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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Effective from January 1983
The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign
Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)
Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
Effective from May 1983
Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Effective from August 1983
The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)
Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
Effective from March 1983
The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
Effective from October 1997
Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)
The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc
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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
Effective from April 1984
Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)
Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:
* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).
Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
Effective from July 2001
Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Effective from August 1989
Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOM: Chief of Mission
Effective from March 2004
Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCRM: Criminal Activity
Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
Effective from May 1991
Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
Effective from December 2007
Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
Effective from August 1986
Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
Effective from May 2007
Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Effective from September 2006
Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
Effective from June 2000
Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
Effective from August 2006
Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)
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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
Effective from January 1999
Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.
(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
Effective from August 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
Effective From October 1999
Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Effective from April 1984
Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
Effective from February 1984
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
Effective from May 2000
Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
Effective from November 1984
Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Effective from August 1996
Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
Effective from March 1993
Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)
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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
Effective from February 1983
Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
Effective from October 1997
Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)
Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
Effective from July 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
Effective from June 1984
Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
Effective from September 2008
Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
Effective from November 1995
Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
Effective from June 1995
Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
Effective from January 1983
Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
Effective from January 1983
Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
Effective from October 1999
Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
Effective from January 1983
A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)
The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
Effective from January 1983
Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
Effective from January 1985
The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)
People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
Effective from January 1983
The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
Effective from March 1995
The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)
The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
SECRET
SECRET//NOFORN
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
By year:
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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Effective from January 1983
The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign
Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)
Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
Effective from May 1983
Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Effective from August 1983
The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)
Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
Effective from March 1983
The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
Effective from October 1997
Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)
The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc
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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
Effective from April 1984
Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)
Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:
* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).
Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
Effective from July 2001
Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Effective from August 1989
Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOM: Chief of Mission
Effective from March 2004
Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCRM: Criminal Activity
Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
Effective from May 1991
Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
Effective from December 2007
Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
Effective from August 1986
Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
Effective from May 2007
Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Effective from September 2006
Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
Effective from June 2000
Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
Effective from August 2006
Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)
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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
Effective from January 1999
Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.
(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
Effective from August 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
Effective From October 1999
Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Effective from April 1984
Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
Effective from February 1984
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
Effective from May 2000
Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
Effective from November 1984
Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Effective from August 1996
Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
Effective from March 1993
Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)
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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
Effective from February 1983
Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
Effective from October 1997
Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)
Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
Effective from July 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
Effective from June 1984
Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
Effective from September 2008
Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
Effective from November 1995
Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
Effective from June 1995
Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
Effective from January 1983
Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
Effective from January 1983
Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
Effective from October 1999
Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
Effective from January 1983
A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)
The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
Effective from January 1983
Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
Effective from January 1985
The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)
People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
Effective from January 1983
The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
Effective from March 1995
The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)
The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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FORWHA FP FPC FR FRA FRANCIS FRANCISCO RODENAS RUIZ FRANCISCO VILLA URBALEJO FRAZER FRB FREDOM FREEDOM FRELIMO FRIED FRN FRU FSC FSI FT FTA FTAA FWS GA GAERC GAMES GANGS GAO GARCIA GASPAR GATES GATT GAZA GAZPROM GB GBSLE GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GOMEZ GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GREGG RENE WALTER GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HAMID KARZAI HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HECTOR HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD INRO INRPAZ INS INSC INT INTEL INTELLECTUAL INTELSAT INTERNAL INTERPOL INV INVI IO IOC IOM IP IPET IPGRI IPK IPPC IPR IPROP IQ IQNV IR IRAN IRAQ IRAQI IRAQI FREEDOM IRC IRCE IRDB IRE IRL IRLE IRM IRMO IRNB IRPE IRQEGION IRS IS ISA ISAAC ISAF ISCA ISCON ISLAMISTS ISLE ISN ISNV ISO ISPA ISPL ISRAEL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISSUES ISTC IT ITA ITALIAN ITALY ITECIP ITEIND ITELTN ITER ITF ITIA ITRA ITRD ITU IUCN IV IVIANNA IWC IWI IX IZ IZAORC JA JABER JAM JAMES JAPAN JAT JAWAD JCIC JE JEAN-PIERRE BEMBA JEFFERY JEFFREY JENDAYI JHR JI JIMENEZ JIMENEZ CHILDREN JK JKUS JM JN JO JOHANNS JOHN JOHN BOEHNER JOHNNIE JONATHAN CHAMAN JOSE ANGEL ALZUGUREN PERURENA JOSE NEY MILA ESPINOSA JOSE RAMOS HORTA JOSEPH BIDEN JP JS JSRP JUAN JULIAN RENE KIRCHOFF JUS JY KA KACP KACT [+] KACW KADM KAID KALM KALR KANSOU KAPO KARIM WADE KATRINA KAUST KAWC [+] KAWK KAWL KAWS KAWX KAYLA KBCT KBDS KBEM KBIO KBNC KBTC KBTR KBTS KBWG KCCP KCEM KCERS KCFC KCFE [+] KCGC KCHG KCIP [+] KCIS KCM KCMA KCMR KCOG KCOM [+] KCOR [+] KCPS KCRCM KCRI KCRIM KCRM [+] KCRN KCRO KCROM KCROR KCRP KCRS KCRT KCSA KCSI KCSY KCUL KCUM KCVM KCWI KDCM KDDEM KDDG KDE KDEM [+] KDEN KDET KDEV KDGOV KDGR KDHS KDM KDMR KDP KDRG [+] KDRL KDTB KDUM KE KEAI KEANE KEBG KECF KEDEM KEDM KEDU KEIM KEM KEMPI KEMR KEMS KEN KENV KERF KERG KESO KESP KESS KEVIN KFAM KFCE KFE KFEM KFGM KFIN KFIU KFLD KFLO KFLU KFOR KFPC KFRD [+] KFRP KFSC KFTFN KFTN KG KGCC KGCN KGHA KGHG [+] KGIC [+] KGICKS KGIT KGIV KGKG KGLB KGOR KGOV KH KHDP KHGH KHIB KHIV [+] KHJUS KHLS [+] KHMN KHOURY KHPD KHSA KHSL KHUM KI KIBL KICA KICC KICCPUR KICR KICT KID KIDE KIF KIFR KIIC KIIP KIL KILS KIMMITT KIMT KIND KINF KINL KINP KINR KINT KIPR [+] KIPT KIRC KIRD KIRF [+] KIRL KIRP KIS KISC KISK KISL [+] KISM KISR KITA KIVP KIVR KJAN KJRE KJU KJUS [+] KJUST KJWC KK KKIV KKNP KKOR KKPO KLAB KLAP KLBO KLEG KLFLO KLFU KLHS KLIG KLIP KLPM KLSO KLTN KM KMAC KMAR KMCA [+] KMCC KMCR KMDR [+] KMEPI KMFO KMGT KMIG KMNP KMOC KMPF KMPI KMPIO KMPL KMPP KMPT KMRD KMRS KMSG KMVP KMWN KN KNAO KNAP KNAR KNDP KNEI KNEP KNET KNMP KNN KNNA KNNB KNNC KNNF KNNO KNNP [+] KNNR KNOP KNP KNPP KNPPIS KNPR KNPT KNRG KNRV KNSD KNUC KNUP KO KOC KOCI KOCM KOEM KOGL KOLY [+] KOM KOMC KOMCCO KOMCSG KOMH KOMO KOMS KOR KOSOVO KOUYATE KPA KPAD KPAI KPAK KPAL [+] KPALAOIS KPAM KPAO [+] KPAS KPBT KPDD KPEM KPEO KPER KPET KPIN [+] KPIR KPKO [+] KPKP KPLS KPMI KPMO KPO KPOA KPOKO KPOL KPOP KPOV KPOW KPPAO KPPD KPRD KPRM KPRO KPROG KPRP KPRV KPSC KPTD KPTS KPWG KPWR [+] KQ KQM KQRDQ KR KRAD [+] KRAL KRCIM KRCM KRCS KRD KRDP KREC KREF KREISLER KREL KRF KRFD KRFR KRG KRGY KRIC KRIF KRIM KRKO KRM KRMS KRV KRVC KS KSA KSAC KSAF KSCA [+] KSCI KSCS KSCT KSEAO KSEC KSEI KSEO KSEP KSI KSIA KSKN KSLG KSMT KSOC KSOCI KSPA KSPR [+] KSRE KSTC KSTCC KSTCPL KSTH KSTS KSTT KSUM [+] KSUP KT KTAO KTBD KTBT KTCRE KTDB KTDD KTDM KTER KTEX KTFIN KTFM KTFN [+] KTFR KTFS KTIA [+] KTIP [+] KTLA KTNBT KTNF KTPN KTRD KTRF KTSC KTSD KTTB KTTC KTTP KU KUAE KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR [+] KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG [+] KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN [+] KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR [+] MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS [+] MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP [+] MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC [+] MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS [+] MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC OASCC OASS OAU OBAMA OBS OBSP OCBD OCEA OCED OCHA OCII OCRA OCS OCSE ODAG ODC ODIP [+] ODPC OECD OECS OECV OES OESC OEXC [+] OEXP OF OFDA OFDC OFDP [+] OFDPQIS OFFICIALS OFPD OFSO OGAC OGIV OHCHR OHI OHIP OI OIC OICCO OIE OIF OIG OIIP [+] OIL OIM OLY OLYAIR OLYMPICS OM OMAR OMB OMIG OMS ON ONA OPAD OPBAT OPC OPCD OPCR OPCW OPDAT OPDC [+] OPDP OPEC OPET OPIC OPID OPOC OPPC OPRC [+] OPREC OPREP OPS OPSC OPVIP ORA ORC ORCA ORECD ORED OREG OREP [+] ORGANIZED ORP ORTA ORUE OSAC OSCE OSCI [+] OSD OSEC OSHA OSIC OSTA OSTRA OTA OTAR OTHERSASNEEDED OTP OTR OTRA [+] OTRABL OTRAO OTRAZ OTRC OTRD OUALI OVIP [+] OVP OXEC OXEM OZ PA PAARM PAC PACE PAGE PAGR PAHO PAIGH PAK PAL PALESTINIAN PAMQ PAN PANAM PAO PAR PARALYMPIC PARCA PAREL PARK PARLIAMENT PARM [+] PARMS PARN PARP PARR PARTIES PARTM PARTY PAS PASS PATRICK WARREN MAHURIN PATTY PAUL PAUM PB PBGT PBIO PBK PBOV PBPTS PBS PBST PBT PBTS [+] PCI PCON PCOR PCRM PCUL PD PDA PDD PDEM PDIP PDOV PDRG PE PEACE PEACEKEEPINGFORCES PEDRO PEL PELOSI PEMEX PENA PENV PEPFAR PEPR PER PEREZ PERL PERM PERSONS PET PETER PETERS PETR PETRAEUS PETROL PF PFIN PFLP PFOR PFOV PG PGGOC PGIC PGIV PGKV PGO PGOC PGOF PGOG PGON PGOR PGOT PGOV [+] PGOVE PGOVQL PGPV PGREL PGREV PGV PH PHALANAGE PHARM PHAS PHEM PHIM PHM PHSA [+] PHU PHUH PHUM [+] PHUMHUPPS PHUN PHUS PHYTRP PI PIA PICES PIF PIN PINB PIND PINER PINF PING PINL PINO PINOCHET PINR [+] PINS [+] PINT PINV PIR PIRF PIRN PJUS PK PKAO PKBL PKFK PKISL PKK PKMN PKNP PKO PKPA PKPAL PKPO PKPRP PKST PL PLAB PLAN PLEC PLN PLO PLUM PM PMAR PMAT PMDL PMIG PMIL PMIN PMR PMUC PN PNAT PNET PNG PNIR PNNL PNR PNRG PNS PNUC PNUK PNUM PO PODC POG POGV POINS POL POLG POLI POLICY POLINT POLITICAL POLITICS POLM POLMIL POLS POLUN POREL PORG POSTS POTUS POUS POV POWELL PP PPA PPAO PPD PPEF PPEL PPKO PPOL PQL PQM PRC PRE PREC PRED PREF [+] PREG PREJ PREK PREL [+] PRELEVU PRELM PRELPLS PRELTBIOBA PREM PREO PREP PRER PRES PRESIDENT PRESL PREV PREZ PRF PRFE PRFL PRGO PRGOV PRIL PRIVATIZATION PRL PRLE PRM PRO PROB PROCESS PROG PROL PROLIFERATION PROP [+] PROPERTY PROTECTION PROTESTS PROV PROVE PRT PRTER PRWL PS PSA PSCE PSEC PSEPC PSHA PSI PSNR PSO PSOC PSOCI PSOE PT PTBS PTE PTEL PTEP PTER [+] PTGOV PTIA PTR PTRD PU PUAS PUBLIC PUNE PUNR PUOS PV PVIP PVOV PVPR PVTS PWBG PWMN PY QA QADRI QEL QI QIZ QM QT QU QUAN QUOC RA RAED RAFAEL RAID RAMON RAMONTEIJELO RAS RATIFICATION RAY GUEVARA MILTON RBI RCA RCMP RE REA REACTION REALTIONS RECIN REF REFORM REFPAN REFUGEE REFUGEES REGION REGIONAL REID REIN REINEMEYER REL RELAM RELATIONS RELFREE RELIGIOUS REMON RENAMO RENE PREVAL REO REPORT REUBEN RF RFE RFIN RFREEDOM RGOV RGY RHUM RI RICE RICHARD RIGHTS RIGHTSPOLMIL RIMC RIVERA RL RLA RM RMA RO ROBERT ROBERT JOSEPH RODHAM RODRIGUEZ ROK ROME ROOD ROSS ROW ROY RP RPEL RPTS RQ RR RRB RREL RS RSO RSOX RSP RSZ RTT RU RUEHZO RV RW RWANDA SA SAAD SAARC SABAH SACU SADC SAFE SAIR SAIS SALOPEK SAMA SAN SANC SANR SAO SARB SARGSIAN SARS SASC SASEC SASIAIN SB SBA SC SCA SCCC SCE SCENESETTER SCHUL SCI SCIENCE SCNV SCOI SCOL SCOM SCPR SCRM SCRS SCRSERD SCUL [+] SCVL SD SE SEC SECDEF SECI SECRET SECRETARY SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV [+] SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG [+] SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR [+] SNUC SO SOC SOCI [+] SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO [+] TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN TNDG TNGD TO TOPEC TORRIJOS TOURISM TP TPHY [+] TPKO TPP TPSA TPSL TR TRAD TRADE TRAFFICKING TRBIO TRBY TRD TREAS TREASURY TREATY TREL TRG TRGV TRGY [+] TRIO TRSY TRT TRV TRY TRYG TRYS TS TSA TSLP TSPA [+] TSPL TSRL TSRY TSY TT TTFN TU TURKEY TV TVBIO TW TWRO TX TY TZ TZBY UA UAE UAID UAM UB UDEM UE UEU UG UGA UK UKR UKRAINE UM UMIK UN UNA UNAF UNAIDS UNAMA UNAMSIL UNAORC UNAUS UNBRO UNC UNCC UNCDF UNCDN UNCHC UNCHR UNCHS UNCITRAL UNCND UNCOPUOS UNCRED UNCRIME UNCSD UNCSW UNCTAD UNDC UNDEF UNDOF UNDP UNECE UNEF UNEP UNESCO UNFA UNFC UNFCYP UNFF UNFICYP UNFIYCP UNFPA UNGA UNGAPL UNGO UNHCR UNHRC UNICEF UNIDCP UNIDO UNIDROIT 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AA AADP AALC ABDALLAH FETHI ABDULHADI ABDULRAHMEN ABER ABLD [+] ABLDG ABLG ABMC ABT ABUD AC ACABQ ACAO ACBAQ ACCELERATED ACCOUNT ACDA ACEC ACKM ACOA ACOTA ACS ACTION ADANA ADB ADCO ADCP ADEL ADEP ADIP ADM ADMIRAL ADPM ADRC AE AEC AECL AEGR AEIR AEM AEMED AEMR [+] AER AESC AF AFAF AL HOURANI AFARI AFDB AFDIN AFFAIRS AFGHAN AFGHANISTAN AFIN [+] AFL AFLU AFOR AFR AFSA AFSI AFSN AFU AFZAL AG AGAO AGENDA AGENGA AGIT AGMT AGOA AGR AGRI AGRIC AGRICULTURE AGS AGUILAR AGUIRRE AHMED AI AIAG AID AIDAC AIDS AIEA AIHRC AIN AINF AINFCY AINR AINT AISG AIT AJ AK AL ALAB ALAMI ALANAZI ALBE ALEXANDER ALI ALIREZA ALJAZEERA ALL ALNEA ALOUNI ALOW ALOWAR ALVAREZ AM AMAT AMB AMBASSADOR AMCHAM AMCHAMS AMCT AME AMED AMEDI AMEMR AMER AMERICAS AMEX AMG AMGE AMGMT AMGT [+] AMIA AMLB AMPR AMT AMTC AMTG AN ANARCHISTS ANC AND ANDREW LEE WATKINS ANET ANTITERRORISM ANTOINE GHONDA ANTONIO ANTXON AO AOCR AODE AOIC AOMS AOPR AORC [+] AORD AOREC AORG AORL AOWC AP APCS APDC APEC APECO APER [+] APR APRC APRM AQ AR ARAB ARABBL ARABL ARABLEAGUE ARAS ARC ARCH ARENA AREP ARF ARG ARM ARMITAGE ARMS ARNOLD FREDERICK MORRIS AROC ARR ARRMZY ARSO AS ASA ASAC ASC ASCC ASCE ASCEC ASCH ASE ASEAN ASEC [+] ASECARP ASECE ASECM ASECSI ASECVE ASED ASEDC ASEG ASEK ASES ASEX ASFC ASIC ASIG ASIR ASJA ASO ASOC ASPA ASR ASSEMBLY ASSK ASSSEMBLY ASUP AT ATFN ATPDEA ATRA ATRD ATRN AU AU-1 AUC AUNR AUSGR AUSTRALIAGROUP AV AVERY AVIAN AVIANFLU AVIATION AW AX AY AZ AZE B. BA BAGHDAD BAIO BAKOYANNIS BALKANS BAPOL BARACK BASHAR BATA BAYS BB BBG BBSR BC BCW BCXP BD BE BEAN BELLVIEW BEN BERARDUCCI BESP BEXB BEXP [+] BEXPC BEXPPLM BEXT BF BFIF BFIN BFIO BG BGD BGMT BH BHUM BI BIC BIDOON BIH BILAT BIMSTEC BINR BIO BIOS BIOTECH BIOTECHNOLOGY BIT BITO BK BL BLR BLUE BLUNT BM BMENA BMGT BMOT BN BNUC BO BOIKO BOL BOND BOQ BORDER BOSNIA BOU BOUCHAIB KAKA BOUTERSE BP BPIS BPTS BR BRIAN BRITNEY BRITNY BRPA BRUSSELS BS BSSR BT BTA BTC BTIO [+] BTIU BTRA BTT BU BUD BULGARIA BURMA BURNS BUSH BUY AMERICA BV BW BWC BX BXEP BY BZ CA CAC CACM CACS CAFTA CAIO CAJC CAMBODIA CAN CAPC CARC CARE CARIB CARICOM CARSON CAS CASA CASC [+] CASCC CASCR CASE CASTILLO CAVO CB CBC CBD CBE CBG CBIS CBM CBSA CBTH CBW CCSR CCY CD CDB CDC CDCC CDCE CDG CDI CE CEA CEC CEDAW CEN CENSUS CENTCOM CENTRIC CEUDA CF CFE CFED CFG CFIS CFSP CG CGEN CGOPRC CH CHAD CHALLENGE CHAO CHAVEZ CHELIDZE CHENEY CHERTOFF CHG CHIEF CHN CHR CHR-1 CHRISTIAN CHRISTOF CHRISTOPHER CI CIA CIAT CIC CICTE CIDA CIO CIP CIS CITEL CITES CITIBANK CITT CIVAIR CIVS CJ CJAN [+] CJUS CK CKGR CKOR CL CLEARANCE CLINTON CLMT CLO CLOK CM CMAE CMFT CMGT [+] CMP CMT CN CNAR CNARC CNC CNO CO CODEL COE COL COLIN COLLECTIVE COLOMBO COM COMESA COMMERCE CON CONAWAY CONDOLEEZZA CONDOLEEZZA RICE CONEAZ CONG CONGO CONGRINT CONS CONSULAR CONTROL CONTROLS CORRUPTION COSI COUNTER COUNTER TERRORISM COUNTERTERRORISM COUNTRY COUNTRYCLEARANCE CP CPA CPAS CPC CPCTC CPPT CPUOS CQ CR CRIM CRIME CRIMES CRISTINA CRM CROATIA CROS CRS CRUZ CS CSCE CSEP CSIS CSW CT CTBT CTER CTERR CTM CTR CTRYCLR CU CUCO CUIS CUL CUSTODIO CV CVIA CVIC CVIS [+] CVISU CVPR CVR CW CWC CWCM CWG CX CY CYNTHIA CYP CYPRUSARMS CZ DA DAC DAFR DAN DANFUNG DANIEL DAO DARFR DARFUR DAVID DAVID LEE HOWES DAVID WELCH DAVID WILLIAM RAY DB DC DCDG DCG DCHA DCI DCM DCOM DCRM DE DEA DEAX DEFENSE DEFENSEREFORM DELTAVIOLENCE DEM DEMARCHE DEMARCHES DEMETRIOS DEMOCRATIC DENNIS DEOC DEPORTATION DEPT DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER DESI DHA DHLAKAMA DHLS DHRF DHS DHSX DIEZ DIPLOMACY 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09BEIJING2691 | ONLINE MUSIC DISTRIBUTION FACES MORE HURDLES IN [...] (SBU) Summary. China issued new regulations on September 3 requiring all foreign-recorded music be reviewed by the Ministry of Culture (MOC) before being distributed online. Online music providers must also prove to the MOC they have permission from copyright owners to sell and distribute the [...] | 2009-09-18 09:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV CH |
09BEIJING3115 | CHINA'S ANTI-MONOPOLY LAW: A TOOTHLESS TIGER WHEN IT COMES [...] (SBU) Summary: China's antitrust authorities and courts have been reluctant to use the country's Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) to curb anti-competitive behavior of state-owned enterprises (SOEs),according to a number of Chinese scholars, antitrust lawyers, and newspapers. Speaking at a Georgetown [...] | 2009-11-13 09:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EINV ETRD KIPR CH |
09BEIJING3417 | PRC OFFICIALS DISCUSS IPR PROTECTION AND ANTI-MONOPOLY [...] (SBU) Summary: China should counter the trend toward "overprotection of IPR" by regulating "IPR transfer" and combating IPR "abuse," a Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) official said at a December 9 seminar on Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) enforcement and IPR. Other Chinese officials and judges at the s [...] | 2009-12-22 03:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EINV ETRD KIPR CH |
09BEIJING3433 | EMBASSY BEIJING RESPONSE TO GAO IPR REPORT [...] (U) Summary. The China Mission is actively working to implement the recommendations put forth by GAO in its September 2009 report. The Mission's interagency IP Task Force, established in 2005, convenes a monthly meeting to share information on IPR activities in country and in home offices. T [...] | 2009-12-23 08:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON ETRD CH |
09BEIJING3442 | CHINA SHOWS ASSERTIVENESS AT EU SUMMIT AS LISBON [...] (C) In contrast to MFA claims that the November 30 EU-China Summit held in Nanjing was a positive event with "no points of contention," European diplomats stated that the PRC showed "new assertiveness" with Europe during the summit and noted that discussions calling for increased flexibility i [...] | 2009-12-23 09:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN KIPR SENV EINV ETRD PHUM |
09BEIJING570 | CHINA MISSION 2009 SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION [...] (U) This cable responds to Ref A seeking Post input for the annual 2009 Special 301 Review. 2. (SBU) Post recommends that China continue to be placed on the Priority Watch List with Section 306 monitoring. A World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement panel on January 26, 2009 found [...] | 2009-03-05 06:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EIND KIPR ECON CH |
09BEIRUT1366 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PRESIDENTIAL SCIENCE [...] (SBU) Embassy Beirut welcomes your visit to Lebanon, which will offer a unique opportunity to highlight the importance of scientific issues, from climate change to communications policy, at the highest levels of the GOL while raising general awareness among the public at large. Although Leban [...] | 2009-12-31 08:00:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ESTH EINT PGOV KGHG KIPR TSPL LE |
09BEIRUT239 | LEBANON: 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) In 2008, political and security instability in Lebanon continued to stand in the way of the ratification of pending IPR-related legislation. Most of Lebanon's IP legislation is TRIPS-compliant, with the exception of what relates to pharmaceuticals and undisclosed information. However, a [...] | 2009-02-27 16:32:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KIPR PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT451 | LEBANON: TELECOM MINISTRY COMMITTED TO LIBERALIZATION AND [...] (U) On April 15, Minister of Telecommunications Gebran Bassil inaugurated the two-day 9th Arab Telecom & Internet Forum in Beirut with the participation of Telecom Ministers from Syria, Jordan, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. Bassil said Lebanon has a clear policy for the telecom sector, consisting [...] | 2009-04-21 09:53:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ECPS PGOV KIPR LE KCOR |
09BEIRUT473 | LEBANON: UNEMPLOYMENT EXCEEDED 9% IN 2007 AND MAY RISE IN [...] (U) During the week of April 20, the Central Administration of Statistics (CAS) published its latest survey on household living conditions showing that unemployment increased from 8% in 2004 to 9.2% in 2007. The increase was mostly attributed to the July 2006 war against Israel, when over 45,0 [...] | 2009-04-26 04:35:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ECPS PGOV KIPR LE KCOR |
09BEIRUT552 | LEBANON: 2009 SPECIAL 301 [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to acting Director General of the Ministry of Economy and Trade (MOET) Fouad Fleifel on May 7. In addition, Post sent the Special 301 report and comments to senior and working level contacts at the Ministries of Culture, Health, Finance, Justice, and Adm [...] | 2009-05-18 04:36:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD KIPR PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT685 | LEBANON: GOL EXPECTS 50% INCREASE IN TOURISM IN 2009 [...] (U) In an interview with French daily L'Orient le Jour on June 16, director general of the Ministry of Tourism (MOT) Nada Sardouk said she expects Lebanon to receive around two million total tourists in 2009, noting that 500,000 visited in the first four months of the year. The number of touri [...] | 2009-06-22 13:35:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND PGOV KIPR KFLU LE |
09BEIRUT843 | LEBANON: JOB CREATION IS PRIORITY FOR PM-ELECT (ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Senior economic advisor to PM-elect Saad Hariri and potential finance minister in the next cabinet, Dr. Nadim Munla, said Hariri plans to focus on job creation and to enact a program creating at least 200,000 jobs over the next five years. Munla said on July 21 that Hariri was considerin [...] | 2009-07-27 12:53:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND ETRD EWWT KIPR KFLU PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT886 | LEBANON: POLITICAL CONSENSUS IS CORNERSTONE FOR REFORMS [...] (SBU) During a series of meetings with EconOff July 21-22, government officials and prominent economic consultants stressed that politics had stalled reform and privatization. They believed political leaders wanted to preserve their vested interests in any future privatization. PM-elect Saad [...] | 2009-08-06 04:36:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ECON EFIN EIND ETRD KIPR KFLU PGOV SENV LE |
