIONISM [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) Summary: World Trade Organization Director General Pascal Lamy focused on the need for economies to guard against protectionism and to promote a reinvigorated Doha Development Agenda (DDA) during his February 24-25 meet [...]	2009-03-02 09:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR EINV PREL JA
09TOKYO721	JAPAN'S NEW NATIONAL INVESTMENT STRATEGY [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOJ unveiled its new national investment strategy at a March 23 JETRO-sponsored investment seminar in Tokyo with little fanfare and no publicity. The new strategy, in draft since December 2008, retains much of framework of the earlier strategy adopted in 2006, while incorp [...]	2009-03-31 07:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON PGOV OECD JA
09TOKYO951	JAPAN-VENEZUELAN ENERGY MOU'S UNLIKELY TO LEAD TO [...] (C) Summary. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's April 5-7 visit to Japan focused on energy trade issues, as officials from both sides signed a series of MOU's designed to facilitate oil and gas exports, according to Foreign Ministry and Tokyo-based Venezuelan Embassy diplomats. A gregarious [...]	2009-04-24 02:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG ETRD EINV EPET JA VE
09TOKYO99	FDI IS BRIGHT SPOT IN JAPAN'S ECONOMIC GLOOM [...] (SBU) Summary. Foreign direct investment (FDI) is a relative bright spot in the Japanese economy despite global economic difficulties. Although recent financial market turmoil reduced the pace of Japan's FDI inflows, those flows remain positive. The GOJ is quietly pursuing policy initiativ [...]	2009-01-16 08:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON PGOV OECD JA
09TORONTO117	CANADA AND ONTARIO APPROVE GENERAL MOTORS RESTRUCTURING [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 1, the Ontario provincial and Canadian federal governments (GOC) announced the terms of their support for General Motor's (GM) restructuring plan. The GOC and Ontario together will invest US$9.5 billion (C$10.6 billion) in GM in exchange for an equity position in the com [...]	2009-06-02 20:24:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA
09TORONTO147	Canada Takes First Step Toward National Securities [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada has taken the first step toward the creation of a national securities regulator with the creation of the Canadian Securities Transition Office (CSTC). The CSTC will lead the effort to establish a national regulator (e.g., addressing provincial concerns) and help the feder [...]	2009-06-30 17:28:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINT EINV PGOV CA
09TORONTO161	Oshawa and Windsor: Company Towns Looking for New Life [...] (U) Summary: Ontario's auto manufacturing sector has been deeply affected by the current economic downturn, resulting in the province's highest unemployment rate (9.6%) in 15 years. Oshawa and Windsor are two Ontario cities that are heavily dependent on the auto sector. Both cities are lookin [...]	2009-07-20 19:56:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA
09TORONTO63	Ontario Budget: Infrastructure Spending, Deficit, Both [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ontario government's 2009 budget introduces significant measures to help stimulate the province's ailing economy, including C$27.5 billion in infrastructure spending, and the harmonization of the 8% provincial sales tax (PST) with the 5% federal goods and services tax (GST). [...]	2009-03-27 18:07:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ELAB EFIN EINV PGOV CA
09TORONTO64	Ontario Budget: Infrastructure Spending, Deficit, Both [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ontario government's 2009 budget introduces significant measures to help stimulate the province's ailing economy, including C$27.5 billion in infrastructure spending, and the harmonization of the 8% provincial sales tax (PST) with the 5% federal goods and services tax (GST). [...]	2009-03-27 18:08:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ELAB EFIN EINV PGOV CA
09TRIPOLI1035	LIBYAN PRIVATE SECTOR LOOKS TO SAIF AL-ISLAM FOR STABILITY [...] (C) Summary: Several leading Libyan businessmen view Saif al-Islam al-Qadhafi's new role as "General Coordinator" of Libya as a positive development. They believe his appointment will ensure stability and continuity, ending the infighting of recent years. They believe Saif al-Islam is a log [...]	2009-12-23 09:41:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON LY EFIN EPET EINV
