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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
00KINSHASA8616	WTO/SPS TRAINING [...] No summary [...]	2000-12-28 11:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD CG WTO

01ABUJA2480	U.S. MOVE TOWARD AFRICAN WTO POSITIONS APPLAUDED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Fourth Organization of African Unity/African Economic Community Conference of Trade Ministers September 22-23 in Abuja, Nigeria ended with widespread appreciation for U.S. movement toward African WTO positions on agriculture, intellectual property, the environment, labor iss [...]	2001-09-27 15:08:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD OVIP NI WTO
01ABUJA2758	NIGERIA ON TRIPS, AGRICULTURE AND SERVICES [...] EconOff delivered reftel information on 25 October to Mr. Y.T. Agah, Assistant Director responsible for Multilateral Affairs at the Federal Ministry of Commerce. Agah raised concern over geographical indication (GI) protections for indigenous plants, especially those with medicinal value, and [...]	2001-10-29 14:32:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD NI WTO USTR
02ANKARA8794	Demarche on Doha Declaration on TRIPS and [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-03 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR TU USTR WTO
02COLOMBO1979	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY USTR HUNTSMAN'S NOVEMBER [...] (U) I extend to you a warm welcome in advance of your visit to Sri Lanka next month for the first meeting of the U.S. - Sri Lankan Trade and Investment Council (TIC). I am sending this message now, nearly a month before your visit, because I know that you and your team are already busy prepa [...]	2002-10-23 04:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD CE WTO USTR ECONOMICS LTTE
02KUWAIT5258	DOHA DECLARATION ON TRIPS AND PUBLIC HEALTH [...] On December 3, 2002, Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Badir Abdul-Rahim, Assistant Undersecretary for International Trade in Kuwait's Ministry of Commerce and Industry, and to Ayham Al-Omar, Deputy Director in the Americas Department at Kuwait's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Post will follo [...]	2002-12-04 13:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR KU WTO
02ROME1405	BIOTECH: SUGGESTION FOR GETTING ITALY'S ATTENTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. POST SEES AN OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE OUR AGRICULTURE BIOTECH AGENDA FORWARD BY LINKING IT TO THE GOI HIGH-PRIORITY GEOGRAPHIC INDICATOR (GI) AGENDA AND INVITES DEPARTMENT'S THOUGHTS ON SUCH A LINKAGE. THE GOI REGULARLY PREACHES THAT MORE THAN 200 PRODUCTS NAMED A [...]	2002-03-19 17:19:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD IT WTO
02ROME1726	ITALY'S WRONG TURN ON BIOTECH: WHAT WE SHOULD DO [...] (C) SUMMARY. THIS COMPANION PIECE TO REF A PROVIDES ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND, SUGGESTED TALKING POINTS FOR SENIOR WASHINGTON OFFICIALS, AND POST ACTION STRATEGY IN RESPONSE TO THE DELIBERATELY MISLEADING WHITE PAPER ON BIOTECHNOLOGY PUT IN CIRCULATION BY THE ITALIAN MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE. AMB [...]	2002-04-08 06:08:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD IT PREL TBIO WTO
02ROME1942	MISSION-ITALY BIOTECH ACTION PLAN [...] MISSION ITALY'S BIOTECH WORKING GROUP (BWG) HAS MAPPED OUT ITS ACTION PLAN FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS. UNCLASSIFIED IT REFLECTS THE COLLECTIVE EFFORTS OF AGR, ECON, SCI, PA, FCS, LABOR, CG-MILAN, CG- NAPLES, AND CG-FLORENCE. BECAUSE MISSION ITALY SHARES MANY CO [...]	2002-04-18 14:11:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD IT WTO
02ROME1962	ITALY WON'T FORCE IRAN WTO ACCESSION ISSUE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. ITALY STRONGLY DISAGREES WITH USG POLICY ON IRAN'S POTENTIAL ACCESSION TO THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION BUT DOES NOT INTEND TO PUSH THE EU TO FORCE THE ISSUE AT THE MAY 13 WTO GENERAL COUNCIL MEETING OR THEREAFTER, ACCORDING TO MFA'S WTO COORDINATOR. ALTHOUGH THE ITAL [...]	2002-04-19 17:32:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EU IT WTO
02ROME2551	ALEMANNO TO SEMBLER: LESS OPEN ON BIOTECH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. AMBASSADOR MET MAY 17 WITH ITALIAN MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE ALEMANNO TO DELIVER SECRETARY VENEMAN'S LETTER ON ALEMANNO'S BIOTECH WHITE PAPER AND LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE MAY 27 MEETING BETWEEN PRESIDENT BUSH AND PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI. ALEMANNO INDICATED THAT HIS POSITIO [...]	2002-05-24 15:28:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON IT PREL TBIO WTO
02ROME2765	ITALY AND BIOTECH: COULD BE (HAS BEEN) WORSE [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN THE BUILD-UP TO PRESIDENT BUSH'S MAY 27-28 VISIT TO ROME, THE GOI GOT BUSY ON BIOTECH. PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI HAD MFA GIN-UP AN INTERAGENCY PROCESS TO CONSIDER THE GOI CORN BAN, THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE'S MISGUIDED WHITE PAPER, AND A POTENTIAL USG-GOI RESEARCH ACCORD. [...]	2002-06-07 17:28:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD ECON IT PREL TBIO TSPL WTO
02VATICAN6064	HOLY SEE FEARS FAILURE ON TRIPS IN WTO TALKS WOULD [...] (U) THE HOLY SEE CONTACTED THE EMBASSY DECEMBER 19 TO CONVEY ITS URGENT CONCERNS ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FAILURE OF ONGOING NEGOTIATIONS AT THE WTO GENERAL COUNCIL IN REGARD TO TRIPS AND PUBLIC HEALTH. IN A NON-PAPER DELIVERED TO THE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 06 [...]	2002-12-19 13:14:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD VT WTO
03ABUDHABI3978	UAEG INFORMS POST OF DELEGATION TO THE WTO [...] AT THE REQUEST OF POST, THE UAE MINISTRY OF ECONOMY PROVIDED A LIST OF UAE DELEGATES TO ATTEND THE WTO MINISTERIAL IN CANCUN, SEPTEMBER 8-14. UAE MINISTER OF ECONOMY AND COMMERCE SHEIKH FAHIM BIN SULTAN AL-QASSIMI WILL HEAD THE UAE DELEGATION TO CANCUN, WHICH WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE SECRETARY [...]	2003-09-02 04:49:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD WTO USTR TC
03ABUDHABI4048	UAEG RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-06 09:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD WTO USTR TC
03ABUDHABI434	UPDATE ON WTO NON-AGRICULTURE MARKET ACCESS [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-27 10:54:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD WTO USTR TC
03ACCRA585	AGRICULTURE REPS BRING MESSAGE TO GHANAIANS: SPEAK [...] Summary: USDA representatives met with numerous Ghanaian officials to seek support for the US position on food aid and market access in the WTO Agricultural Negotiations, to highlight US efforts in Sub-Saharan Africa and to confirm invites to the Ministerial Conference and Expo on Agricultural [...]	2003-03-25 08:10:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR GH WTO AGR
03AMMAN1594	DEMARCHE ON U.S. WTO EXPORT CREDITS PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-17 12:17:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR JO WTO
03AMMAN7089	ADVOCATING THE U.S. POSITION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF [...] While receiving reftel points on October 28, Ministry of Agriculture Director's Assistant for Plant Protection Mohammad Kateh-Bader noted that he was reviewing extensive technical comments on living modified organisms (LMO's),including from the U.S. and the EU. We left with him reftel non-p [...]	2003-10-30 16:09:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO JO FAO WTO
03AMMAN7181	JORDAN BACKTRACKS SLIGHTLY ON PRE-SHIPMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Jordan Institute for Standards and Metrology is wedded to its new Pre-Shipment Inspection (PSI) scheme, called DAMAN, while attempting to address potential WTO-related issues of national treatment and discrimination. Importers complain about the system that forces their c [...]	2003-11-03 16:43:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL JO WTO
03AMMAN7182	JORDAN BACKTRACKS SLIGHTLY ON PRE-SHIPMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Jordan Institute for Standards and Metrology is wedded to its new Pre-Shipment Inspection (PSI) scheme, called DAMAN, while attempting to address potential WTO-related issues of national treatment and discrimination. Importers complain about the system that forces their c [...]	2003-11-04 05:39:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL JO WTO
03ANKARA1077	TURKISH RESPONSE ON WTO NON-MARKET ACCESS PROCESS [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-18 16:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD TU WTO
03ANKARA1368	GOT's Preliminary Views for the Special 301 [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-04 06:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU USTR WTO
03ANKARA1705	GOT Response on WTO Services Negotiations [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-18 15:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD TU USTR WTO
03ANKARA210	DELIVERY OF WTO FINANCIAL SERVICES REQUESTS [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-09 13:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON TU WTO
03ANKARA2957	Special 301 Demarche Delivered; GOT Plans to [...] (SBU) Summary: Noting outstanding issues in pharmaceuticals, copyright and trademark protection, Emboffs informed GOT interlocutors that Turkey will remain on the Special 301 Watch List this year. In a change from its earlier position that data exclusivity is not required by the TRIPS Agreem [...]	2003-05-07 08:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU USTR WTO
03ANKARA3797	Demarche on WTO Trade Facilitation [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-11 14:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD TU USTR WTO
03ANKARA6262	Foreign Trade Officials' Views on Cancun, IPR [...] (SBU) Turkish Foreign Trade officials maintained that agriculture, particularly elimination of export subsidies, was their key concern at the Cancun Ministerial. This issue led the Turks to support the G- 21 at Cancun, though our interlocutors told us that actually joining the group would hav [...]	2003-10-06 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR KIPR EFIN TU USTR WTO
03COLOMBO107	SRI LANKA IMPLEMENTS WTO CUSTOMS VALUATION [...] Sri Lanka Customs (SLC) announced the implementation of the WTO Customs Valuation Agreement on January 7, 2003, and began actual implementation January 13, ten weeks after the fourth extension for implementation lapsed on October 31, 2002. All importers and agents are now required to submit [...]	2003-01-21 09:41:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON CE WTO USTR ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1386	SRI LANKAN PARLIAMENT PASSES NEW IPR LAW [...] Summary: The Sri Lankan Parliament approved an Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) law on July 25, 2003. It will come into effect when the Speaker of the Parliament signs the bill, expected in August. The new IPR law is WTO TRIPS compliant. It provides for improved coverage, and contains pr [...]	2003-08-08 05:39:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR CE WTO USTR ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1539	GSL SUPPORTS KEEPING GI TALKS IN TRIPS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-05 05:37:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KIPR ETRD PREL CE WTO ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO305	YEAR 2003 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW - INPUT FROM SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-24 09:38:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD CE WTO USTR
03COLOMBO604	IMI: SRI LANKA LIBERALIZES INTERNATIONAL [...] Summary: In early March, Sri Lanka opened the international voice telephony market, ending the monopoly held by Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT),a partially state-owned venture. The entry of competitors into the international telecom services market has resulted in significant reductions in call r [...]	2003-04-09 07:03:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KTDB ECON ECPS ETRD CE WTO ECONOMICS
03DJIBOUTI1631	FACILITATING US-AFRICA COOPERATION AT WTO [...] Post met with host country officials planning to attend the WTO ministerial. The Djiboutian delegation includes the Honorable Saleban Omar Oudine, Minister of Trade, his Adviser Mr. Abdourahman Doualeh Farah, and Mr. Hassan Doualeh, WTO Djiboutian Representative. 2. Post used the talking p [...]	2003-09-03 11:49:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAID ECON DJ WTO
03HANOI1439	VIETNAM: FOLLOW UP TO SIXTH WTO WORKING PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam heard a consistent message at its Sixth WTO Working Party session in May regarding the need to make a "quantum leap" in it's approach to WTO accession but is interpreting that message in various ways. Publicly, GVN officials gave themselves a big pat on the back for th [...]	2003-06-11 09:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD VM WTO BTA
03HANOI1814	TRYING TO GET THE MOF BEYOND CENTRAL PLANNING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a July 11 meeting, the Ambassador urged the Ministry of Finance (MOF) to issue investment licenses to three U.S. insurance companies and to be ready to meet BTA obligations related to customs valuation that come due in December 2003. Ambassador also raised USG concerns over [...]	2003-07-16 09:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV EIND VM BTA WTO
03HANOI1842	TRADE MINISTER ON WTO, HUMAN RIGHTS, OIL FOR FOOD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a July 17 meeting with Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Tuyen, the Ambassador noted that GVN efforts to raise auto tariffs, impose tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) on a number of agricultural products, and reorganize the agencies responsible for protection of intellectual property rig [...]	2003-07-21 07:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL ECON KIPR IZ VM WTO IPROP
03HANOI2068	VIETNAM: NY LIFE HOSTS SEMINAR ON WTO ACCESSION [...] Summary: On August 5 in Hanoi at a seminar on Vietnam's WTO accession hosted by New York Life (NYL),Charge expressed strong support for Vietnam's efforts to accede to the WTO while also emphasizing the heavy workload Vietnam must complete in order to meet this goal. Opening the seminar, DPM [...]	2003-08-15 01:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD VM WTO
03HANOI2795	Vietnam: Review of BTA Implementation [...] (U) December 10 will mark the second anniversary of the entry-into-force of the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA). Ensuring timely and effective implementation of the BTA remains a critical component of our economic relations with Vietnam. We continue to provide significant techni [...]	2003-10-31 08:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON EAID PREL VM IPROP BTA WTO
03HOCHIMINHCITY1063	WHAT DID ONE LONG, SKINNY COUNTRY TELL THE OTHER? JOIN [...] Chilean President Ricardo Lagos and his delegation ended a three-day visit to Vietnam by addressing a seminar devoted to improving trade ties. Impressively, they delivered the message that transparency is the key to economic growth and that WTO accession is necessary to continue and protect th [...]	2003-10-31 11:54:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD VM CI WTO
03KUWAIT1363	KUWAIT: WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS NOTICE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-12 12:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON KU WTO
03KUWAIT315	UPDATE ON WTO NON-AGRICULTURE MARKET ACCESS [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-28 06:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KU WTO
03KUWAIT423	FOLLOW UP ON WTO NON-AGRICULTURE MARKET ACCESS [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-03 05:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KU WTO
03KUWAIT744	WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-03 06:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON KU WTO
03OTTAWA997	WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS: CANADA CONSULTING WITH [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-07 19:25:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON WTO
03ROME28	ITALY SEEKS STRONGER TRADE ROLE IN 2003 [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-07 10:02:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD IT EUN WTO
03ROME3180	BIOTECH: CORN CRISIS IN PIEMONTE COULD TEST PRIME [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. AS WE'VE NOTED PREVIOUSLY, ITALY'S COMPLICATED COALITION ARRANGEMENTS MEAN THAT PM BERLUSCONI IS THE ONLY PERSON WHO CAN CURB AGRICULTURE MINISTER ALEMANNO'S DETERMINED EFFORTS TO CREATE A BIOTECH-FREE ITALY. UP TO THIS [...]	2003-07-12 07:50:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD PREL TBIO IT WTO
03ROME3481	BIOTECH: FACED WITH FALLOUT OVER CROP SEIZURES, [...] (C) SUMMARY On July 28 Ambassador met with Minister of Agriculture Gianni Alemanno over US concerns with the GOI's policy prohibiting minute amounts of biotech material in conventional seed lots. Ambassador Sembler prefaced the July 28 conversation by stating that he brought up the seizure o [...]	2003-07-31 15:32:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD EAID IT PREL TBIO WTO
03ROME4020	WTO CANCUN MINISTERIAL: ITALIAN EXPECTATIONS [...] (U) In advance of next week's WTO ministerial meeting in Cancun, DCM hosted a lunch on September 3 for key GOI officials with trade responsibilities. The guests included Amedeo Teti, Director General for Commercial Agreements, Ministry of Productive Activities (Foreign Trade); Massimo Leggeri, [...]	2003-09-04 16:21:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR IT EUN WTO
03ROME4436	ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY Q EU AG [...] SUMMARY: at the informal meeting in Taormina, Sicily Sept 20 Q 23 EU Agricultural Ministers, Ag Commissioner Fischler, and Health Minister Byrne assessed the outcomes of Cancun and started wooing the Third World. The Common Ag Policy (CAP)- was justified as good for Europe and good for the d [...]	2003-09-26 15:37:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR IT ECON EUN ETRO WTO
03ROME4818	ITALIAN VIEWS ON WTO MINISTERIAL IN CANCUN [...] (C) Italy views the intransigence of G-20 middle-income countries as the reason for the breakdown of the Cancun WTO ministerial meeting. Amedeo Teti, Director General For Commercial Agreements, Ministry of Productive Activities (Foreign Trade) and Federico Eichberg, senior advisor to Foreign [...]	2003-10-22 06:45:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD IT EUN WTO
03TEGUCIGALPA133	HONDURAS - REGULATION OF SERVICES BY SUB-CENTRAL [...] Per reftel request, Post provides the following information on the regulation of services in Honduras by sub- central government entities. 2. There is little regulation of services in Honduras by sub-central entities. Services are primarily regulated per laws issued in the National Congr [...]	2003-01-17 15:19:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON HO WTO
03TEGUCIGALPA2355	HONDURAN VIEWS OF WTO CANCUN MINISTERIAL [...] (C) In the wake of the breakdown of the Doha agenda negotiations at the Cancun WTO ministerial, Honduran officials seemed most interested in the impact on the agricultural talks in the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) negotiations. The GOH will now push strongly in the CAFTA talks [...]	2003-10-03 19:31:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON ELAB PREL HO WTO
03ZAGREB350	CROATIA SEEKS "BREATHING SPACE" IN [...] IN RESPONSE TO OUR DEMARCHE LAST FALL (REF A),THE MINISTRY OF ECONOMY SHARED WITH US THE STATEMENT THAT IT SUBMITTED TO THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON MARKET ACCESS (NOVEMBER UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00350 141058Z 4-6, 2002),IN WHICH THE GOC ARGUED THAT CROATI [...]	2003-02-14 10:59:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD HR WTO
04ABUDHABI1022	PRIMER ON UAEG AGENCY/SPONSORSHIP REGULATIONS [...] Summary: The UAE maintains non-tariff barriers to investment in the form of restrictive agency, sponsorship, and distributorship requirements. In order to do business in the UAE outside one of the free zones, a foreign business in most cases must have a UAE national sponsor, agent or distrib [...]	2004-04-06 12:20:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTO USTR TC
04ABUDHABI1155	UAE opens its telecommunications sector [...] (U) On April 12, UAE President Zayed bin Sultan Al- Nahayan issued Federal Decree 3 of 2004 "organizing the telecommunications sector." According to the UAE's official news media, the decree revokes Emirates Telecommunications Corporation's (Etisalat) monopoly rights and authorizes new compan [...]	2004-04-14 13:56:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTO USTR TC
04ABUDHABI148	UAE MINISTER OF ECONOMY RECEIVES USTR ZOELLICK'S [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-13 11:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTO TC
04ABUDHABI1824	UAEG ADDRESSES COMPLAINTS OF U.S. PHARMACEUTICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: SEEKING TO CAPITALIZE ON THE MOMENTUM OF THE U.S.-UAE TIFA COUNCIL MEETING IN APRIL, ECONOFF AND U.S. PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURES MET WITH KEY UAEG OFFICIALS RECENTLY TO DISCUSS SEVERAL INCIDENCES OF PATENT INFRINGEMENT BY UAE HEALTH AUTHORITIES AND LOCAL COMPANIES. PRIOR TO TH [...]	2004-06-02 11:49:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR WTO USTR TC
04ABUDHABI2980	TIFA works: UAEG Fixes IPR Problems [...] (SBU) Summary: In a successful use of the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) process, the Embassy worked with Pfizer and the UAEG to stop violations of Phizer's patent on Viagra. In May, we facilitated meetings between Pfizer and the UAEG to identify Pfizer's concerns, and the C [...]	2004-09-01 06:41:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR WTO USTR TC
04ABUDHABI299	UAEG RESPONDS TO USTR ZOELLICK'S LETTER [...] POST RECEIVED FEBRUARY 3 A SIGNED LETTER FROM UAE MINISTER OF ECONOMY AND COMMERCE FAHIM AL-QASSIMI RESPONDING TO USTR ZOELLICK'S LETTER ON THE DOHA DEVELOPMENT AGENDA (REF B). THE COMPLETE TEXT OF THE LETTER IS COPIED BELOW. 2. BEGIN TEXT. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES MINISTRY OF ECONOMY & C [...]	2004-02-03 12:21:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD WTO USTR TC
04ABUDHABI403	UAEG AMENDING COPYRIGHT LAW TO BETTER PROTECT U.S. [...] (U) UAE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION, DIRECTOR OF COPYRIGHTS ALI AL-BALOUSHI CONFIRMED TO ECONCHIEF ON FEBRUARY 11 THAT THE UAEG INTENDS TO ISSUE REGULATIONS UNDER THE 2002 COPYRIGHT LAW TO ALLOW FOR SPECIALIZED COLLECTING SOCIETIES. THESE SOCIETIES ARE A PRACTICAL WAY FOR SOUND RECORDING COMPANIE [...]	2004-02-17 12:36:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIPR ETRD WTO USTR TC