09BEIRUT905 | LEBANON: HEALTH MINISTRY CONSIDERS SWINE FLU ITS PRIORITY, [...] (SBU) On August 4, Director General of the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) Walid Ammar told us he does not consider IPR a major priority for the MOPH. Instead of focusing on stricter rules on IPR for WTO accession to protect the interests of multinational pharmaceutical companies, Ammar asked [...] | 2009-08-13 07:51:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELTN EINV ENRG ETRD KIPR KFLU PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT906 | LEBANON: HEALTH MINISTRY CONSIDERS SWINE FLU ITS PRIORITY, [...] (SBU) On August 4, Director General of the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) Walid Ammar told us he does not consider IPR a major priority for the MOPH. Instead of focusing on stricter rules on IPR for WTO accession to protect the interests of multinational pharmaceutical companies, Ammar asked [...] | 2009-08-13 07:51:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELTN EINV ENRG ETRD KIPR KFLU PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT918 | LEBANON: FINANCE MINISTER SAYS BUDGET TRANSPARENCY IS A TOP [...] (SBU) The Ambassador delivered Ref B demarche encouraging central government budget transparency to caretaker Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah on August 7. Chatah declared that budget transparency was one of his ministry's top priorities, as evidenced by its commitment to a $4 million World Ba [...] | 2009-08-17 12:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KIPR PGOV LE SOCI |
09BEIRUT99 | LEBANON: POLITICAL WILL KEY TO FURTHER PROGRESS ON IPR [...] (SBU) Most Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) experts tell us current Lebanese legislation is generally adequate and WTO compliant, while Lebanon's biggest IPR problem is enforcement. IPR industry contacts say courts should impose more stringent fines on violators. IPR infringement in the pha [...] | 2009-01-26 16:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KIPR PGOV LE |
09BELMOPAN83 | BELIZE: 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Belize was removed from the Special 301 Watchlist in 2008, but concerns remain in enforcement of IPR laws and prosecution of offenders. 2. (U) Belize and IPR Laws and Conventions: Belize has fulfilled its obligation under the World Trade Organization (WTO) to implement the Agreement o [...] | 2009-03-03 17:48:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD KIPR BH |
09BERLIN1333 | GERMANY EXPRESSES TEPID SUPPORT FOR GEOGRAPHICAL [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to representatives of Germany's Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Economics and Technology and the Foreign Office. 2. (SBU) The head of the AgMin's International Trade Policy Division, Klaus Kehrein, told FAS that extending Geographical Indicat [...] | 2009-10-26 06:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EUN KIPR |
09BERN83 | SWITZERLAND: 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] Summary. Post recommends that Switzerland not be listed in the 2008 Special 301 Report. While there are deficiencies in the Swiss Copyright Act implemented in 2008, the new Act further strengthened an already strong system. U.S. industry concerns about the lack of solid protection against i [...] | 2009-02-25 08:38:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR ETRD EINV SZ |
09BOGOTA437 | REVISION: COLOMBIA-2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] This is a revised copy of the 2009 Colombia Investment Climate Statement (ref B). Please note minor changes in paragraphs 11 (Banking, Insurance and Telecommunications sections),41, 48, 51 and 71. Post will submit text via email to EEB/IFD/OIA and include in the 2009 Country Commercial Guid [...] | 2009-02-11 20:26:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON OPIC KTDB USTR EFIN KIPR PGOV CO |
09BOGOTA558 | EU-ANDEAN FTA TALKS REAWAKEN AFTER TEN-MONTH COMA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The European Union and Colombia, Peru and Ecuador held their first round of free trade negotiations since the EU and the Andean Community abandoned the "bloc-to-bloc" format (which had included Bolivia) last year. Colombia and EU officials characterized the round as a success, [...] | 2009-02-20 21:45:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ECIN KIPR CO |
09BOGOTA684 | COLOMBIA -- 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (U) SUMMARY. Post recommends Colombia remain on the Special 301 Watch List. The Colombian Government has made substantial efforts over the last year to combat the theft of intellectual property. The penalties for pharmaceuticals counterfeiting have been stiffened. The level of cooperation [...] | 2009-03-02 13:03:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON ETRD CO |
09BRASILIA1017 | BRAZIL: PATENT DENIED, GOB PAVES WAY FOR GENERIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In July, the Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) rejected a patent application by California-based Gilead Sciences for its HIV drug Viread (scientific name: tenofovir). During a trip to Brazil to discuss the case with GOB officials, senior Gilead represen [...] | 2009-08-17 18:15:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON BR |
09BRASILIA1042 | BRAZIL IPR: GOB STRENGTHENS ENFORCEMENT BUT SOME IN BRAZIL [...] (U) Summary: On August 18, the Brazilian Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE),Division of Intellectual Property (DIPI),hosted a presentation to interested members of the diplomatic community by the National Anti-Piracy Council (CNCP). Chaired by the Ministry of Justice, CNCP brings together [...] | 2009-08-21 16:23:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON BR |
09BRASILIA1120 | BRAZIL: POTENTIAL FOR WORKING CLOSER WITH BRAZIL ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Biotechnology and genetic resources are issues that have divided the Brazilian ministries, with the Agriculture Ministry vigorously supporting increased use of biotechnology and freer flow of genetic resources, and until recently, the Environment Ministry expressing skepticism [...] | 2009-09-08 14:07:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR TBIO ECON KSCA KIPR EAID ETRD BR |
09BRASILIA1134 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: BRAZIL TO TABLE [...] On September 10, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Nathanael Souza e Silva of the MFA's Human Rights Division and provided him a copy of the text of the draft freedom of expression resolution. Souza will personally attend the 12th session of the UN Human Rights Council and has also attended [...] | 2009-09-11 17:53:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KIPR ETRD ECON UN BR |
09BRASILIA1175 | BRAZIL - GROWING RECOGNITION OF IMPORTANCE OF PROMOTING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil (GOB) and the private sector have identified promoting innovation as a key priority. Many of the Mission's governmental interlocutors view innovation as pivotal to accelerating Brazil's continued development and economic success. Working with the GOB [...] | 2009-09-21 10:32:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON TSPL TPHY TNGD TINT KIPR KSCA NSF BR |
09BRASILIA1338 | BRAZIL IPR UPDATE: PHARMACEUTICAL SECTOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Brazilian judicial and legislative branches are in the process of examining two key pharmaceutical patent-related issues - the role of the national health vigilance agency (ANVISA) in reviewing pharmaceutical patent applications and the constitutionality of Brazil's pipeline [...] | 2009-11-20 13:51:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON BR |
09BRASILIA1498 | BRAZIL: USTR/MRE BCM POSITIVE AND PRODUCTIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 9, Assistant United States Trade Representative (AUSTR) for the Americas Everett Eissenstat, accompanied by Director for Brazil and Southern Cone Katherine Kalutkiewicz, led the U.S. delegation during a positive and productive meeting of the Bilateral Consultative M [...] | 2009-12-21 18:52:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON EFIN EINV EAGR BR |
09BRASILIA254 | BRAZIL: 2009 Special 301 Recommendation [...] (U) Per reftel A, the following is Embassy Brasilia's input for the 2009 Special 301 Review of Brazil. 2. (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that Brazil be maintained on the Special 301 Watch List. GoB actions demonstrate a strong, inter-agency commitment to anti-piracy policy and consumer ed [...] | 2009-03-02 19:57:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON BR |
09BRASILIA401 | BRAZIL'S ENTHUSIATIC, THOUGH COMPLICATED, APPROACH TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazil has constructed a complex regime to govern access to and benefit sharing of genetic resources. Provisional Measure No. 2186-16 and its implementing rules and regulations establish the requirements in this field. The intended purpose for collecting the genetic resources [...] | 2009-03-31 20:33:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAGR ECON ETRD KIPR TBIO KPAO BR |
09BRIDGETOWN460 | DEMARCHE TO GOAB ON ZOOKZ.COM WEBSITE [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered ref demarche to Antigua's Finance Minister and Attorney General in separate meetings July 24. By that time, the GOAB had taken aggressive action to shut down the Zookz.com website and to strongly denounce the company's assertion that it was acting legally under the term [...] | 2009-07-29 17:18:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD XL |
09BRUSSELS1671 | EU MAKES PROGRESS TOWARDS, AN EU-WIDE PATENT SYSTEM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-14 14:14:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR EIND ETRD SENV ECON TPHY TSPL EUR EUN |
09BRUSSELS1673 | EU MAKES PROGRESS TOWARDS, AN EU-WIDE PATENT SYSTEM [...] SUMMARY: At a Competitiveness Council meeting in Brussels December 4, EU industry ministers reached a political agreement on a process to move toward setting up a single EU patent to replace the multitude of national patents in force across 27 member states. The ministers also reached a deal [...] | 2009-12-14 15:22:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR EIND ETRD SENV ECON TPHY TSPL EUR EUN |
09BRUSSELS201 | CONSUMERS: TRANSATLANTIC ECONOMIC COUNCIL NEEDS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-12 10:49:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND EAGR ETTC ENRG KIPR PREL EUN |
09BRUSSELS202 | CONSUMERS: TRANSATLANTIC ECONOMIC COUNCIL NEEDS [...] (SBU) Summary: At a February 4 meeting with USEU, TransAtlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD) representatives raised concerns over and suggested new directions for the Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC) process. TACD is concerned about the need for more transparency in the drafting of the TEC ag [...] | 2009-02-12 12:48:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND EAGR ETTC ENRG KIPR PREL EUN |
09BRUSSELS353 | AREAS FOR POTENTIAL U.S.-EU COOPERATION ON CHINA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. and EU share strong interests in coordinating economic engagement with China over a broad range of sectors, including health and safety, competition, ICT policy, trade, IPR and investment concerns. The EU is working with China actively in these areas, and seeks greate [...] | 2009-03-12 15:22:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECIN ECPS KIPR ETRD EFIN CI EUN |
09BUCHAREST136 | ROMANIA: 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to reftel, post recommends that Romania remain on the Special 301 Watch List for 2009. Despite a decreasing trend in physical optical disc piracy, the growth of Internet piracy -- both peer-to-peer file sharing and business-to-consumer piracy -- remains a problem. R [...] | 2009-03-02 09:11:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR RO |
09BUCHAREST704 | ROMANIA: DEMARCHE RESPONSE TO GEOGRAPHICAL [...] (U) This is an Action Request; please see paragraphs 5 and 6. 2. (SBU) EconCoun delivered reftel demarche points on October 16 to Victoria Campeanu, Director General for Trade Policies under the Ministry of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, Trade, and Business Environment. Campeanu appr [...] | 2009-10-19 10:51:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EUN KIPR RO |
09BUDAPEST155 | HUNGARY: 2009 SPECIAL 301 REPORT POST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION: Hungary continues to make headway on its Special 301 initiatives, as well as IPR regulatory enforcement more broadly. The National Board Against Counterfeiting and Piracy (HENT) -- which acts as an overarching structure for information sharing, police and jud [...] | 2009-03-02 13:10:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR EU HU |
09BUDAPEST284 | HUNGARY'S RESPONSE - 2009 USG INTELLECTUAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-09 15:08:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON ETRD HU |
09BUDAPEST331 | HUNGARY'S RESPONSE TO THE 2009 SPECIAL 301 DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On April 29, Pol/EconOff delivered the demarche (Ref A) talking points to Lazslo Varkonyi, Trade Representative, Ministry of Economy (MOE),and Andras Szorenyi and David Horvath, U.S. Desk Officers, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). All were pleased that the USTR recognized the efforts [...] | 2009-05-04 11:18:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EU HU ETRD KIPR |
09BUDAPEST776 | HUNGARY'S REPLY ON EC/SWISS POSITIONS ON [...] EconOff delivered demarche points to Dr. Laszlo Varkonyi, Director General of the Trade Policy Department of Hungary's Ministry for National Development and Economy. Varkonyi stated that while he appreciated the clarity of the U.S. position, Hungary sides with the EC/Swiss proposal. Varkonyi [...] | 2009-10-22 15:29:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EUN KIPR HU |
09BUDAPEST788 | HUNGARY: CONCRETE ACTION ON IPR PROTECTION [...] (SBU) Summary. Over the past year, under the leadership of the National Board Against Counterfeiting (HENT),the GOH has taken concrete steps to improve the protection of intellectual property rights, combat counterfeiting and piracy, and increase public awareness of the importance of IP prot [...] | 2009-10-30 15:49:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR HU |
09BUENOSAIRES1025 | ARGENTINA'S HEALTH MINISTER SAYS H1N1 EPIDEMIC IS OVER [...] In an interview to daily newspaper "Clarin" on September 7, Argentina's Health Minister Juan Manzur stated that "the H1N1 epidemic is over, but the alert level continues, as flu cases continue to be diagnosed." As more than 92 percent of the test results identified the H1N1 virus (8,384 posit [...] | 2009-09-14 19:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI PREL AMED ELAB CASC KIPR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES261 | MISSION BUENOS AIRES VIEWS ON ARGENTINA'S 2009 SPECIAL 301 [...] (SBU) In 2008, Argentine authorities responsible for providing "adequate and effective protection to intellectual property rights" made few meaningful improvements in IPR legislation, regulation and enforcement, and there remain serious weaknesses in each of these areas. Multiple law enforcem [...] | 2009-03-11 14:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON AR |
09BUENOSAIRES679 | Staffdel Winters in Argentina - Piracy and Television [...] (U) This document is sensitive but unclassified. It should not be disseminated outside of USG channels or in any public forum without the written concurrence of the originator. It should not be posted on the Internet. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Staffdel Winters visited Argentina [...] | 2009-06-10 20:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON PGOV PREL AR |
09BUENOSAIRES908 | ARGENTINA: UPDATE ON H1N1 INFLUENZA [...] As of August 5, Argentina had confirmed 337 deaths due to H1N1 influenza. According to the press, over half these fatalities were in otherwise healthy patients who had no pre-existing chronic conditions or ailments. Tests to determine the cause of an additional 400 deaths are still pending. [...] | 2009-08-06 16:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SOCI PREL AMED ELAB CASC KIPR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES952 | ARGENTINA: H1N1 INFLUENZA BEGINNING TO WANE [...] As of August 20, Argentina had confirmed 441 deaths due to H1N1 influenza. Official estimates indicated that more than 800,000 people had contracted the virus to date. According to Dr. Horacio Lopez, Head of Infectious Diseases at the School of Medicine and Medical Advisor to the City of Bue [...] | 2009-08-21 16:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SOCI PREL AMED ELAB CASC KIPR AR |
09CAIRO383 | 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Based on continued efforts by the Government of Egypt (GOE) to protect intellectual property rights in Egypt, we recommend that Egypt stay on the Special 301 watch list. On the pharmaceutical and software sides, the Ministry of Health and Minister of Telecom are taking a much [...] | 2009-03-04 12:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR EG |
09CAIRO84 | EGYPT TO RATIFY MADRID PROTOCOL [...] After a December 16 joint Shura Council/People's Assembly Committee decision to approve the Madrid Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks, the Shura Council has approved the treaty for ratification. The People's Assembly began discussion o [...] | 2009-01-19 12:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID KIPR EG |
09CANBERRA247 | ALLEGATIONS CONCERNING USAID CONTRACTOR [...] (SBU) Post has been contacted by Peter Farrell, General Manager of Australian Medicines Handbook Pty Ltd (AMH),concerning what he calls an "apparent case of intellectual property theft." Farrell alleges that PHRplus, now called HealthSystems 20/20, which he describes as "an agency of USAID", [...] | 2009-03-13 04:00:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREK KIPR AS |
09CARACAS1599 | CHAVEZ PROMOTES TRANSITION TO SOCIALIST ECONOMY, THREATENS [...] (SBU) On December 22, President Chavez inaugurated a chain of government-run retail stores called the Corporation of Socialist Markets (COMERSO). "We're going to defeat speculation. Private individuals can still sell, but they'll have to compete with us and with a people that is now fully awa [...] | 2009-12-29 22:50:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KIPR EINV ETRD EIND EINT ECIN CH VE |
09CARACAS271 | 2009 SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION: KEEP VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) continues to chip away at protection of intellectual property rights. In 2008, the GBRV resurrected a 50 year old law disallowing the patenting of medicines and food. Enforcement remains a problem as the police agenc [...] | 2009-03-03 18:28:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR |
09CASABLANCA132 | PIRACY STILL THRIVING IN MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent visit by Econoff and Poloff to Morocco's largest informal market revealed that despite a strong legislative framework for combating counterfeit and pirated products, enforcement remains weak. According to Morocco's Commercial and Industry Property Office, only 19 intel [...] | 2009-07-08 14:28:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV MO |
09CHENGDU254 | LHASA TECH COMPANY COMMERCIALIZES TIBETAN LANGUAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Tibet Luozang Digital S&T Co., founded by an ethnically Tibetan computer science professor at Tibet University, produces two innovative Tibetan-Chinese-English electronic dictionary and language learning machines. Professor Luozang, who holds four PRC patents on his elect [...] | 2009-11-10 02:08:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR CH |
09CHENGDU262 | SW CHINA ELECTRONICS GIANT SETS SIGHTS ON U.S. MARKET, SEEKS [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary and Comment: Sichuan electronics giant Changhong recently told us success in the U.S. market, elusive up to now, would be a litmus test of its arrival as a major globa [...] | 2009-11-18 07:48:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV PGOV KIPR KNNP CH |
09CHENGDU294 | KUNMING PHARMACEUTICAL CHIEF CLAIMS CHINESE IPR IS STRONG; [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary. Chinese intellectual property rights (IPR) have strengthened considerably in the last 10 years, the chairman of a New York AMEX-listed, Chinese pharmaceutical compan [...] | 2009-12-09 00:02:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV KIPR CH |
09CHENGDU30 | TRYING TO FIND NON-PIRATED MOVIES IN SOUTHWEST CHINA [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Pirated movies appear to remain readily on sale in Sichuan Province's capital city of Chengdu. Packaging is of such a high quality that the average consumer probably [...] | 2009-02-13 05:34:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ETRD KIPR PGOV CH |
09CHENGDU300 | SW CHINA CONFERENCE RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT PROGRESS ON [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary. Notwithstanding official optimism, serious doubts about PRC intellectual property rights protection progress were voiced by foreign-invested Chinese companies partic [...] | 2009-12-12 22:55:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EIND ETRD PGOV KIPR CH |
09CHENGDU40 | SOUTHWEST CHINA ENTREPRENEURS BUILD COUNTERFEIT STORE [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Entrepreneurs in Sichuan's provincial capital Chengdu have, in at least one case, moved from selling copyright infringing products to copying a company's entire produc [...] | 2009-03-05 02:07:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ETRD KIPR PGOV CH |
09CHISINAU139 | MOLDOVA 2009 SPECIAL 301 REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Republic of Moldova continues to introduce legislation to harmonize its intellectual property rights (IPR) with EU and WTO standards. Moldova has an adequate legal framework for the protection of IPR, but struggles with implementation. According to the Business Software All [...] | 2009-02-27 13:55:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR MD |
09CHISINAU140 | MOLDOVA 2009 SPECIAL 301 REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Republic of Moldova continues to introduce legislation to harmonize its intellectual property rights (IPR) with EU and WTO standards. Moldova has an adequate legal framework for the protection of IPR, but struggles with implementation. According to the Business Software Al [...] | 2009-02-27 13:59:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR MD |
09COLOMBO1078 | IPR IN THE MALDIVES: LOTS TO DO IN LITTLE TIME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Maldives does not currently have legislation on the books protecting intellectual property rights (IPR). The Maldives is expected to graduate from the list of least developed nations by 2011, necessitating passage of WTO-compatible intellectual property legislation. Since 2 [...] | 2009-11-27 08:16:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON PGOV CE |
09COLOMBO1120 | IPR IN THE MALDIVES: LOTS TO DO IN LITTLE TIME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Maldives does not currently have legislation on the books protecting intellectual property rights (IPR). The Maldives is expected to graduate from the list of least developed nations by 2011, necessitating passage of WTO-compatible intellectual property legislation. Since 2 [...] | 2009-12-07 06:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON PGOV CE |
09COLOMBO985 | Sri Lanka TIFA Talks Take Incremental Steps Toward [...] (SBU) The United States and Sri Lanka held their seventh annual Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks in Colombo on October 15, which resulted in incremental advances but no breakthroughs. The TIFA talks covered agricultural and government procurement issues, progress in the D [...] | 2009-10-23 05:42:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAGR EINV ELAB KIPR KTEX CE |
09CONAKRY76 | ARRESTS, APPOINTMENTS, AND MACHINATIONS: A [...] (U) SUMMARY. Politics in Guinea continue to be fluid since the coup d'etat on 23 December 2008. Given these circumstances, post will transmit as needed roundups of presidential appointments, military arrests, and any other political machinations. END SUMMARY. ---------------------------- [...] | 2009-01-28 16:37:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV PHUM EINV PREL BIOS KIPR GV |
09DHAKA253 | ABILITY, EXPERIENCE OF HASINA'S CABINET MIXED [...] (C) Bangladesh's new Minister of Industries owes his appointment more to political expediency than professional credentials. Minister Dilip Barua told the Ambassador recently he was still learning about his portfolio, though he supported the ministry's long-term commitment to private enterpr [...] | 2009-03-09 10:06:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EIND EINV ECON KIPR BG |
09DUBAI336 | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS PROTECTION A PRIORITY SAY DUBAI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and prosecution of counterfeiters remain top priorities of the Dubai and federal UAE governments, according to Dubai Customs officials. Efforts to date have been limited by a population still largely uninformed about the need to [...] | 2009-08-18 07:23:00 | Consulate Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AF TC |
09DUBAI354 | DUBAI SEEKS BOTTOM FOR ITS REAL ESTATE MARKET THROUGH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dubai Holding, the Dubai Inc. entity representing the personal property holdings of Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum (MbR),plans to consolidate several of its largest property developers into one mega-sized integrated unit. Although news of the consolidation was [...] | 2009-08-30 07:31:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE |
09DUBAI380 | NAKHEEL DEBT DEAL WEIGHS ON DUBAI'S ECONOMIC RECOVERY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The upcoming USD 3.5 billion Sukuk debt repayment for Dubai-based real estate mega developer, Nakheel Properties Inc., is the hot topic in financial circles. The odds are high that Abu Dhabi, vis-`-vis the UAE Central Bank, will intervene to cover the debt, raising hopes for Dubai [...] | 2009-09-14 13:59:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE |
09DUBAI392 | DUBAI'S NAKHEEL LOOKS TO MARKET FOR DEBT COMPROMISE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Financial gossip in Dubai continues to revolve around how mega developer Nakheel plans to address its massive USD 3.5 billion Sukuk bond debt obligation due in December. Although Dubai's credit markets have begun to thaw, most analysts have come to expect an Abu Dhabi-funded bail [...] | 2009-09-28 09:29:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE |
09DUBAI457 | U.S. CONTRACTORS STILL OWED FOR DUBAI PROJECTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. companies who in part helped fuel the real estate and construction boom in Dubai continue to lament the lack of payment to them by both the Government of Dubai entities and private property developers across Dubai. The amount of money owed to U.S. contractors varies quite si [...] | 2009-10-22 14:33:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE |
09DUBAI473 | DUBAI CUSTOMS STOPS ILLICIT AIR CARGO SHIPMENT AS A RESULT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 26, Dubai Customs acted on intelligence from Dubai-based DHS/ICE officials in seizing an in-bound air shipment originating in Canada containing what is believed to be dual-use nuclear technology slated for re-export from Dubai to an undetermined destination. This interd [...] | 2009-11-03 12:44:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE |
09DUBAI489 | DUBAI SEEKS CASH AS COMMERCIAL DEBT LOOMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The surprise announcement by Dubai mega-developer Nakheel that it had paid USD 1.2 billion toward its securitized debt obligations one month ahead of schedule energized debt markets and coincided with the Government of Dubai's own announcement of a new USD 6.5 billion bond sale ro [...] | 2009-11-15 14:14:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE |
09DUBAI491 | DUBAI SEEKS CASH AS COMMERCIAL DEBT LOOMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The surprise announcement by Dubai mega-developer Nakheel that it had paid USD 1.2 billion toward its securitized debt obligations one month ahead of schedule energized debt markets and coincided with the Government of Dubai's own announcement of a new USD 6.5 billion bond sale ro [...] | 2009-11-16 04:08:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE |
09DUBAI505 | DUBAI RULER SHAKES UP SENIOR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: A shake-up in Dubai's financial services and investment nerve centers over the weekend has brought down four of the principal architects of Dubai's rapid, debt-fuelled economic expansion. Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum (MbR) replaced Dr. Omar bin Suleiman as he [...] | 2009-11-23 12:25:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE |
09DUBAI516 | DUBAI FINANCE UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dubai and Abu Dhabi financial markets plunged in Monday and Tuesday trading, the first market openings since Dubai World's announcement of six month moratorium on debt repayments (ref A). A senior Dubai finance official distanced the Dubai government from Dubai World's non-sovere [...] | 2009-12-01 13:15:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE |
09DUBAI530 | DUBAI SOVEREIGN VERSUS COMMERCIAL DEBT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-10 14:05:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE |
09DUBAI533 | DUBAI RECEIVES LIFELINE FROM ABU DHABI GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Dubai, acting through the Supreme Fiscal Committee, announced on December 14 that it had received USD 10 billion directly from Abu Dhabi in order to pay off Dubai World's real estate developer Nakheel's USD 4.1 billion sukuk (Islamic bond). The balance of the US [...] | 2009-12-14 11:02:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE |
09DUSHANBE458 | WHITHER TIFA? RETHINKING OUR DIALOGUE WITH TAJIKISTAN [...] (SBU) Given the new administration, the broad review of our engagement in this region, and the upcoming visit of Deputy Assistant Trade Representative Claudio Lilienfeld, this is a good opportunity to take a fresh look at the most effective way to engage in a meaningful trade and investment dia [...] | 2009-04-10 13:34:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV BEXP PREL ENRG KIPR TI |
09GENEVA1011 | UPOV Meeting, October 19 to 23, 2009 [...] Summary: The International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) met on October 19 to October 23, 2009. Issues regarding the procedure for the appointment of a new Vice Secretary General were discussed, and three candidates for the post of the Vice-Secretary General were s [...] | 2009-11-10 16:10:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR WIPO |
09GENEVA1118 | WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, [...] SUMMARY: The 22nd session of the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs, and Geographical Indications (SCT) continued constructive discussions on topics remaining from the 21st session. Work on most of these issues is coming to a conclusion and thus the SCT memb [...] | 2009-12-08 12:17:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR WIPO |
09GENEVA217 | WIPO on Intellectual Property Financing [...] SUMMARY: At a WIPO meeting on Intellectual Property (IP) Financing, participants highlighted national experiences, discussed challenges in using IP for financing, and explored solutions to those challenges. END SUMMARY. 2. The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) hosted an Info [...] | 2009-03-13 16:12:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR WIPO |
09GENEVA218 | WIPO on Intellectual Property Financing [...] SUMMARY: At a WIPO meeting on Intellectual Property (IP) Financing, participants highlighted national experiences, discussed challenges in using IP for financing, and explored solutions to those challenges. END SUMMARY. 2. The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) hosted an Info [...] | 2009-03-13 16:17:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR WIPO |
09GENEVA302 | Thirteenth Session of the WIPO Standing Committee on the [...] SUMMARY: The 13th session of the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP) recommenced its work program agreed to by Member States at the June 2008 meeting. The work program includes technical reporting on which to base discussion. Such discussion had been stalled in the SCP for t [...] | 2009-04-14 08:45:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR WIPO |
09GENEVA307 | UPOV Meeting, March 30 to April 3, 2009 [...] Summary: The Forty-Fifth Session of the Technical Committee (TC),The Fifty-Ninth Session of the Administrative and Legal Committee (CAJ),the Seventy-Seventh Session of the Consultative Committee (CC),the Twenty-Sixth Extraordinary Session of the Council (C),and the Ad-Hoc Subgroup of Techn [...] | 2009-04-17 13:14:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR WIPO |
09GENEVA415 | WIPO Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Working [...] SUMMARY: At the Second Session of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Working Group, delegates mainly discussed proposals to make the operation of the PCT more efficient. In addition, the form of amendments, eligibility criteria for reductions in certain fees, equivalent amounts of certain f [...] | 2009-06-04 11:32:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR WIPO |
09GENEVA416 | Third Session of the WIPO Committee on [...] SUMMARY: The 3rd session of the WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) moved ahead (slowly) in its implementation of 45 recommendations concerning development and IP. These recommendations were approved by the WIPO General Assemblies (GA) in October 2007. In the fir [...] | 2009-06-04 11:38:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR WIPO |
09GENEVA507 | Eighteenth Session of the WIPO Standing Committee on [...] SUMMARY: Member States at the 18th session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) agreed to continue without delay their work on facilitating the access of the blind, visually impaired persons (VIP) and other reading-disabled persons to copyright-protected works. [...] | 2009-06-24 12:47:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR WIPO |
09GENEVA559 | WIPO meeting on Trademarks, Industrial Designs, and [...] SUMMARY: The 21st session of the Standing Committee on Trademarks (SCT) was productive and collegial, even though the Committee was somewhat split over a Jamaican proposal to add country name protection to the provisions of Article 6ter of the Paris Convention, as symbols of national sovereig [...] | 2009-07-06 15:17:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR WIPO |
09GENEVA597 | WIPO on Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and [...] SUMMARY: Member States at the 14th session of the WIPO Intergovernmental Committee (IGC) on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (GRTKF),which was held in Geneva from June 29 to July 3, 2009, failed to reach an agreement on a recommendation to the 2 [...] | 2009-07-20 09:33:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR WIPO |
09GENEVA728 | WIPO Conference on the Visually Impaired [...] (U) SUMMARY: WIPO held a conference on the morning of July 13 on access to reading material for the visually impaired. END SUMMARY. IMPROVING ACCESS TO COPYRIGHT CONTENT FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED ------------------------------------- 2. (U) WIPO's July 13 Conference on Improving Acce [...] | 2009-09-03 14:26:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR WIPO |
09GENEVA730 | WIPO Conference on Public Policy [...] SUMMARY (SBU): During the July 13-14 World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Conference on Intellectual Property (IP) and Public Policy Issues in Geneva, Switzerland, participants explored and clarified the connection between IP and several major public policy issues such as climate ch [...] | 2009-09-03 15:58:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR SENV WIPO |
09GUANGZHOU320 | IPR: Enforcement Numbers Decline in Guangdong 2008 Annual [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) enforcement action in Guangdong Province appeared to decline overall in 2008 as shown by case statistics in the province's annual white paper. Despite official pronouncements by Guangdong authorities that IPR enforcement continued t [...] | 2009-05-26 07:48:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR KIND ECON PGOV CH |
09GUANGZHOU43 | South China Rule of Law Retreating in the Face of Economic [...] (SBU) Summary: Is the rule of law yet another casualty of the economic downturn in south China? That's what international firms and other concerned observers are afraid of, and the signs are pointing somewhat ominously in the direction of turning back the clock. A large multinational toy firm [...] | 2009-01-22 03:28:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EIND KIPR ELAB ECON PGOV CH |
09GUANGZHOU503 | South China IPR: Rights Holders Reiterate Need for [...] (SBU) Summary: American brand owners said Guangdong Province remains the global source for most counterfeit and infringing products during an August 11 introductory meeting with the Consul General. Executives highlighted continued concerns about weak IPR enforcement in South China and suggeste [...] | 2009-08-20 09:14:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON PGOV CH |
09GUANGZHOU514 | South China IPR: Cooperation with Fujian Authorities [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: The willingness of Fujian Provincial Intellectual Property Office (IPO) and Fuzhou Customs officials to meet and share information with the Consul General on August 12 and 13 was an important step after a two-year freeze that began when the United States filed intelle [...] | 2009-08-25 07:43:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR KIND ECON EINV PGOV CH |
09GUANGZHOU574 | Cross-Strait Trade and Economics Surging Forward at CIFIT [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Cross-Strait economic cooperation was a hot topic at the 13th annual China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT) Conference earlier this month in Xiamen. A large group of Taiwan business leaders, academics and working-level officials participated in a h [...] | 2009-09-30 08:40:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL EINV KIPR ECON PGOV TW CH |
09GUANGZHOU611 | Secretary Locke and Wang Yang Discuss IPR, [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Brian L. Goldbeck for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (SBU) October 27, 2009; 3:00 p.m.; Zhudao Hotel, Provincial Party Compound; Guangzhou. 3. (C) Summary: In a wide ranging discussion October 27 in Guangzhou, Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke and Ambassador [...] | 2009-10-30 00:50:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR PREL ECON EINV PGOV CH |
09GUANGZHOU612 | CHINA IPR: CARMAKER BYD SEEKS TO "BUILD YOUR [...] (SBU) Summary and comment. Boosted by a major investment from Warren Buffet and poised to apply its world-class battery technology to automobiles, Chinese automaker BYD has been heralded as one of the most promising carmakers of the future. However, even a cursory look at the BYD product lin [...] | 2009-10-30 03:21:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON PGOV CH |
09GUANGZHOU616 | Secretary Locke and Guangzhou Mayor Zhang [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Brian L. Goldbeck for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (SBU) October 27, 2009; 11:00 a.m.; Sam's Club, Panyu District, Guangzhou. 3. (SBU) Summary: In a brief 25-minute discussion October 27 in Guangzhou, Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke and Ambassador Huntsm [...] | 2009-11-02 09:55:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR PREL ECON EINV PGOV CH |
09GUANGZHOU619 | Secretary Locke's Participation in IP Forum Advances IPR [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: The participation of Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and Ambassador Jon Huntsman in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) Forum on Innovation and Intellectual Property (IP) on October 27 focused local attention on a top-priority concern for the U.S. government and business in so [...] | 2009-11-03 08:10:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR PREL KPAO KIND ECON PGOV CH |
09GUANGZHOU622 | U.S. SOUTH CHINA COMPANIES REVIEW WEAK IPR ENFORCEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Intellectual property right (IPR) infringement -- including counterfeiting, unlicensed technology transfer, hard-disc piracy and unauthorized internet distribution of copyrighted content -- cost U.S. firms in south China hundreds of millions of dollars in lost revenue and pose a [...] | 2009-11-04 09:16:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD EINV PREL PGOV CH TW HK |
09GUANGZHOU627 | CHINA'S 106TH CANTON FAIR SHOWS GRADUAL EXPORT RECOVERY [...] (U) Summary: Guangzhou's semi-annual Canton Fair concluded its 106th installment this week and reported that Chinese export orders continued to strengthen. However, orders have not recovered to pre-financial crisis levels, highlighting the need for China to further restructure the economy from [...] | 2009-11-06 09:26:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON KIPR PREL EINV CH |
09GUANGZHOU640 | Ambassador and Commerce Secretary Receive Massive Press [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Over a billion people are believed to have read, watched or listened to Chinese and international media reports covering the Ambassador and Commerce Secretary's October 26-27 trip to Guangzhou. While south China press -- government owned and operated -- is accurately [...] | 2009-11-20 00:16:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO KMDR PREL KIPR ETRD OVIP CH |
09GUATEMALA198 | 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: INPUT FROM GUATEMALA [...] (U) Summary: Post recommends that Guatemala be moved to the Special 301 Priority Watch List for 2009 and that specific actions be requested to improve the enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). In November 2008, the Ambassador communicated USG concerns over IPR enforcement with At [...] | 2009-03-04 12:40:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD GT |
09HANOI1148 | Promoting IPR Protection in Vietnam [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified. For official use only, not for dissemination outside USG channels or posting on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Post hosted a series of two-day workshops for 200 officials of GVN agencies as part of ongoing efforts to boost Vietnam's prote [...] | 2009-10-28 02:10:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR SOCI PGOV VM |
09HANOI184 | VIETNAM SHOULD REMAIN ON THE 2009 SPECIAL 301 WATCH LIST [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Vietnam (GVN) has continued to take significant steps to implement an effective legal regime to protect intellectual property rights (IPR),reduce IPR violations and raise awareness. However, enforcement remains weak, piracy and counterfeiting are rampant and [...] | 2009-03-02 09:50:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON VM |
09HANOI32 | VIETNAM WORKS TO STRENGTHEN IPR ENFORCEMENT [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam continues to make progress in strengthening efforts and capacity to protect intellectual property rights (IPR). Although IPR enforcement in Vietnam remains weak and piracy is extensive, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) continues to take significant steps to bolster its enf [...] | 2009-01-13 01:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR EAID ETRD VM |
09HANOI631 | VIETNAMESE LEGISLATURE TACKLES IPR, CHIDES GOVERNMENT OVER [...] (U) SUMMARY. Vietnam's National Assembly enacted substantial reforms to its IPR regime in its first session of the year from May to June, 2009, amending its IPR Law, Criminal Code and Cinema Law. The reforms should provide greater market access for U.S. films and penalized commercial-scale IPR [...] | 2009-07-07 11:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR PGOV PHUM VM |
09HELSINKI396 | FINLAND ON GI AND TRIPS [...] Pol/Econoff delivered reftel points to Pekka Kosonen Counsellor for the Department for External Economic Relations at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Kosonen noted that there is no unanimous opinion in the E.U. regarding GI and TRIPS issues and that the divide is clearly cut between northe [...] | 2009-10-28 07:17:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EUN KIPR FI |
09HOCHIMINHCITY199 | LOCAL COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BATTLE PIRATES FOR HCMC MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary. Local copyright holders are driving the expansion of the legitimate music and video sectors in HCMC. While CD and DVD piracy remains rampant in family shops and street stalls throughout the city, locally produced and licensed Vietnamese music CDs dominate the shelves at high end [...] | 2009-03-18 08:05:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR ETRD VM |
09HOCHIMINHCITY551 | VIETNAMESE RECORDING ASSOCIATION SLINGS TELECOM GOLIATH FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Now that the dust has settled, the Recording Industry Association of Vietnam (RIAV) assesses that it scored a major victory earlier this year against a formidable local telecom player, FPT, in the battle against intellectual property infringement. After months of pursuing FPT ( [...] | 2009-07-15 11:15:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR SOCI PGOV VM |
09HOCHIMINHCITY584 | BIG IPR BUST SUGGESTS PROGRESS, BUT POLITICS ALSO PLAYED A [...] (SBU) Summary: An interagency team charged with enforcing intellectual property rights (IPR) raided a factory and a private house in Ho Chi Minh City last month, confiscating close to 100 boxes of pirated CDs and DVDs as well as the industrial-scale equipment used to manufacture them. The agg [...] | 2009-08-21 03:10:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR EAID ETRD VM |
09HONGKONG1107 | HONG KONG CUSTOMS BUSTS ASIA'S FIRST TOP-SITE [...] Summary: Hong Kong Customs, working with local copyright associations, has for the first time in Asia taken down a "top-site". These high-speed file sharing sites are the top of the digital piracy food chain, distributing the latest high-quality digital content through a highly secure networ [...] | 2009-06-17 07:39:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR PGOV ETRD ECON HK |
09HONGKONG1687 | DEATHS CAUSE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT TO REVIEW DRUG [...] (SBU) Summary: A tainted locally manufactured generic drug caused five deaths in March 2009 in Hong Kong and prompted the government to initiate a sweeping review of its drug safety oversight mechanisms. A review committee with a special focus on generic pharmaceuticals will provide specific [...] | 2009-09-04 06:55:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KIPR HK CH |
09HONGKONG1743 | U.S. DRUG COMPANIES COMPLAIN ABOUT IPR VIOLATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Executives of U.S. pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Merck remain critical of the Hong Kong government's (HKG) generic drug approval process, arguing the HKG should require generic drug manufacturers to certify that their products do not violate patents held by a branded drug pr [...] | 2009-09-15 03:08:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KIPR HK CH |
09HONGKONG2014 | HONG KONG GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES DRUG SAFETY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-30 09:46:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV KIPR HK CH ETRD |
09HONGKONG270 | SATELLITE TV SIGNAL PIRACY IN MACAU -- RAMPANT IN [...] (C) Summary: Satellite television signal piracy remains the most significant intellectual property (IP) issue in Macau. Unlicensed "antenna companies" control over 80 percent of the residential market. The government of Macau (GOM) has occasionally taken action against the antenna companies, [...] | 2009-02-12 04:09:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | KIPR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK |
09HONGKONG372 | 2009 SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION FOR MACAU [...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that Macau be excluded from the 2009 Special 301 list. The government of Macau (GOM) maintained its generally successful IPR protection, education and enforcement efforts during 2008. Post remains concerned, however, about flagrant and extensive cable TV signal [...] | 2009-03-02 07:50:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON EIND EFIN EINV ETRD HK |
09HONGKONG382 | 2009 SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION FOR HONG KONG [...] (SBU) Post recommends that Hong Kong be excluded from the 2009 Special 301 list (ref A). Hong Kong authorities with specific responsibility for intellectual property rights (IPR) administration, education and enforcement are generally responsive to rights-holders' concerns and are active and [...] | 2009-03-03 08:34:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR PGOV ETRD EFIN EINV CH HK |
09HONGKONG815 | SPECIAL 301 PREVIEW DELIVERED TO HONG KONG AND [...] (U) Post provided a preview of the 2009 Special 301 report to governments of Macau and Hong Kong on April 30 (ref A). Macau ----- 2. (SBU) Macau Customs Service Director General Choi Lai Hang appreciated our advance notice that Macau was excluded from this year's Special 301 report. He [...] | 2009-05-04 09:48:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR HK CH |
09HONGKONG868 | HONG KONG GOVERNMENT SURVEYS HIGHLIGHT IPR [...] (U) Summary: The Hong Kong government's Intellectual Property Department (IPD) recently announced survey results indicating a high degree of intellectual property rights (IPR) awareness among local businesses and the general public. Only 8.5 percent of Hong Kong residents expressed willingnes [...] | 2009-05-12 04:13:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR HK CH |
09ISLAMABAD2802 | PHARMACEUTICAL DATA PROTECTION AMENDMENT APPROVED, [...] (SBU) Summary: Director General for Health Dr. Rashid Jooma told EconCouns and Econoff that the Ministry of Health is at last moving forward with long-stalled data protection for pharmaceutical products. According to Jooma, representatives from both domestic and international pharmaceutical i [...] | 2009-11-20 02:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD438 | PAKISTAN 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that Pakistan remain on the Priority Watch List (PWL) at the conclusion of the 2009 Special 301 Review process. Pakistan has made no significant progress in IPR enforcement or data protection legislation in the past year. End Summary. Data Protection ------ [...] | 2009-02-27 14:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR PREL PK |
09ISTANBUL32 | TIFA DELEGATION HOLDS PRIVATE SECTOR DIALOGUE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The American Business Forum in Turkey (ABFT) organized a private sector forum for the U.S. delegation ahead of the Turkey-U.S. Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks in Ankara. Representatives of U.S. companies in Istanbul provided formal briefings on the pharma [...] | 2009-01-20 08:33:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR EAGR TU |
09JAKARTA312 | Indonesian National Police Adopt Use of Force Policy [...] (U) After over a year of collaboration with the INL-funded DOJ ICITAP Program, the Indonesian National Police (INP) has adopted a Use of Force Policy commensurate with international human rights and policing standards. Police Chief Danuri signed into decree the Use of Force Police Action Poli [...] | 2009-02-23 10:51:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ECON SNAR KJUS ID PNUM |
09JAKARTA372 | INDONESIA SHOULD DOWNGRADE TO PRIORITY WATCH [...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that Indonesia be downgraded on the Special 301 intellectual property rights (IPR) Watch List to Priority Watch List status for 2009. Indonesia has made only limited improvements overall in the enforcement and protection of IPR since its upgrade to the Watch Li [...] | 2009-03-03 11:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR EINV ETRD ECON ID |
09JAKARTA766 | INDONESIA NOT SURPRISED BY 301 DOWNGRADE [...] (SBU) On April 29th, Post informed Halida Miljani, Special Assistant to the Minister of International Trade, that Indonesia was downgraded on the Special 301 intellectual property rights (IPR) Watch List to Priority Watch List status for 2009. Miljani was not surprised and responded that she [...] | 2009-04-30 10:40:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR EINV ETRD ECON ID |
09JEDDAH424 | "HEY, THAT'S MINE": U.S. STUDENT AT KAUST ACCUSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Even before its star-studded September 23 official inauguration, the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) was being heralded and closely watched as a bold and unprecedented attempt by King Abdullah to transform Saudi society from within (ref C). As expected [...] | 2009-11-07 15:22:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | KIPR KPAO SA SCUL SOCI |