09TRIPOLI148	A BRIGHT SPOT: CANADA'S VERENEX STRIKES OIL IN LIBYA [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-16 10:26:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET LY PGOV PREL
09TRIPOLI151	LIBYA COMMERCIAL ROUND-UP FOR DECEMBER 2008 AND JANUARY [...] (U) State-Owned Zwara Oil Refinery Company Has Appointed HSBC as Financial Adviser: Zwara Oil Refinery Company (Zorco) plans to develop a 200,000 barrels-a-day crude oil refinery. The development of the refinery will be tender on a build-own-operate basis. The refinery is the first major gover [...]	2009-02-16 16:52:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND EPET ENRG PGOV LY
09TRIPOLI198	BLACK SHEEP MADE GOOD? SAADI AL-QADHAFI'S EXPORT FREE ZONE IN WESTERN LIBYA [...] (C) Summary: Saadi al-Qadhafi, son of Muammar al-Qadhafi, has recently turned his attention to transforming an area near the western Libyan town of Zuwara into an Export Free Trade Zone. The project would include an airport, immigration and customs operations, a high tech industrial park, banks, me [...]	2009-03-03 14:42:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EIND EINV ETRD EAIR LY
09TRIPOLI221	LIBYA COMMERCIAL ROUND-UP FOR FEBRUARY 2009 [...] (U) NOC Calls on Engineering Firms to Establish Libyan Presence: The Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) invited foreign petroleum engineering companies to a meeting February 25 to discuss how they could establish a permanent local presence. [en.noc.com.ly, 2/8/2009] 2. (U) Total Accepts [...]	2009-03-14 14:38:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND EINV EPET ENRG ETRD PGOV EFIN LY
09TRIPOLI274	LIBYA'S STOCK MARKET: STILL SMALL BUT GROWING [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-02 16:36:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EINV LY EFIN
09TRIPOLI293	LIBYA COMMERCIAL ROUND-UP FOR MARCH 2009 [...] (U) Libya Oil Holdings Changes its Label Brand in Morocco: The Libyan state-owned oil group Libya Oil Holdings (LOH),which manages a network of 182 fuel distribution stations in Morocco, will now be called "Oilibya" in Morocco. LOH is an integrated oil company involved in the shipping, trading [...]	2009-04-08 14:25:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND EINV EPET ENRG ETRD PGOV LY
09TRIPOLI306	NOC BLOCKS SALE OF CANADIAN OIL FIRM [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 12, the President of Canada's Verenex Energy, Jim McFarland, briefed the Ambassador on the difficulties he has encountered in attempting to sell his company to another foreign operator in Libya, the China National Petroleum Company (CNPC). The gist of the problem is that [...]	2009-04-15 14:16:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EPET EFIN ETRD ENRG CA LY
09TRIPOLI365	LIBYA COMMERCIAL ROUND-UP FOR APRIL 2009 [...] (U) ExxonMobil Set to Prequalify Firms for Libyan Seismic Work: ExxonMobil Libya will prequalify contractors for a 2D seismic data acquisition and onboard processing services program offshore Libya. The data acquisition will begin in the fourth quarter of 2009. [MEED, 4/1/2009] 2. (U) IPS S [...]	2009-05-04 14:02:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND EINV EPET ENRG ETRD PGOV LY
09TRIPOLI413	LIPSTICK ON A PIG: LIBYA RENAMES CLAIMS COMPENSATION FUND [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-21 08:07:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EPET EINV KCOR LY QA
09TRIPOLI438	FRENCH TOTAL-LED CONSORTIUMS ACCEPT LOWER PRODUCTION SHARES IN LIBYA [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-04 13:07:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EPET ENRG EFIN EINV LY

09TRIPOLI476	PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO TRIPOLI TRIPOLI 00000476 001.2 OF 002 CLASSIFIED BY: Gene Cretz, Ambassador, U.S. Embassy Tripoli, U.S. Department of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] (C) Summary: During the recent visit of the Prime Minister of Ukraine to Libya, the two countries signed agreements on military-technical cooperation, sharing sensitive information, civilian nuclear cooperation, sharing sensitive information and higher education. The Ukrainian delegation presented [...]	2009-06-16 15:20:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV EAGR LY

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