04ABUDHABI799	UAEG PREPARING FOR UNCTAD XI [...] ECONOFF DELIVERED REF B TALKING POINTS AND NON-PAPER TO UAE MINISTRY OF ECONOMY DIRECTOR OF WTO AFFAIRS SAEED AL- NASIBI ON MARCH 22. AL-NASIBI NOTED THAT MINISTER OF ECONOMY HIS HIGHNESS SHAYKH FAHIM AL-QASSIMI WOULD LEAD THE UAE DELEGATION TO BRAZIL IN JUNE; AL-NASIBI WOULD ACCOMPANY THE M [...]	2004-03-22 08:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD UNCTAD WTO USTR TC
04ACCRA1234	GHANA; RESPONSE TO UPDATE ON AGOA III [...] (C) Post expects that the economic impact of ending the AGOA third country fabric provision (Ref A) would be limited, given Ghana's (and the region's) minor apparel exports under AGOA, However, the textile and apparel sector in Ghana (and the region) would be devastated, so individual companies [...]	2004-06-10 13:37:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL ECON GH WTO AGOA
04AMMAN585	COMMERCE A/S LASH RAISES TRADE ISSUES WITH DPM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Department of Commerce Assistant Secretary William Lash and Ambassador Gnehm met January 10 SIPDIS with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Mohammad Halaiqa to review bilateral trade issues and discuss the prospects for Jordanian companies doing busines [...]	2004-01-22 16:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR JO WTO
04AMMAN9146	DEMARCHE ON TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS OF UNESCO DRAFT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Emboffs November 10 delivered reftel demarche to key contacts in the Ministry of Industry and Trade and to the International Organizations Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. To the extent that Jordan engages in the UNESCO process, we can expect a sympathetic resp [...]	2004-11-10 17:25:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JO WTO UNESCO
04BRASILIA1864	U/S LARSON DISCUSSES IPR AND TRADE WITH GOB [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with senior GoB officials and representatives of U.S. industry, U/S Larson emphasized that Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) protection was in the interests of both countries; he highlighted the losses that Brazilian artists and companies suffer from piracy. Lars [...]	2004-07-28 12:49:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON EAGR PREL BR WTO
04BRASILIA581	BRAZIL ON TRADE ELEMENTS OF UNCTAD DECLARATION [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel talking points on March 10 to Piragibe Tarrago, Chief of the Economics Department within Brazil's Foreign Ministry, Itamaraty. Tarrago's Department has the lead on trade-related aspects of the UNCTAD declaration; he also reports directly to Ambassador Hugueney, B [...]	2004-03-11 14:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD BR UNCTAD WTO
04BRATISLAVA197	EU ENLARGEMENT AND WTO GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT [...] The following is post's submission of updated GPA information for Slovakia, per reftel, under Directive 93/37. 2. The procuring entity (contracting authority) is defined in Art. 4, of Act No. 523/2003, as: a) the Slovak Republic represented by a state administration body, a body or an a [...]	2004-02-27 17:25:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD PREL LO EU WTO
04BRATISLAVA266	EUROPEAN COMMISSION CUSTOMS REGIME [...] THE FOLLOWING IS POST'S RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS RAISED IN REFTEL. 2. SLOVAKIA'S CUSTOMS LEGISLATION IS IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH EU LEGISLATION EXCEPT FOR SOME PROVISIONS ON DRUG PRECURSORS. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NON-ALIGNED PROVISIONS WILL TAKE PLACE UPON ACCESSION, MAY 1 WHEN THE EUROPEAN [...]	2004-03-22 16:48:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EU EFIN LO WTO USTR
04BRATISLAVA964	WTO GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT AGREEMENT (GPA) MARKET [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-21 15:08:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD LO WTO
04COLOMBO29	WITH NEW LAW, SRI LANKA MOVES AHEAD ON IPR [...] (U) Summary: All members of a public/private IPR Working Group are moving forward to implement Sri Lanka's new strong IPR Law, with help from outside parties, including the USG. There is a window of opportunity now, with the GSL's desire to develop an effective implementation regime, but trai [...]	2004-01-07 11:28:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR CE WTO USTR ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO499	INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY TRAINING IN SRI LANKA [...] Summary: Sri Lanka is an ideal candidate for IP training assistance, as the public and private sectors are working together to develop an implementation plan for its new, strong IPR law. The law was passed in Nov. 2003, and the GSL requested assistance with enforcement. Econoff chairs a pri [...]	2004-03-22 11:05:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR CE WTO USTR
04HANOI1613	RAISING COMMERCIAL/ECONOMIC ISSUES WITH DPM DUNG [...] (U) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister Dung on June 3 promised Ambassador to invite Lockheed Martin for negotiations on Vinasat, "took note" of a request to look into a decision on MWH's bid for a program management contract for the Son La dam project, predicted licenses for US insurance compan [...]	2004-06-04 09:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD EINV VM WTO BTA
04HANOI1993	EIGHTH WORKING PARTY ON VIETNAM'S WTO ACCESSION [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Eighth Working Party on the Accession of Vietnam to the World Trade Organization met June 15 in Geneva to continue its review of Vietnam's trade regime and plans to bring it into compliance with WTO standards. Vietnam's presentation reported progress especially in [...]	2004-07-16 10:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD VM WTRO WTO
04HANOI2116	VIETNAM: DUSTR SHINER UNDESCORES USG SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In meetings July 25 with DPM Vu Khoan, Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Tuyen and other senior GVN officials, DUSTR Josette Shiner conveyed strong USG support for Vietnam's WTO accession; agreed to begin another round of bilateral market access negotiations in October; urged the G [...]	2004-07-30 09:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD VM WTRO WTO IPROP
04HANOI221	VIETNAM: TOWARDS A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR [...] SUMMARY: In late December 2003, Vietnam's Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) held a workshop to gather comments and ideas from a wide-range of participants regarding the harmonization of the legal systems on investment. MPI plans to submit to the National Assembly a proposal for a com [...]	2004-01-28 10:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON VM FINREF WTO
04HANOI2406	Ambassador's August 26 Farewell Call on President [...] (SBU) Summary: During a farewell call on President Tran Duc Luong, Ambassador Burghardt noted the great progress in bilateral relations in the past 10 years, in particular the expansion of normal relations in a number of new areas during the past three years. Nevertheless, many tasks remaine [...]	2004-08-31 08:09:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC PREL PGOV PHUM PINR VM WTO APEC ASEAN BTA HUMANR
04HANOI2435	Ambassador's August 31 Farewell Call on DPM Vu [...] (SBU) Summary: During his August 31 farewell call on Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan, the Ambassador underlined the importance of bilateral strategic dialogue and urged Vietnam to strengthen law enforcement and related cooperation, take positive steps in the areas of human rights and religious [...]	2004-09-03 08:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR ETRD VM HUMANR RELFREE WTO CNARC
04HANOI2602	VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MOF VM TAM [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-17 07:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD VM WTRO WTO
04HANOI2649	VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MOT VM TU [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-23 02:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD VM WTRO WTO BTA
04HANOI2714	VIETNAM: EB PDAS DONNELLY ENCOURAGES EXPANDED [...] Summary: On September 28, EB PDAS Ambassador Shaun Donnelly, accompanied by the Ambassador, met with Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Tuyen and Vice Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Bich Dat. In addition, PDAS Donnelly, accompanied by ECON/C, met with Dang Van Thanh, Vice Chairman of [...]	2004-10-01 08:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV VM WTRO BTA IPROP WTO
04HANOI2719	VIETNAM: TRACKING CHANGES IN TEXTILE/APPREL [...] In response to reftel, Post provides the FY 2002 and 2003 data on the following issues pertaining to Vietnam: Total Industrial Production: Year USD (millions) 2002 23,800 2003 27,600 Total Textile/Apparel Production: Year USD (millions) 2002 [...]	2004-10-01 08:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON KTEX VM WTO LABOR
04HANOI2757	MFA CONCERNED ABOUT VNHRA, LOOKING FORWARD TO [...] (U) Summary: During an hour-long discussion October 6, Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang told the Ambassador that the GVN, while concerned about the possible passage of the Human Rights Act in the Senate, was still looking forward to a visit to the United States by Prime Minister Phan Van Khai [...]	2004-10-07 07:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF CASC CVIS KPOW OTRA OVIP VM KICC HUMANR RELFREE WTO HIV AIDS
04HANOI2758	MPT DISCUSSES WTO TELECOM OFFER WITH USTR TEL DIR [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 27 USTR Telecommunications Director Jonathan McHale consulted with the Ministry of Posts and Telematics (MPT) on Vietnam's fourth WTO offer. They also reviewed the current situation of Vietnam's telecom market (see septel) and MPT's progress in meeting their BTA re [...]	2004-10-07 07:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ETRD EINT EINV VM WTO
04HANOI2797	VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MINISTER OF TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting October 12, Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Tuyen told the Ambassador the GVN will be well-prepared for bilateral market access negotiations with the United States in October; that he hoped the United States and Vietnam could close WTO negotiations in early 2005; and [...]	2004-10-13 10:59:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KTEX KIPR VM WTRO WTO BTA IPROP
04HANOI2798	PASCAL LAMY BLINKS IN HANOI [...] (U) Summary: In Hanoi for the Fifth Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM-5),EU Trade Commissioner Lamy closed out the EU's bilateral negotiations with Vietnam by accepting low levels of commitments not seen in recent accessions, especially on services. In a speech to the European Chamber of Commerce, [...]	2004-10-13 11:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON VM WTO BTA
04HANOI2809	Ambassador's October 13 Dinner with Vice Foreign [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador hosted a dinner October 13 for Vice Foreign Minister Nguyen Phu Binh, who, in his capacity as head of the MFA's Committee on Overseas Vietnamese, will soon travel to the United States to discuss Viet Kieu issues. Binh said Vietnam desired improved relations with [...]	2004-10-15 03:09:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM CH VM CVR HUMANR ASEAN WTO
04HANOI2857	PRC PM WEN'S VISIT TO HANOI: TRADE TAKES THE FRONT [...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's first official visit to Vietnam yielded a number of agreements in the trade and development areas and a renewed commitment to make progress in demarcating the two countries' land border. Considerable daylight still remains between the two sides on t [...]	2004-10-21 06:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CH VM CVR WTO
04HANOI2882	VIETNAM: EAP DAS HUHTALA DISCUSSES BILATERAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 22, EAP DAS Ambassador Marie Huhtala, accompanied by the Ambassador, met separately with Vice Minister of Trade Luong Van Tu and Vice Minister of Finance Le Thi Bang Tam. DAS Huhtala encouraged the GVN to ensure full implementation of all parts of the U.S.-Vietnam B [...]	2004-10-25 08:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ETTC KIPR VM WTRO APEC BTA IPROP WTO MNUC
04HANOI2908	VIETNAM: PRIME MINISTER KHAI'S SPEECH TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On October 25, the Ambassador attended Prime Minister Phan Van Khai's address at the opening of the Sixth Session of the National Assembly's Eleventh Legislature. The PM's lengthy speech focused largely on economic issues, outlining socio-economic targets for the u [...]	2004-10-27 10:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV VM WTO DPOL
04HANOI2946	The Ambassador's October 28 Call on Prime Minister [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting officially for the first time October 28, the Ambassador and Prime Minister Phan Van Khai spent over an hour discussing the overall bilateral relationship, trade and commercial matters, health cooperation, religious freedom and human rights issues, Montagnards in the Ce [...]	2004-11-01 09:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF ECON ETRD EINV VM HUMANR RELFREE ETMIN HIV AIDS WTO
04HANOI3069	GVN EAGER TO CONCLUDE WTO NEGOTIATIONS, [...] (U) Summary: Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang told the Ambassador that a visit by Prime Minister Phan Van Khai was possible at the end of the first half of 2005, and discussed possible steps to "create the proper atmosphere" for the visit. As one step, the GVN would like to see a conclusion [...]	2004-11-12 11:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF OTRA OVIP MASS ETRD EAID EINV VM KICC WTO RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
04HANOI3098	VIETNAM: MPI CONFRONTS MPT ON INDEPENDENT [...] SUMMARY: A seminar to present the results of a telephone user survey became a venue for a government think tank and others including a local law firm to criticize the Ministry of Posts and Telematics (MPT) for its failure to regulate the telecom sector effectively. MPT had declined to partici [...]	2004-11-17 08:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ETRD EINV VM WTO
04HANOI3313	Congressman Chabot Meets with Ministries of Trade, [...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit to Hanoi, Congressman Steve Chabot met separately December 13 and 14 with Vice Minister of Trade Luong Van Tu, Vice Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Bich Dat and Vice Minister of Finance Le Thi Bang Tam. DCM accompanied the Congressman to the Ministry [...]	2004-12-15 10:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV OTRA PREL VM WTO IPROP
04HANOI3331	VIETNAM CONSULTATIVE GROUP MEETING [...] (U) Summary: The Twelfth Vietnam Consultative Group (CG) Meeting took place December 1-2, 2004 in Hanoi. Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc and World Bank Country Director for Vietnam Klaus Rohland co-chaired the meeting. A wide range of Vietnamese Government officials and repr [...]	2004-12-17 07:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ETRD ECON PREL VM KKIV AFLU HIV AIDS SOE WTO
04HANOI517	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON CPV ECONOMIC CHAIRMAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Ambassador, CPV economic czar Truong Tan Sang underscored the importance of the private sector and SOE reform in maintaining high growth rates and employment generation. He promised to privatize parts of Vietnam Airlines and to strengthen IPR enforcement. T [...]	2004-02-23 09:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR EFIN PREL PINR VM IPROP FINREF SOE WTO BTA
04HANOI636	VIETNAM: CONGRESSMAN COLLINS MEETS MINISTER OF [...] (U) Summary: On February 27, Congressman Mac Collins (R- GA) met with Vietnam's Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Tuyen to discuss bilateral trade relations. Collins emphasized that bilateral cooperation on trade is closely linked to cooperation in other areas such as MIA issues. Tuyen emphasize [...]	2004-03-02 10:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP ETRD ECON PREL KPOW VM BTA LABOR WTO DPOL
04HANOI821	Vietnam: MOT Affirms No MFN for U.S. Wines [...] (U) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador on March 16, Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Tuyen asserted that textile agreements are outside the "WTO track" and exempt from MFN. He confirmed that the GVN believes it is not obligated to extend tariff reductions given to EU wines in the context [...]	2004-03-22 09:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR ECON VM BTA WTO
04HANOI886	ICT REFORM: WILL REALITY MATCH ENCOURAGING WORDS? [...] SUMMARY. Ambassador David Gross, Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy (CIP),came to Hanoi February 27 for discussions on Vietnam's telecom and ICT market. He met a Vice Minister of Posts and Telematics (MPT),a Vice President of Vietnam's state-owned telephone [...]	2004-03-29 06:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EINT EINV VM IPROP WTO

04HANOI889	Vietnam Working on U.S. MFN Duty Issue [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Econcouns met MOT DG for Multilateral Affairs Khanh to discuss the MFN duty issue on March 26. Khanh said he was working to solve this issue, but that some in the GVN believed that since textiles were excluded from the BTA, anything in a textile deal with the EU was not subject [...]	2004-03-29 09:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR ECON VM WTO
04HANOI982	Yerxa Says To Push Vietnam on WTO Offer [...] (SBU) Visiting WTO DG Rufus Yerxa described his discussions with GVN officials on WTO accession at an April 7 luncheon attended by Ambassador. Also present were the Ambassadors of Australia, Singapore, Switzerland, New Zealand, and the EC, the Representative from Taiwan and reps from the Worl [...]	2004-04-08 07:59:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR ECON VM WTO
04HOCHIMINHCITY1246	EB PDAS DONNELLY MEETS WITH HCMC TEXTILE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his September 29 visit to Ho Chi Minh City, EB Bureau PDAS Donnelly met representatives of Vietnam's textile and apparel industry to discuss Vietnam's competitiveness following expiration of the WTO Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) and Vietnam's bid for WTO acces [...]	2004-10-07 04:50:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV KTEX VM WTO
04HOCHIMINHCITY1383	FORMER PM VO VAN KIET ON U.S. TIES, WTO, ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: Former Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet, one of the fathers of Vietnam's economic reform policy and an informal advisor to the GVN and the Party, stressed to the Consul General October 30 that Vietnam is on the verge of eliminating the last vestiges of its central planning system, div [...]	2004-11-04 07:33:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR ECON EAID EFIN ETRD VM WTO SOE
04KATHMANDU476	NEPAL: DAS TORKEL PATTERSON'S MARCH 16 MEETING [...] (C) On March 16, Torkel Patterson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs, and Ambassador Malinowski SIPDIS met with Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya. Ambassador Malinowski congratulated Nepal on its official ratification of its membership to the World Trade Organization. A [...]	2004-03-17 08:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF PTER ECON NP WTO
04KATHMANDU584	NEPAL: RATIFIES ITS MEMBERSHIP WITHIN WTO [...] (SBU) On March 24, the Government of Nepal (GON) officially accepted and ratified its membership within the World Trade Organization and will become the 147th member of the organization as of April 23. Nepal is the first least developed country (LDC) to qualify and accede on its own merits w [...]	2004-03-30 00:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON NP WTO
04LJUBLJANA59	SLOVENIA: ZOELLICK'S LETTER: "CONSTRUCTIVE AND [...] (SBU) On 20 January, Econoff and Econ Specialist followed up an earlier conversation with Dmirtij Grcar, State Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of the Economy, examining Ambassador Zoellick's letter to his ministerial counterparts (ref A). Reaching into his drawer and p [...]	2004-01-26 13:30:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD SI WTO
04MADRID4114	WTO GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT AGREEMENT (GPA) MARKET [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-22 15:10:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD SP WTO
04MADRID841	Spanish Customs Administration [...] This cable contains responses to reftel cable re: EU member state customs regimes. Responses are queued to questions listed in reftel para 6. We collected the information during routine visits with Customs and business contacts. A. CUSTOMS PROCEDURES The formal procedure is comprised of t [...]	2004-03-12 09:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN SP ETRD EU WTO USTR
04MANAMA1769	BAHRAIN: DEMARCHE ON TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS OF [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-28 08:33:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON BA WTO UNESCO
04MANAMA326	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNCTAD XI: MANAGING THE TRADE [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-10 11:15:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD UNCTAD WTO
04MANAMA381	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNCTAD XI: MANAGING THE TRADE [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-21 09:45:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD UNCTAD WTO
04MANAMA734	CONFERENCE REINFORCES BAHRAIN INTEREST IN [...] NIST's Stephen Carpenter briefed ECON on May 10 regarding response to his participation at the Second Middle East Measurement and Instrumentation Conference and Exhibition. Carpenter reported that Bahrain is interested in setting up for the Gulf a regional metrology system to complement the ex [...]	2004-05-19 12:06:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD BA WTO
04OTTAWA3407	GOC SUBSIDY TO BOMBARDIER LIKELY [...] (SBU) Summary: There is strong political pressure on the GoC to find a way to support Bombardier, especially given its current financial troubles. However, decisions on how or when to come up with money are likely to be made at the political level, leaving officials scrambling to find a fundi [...]	2004-12-20 13:18:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ETRD CA WTO NAFTA
04PARAMARIBO31	SURINAME RECEIVED US TRADE REPRESENTATIVE ROBERT B. [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-16 10:36:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD NS WTO
04PRETORIA3591	SOUTH AFRICA REACTS POSITIVELY TO WTO NEGOTIATING [...] The South African government hailed the August 1 deal reached in Geneva on a new framework for the negotiations of the Doha Development Agenda as an important milestone and victory for developing countries. Xavier Carim, South Africa's chief trade negotiator, said that the group of 20 develo [...]	2004-08-06 15:44:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD SF WTO WTRO USTR