09JEDDAH445 | MORE NETWORKING, MORE OUTREACH TO MUSLIM YOUTH, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During her October 31 - November 1 visit to Saudi Arabia, the Secretary's Special Representative to Muslim Communities (SRMC),Farah Pandith, reached out to a wide range of Saudi youth and civil-society activists over the course of two full days in Jeddah. SRMC Pandith discussed h [...] | 2009-11-19 11:35:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | KIPR KPAO SA SCUL SOCI |
09JEDDAH477 | SAUDI ARABIA'S NEWEST AND MOST CONTROVERSIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the weeks following its highly anticipated official inauguration on September 23, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) has found itself at the center of a maelstrom of controversy in Saudi government, religious, and media circles. Saudi Arabia's premier [...] | 2009-12-17 11:39:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO SA SCUL KIPR SOCI |
09KINGSTON157 | JAMAICA: 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW REPORT [...] (SBU) Embassy Kingston recommends that Jamaica remain on the Special 301 Watch list until it passes a World Trade Organization (WTO) TRIPS-compliant patent law. The country's trademark and copyright regime meet international standards, and enforcement efforts remain commendable. Significant p [...] | 2009-03-02 13:23:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KCOR KIPR TRYS IADB IBRD IMF XL JM |
09KINGSTON348 | JAMAICA: IPR AND 301 WATCHLIST FOLLOW-UP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Emboffs met with Carol Simpson, Executive Director of the Jamaican Intellectual Property Office (JIPO) on May 4 to discuss Jamaica's continued listing on the IPR 301 Watch List and the status of the proposed Patent and Design Act. Simpson explained the legislative process is tim [...] | 2009-05-05 17:09:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR TRSY XL JM |
09KUALALUMPUR177 | SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: MALAYSIA [...] In 2008 Malaysian IPR enforcement authorities continued to make progress in fighting IPR piracy. The most promising development of the year was the continued progress and expansion of the specialized intellectual property courts. The United States and Malaysia continued to cooperate closely, i [...] | 2009-03-10 01:07:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR MY |
09KUALALUMPUR299 | MALAYSIA: IPR ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS DOWN BUT COURT CASES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: According to High Court of Kuala Lumpur statistics recently released to the Embassy by the Intellectual Property Court, the number of IP cases registered has significantly gone up during the four month period from November 2008 to February 2009. Ministry of Domestic Trade and Co [...] | 2009-04-22 09:32:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR MY |
09KUALALUMPUR757 | MALAYSIA: MCDONALD'S LOOSES TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT BATTLE [...] (SBU) McDonald's lost an eight-year old trademark infringement battle in court last week against Malaysian Indian food restaurant, McCurry. Malaysia's Federal Court affirmed the Court of Appeal's verdict that allowed McCurry to continue using the "Mc" prefix in its name. McDonald's lawyers s [...] | 2009-09-14 07:14:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR MY |
09KUWAIT1060 | GOK AND CORPORATIONS HOST FIRST-EVER TRAINING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 26 and 27, Kuwait's General Administration for Customs held its first-ever training sessions for customs inspectors designed to combat trade in counterfeit goods in collaboration with the Ministry of Commerce, the Brand Owners Protection Group, and American-based comp [...] | 2009-11-09 12:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR EIND EINT ETRD KU |
09KUWAIT1156 | RESPONSE TO ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT REPORTING [...] (U) Kuwait still applies a primary boycott of goods and services produced in Israel and there is no direct trade between Kuwait and Israel, but Kuwait does not require U.S. firms to participate in or cooperate with either the secondary or tertiary Arab League boycott. In September 1994, Kuwai [...] | 2009-12-10 13:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KBCT ECON KIPR EIND EINT ETRD XF KU |
09KUWAIT185 | KUWAIT: COMMENTS FOR 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (U) Kuwaiti government agencies significantly improved the level of IPR enforcement activity in 2008 compared to activities in 2007. Sharp executive legislative tensions, in several areas, will complicate GOK efforts to amend Kuwait's copyright law and bring it into full TRIPS compliance. Whil [...] | 2009-03-03 11:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON ETRD KU |
09KYIV1989 | UKRAINE'S IPR AGENCY FACES EXISTENTIAL CHALLENGES [...] (U) Summary. Upon receiving information that Ukraine's State Department of Intellectual Property (SDIP) was facing the possibility of elimination, Emboffs met with its chairman, Mykola Paladiy, to discuss the situation. The SDIP also briefed Emboffs on the status of new copyright legislation [...] | 2009-11-13 14:14:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR UP |
09KYIV1990 | UKRAINE: H1N1 UPDATE [...] (U) Summary. With the flu epidemic spreading across Ukraine, President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko continue to blame each other over the response to the outbreak. Yushchenko vowed on Wednesday to veto a bill, pushed through the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) by Tymoshenko, that woul [...] | 2009-11-13 15:05:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR CDC SOCI PREL AMED CASC XH UP |
09KYIV292 | UKRAINE: IPR ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION GROUP AGAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: GOU, Embassy, and industry representatives discussed efforts to combat counterfeit agrochemicals at a February 10 IPR Enforcement Cooperation Group (ECG) meeting, a follow up to the last ECG meeting held in November. GOU interlocutors recognized the danger presented by counterf [...] | 2009-02-12 11:36:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR EAGR SENV UP |
09KYIV399 | UKRAINE IPR: 2009 SPECIAL 301 -- POST INPUT [...] (SBU) Summary and Recommendation: Embassy recommends that Ukraine remain on the Special 301 Watch List. Ukraine has continued to make progress on IPR enforcement and therefore does not warrant a return to the Priority Watch List, but the GOU still has work to do before we should consider remo [...] | 2009-03-02 11:08:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON UP |
09KYIV776 | SPECIAL 301 DEMARCHE: UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS [...] (U) Deputy Econ Counselor informed the GOU on April 29 that Ukraine would remain on the Watch List in this year's Special 301 Report. We delivered reftel points to Volodymyr Dmitrishin, Acting Chairman of the State Department of Intellectual Property (SDIP, Ukraine's coordinating agency for I [...] | 2009-05-08 15:43:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON UP |
09LAGOS68 | NIGERIA: U.S. COMPANY ABRO INDUSTRIES DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 2 meeting with the Consul General and Commercial Attache, Tim Demarais of Abro Industries expressed concern over the production and importation of counterfeit Abro products in Nigeria. Accompanied by Abro,s distributor he explained how counterfeit car parts and ho [...] | 2009-02-11 14:12:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON ETRD EIND EINV PGOV NI |
09LAPAZ268 | BOLIVIA: INPUT FOR 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: Post recommends that Bolivia remain on the Special 301 Watch List in 2009. Piracy and counterfeiting are serious problems, existing intellectual property rights (IPR) legislation is weak, and enforcement is inadequate. Post believes prospects for improvement are slim, especially [...] | 2009-02-19 13:52:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD KIPR BL |
09LAPAZ637 | DELIVERED: SPECIAL 301 - BOLIVIA 2009 [...] Econoff delivered reftel to Dr. Alvaro Sepulveda Rivero, Executive Director of the Bolivian National Service of Intellectual Property (SENAPI) April 29. Dr. Sepulveda was unfamiliar with the Special 301 list but said he was relieved that Bolivia had not been moved to the Priority Watch List. H [...] | 2009-04-30 15:56:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD BL |
09LIMA273 | PERU: SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary. Post concurs with industry recommendations that Peru remain on USTR's Special 301 Watch List for 2009. The Government of Peru's (GOP) swift effort to implement the necessary Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) legislation to comply with the provisions of the US - Peru Trade Prom [...] | 2009-03-02 21:48:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON ETRD USTR PE |
09LISBON549 | PORTUGAL: DEMARCHE ON EC/SWISS POSITIONS ON [...] PoleconOff delivered reftel demarche to Antonio Miguel, Director of European Affairs and International Relations, and Maria Pastor, Chief of the Division of Foreign Relations and Cooperation, at the Portuguese Ministry of Agriculture on October 20. PoleconOff clarified the U.S. position regard [...] | 2009-10-21 13:45:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR ETRD PGOV PREL EUN KIPR PO |
09LISBON552 | PHARMA COMPANIES DISCUSS PORTUGAL MARKET ISSUES [...] (C/NF) The Local American Working Group (LAWG) of the Pharmaceutical Association in Portugal hosted a September 24 breakfast meeting with diplomatic and company representatives to discuss strategies for addressing longstanding market access issues. Diplomatic participants opined that industry [...] | 2009-10-22 11:14:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON KIPR PGOV PO SZ EU UK FR GM |
09LISBON588 | PORTUGAL PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES PLAN ROUNDTABLE [...] (SBU) The Local American Working Group (LAWG) of the Pharmaceutical Association in Portugal hosted a November 10 meeting with diplomatic and company representatives to present the results of a recent market survey of pharmaceutical companies and to recount a recent LAWG meeting with Basilio H [...] | 2009-11-20 16:00:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR PGOV PO SZ EU UK FR GM |
09LJUBLJANA56 | SLOVENIA: 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW - RECOMMEND [...] (SBU) Post recommends that Slovenia continue to not be included on the Special 301 watch list. Slovenian legislation on intellectual property rights (IPR) and data protection is fully aligned with EU legislation, TRIPS, WIPO, and other ratified international treaties. The Government of Slov [...] | 2009-03-03 12:58:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR SI |
09LJUBLJANA63 | SLOVENIA: 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW - ADDITIONAL INFO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-10 16:08:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR SI |
09LONDON2428 | UK RESPONSE TO GI AND CBD DEMARCHE [...] (U) Post delivered Reftel points to HMG counterparts in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra),Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the UK's Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) all of which coordinate to establish the UK position on geographic indi [...] | 2009-10-27 10:56:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EUN KIPR |
09MADRID1029 | CHARGE D'AFFAIRES OCTOBER 19, 2009, MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: CDA and Leon discussed President Zapatero's October 13 meeting with POTUS including Zapatero's plans for a return visit to Washington in January, Spanish intentions regarding police trainers in Afghanistan, Guantanamo detainees, Kosovo, EUFOR, UNIFIL, Iran, Cuba, and Honduras. Le [...] | 2009-10-20 17:05:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KIPR SP AF KV BK LE IR CU HO |
09MADRID1038 | SPAIN: DEMARCHE ON DOHA ROUND - GEOGRAPHIC [...] Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Marta Blanco, Deputy Director General for EU Trade Policy, and Isabel Pastor, Advisor for EU Trade Policy, at the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade. 2. As this was an initial meeting - Blanco is new to her position, having replaced longtime Deputy [...] | 2009-10-23 09:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR EUN SP |
09MADRID1052 | ZAPATERO PROMISES ACTION TO COMBAT INTERNET PIRACY [...] (SBU) In an October 21 speech to the American Business Council, President Zapatero addressed internet piracy in public for the first time, acknowledging that deficiencies in IPR protection in Spain are a source of concern to the USG and the GOS. Zapatero pointed to the October 9 creation by t [...] | 2009-10-28 15:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR EINV ECPS KCRM SP |
09MADRID1074 | WIPO STANDING COMMITTEE MEETING: EXCHANGE OF VIEWS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 29 meeting with Spanish Ministry of Culture official Carlos Guervos (septel),senior U.S. Copyright Office official Maria Pallante raised the mid-December meeting of WIPO's Standing Committee on Copyrights and Neighboring Rights (SCCR). The conversation focused [...] | 2009-11-04 10:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR WIPO SP |
09MADRID1075 | SPAIN IPR/INTERNET PIRACY: INTER-MINISTERIAL COMMISSION [...] (SBU) In an October 29 meeting, visiting senior U.S. Copyright Office official Maria Pallante and Spanish Culture Ministry official Carlos Guervos discussed the recently formed Inter-Ministerial Commission on Internet piracy. Guervos said the Inter-Ministerial Commission will draft a law to im [...] | 2009-11-04 10:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECPS SP |
09MADRID1088 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, NOV. 2-6 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-06 13:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB KIPR SP |
09MADRID1096 | SPAIN/INTERNET PIRACY: ANOTHER VIEW OF INTER-MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) Visiting U.S. Commerce Department official Robin Layton met November 5 with GOS Information Society policy official Salvador Soriano. They discussed electronic commerce and intellectual property rights issues. Soriano outlined the recently formed Inter-Ministerial Commission and its app [...] | 2009-11-13 16:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECPS SP |
09MADRID1115 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, NOVEMBER 16-20 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-20 16:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EFIN EIND EINV ENRG KIPR PGOV SP |
09MADRID1137 | SPAIN: THIRD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON DIGITAL [...] Summary: The GOS-hosted International Forum on Digital Content (FICOD 2009) was a great success, with excellent turnout, high-quality presentations, and an enthusiastic audience. The opening remarks by Deputy Administrator Anna Gomez of NTIA were well-received, and Forum organizers greatly a [...] | 2009-11-27 12:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS KIPR SP |
09MADRID1152 | MADRID IPR CONFERENCE: GOS MOVES TOWARDS [...] (U) As part of FICOD 2009 (see ref A),on November 18 the Spanish government hosted a Conference on IPR in the Digital Environment. The Conference featured several speeches and a series of roundtables on different aspects of online IPR protection. Michele Woods of the U.S Copyright Office was [...] | 2009-12-02 12:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECPS SP |
09MADRID1161 | SPAIN: GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSED ANTI-INTERNET PIRACY [...] (U) On November 27, Spain's Council of Ministers approved for submission to Congress a draft Law for a Sustainable Economy (LES),designed to modernize and restructure the economy to make it more competitive. Septel will address the law's scope and major provisions. One aspect of the draft [...] | 2009-12-04 16:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR PGOV SP |
09MADRID1206 | GOS CONTINUES IPR ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-22 12:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR SP |
09MADRID129 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, FEB. 2-6 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-06 10:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB KIPR PGOV PREL SP |
09MADRID1367 | MADRID ECONOMIC BIWEEKLY, DEC 22-JAN 2 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-02 12:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EFIN EINV ENRG KGHG KIPR SP |
09MADRID14 | MADRID ECONOMIC BIWEEKLY, DEC 22-JAN 2 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-07 15:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EFIN EINV ENRG KGHG KIPR SP |
09MADRID151 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, FEB. 9-13 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-13 18:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ELAB KIPR SP |
09MADRID152 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, FEB. 9-13 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-13 18:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ELAB KIPR SP |
09MADRID154 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, FEB. 9-13 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-13 18:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ELAB KIPR SP |
09MADRID158 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, FEB. 9-13 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-13 18:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ELAB KIPR SP |
09MADRID161 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, FEB. 9-13 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-13 18:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ELAB KIPR SP |
09MADRID162 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, FEB. 9-13 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-13 18:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ELAB KIPR SP |
09MADRID224 | SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: SPAIN [...] (SBU) Spain was placed on the Special 301 Watch List in April 2008 primarily due to the government's failure to take specific, concrete measures to address a growing Internet piracy problem. One year later, Internet piracy continues to grow. The government is attempting to address the proble [...] | 2009-03-02 14:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON SP |
09MADRID25 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, JAN. 5-9 [...] (U) The number of registered unemployed rose to 3.1 million in December, according to the Ministry of Labor and Immigration. This is almost exactly one million above the level of December 2007 and a 50 percent increase for the year. Spain has the highest unemployment rate in the EU, with Eur [...] | 2009-01-09 15:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ELAB KIPR SOCI SP |
09MADRID360 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, MARCH 30-APRIL 3 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-03 16:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB EPET KIPR SP |
09MADRID397 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, APRIL 6-17 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-19 13:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB EPET KIPR SP |
09MADRID410 | SPAIN IPR: CRIMINAL CONVICTION IN INTERNET PIRACY [...] Summary: On April 9, a court in Logrono delivered Spain's first-ever criminal conviction and prison sentence to an individual for operating a for-profit website that facilitated peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing. Adrian Gomez Llorente was sentenced to six months in prison and fined 4,900 euros [...] | 2009-04-23 14:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ECON SP |
09MADRID417 | INTERNET PIRACY IN SPAIN: SUSPENSION OF [...] (SBU) On April 17, negotiations between the association of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ("Redtel") and the Coalition of Creators and Content Industries ("Coalition") were suspended. The parties had been meeting regularly for almost a year in an attempt to negotiate an agreement on comba [...] | 2009-04-28 06:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR ECPS SP |
09MADRID469 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, MAY 11-14 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-14 14:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB ENRG KIPR SP |
09MADRID593 | NEW CULTURE MINISTER ON FIGHT AGAINST INTERNET [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-22 14:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KIPR SP |
09MADRID820 | MADRID ECONOMIC BI-WEEKLY, AUGUST 3-14 [...] (U) On August 13, the Council of Ministers in special session approved a royal decree/law providing additional assistance of 420 euros (about $605) per month for six months to the long-term unemployed whose benefits have run out and who lack other sources of income. This supplemental assistan [...] | 2009-08-14 11:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB EFIN ECPS KIPR |
09MADRID936 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, SEPTEMBER 14-18 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-18 16:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND EINV ELAB ENRG EPET KIPR SP |
09MADRID982 | SPAIN: INTERNET PIRACY UPDATE [...] (SBU) Secretary of State for Telecommunications and the Information Society Francisco Ros told Econoffs at an October 6 AmCham breakfast that "within a matter of days," the GOS will announce a series of measures designed to tackle Internet piracy. The President of the Coalition of Creators an [...] | 2009-10-06 16:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECPS KCRM SP |
09MANAGUA227 | NICARAGUA: 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Although IPR enforcement and protection remain a low priority for senior GON officials, we believe continued engagement in 2009 will have a positive effect. We cooperate well with working and mid-level police and prosecutors and we would like to step up our efforts to work with senior-le [...] | 2009-03-03 13:51:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON USTR NU |
09MANAGUA456 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SPECIAL 301 - NICARAGUA 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-04 13:50:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR NU |
09MANAGUA939 | NICARAGUA: GON AGENCIES SEEK BETTER COOPERATION ON IPR [...] (SBU) Government of Nicaraguan (GON) officials have told us they are focused on improving interagency cooperation to increase intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement efforts against copyright and trademark infringement, but working with judges remain a challenge. Nicaraguan National Pol [...] | 2009-09-28 20:18:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR USTR NU |
09MANILA1055 | Supreme Court Endorses Parallel Importation of Drugs [...] (SBU) Summary: The Philippine Supreme Court has ruled that the Cheaper Medicines Act has legalized parallel imports of pharmaceuticals by third parties, superseding legislation that banned such imports. The decision potentially affects the patentability of medicines by declaring that the Phil [...] | 2009-05-17 23:43:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON RP |
09MANILA1060 | Health Department Patent Remedies to Cut Drug Prices [...] (SBU) Summary: The Philippine Department of Health is close to ordering pharmaceutical companies to stop marketing their products with discount cards, seeking to require companies instead to sell to all customers at the lowest price already available. The pending order may stem from frustrat [...] | 2009-05-18 02:54:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON RP |
09MANILA1923 | PHILIPPINES IMPOSES PHARMACEUTICAL DRUG PRICE CONTROLS [...] (SBU) Summary: Government pressure on multinational pharmaceutical firms resulted in a 50 percent price reduction for 21 key medicines in the Philippines, phased in beginning August 15. President Macapagal-Arroyo had to issue an executive order forcing price drops on five of these medicines w [...] | 2009-09-11 10:00:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR EINV ECON RP |
09MANILA2327 | Philippines: Intellectual Property Rights Updates for [...] Summary. The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced in April 2009 that the Philippines would remain on the intellectual property rights (IPR) Special 301 Watch List, but that USTR would conduct an Out-of-Cycle Review (OCR) to gauge progress on key issues. While progress is being made in ju [...] | 2009-11-06 06:53:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON RP |
09MANILA468 | PHILIPPINES CLOSER TO DRUG PRICE CONTROLS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Philippine Department of Health has listed 34 prescription medications that will be subjected to price controls under the Cheaper Medicines Act (reftel) enacted last year. The main impetus for the rapid imposition of price controls came from advocacy groups and non-governmen [...] | 2009-03-05 05:50:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD EINV ECON RP |
09MANILA505 | Philippines: 2009 Special 301 Report [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy recommends retaining the Philippines on the Special 301 Watch List. Improvements to intellectual property protection over the past year include an executive order creating intellectual property units in law enforcement agencies, increasing seizures by the Optical Media [...] | 2009-03-09 23:21:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON RP |
09MANILA714 | Assistant USTR Weisel Reviews Intellectual Property and [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 23-24, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Barbara Weisel visited Manila for regular consultations with Philippine government officials. During the visit, she discussed developments in intellectual property protection over the past year, the Arroyo Administration's pro [...] | 2009-04-02 04:28:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON EAGR RP |
09MEXICO1034 | SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IP A SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy, with the financial support of the Department of Justice (DOJ),the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO),and the Copyright Office, sponsored the Second International Conference on Intellectual Property, held in Monterrey from March 25- 27. This event, organi [...] | 2009-04-08 21:00:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD MX |
09MEXICO1081 | IP VIOLATORS AND MEXICO'S COMPLICATED PARDONER'S TALE [...] (SBU) Summary: PGR has expressed its frustration over the recent pardons by two rightholders of IP violators. At first glance, its concern is valid - if PGR is to bring IP violators to justice, it needs the support of the rightholder. However, although the first rightholder recanted and wen [...] | 2009-04-15 21:19:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD MX |
09MEXICO2845 | EXPANDING IPR AWARENESS AMONG MEXICAN JUDGES [...] (SBU) The Embassy and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO),in coordination with the National College of Magistrates and Judges (Colegio Nacional),held a four-day workshop on intellectual property civil and criminal cases for Mexican judges in Mexico City from September 21-24. [...] | 2009-10-01 14:19:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON SNAR MX |
09MEXICO2847 | IPR CUSTOMS TRAINING ADVANCES IN MANZANILLO [...] (SBU) The Embassy, together with the Department of Justice and the Mexican Customs Administration (Aduanas),held a four-day training seminar on criminal enforcement and detecting, detaining, and deterring the importation of pirated and counterfeit goods for Mexican customs and law enforcemen [...] | 2009-10-01 17:06:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON SNAR MX |
09MEXICO3322 | RECENT IPR ENFORCEMENT SUCCESSES IN MEXICO [...] (SBU) Two recent successes in Mexican IPR enforcement efforts warrant highlighting in a front-channel cable. Mexican customs officials who attended a training program organized by the Embassy in Manzanillo in early September have since employed the detection techniques learned and have detaine [...] | 2009-11-23 23:41:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON SNAR MX |
09MEXICO398 | The Power of the Line: How the NIV Section Helps Protect [...] (U) Summary: Mexico's federal enforcement agencies continue to make improvements in intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and enforcement; however, IPR violations - including piracy, smuggling, and triangulation - occur with alarming regularity in Mexico. Some of these illicit activit [...] | 2009-02-12 17:23:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON CONS CVIS |
09MEXICO520 | IPR TRAINING FOR MEXICAN CUSTOMS IN MONTERREY [...] (SBU) The Embassy, together with the ConGen Monterrey, the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security, held a three-day training seminar on criminal enforcement and detecting, detaining, and deterring the importation of pirated and counterfeit goods for Mexican customs and law enforcement off [...] | 2009-02-24 17:03:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON SNAR MX |
09MEXICO601 | MISSION INPUT ON 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW - MEXICO [...] (SBU) Summary: The US Embassy recommends that Mexico remain on the Special 301 Watch List for 2009. The Mexican government continues to make significant advances in areas of concern highlighted in last year's report, but this is offset by little or no progress on others. The Calderon adminis [...] | 2009-03-02 23:07:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD MX |
09MONTERREY132 | IPR TRAINING IMPROVES CUSTOMS PROCEDURES IN MONTERREY [...] (SBU) Summary. Based upon recent meetings between post and Mexican Customs officials at the Monterrey airport, we believe the latter are using USG-funded IPR training to substantially improve their procedures. Indeed, the customs officials showed off several intercepted packages seize [...] | 2009-04-06 14:38:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD MX |
09MONTERREY250 | MEXICAN MILITARY CONTINUING TO ARREST LOCAL POLICE OFFICERS [...] (SBU) Summary. In the last four weeks the Mexican military has stepped up their operations in Nuevo Leon resulting in high profile arrests of corrupt police officers and large seizures. While the military operations coincide with stronger rhetoric from President Calderon and there are allegati [...] | 2009-06-25 21:55:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC SNAR CASC KCRM PHUM KIPR PGOV 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 |
09MONTEVIDEO119 | URUGUAY: POST'S RESPONSE TO SPECIAL 301 COMMENT [...] (U) Post shared Croplife America's comment on Uruguay (as part of Special 301 consultations) with appropriate GOU officials, and informed them of the procedures for responding to the association's comment(reftel). Uruguay's competent authorities on this issue are the Ministry of Agriculture, C [...] | 2009-03-02 19:16:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON UY |
09MONTEVIDEO139 | URUGUAY: RESPONSE TO SPECIAL 301 COMMENT [...] On March 6, Post received the GOU's official reply to the comment that Croplife America made about Uruguay in the context of Special 301 consultations. The GOU apologized for missing the March 2 deadline to respond, but requested that Post convey its response to USTR. 2. UNOFFICIAL TRANSLA [...] | 2009-03-10 16:41:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON UY |
09MOSCOW1439 | IPR: RUSSIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTICIPATION IN A NORTHEAST [...] Summary. A delegation of Russian law enforcement officials participated in the 5th annual USPTO Northeast Baltic Regional Conference on Criminal Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in the Digital Environment held in Helsinki, Finland on April 28-29, 2009. Their participation signals [...] | 2009-06-02 12:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ETRD KIPR ECON RS |
09MOSCOW1869 | INTERNET PIRACY: RUSSIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT SUCCESSFULLY TAKES [...] (SBU) Summary. Russian law enforcement, in collaboration with local industry, conducted a raid against an Internet piracy release group "Interfilm" and arrested the owners of their bit- torrent site, "Interfilm.ru." The criminal action against this site is not only the first in Russia since th [...] | 2009-07-22 03:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ETRD KIPR ECON RS |
09MOSCOW2014 | RUSSIA AGREES TO NEXT PLENARY MEETING OF IPR [...] (U) During a familiarization visit to Moscow on July 29-31, A/USTR for Europe and the Middle East Christopher Wilson met with his counterpart on the U.S.- Russia IPR Working Group Deputy Economic Development Minister Stanislav Voskresenskiy. Voskresenskiy confirmed his commitment to the WG, e [...] | 2009-08-07 06:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR RS WTO |
09MOSCOW2061 | IPR: RUSSIA ACCREDITS ROYALTIES COLLECTING SOCIETY [...] (C) Summary: On August 6, the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Law Observance in Cultural Heritage Protection (ROK) granted All-Russia Organization for Intellectual Property (VOIS) accreditation as Russia's sole royalty collecting society in both the performer and phonogram producer [...] | 2009-08-12 08:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD KIPR KCRM RS WTO |
09MOSCOW2787 | IPR WORKING GROUP MEETING: MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC [...] (C) Emboffs recently met with Ministry of Economic Development (MED) Deputy Minister Stanislav Voskresenskiy to discuss the upcoming U.S. ) Russia IPR Working Group meeting, scheduled to take place in Washington, DC on November 16. Voskresenskiy emphasized that over the last year, Russia's re [...] | 2009-11-13 14:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD KIPR RS WTO |
09MOSCOW333 | RUSSIA MOVING INTO HIGH GEAR ON NANOTECHNOLOGY; ACTIVELY [...] (SBU) Summary: Since Russia's preeminent manager Anatoliy Chubays became Director General of Russia's Corporation of Nanotechnologies (Rusnano) on September 22, 2008 Rusnano has both bolstered its international reputation and begun investing in nanotechnology in Russia. To showcase Russia's c [...] | 2009-02-11 15:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TNGD TPHY ETRD BTIO TSPL PREL KIPR KTIA RS |
09MOSCOW521 | RUSSIA 2009 SPECIAL 301 IPR REVIEW [...] Consistent with U.S. industry recommendations, Embassy Moscow recommends that the USG maintain Russia's Priority Watch List status for the 2009 Special 301 IPR Report. There has been slow but steady progress on some IPR legal and enforcement issues during the past year. However, Russia has ma [...] | 2009-03-04 05:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR ECON PGOV RS |
09MOSCOW604 | RUSSIA PROPOSES TO START DISCUSSIONS ON ACCESS TO GENETIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 2, officials of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology (MNRE) and the Federal Agency for Natural Resources Management Supervision (Rosprirodnadzor) told EST that Russia's policies and procedures on access to genetic resources and sharing of benefits are fragmented [...] | 2009-03-12 14:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR SENV TBIO KIPR PREL PGOV KRVC EFIS RS |
09MOSCOW873 | AUSTR WILSON VISIT OPENS DIALOGUE ON IPR AND TRADE [...] (SBU) Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (AUSTR) for Europe and the Middle East, Christopher Wilson, co-chaired the first meeting in more than a year of the U.S.-Russia IPR Working Group during a visit to Moscow March 21-28. In a welcome sign of renewed interest in the IPR Working Group, the [...] | 2009-04-06 07:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR EAGR ECON WTO RS |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
09NASSAU125 | SPECIAL 301 REVIEW FOR THE BAHAMAS [...] Summary: The Bahamas was removed from the Special 301 Watchlist in 2007, but concerns remain among premium television entertainment channels regarding The Bahamas use of compulsory licensing to broadcast certain channels. This has been a longstanding issue between the Television Association [...] | 2009-03-02 16:59:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR BF |
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 |
09NEWDELHI1658 | 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 3-7, 2009, including the following: -- Exports Decline for 9th Straight Month; Imports Decline More -- Possible Law to Clarify Sector-specific Investment Caps -- India and South Korea Sign Trade A [...] | 2009-08-10 02:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EFIN EPET ETRD BEXP KIPR IN XB XA |
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 |
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 |
09NEWDELHI871 | Special 301 Points Delivered to India [...] (SBU) Post delivered talking points contained in reftel to N.N. Prasad, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, on April 29, 2009. Econoffs, joined by USPTO representatives, notified Prasad that India would remain on the Priority Watch List in 2009 and acknowledged GOI's incr [...] | 2009-05-01 11:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON KIPR IN |
09NICOSIA154 | CYPRUS: 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. Further to Ref A request, post submits our input for USTR's 2009 Special 301 review of country IPR practices. (Note: This report covers mainly the government-controlled area of Cyprus. A separate section is devoted to the area administered by Turkish Cypriots, whe [...] | 2009-02-27 14:18:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD AF NEA EUR EAP WHA SA CY |
09NICOSIA283 | CYPRUS: IPR WORKSHOP ON APRIL 9 BRINGS TOGETHER GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Summary: On April 9, more than 50 GOC officials and Cypriot business representatives discussed ways to improve local enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR) at an all-day workshop organized by the Economic/Commercial section and the Cyprus American Business Association. Interna [...] | 2009-04-30 04:43:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR CY |
09NICOSIA288 | CYPRUS: APRIL 10 SEMINAR STRIVES TO FIGHT IPR PIRACY IN [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 10, more than 70 Turkish Cypriot professionals from various sectors attended a seminar on how to improve IPR legislation and enforcement in the area administered by Turkish Cypriots. The seminar was co-sponsored by the Embassy and the Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Commer [...] | 2009-04-30 12:01:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR CY |
09OSLO174 | HOLD THE LINE: NORWAY'S SPECIAL 301 DESIGNATION [...] (C) Summary. As Washington agencies consider the Special 301 Watchlist, Post wishes to strongly emphasize its earlier recommendation (Reftel B) that the GON should remain on the list. Norway was first listed in 2008 (Reftels C,D). Per Ref B, Post is aware that there is an internal USG discus [...] | 2009-03-17 13:34:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON KIPR NO |
09OSLO318 | 301 DESIGNATION: NORWEGIANS TALK TO INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) Trade Ministry Director General Ole Andreas Lindeman expressed little surprise at Reftel A points, redesignating Norway on the Special Watch list. The central issue involves the GON's patent protections on certain pre-1992 American pharmaceuticals (Reftels B-D). Lindeman placed the de [...] | 2009-04-29 15:40:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KIPR 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 |
09OTTAWA149 | CANADA: EMBASSY OTTAWA 2009 SPECIAL 301 [...] (SBU) Mission Canada continues to be frustrated by Canada,s failure to implement the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) internet treaties, to update its copyright laws, and to make the changes necessary to effectively search for and seize counterfeit goods at the border. Despite [...] | 2009-02-27 20:07:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR CA |
09OTTAWA309 | CANADA IP UPDATE: GOC OFFICIAL REPORTS NO PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary. Senior Canadian officials have privately told the Embassy that the federal government plans to hold public consultations on potential copyright legislation this summer. The government hopes to introduce a new copyright bill in the fall of 2009. Industry representatives are co [...] | 2009-04-22 15:49:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD KIPR CA |
09OTTAWA328 | GOC NOTIFIED OF CANADA'S POSITION ON SPECIAL 301 [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 30, Embassy officials notified GOC officials that Canada will be included on the Priority Watch List (PWL) in the 2009 Special 301 Report. Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) officials stated that elevation to the PWL will make it more difficul [...] | 2009-04-30 18:30:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR CA |
09OTTAWA583 | COPYRIGHT REFORM IN CANADA: DAY 4,235 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 20, the Government of Canada kicked off broad public consultations on copyright reform with an invitation-only roundtable discussion in Vancouver. Over the next several weeks the Government will solicit the opinions of experts at roundtable and town hall meetings across [...] | 2009-07-27 19:53:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR CA |
09OTTAWA644 | REQUEST FOR COPYRIGHT TALKING POINTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Post requests interagency-cleared talking points for Embassy to deliver to appropriate senior Canadian Officials to encourage them to quickly introduce legislation to modernize Canada's copyright regime. The Government of Canada is conducting wide ranging consultations on copyr [...] | 2009-08-21 15:10:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR CA |
09OTTAWA850 | Canada IPR: One Step Forward, 26.2 Miles To Go [...] (SBU) The Canadian Department of Justice on November 3 proposed amending Canadian regulations in order to include offenses against the Copyright Act under Proceeds of Crime provisions. This change will allow law enforcement officials to seize assets that were paid for with money gained from ac [...] | 2009-11-04 19:57:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR CA |
09PARIS1267 | HADOPI 2: French Assembly Approves Internet Piracy [...] On September 15, the French National Assembly approved the sanctions' portion of the GOF's disputed Internet piracy law by 285 votes in favor and 225 against (including some members of the UMP majority party. Nicknamed "Hadopi 2," this draft bill complements the law "Creation and the Internet" [...] | 2009-09-16 15:45:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ETRD KIPR PREL FR |
09PARIS1453 | French on Doha, Geographical Indications and Convention on [...] (U) The French provided a predictable response to reftel demarche on Geographical Indications and the Convention on Biodiversity.GOF officials noted that geographical indications were a political priority for France and should be part of the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) package. Comment: The [...] | 2009-10-29 14:56:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR KIPR FR |
09PARIS1456 | French on Doha, Geographical Indications and Convention on [...] (U) The French provided a predictable response to reftel demarche on Geographical Indications and the Convention on Biodiversity.GOF officials noted that geographical indications were a political priority for France and should be part of the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) package. Comment: The [...] | 2009-10-29 15:23:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR KIPR FR |
09PARIS1499 | Promoting France's Competitiveness in the Health Industry [...] (U) Summary. President Sarkozy plans to make France the priority destination for foreign investment in medical research, with the healthcare industry becoming "a centerpiece of French competitiveness" on par with France's aerospace and luxury goods sectors. With new investment funds, business [...] | 2009-11-09 14:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KIPR FR |
09PARIS1543 | French Carbon Footprint Eco-Labeling -- a Potential [...] (U) SUMMARY: French Government environment and consumer protection officials told Embassy that they are developing a mandatory carbon footprint label for consumer products, with implementation to begin January 1, 2011. The Trade Minister's office was unaware of the proposed carbon labeling ef [...] | 2009-11-19 17:49:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD SENV EAGR KIPR KGHG ISO FR |
09PARIS1560 | FRANCE'S DIGITAL COPYRIGHT PROTECTION LAW AND [...] (U) Summary: France seeks to tackle the problem of online piracy through the "Creation and Internet Law," which will take effect in early 2010. The bill introduces a new legal framework to deter and sanction online piracy, and represents the first stage in France's on-going effort to stop il [...] | 2009-11-24 14:08:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETTC ETRD BEXP KIPR PREL FR |
09PARIS1729 | The Googlisation of France [...] (SBU) Summary: Google's fortunes may be rising in France as the GOF announced a government-funded digitization project that will likely include a partnership with Google. But Google still faces setbacks that include possible corporate tax fraud charges, continued public ire against Google's [...] | 2009-12-18 16:47:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD EIND KIPR SCUL FR |
09PARIS1743 | FRENCH MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL DISCUSSES POST-LISBON [...] (SBU) Summary: On his first official visit to Europe as EEB Assistant Secretary, Jose W. Fernandez called on French MFA Director General for Sustainable Development, Christian Masset, on December 8. Fernandez described his priorities as A/S and expressed commitment to promoting stronger U.S [...] | 2009-12-23 09:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR PREL FR |
09PARIS1745 | FRANCE: US PHARMACEUTICAL FIRMS AGENDA [...] (U): Ambassador Rivkin met with the board of AGIPHARM, the association of American pharmaceutical subsidiaries in France to review the results of President Sarkozy's pharmaceutical strategy conference (CSIS) held on October 26. AGIPHARM considers that the CSIS yielded important breakthroughs [...] | 2009-12-23 10:46:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR FR |
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 |
09PORTOFSPAIN38 | TT POLICE IMPROVES IPR ENFORCEMENT, REQUESTS TASK FORCE [...] SUMMARY: Following recent INL funded workshops on IPR enforcement, local police conducted two successful raids on brick and mortar stores and a series of raids on street vendors selling pirate DVDs. A senior police official asked Post's assistance in generating support for IPR enforcement. END [...] | 2009-01-28 14:45:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | TD ETRD KCRM KIPR |
09PRAGUE113 | CZECH REPUBLIC: POST INPUT 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Over the past 12 month, Czech authorities have made significant progress on combating IPR violations. Customs and the Czech Trade Inspection Office (CTIO) have increased raids on, and presence at, the roughly 50 markets that dot the border with Germany and Austria. As a result, most pi [...] | 2009-03-02 10:25:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD EZ |
09PRAGUE612 | CZECH REPUBLIC: REPLY TO DEMARCHE ON OBJECTIONS TO [...] (SBU) EconOff delivered reftel on October 13 to Ministry of Industry and Trade Bilateral Trade Policy and Common EU Trade Policy Director Alena Hnidkova. Hnidkova said she recognizes the significance of the Geographical Indications (GIs) and Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) issues. Th [...] | 2009-10-16 14:29:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD |
09QUITO151 | ECUADOR 2009 SPECIAL 301 REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary and recommendation. No U.S. industry entities submitted complaints or comments regarding Ecuador for the 2009 Special 301 review. Ecuador has made some progress on IPR during the past year, but enforcement remains a serious problem. The enforcement problem warrants that Ecuado [...] | 2009-03-03 18:38:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON EC |
09QUITO374 | ECUADOR COMMEMMORATES WORLD IP DAY WITH IP AWARENESS [...] (U) In celebration of World Intellectual Property Day (April 26),the Embassy collaborated on several events in Ecuador. Economic, Public Affairs, and Foreign Commercial Service staff obtained promotional materials from WIPO and helped organize and support an IPR awareness roundtable held by t [...] | 2009-05-21 17:00:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR ETRD EC |
09QUITO893 | Presidential Decree on Compulsory Licensing Expected Soon [...] (SBU) Summary. President Correa appears set to issue within days a presidential decree to pave the way for compulsory licensing of patented pharmaceutical products. Local representatives of international pharmaceutical companies point out that a presidential decree is not legally required f [...] | 2009-10-21 22:19:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR EIND EC |
09QUITO998 | CORREA PROMOTES LOCAL PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTION [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED 2. (SBU) Summary. The head of Ecuador's Intellectual Property Institute (IEPI) denies the GoE intends to annul all pharmaceutical patents, as public statements by President Correa on September 26 suggested. However, the government is undertaking a review of p [...] | 2009-10-13 20:16:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR EIND EC |
09RIYADH1202 | Microsoft and Saudi leaders cite progress on IPR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Saudi Ministry of Culture continues to make progress working through a backlog of cases of suspected copyright violators. The Ministry reports it has closed several stores for brief periods until they resolve copyright violations. It plans for the first time to refer a rep [...] | 2009-09-14 14:29:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
09RIYADH1572 | Saudi government input to U.S. Special 301 OCR [...] (SBU) Embassy received the following Saudi government input to the U.S. Special 301 out of cycle review for Saudi Arabia from the Chairman of the Saudi Ministry of Commerce and Industry Standing IPR Committee on November 22. Begin text: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ministry of Commerce and Indus [...] | 2009-11-24 14:10:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR 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 |
09RIYADH290 | PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY GROUP STILL SEEKING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-11 14:31:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV KIPR 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 |
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 |
09RIYADH451 | AMBASSADORS MEETING WITH SAUDI MINISTER OF COMMERCE AND [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph six. Key points ---------- -- (U) Minister of Commerce and Industry Alireza said he plans to be in the United States for a week beginning April 23, and he requested meetings with U.S. officials. -- (SBU) The Minister committed to aski [...] | 2009-03-23 06:13:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD ECON KIPR 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 |
09RIYADH575 | COMMERCE MINISTER ALIREZA ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT [...] (SBU) Key points: -- Minister of Commerce and Industry Abdullah Zainal Alireza confirmed he will be in Washington, DC, April 21-30 to deliver remarks at a conference at the New America Foundation and to meet with U.S. officials. He stressed the need to emphasize business and trade as the fu [...] | 2009-04-15 15:45:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAGR ETRD ECON KIPR TSPL SA OVIP ALIREZA |
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 |
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 |
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 |
09ROME1047 | ITALY MAY BE READY FOR GREATER IPR COOPERATION WITH USG [...] (U) Italy's new Intellectual Property Director has begun coordinating Italy's domestic approach to IPR protection, and a new Italian law increases penalties for IPR crimes. This recent action on IPR presents an opportunity for engagement, and Italian contacts have signaled their interest in de [...] | 2009-09-11 08:57:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IT KIPR ETRD ECON EINT |
09ROME1200 | ITALIAN RESPONSE TO USG OBJECTIONS TO EC/SWISS POSITIONS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-30 16:25:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EUN KIPR IT |
09ROME1395 | IPR IN ITALY - USG COOPERATION WITH ITALIAN IP DIRECTORATE [...] (U) Italian officials have expressed interest in closer collaboration with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on intellectual property (IP) issues. They also seem eager to take steps that could lead to Italy being taken off the USG's 301 Watch List, but it is not clear that they will succeed [...] | 2009-12-21 15:29:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IT KIPR ETRD ECON EINT |
09ROME1396 | IPR IN ITALY - AMERICAN VOICES AMONG ITALIAN ELITE [...] (U) Three American speakers, recruited by Embassy Rome, recently spoke at an intellectual property rights (IPR) conference held in Rome. The two USG speakers and one private sector speaker spoke on issues of IPRs and competition law, emerging areas of patent law, and U.S. approaches to copyrig [...] | 2009-12-21 15:30:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | IT KIPR ETRD ECON EINT |
09ROME143 | ITALY WANTS G-8 TO TACKLE INTERNET "REGULATION" [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-06 12:24:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IT ECON ETRD KIPR |