04ROME4678	Italy: WTO Government Procurement Agreement Market [...] This message responds to reftel A request for our suggestions on possible areas for expansion of Italy's market access commitments under the World Trade Organization (WTO) Government Procurement Agreement (GPA). 2. The following are Embassy responses to questions A to D of reftel A para 5. [...]	2004-12-09 16:29:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD IT WTO
04ROME4797	ITALY/BIOTECH: BAN ON FOUR GM CORN [...] (U) Summary. Italy's August 2000 ban on the commercialization of four biotech corn varieties was annulled on November 29, 2004, by a Lazio regional court. The ruling on the so-called Amato Decree result from a lawsuit filed in November 2000 by three multinational seed companies and an Italian b [...]	2004-12-20 05:50:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR TBIO KSCA IT WTO
04ROME4809	ITALY/BIOTECH: BAN ON FOUR GM CORN [...] (U) Summary. Italy's August 2000 ban on the commercialization of four biotech corn varieties was annulled on November 29, 2004, by a Lazio regional court. The ruling on the so-called Amato Decree resulted from a lawsuit filed in November 2000 by three multinational seed companies and an Italia [...]	2004-12-20 12:42:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR TBIO KSCA IT WTO
04ROME568	ITALIAN VIEWS ON PROSPECTS FOR WTO TALKS IN 2004 [...] (SBU) Summary. Following the European Commission's lead, the GOI generally agrees with USTR Zoellick's initiative, as expressed in his January 11 letter to trade ministers, to ensure that 2004 not be a lost year for trade negotiations. However, Italy was disappointed that the letter made no m [...]	2004-02-17 08:24:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD IT WTO
04TEGUCIGALPA1567	HONDURAS READY TO ADVANCE ON DOHA, UNEASY ABOUT G- [...] (U) EconOff delivered ref A talking points to Vice Minister for External Trade Irving Guerrero on July 13. As Honduran officials have stated in the past (ref B),the GOH is eager to move forward with the Doha Round negotiations and are generally supportive of U.S. positions, but regard themse [...]	2004-07-15 18:29:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAGR PGOV HO WTO
04TEGUCIGALPA2314	Honduras' Reaction to July Framework: Cautiously [...] (U) Summary: GOH trade officials are reasonably satisfied with the WTO July Framework, regarding it as an agreement that recognizes Honduras' key interests but nonetheless defers most difficult decisions for future negotiation. Honduras will support the candidacy of Perez de Castillo of Urugua [...]	2004-10-15 14:12:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAGR PGOV HO WTO
04TEGUCIGALPA2644	HONDURAS SHARES CONCERNS OVER VAGUE UNESCO DRAFT [...] Post delivered reftel talking points to Ambassador Mario Fortin, Director of Foreign Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and to Norman Garcia, Minister of Trade and Industry, on November 8. EconOff then raised the points in a meeting with Minister Garcia and other Trade Ministry offic [...]	2004-11-24 20:26:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON HO WTO UNESCO
04TEGUCIGALPA704	HONDURAN VIEW ON UNCTAD IX [...] EconOffs delivered reftel talking points to Melvin Redondo, Director of Trade Policy and Honduras' Chief Negotiator for trade agreements, on March 17. While Redondo was initially unaware of the draft UNCTAD document, he quickly appreciated its importance, and expressed agreement that a re-in [...]	2004-03-24 18:07:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PREL HO UNCTAD WTO
04TEGUCIGALPA778	HONDURAN TRADE PRIORITIES: DOHA NEGOTIATIONS AND [...] SUMMARY: The GOH's two top trade priorities for 2004 are progress in the WTO negotiations of the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) and the creation of a Central American customs union. In the WTO negotiations, Honduras' main concerns focus on agricultural market access, rather than agricultural [...]	2004-04-02 20:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EAGR PGOV HO WTO
04THEHAGUE2747	WTO GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT AGREEMENT (GPA): THE [...] (SBU) The following is Embassy The Hague's response to reftel request regarding the Netherlands' market access commitments under the WTO GPA. Post provided this information via email to DOC country desk officer David de Falco on October 22, 2004. 2. (SBU) The following is a list of add [...]	2004-10-26 12:46:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD NL WTO EUN
05ABUDHABI303	WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS: REQUEST FOR COMMENTS - [...] The UAE is an attractive place for U.S. businesses, but the legal framework here favors local over foreign investors. Post assesses that the overall level of openness for services in the UAE is medium. In some cases, we have assessed different sectors at different levels of openness. 2. [...]	2005-01-18 12:00:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTO TC
05ABUJA60	WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS: U.S. MARKET-ACCESS [...] The following responds to ref's request for information about U.S. service suppliers' market access in Nigeria. This cable ranks Nigerian sectors' level of priority for U.S. service providers (a value from 1 to 5, with "1" being a top priority for U.S. service suppliers). This rating is bas [...]	2005-01-14 17:17:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTO NI
05ACCRA1788	GHANA DEMARCHE: FOOD AID AND THE WTO [...] (SBU) USAID Acting Mission Director and EconChief met September 1 with Trade Minister Alan Kyerematen to deliver Ref A demarche on food aid and the WTO. This meeting followed on Post's July 5 letter to the Minister outlining the points articulated in the earlier State cable on food aid reform [...]	2005-09-02 13:12:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAGR ECON ETRD GH WTO
05ACCRA2563	AMBASSADOR MEETS GHANA'S MINISTER OF FOREIGN [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Minister of Foreign Affairs Nana Akufo-Addo on December 7 and discussed the Millenium Challenge Account (MCA) proposal, regional issues, the WTO Ministerial in Hong Kong, the Iraqi elections and Ghana's new seat on the UN Security Council. En [...]	2005-12-19 10:49:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN GH PGOV PREL WTO MCA
05ACCRA314	GHANA: WTO NON-AGRICULTURAL MARKET ACCESS [...] Per reftel criteria, Post recommends the following private sector contacts that can be contacted to discuss a sectoral approach to tariff liberalization: Mr. Andrew Lawson, Executive Director Association of Ghana Industries Tel: 233-21-777283, 779023, 779024, 779793 Fax: 233-21-773143 Ema [...]	2005-02-11 12:20:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD GH WTO
05ALGIERS1606	COMMERCE MINISTER SEEKS CONTINUED US SUPPORT ON [...] (C) In a July 30 courtesy call with Commerce Minister El Hachemi Djaaboub, Ambassador delivered USTR talking points (ref) that underscored USG support for Algeria's WTO accession and raised issues for Algeria to address more thoroughly in both bilateral market access and multilateral negotiati [...]	2005-08-06 06:10:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON AG WTRO USTR WTO
05ALGIERS883	TEMMAR: MUCH WORK REMAINS ON WTO ACCESSION; [...] (C) Ambassador called on Presidential Economic Advisor Temmar April 30 to conduct an informal discussion, based on guidance from USTR, on Algeria's WTO accession progress, as well as to follow up with the status of banking reform, GOA's internal IPR reform, and movement on the east-west highway [...]	2005-05-03 18:13:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV AORC AG USTR WTRO WTO
05ANKARA2901	GOT PREPARING REVISED WTO SERVICES OFFER [...] (SBU) On May 11, Econoff delivered reftel demarche urging the GOT to submit a revised WTO services offer by the May deadline to Sevgi Boz, Deputy Director General at the Turkish Treasury Undersecretariat. Boz responded that Treasury was coordinating an interagency review with the aim of submi [...]	2005-05-23 12:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON TU WTO
05ANKARA5113	FOOD AID AND THE WTO MESSAGE DELIVERED TO TURKEY [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-01 13:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TU WTO AID
05ASUNCION701	PARAGUAY WILL NOT SUBMIT REVISED WTO SERVICES OFFER [...] Econcouns delivered reftel demarche on WTO services negotiations to Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Ruben Ramirez on May 24. Ramirez explained that Paraguay would not be submitting a revised services offer until it sees more progress in agriculture negotiations, Paraguay's priority. Ramire [...]	2005-05-25 20:28:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PA WTO
05BANGKOK6564	THAILAND AND GI IN THE WTO [...] On October 17, Emboff met with Deputy Director General Wiboonlasana Ruamraksa of the Department of Intellectual Property, and Trademark Office Director Pajchima Thanasanti and presented talking points on upcoming WTO agriculture negotiations and geographical indications (GI) as requested in r [...]	2005-10-17 08:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD KIPR WTO
05BRASILIA128	WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS: REQUEST FOR COMMENTS [...] This cable is based upon input provided by FCS Sao Paulo. 2. Per reftel request, below is a ranking of the various service sectors in terms of priority for the USG and level of openness. Where appropriate, we have included comments regarding doing business issues for a specific sector. [...]	2005-01-13 17:36:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD BR WTO
05BRASILIA1913	BRAZIL: GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS [...] (SBU) The Brazilian government has in general not been supportive of the EU's position in the WTO on geographical indications. According to Otavio Brandelli, Chief of the Foreign Ministry's IPR Division, the GoB has potential problems with the EU's list of foodstuff protected by European GIs [...]	2005-07-18 14:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIPR WTO
05BRASILIA2216	LETTER FROM AG MINISTER RODRIGUEZ REGARDING THE WTO [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-18 19:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD WTO
05BRASILIA2449	BRAZIL SUPPORTS US POSITION IN WTO GEOGRAPHICAL [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED, PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY 2. (SBU) On September 9, Econoff delivered reftel points on the EU's GI proposal in the TRIPS Council to Otavio Brandelli, IPR Division Chief in Brazil's Foreign Ministry. In a September 14 follow-up discussion, Brandelli said the GoB [...]	2005-09-14 22:07:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON WTO
05BRASILIA2589	BRAZIL'S FINANCE MINISTRY MAKES PITCH FOR [...] (U) Summary. An aggressive tariff cutting proposal for WTO Doha Development Agenda (DDA) non-agricultural market access negotiations (NAMA),put forward internally by Brazil's Finance Ministry, has generated a storm of protest by the country's private sector and largest labor union, and angst [...]	2005-09-28 19:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON WTO
05BRASILIA3035	WTO: BRAZIL LIKELY TO REMAIN CAUTIOUS ON SERVICES [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED 2. (SBU) Summary. Brazil's willingness, or not, to be forthcoming in WTO services is directly linked to its assessment of concessions being made by major developed country partners (US and EU) in the agricultural negotiations. However, even if the GoB should at [...]	2005-11-17 17:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON BR WTO
05BRASILIA3162	BRAZIL - STEEL POLICIES; NAMA NEGOTIATIONS [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - PLEASE TREAT ACCORDINGLY 2. (U) Introduction. The following information is provided in response to ref A's request for information on the Brazilian steel industry and related government policies. See paras 12 and 14 regarding FIESP views on WTO NAMA negotiatio [...]	2005-12-02 16:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EIND BR WTO
05BRATISLAVA109	WTO NON-AGRICULTURAL MARKET ACCESS NEGOTIATING [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-08 09:37:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON LO WTO
05BRATISLAVA244	REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON MEMBER STATE LAWS [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-23 15:32:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD LO WTO USTR
05BRATISLAVA30	WTO SERVICE NEGOTIATIONS; MARKET ACCESS PRIORITIES [...] Post reviewed reftel list of service sectors and provides the following rankings of U.S. market access priorities (1 being the highest and 5 the lowest) and the level of market openness (high, medium, or low) for Slovakia. 2. Service sector, priority, and openness: --Legal services, 3, [...]	2005-01-14 08:42:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTO
05BRATISLAVA851	SLOVAKS SATISFIED WITH CURRENT COMMISSION MANDATE [...] (C) In response to reftel, Ambassador delivered talking points and USTR fact sheets to Minister of Economy Jirko Malcharek. We separately delivered the points to Agriculture State Secretary Marian Radosovsky. Malcharek indicated that he personally would like to see far-reaching global trade [...]	2005-10-17 15:44:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD LO WTO
05BUCHAREST1114	WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS: ROMANIA DECLINES TO [...] (U) EconOff delivered the key points in reference (B) on WTO services negotiations to Foreign Trade Department Director General for Trade Policy Vasile Radu on May 4, 2005. 2. (SBU) Radu responded on May 10, restating Romania's previous position that the GOR will not submit an independent s [...]	2005-05-11 10:35:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON RO WTO
05BUCHAREST839	WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS: ROMANIA WILL NOT SUBMIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Romania does not plan to submit its own services offer in May, in view of the country's EU accession scheduled for 2007, but fully supports a good result of the WTO negotiations. Romania argues that its future commitments as a full EU member will dramatically expand after acces [...]	2005-04-05 13:56:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON RO WTO
05CAIRO6911	WTO DDA NEGOTIATIONS ON ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS: [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to Walid Nozahy, Head of the WTO Department, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Industry. El Nozahy had no reaction to the lists of environmental goods put forward by other member states. As for Egypt, he said that the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Industry w [...]	2005-09-06 16:41:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ETRD EG WTO USTR
05CAIRO7185	WTO GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS ISSUE: EGYPT [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-15 11:33:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EG WTO USTR
05CAIRO7890	WTO AGRICULTURE NEGOTIATIONS AND GEOGRAPHICAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-13 13:25:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD KIPR EG WTO
05CAIRO9179	HONG KONG MINISTERIAL: EGYPTIAN COMMENTS ON [...] (SBU) Post delivered ref A points on TRIPS and the Convention on Biological Diversity to Dr. Samiha Fawzy, First Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry, and separately to Walid El Nozahy, Head of the Ministry's WTO Office (who had no formal response). During the meeting, Faw [...]	2005-12-08 15:40:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON EG WTO
05CARACAS100	US SERVICES IN VENEZUELA- MARKET ACCESS PRIORITIES [...] (U) The following is Embassy Caracas' response to reftel request for market access priorities and openness in the Venezuelan services sector for US commercial interests. SERVICE Priority Openness ------- -------- -------- Legal [...]	2005-01-13 13:12:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD WTO
05CARACAS412	WTO NON-AGRICULTURAL MARKET ACCESS NEGOTIATIONS: [...] (U) Per reftel request, Embassy Caracas has identified a number of organizations that could be contacted to discuss the sectoral approac liberalization. 2. (U) Organizations and contact information: Federation of Venezuelan Chambers of Commerce, Fedecamaras (Federacio Camaras y Asociacion [...]	2005-02-04 20:08:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD VE WTO
05COLOMBO1404	PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY DEEMS SRI LANKA [...] Summary. Sri Lankan health authorities are discussing a new National Medicinal Drug Policy (NMDP) that would theoretically preserve access to low-cost, essential medicines. The main selection criteria for drugs under this new policy will include cost-effectiveness, need, quality, safety and [...]	2005-08-11 08:18:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAID CE WTO
05DHAKA2439	WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS - BANGLADESH [...] Econoff delivered reftel points May 25 to Naziruddin Ahmed, Director General, WTO Cell, Ministry of Commerce. The DG said Bangladesh is working with the WTO and a private contractor arranged for by the WTO to conduct a study of the Bangladesh services sector, which will be used to inform pol [...]	2005-05-26 08:17:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON BG WTO
05DHAKA4347	BANGLADESH: FOOD AID AND THE WTO [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-01 10:08:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR BG AID WTO
05DHAKA512	INFORMAL MEETING ON DDA - BANGLADESH PARTICIPATION [...] According to MinCommerce Additional Secretary Mohammed Sirajul Islam, Bangladesh will be represented at the February 12 informal meeting (reftel) only/only by its PermRep in Geneva, Ambassador Toufiq Ali. There will be no participation from Dhaka, due to BDG budget constraints. 2. On Feb [...]	2005-02-03 09:36:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD AORC BD WTRO WTO
05DUBLIN1322	IRISH SEE DOMESTIC POLITICAL DIFFICULTIES IN WTO [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 25, high-ranking GOI officials told the Ambassador that Ireland could not afford to be more flexible in EU discussions on the WTO agricultural negotiations, given domestic political sensitivities with the farm community. The officials noted prior EU commitments not [...]	2005-10-26 11:38:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTO ECON EAGR EI
05DUBLIN1418	IRISH AGRICULTURE MINISTER INFLEXIBLE ON EU DOHA [...] (C) Summary: In a November 15 meeting with the Ambassador, Agriculture Minister Mary Coughlan reiterated GOI inflexibility on the EU agricultural proposal for the Doha negotiations. She remarked that Irish farmers would not allow further concessions on agriculture, as they faced an uneven p [...]	2005-11-21 08:35:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD EI WTO
05DUBLIN40	WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS: IRISH VIEWS ON [...] Following is Post's rating for the service sectors listed reftel, based on priorities for U.S. service suppliers and market openness. For service sector priorities, we gave the most weight to growth potential. The market access ratings reflect Ireland's status as one of the world's most glo [...]	2005-01-13 16:08:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTO
05DUBLIN597	IRISH RESPONSE TO WTO SERVICE DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: On May 16, Post delivered ref A demarche to Frank Doheny, Deputy Principal Officer in the Department of Enterprise, Trade, and Employment. Doheny noted that Member States would likely approve the revised EU services offer the week of May 23. The offer would seek to cover the 10 [...]	2005-05-20 10:23:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD WTO
05GENEVA1238	WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS - FEBRUARY 7-25, 2005 [...] (U) Summary: The WTO services three week "mega cluster" took place in Geneva, February 7- 25, 2005. The meetings focused on preparations for revised offers indicatively due May 2005 with many "friends" groups presenting sector-specific proposals aimed at eliciting market access commitments [...]	2005-05-20 10:31:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON WTO
05GENEVA1505	INFORMAL MEETINGS OF THE WTO GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT COMMITTE [...] (U) SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND: DURING THE WEEK OF MAY 30, 2005, THE U.S. DELEGATION, LED BY JEAN HEILMAN GRIER, SENIOR PROCUREMENT NEGOTIATOR, USTR, AND INCLUDING STEPHEN KHO, U.S. MISSION TO THE WTO, AND JOHN LIUZZI, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, PARTICIPATED IN INFORMAL MEETINGS OF THE WTO GOVERNMEN [...]	2005-06-17 12:26:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD WTO
05GENEVA1817	FY 2005 IO&P VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION TO THE [...] AS PER REFTEL, MISSION INITIATED THE REQUESTED PAYMENT AS FOLLOWS: EFT NO: 050700002310 EFT DATE: 27-JUL-05 NAME OF PAYEE: WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION ACCOUNT NO: 240CO199320.2 NAME OF BANK: UBS SA ADDRESS OF BANK: 1211-GENEVA - SWITZERLAND AMOU [...]	2005-07-29 12:55:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	KUNR AORC AFIN WTO
05GENEVA1884	WTO GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT MEETING DURING THE WEEK [...] (U) Summary and Background: During the week of July 18, 2005, the U.S. delegation, led by Jean Heilman Grier, Senior Procurement Negotiator, USTR, and including John Liuzzi, Department of Commerce, and Robert Kasper, U.S. Mission to the WTO, participated in formal and informal meetings of the [...]	2005-08-08 12:18:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON WTRO WTO
05GENEVA1894	FY 2005 WTO PAYMENT: U.S. ASSESSED CONTRIBUTION [...] AS PER REFTEL, MISSION INITIATED THE REQUESTED PAYMENT AS FOLLOWS: EFT NO: 050800000051 EFT DATE: 08-AUG-05 NAME OF PAYEE: WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION ACCOUNT NO: 240CO199320.1 NAME OF BANK: UBS SA ADDRESS OF BANK: 1211-GENEVA - SWITZERLAND AMOU [...]	2005-08-09 08:39:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	KUNR AORC AFIN WTO
05GENEVA2617	WTO GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT AGREEMENT MEETINGS [...] (U) SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND: DURING THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 10, 2005, THE U.S. DELEGATION, LED BY JEAN HEILMAN GRIER, SENIOR PROCUREMENT NEGOTIATOR, USTR, AND INCLUDING JOHN LIUZZI, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, AND ROBERT KASPER, U.S. MISSION TO THE WTO, PARTICIPATED IN FORMAL AND INFORMAL MEETINGS O [...]	2005-10-28 08:25:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON WTRO WTO
05GENEVA2626	INITIAL FY 2006 WTO PAYMENT: U.S. ASSESSED [...] AS PER REFTEL, MISSION INITIATED THE REQUESTED PAYMENT AS FOLLOWS: EFT NO: 0510000000887 EFT DATE: 28-OCT-05 NAME OF PAYEE: WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION ACCOUNT NO: 240CO199320.1 NAME OF BANK: UBS SA ADDRESS OF BANK: 1211-GENEVA - SWITZERLAND AMO [...]	2005-10-31 04:23:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	KUNR AORC AFIN WTO
05GUATEMALA229	WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS: ACCESS PRIORITIES FOR [...] Guatemala provides national treatment for most services providers, as reflected in the limited number of nonconforming measures for Guatemala listed in the agreed text of the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). Exceptions to national treatment include maritime transportation and fina [...]	2005-01-31 22:53:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTO
05HANOI102	The Ambassador's January 13 Call on Foreign [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting officially for the first time January 13, the Ambassador and Foreign Minister Nguyen Dy Nien spent 40 minutes discussing the overall bilateral relationship, Vietnam's WTO accession, religious freedom, the Central Highlands and construction of the new Embassy compound. [...]	2005-01-14 07:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF PREF PINR ECON ETRD EINV VM WTO RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
05HANOI1044	Vietnam: BTA Joint Committee Review [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: DAUSTR Elena Bryan led the U.S. delegation and Nguyen Thu Do, Deputy Director, Office of the Government, led the GVN side at the expert- level meeting of the Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) Joint Committee in Hanoi April 11-12. Other USG participants in the Jo [...]	2005-05-05 10:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV EFIN ECON VM BTA IPROP WTO
05HANOI1045	VIETNAM: June WTO Bilateral Dates Proposed [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-05 10:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO VN WTO
05HANOI1046	VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON TELECOM MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: During an April 28 introductory call on Minister of Posts and Telematics Do Trung Ta, the Ambassador urged the Minister to take a flexible approach on telecommunications in the World Trade Organization (WTO) accession negotiations, to meet Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) commit [...]	2005-05-05 10:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ETRD VM WTRO WTO BTA IPROP
05HANOI106	Vietnam: VM Industry on Auto Policy [...] (SBU) Summary. At an Amcham luncheon in Hanoi on January 13, Vice Minister of Industry Do Huu Hao said that the GVN is currently "reconsidering" its policy (approved by the National Assembly in May 2003) to increase the special consumption tax (SCT) on automobiles to eighty percent by 2007/8. [...]	2005-01-14 09:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EIND ECON VM WTO
05HANOI1065	VIETNAM: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OPENING [...] (SBU) Summary. Although WTO accession continues to be the focus at the spring National Assembly (NA) session that opened on May 5, the Government has yet to show the swift actions on the legislative agenda needed to meet its December 2005 accession target. The Government also fails to acknow [...]	2005-05-09 08:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR EFIN ECON ETRD VM HIV AIDS AFLU WTO
05HANOI1092	VIETNAM: GVN Agrees to WTO Bilats June 13-16 [...] The Ambassador received a fax copy of a letter (in English) dated May 10 from Vice Minister of Trade Luong Van Tu accepting the U.S. proposal for another round of WTO bilateral negotiations in Washington June 13-16 (reftel). According to the letter, VM Tu plans to lead the GVN delegation for t [...]	2005-05-11 09:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO VN WTO
05HANOI1172	VIETNAM: THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S CALL ON THE [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: On May 5, Deputy Secretary Robert Zoellick met with Minister of Planning and SIPDIS Investment Vo Hong Phuc. The Deputy Secretary advocated in favor of broadening the U.S.-Vietnam relationship. He identified HIV/AIDs and education as areas of good collabor [...]	2005-05-19 03:59:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV PREL PGOV SENV TBIO VM WTRO AFLU HIV AIDS WTO BTA ETMIN SOE
05HANOI1197	VIETNAM: TRADE OFFICIAL'S FRANK ASSESSMENT OF WTO [...] (C) During a casual meeting with Econoff on May 20, Mr. Nguyen Hong Duong (strictly protect),Deputy Director of the America's Department at the Ministry of Trade, told Econoff he did not expect major breakthroughs during WTO bilateral negotiations with the United States in Washington June 13-1 [...]	2005-05-23 07:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD VM WTRO WTO
05HANOI1235	CHARGE GETS PM VISIT UPDATE FROM LE VAN BANG [...] (SBU) Summary: The Charge met with Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang May 25 and discussed ongoing plans for the Prime Minister's June visit to the United States. VFM Bang said that his first priority was to reach general agreement on a "joint statement," and relayed the GVN's requests for a [...]	2005-05-27 09:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KIRF ETRD OVIP KPOW VM WTRO WTO RELFREE
05HANOI1285	Vietnam Wants to Conclude WTO Negotiations Before [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting June 1, speaking on behalf of Prime Minster Phan Van Khai, Vice Foreign Minister (VFM) Vu Dung told Charge the GVN hopes to conclude WTO negotiations or achieve a "breakthrough" with the United States during the bilats June 13-16 in Washington. To that end, Vietna [...]	2005-06-02 05:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL VM WTRO WTO
05HANOI1416	The Ambassador's June 13 Meeting with the Prime [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met June 13 with Prime Minister Phan Van Khai to discuss the latter's upcoming trip to the United States and a number of pending issues, including Vietnam's WTO accession bid. The Prime Minister expressed his commitment to using his visit to construct the framework for fu [...]	2005-06-14 09:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF PINR MARR OVIP ETRD VM WTO HIV AIDS AFLU HUMANR RELFREE CNARC
05HANOI1444	Vietnam Mid-Term Consultative Group Meeting [...] SUMMARY: The mid term consultative group meeting was held on 2-3 June in Can Tho. Presentations were made on a range of topics including corruption, development of Vietnam's new five year development plan and financial reform. Overall, however, the meeting was hampered because a draft five yea [...]	2005-06-16 09:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	WTO IPROP HIV AIDS FINREF SOE
05HANOI1604	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOCUSES ON CORRUPTION, WTO [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Assembly (NA) ended its longest ever session June 15 after passing a record number of bills and considering several others. The primary focus of this session was passage of new and amended laws related to Vietnam's WTO accession efforts. The NA also introduced a [...]	2005-06-21 09:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ETRD VM WTO DPOL
05HANOI1822	Ambassador's Web Chat on VietnamNet Provides [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador participated for the first time in a web chat with VietnamNet online, reaching over 100,000 readers with over 300,000 hits the first day. The one-hour, no holds barred chat covered a wide range of topics including human rights, religious freedom, democratic sys [...]	2005-07-19 07:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO VM PHUM PREL KIRF HUMANR CVR WTO
05HANOI1863	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MOT VM TU ON WTO [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 19, the Ambassador met with Vice Minister of Trade Luong Van Tu at the VM's request. Both agreed on the need to maintain the momentum on Vietnam's WTO accession following the great progress made in the June talks as well as during Prime Minister Phan Van Kai's visit to [...]	2005-07-22 09:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD VM WTRO BTA WTO
05HANOI1888	DPM VU KHOAN MAKES URGENT WTO POINTS TO AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On July 25, the Ambassador met with Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Vu Khoan to discuss Vietnam's bid to join the World Trade Organization (WTO). The Prime Minister is becoming concerned about the possibility that Vietnam will not be able to accede to WTO by its self-im [...]	2005-07-26 10:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD VM WTRO WTO AFLU HIV AIDS
05HANOI1928	DPM KHOAN STILL HOPES FOR DECEMBER ACCESSION [...] (U) Summary: On July 27, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan spoke at an AmCham lunch attended by the Ambassador and over 100 members of Hanoi's diplomatic, business and press communities. After lauding the great progress in U.S.- Vietnam relations as a result of the Prime Minister's trip to the [...]	2005-07-28 10:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL VM WTRO WTO
05HANOI1971	ADDITIONAL ISSUES AT AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MFA [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met Assistant Foreign Minister Nguyen Duc Hung July 28 for a one-on-one discussion at Hung's request. Most of the conversation was taken up by discussion of issues related to Vietnam's WTO entry (reftel),but several other issues also came up. 2. (SBU) The Ambassador n [...]	2005-08-02 10:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF VM WTO HUMANR
05HANOI2031	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES WTO, APEC CONFERENCE, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met August 8 with a senior official in the Prime Minister's office and used the occasion to highlight key points relating to Vietnam's WTO accession, the proposed joint U.S.-Vietnam APEC conference on export controls, human rights and religious freedom and the on [...]	2005-08-09 10:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD PGOV PHUM PREF VM WTRO APEC WTO RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
05HANOI2154	The Ambassador's August 18 Meeting with Politburo [...] (SBU) During an August 18 meeting with senior Politburo member Phan Dzien, the Ambassador underlined continued USG support for Vietnam's WTO accession and stressed that, while bilateral progress is important, Vietnam will also need to deal with multilateral issues in Geneva and matters raised [...]	2005-08-19 10:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF PINR ETRD VM WTO RELFREE SOE
05HANOI2164	VIETNAM AND CHINA WORKING TO BOOST RELATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: While U.S.-Vietnam relations have been improving and expanding, fueled by the June visit of the Prime Minister to Washington, Sino-Vietnamese relations have not been standing still. In keeping with its long-standing "balancing" strategy, Vietnam sent State President Tran Duc L [...]	2005-08-22 04:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD PBTS CH VM CVR WTO
05HANOI2265	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES IRAQI CONSTITUTION, APEC [...] (SBU) During an August 30 meeting with Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang, Ambassador Marine raised the USG desire to know whether GVN will co-host the APEC Export Controls Conference and Post's hope to sign a contract within weeks for land for the new embassy compound. The Ambassador also deli [...]	2005-08-31 07:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD AMGT OVIP IZ VM APEC CVR WTO
05HANOI2276	VIETNAM'S MINISTER OF TRADE URGES PROGESS ON WTO [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 30, the Ambassador met with Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Tuyen, at the Minister's request, to discuss Vietnam's WTO accession. Tuyen asked for a bilateral round of negotiations with the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) in late September after the bilateral meeting [...]	2005-08-31 10:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD VM WTRO WTO BTA
05HANOI2377	Run-Up to WTO Working Party: Summary of Major U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Summarized below for the convenience of our WTO negotiators are a variety of concerns expressed by U.S. businesses in Vietnam. Most of the complaints focus on trading and distribution issues, including flaws in implementing decrees or draft decrees, the need for greater right [...]	2005-09-12 10:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD VM WTRO WTO IPROP BTA FINREF
05HANOI2378	CHINA'S TRADING HOPES AND REGRETS [...] (SBU) Summary: According to Chinese Embassy Economic and Commercial Counselor He Xiaoling, Chinese businesses face many of the same obstacles - lack of transparency, transportation, and expediency - that American companies face when doing business in Vietnam. She attributed the dramatic rise [...]	2005-09-12 23:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL CM VM CVR ASEAN WTO
05HANOI2484	AMBASSADOR ENGAGES ASSISTANT MINISTER ON BURMA, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Trung Thanh September 22 to discuss Vietnam's role in ASEAN and other regional architecture institutions and how Vietnam can help advance political change in Burma. Thanh said Vietnam is heavily invested in AS [...]	2005-09-23 10:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV BM VM ASEAN WTO
05HANOI2515	EAP DAS Eric John's Meeting with Assistant Foreign [...] (SBU) Summary: EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John, the Ambassador and EAP/MLS Director Scot Marciel discussed bilateral relations and regional cooperation with Assistant Foreign Minister Nguyen Duc Hung on September 27. After praising the momentum and goodwill that the Vietnamese Prime [...]	2005-09-29 09:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PREL PHUM KIRF PGOV OVIP AMGT ABLD VM HUMANR RELFREE TIP APEC ASEAN WTO

05HANOI2517	EAP DAS Eric John's Meeting with Deputy Prime [...] (SBU) Summary: During EAP DAS Eric John's September 27 meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan, the Deputy Prime Minister urged the United States to conclude at an early date its bilateral WTO negotiations with Vietnam for both economic and political reasons. DPM Khoan also pressed the U [...]	2005-09-29 10:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PINR KIRF PGOV ETRD VM APEC ASEAN WTO RELFREE HUMANR
05HANOI2546	EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John's Meeting [...] (SBU) Summary: EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John discussed bilateral relations and regional cooperation with Foreign Minister Nguyen Zy Nien on September 27. After emphasizing the value of senior-level visits and exchanges and asking DAS John to help encourage more of them, FM Nien re [...]	2005-09-30 10:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PREL PHUM KIRF PGOV AMGT ABLD VM WTO RELFREE HUMANR HIV AIDS AFLU APEC TIP
05HANOI2547	EAP DAS Eric John Meets AmCham and MOT Vice Luong [...] (SBU) Summary: In a September 27 luncheon with AmCham Board members and a separate meeting with Vice Minister of Trade Luong Van Tu, Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John discussed Vietnam's WTO accession and BTA implementation. AmCham members expressed growing concern about the draft investm [...]	2005-09-30 10:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PREL PHUM KIRF PGOV OVIP VM WTO
05HANOI2645	AMB/VFM BANG: CAMBODIA, CPC, CHINH, TRUONG, SHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 7 meeting with Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang, the Ambassador raised the following subjects: 1) Sam Rainsy's return to Cambodia; 2) Hoang Minh Chinh's activities in the U.S.; 3) timing of the Country of Particular Concern (CPC) designation and International Reli [...]	2005-10-12 04:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ETRD EINV ECON VM CM APEC WTO RELFREE HUMANR
05HANOI268	The Ambassador's January 31 Call on Deputy Prime [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The Ambassador met for 75 minutes January 31 with Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung. Describing his satisfaction with the bilateral relationship's progress over the past ten years, DPM Dzung said his Government is willing to have a dialogue with the United Sta [...]	2005-02-01 09:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF PREF PINR ECON ETRD EINV VM ETMIN HUMANR WTO RELFREE HIV AIDS
05HANOI2700	AUSTR Weisel Visit to Hanoi: WTO Getting Closer [...] (SBU) Summary. In meetings with the Minister of Trade, the Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Economic and Budgetary Committee, and the Vice Chairman of the Office of Government, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Barbara Weisel delivered the message that U.S. and Vietnamese WTO negoti [...]	2005-10-17 05:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PREL PHUM KIRF PGOV OVIP VM WTO ASEAN BTA IPROP SOE
05HANOI2708	APEC OFFICIAL MICHALAK'S MEETINGS AT THE MINISTRY [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 10 U.S. Senior Official for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Michael Michalak met separately with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Vice Minister Le Cong Phung and Vice General Director of the General Department of Customs (GDC) Vu Ngoc Anh to discuss b [...]	2005-10-17 08:52:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV VM WTRO APEC WTO
05HANOI2715	APEC OFFICIAL MICHALAK'S MEETING AT THE MINISTRY OF [...] (SBU) Summary: During a meeting between Deputy Director General at Multilateral Trade Policy Department of the Ministry of Trade (MOT) Tran Thi Thu Hang and U.S. Senior Official for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Michael Michalak, the two frankly discussed upcoming opportunitie [...]	2005-10-17 09:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV VM WTRO APEC AFLU WTO IPROP
05HANOI2831	AMB/QUANH NINH CMTE: PROVINCIAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS [...] (SBU) Summary: Quang Ninh, the north easternmost province of Vietnam and a key gateway to China, has high levels of economic growth, thorny economic liberalization problems, some of the worst trafficking, smuggling and narcotics problems in the country, and substantial natural resources as wel [...]	2005-10-26 07:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ETRD EINV ECON VM SOE TIP CNARC HUMANR RELFREE WTO
05HANOI284	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VFM LE VAN BANG: [...] (SBU) Summary: During a wide-ranging discussion February 1, the Ambassador previewed for Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang a proposed "work plan" to advance our religious freedom goals and ultimately remove Vietnam from the religious freedom Country of Particular Concern list. VFM Bang said [...]	2005-02-02 09:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF KIRF OTRA OVIP ETRD CASC VM KICC HUMANR RELFREE WTO HIV AIDS ETMIN
05HANOI2894	PORT DEVELOPMENT AND COAL MINING IN QUANG NINH [...] (SBU) Summary: On his recent trip to Quang Ninh Province, the Ambassador inspected Cai Lan Port and Cao Son coal mine in order to advocate on behalf of U.S. firms seeking business in the province. The transport and mining industries in Quang Ninh clearly believe that WTO accession will be hug [...]	2005-11-01 07:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ETRD EINV ECON VM WTO SOE BTA
05HANOI292	VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON THE MINISTER OF [...] SUMMARY. On February 1, the Ambassador paid an introductory call on Minister of Transportation Dao Dinh Binh. Minister Binh explained the timeline for legislative reforms designed to bring the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) up to international safety oversight standards. Th [...]	2005-02-03 07:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ETRD EINV VM WTO
05HANOI3000	VIETNAM SEEKS TO MAKE TAMIFLU OR HUMAN VACCINE [...] Action Request: See paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: Vietnamese Minister of Health Tran Thi Chung Chien unexpectedly joined a November 8 meeting between the Ambassador and Vice Foreign Minister Le Cong Phung on WTO and bilateral issues. Madame Chien asked for U.S. assistance in persuading R [...]	2005-11-10 03:37:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KIPR EAID EAGR SOCI PGOV VM AFLU WTO
05HANOI3015	VIETNAM WTO BILATERALS: THE VIEW FROM HANOI [...] (SBU) Summary: Our bilateral negotiations on Vietnam's accession to the World Trade Organization have not moved forward since September. Senior GVN officials, including DPM Vu Khoan, have recently begun expressing their frustration publicly in the press and laying the blame on the United Stat [...]	2005-11-13 23:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD VM WTRO WTO APEC
05HANOI3053	AMBASSADOR AND VFM LE VAN BANG DISCUSS AI, WTO, [...] (SBU) Summary: Over lunch with Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang, the Ambassador covered a comprehensive array of bilateral issues, focusing heavily on the recent GVN ban on imported poultry products and Vietnam's bid to enter the WTO. VFM Bang accepted the proposal to hold the Human Rights [...]	2005-11-18 07:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM AMGT PREF VM ASEAN VN WTO HUMANR RELFREE AFLU APEC
05HANOI3067	DEPUTY SECRETARY OF COMMERCE SAMPSON MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Secretary of Commerce David A. Sampson met with Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc November 17 to discuss bilateral relations and matters of interest to U.S. business. The DepSec reasserted the United States' commitment to Vietnam's WTO accession on sound c [...]	2005-11-21 09:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD VM WTRO WTO BTA
05HANOI3092	DEPUTY SECRETARY OF COMMERCE'S ECONOMIC ROUNDTABLE [...] (SBU) Influential Government of Vietnam (GVN) advisors offered their views on current economic and reform issues in a roundtable discussion with visiting Deputy Secretary of Commerce David A. Sampson on November 18. The roundtable focused on Vietnam's investment climate, intellectual property [...]	2005-11-22 10:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV VM WTRO IPROP BTA SOE WTO
05HANOI3096	SENIOR ADVISOR TO THE PRIME MINISTER SPEAKS ON [...] Summary: In a speech to the AmCham Madame Pham Chi Lan, a senior advisor to the Prime Minister, said that despite Vietnam's progress in economic reforms it is falling behind its international competitors. Vietnamese businesses are mainly small to medium-sized and lack experience and resourc [...]	2005-11-23 07:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD VM WTRO ASEAN WTO SOE FINREF
05HANOI313	NSC Senior Director Michael Green's Meeting with FM [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Dzy Nien told visiting Senior Director for Asia Michael J. Green that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is optimistic about the bilateral relationship and, though very unhappy about Vietnam's designation as a Country of Particular Concern for Rel [...]	2005-02-07 11:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF OTRA OVIP ETRD VM WTO RELFREE HUMANR HIV AIDS APEC CVR