09ROME227 | IPR SPECIAL 301 REVIEW -- MISSION ITALY INPUT [...] (U) Summary: The fall of the Prodi government in 2008 understandably interrupted what had been strong momentum on IPR issues in Italy. Post has recently seen a renewed executive branch determination to tackle IPR issues, in particular, on-line piracy. Problems still exist, especially the cur [...] | 2009-02-27 14:59:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | IT KIPR ETRD ECON EINT |
09ROME486 | SPECIAL 301 - ITALY 2009: DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) On April 30, Econoff delivered the requested demarche on Italy's Special 301 review. The demarche was delivered to Fabrizio Mazza, head of the Intellectual Property Office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mazza said he found the criticism to be fair said he was appreciative of the rec [...] | 2009-04-30 13:44:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON ETRD IT |
09ROME535 | NEW ITALIAN DIRECTORATE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY [...] (U) Summary: The Italian government has reorganized its patent and trademark offices, creating a General Directorate for Intellectual Property. The new Directorate will be responsible for all domestic anti-counterfeiting action and will, in addition, coordinate the action of all agencies with [...] | 2009-05-12 13:08:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | IT KIPR ETRD ECON EINT |
09ROME89 | ITALIAN PRIVACY AUTHORITY PROHIBITS IPR HOLDERS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-23 15:17:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD IT KIPR PGOV |
09SANAA401 | YEMEN VOLUNTARY INPUT FOR 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] In response to reftel, Post input for the U.S. Trade Representative's 2009 Special 301 review follows. 2. Yemen continues to face many obstacles to intellectual property rights (IPR),including a non-TRIPs-compliant IPR law, which it is seeking to amend. Copyright protection of optical med [...] | 2009-03-04 14:10:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR YM |
09SANJOSE1086 | Costa Rica's Judicial School Requests Curriculum Development [...] The director of Costa Rica's Judicial School, Marvin Carvajal, contacted Post on November 19 to request USG assistance in developing new curriculum for its year-long training for new judges. The USG's top priority in Costa Rica is helping the government improve public security, which is negati [...] | 2009-12-03 17:37:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN SNAR KIPR PGOV PREL CS |
09SANJOSE11 | COSTA RICA CREEPS INTO CAFTA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nearly six years after negotiations began, CAFTA-DR entered into force for Costa Rica on January 1, achieving a major policy objective of the USG, the Arias administration and the Embassy. Although the end-year holidays muted the headlines, there was some (characteristically) [...] | 2009-01-09 22:35:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CS EAGR ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV PINR PREL |
09SANJOSE1132 | COSTA RICAN IPR EVENT LINKS PIRATED GOODS TO ORGANIZED CRIME [...] SUMMARY: On December 2, Embassy San Jose sponsored an intellectual property rights (IPR) event featuring the screening of National Geographic's Illicit, a film about the nefarious links between pirated consumer goods and transnational crime networks. We highly recommend screening the film Ill [...] | 2009-12-11 22:33:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR PREL PGOV CS |
09SANJOSE1194 | COSTA RICA WILL NOT PASS THE LAST CAFTA-DR BILL BY DECEMBER [...] (U) SUMMARY The Ministry of Foreign Trade (COMEX) informed us that Costa Rica will not meet the December 31 deadline for passing the 14th CAFTA-DR law regarding technical corrections to intellectual property rights (IPR) laws. COMEX pressed for a 5 to 6 month extension to avoid withholding a C [...] | 2009-12-22 20:07:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON CS PREL PGOV |
09SANJOSE1226 | COSTA RICA: 14TH CAFTA-DR BILL PASSAGE LIKELY NOT UNTIL [...] Costa Rica's Legislative Assembly adjourned for the year on December 22 and plans to re-convene on January 18. The committee handling the 14th CAFTA-DR bill-addressing three technical intellectual property rights (IPR) corrections that USTR requires-closed the final round for accepting amendm [...] | 2009-12-30 21:05:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR CS PREL PGOV |
09SANJOSE137 | 2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW - COSTA RICA [...] (U) Since last year's report (Ref D),the GOCR enacted a number of laws related to Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) as required by the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR),but the success in passing new IPR legislation highlighted the country's failure to enforce existing laws. [...] | 2009-03-04 12:59:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KIPR CS |
09SANJOSE138 | 2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW - COSTA RICA [...] (U) Since last year's report (Ref D),the GOCR enacted a number of laws related to Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) as required by the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR),but the success in passing new IPR legislation highlighted the country's failure to enforce existing laws. [...] | 2009-03-04 15:38:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KIPR CS |
09SANJOSE168 | COSTA RICA: STRATEGY FOR ADVANCING IPR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post leveraged the February 10-14 visit by Department of Justice OPDAT Program Director Robert Lipman and U.S. Judge Virginia Hernandez Covington to advance our three-point strategy on intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement. Our strategy seeks to (1) facilitate USPTO, D [...] | 2009-03-12 18:58:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KIPR PGOV PREL CS |
09SANJOSE390 | COSTA RICA DISAPPOINTED BY WATCH LIST STATUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 29, we delivered to the Ministry of Foreign Trade (COMEX) the news that Costa Rica would continue on the Special 301 Watch List (Reftel A). Disappointed COMEX staff listened patiently, then countered with a litany of reasons why the USG should elevate Costa Rica's IPR [...] | 2009-05-12 22:29:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CS ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL |
09SANJOSE609 | COSTA RICA: STRATEGY FOR ADVANCING IPR [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Judicial School of Costa Rica hosted a three-day workshop in June for 17 Costa Rican judges, supported by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance, and Training (OPDAT) and Embassy San Jose. Participants drafted a bench book that [...] | 2009-07-21 14:53:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KIPR PGOV PREL CS |
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 |
09SANJOSE969 | Costa Rica will request an extension of CAFTA-DR deadline [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. Costa Rica's Foreign Trade Ministry (COMEX) has informed Embassy that the GOCR most likely will not meet the December 31 deadline for the passage of the 14th CAFTA-DR bill and finalization of intellectual property rights (IPR) regulations. On November 16, COMEX [...] | 2009-11-24 16:18:00 | Embassy San Jose | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON KIPR PREL PGOV CS |
09SANJOSE98 | WHA/CEN DEPUTY DIRECTOR'S VISIT: MERIDA AND CAFTA [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) GOCR officials and legislators asked for additional Merida assistance for Costa Rica, and echoed the region's positive hopes for the Obama Administration in meetings with visiting WHA/CEN Deputy Director David Wolfe February 9-11. Key legislators made clear that the domestic po [...] | 2009-02-18 20:27:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CS ETRD KIPR PGOV PINR PREL SNAR |
09SANSALVADOR158 | EL SALVADOR: 2009 SPECIAL 301 INPUT [...] Summary. El Salvador continues to comply with CAFTA-DR IPR obligations and improve IPR protection. In 2008 the government approved data exclusivity implementing regulations for pharmaceutical products and ratified two IPR-related treaties. While piracy remains an issue, enforcement actions have [...] | 2009-02-20 21:31:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR ES |
09SANSALVADOR386 | SPECIAL 301 - EL SALVADOR 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-29 22:16:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON ETRD 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 |
09SANTIAGO1132 | U.S. Support for Chile's OECD Accession [...] (U) Summary. Chile is ideally qualified to join the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) as its first South American member. U.S. support for Chile's accession this December will recognize Chile's remarkable economic, social, and political achievements over the past [...] | 2009-11-23 21:11:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON OECD EFIN ECIN KIPR PREL PGOV AORC CI |
09SANTIAGO1156 | Ambassador's Trip to Iquique: Positive Engagement on Drug [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ambassador visited Chile's 1st region October 28-29 to meet local leaders and strengthen ties to an important economic area of the country. Iquique, a city in far northern Chile built on the once-booming nitrate industry, is now home to one of Chile's two free trade zones. I [...] | 2009-12-01 15:24:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR TRGY DEA CI BL |
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 |
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 |
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 |
09SANTIAGO548 | CHILE'S PRESIDENTIAL RACE: ECONOMIC GROWTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition presidential candidate and business leader Sebastian Pinera believes that successive Concertacion governments have been complacent in managing Chile's economy, missing opportunities for structural change and modernization, and creating an extensive and pricey social s [...] | 2009-06-11 20:07:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL SOCI KIPR CI |
09SANTIAGO690 | CHILE'S NORTHERN FREE TRADE ZONE: A PLATFORM FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Free Trade Zone of Iquique (ZOFRI) is an essential part of Chile's northern economy, providing 25 percent of jobs in the city of Iquique. Already Chile's largest free trade zone, officials are extremely upbeat about the ZOFRI's future because of its strategic location, infr [...] | 2009-07-23 13:25:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL CI |
09SANTODOMINGO183 | SANTO DOMINGO ECONOMIC-POLITICAL ROUNDUP, FEBRUARY [...] National Summit Undertakes Ambitious Agenda 2. PRD Deadlock Over National Summit Is Latest Example of Weak Opposition 3. Customs Not Implementing CAFTA-DR Tariff on U.S. Origin Vehicles 4. Fernandez on Drug Corruption: Rhetoric or Reality? 5. IPR Training Leads to Police Crackdown on Pir [...] | 2009-02-10 16:52:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL KIPR MARR DR |
09SANTODOMINGO256 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - 2009 SPECIAL 30 REVIEW INPUT [...] Summary. Post recommends that the Dominican Republic remain on the Special 301 Watch List in 2009. Despite the approval of new legislation in 2006 to implement CAFTA-DR requirements, intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement in the DR remains weak. While there has been a slight increase [...] | 2009-03-02 13:41:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR DR |
09SANTODOMINGO3 | IPR WORKSHOP LEADS TO RESULTS [...] Summary: On December 10-11, Embassy Santo Domingo hosted an intellectual property rights (IPR) workshop that was well attended by Dominican government officials as well as representatives from the private sector, including Dominican music and film artists who spoke of the importance of IPR in [...] | 2009-01-02 18:18:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON PREL DR |
09SARAJEVO281 | BOSNIA: POST RESPONSE 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Intellectual property rights (IPR) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) are not adequately protected. The Government suffers from a low level of capacity, primarily technical expertise in policy and law enforcement institutions. While legislation to enforce IPR is in place, enforceme [...] | 2009-03-09 10:07:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR |
09SEOUL1633 | ROK: TOPSITES CONFERENCE YIELDS STRATEGY FOR [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and is not/not intended for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the recording and movie industry and EmbOffs met on September 24 with ROKG and law enforcement officials to reintroduce the issue of topsites and revive inves [...] | 2009-10-15 08:21:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR KS |
09SEOUL403 | 2009 SPECIAL 301 - POST RECOMMENDATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: 2008 saw a significant acceleration of Korean efforts on intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and enforcement. On February 25, 2008, Lee Myung-bak was inaugurated as Korea's President; Lee explicitly identified stronger IPR protection as an important strategy to boos [...] | 2009-03-16 10:59:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR KS |
09SEOUL635 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES COPYRIGHT ACT REVISION, [...] (U) On April 1, the first day of the April special legislative session, the Korean National Assembly passed the amended Copyright Act (CA) which strengthens the law's IPR enforcement provisions, particularly with regard to digital piracy, and integrates the Computer Programs Protection Act (C [...] | 2009-04-17 07:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR KS |
09SEOUL696 | SPECIAL 301: ROKG ELATED BY REMOVAL FROM WATCH LIST [...] (SBU) AMB phoned Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) Yu In-chon on April 30 to inform him that the USG would remove Korea from the Special 301 Watch List in the Special 301 announcement in Washington later that day. Minister Yu said he was very happy to hear the news, and was pleas [...] | 2009-04-30 09:05:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR KS |
09SHANGHAI122 | SHANGHAI AUTHORITIES ON TRANSPORTATION SECURITY, IPR AND [...] (SBU) Summary: During a February 15-18 visit to Shanghai, a delegation of 11 U.S. Senate Finance Committee staff members and 4 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials engaged representatives from Shanghai Customs, Shanghai Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau (CIQ),China Shi [...] | 2009-03-17 07:58:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CH CVIS ELTN ETRD EWWT KIPR PREL |
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 |
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 |
09SHANGHAI209 | HEFEI OFFICIALS PAINT OPTIMISTIC PICTURE OF PROGRESS IN [...] (U) Summary. As part of Consulate efforts to scale up outreach to Anhui Province, the least affluent part of our consular district, the Consul General and Pol/Econ chief visited the provincial capital of Hefei April 8-9. During the visit, the Consul General met with Governor Wang Sanyun an [...] | 2009-05-07 08:20:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ELTN CVIS TPHY SENV SCUL KIPR CH |
09SHANGHAI233 | CODEL PELOSI ENGAGES U.S. BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN SHANGHAI [...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 25 breakfast meeting hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai (AmCham) and U.S.-China Business Council (USCBC),over 70 U.S. business representatives discussed energy/environment-related business opportunities in China, U.S. competitiveness, intellectual [...] | 2009-05-26 00:39:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG PREL PHUM KIPR OVIP PELOSI NANCY CH |
09SHANGHAI241 | CODEL PELOSI DISCUSSES ENERGY CONSERVATION AND EMISSIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a May 25 roundtable discussion on energy conservation and emissions reduction with Shanghai entrepreneurs, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Representatives Markey, Sensenbrenner, Blumenauer, and Speier underscored the importance of U.S.-China cooperation on energy issues, especially [...] | 2009-05-29 06:30:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV KIPR KGHG TRGY OVIP PELOSI NANCY CH |
09SHANGHAI248 | (SBU) SHANGHAI EMPHASIZES ECONOMIC GROWTH TO KIRK, LARSEN [...] (SBU) Summary. During a May 27-28 visit by U.S. Representatives Larsen and Kirk, a variety of interlocutors painted a picture of Shanghai responding to a sharp downturn in the local economy, but optimistic that the elements of longer-term growth are in place. AmCham Shanghai noted that mul [...] | 2009-06-04 03:44:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH ECON EFIN KIPR PGOV PREL SENV |
09SHANGHAI251 | EAST CHINA COMMODITY EXPORTS HEADING FOR RECOVERY? YIWU [...] (SBU) Summary: One of the largest manufacturing and trading centers in East China, the city of Yiwu in Zhejiang Province suffered in late 2008 from the global financial crisis but is seeing signs of recovery. The economic downturn has impacted different industries to varying degrees, with man [...] | 2009-06-08 06:51:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD KIPR 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 |
09SHANGHAI271 | MPA ON EXPO, FILM INDUSTRY, IPR AND COOPERATION IN CHINA [...] (SBU) Summary. ConGen officers met with Motion Picture Association of American (MPAA) Chairman and CEO Dan Glickman and Asia-based Motion Picture Association (MPA) officials on to discuss film piracy, copyright enforcement and other IPR issues. MPAA/MPA hopes that the Shanghai 2010 World Ex [...] | 2009-06-22 02:44:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD KPAO SCUL CH |
09SHANGHAI314 | THE COORDINATION MECHANISM AND PERSONALITIES THAT MAKE [...] (SBU) Summary: Shanghai has often been cited by the U.S. business community as the "diamond in the rough" when it comes to intellectual property protection in China. The highest levels of Shanghai Government have publicly declared the city's commitment to IPR, largely as a means to spur inno [...] | 2009-07-16 02:05:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH ECON KIPR PGOV PINR |
09SHANGHAI315 | A ROUNDUP OF IPR PROTECTION IN SHANGHAI [...] (SBU) Summary: Shanghai is one of the bright spots in intellectual property rights (IPR) protection in East China and is squarely focused on putting it best foot forward for the 2010 World Expo. In 2008, the city beefed up its IP strategy in keeping with the June 2008 National IP Strategy; i [...] | 2009-07-16 09:59:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL ECIN CH |
09SHANGHAI46 | WENZHOU - A CANARY IN CHINA'S ECONOMIC MINESHAFT [...] (SBU) Summary: During the Deputy Principal Officer's January 21-22 visit to Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, local officials said Wenzhou was one of the first cities in China to feel the impact of the global slowdown because of its largely private sector economy and heavy reliance on exports. Th [...] | 2009-01-23 07:35:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD ELAB PREL KIPR 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 |
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 |
09SHANGHAI57 | ZHEJIANG ECONOMIC ENGINE STILL MOVING, BUT TRADE SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Zhejiang provincial officials remain upbeat on their largely private sector economy but acknowledged the growth rate is slowing. The province's 2008 GDP grew roughly 10 percent over 2007, and total exports and imports for 2008 were up 19.4 percent. When introducing economic t [...] | 2009-02-02 03:48:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD ELAB PREL KIPR 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
09SOFIA210 | BULGARIA: SPECIAL 301 ANNOUNCEMENT RESPONSE [...] (SBU) The Bulgarian Government responded with relief to reftel announcement that Bulgaria would not be placed on any list in the 2009 Special 301 Report. Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Economy and Culture all said they knew Bulgaria had narrowly avoided a listing and expressed apprecia [...] | 2009-05-08 14:21:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR BU |
09SOFIA318 | BULGARIA: SPECIAL 301 IPR ACTION PLAN DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-24 08:20:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KIPR BU |
09SOFIA37 | BULGARIA: IPR EFFORTS LOSE STEAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Deputy Chief of Mission informed the relevant deputy ministers of Culture, Economy and Foreign Affairs January 22 that, despite modest progress in some areas, Bulgarian IPR efforts were not hitting the mark. In order to improve performance, Bulgaria has to take urgent actio [...] | 2009-01-23 15:50:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR ETRD BU |
09SOFIA603 | BULGARIA: NEW GOVERNMENT SENDING POSTIVE SIGNALS ON IPR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With July elections and government formation behind it, the new government is now focusing on intellectual property rights (IPR) issues. The new Deputy Minister of Culture in charge of IPR is highly regarded by industry experts. His reorganized intergovernmental IPR Council, wh [...] | 2009-10-26 13:20:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON PGOV BU |
09SOFIA665 | BULGARIA: NEW EDUCATION MINISTER APPOINTED [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Boiko Borissov appointed Sergey Ignatov as Minister of Education, Youth and Science on November 17 after the previous minister, Yordanka Fandakova, was elected mayor of Sofia. Contacts tell us he learned of his appointment minutes prior to the Prime Minister's announceme [...] | 2009-11-23 12:30:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN ECON KIPR KJUS BU |
09SOFIA86 | SPECIAL 301 2008: BULGARIAN EFFORTS LOSE FOCUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After two years off the Special 301 list, Bulgarian IPR results were mixed in 2008. The formerly dynamic and cooperative relationship between the Government and IPR industry representatives soured, partially owing to personality-driven issues. The once-model Intergovernmental [...] | 2009-02-27 08:32:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR ETRD BU |
09STATE30535 | 2009 USG INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR) [...] This cable includes an action request. Please see para 5. 2. SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The Department's Office of Intellectual Property Enforcement (IPE) requests post ECON Section input in conducting an annual update of coordinated USG-wide IPR messaging and factoids. (Please be sure to [...] | 2009-03-30 23:44:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR MO |
09STATE8410 | 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: REQUEST FOR POST INPUT [...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. Post input for the annual 2009 Special 301 review is requested no later than 10:00 a.m. (Washington, D.C. time) on March 2, 2009. All Posts whose host countries/economies have been proposed by the private sector for inclusion on the Spe [...] | 2009-01-30 10:08:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR |
09STATE92113 | TALKING POINTS ON COPYRIGHT LEGISLATION FOR USE WITH GOC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-03 19:27:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR CA |
09STATE92402 | DEMARCHE ON WIPO ISSUES: 2010-2011 BIENNIUM [...] SUMMARY: The interventions made by Geneva-based representatives from Algeria, Egypt, Pakistan, Nigeria and South Africa concerning the 2010-2011 biennium Program and Budget of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) are of concern to the U.S. and may jeopardize a positive consens [...] | 2009-09-04 15:27:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR WIPO |
09STOCKHOLM141 | SPECIAL 301 FOR SWEDEN: POST RECOMMENDATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Stockholm recommends that Sweden continues to be placed in the Special 301 Initiative, and not be on the Watch List for 2009. We are aware of the differing recommendations of the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) and PhRMA. Post recommendation is bas [...] | 2009-03-02 13:57:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD PGOV SW |
09STOCKHOLM169 | SWEDISH POLICE SEIZE LARGE QUANTITY OF PIRATED [...] Stockholm police have seized a computer server believed to contain the largest quantity of pirated material ever discovered in Sweden. The server was located in the Brandbergen neighborhood south of Stockholm and was part of a Nordic file sharing ring known as Sunnydale, according to the Swed [...] | 2009-03-11 14:11:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD EINT EIND PGOV TINT SW |
09STOCKHOLM276 | SPECIAL 301 FOR SWEDEN: RESULTS DISCUSSED WITH GOS [...] (SBU) Summary. A/DCM and Economic Specialist met with officials from the Swedish Ministries of Justice and Trade on April 29 to convey the results of the Special 301 review. The GOS welcomed the news that Sweden will not be on any watch list in 2009. They told us that the GOS gives priority [...] | 2009-05-05 12:20:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD PGOV SW |
09STOCKHOLM355 | AARGH! SWEDISH PIRATES SET SAIL FOR BRUSSELS [...] Summary and Comment: Sweden's two largest political parties, the ruling Moderates and opposition Social Democrats, saw little change over their 2004 levels of support in the June 7 European Parliament (EP) election here. Instead, the Greens and the pro-EU Liberal Party were the big winners -- [...] | 2009-06-10 13:42:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL ECON KIPR SW |
09STOCKHOLM546 | PIRATE BAY CLOSED AS RESULT OF COURT INJUNCTION [...] (U) Notorious BitTorrent tracker site "The Pirate Bay" was closed down on August 24 after a court injunction. The Stockholm District Court ordered the Internet Service Provider Black Internet to stop supplying the file sharing site The Pirate Bay with capacity. Faced with a fine of 500,000 k [...] | 2009-08-25 11:10:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON ETRD PGOV 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 |
09STOCKHOLM676 | 'SPOTIFY FOR MOVIES' PARTNERS WITH BREDBANDSBOLAGET [...] Summary: Voddler, also known as 'the Spotify of Movies,' was launched Tuesday Oct. 27. The service which offers access to movies online using streaming instead of downloads is expected to be a great success. End summary. 2. Voddler and Bredbandsbolaget, the second largest broadband provi [...] | 2009-10-28 14:06:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ECON PREL SW |
09STOCKHOLM715 | Swedish EU Presidency Minister for Communications Visit to [...] This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. Summary and Action Request: Post recommends appropriate policy-level Washington officials meet with Swedish Minister of Communications Asa Torstensson during her November 30-December 3 visit because she is seeking U.S. input into her [...] | 2009-11-13 12:45:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS KIPR ETRD EINT OVIP PGOV SW |