05HANOI314	NSC Senior Director Michael Green's Meeting with [...] (SBU) Summary: NSC Senior Director for Asia Dr. Michael J. Green and the Ambassador discussed bilateral relations and regional strategic dynamics with Minister/Chairman of the Government Office Doan Manh Giao on February 4. Giao urged the removal of Vietnam's designation as a Country of Part [...]	2005-02-07 11:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KIRF PGOV OVIP ETRD CASC MASS VM WTO RELFREE APEC
05HANOI315	NSC Senior Director Michael Green Discusses China, [...] (SBU) Summary: NSC Senior Director for Asia Dr. Michael J. Green and the Ambassador discussed bilateral relations and regional strategic dynamics with Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Vu Khoan on February 4. The DPM stressed regional dialogue, particularly through the ASEAN framework, while recog [...]	2005-02-07 11:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KIRF ETRD OVIP KPOW CH VM APEC CVR HUMANR RELFREE ASEAN WTO
05HANOI3214	VU KHOAN ANSWERS QUESTIONS FROM HEADS OF MISSION [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan raised the following points while answering questions from thirty heads of mission and donor representatives at a meeting held December 1 in preparation for the December 6-7 Consultative Group (CG) Meeting. One of the dramatic developments in Viet [...]	2005-12-07 09:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN EAID KHIV VM HIV AIDS FINREF AFLU WTO
05HANOI3337	VIETNAM'S 2005 BUSINESS FORUM AND CONSULTATIVE [...] Summary: The 2005 Vietnam Business Forum and Vietnam Consultative Group Meeting took place December 5-7, 2005 in Hanoi. Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc and World Bank Country Director for Vietnam Klaus Rohland co- chaired the meetings, in which a wide range of donors and Vie [...]	2005-12-21 06:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN ETRD ECON PREL VM AFLU HIV AIDS SOE WTO FINREF
05HANOI3342	VIETNAM'S NEW COMMON INVESTMENT LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's National Assembly (NA) passed fourteen pieces of legislation during its final 2005 session (October 18-November 29). Of the fourteen, none were as controversial as the Common Investment Law (CIL). Approved only in the final hours of this session, the official CIL is [...]	2005-12-21 09:52:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ETRD ECON PREL VM WTO
05HANOI3355	CODEL SMITH MEETS WITH DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER NGUYEN [...] (SBU) Summary. A delegation of seven U.S. Senators, led by Senator Gordon Smith (R-OR) and accompanied by the Ambassador, met with Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung. Dzung warmly welcomed the senators and thanked the United States for its assistance in the fights against HIV/AIDS and A [...]	2005-12-23 06:59:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL OREP VM WTRO AFLU HIV AIDS WTO IPROP BTA
05HANOI3356	CODEL GORDON SMITH MEETS WITH PRESIDENT LUONG [...] (SBU) Summary: A visiting U.S. Senate delegation led by Senator Gordon Smith (R-OR) and comprised of six other Senators held a courtesy call meeting with Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong on December 12. The delegation and the President expressed their commitment to further developing trad [...]	2005-12-23 06:59:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL OREP VM WTRO WTO APEC
05HANOI441	Codel McHugh Discusses Fullest Possible Accounting [...] (U) Summary: Representatives and Armed Services Committee Members John McHugh, Jim Marshall and Ken Calvert met February 22 with Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan, Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang, National Assembly Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Vu Mao and Vice Minister of Defense Colone [...]	2005-02-24 06:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OVIP VM HIV AIDS WTO RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN BTA
05HANOI451	VIETNAM: EMBASSY INPUT FOR 2005 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy recommends continued placement of Vietnam on USTR's Special 301 Watch List for 2004. Enforcement of IPR in Vietnam remains weak and IPR violations are rampant. We do not believe elevation to the Priority Watch List is warranted, however, as: -- Vietnam continued to m [...]	2005-02-25 04:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON VM IPROP BTA WTO
05HANOI464	VIETNAM: CLARIFYING WTO LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see para. 3. 2. (SBU) While the GVN has the clear goal of WTO accession in December 2005, they do not comprehend all the requirements or steps to do so. Recent conversations with GVN officials have shown that, except for the Ministry of Trade, the G [...]	2005-02-25 10:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD VM WTO
05HANOI468	VIETNAM: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-25 14:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	APEC ASEAN BTA EFIN EINV FINREF ILAB IPROP KTDB OPIC PGOV SOE VN WTO
05HANOI553	VIETNAM: WTO Legislative Strategy Still Unclear [...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit to Hanoi January 28-31, Deputy Assistant USTR for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, Elena Bryan and USPTO Attorney-Advisor Jennie Ness told key GVN officials and the National Assembly (NA) that timely passage of legislation implementing WTO obligations is a pressin [...]	2005-03-07 10:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD VM WTO BTA IPROP
05HANOI567	Vietnam: Status of Key WTO legislation [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 3, the Ambassador hosted a lunch with staff and consultants of the USAID-funded Support for Trade AcceleRation (STAR) Project and representatives of the European Union to discuss the status of GVN efforts to accede to the WTO. The following is a summary of STAR techni [...]	2005-03-08 09:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON VM IPROP WTO
05HANOI568	Vietnam: STAR Experts Discuss GVN WTO Preparations [...] This cable contains sensitive information and should not be posted on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: On March 3, the Ambassador hosted a lunch with staff and consultants of the USAID-funded Support for Trade AcceleRation (STAR) Project and representatives of the European Union to discuss [...]	2005-03-08 09:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON VM WTO
05HANOI569	Vietnam: Speeding Up WTO Process [...] (U) According to press reports, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly met with key GVN officials on March 4 to discuss ways to ensure timely passage of laws required for WTO accession so that Vietnam can join the WTO at the Hong Kong Ministerial in December. According to the reports [...]	2005-03-08 09:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON VM WTO
05HANOI579	VIETNAM: ECONOMIC REFORM SITUATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador hosted a breakfast on March 4 for a number of Ambassadors as well as representatives of the UNDP, IMF and World Bank to discuss the economic reform situation in Vietnam in advance of the mid-term Consultative Group (CG) meeting in early June. IMF Representative [...]	2005-03-09 10:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD VM FINREF SOE WTO
05HANOI584	Vietnam: Ambassador and Vice Minister of Trade [...] This cable contains sensitive information. Do not post on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Vice Minister of Trade Luong Van Tu on March 9 to discuss preparations for the bilateral market access negotiations on Vietnam's WTO accession next week in Washington. Expres [...]	2005-03-10 10:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON VM WTO BTA
05HANOI622	The Ambassador's March 10 Meeting with Minister of [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met March 10 with Minister of the Office of the Government Doan Manh Giao, the equivalent of the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff. The Ambassador described the current state of play of Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford's ongoing [...]	2005-03-11 10:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF PINR MARR OVIP ETRD VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE WTO BTA
05HANOI72	WTO ENTRY A PREREQUISITE FOR ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT, [...] (SBU) Summary: The GVN has transfered responsibility for negotiating an Article 98 agreement from the MFA to the Ministry of Justice. MOJ lawyers, with the encouragement of the Minister, are actively tackling the task of obtaining internal consensus on the agreement. However, the GVN fears o [...]	2005-01-10 09:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL VM KICC WTO
05HANOI794	VIETNAM: GVN WTO WORKING PARTY DOCUMENT SUBMISSION [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 3. Â [...]	2005-04-05 09:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO APECO VN WTO
05HANOI817	VIETNAM: PM DIRECTIVE ON ADVANCING WTO LEGISLATION [...] On April 4, Prime Minister Phan Van Khai issued a Directive aimed at advancing the pace of Vietnam's legislative calendar in support of WTO accession. The Directive follows on and provides guidance for implementing the legislative program the GVN presented to the National Assembly (NA) on Mar [...]	2005-04-07 08:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD VM WTRO VN WTO
05HANOI880	AMBASSADOR RAISES CENTRAL HIGHLANDS MINORITIES, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang April 14 at the Foreign Ministry and discussed problems involving UNHCR access to ethnic minority migrants who have been returned to the Central Highlands. The Ambassador also raised the issue of the problems obtaining p [...]	2005-04-14 11:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF ETRD VM KICC ETMIN HUMANR WTO
05HANOI888	VIETNAM: GVN Submits revised WTO Services Offer [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. The Ambassador received a letter dated April 15 and CD- Rom from Vice Minister of Trade Luong Van Tu transmitting the GVN's revised WTO services offer and three additional documents related to Vietnam's bilateral market access negotiations wit [...]	2005-04-15 09:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO VN WTO
05HANOI909	The Ambassador's April 18 Meeting with Communist [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met for the first time April 18 with Nguyen Van Son, the Chairman of the Communist Party's External Relations Commission. Chairman Son was optimistic about continued progress in expanding the bilateral relationship, noting that the Party attaches importance to the U.S. ro [...]	2005-04-20 01:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF PINR PREF MARR OVIP ETRD VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN APEC ASEAN WTO
05HANOI919	Vice Foreign Minister Discusses PM Visit, Religious [...] (SBU) Summary: In a recent speech to the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM),Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang implied that a visit to Washington by Prime Minister Phan Van Khai was almost a sure thing. He described steps Vietnam has already taken to overcome the hurdle of designation as [...]	2005-04-20 08:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF OVIP ETRD VM WTO RELFREE HUMANR APEC
05HANOI993	VIETNAM: DAUSTR BRYAN AND VICE MINISTER OF TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: During a meeting April 11 with Deputy Assistant USTR, Elena Bryan, Vice Minister of Trade Luong Van Tu highlighted efforts Vietnam has made to implement its obligations under the U.S. - Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA),suggested holding the BTA JC Chairman's meeting in [...]	2005-04-29 01:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV EFIN VM WRTO BTA IPROP FINREF WTO
05HOCHIMINHCITY1105	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CONSULTS FOREIGNERS ON DOING [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly (FACNA) organized a consultative meeting on September 1, 2005, in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) to solicit direct feedback from foreign businesspeople on how the implementation of Vietnam's regulations and policies affect them. [...]	2005-10-25 03:12:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV VM WTRO WTO DPOL
05HOCHIMINHCITY1146	VIETNAM TEXTILES: COMPETING IN A QUOTA-FREE WORLD [...] (SBU): Vietnam's apparel exports to the United States have boomed since the entry-into-force of the BTA. However, the Vietnamese garment industry is beginning to feel the pinch of being one of the only countries still subject to textile quotas. Vietnam is not reaping any benefit from safeguard [...]	2005-11-02 08:08:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KTEX VM BTA WTO LABOR
05HOCHIMINHCITY1238	FOREIGN BANKER EVALUATES VIETNAM'S FINANCIAL SECTOR [...] SUMMARY: Vietnam's financial markets are evolving, but the pace of evolution is slow and access to capital is limited for all except state-owned enterprises (SOEs),according to one of the leading foreign bankers in the country. At a recent investment conference hosted by the Ho Chi Minh Cit [...]	2005-11-29 06:50:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV VM WTRO BTA WTO SOE FINREF
05HOCHIMINHCITY1335	VIETNAM: TRADING AND DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Vietnam's limits on trading and distribution are a financial burden to U.S. companies trying to sell their goods in Vietnam. U.S. business representatives estimate that having to use Vietnamese trading and distribution companies to get U.S. goods into Vietnam's market adds as mu [...]	2005-12-29 08:20:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON BEXP VM WTRO BTA WTO
05HOCHIMINHCITY516	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO HCMC: CHALLENGES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: During his visit to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) on May 6, the Deputy Secretary focused on the economic challenges and opportunities that lay ahead for HCMC, Vietnam's economic and financial locomotive. The U.S.-educated Vice-Chairman of HCMC's People's Committee told the Deputy Sec [...]	2005-05-18 13:37:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI EAID PINR OVIP VM WTO SOE LABOR IPROP
05HOCHIMINHCITY528	DEPUTY SECRETARY MEETS WITH HCMC ENTREPRENEURS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a roundtable discussion with HCMC entrepreneurs and government representatives, the Deputy Secretary discussed the current state of Vietnam's economy and future prospects, including accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). HCMC business representatives voiced con [...]	2005-05-20 12:38:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV BEXP PREL VM WTO IPROP BTA
05HOCHIMINHCITY594	VIETNAM BUSINESS FORUM: WTO AND ENTERPRISE CONCERNS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Vietnamese and foreign business leaders highlighted the continued need for infrastructure development and legal reform at the Vietnam Business Forum, the biannual meeting between the business community and the GVN. Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan, who led the GVN's delegation to [...]	2005-06-06 03:46:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV VM WTRO WTO
05HOCHIMINHCITY879	AMCHAM VOICES CONCERN OVER DRAFT LEGISLATION FOR WTO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a meeting of the Legal Committee of the HCMC American Chamber of Commerce, members voiced concern regarding legislation being drafted in preparation for Vietnam's WTO accession. While new overarching laws may meet WTO obligations, AmCham legal experts say the devil is in the [...]	2005-08-19 11:09:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL VM WTRO BTA WTO
05HOCHIMINHCITY914	LIMITS ON TRADING AND DISTRIBUTION CONTINUE TO HAMPER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. businesses in southern Vietnam are frustrated by limits on trading and distribution rights. Many company representatives report that relevant BTA provisions are not being implemented effectively. One business that has been directly importing and selling its product for 10 [...]	2005-08-29 12:17:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL VM WTRO BTA WTO
05HOCHIMINHCITY935	VIETNAM: WTO LEGISLATION WORRIES US LAWYERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the rush to meet its WTO accession deadline, Vietnam is processing a large volume of legislation. HCMC legal experts are concerned that principles important to U.S. business may be lost or diluted, particularly through implementing decrees. In their view, top GVN leaders a [...]	2005-09-06 06:27:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL VM WTRO WTO
05HOCHIMINHCITY944	WTO ACCESSION CONCERNS STRESSED IN EB/CBA MERMOUD HCMC [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Representative J. Frank Mermoud discussed commercial issues, WTO accession, and Vietnam's business climate in Ho Chi Minh City September 1. Amcham governors expressed concern with GVN intransigence on WTO related issues. HCMC officials confirmed these fears and were unus [...]	2005-09-07 06:06:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD PREL TBIO VM WTO
05KINGSTON131	WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS - U.S. MARKET ACCESS [...] This message contains post's response to reftel request. 2. Jamaica's service markets are generally open, and the GOJ itself welcomes foreign companies that want to set up operations in the country. Foreign service suppliers are permitted to participate in the Jamaican market, and they are [...]	2005-01-13 19:54:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD JM WTO
05KINGSTON2382	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS IN [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-20 20:34:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD KIPR JM WTO
05KINGSTON2383	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: REQUEST TO SUPPORT WTO AG [...] (U) On October 18, Polcouns transmitted reftel talking points and USTR fact sheet to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),by fax. On October 20, Econoff met with Alison Stone, Acting Director of Foreign Trade at MFAFT to follow up. Stone said she would be share USG conc [...]	2005-10-20 20:36:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD JM WTO
05KINGSTON261	WTO NON-AGRICULTURAL MARKET ACCESS NEGOTIATING [...] Per reftel request, Embassy Kingston has compiled the following list of private sector organizations that have an interest in discussions of tariff liberalization, both for and against. The Private Sector of Jamaica Mrs. Beverly Lopez, President psojinfo@psoj.org (876) 927-6957 The Amer [...]	2005-02-01 14:52:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD JM WTO
05KINGSTON366	JAMAICAN ATTENDANCE AT FEB. 12 SENIOR OFFICIALS [...] On February 10, 2005, Econoff faxed the agenda and annotated information provided in reftel to Ambassador Gail Mathurin, Undersecretary for Foreign Trade at the Jamaican Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). The same day, Econoff made a follow-up call to the MFA to confirm receipt of the agenda [...]	2005-02-10 20:06:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD OVIP AORC JM WTRO WTO
05KINSHASA1647	CONGO/B: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHES [...] The following demarches were delivered on September 16, 2005 to Mr. Felix Ngoma, the Americas Desk Officer for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Note: REF G had also been earlier delivered, on September 9, 2005, by Charge' d'Affaires Rutherford to the Minister of Finance (see paragraph 6). [...]	2005-10-04 07:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETTC KTFN EFIN PGOV PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR KISL KPAO OIIP TBIO EAGR ECON ECIN EAIR EAID KSCA SOCI UK SA CF UNGA WTO AID
05KINSHASA1951	Congo/Brazzaville: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHES [...] The following demarches were delivered by Econ/Cons Officer Bakken to Mr. Felix Ngoma, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk Officer, on November 23, 2005. 2. MDA Demarch on Additional Geneva Protocol (REF A): In response to talking points and non-paper, Ngoma indicated that the informa [...]	2005-11-28 06:11:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON CF IMO WTO
05KINSHASA2019	Congo/Brazzaville: Delivery of Demarches and [...] The following demarches were delivered by Econ/Cons Officer Bakken to Mr. Felix Ngoma, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk Officer, on December 9, 2005. 2. EITI Update and Outreach (REF A): In response to talking points and non-paper, Ngoma indicated that the ROC has endorsed the ini [...]	2005-12-12 10:11:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KTFN ECON CF USTR WTO
05KUWAIT4433	WTO AGRICULTURE NEGOTIATIONS: DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-16 06:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD WTO
05KUWAIT4962	GOK REMAINS UNDECIDED REGARDING DOHA ROUND [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered ref b points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah on November 27. He stressed the need for sustained engagement and noted that the European partners needed to be pushed on their proposals regarding access to agricultural markets. Al-Jar [...]	2005-11-30 11:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD KPAO OIIP PGOV PREL KU WTO
05KUWAIT4982	NO DEFINITIVE RESPONSE FROM GOK ABOUT WTO [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-04 04:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD KPAO OIIP PGOV PREL KU WTO
05KUWAIT5044	GOK SUPPORTS U.S. WTO PROPOSAL IN PRINCIPLE, [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-07 11:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD KPAO OIIP PGOV PREL WTO KU
05LIMA5081	Peru Position on WTO Issues Unclear [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-30 13:55:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PE WTO
05LIMA5147	WTO GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-02 17:51:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR PE WTO
05MADRID126	WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS:SPAIN PRIORITIES [...] There follows below in para.2, Embassy Madrid's assessment of U.S. services market priorities in Spain and market openness. This analysis was largely conducted by the USCS based on experiences with American firms doing business in Spain. We found the market openness rating difficult to make. [...]	2005-01-13 14:37:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD SP WTO
05MADRID1819	SPANISH VIEWS ON WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS:REVISED [...] Summary: The GOS devotes significant staff to services. Insurance, telecoms and banking are Spain's main interests. The EU is making an effort to improve its services offer according to GOS interlocutors. The EU has not shared with Member States examples of alleged "roll-backs". The EU is pl [...]	2005-05-12 14:46:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD WTO
05MADRID455	WTO NON-AGRICULTURAL MARKET ACCESS NEGOTIATING [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-07 11:35:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD SP WTO
05MANAMA1266	BAHRAIN: FOOD AID AND WTO [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-31 15:22:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR BA WTO AID
05MANAMA1427	BAHRAIN: WTO AGRICULTURE NEGOTIATIONS AND [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-03 13:06:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD KIPR BA WTO
05MANAMA143	BAHRAIN: WTO NON-AGRICULTURAL MARKET [...] Per reftel request post recommends the following Bahraini private sector contacts to be included in a discussion about a sectoral approach to tariff liberalization: Abdul Ghaffar Abdul Hussein Chairman, Federation of Bahrain Trade Unions Tel. (+973) 1772-7333 Fax. (+973) 1772-9599 E-mail [...]	2005-02-01 11:43:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD BA WTO
05MANAMA1456	BAHRAIN: WTO AGRICULTURE NEGOTIATIONS AND [...] (U) Econoff October 9 delivered Ref B demarche concerning WTO agriculture negotiations and geographical indications (GI) to Ministry of Industry and Commerce Director of Foreign Trade Relations Abdul Razak Zainalabedin, Director of Industrial Property Mohammed Dhirar Al-Shaer and Head of Inter [...]	2005-10-10 08:14:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD KIPR BA WTO
05MANAMA6	BAHRAIN: WTO SERVICE NEGOTIATIONS [...] The United States and Bahrain signed a bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on September 14, 2004. Considered to be a model FTA, the agreement contains broad commitments to open services markets. Bahrain will accord substantial market access across its entire services regime, providing amon [...]	2005-01-03 08:39:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD BA WTO
05MANAMA694	BAHRAIN: WTO SERVICE NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE [...] Ministry of Industry and Commerce Director of Foreign Trade Relations Abdul Razak Zainalabedin told EconOff May 15 that Bahrain submitted its initial offer in the ongoing General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) negotiations March 31, 2003 and held its first round of bilateral meetings w [...]	2005-05-15 10:50:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON BA WTO
05MANILA5287	PHILIPPINES TAKES REACTIVE STANCE TOWARD APEC [...] (SBU) Summary. The GRP views the APEC agenda positively. The GRP's overarching approach to the upcoming APEC meetings is to wait and see what other members put on the table and then react according to RP interests. With respect to WTO Doha Round issues, senior officials express hope for bal [...]	2005-11-09 07:11:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EPET EAGR PREL RP APEC WTO
05MAPUTO1171	MOZAMBIQUE: FOOD AID AND THE WTO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] On August 26 Emboff delivered talking points and non-paper to Cerina Mussa, Director for International Relations at the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. Mussa gave no indication that the GRM had changed its position (ref B) since the last USG demarche. She also stated that she did not believe [...]	2005-09-13 05:46:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR MZ EAID WTO
05MAPUTO1610	MOZAMBIQUE AND THE WTO: THE RUN UP TO HONG KONG [...] Per reftels, Embassy Maputo delivered demarches to appropriate level Mozambican officials regarding the U.S. Doha proposal. In addition, post placed under Ambassador La Lime's name an op-ed piece on Doha, which ran in local dailies and fax news sheets the week of December 5. The piece was fo [...]	2005-12-14 09:37:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON KPAO MZ WTO
05MAPUTO262	MOZAMBIQUE CONTACTS: WTO NON-AGRICULTURAL MARKET ACCESS [...] Per reftel request, Post recommends the following Mozambican private sector contacts to be included in a discussion about a sectoral approach to tariff liberalization: Sergio Chitara Executive Director, Confederation of Business Associations of Mozambique (CTA) Tel. (+258)-1-311-734/5 Fax. ( [...]	2005-02-27 08:35:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EINV ETRD KTDB MZ OPIC USTR WTO
05NAIROBI4343	ADDITIONAL KENYAN RESPONSE TO WTO GEOGRAPHICAL [...] On October 17, Post received a more detailed response on Kenya's position on the WTO debate on Geographical Indications (GIs) from David Nalo, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Trade and Industry. Kenya's position paper was drafted by the Kenya Industrial Property Institute (KIPI); text [...]	2005-10-19 09:40:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAGR KIPR KE WTO
05NDJAMENA1706	DEMARCHE ON COTTON EVENT AT WTO HONG KONG [...] (SBU) The Ambassador spoke with Minister of Commerce Ngarmbatina December 5 to convey points in ref on our concerns over the event on cotton planned for December 12 at the WTO Ministerial in Hong Kong. The Ambassador highlighted U.S. interest in working with Chad on a mutually beneficial ou [...]	2005-12-05 16:52:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD CD USTR WTO
05NDJAMENA1737	CHADIAN COTTON NEGOTIATOR ON HONG KONG MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Chad's influential cotton negotiator sought to allay concerns about the Cotton-4 event at the Hong Kong WTO Ministerial in a meeting with us December 5. He also urged concrete actions to cut the domestic subsidy programs that hurt Africa's cotton producers. END SUMMARY 2 [...]	2005-12-07 14:40:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAGR PGOV ETRD CD WTO
05NDJAMENA653	MINISTER OF COMMERCE DISCUSSES COTTON ISSUES [...] Summary: During a meeting with the Ambassador April 6, the Minister of Commerce discussed plans for an early-May meeting in N'djamena among Cotton-4 trade ministers to prepare a unified strategy for the upcoming WTO Ministerial in Hong Kong. The Minister reiterated the GOC's appeal for elim [...]	2005-04-25 09:32:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECIN ECON ETRD CD WTO
05OTTAWA3114	OTTAWA OUTREACH EVENT ON GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS [...] Summary: Embassy Ottawa's October 14th outreach event on WTO and Geographical Indications (GI) was hosted by FAS and Econ and attended by officials from International Trade Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Foods Canada, Industry Canada, and the Canadian Intellectual Property Office. The Canadian [...]	2005-10-18 14:55:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR EAGR ECON ETRD WTO
05PARAMARIBO688	WTO AGRICULTURE NEGOTIATIONS AND GEOGRAPHICAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-21 17:13:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD KIPR NS WTO
05PARIS1432	FRANCE: ANNUAL SECTION 1377 REVIEW OF TELECOM TRADE [...] On January 26, EconOff and visiting USTR telecom trade specialist Ken Schagrin met with GOF Industry Ministry (DIGITIP) officials as well as Telecom Regulatory Authority (ART) officials to discuss concerns raised in response to the reftel Federal Register Notice published on November 24, 2004. [...]	2005-03-04 16:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ETRD FR WTO
05PARIS402	WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS AND MARKET ACCESS [...] (SBU) This message responds to reftel request for views on the French services market with input from Embassy ECON, FCS and Ag sections. Following is a ranking of services sectors in France. The estimates cited below are intended as a broad and very general gauge of market potentials and ma [...]	2005-01-21 16:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD FR WTO
05PRAGUE46	PRIORITIES FOR WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS FOR CZECH [...] Embassy Prague has reviewed the list of services sectors transmitted reftel. We submit the following rating of sectors in the Czech Republic that offer the highest potential for U.S. services providers. Ratings are from 5 (highest) to 1 (lowest). 2. --Legal services 5 --Accounting, aud [...]	2005-01-10 16:41:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD BEXP EZ BMOT WTO
05PRETORIA1575	WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS: SOUTH AFRICA'S INITIAL [...] (SBU) In response to reftel A points encouraging South Africa to submit a robust initial services offer, Sudhir Sooklal of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said that South Africa does intend to meet the May deadline for submitting its offer in Geneva. He noted that when DTI Minister [...]	2005-04-20 13:57:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON SF WTO
05QUITO2765	GOE LETTERS TO SECRETARY RICE AND USTR PORTMAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-08 13:39:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR PREL EC WTO
05QUITO57	US SERVICE MARKET ACCESS PRIORITIES IN ECUADOR [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-07 21:57:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTO
05ROME3609	ITALY SEEKS "PARALLELISM" TO BREAK DOHA TALKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Rome has met with senior officials in the Vice Ministry of Trade and Ministries of Agriculture and Foreign Affairs to urge the GOI to support EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson on a new EU proposal on agricultural market access within the "negotiating zone" of the USG an [...]	2005-10-28 04:30:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD IT EU WTO
05SANJOSE2071	COSTA RICA: FOOD AID AND THE WTO [...] On August 29, 2005, Econoff delivered non-paper to Doris Osterlof, Vice Minister of Foreign Trade (COMEX),Melissa Delgado, Advisor to the Minister, and Ronald Obaldia of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. COMEX is the lead GOCR organization on this issue and shared the information with other [...]	2005-09-02 21:59:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD ECPS ECON CS WTO AID
05SANSALVADOR2793	GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS VIDEO FOCUSES GOES ATTENTION [...] (U) On October 12, Economic Counselor and Agricultural Specialist showed ref a video to representatives of the trade policy offices of the Ministries of Agriculture and Economy, of the National Registry Center (CNR),and of the National Science and Technology Committee (CONACYT). Embassy staf [...]	2005-10-12 22:11:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD KIPR ES WTO
05SANTIAGO2441	CHILE HAS LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR WTO HONG KONG [...] (SBU) Summary. Top Chilean trade officials do not see a clear sense of direction among WTO members and see no action-causing event at or beyond Hong Kong that would lead to the successful conclusion of the Doha round in 2006. They are worried about the long-term health of the WTO and would re [...]	2005-12-01 20:22:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD KIRC KPAO WTO CI
05SOFIA91	BULGARIA: U.S. MARKET ACCESS PRIORITIES [...] U.S. market access priorities in Bulgaria (ranked with a value from one to five, with one a top priority for U.S. service suppliers in host country and five a very low priority for U.S. service suppliers): -3-Legal services -3-Accounting, auditing and bookkeeping services -3-Taxation servic [...]	2005-01-14 04:44:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD BU WTO

05TAIPEI4480	TAIWAN BOFT: G10 WANTS TOUGHER AGR PROTECTIONS [...] (C) BOFT Deputy Director of Multilateral Affairs Jack Hsiao spoke with AIT about Taiwan's response to the US request for additional pressure on the EU to improve their agriculture offer at the WTO on November 2. Hsiao appreciated the US position but noted that Taiwan and the rest of the G- [...]	2005-11-04 09:00:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD TW WTO
05TEGUCIGALPA119	Honduran Market Access Priorities for WTO Services [...] The following information is provided in response to reftel: Sector Priority Openness ------ -------- -------- Legal services 5 L Accounting, auditing and bookkeeping services [...]	2005-01-19 13:46:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD HO WTO
05TEGUCIGALPA2060	HONDURAS SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON GEOGRAPHICAL [...] As instructed in reftels, Post delivered the talking points associated with the U.S. position on the Geographical Indications (GIs) debate in the WTO to Minister of Industry and Commerce Irving Guerrero and Chief Commercial Negotiator Melvin Redondo. 2. Redondo agreed that the discussion o [...]	2005-10-05 18:47:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD KIPR WTO
05TEGUCIGALPA336	Honduras Response: WTO Non-Agricultural Market [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-11 20:37:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD HO WTO
05VIENNA1593	AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) On May 12, Econ Unit Chief deliverd reftel talking points to Gabriela Habermayer, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Multilateral Trade Affairs Division. Habermayer said the GoA shared USG concerns that most initial offers lacked ambition. Habermayer admitted that the EU's initial serv [...]	2005-05-13 14:15:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD AU WTO
05VIENNA2557	TRIPS AMENDMENT: AUSTRIA'S REACTION [...] (SBU) On July 27, we conveyed reftel talking points to Gabriela Habermayer, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Department of Multilateral Trade. We followed up with Habermayer on July 29. Habermayer said that Austria favors re-starting negotiations on a legally binding health amendment to TRI [...]	2005-07-29 14:31:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KIPR AU WTO
05VIENNA2940	FOOD AID AND THE WTO: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] On August 25-26, Post conveyed reftel nonpaper on proposed reform recommendations for the FAO's Consultative Subcommittee on Surplus Disposal (CSSD) to Gabriella Habermayer, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Multilateral Trade Division; to Friedrich Huemer, Head of the Ministry of Agriculture [...]	2005-09-01 14:14:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR AU WTO AID
05VIENNA534	WTO NON-AGRICULTURAL MARKET ACCESS SECTORS (NAMA): [...] All non-agricultural Austrian manufacturers and industries are mandatory members of the Austrian Economic Chamber (WKO). The WKO is in the best position to comment on which sectors are interested in sectoral tariff liberalization negotiations. WKO WTO Specialist Susanne Schrott to [...]	2005-02-24 11:58:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD AU WTO
05VIENNA74	WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS: PRIORITIES FOR U.S. [...] Per reftel request, following is a ranking of service sectors in terms of market access priorities (1 is top priority) for U.S. service providers in Austria, as well as post's assessment of the current level of market openness for each sector (high, medium, low): Sectors with rank of 1 --- [...]	2005-01-10 15:39:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD AU WTO
05WARSAW3300	POLAND: PROBLEMS WITH SAUDI WTO ACCESSION [...] (SBU) Econoff spoke with Sara Riley from the U.K. Embassy regarding the WTO accession of Saudi Arabia. Riley noted concerns with regard to certain EU member states, including Poland, stemming from dual fuel pricing regimes (one for domestic, one for export). According to Riley, the Poles are [...]	2005-09-07 13:59:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PL SA WTO
05WELLINGTON375	NEW ZEALAND: REVISED OFFER FOR WTO SERVICES [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche May 4 to the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). On May 9, Brian Wilson, senior negotiator for services and deputy director in MFAT's Trade Negotiations Division, reported to us that a proposed revised offer for the WTO services negot [...]	2005-05-10 04:27:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD NZ WTO
05WELLINGTON647	NEW ZEALAND ON UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-23 23:19:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD NZ UNESCO WTO
05WELLINGTON943	NEW ZEALAND'S POSITION ON TRIPS-CBD ISSUE [...] (U) New Zealand will support the U.S. government's position in Hong Kong to block any attempt to include a negotiating mandate on the relationship between the TRIPS Agreement and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in the ministerial declaration. 2. (U) Post delivered reftel talkin [...]	2005-12-08 03:18:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON KIPR NZ WTO
06ALMATY168	TIME TO MOVE KAZAKHSTAN OFF JACKSON-VANIK LIST [...] (SBU) Summary: Post believes the time is right to remove Kazakhstan from the Jackson-Vanik list, thus eliminating a legal obstacle to Kazakhstan's WTO accession. President Nazarbayev identified WTO accession as a top economic goal in his January 11 inauguration speech. We believe that the GO [...]	2006-01-18 07:24:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KZ ETRD PREL WTO ECONOMIC
06ANKARA1496	TURKEY: TRADE MINISTER SEEKS TO END WTO RICE CASE [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Trade Minister Tuzmen told Ambassador March 21 that he will present a letter to USTR Portman on March 27 agreeing to abolish the tariff quota system and licensing requirement. Separately, post receive by anonymous fax an internal memo from Tuzmen to other GOT Ministers a [...]	2006-03-22 09:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR WTO TU
06ANKARA1744	TURKEY: WTO PANEL CONTINUES AND MEDIA ANNOUNCES [...] (SBU) Summary: A March 31 article in "Referans" (Turkey's business paper of record) reports that the Ministry of Agriculture will begin issuing control certificates for rice imports on April 1. Upon hearing about the decision, Turkish domestic producers sharply criticized the GOT for this de [...]	2006-03-31 15:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR WTO TU
06ASTANA631	PARLIAMENTARY HEARINGS ON KAZAKHSTAN'S WTO ACCESSION [...] Summary: Kazakhstan's Parliament held an Open Hearing on WTO Accession on October 20, in which key ministers summarized outstanding WTO issues and outlined the potential benefits and drawbacks of WTO accession. Both the ministers and parliamentarians passionately defended Kazakhstan's agricu [...]	2006-11-22 01:49:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD WTO PREL KZ
06BANGKOK1428	THAI SHRIMPERS PROTEST CONTINUOUS BOND [...] On March 8, approximately 100 shrimp farmers and hatchery operators representing eight Thai shrimp farming associations converged on the U.S. Embassy to protest ongoing anti-dumping duties that were placed on shrimp imports from Thailand in 2005. The protestors expressed their opposition to [...]	2006-03-08 08:17:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTO TH
06BELGRADE1814	SERBIA: TRADE AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING [...] The following information is in response to reftel A request for information on Embassy Belgrade's efforts to monitor agreements and respond to trade barrier complaints. 2. Background: Serbia is not currently a member of WTO or OECD, nor does it have a bilateral investment treaty or a free [...]	2006-11-03 14:30:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ECON ETRD KIPR SR WTO
06BRIDGETOWN1286	CARICOM HEADS SPEAK OUT ON DOHA ROUND [...] (SBU) Summary: At their recent annual meeting, CARICOM Heads of Government (HOGs) said they felt marginalized in World Trade Organization (WTO) Doha round negotiations. In the HOGs' opinion, "small and vulnerable economies" are being ignored in the trade talks, which have been dominated by t [...]	2006-07-21 20:46:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR EAID PREL PINR WTO XL
06GEORGETOWN748	GUYANA/CARICOM REACTION TO SUSPENSION OF DOHA ROUND TALKS [...] SUMMARY: The GOG has expressed disappointment on suspension of WTO Doha Round Talks, placing blame on the G6 while also expressing hope for a resumption of talks. Media and editorial coverage has been minimal. END SUMMARY. 2. GOG Minister of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation and C [...]	2006-07-28 18:55:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR WTO GY
06HANOI2813	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NONAPPLICATION RE VIETNAM ACCESSION [...] (SBU) Econ Counselor delivered reftel demarche points on November 6 to Dr. Nguyen Van Binh, Deputy Director General of Trade Policy for Americas, Ministry of Trade. Dr. Binh was reassured when Econ/C reiterated the second point, namely that the United States intends to actively support Genera [...]	2006-11-07 06:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON WTRO WTO VM
06HANOI853	HOUSE SPEAKER DENNIS HASTERT MEETS VIETNAMESE PM [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert told Prime Minister Phan Van Khai that he is committed to working hard to pass Permanent Normalized Trade Relations (PNTR) for Vietnam because "it is the right thing to do" and because economic development and international integratio [...]	2006-04-17 06:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL ETRD WTO PHUM KIRF VM
06HANOI862	SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE DELEGATION MEETS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CHAIRMAN NGUYEN VAN AN [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting Speaker of the House of Representatives Dennis Hastert delivered a basic message in Hanoi: we support, in principle, Vietnam's economic development and openness and will work hard to pass Permanent Normalized Trade Relations for Vietnam because international economic i [...]	2006-04-17 08:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL PHUM KIRF ECON ETRD WTO VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY214	DRL A/S LOWENKRON AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE DELEGATION'S [...] (SBU) Summary: In an intensive one-day visit February 21, DRL Assistant Secretary Barry K. Lowenkron met with HCMC Party Secretary Nguyen Minh Triet, HCMC MFA representatives, prominent SIPDIS political dissidents and protestant house church leaders. He also met with civil society, local N [...]	2006-02-27 04:59:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF SOCI VM HUMANR RELFREE SOE WTO DPOL
06HONGKONG4730	HONG KONG OPENS PUBLIC CONSULTATION PHASE ON [...] SUMMARY. At a public forum on November 21, Financial Secretary Henry Tang encouraged all interested parties to SIPDIS give their views on how best to safeguard competition in Hong Kong. Tang's announcement represents a continuation of the Hong Kong Government's (HKG's) step-by-step examin [...]	2006-12-13 09:39:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD WTO HK
06JAKARTA10200	Indonesia: IPR Update [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia National Police (INP) continue their impressive campaign of raids against pirate optical disk (OD) factories and vendors, including at Jakarta's most notorious malls. The Jakarta Police on July 20 held a public destruction ceremony of 4.7 million optical disks, att [...]	2006-08-14 08:30:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD WTO ECON ID