09STOCKHOLM718 | Update on Swedish EU Presidency Minister for Communications [...] (U) Summary: In Reftel, Post recommended appropriate policy-level Washington officials meet with Swedish Minister of Communications Asa Torstensson during her November 30-December 3 visit because she is seeking U.S. input into her efforts to "set the starting position" for discussions of the [...] | 2009-11-16 13:00:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ETTC KIPR SENV EINT ETRD OVIP PGOV SW |
09STOCKHOLM733 | SWEDEN: INTERNET PIRACY UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: Implementation of the European Union's Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive (IPRED) continues to be controversial in Sweden. During their recent party congress, the opposition Social Democrat Party decided that the legislation needs to be changed. On a positive note, [...] | 2009-11-24 06:43:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR EINT ECPS ETRD PGOV SW |
09STOCKHOLM736 | CONCERNS ABOUT ACTA NEGOTIATIONS AND IPR UPDATE: IPRED, [...] (SBU) Summary: Swedish media and the usual blogger-circles have expressed similar concerns about the on-going ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) negotiations as we have seen in many other countries, mostly focusing on the secrecy and the internet chapter with its reported demands for [...] | 2009-11-24 12:31:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR EINT ETRD ECON PGOV SW |
09STOCKHOLM776 | EU PATENT BREAKTHROUGH DURING SWEDISH PRESIDENCY AND [...] (U) Summary: The EU Competitiveness Council, chaired by Swedish Trade Minister Ewa Bjorling, managed to broker a deal after over 40 years of efforts to agree on a unified EU patent system. Swedish Minister for Communications, Esa Torstensson discussed Swedish concerns about the ongoing ACTA [...] | 2009-12-14 13:49:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR EINT ETRD ECON PGOV SW |
09TAIPEI212 | Taiwan IPR: 2009 301 Watch List Submission [...] (SBU) The Taiwan authorities continued to strengthen intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement over the past 12 months. The long-awaited specialized IP Court started accepting cases in July 2008, and by year's end had a caseload of 694 cases. The Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) [...] | 2009-02-25 09:29:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR TW |
09TAIPEI26 | 2008 IPR Wrap-up: Progress Continues, Trouble Spots [...] (SBU) The Taiwan authorities continued combating intellectual property rights (IPR) violations over the past 12 months. The long-awaited specialized IP Court started accepting cases in July 2008, and by year's end had a caseload of over 700 cases. The Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) [...] | 2009-01-08 08:21:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR ETRD PGOV TW |
09TAIPEI377 | THE DIRECTOR'S MARCH 31 MEETING WITH PREMIER LIU [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a March 31 meeting with the Director, Premier Liu Chao-shiuan said opening Taiwan's market to the full range of U.S. beef imports is only a matter of timing. He predicted the opening could take place as early as May or early June. The Premier saw no obstacles to Legislative Yu [...] | 2009-04-01 07:32:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV ETRD EAGR PREL CVIS KIPR TW |
09TAIPEI760 | Taiwan Pharma: 6th PVS Underway, Big Pricing Reforms [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-24 09:17:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR TW |
09TAIPEI763 | Taiwan Pharma: 6th PVS Underway, Big Pricing Reforms [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-24 09:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR TW |
09TAIPEI876 | Taiwan IPR: Taiwan to Target Indirect Patent Infringement [...] (SBU) The Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) recently announced preliminary plans to amend the Patent Law to protect against indirect patent infringement. The changes would allow patent-holders to bring suit against upstream and middle-stream component suppliers who abet downstream prod [...] | 2009-07-22 07:37:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR TW |
09TALLINN313 | ESTONIA: REPLY TO DEMARCHE ON OBJECTIONS TO EC/SWISS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-21 14:01:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EUN EN KIPR |
09TALLINN48 | U.S., BALTIC INDUSTRY MAY LOSE ESTONIAN IPR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (U) Summary: New budget cuts at the Motion Picture Association (MPA) threaten roughly USD 40,000 in funding to Estonia's only anti-piracy NGO, the Estonian Organization for Copyright Protection (EOCP). Loss of this funding will [...] | 2009-02-23 13:20:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR ECON EN |
09TALLINN79 | IPR SUCCESSES AND STRATEGIES IN ESTONIA [...] (U) Summary: Good Embassy partnerships with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO),local NGOs, the business community and the Government of Estonia (GOE) will allow us to achieve our MSP goal to protect IPR and combat piracy in the digital environment. Inter-agency law enforcement tr [...] | 2009-03-26 13:31:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR ECON EN |
09TASHKENT1151 | UZBEKISTAN: S&T IN UZBEKISTAN AND PROGRESS ON A U.S.-UZBEK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. OES/STC Officer Michael C. Schena (ESToff) visited Uzbekistan from June 1 through July 6 to discuss Uzbek Science and Technology (S&T) infrastructure and to continue negotiations on a U.S.-Uzbek S&T Cooperation Agreement. Uzbek science officials expressed a strong desire to co [...] | 2009-07-06 10:31:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TSPL ETTC KTIA KIPR KSTC UZ |
09TASHKENT132 | UZBEKISTAN EXCITED ABOUT S&T AGREEMENT, PRESENTS A DRAFT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Dr. Shavkat Salikhov, Chairman of the Committee for Coordination of Science and Technology Development at the Cabinet of Ministers, told us in unequivocal terms on January 29 that Uzbekistan is very interested in negotiating a Science and Technology (S&T) cooperation agreement [...] | 2009-02-03 08:46:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TSPL ETTC KTIA KIPR KSTC UZ |
09TASHKENT1329 | UZBEK S&T: BIOTECHNOLOGY AND AGRICULTURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. OES/STC Officer Michael C. Schena (ESToff) visited Uzbekistan from June 1 through July 6 to discuss Uzbek Science and Technology (S&T) infrastructure and to continue negotiations on a U.S.-Uzbek S&T Cooperation Agreement (reftel). This cable focuses on biotechnology and agricult [...] | 2009-07-28 12:56:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TSPL ETTC KTIA KIPR KSTC UZ |
09TASHKENT1383 | UZBEK S&T: PHYSICS, ENERGY, AND HIGHER EDUCATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. OES/STC Officer Michael C. Schena (ESToff) visited Uzbekistan from June 1 through July 6 to discuss Uzbek Science and Technology (S&T) infrastructure and to continue negotiations on a U.S.-Uzbek S&T Cooperation Agreement (reftel). This cable -- one of a series on the state of Uz [...] | 2009-08-03 13:15:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TSPL ETTC KTIA KIPR KSTC UZ |
09TASHKENT1385 | UZBEK S&T: STATUS OF STCU AND ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. OES/STC Officer Michael C. Schena (ESToff) visited Uzbekistan from June 1 through July 6 to discuss Uzbek Science and Technology (S&T) infrastructure and to continue negotiations on a U.S.-Uzbek S&T Cooperation Agreement (reftel). This cable briefly comments on the status of the [...] | 2009-08-03 13:16:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TSPL ETTC KTIA KIPR KSTC UZ |
09TASHKENT1578 | UZBEKISTAN: UPDATE ON U.S.-UZBEK S&T AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) OES/STC Officer Michael C. Schena visited Uzbekistan in June to further negotiations on a proposed U.S.-Uzbek Science and Technology (S&T) Cooperation Agreement (reftel). At the time of ESToff's departure, the S&T Agreement was going through the GOU's interagency approval process. 2. [...] | 2009-08-28 12:19:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TSPL ETTC KTIA KIPR KSTC UZ |
09TASHKENT1621 | Uzbekistan: Suspending GSP Counterproductive [...] (C) Post understands that the inter-agency is preparing to discuss the issue of suspension of Uzbekistan's GSP benefits based on petitions related to child labor and intellectual property rights. A decision to suspend or revoke GSP for Uzbekistan would be counterproductive - it would do little [...] | 2009-12-09 11:36:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ELAB PHUM ECON SOCI KIPR UZ |
09TASHKENT1816 | UZBEKISTAN TO AMEND IPR LAWS IN RESPONSE TO IIPA PETITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 5 we met with GOU officials to discuss intellectual property rights (IPR) points raised in the interim General System of Preferences (GSP) demarche (Ref A). Significantly, we learned that Uzbekistan is preparing to remove its reservations to Article 18 of the Berne [...] | 2009-10-16 05:44:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR UZ |
09TASHKENT235 | UZBEKISTAN: SPECIAL 301 REVIEW RECOMMENDATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Uzbekistan made little noticeable progress in development and enforcement of IPR legislation in 2008. It is difficult for a consumer to find music, video, and software products that can with confidence be identified as licensed; pirated versions are still the norm. We are enc [...] | 2009-03-02 08:39:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR UZ |
09TASHKENT285 | UZBEKISTAN: THE IMPOSSIBLE IPR DREAM? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On March 10 Ibragim Amanbaev, Acting Director of the Uzbek Copyright Agency, brought us up to date on the current status of IPR legislation and enforcement in Uzbekistan. The picture he painted was one of an underfunded, understaffed agency in which a total of four IPR inspec [...] | 2009-03-16 06:18:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR UZ |
09TASHKENT611 | UZBEKISTAN: SPECIAL 301 POINTS DELIVERED [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points on the 2009 Special 301 results for Uzbekistan to Umid Shadiev in the MFA's North American Department. Shadiev received the points without comment and said he would forward the information to the relevant departments in the GOU. 2. (SBU) On Tuesday, Apr [...] | 2009-04-30 13:33:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR UZ |
09TEGUCIGALPA1266 | ROCKY PATEL DISCUSSES THE HONDURAN CIGAR INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: American cigar manufacturer Rocky Patel discussed the Honduran business environment for cigar manufacturers at his El Paraiso factory on December 1. According to Patel, sales of his cigars are up about 15% this year despite an industry-wide drop in sales of about 22% for the y [...] | 2009-12-08 20:46:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BBSR ECON EIND ETRD KIPR HO |
09TELAVIV156 | IPR/ISRAEL: OCR DOES NOT RESULT IN AGREEMENT [...] SUMMARY: The Special 301 Out-of-Cycle Review (OCR) for Israel, which could have resulted in significant progress on improving Israeli intellectual property (IP) regime in the area of research-based pharmaceuticals, has not yielded an agreement despite strong efforts by the USG to reach one. [...] | 2009-01-20 13:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR IS |
09TELAVIV453 | ISRAEL: SPECIAL 301 REVIEW 2009: POST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From April 2008 - January 2009, Israel underwent an Out-of-Cycle Review (OCR) to address its deficiencies in Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) protection (see reftels). While several GOI officials made a good-faith effort to implement an agreed-upon action plan, the net resul [...] | 2009-02-25 15:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR IS |
09THEHAGUE598 | NETHERLANDS: COURT ORDERS TOP BITTORRENT SITE MININOVA TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Dutch court has delivered another blow to BitTorrent web-sites operating in the Netherlands. The decision requires Mininova, reportedly the world's top BitTorrent site, to remove links to copyright material or face stiff fines. Dutch anti-piracy watchdog BREIN, which initiate [...] | 2009-10-05 07:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT ECON KIPR NL |
09TOKYO1019 | CHINESE INFO TECH ANNOUNCEMENT, JAPANESE REACTIONS [...] (U) Summary: Japanese media have reported extensively over the past week on China's proposed IT security disclosure requirements. While there is some relief China walked back from immediate implementation, Japanese industry remains concerned. Praising the effect of U.S.-Japan coordination to [...] | 2009-05-01 06:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EINT ETRD ETTC JA KIPR TINT CH |
09TOKYO1397 | DIET APPROVES BILL AMENDING COPYRIGHT LAW [...] Japan's Diet approved legislation amending the Copyright Law June 12. The revised law goes into effect January 1, 2010 and addresses piracy issues and the use of digital content as well as facilitates information access for the handicapped. Illegal downloading ------------------- 2. T [...] | 2009-06-19 08:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON ETRD PGOV 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 |
09TOKYO482 | 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: TOKYO INPUT [...] (SBU) Japan should not be listed in the 2009 Special 301 report. Considerations remain unchanged from 2008. 2. (U) Post has reviewed industry submissions per ref and notes one substantive comment from the International Intellectual Property Association (IIPA). The IIPA makes "special ment [...] | 2009-03-03 07:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR PREL JA |
09TOKYO996 | METI PREVIEWS MINISTER NIKAI'S U.S. TRIP [...] (SBU) Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry Toshihiro Nikai will visit New Mexico, Chicago, and Washington during a May 1-6 trip to the United States. Trip details, and the substance of proposed MOUs to be signed, are coming together quickly. In Washington, Nikai plans to see Energy Secret [...] | 2009-04-29 08:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ENRG PREL SENV KIPR JA |
09TRIPOLI764 | LIBYA'S AGENCY FOR ECONOMIC REFORM RENEWS REQUESTS FOR AMERICAN EXPERTISE REF: A) Tripoli 386; B) 08 Tripoli 937; C) Tripoli 223 TRIPOLI 00000764 001.2 OF 003 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-24 16:23:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECIN ELAB EPET EMIN KIPR PGOV BBSR LY |
09TUNIS137 | 2009 Special 301 Review - TUNISIA - Post Input [...] (U) Post recommends that Tunisia not be included on the 2009 Special 301 Watch List, given the GOT's improved IPR practices. While there is room for improvement in IPR enforcement efforts, particularly in the fields of optical media and software piracy, the GOT has set up inter-agency commissio [...] | 2009-03-10 08:57:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD TS |
09VIENNA1018 | Film Piracy: Austrian Distributors Detail Enforcement [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-10 13:58:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINT ETRD KIPR AU |
09VIENNA1381 | GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS: AUSTRIA INSISTING ON [...] (SBU) Emboffs discussed reftel with Gabriela Habermayer, Head of the Department of Multilateral Trade at the Economics Ministry, and Ingrid Frasl, Legal Advisor on WTO issues. Habermayer said the GOA fully supports the EC?s proposal to create a mandatory Geographical Indications (GI) register [...] | 2009-10-27 09:34:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EUN KIPR AU |
09VIENNA504 | Austrian NGOs Support World IPR Day [...] According to the International Federation of Phonographic Industry (IFPI) Austria, intellectual property employs 180,000 Austrians and creates EUR 8 billion in added value. To appeal to local pride and improve public awareness, IPR advocacy groups have highlighted the losses suffered by local [...] | 2009-04-28 10:25:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR EINT AU |
09VILNIUS238 | LITHUANIAN POLICE CLOSE AN ILLEGAL CD PLANT [...] On April 21, Lithuanian Police completed a long-term undercover operation by closing an illegal CD-R and DVD-R production facility in the city of Siauliai. The owner of a computer store and internet cafe also ran a small CD plant at his home and was supplying the entire Siauliai region with p [...] | 2009-04-30 10:01:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON KIPR LH |
09VILNIUS9 | LITHUANIA IMPOSES HIGHEST FINE YET FOR USE OF [...] The Klaipeda City Court imposed Lithuania's largest IPR-related fine ever for the use of unlicensed software on November 13. The Court found Alex Naval, a marine design and engineering company, guilty of using unlicensed software for commercial gain and fined it 300,000 Litas (about 124,000 [...] | 2009-01-07 11:03:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR LH |
09WARSAW1211 | POLAND: OUT OF CYCLE REVIEW OF INTELLECTUAL [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. We assess the Polish Government's (GoP's) November 23 Out-of-Cycle review (OCR) submission as credible. The GoP has tightened its efforts to fight IPR violations, particularly with regard to internet piracy, to strengthen public awareness of the value of IP, and to [...] | 2009-12-10 18:01:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR PL |
09WARSAW225 | POLAND: 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: POST [...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that Poland be removed from the Special 301 Watch List. In 2008, Poland consolidated and extended the major advances it made during 2007 in protecting intellectual property rights (IPR). Improved enforcement was highlighted in February, when Polish police raid [...] | 2009-03-02 15:01:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KIPR PL |
09WARSAW259 | SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Removing Poland from the Special 301 Watch List now would acknowledge progress on traditional intellectual property rights (IPR) issues, and -- if the USG decides in the future to use the Special 301 process to draw attention to market access issues like those troubling the in [...] | 2009-03-10 16:15:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KIPR PL |
09WARSAW46 | HEALTH MINISTRY UPDATES REIMBURSEMENT LIST [...] (SBU) Summary: Poland's Ministry of Health has released an update to its reimbursement list. The updated list contains about 10 innovative drugs that do not have generic competitors, and some of those are manufactured by U.S. companies. U.S. companies will also benefit from reductions in req [...] | 2009-01-14 17:11:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON TBIO ETRD KIPR PL |
09WELLINGTON115 | UPDATE ON NZ COPYRIGHT LAW SECTION 92A - [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 12, New Zealand's Minister of Commerce Simon Power met with representatives of the NZ copyright industry and GNZ officials to discuss a three-step plan to re-draft and enact section 92A of the Copyright (New Technologies) Act by end of 2009. This particular section of [...] | 2009-05-14 23:40:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR NZ |
09WELLINGTON59 | 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW - NEW ZEALAND [...] (U) Summary: Post recommends that New Zealand (GNZ) not/not be placed on the Special 301 List in 2009. New Zealand has a comprehensive Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) regime that strives to meet its WTO TRIPS obligations with respect to patents, copyright and trademark protection, and has [...] | 2009-03-02 01:55:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR NZ |
09WELLINGTON88 | NEW ZEALAND TO REDRAFT SECTION 92A OF NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 23, New Zealand's Minister of Commerce Simon Power announced that the GNZ would suspend section 92A of the new copyright law, which would have created new regulations for terminating internet accounts of repeat copyright infringers. Negotiators for both the intellectu [...] | 2009-04-03 03:31:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR NZ |
09ZAGREB152 | CROATIA IPR UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Croatia is currently not on the Special 301 Watch List. Post has researched the area of concern identified by industry in its Special 301 submission (see paragraph 4). Croatia's legal framework continues to develop and is now completely harmonized with the EU. However, effec [...] | 2009-03-20 14:11:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR HR |
10ABUDHABI7 | ABU DHABI'S SOCIO-ECONOMIC MODEL [...] (C) Summary: While many have surmised that Abu Dhabi would seek certain political concessions for its (at least) USD 25 billion financial support for Dubai in 2009 (reftel),there is little indication of a coerced quid pro quo. Rather, Abu Dhabi officials remain squarely focused on mastering [...] | 2010-01-07 10:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KIPR ECON ENRG AE |
10ANKARA143 | TURKISH REGULATION MAY HALT APPROVAL OF NEW DRUGS [...] (SBU) Summary. A new Turkish Ministry of Health (MOH) regulation that takes effect March 1, 2010 will make marketing approvals for new pharmaceuticals contingent upon either an inspection by the MOH itself (which MOH admits it does not have the capacity to perform) or an inspection certificat [...] | 2010-01-28 11:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EIND ETRD KIPR USTR TU |
10ASHGABAT137 | TURKMENISTAN: INITIATIVE BY IPR OWNERS KEY TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan has been slow to pursue intellectual property rights (IPR) protection since its independence. Counterfeit goods like computer software, audio and video recordings, and clothing are freely available on [...] | 2010-01-29 08:57:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON PGOV EINV TX |
10ASHGABAT204 | TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON 301 SPECIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-12 10:24:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON ETRD KIPR TX |
10ASHGABAT206 | TURKMENISTAN: SPECIAL 301 ASHGABAT INPUT [...] The Government of Turkmenistan was informed about the 2010 Special 301 review process by means of diplomatic note delivered on February 12. Post recommends keeping Turkmenistan on the 2010 Special 301 Watch List and suggests including the following paragraphs on Turkmenistan in the 2010 Spec [...] | 2010-02-12 12:23:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON ETRD KIPR TX |
10ATHENS208 | Greece: AmCham Engages Government and Private Sector on IPR [...] (SBU) On January 26, the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce held a conference on "Intellectual Property: Rights, Protection, and Legal Framework." In addition to attracting a large audience of more than 100, the conference succeeded in showcasing a diversity of participants and speakers fro [...] | 2010-02-11 16:49:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR GR |
10BAKU15 | AZERBAIJAN: MOED READY TO RE-ENGAGE ON NEXT ROUND [...] (U) SUMMARY: The U.S. - Azerbaijan Economic Partnership Commission last met in November 2008; prior to that, meetings took place roughly annually, alternating between Baku and Washington. These meetings were successful in sending a message about U.S. commitment to a more transparent business [...] | 2010-01-08 08:20:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD BTIO EFIN KCOR KIPR AJ TU GG |
10BANDARSERIBEGAWAN18 | Microsoft Finds Light At The End Of The [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-27 08:13:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON EINV USTR BX |
10BANGKOK206 | THAILAND: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) Per reftel request, below is Post's draft of the 2010 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for Thailand. We also e-mailed a Microsoft Word version to EB/IFD/OIA (David J. Ahn and Thomas J. Walsh),per reftel instructions. 2. (U) Begin text: Chapter 6: Investment Climate --------------- [...] | 2010-01-26 01:52:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KIPR OPIC KTDB USTR TH |
10BANGKOK248 | THAI TELECOMS: FINANCE MINISTER KORN'S PLAN TO BREAK THE 3G [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Thai government has repeatedly delayed the auction and licensing of third generation (3G) telecommunications services -- largely because of disagreements over how to deal with the two state-owned telecommunications operators, TOT and CAT, and the private providers that have c [...] | 2010-01-29 04:56:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV KIPR PREL TH |
10BEIJING137 | DESPITE LISBON TREATY, BILATERAL RELATIONSHIPS [...] (C) Summary: Though uncertainty exists on how EU-PRC relations might change in the wake of the recent ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, the PRC hopes to "consolidate strategic trust" in the relationship, according to an MFA official. PRC and EU contacts alike concur that while EU-PRC relation [...] | 2010-01-19 10:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN KIPR SENV EINV ETRD PHUM |
10BEIJING462 | JAN 13 US-CHINA INTERPARLIAMENTARY DIALOGUE: TAIWAN, NORTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Taiwan arms sales and trade issues dominated the 5th session of the U.S. China Inter-Parliamentary Group (IPG),which took place in Beijing January 13. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) led the U.S. Senate delegation to the IPG, which also included Senators Christopher "Kit" Bond (R- [...] | 2010-02-26 04:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM MASS ETRD KIPR CVIS EFIN SENV ENRG |
10BEIRUT122 | ECONOMY MINISTER SAFADI OPTIMISTIC ON GROWTH [...] (U) This message is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Summary: In a February 5 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Economy and Trade Mohammed Safadi requested assistance in setting up meetings during his private March 7-14 trip to Washington. The prime minister, presi [...] | 2010-02-05 16:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL PGOV EAID MEPI KIPR LE |
10BEIRUT81 | HEALTH MINISTER TOUTS MINISTRY'S COMMITMENT TO IPR [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Health Mohammad Khalifeh informed the Ambassador January 22 that earlier that morning he had worked with the chief prosecutor's office to issue arrest warrants for individuals involved in a counterfeit pharmaceutical smuggling ring. Proud of the ministry's accomplishm [...] | 2010-01-27 14:32:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV KIPR KDEM PINR KPAL LE |