06JAKARTA10444	INDONESIA IPR UPDATE -- AUGUST 22, 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesian Government (GOI) officials are gearing up for another meeting of the National IPR Task Force. The Ministry of Industry (MOI) sent a letter to optical disc factories warning them that unannounced inspections will soon begin. A new DOJ-ICITAP senior technical advisor [...]	2006-08-22 09:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD WTO ECON ID
06JAKARTA3296	IPR Update: Police Enforcement Campaign Continues [...] (SBU) Summary: A Local Motion Picture Association (MPA) representative told us on March 14 that Indonesian police raided their third optical disc (OD) factory in 2006 on March 13 and sealed 12 production lines used to produce pirated ODs. The factory apparently had been in the process of reg [...]	2006-03-14 11:52:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD WTO ID
06JAKARTA3843	IPR Update: Police Raids Continue [...] (SBU) Summary: Metropolitan Jakarta police conducted more than 200 raids on optical disc vendors in February 2006, arresting 145 individuals and seizing large quantities of pirated optical disks. While Jakarta police have not detained most small street vendors very long, 18 individuals remai [...]	2006-03-23 11:13:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD WTO ID
06JAKARTA5141	IPR RAIDS RISKY BUSINESS FOR JAKARTA POLICE [...] (C) Summary: The Jakarta Police,s Special Crimes Unit (SCU) has made significant efforts to implement Indonesia Police Chief Sutanto,s December 26, 2005 instruction for all district police chiefs to step up IPR and optical disk piracy enforcement. The SCU has conducted raids on dozens of pir [...]	2006-04-24 10:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	KIPR ETRD WTO ID
06JAKARTA8107	IPR Update - GOI Making Steady Progress [...] (SBU) Summary: At the first meeting of the Indonesian Government's (GOI) newly-established National Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Task Force on June 7 Indonesia National Police (INP) Chief General Sutanto and Attorney General Abdul Rachman Saleh pledged to improve IPR enforcement and Mini [...]	2006-06-28 08:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD WTO ECON ID
06JAKARTA8114	IPR Update - GOI Making Steady Progress [...] (SBU) Summary: At the first meeting of the Indonesian Government's (GOI) newly-established National Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Task Force on June 7 Indonesia National Police (INP) Chief General Sutanto and Attorney General Abdul Rachman Saleh pledged to improve IPR enforcement and Mini [...]	2006-06-28 08:36:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD WTO ECON ID
06KHARTOUM2008	WTO ACCESSION PROCESS HELPS DRIVE MODERNERIZATION [...] (U) Summary: The process of preparing for WTO accession is helping to drive economic reform in Sudan. Although Sudan's WTO membership is stalled, economic reforms and trade liberalization continue, helping to encourage a more pragmatic approach to economic questions. End Summary. ---------- [...]	2006-08-24 11:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL PGOV EFIN WTO SU
06KIEV3041	UKRAINE: FOREIGN POLICY OF A REGIONS-LED GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: In an August 3 meeting, parliamentary deputy and Party of Regions foreign-policy expert Kozhara was sketchy on the details of how a Regions-led government might modify Ukraine's foreign policy approaches. He affirmed that Regions would work to pass WTO-related legislation, but al [...]	2006-08-04 14:28:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD WTO NATO OREP PINR RS UP
06KIEV335	UKRAINE: YANUKOVYCH DISCUSSES GAS DEAL, RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: In a January 24 meeting with opposition Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych and Rada Deputy Taras Chornovil, EUR A/S Fried told Yanukovych the U.S. supported Ukraine and would work with whatever democratically-elected government the people of Ukraine chose. The U.S. would [...]	2006-01-26 08:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM ETRD ENRG EPET UP WTO
06KUALALUMPUR1643	USTR SCHWAB MEETINGS WITH MALAYSIAN POLICYMAKERS [...] (C) Summary: Malaysian Cabinet ministers assured USTR Schwab that they understood U.S. objectives for the FTA and that the Malaysian government remains committed to the negotiations. MITI Minister Rafidah conceded no ground on the key substantive issues that have surfaced so far, but acknow [...]	2006-09-01 07:27:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN EINV MY WTO
06MANAGUA2383	NICARAGUA: LETTER TO USTR SCHWAB FROM TRADE [...] (U) On October 19, the Embassy received a letter in Spanish dated October 16 and addressed to U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab from the Minister of Trade, Industry, and Development Alejandro Arguello. We offer the following English translation to speed communication while we forward the [...]	2006-10-26 15:41:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR WTO NU
06MANAMA1218	BAHRAIN: WTO DDA NEGOTIATIONS ON ENVIRONMENTAL [...] (U) Econoff July 2 delivered reftel demarche concerning WTO negotiations on environmental goods to Ministry of Industry and Commerce Director for Foreign Trade Relations Ahmed Bubshait. Bubshait appreciated receiving the information and said he would consider the points. 2. (U) Econoff Jul [...]	2006-07-05 14:21:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD SENV WTO BA ROW ECTRD
06MANAMA1276	BAHRAIN: WTO DDA NEGOTIATIONS ON ENVIRONMENTAL [...] (U) Acting Pol/Econ Chief July 12 met with Ministry of Industry and Commerce Assistant Undersecretary for Foreign Trade Ahmed Bubshait and Director of Foreign Trade Relations Eman Al-Doseri at Undersecretary Bubshait's request, for follow-up discussion of subject demarche delivered July 2 (Ref [...]	2006-07-12 15:01:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD SENV WTO BA ROW ECTRD
06MAPUTO324	MOZAMBIQUE: WTO GI WINES & SPIRITS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-14 09:48:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR WTO MZ
06MEXICO3623	MEXICAN RESPONSE TO WTO DOHA ROUND DEMARCHE [...] (U) On June 19, Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Kenneth Smith Ramos, Economy Secretariat Director General of International Trade Negotiations under Undersecretary Villalobos. Smith reiterated that the GOM supports the ambitious U.S. agenda for the Doha Development Round and said he would [...]	2006-06-29 19:01:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD MX WTO
06MOSCOW12158	RUSSIA IPR: AMBASSADOR'S 10/31 MEETING ON CIVIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an October 31 meeting with Presidential Advisor Veniamin Yakovlev and Duma Legislative Committee Chairman Pavel Krasheninnikov, Ambassador outlined top USG concerns regarding draft Part IV of the Civil Code on IPR and strongly urged action now to correct serious inconsistencie [...]	2006-11-01 10:52:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD WTO RS
06MOSCOW12394	RUSSIA IPR: PART IV OF CIVIL CODE ADVANCES [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified and is not intended for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The State Duma passed Part IV of the Civil Code in its second reading on November 8. The third and final reading of the law is likely to take place within the next ten days. [...]	2006-11-09 14:24:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD WTO RS
06MOSCOW12757	GORDEYEV ON THE WARPATH, AND THE DUTCH STRIKE BACK [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: According to the Dutch AgCouns in Moscow, Dutch veterinary and plant health authorities have run out of patience with their Russian counterparts and are proposing temporarily to halt plant quarantine certification by Dutch authorities of exports of all plant products to Russia. [...]	2006-12-01 20:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAGR ETRD PREL WTO RS
06OSLO583	RUSSIANS LIFT BAN ON NORWEGIAN SALMON [...] (U) Two Norwegian salmon producers resumed exports of fresh chilled salmon to Russia after receiving export approvals from Russian authorities on April 24. Producers began shipping in the first week of May, officially ending the four month old Russian ban on Norwegian salmon. According to th [...]	2006-05-08 12:47:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD WTO EFIS NO
06OTTAWA2237	CANADIAN DISAPPOINTMENT OVER SUSPENSION OF WTO [...] (U) Summary: Shortly after the WTO announcement that the Doha Trade Round negotiations would be suspended indefinitely, Canada's International Trade Minister Emerson and Agriculture Minister Strahl issued a statement expressing their "disappointment." Emerson said that Canadian farmers as w [...]	2006-07-25 19:57:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD WTO WTRO CA
06OTTAWA3480	CANADA APPLAUDS WTO RULING ON GMO IMPORTS [...] (U) On November 22, Canadian Agriculture Minister Chuck Strahl and International Trade Minister David Emerson welcomed the WTO's adoption of a ruling against the European Union's (EU) treatment of imports of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Emerson said that "the (Canadian) government h [...]	2006-11-28 16:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD EUN WTO CA
06PARIS6811	FRENCH MOVING FORWARD ON NEW COPYRIGHT REGULATORY [...] (SBU) Embassy officers have completed a series of meetings with Ministry of Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials regarding France,s Copyright law (ref A). French officials reiterated that they welcomed U.S. government and industry input regarding the implemen [...]	2006-10-16 13:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL WTO FR
06PRETORIA3082	Doha Round Suspension: South African Reaction [...] (U) Summary. While expressing deep disappointment, South African official and public reaction to the suspension of the Doha Round negotiations has been balanced and non-accusatory. End Summary. 2. (U) In a statement issued July 26, the South African government expressed deep regret at th [...]	2006-07-27 14:16:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR ECON WTO SF
06PRETORIA3247	SOUTH AFRICA TO USE DOHA DELAY TO NEGOTIATE BILATERAL [...] (U) Summary. Xavier Carim, chief trade negotiator for South Africa, said in Johannesburg August 2 that South Africa would use the opportunity provided by the stalled Doha round to intensify trade talks with a variety of partners, including SACU, India, and to make preliminary assessments of a t [...]	2006-08-07 14:16:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR ECON WTO SF
06PRETORIA677	DOHA ROUND: LAMY URGES SOUTH AFRICA TO ASSUME [...] Summary. WTO Director General Pascal Lamy opened his address to the South African Institute for International Affairs in Johannesburg on February 10 with the conclusion that he and others were right to "recalibrate expectations" for December Ministerial in Hong Kong. As a consequence, resul [...]	2006-02-16 14:27:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR ECON WTO SF
06RIGA518	LATVIA ON WTO GENEVA MEETING [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points to Maija Manika, MFA U/S for Economic Issues June 28. Manika will accompany Economics Minister Stokenbergs to Geneva. Manika said that Latvia was among the EU member states urging a more flexible approach by the commission, but acknowledged that lar [...]	2006-07-03 07:28:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL EUN WTO LG
06RIGA519	AMBASSADOR BAILEY'S MEETING WITH RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 29 meeting, Ambassador Bailey and Russian Ambassador Kalyuzhny discussed the security situation in Iraq; energy security; Latvian-Russian bilateral relations; the NATO Summit; the recent visit of Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga to the U.S.; and Russia's desire to [...]	2006-07-03 07:28:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ENRG ECON WTO RS LG
06ROME3108	DESPITE NEW GOVERNMENT, ITALY'S POSITION ON TRADE [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. During EcMin courtesy calls, GOI officials reiterated earlier calls for "parallelism" in WTO negotiations (ref C) and highlighted the importance of geographical indications to the GOI. They [...]	2006-11-17 12:00:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON WTO IT
06SHANGHAI7085	INNOVATION REQUIRED FOR CHINA'S ECONOMIC GROWTH [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Bureau of Statistics and the U.S.-based Conference Board hosted a national forum on Innovation and China Economic Growth October 20- 22 in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. During the conference, PRC officials from the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPP [...]	2006-11-27 08:18:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL CH WTO
06SINGAPORE3717	SINGAPORE SUPPORTS APEC-BASED EAS STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-30 07:07:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON WTO PREL SN
06TAIPEI2452	GPA/PVS DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO VP TSAI [...] (C) Summary: On July 19 Taiwan Vice Premier Tsai Ing-wen assured AIT Director that U.S. comments on the Fifth Price-Value Survey (PVS) would be welcome and given full consideration through September 15 and that the Bureau of National Health Insurance (BNHI) would make no further announcements [...]	2006-07-20 22:00:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	WTO ETRD ECON PREL TW
06TAIPEI3971	MINISTER HU SHENG-CHENG ON ECONOMIC ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: November 22, Minister Without Portfolio and Council for Economic Development and Planning Chair Hu Sheng-cheng said he thought China opposed the Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (FTAAP) because it undermined China's efforts to marginalize U.S. economic influence in East Asia. [...]	2006-11-27 09:04:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW WTO
06TAIPEI3972	VICE PREMIER TSAI ON GPA AND FTA [...] Summary: Vice Premier Tsai Ing-wen said Taiwan is "not ready to consider" having any footnote in its WTO GPA accession language during a meeting with AIT DIR late on November 24. She said that Taiwan was prepared to discuss a bilateral GPA during AUSTR Stratford's visit next month. DIR also [...]	2006-11-27 09:17:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW WTO
06TALLINN614	DOHA ROUNDS - THE SPIRIT IS WILLING, THE EU [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-30 14:05:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	WTO ETRD ECON EN
06THEHAGUE356	USTR OFFICIALS BRIEF DUTCH ON USG WTO SERVICES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Senior USTR representatives recently met with Dutch trade officials to reinforce the USG commitment to seeking an "ambitious" agreement on services negotiations within the WTO Doha Round. Despite concerns about progress to date, meeting participants agreed on the need to inte [...]	2006-02-16 15:19:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD WTO PREL EUN NL
06VIENNA718	SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE MERMOUD'S DISCUSSIONS WITH [...] (SBU) Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud met with Austrian Government officials and U.S. business representatives in Austria on February 23 to discuss market access concerns, GoA views on the Doha Round, the EU's Services Directive, and U.S.-EU economic c [...]	2006-03-09 13:43:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD BEXP AU WTO
06VIENNA867	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH AGRICULTURE MINISTER [...] (SBU) During Ambassador McCaw's March 6 introductory call on Austrian Minister of Agriculture and Environment Josef Proell, Proell called for additional progress on NAMA and services in the WTO negotiations, before the EU would make concessions on agricultural market access. Proell touted th [...]	2006-03-23 10:28:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD WTO TBIO KFLU AU
06WARSAW1341	POLAND: WEIGHING IN ON PHARM PRICE CUTS [...] (U) This contains an action request (see paragraph 6). 2. (C) The Ministry of Health,s decision to impose a 13 percent cut in the official price for imported pharmaceutical products was implemented on July 1, 2006. The draft regulations to impose the price cuts were published on the Minist [...]	2006-07-03 14:56:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PL WTO
07AITTAIPEI540	CHINESE TAIPEI NON-COMMITTAL ON U.S. PROPOSAL ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-09 03:06:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD WTO TW
07ALGIERS1182	STEEL STRIKE AVERTED BUT POST-PRIVATIZATION [...] (U) Workers at the Al Hadjar steel plant in the eastern Algerian city of Annaba called off plans for an indefinite strike August 20 after reaching an agreement with the plant's management that forestalled layoffs slated for September. Luxembourg-based Arcelor-Mittal, which owns a controlling i [...]	2007-08-21 16:56:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EIND ELAB WTO AG
07ANKARA238	Top rice importer calls on Ambassador to ask United States [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 1, 2007, the Ambassador met with a top rice importer who wants to persuade the USG to drop the WTO case on Turkish rice imports in exchange for the GOT promising to lower the tariff on paddy (unmilled) rice. The Ambassador responded that although he also hoped for a [...]	2007-02-05 13:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD TU WTO
07ASTANA2061	KAZAKHSTANI OFFICIALS LUKEWARM TO DEMARCHE ON WTO ACCESSION [...] Summary:(SBU) Charge delivered reftel demarche to Minister of Labor and Social Protection Gulzhana Karagusova, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Baktykozha Izmukhambetov, and Deputy Chairman of the Financial Supervision Agency Gani Uzbekov. While the responses ranged from friendly but t [...]	2007-07-27 08:39:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN WTRO WTO KZ
07BANGKOK1078	WTO LABELING DEMARCHE - THAILAND RESPONSE [...] Econoff spoke with Ms. Sirinart Chaimun, Director of the Bureau of Multilateral Trade Negotiations and delivered talking points per reftel. Sirinart said her staff had discussed the U.S. proposal with private industry who agreed the proposal looked acceptable, but could not immediately commit [...]	2007-02-22 08:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD WTO TH
07BANGKOK1413	WTO ITA DEMARCHE - THAILAND RESPONSE [...] On February 26, Econoff delivered talking points on the WTO IT Agreement to the Department of Trade Negotiations (DTN) per reftel. DTN officials were unable to reply immediately, but later met collectively with representatives of the private and public sector to discuss the issue. Mr. Thitise [...]	2007-03-09 09:38:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD WTO TH
07BANGKOK2515	WTO LABELING - THAILAND WILL CO-SPONSOR [...] On May 2, Econoff met with Ms. Pimchanok Vongkhorporn, the new Director of the Bureau of Multilateral Trade Negotiations and delivered talking points per reftel A. Since our previous demarche on this topic (see reftel B),the Bureau had convened meetings with the Ministry of Industry and priv [...]	2007-05-04 03:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD WTO TH
07BANGKOK2543	WTO LABELING - THAILAND WILL CO-SPONSOR [...] On May 2, Econoff met with Ms. Pimchanok Vongkhorporn, the new Director of the Bureau of Multilateral Trade Negotiations and delivered talking points per reftel A. Since our previous demarche on this topic (see reftel B),the Bureau had convened meetings with the Ministry of Industry and priv [...]	2007-05-07 01:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD WTO TH
07BANGKOK3093	THAIS PREFER PROJECT APPROACH ON ENVIRO GOODS [...] On June 5, Econoff spoke with Mr. Thitisesh Seshtabutra, Senior Trade Officer at the Department of Trade Negotiations and relayed talking points as requested in reftel. Thitiseth said the RTG position was not yet final, but that his office has recommended to their Director General that Thaila [...]	2007-06-05 09:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD WTO SENV TH
07BRASILIA319	BRAZIL: WTO Taft Goods Demarche Response [...] (U) EconOff delivered reftel points in to Peter Fox, GOB Deputy Director of Division of Market Access at the MFA. Fox, who will leave for the Geneva talks on 24 February, said that he had read in full the USG position on the issue and, after discussions both internally and externally with pri [...]	2007-02-23 18:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD WTO BR
07BRASILIA755	NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS DELEGATION VISITS [...] (SBU) Summary: From April 11-13, FIESP (the Sao Paulo State Industrial Federation) hosted visits to Sao Paulo and Brasilia by a National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) delegation led by Governor John Engler, the organization's president. The meetings, which came on the heels of USTR Susan [...]	2007-04-27 20:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD WTO BR
07BRASILIA791	BRAZIL: U.S. WTO Proposal Demarche Response [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-04 14:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD WTO BR
07BRASILIA990	FEAR OF CHINA CONSTRAINS BRAZIL'S STANCE ON THE DOHA [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazilian industry leaders and GOB officials have repeatedly underlined that concern about the impact of Chinese imports on domestic manufacturers is a root cause behind their unwillingness to agree to the non-agricultural tariff cuts proposed by both the USG and the EU. Brazil [...]	2007-05-31 18:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD WTO BR
07CAIRO1366	EGYPT EXPECTS NO ACTION AGAINST USG ON GATS [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Waleed El Nozahay, head of the WTO department in the Egyptian Ministry of Trade and Industry, on May 10. El Nozahay said that he was familiar with the issue and that he did not expect the GOE to pursue a claim under Article XXI of the General Agreem [...]	2007-05-10 10:02:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD WTO EG
07CAIRO553	NO EGYPTIAN REPRESENTATIVE TO MARCH 6 ITA MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-01 12:16:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD WTO EG
07CHISINAU1384	NEW MOLDOVAN REGULATION TO IMPEDE TRADE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Side-stepping Parliament and filters intended to give the business community a voice in new regulations effecting them, the Government of Moldova (GOM) adopted a decision requiring a state commercial stamp on all containers of non-alcoholic beverages sold in Moldova. Ostensibly [...]	2007-11-23 14:40:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD WTO PGOV PREL MD
07COLOMBO327	SRI LANKA: NO DECISION YET ON U.S. WTO TAFT GOODS [...] Summary: The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) will not make a decision on the U.S. WTO textiles, apparel, footwear and travel goods (TAFT) negotiating text until it meets with apparel producers later this week. End summary. 2. Econoff delivered the TAFT negotiating text to senior government o [...]	2007-02-26 12:54:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD WTO CE