10CARACAS169 | DRAFT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LEGISLATION HAS AN UNCERTAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 25, a legal consultant for the Venezuelan Chamber of Medicine (CAVEME) told EconOffs that an intellectual property reform drafted by Commerce Minister Eduardo Saman had "no chance" of being passed. Saman's draft law has raised concerns in the IPR legal community b [...] | 2010-02-11 18:30:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECIN EIND EINT EINV ETRD KIPR VE |
10CHENGDU23 | CHENGDU IPR JUDGE ON FOREIGN COMPANY CHALLENGES, LOCAL COURT [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Effective intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement is a continuing challenge for judges and attorneys in Southwest China, according to a sitting judge on Chengdu's IP [...] | 2010-01-28 12:56:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ETRD EINV PGOV KIPR KJUS CH |
10CHENGDU28 | CHONGQING'S IPR ENVIRONMENT: VIEWS FROM THE GOVERNMENT, A [...] (U) This message contains Sensitive But Unclassified information. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary and Comment: Chongqing officials expressed their willingness to cooperate with the USG to further intellectual property rights (IPR) protections during a recent meeting wit [...] | 2010-02-04 02:54:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EINV ETRD PGOV KIPR CH |
10CHIANGMAI18 | "CREATIVE THAILAND" -- STRENGTHENING THE IT SECTOR AND [...] (SBU) In a February 18 meeting in Chiang Mai, the Ambassador gathered executives from U.S. information technology (IT) firms and officials from Thai government and public agencies for an informal discussion on opportunities and challenges for U.S. IT firms in Thailand. All of the firms clearl [...] | 2010-02-24 13:47:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EINT KIPR PREL TH |
10COLOMBO63 | IPR PROTECTION IN SRI LANKA: BAD, BUT IMPROVING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sri Lanka's intellectual property rights regime is good on paper but lax on enforcement. Still, since the passage of comprehensive legislation in 2003, things have slowly been improving. The Embassy, American Chamber of Commerce, Business Software Alliance, a cadre of specializ [...] | 2010-01-28 11:55:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | KIPR ECON PGOV CE |
10DUBAI11 | UAE HOSTS PAKISTAN INVESMENT FORUM [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Foreign Ministers of the UAE and Pakistan co-hosted on January 26 a Friends of Democratic Pakistan (FoDP) conference to promote public-private partnership (PPP) in Pakistan. The conference sought to encourage regional and international interest in investment opportunities in P [...] | 2010-02-04 13:24:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE PK |
10DUBAI13 | UAE's RAS AL KHAIMAH: OPEN FOR BUSINESS, BUT STRUGGLING TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ras Al-Khaimah's (RAK) effort to grow its economy by offering incentives to international investors has attracted primarily small-scale traders, including from Iran, and thereby drawn scrutiny from UAE federal authorities concerned about illicit Iranian activity in the country. O [...] | 2010-02-07 10:44:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE |
10EFTOBANDARSERIBEGAWAN24 | RAYTHEON'S RECENT VISIT AND RUMBLINGS FROM THE [...] (SBU/NF) The Raytheon team recently briefed the Ambassador about a recent turn of events where Deputy Minister of Defense Pehin Yasmin revived a pet project, developing and building Brunei's National Modeling and Simulation Center, that a subordinate of his, Ministry of Defense Permanent Secre [...] | 2010-01-29 08:26:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV USTR KIPR KINR ECON BX |
10GENEVA11 | WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property [...] SUMMARY: The 4th session of the WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) was a constructive step forward from the U.S. perspective. The Committee approved five major thematic projects and reviewed all projects and activities under current implementation. On the importan [...] | 2010-01-08 11:54:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR WIPO |
10GENEVA12 | WIPO on Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and [...] SUMMARY: The 15th session of the World Intellectual Property Organization's Intergovernmental Committee (IGC) on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (GRTKF) had successful discussions on substantive issues, but delegations remained far apart on proce [...] | 2010-01-08 12:06:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR WIPO |
10GENEVA136 | Fourteenth Session of the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law [...] The World Intellectual Property Organization's Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (WIPO SCP) continued to discuss preliminary studies requested by the SCP in June 2008 and March 2009, and commenced a discussion on Brazil's proposal concerning exceptions and limitations to patent rights. [...] | 2010-02-18 17:01:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR WIPO |
10GENEVA40 | WIPO and EU Presidency Issues [...] SUMMARY: Miguel Angel Vecino, Counselor from the Spanish Mission in Geneva, Switzerland, met on January 13 with IP Attach???? Lashley-Johnson to discuss EU presidency issues in the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Spain now holds the EU presidency until July 2010, and Mr. Ve [...] | 2010-01-21 09:51:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR WIPO |
10GENEVA42 | WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights: USG [...] (U) Summary: The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) met in Geneva December 14-18, 2009. At this 19th session of the SCCR, the United States unequivocally called on the international copyright community to reach a consensu [...] | 2010-01-21 10:52:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR WIPO |
10GUANGZHOU13 | "Fe" vs. Climate Change: China's BYD Bets on Batteries in [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The answer to climate change may be as simple as the chemical formula of a lithium iron phosphate battery, according to one ambitious south China company. Referred to simply as "Fe" and already the key component of the world's first mass produced plug-in hybrid elec [...] | 2010-01-07 09:11:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV PREL ETRD KIPR PGOV CH HK |
10GUANGZHOU76 | Domestic Demand Strong, But Not "High End" in Guangxi's [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Demand for inexpensive automobiles and heavy machinery produced in Liuzhou, the main manufacturing city in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, increased in 2009 and is likely to exceed sales records in 2010, according to local executives. However, China's domestic [...] | 2010-02-10 08:10:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KIPR EFIN EINV PGOV CH |
10GUANGZHOU84 | South China IPR: Enforcement Still the Problem, High-Level [...] (SBU) Summary: Rights holders came to the Consul General's IPR Roundtable on January 28 and 29, with a clear message: Problems remain serious and continued high-level U.S. engagement is critical to improving the situation. Representatives of 39 south China-based rights holders and law firms p [...] | 2010-02-12 07:29:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON PGOV CH HK |
10HOCHIMINHCITY39 | HCMC IPR BUSTS DEMONSTRATE IMPACT OF MISSION EFFORTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Ho Chi Minh City police recently raided the largest illegal disc production operation to date, seizing millions of CDs and DVDs and disrupting a ring that is believed to stock up to 60% of the shops selling illegal discs to the HCMC market. This bust comes close on the heels of [...] | 2010-02-02 09:45:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR EAID ETRD VM |
10HOCHIMINHCITY47 | HCMC ECONOMIC POLICE STRIKE AGAIN, MAKING GRAB FOR FAKE [...] (C) Summary: Economic police in HCMC conducted another head-line grabbing IPR bust on January 25, this time breaking up a large counterfeit pharmaceutical ring. The ring ran under the guise of a legally-registered local pharmaceutical firm that purchased domestically-produced pills then re-pac [...] | 2010-02-10 10:41:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KIPR EAID ETRD VM |
10JAKARTA204 | LETTER FROM INDONESIAN TRADE MINISTER TO COMMERCE SECRETARY [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 11, 2010, Embassy received official correspondence from Government of Indonesia (GOI) Minister of Trade Mari Elka Pangestu, dated February 9, addressed to United States Secretary of Commerce Gary F. Locke. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Begin text: Minister of Trade of [...] | 2010-02-17 05:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON APECO BEXP EINV ETRD KIPR ID |
10KINGSTON176 | Jamaica: 2010 Special 301 Watch List Response [...] (SBU) Embassy Kingston recommends that Jamaica remain on the Special 301 Watch list until it passes a World Trade Organization (WTO) TRIPS-compliant patent law. The country's trademark and copyright regime meet international standards, and enforcement efforts remain commendable. Progress also [...] | 2010-02-05 13:34:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV PREL TRSY USTR KIPR XL JM |
10KUALALUMPUR130 | SPECIAL 301 KUALA LUMPUR INPUT [...] (SBU) In 2009 Malaysian IPR enforcement authorities continued to make significant progress in fighting IPR piracy as compared to the previous year. Malaysia also continued its legislative efforts to modernize its copyright laws and come into compliance with various trade commitments, including [...] | 2010-02-25 10:00:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR MY |
10KUWAIT136 | GOK OFFICIAL: GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT AGREEMENT NOT [...] (SBU) On January 28th, Econoff met with Ishaq Abdulkarim, the Finance Ministry's Director of International Economic Co-Operation, about the status of Kuwait's interest in the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA). Abdulkarim stated that there had been no updates or any movement on this i [...] | 2010-02-16 05:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT PGOV ECPS KIPR EIND ETRD KU |
10KUWAIT14 | GOK OFFICIAL DISCUSSES INTERNET CENSORSHIP, VOIP [...] (SBU) During a January 4 meeting with Econoff, Nasser Al-Kendari, the Director of the Telephone Monitoring Department in the Ministry of Communications (MoC),discussed internet censorship, the GoK's prohibition on Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) technology, and IPR-related internet issues [...] | 2010-01-11 11:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT PGOV ECPS KIPR EIND ETRD KU |
10KUWAIT40 | POST RECEIVED GOK DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON MEMBERSHIP [...] (SBU) Action request: Post received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MFA) Office of International Organizations requesting support for the GoK's official application for membership to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) during the Oct. 4-22, 2010 elections [...] | 2010-01-20 12:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT PGOV ECPS KIPR EIND ETRD KU |
10LAPAZ368 | Special 301 La Paz Input [...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that Bolivia remain on the Special 301 Watch List in 2010. Bolivia's new constitution, passed by referendum on January 25, 2009, includes references to protection of intellectual property rights (IPR),but only for indigenous groups by name. Bolivia protects co [...] | 2010-02-26 13:13:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR BL |
10MADRID148 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, FEBRUARY 1-5 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-08 07:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB KIPR SP |
10MADRID155 | AMBASSADOR SOLOMONT'S FEBRUARY 4, 2010 MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-08 11:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ELAB KIPR SP |
10MADRID174 | SPAIN: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Ambassador met February 10 with Minister of Culture Angeles Gonzalez Sinde to discuss bilateral cooperation on cultural issues, intellectual property rights and draft legislation that would enhance the government's ability to combat digital piracy, and the Holocaust-related claim by AMCI [...] | 2010-02-12 15:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL SP |
10MADRID179 | SPAIN IPR: AUSTR WILSON'S MEETINGS WITH GOS, OPPOSITION, [...] (SBU) During a February 4-5 visit to Madrid, Assistant USTR for Europe met with government officials, private sector representatives, and an opposition politician to discuss USG concerns over Internet piracy in Spain and the government's legislative proposal. Content industry representatives d [...] | 2010-02-16 07:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD EUN SP |
10MADRID42 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, JANUARY 11-15, 2010 [...] (U) Local media reported on German government criticism of President Zapatero's EU statement calling for economic sanctions for EU member countries that fail to meet specified objectives in the successor to the Lisbon Strategy for EU Growth. Rainer Breuderle, German Minister of Economics and [...] | 2010-01-19 12:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB KIPR SP |
10MADRID67 | AMBASSADOR SOLOMONT'S JANUARY 21, 2010, MEETING [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador called January 21, 2010, on opposition party leader Mariano Rajoy and Rajoy,s Chief of Cabinet, Jorge Moragas. They discussed Afghanistan, Iran, IPR, the Spanish economy, and Latin America. End summary. Afghanistan 2. (C) The Ambassador congratulated Rajoy on the Popu [...] | 2010-01-22 15:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KIPR AF IR XM SP |
10MADRID70 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, JANUARY 18-22 [...] (U) The European Commission will limit Spain's banking sector restructuring fund (FROB) to loans of no more than 2% of 'risk-weighted assets' to distressed banks and savings banks, or 2% of their "determined minimum amount of capital to operate effectively." The EC made this announcement after [...] | 2010-01-22 17:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KIPR SP |
10MADRID86 | AMBASSADOR SOLOMONT'S JANUARY 25 CALL ON [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-26 18:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ECON EINV ENRG KIPR SP |
10MANILA8 | Philippines: 301 Special Out-of-Cycle Review on [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 17, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) officials held a digital video conference with the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) to discuss intellectual property rights protection and enforcement as part of the 301 Special Out-of-Cycle Review (OCR) of the [...] | 2010-01-04 10:03:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD EAGR RP |
10MEXICO426 | Scenesetter for Ambassador Kirk [...] (SBU) Summary. Your visit comes at a crucial moment in our efforts to deepen our bilateral relationship with Mexico, our third largest trading partner after Canada and China. As we institutionalize our security agenda we will also need to give more attention to the economic and social agenda [...] | 2010-02-05 21:42:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR MX ETRD PREL EINT ENRG BTIO |
10MEXICO648 | USTR Kirk Visit to Mexico: Trade Irritants Balanced with [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In his February 8-9 visit to Mexico City, U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Ron Kirk emphasized the importance of our economic partnership with Mexico, not just in terms of trade but also in terms of mutually beneficial competitiveness. He met with President Calderon, Econo [...] | 2010-02-22 20:23:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR MX ETRD PREL EINT ENRG BTIO |
10MOSCOW189 | Russian Deputy Health Minister Wants Expanded Health [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In their upbeat December 14 meeting, Russian Deputy Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova and Ambassador Beyrle agreed that the Bilateral Presidential Commission's Working Group on Health should promote a substantial expansion of cooperation on health and medical sciences. They c [...] | 2010-01-27 12:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO PREL EAID SOCI KHIV TSPL ETRD ELAB EAGR KIPR |
10MOSCOW335 | RUSSIA HEALTH REGULATOR DISMISSED AFTER PUBLIC COMMENTS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 6, Prime Minister Putin dismissed Nikolai Yurgel, head of Russian pharmaceutical watchdog Roszdravnadzor, two days after Yurgel publicly criticized the government's draft "Law on the Circulation of Medicines," echoing numerous objections of the pharmaceutical industry [...] | 2010-02-16 19:24:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TBIO PREL SOCI ETRD KIPR RS |
10MOSCOW72 | MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY'S SCIENCE PARK SUCCESSFUL IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past five years, Moscow State University's (MSU) Science Park has launched 85 high-tech start-up, mostly in the IT and biotech fields. Raising awareness of the importance of IPR protection is a key MSU priority. With its science park and other innovative activities, [...] | 2010-01-14 11:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL TNGD TBIO TINT KIPR KPAO OEXC SCUL SOCI PGOV |
10NEWDELHI31 | 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 04 TO January 08, 2010, including the following: -- Cabinet Clears Copyright Amendments for Introduction in Parliament -- GOI Under Fire at Economic Seminar -- India Ranks Eighth in Internet Pi [...] | 2010-01-08 13:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ECIN KIPR EIND ELTN ETRD TSPA IN JA |
10OSLO71 | Ambassador's Introductory Meeting with Justice and Police [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 12, the Ambassador met with GON Minister of Justice and the Police Knut Storberget. Storberget discussed his Ministry's key issues, Qcluding Norway's acceptance of Cuban migrants via the United Nations Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),domestic violence, immi [...] | 2010-02-18 12:45:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER AF CU NO KCRM KIPR KJUS PREL PREF KTIP |
10OSLO86 | Ambassador Discusses Pharmaceuticals, Afghanistan and Other [...] (U) In his introductory call with Norwegian Minister of Health and Care Services Anne-Greth Strom-Erichson on February 10, the Ambassador 2010 discussed intellectual property problems facing research-based pharmaceuticals companies, Afghanistan, the H1N1 pandemic, and other issues. 2. [...] | 2010-02-11 15:46:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KIPR ETRD AF PREL NO |
10PARIS237 | FRANCE SPECIAL 301 2010 ANNUAL REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary. Post has reviewed PhRMA's Special 301 submission on France and recommends against inclusion of France on the 2010 Special 301 Watch List. France has, in fact, improved the pharmaceutical R & D environment and post sees no evidence of lack of IPR protection or market access. Fr [...] | 2010-02-26 12:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EIND EINV EUN KIPR FR |
10PARIS29 | France Proposes "Google Tax" for IPR [...] (SBU) President Sarkozy announced plans to tax internet advertising revenue generated by Google and other major internet sites (the examples of which all happen to be American)to fund revenues lost from internet piracy. This measure and others to counter piracy and encourage legal downloading [...] | 2010-01-11 14:36:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EFIN ETRD EIND KIPR SCUL FR |
10PHNOMPENH29 | 2010 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 [...] | 2010-01-19 00:41:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KIPR OPIC KTDB USTR CB |
10QUITO75 | GOE REVIEWS INITIAL COMPULSORY LICENSE PETITIONS [...] (C) Summary. Ecuador's Intellectual Property Institute (IEPI) has received two compulsory license petitions under procedures issued on January 15. The procedures provide the detailed follow-up to Presidential Decree 118, issued in October 2009 (refs A and B),which established access to m [...] | 2010-02-10 21:50:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD KIPR EINV EC |
10RIYADH103 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PRESIDENTIAL SCIENCE [...] (SBU) Mission Saudi Arabia enthusiastically welcomes your visit, planned for February 15-20, to Riyadh and Jeddah. You will arrive just after several prominent official visits, including Deputy Treasury Secretary Wolin and Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Hormats, and just before [...] | 2010-01-24 11:56:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL KIPR EINV TSPL SENV SOCI SA |
10RIYADH208 | FURTHER SAUDI GOVERNMENT PROGRESS ON ENFORCING [...] (SBU) On February 17, Deputy Minister of Culture and Information (MOCI) Abdul Rahman Al-Hazzaa hosted a meeting with the Arabian Anti-Piracy Alliance and Microsoft, who presented initial mock ups of an extensive public relations campaign to increase public awareness of the issue of piracy in S [...] | 2010-02-20 15:10:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON PREL SA |
10RIYADH75 | FIRST EVER COPYRIGHT CASE REFERRED FOR DETERRENT [...] (SBU) On January 5, Minister of Culture and Information Khoja referred the first-ever copyright violation case to the Board of Grievances (BOG),Saudi Arabia's tribunal for commercial dispute resolution. The Ministry's Violations Review Committee (VRC) recommended the Board fine the repeat of [...] | 2010-01-13 13:50:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON EINV PREL SA |
10ROME125 | OPPONENTS OF ITALIAN INTERNET BILL SAY IT STIFLES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opponents of a new bill before Italian parliament that would further regulate the Internet say it endangers free speech and is a threat to Italian democracy. The bill also appears to favor PM Berlusconi's Mediaset television service while disadvantaging Sky, one of its major competitor [...] | 2010-02-03 16:28:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS ETTC KIPR EINT IT |
10SANJOSE90 | 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: COSTA RICA [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-19 23:24:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KTDB KIPR OPIC KIDE USTR ECON CS PGOV |
10SANSALVADOR252 | EL SALVADOR: 2010 SPECIAL 301 INPUT [...] (U) SUMMARY. El Salvador continues to comply with CAFTA-DR and TRIPS IPR obligations and improve IPR protection. The GOES implemented data protection regulations for agricultural chemicals in 2009, its last outstanding CAFTA-DR IPR obligation. Stronger enforcement efforts started in 2008 hav [...] | 2010-02-26 22:17:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR ES |
10SEOUL13 | KOREAN AUTO MARKET NEW YEAR'S UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This report highlights recent events and perspectives in the Korean automobile market. The increasing globalization of the ROK's automobile market - both in the influx of foreign cars in Korea and the expansion of Korea automobile production abroad - is particularly noteworthy. [...] | 2010-01-06 05:35:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR KS |
10SEOUL204 | AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO SUPREME PROSECUTORS OFFICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Visiting the Supreme Prosecutors Office (SPO) on February 4, the Ambassador praised the SPO for its cooperation in joint law enforcement projects, and for Korea's rapid development in rule of law. She encouraged the SPO to support Korea's accession to the Hague Convention on In [...] | 2010-02-10 07:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CMGT ECON KIPR KTIA PHUM PREL KS |
10SHANGHAI21 | CODEL MURRAY: ECONOMIC COOPERATION -- NOT TAIWAN ARMS -- [...] (SBU) Summary: Shanghai Municipal leaders highlighted U.S.-China trade and investment cooperation in their meetings with CODEL Murray on January 15. Municipal Communist Party Secretary Yu Zhengsheng focused on the transportation sector in particular, pointing to General Motors (GM) and General [...] | 2010-01-22 03:46:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV ECON EINV PGOV KIPR OVIP MURRAY PATTY |
10SHANGHAI53 | 2010 SHANGHAI IPR ROUNDTABLE -- CANDID COMMENTARY FROM [...] (U) This cable contains business proprietary information and is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Shanghai remains the "best place overall" for IPR protection and enforcement in China despite continued problems, according to U.S. industry represent [...] | 2010-02-19 08:24:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD PGOV CH |
10TAIPEI17 | Taiwan IPR: Campus Enforcement Improves, MOE Action Plan [...] (SBU) The Taiwan Ministry of Education (MOE) will indefinitely continue its Campus Intellectual Property (IP) Action Plan. The Plan's requirements and incentives are spurring schools to increase enforcement efforts, and the MOE is helping schools to implement best practices across Taiwan. Rig [...] | 2010-01-06 09:06:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR ETRD PGOV TW |
10TAIPEI178 | Taiwan IPR: 2010 301 Watch List Submission [...] (SBU) The Taiwan authorities continued to strengthen intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement over the past 12 months. The specialized IP Court, which began accepting cases in July 2008, adjudicated 1007 cases in 2009. The Legislative Yuan (LY) passed ISP-related amendments to the Copyri [...] | 2010-02-22 10:00:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR TW |
10TALLINN28 | CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR COMBATING INTERNET PIRACY WORKSHOP [...] This is an action request for Embassies Moscow, Helsinki, Stockholm, Riga and Vilnius, and Consulate St. Petersburg. Please see paragraph 5. 2. Embassy Tallinn and the U.S Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will host a two-day regional workshop on combating internet piracy on March 23- [...] | 2010-01-14 13:50:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR ECON EN |
10TASHKENT54 | Uzbekistan: Positive Signals on IPR [...] (SBU) Summary: A reliable contact responsible for Intellectual Property (IPR) issues in the Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan reported on January 11 that the Uzbek Copyright Agency (UCA) plans to introduce a draft law on removal of Uzbekistan's reservation to Article 18 of Bern Convention in [...] | 2010-01-13 06:42:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINT KIPR UZ |
10TASHKENT87 | UZBEKISTAN: SPECIAL 301 REVIEW RECOMMENDATION (2010) [...] (U) SUMMARY. The GOU's interagency working group charged with drafting new IPR legislation and implementing IPR reform made rapid progress in 2009. A measure to remove Uzbekistan's caveat to Article 18 of the Berne Convention has passed Uzbek interagency review and can be expected to be intro [...] | 2010-02-22 11:28:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KIPR UZ |