07COLOMBO410	SRI LANKA WILL CO-SPONSOR U.S. WTO TAFT GOODS NEGOTIATING [...] Summary: Sri Lanka will co-sponsor the U.S. WTO textiles, apparel, footwear and travel (TAFT) goods proposal on labeling. End Summary. 2. Department of Commerce Director of Multilateral Trade Affairs Gomi Senadheera informed Post that he has instructed the Sri Lanka Mission to the WTO in G [...]	2007-03-13 12:30:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD WTO CE
07DHAKA301	BANGLADESH: DEMARCHE ON U.S. WTO TAFT GOODS [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-25 09:07:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD WTO BG
07HONGKONG12	U/S LAVIN AND CITB SECRETARY WONG DISCUSS TRADE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Franklin L. Lavin, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, met with Joseph Wong, Hong Kong Commerce, Industry, and Technology Secretary on December 8 to discuss the Doha Round, the Secure Freight Initiative, anti-dumping, intellectual property rights (IPR),aviatio [...]	2007-01-03 09:45:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ETRD EINV KIPR WTO HK
07MANAGUA197	NICARAGUA LETTER TO USTR SCHWAB AND SECRETARY OF [...] (U) On January 18, 2007 the Embassy received an original letter in English dated December 12 and addressed to U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab and to Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johannes from the Minister of Development, Industry, and Trade Alejandro Arguello and Minister of Agricultur [...]	2007-01-24 20:22:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR FAS WTO NU
07MANAGUA2443	NICARAGUA LOOKING FOR BALANCE ON WTO ISSUES [...] (SBU) On November 6, Econoff delivered Ref A demarche, on the risk to World Trade Organization (WTO) Doha negotiations presented by ongoing Argentinean and Brazilian efforts to avoid cutting tariffs on industrial goods, to Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Development (MIFIC) Director General fo [...]	2007-11-07 19:38:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL WTO NU
07MANAGUA2457	NICARAGUA MUTE ON WHO IPR ISSUES [...] (SBU) On October 30, Econoff delivered Ref A demarche, on Brazilian efforts to weaken intellectual property protections for pharmaceuticals through World Health Organization fora, to Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Development (MIFIC) Director General for International Trade Sonia Somarriba. S [...]	2007-11-09 16:16:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON PREL WTO NU
07MANAGUA355	NICARAGUA: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary. In a cordial introductory meeting with new Minister for Development, Trade, and Industry Horacio Manuel Brenes Icabalceta, the Ambassador touched on CAFTA and U.S. trade capacity building programs, the Millennium Challenge Account, and WTO trade issues. Also discussed were rece [...]	2007-02-06 23:52:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV EAGR WTO MCC PINR NU
07MANAGUA935	NICARAGUA: TRADE MINISTER BRENES ON WTO CASE [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: On March 26, the Embassy received a letter in Spanish dated March 16 from Minister of Trade, Industry, and Development Horacio Brenes addressing the WTO case against U.S. agricultural subsidies, as filed by Canada and joined by Nicaragua and other countries. In [...]	2007-04-12 19:07:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR WTO NU
07MANILA708	PHILIPPINES BACKS USG ON ITA DUTY-FREE COVERAGE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-05 08:05:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD WTO RP
07MEXICO5323	MEXICO REVIEWING ANTIDUMPING DUTIES ON CHINA, [...] (SBU) Mexican trade officials have begun to review many of the anti-dumping (AD) duties currently in place versus Chinese imports, with an eye to starting reviews of the rest before the December 11 expiration of Mexico's immunity from Chinese WTO litigation. Mexico believes it will be able to [...]	2007-10-04 22:22:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KTEX WTO ELAB MX CH
07MOSCOW1515	RUSSIA: COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ'S APRIL 4 [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 4 meeting with Commerce Secretary Gutierrez, Minister of Economic Development and Trade (MEDT) German Gref expressed support for conclusion of a WTO-consistent bilateral uranium suspension agreement that does not discriminate against Russian suppliers. While skirting [...]	2007-04-05 12:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON WTO KIPR KNNP RS
07MOSCOW1684	RUSSIA: COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ'S APRIL 3 [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting on April 3, Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez and Minister of Communications Leonid Reiman discussed a broad range of topics, including the Russian cell phone market, Motorola, cooperation on information technology, IPR, and biometrics. The Secretary asked [...]	2007-04-13 06:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD KIPR KNNP RS WTO
07MOSCOW2159	RUSSIA: AMBASSADOR'S MAY 8 MEETING WITH MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: In a May 8 meeting with Ambassador, Minister of Economic Development and Trade German Gref confirmed plans to travel to the U.S. later this year, expressed hope that high-level representatives from USTR, Commerce and/or Treasury would attend the June 2007 St. Petersburg Economic F [...]	2007-05-10 13:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON WTO KIPR RS
07MOSCOW3164	RUSSIA IPR: PIRATE WEBSITE WWW.ALLOFMP3.COM SHUT [...] (SBU) Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (MEDT) officials notified us by e-mail and phone June 28 that the pirate music website www.allofmp3.com was no longer operational. According to our contacts, the site's operations were terminated under Article 64 of the Law on Communications, w [...]	2007-06-28 14:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON WTO KIPR RS
07MOSCOW5310	D/USTR JOHN VERONEAU IN MOSCOW [...] (U) Summary: While in Moscow to attend the U.S.-Russia Business Council Annual Meeting, D/USTR John Veroneau met with industry leaders, engaged with experts at the Carnegie Center and had discussion with counterparts at the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (MEDT) and the Finance Mi [...]	2007-11-07 14:27:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ECON WTO RS
07OSLO479	NORWAY URGES U.S. AND EC TO RECONCILE COMPETING [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-04 14:14:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD WTO NO
07PARIS412	French Elections and the Politics of Globalization [...] (C) Summary: With French elections ahead in spring 2007, issues associated with globalization risk becoming increasingly politicized. On international trade and domestic reform issues, we will see both the left and the right try to out-protectionist the other in defense of French values and t [...]	2007-02-01 16:21:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL SENV WTO FR
07SANJOSE436	COSTA RICA RESPONSE ON ITA DUTY-FREE COVERAGE [...] Econoff delivered talking points on March 6 to GOCR Ministry of Foreign Trade Director General Gabriela Castro who in turn conveyed the message to their delegation in Geneva without comment. Langdale [...]	2007-03-07 14:00:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON WTO CS

07SAOPAULO242	BRAZIL: USTR SCHWAB MEETINGS WITH BRAZILIAN INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) Summary: USTR Ambassador Susan Schwab pointed out recently to leading Brazilian industrialists and agriculture sector representatives in Sao Paulo meetings the significance to Brazilian interests of the current Doha Round and affirmed that non-agricultural market access (NAMA) is key to [...]	2007-03-26 15:34:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD WTO BR
07SAOPAULO251	BRAZIL: INDUSTRIAL AND TRADE ASSOCIATIONS PUSH FOR GREATER [...] Summary: At a March 10 meeting held at the Sao Paulo headquarters of the Federation of Industries of the State of Sao Paulo (FIESP),Brazilian industrialists presented USTR Ambassador Susan Schwab with a joint statement issued by eight Brazilian industrial and trade associations that calls fo [...]	2007-03-27 16:26:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD WTO BR
07STATE20817	DEMARCHE ON U.S. WTO TAFT GOODS NEGOTIATING TEXT [...] This is an action request, please see paragraph 3. 2. Textiles, apparel, footwear, and travel goods are products of importance to a range of countries, both developed and developing. On May 15, 2006, the United States tabled a negotiating text on reducing non-tariff barriers to trade rel [...]	2007-02-20 22:39:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD WTO
07STATE22242	DEMARCHE ON MAINTAINING ITA DUTY-FREE COVERAGE [...] Summary and Action Request: The USG has raised several proposals relating to the WTO Informational Technology Agreement (ITA) at the WTO Committee for the Expansion of Trade in Information Technology Products (ITA Committee),expressing concerns that ITA members such as the European Union (E [...]	2007-02-22 22:30:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD WTO
07TALLINN739	ESTONIA TO SUPPORT EU COMPLIANCE WITH WTO BIOTECH [...] (SBU) Estonia will support EU compliance with the WTO ruling outlined in reftel by the November 21 deadline for a Reasonable Period of Time (RPT). According to Allan Gromov, Deputy Under Secretary of the Ministry of Environment (MOE),Estonia voted against the ban on these corn varieties init [...]	2007-11-14 15:26:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAGR ETRD EUN WTO EN
07TASHKENT2011	GOU RESTATES REJECTION OF BERNE CONVENTION ART. 18 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-23 08:15:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR WTO UZ
07TASHKENT2054	GOU RESTATES REJECTION OF BERNE CONVENTION ART. 18 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-30 11:04:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON WTO UZ KIPR
07TBILISI1386	LITTLE PROGRESS RESULTS FROM MAY 31 GEORGIA-RUSSIA [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-11 13:46:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD USTR WTO GG RU
07TBILISI3098	GEORGIANS ADVANCE PROPOSAL TO SOLVE WTO BORDER [...] (C) Summary: On December 13, Econoff met with Tamar Kovziridze, Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Georgia's lead negotiator on WTO issues. Kovziridze shared the text of a proposal by the Georgian government for solution of the impasse over border crossings that is the basis of a dis [...]	2007-12-14 12:06:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL WTO USTR GG RU
07TBILISI992	GEORGIA: DRAFT TIFA DELIVERED TO GOG, RUSSIA [...] (C) On April 18, Econoff met with Tamara Kovsiridze, Deputy Minister of Economic Development, and delivered a copy of the draft TIFA approved by the Trade Policy Staff Committee and USTR. Kovsiridze asked for a formal transmittal of the text by letter signed by the Ambassador, which we deliv [...]	2007-04-27 13:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL USTR WTO GG
07WARSAW2091	POLAND: MFA OFFICIAL REVIEWS GAERC AGENDA; [...] (C) Summary: PolCouns met October 11 with Pawel Herczynski, MFA Deputy Director for EU Affairs, to review reftel issues in advance of the October 15-16 EU Foreign Ministers meeting. While most of his comments were predictable, Herczynski added a new twist on Poland's approach to EU-Russia [...]	2007-10-11 14:19:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC KPAL WTO PL
08ALGIERS191	ALGERIA GOES WTO SHOPPING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the February 4 visit of European Union Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson to Algiers, EU diplomats told us the Algerians were "forthcoming and eager" on WTO accession, but the Europeans remain skeptical of rapid progress. They felt the Algerians were shopping for the ea [...]	2008-02-20 09:38:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD WTO ECON PREL AG
08ASTANA341	KAZAKHSTANI LEADERSHIP DISCUSSES ECONOMIC ISSUES, [...] (C) Prime Minister Masimov told Assistant Secretary Boucher during a February 11 meeting that he was seeking to implement further structural economic reforms in Kazakhstan, including tax reform. The government would also be focusing greater attention on developing human capital. Masimov stre [...]	2008-02-19 03:52:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PREL WTO KZ
08BANGKOK3211	SHRIMP: THAI GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY CAUTIOUS [...] This message is Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) and is not intended for use outside the U.S. Government. 2. (SBU) Summary: Thailand continues to be anxious about the USG's implementation of the August 1 World Trade Organization (WTO) Appellate Body decision on anti-dumping duties and cont [...]	2008-10-24 11:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIS ETRD WTO TH
08BANGKOK606	THAILAND NOT PLANNING TO SEND WTO SERVICES DELEGATION [...] The Embassy delivered the letter from USTR Ambassador Schwab to Minister of Commerce Mingkwan's office on February 26 per instructions in reftel. In addition, Econ Counselor subsequently spoke to Ms. Chutima Bunyapraphasara, Director General of Thailand's Department of Trade Negotiations, to [...]	2008-02-26 09:38:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD WTO TH
08BRUSSELS704	YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE MAY 13 TRANSATLANTIC [...] The U.S. Mission to the European Union and I welcome you to Brussels for the May 13 meeting of the Transatlantic Economic Council. This meeting will help realize President Bush and Chancellor Merkel's aspiration for greater transatlantic economic integration, but much will depend on the app [...]	2008-05-09 15:39:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EIND EINV EFIN EAGR ENRG WTO EUN
08CAIRO268	WTO DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON ENVIRONMENTAL, TAFT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Econ Counselor and econoff delivered demarches on the US/EC proposals on labeling for textile, apparel, footware, and travel (TAFT) goods (ref A) and environmental goods and services (ref B) to Walid el-Nozahay, head of the WTO department at the Egyptian Ministry of Trade and I [...]	2008-02-12 13:10:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD WTO SENV EG
08DHAKA1061	AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK Q BANGLADESH [...] 1. A new outbreak of Highly-Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in poultry occurred in Bangladesh September 24. HPAI was first officially reported in Bangladesh in March 2007. Since that time, outbreaks of HPAI (H5) in poultry have been reported or confirmed on 288 farms. One human HPAI case [...]	2008-10-08 13:37:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR ECON ETRD IN WTO CASC BG
08DHAKA131	AVIAN INFLUENZA SITREP - BANGLADESH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since the beginning of January, avian influenza outbreaks among poultry in Bangladesh have spread to an additional 9 districts, for a new total of 29 districts affected (out of 64). No cases of human infection have been reported, and an active surveillance system of 12 hospital [...]	2008-01-29 10:05:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU EAGR ECON ETRD IN WTO CASC BG
08DHAKA183	BIRD FLU IN MORRELGANJ - OUTBREAK MANAGEMENT CASE STUDY [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-10 10:51:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU EAGR PGOV PREL ECON ETRD WTO TBIO CASC AMED IN
08DHAKA193	BIRD FLU IN MORRELGANJ - OUTBREAK MANAGEMENT CASE STUDY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An interagency assessment team (IAT) from State, DOD, and USAID has been in southern Bangladesh's Khulna and Barisal Divisions conducting an assessment of the Cyclone Sidr affected area in support of USG rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts. The IAT has been tasked to repor [...]	2008-02-12 08:12:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR PGOV PREL ECON ETRD WTO TBIO CASC AMED IN
08JAKARTA396	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INDONESIA CONSIDERS U.S.-EC TAFT GOODS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Jakarta and the European Commission (EC) jointly delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Ansari Bukhari, Director General of Textiles, Metal and Multifarious Industries, Ministry of Industry. He had not seen the joint proposal yet, so we gave him a copy and reviewed the main p [...]	2008-02-28 04:43:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD WTO ID
08JAKARTA432	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Embassy Jakarta delivered the letter contained in reftel demarche to Government of Indonesia (GOI) Minister of Trade Mari Pangestu on February 27. Post followed up on status of USTR Schwab's letter and delivered demarche points to Untung Suwarso, Deputy Director of Bilateral Cooperation, [...]	2008-03-03 09:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD WTO ID
08KABUL3211	COMMERCE DEPMIN FARHADI ON WTO ACCESSION, ETC. [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. Afghan Deputy Commerce Minister Farhadi says launching the WTO accession process is one of his highest priorities, but he expressed uncertainty about finalizing Afghanistan's Memorandum of Foreign Trade Regime by year-end, citing capacity weakness at the ministry. H [...]	2008-12-15 05:28:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EAID EINV ENRG WTO AF PK
08KINGSTON755	JAMAICA: ETHANOL SECTOR, FULL OF HOPES AND FEARS [...] (SBU) The Jamaican ethanol sector is seeing profitable growth as exports to the U.S. market rise, benefiting from trade preferences provided by the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI). The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) has agreed to the sale of its former sugar estates to Brazilian firm Infinity Bi [...]	2008-08-27 18:00:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ECON ETRD TRSY IBRD WTO XL JM
08KYIV1085	UKRAINE: LOW-KEY REACTION TO DUMA STATEMENT ON [...] (SBU) Summary. The June 4 Russian Duma statement calling for termination of the 1997 Ukraine-Russia Friendship Treaty in response to Ukrainian NATO membership has elicited relatively restrained responses in Kyiv. President Yushchenko, on the eve of his departure for the CIS Summit in St. Pete [...]	2008-06-05 13:14:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PGOV PREL RS UP WTO
08MOSCOW1723	Third Annual Embassy IPR Roundtable Highlights Progress in [...] (SBU) Summary: The Charge on May 23 hosted a roundtable for over 90 participants to discuss IPR protection and innovation in the Russian software industry. Participants indicated that the software piracy situation in Russia has dramatically improved thanks to a combination of government and [...]	2008-06-17 09:20:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIPR WTO RS
08MOSCOW2656	RUSSIA READY TO AUDIT U.S. BEEF AND PORK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) informed via official letter that it is ready to participate in joint inspections of 31 U.S. pork facilities beginning September 29. In addition, VPSS stated its readiness to send a team of inspectors [...]	2008-09-04 18:23:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD TBIO WTO RS
08MOSCOW2688	RUSSIA LOSING PATIENCE WITH TYPOS ON VET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) informed via official letter that it is running out of patience with the amount of errors being discovered on veterinary documentation accompanying U.S. poultry and pork shipments to Russia. VPSS accu [...]	2008-09-08 14:05:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD TBIO WTO RS
08MOSCOW2740	CONSULTATION REQUESTED ON 2005 MEAT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a letter from Economic Development Minister Nabiullina to U.S. Trade Representative Schwab that the embassy received on September 11, the GOR proposes expert level consultations on the Meat Agreement signed between Russia and the United States in 2005 as part of Russia's bid [...]	2008-09-12 05:19:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
08MOSCOW2769	GOR AIMS TO CUT U.S. MEAT IMPORTS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 11, Russian Economic Development Minister Nabiullina sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Schwab requesting expert level consultations on the Meat Agreement signed between Russia and the United States in 2005 as part of Russia's bid to join the WTO (REF A). [...]	2008-09-15 11:15:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
08MOSCOW2825	MFA DID NOT CLEAR VPSS REFUSAL TO REGISTER U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA officials told us on September 19 that they were unaware of the subject letter from Russia's veterinary service. The letter refused to add U.S. poultry, pork and beef facilities to the list of eligible exporters due to doubts about the continued validity of the U.S.-Russia b [...]	2008-09-19 12:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
08MOSCOW2827	MINAG RAISES SAFETY CONCERNS OF U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Ministry of Agriculture expressed several specific concerns regarding the quality and safety of U.S. poultry via official letter received on September 16. The letter included a reminder that Russia will ban the use of chlorine in poultry production as of Jan 1, 2009 [...]	2008-09-19 13:35:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
08MOSCOW2878	PROTECTIONISTS WINNING WAR OF WTO (NON-)ACCESSION? [...] (C) The Georgia conflict and increased international tensions have strengthened the hand of protectionist forces opposed to Russia's WTO accession. As the GOR slows down the accession process by unwinding previous commitments with the United States and the EU, and reviewing duties on Ukrainian [...]	2008-09-26 14:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV ECON WTO RS
08MOSCOW2940	NABIULLINA: DE-POLITICIZE WTO ACCESSION [...] (C) In a 1 October meeting with the Ambassador, Economic Development Minister Elvira Nabiullina said WTO accession was still a GOR priority and urged that the process move forward in a &depoliticized8 manner. The Ambassador responded that the U.S. still supported accession as a strategic goal [...]	2008-10-03 07:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EAGR EINV ETRD WTO RS
08MOSCOW2946	RUSSIA DELISTS 2 MORE U.S. POULTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) informed via official letter that it had delisted 2 U.S. poultry facilities after tests results ostensibly revealed the presence of Salmonella. Original scanned copy and courtesy translation were sent [...]	2008-10-03 14:11:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD TBIO WTO RS
08MOSCOW2979	RUSSIAN OFFICIALS TRY TO EXPLAIN RECENT VETERINARY [...] (SBU) On October 6, Chief Russian WTO Negotiator Maksim Medvedkov told us that he views the October 1 letter from the Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) as a request for consultations on the effectiveness of the implementation of the November 2006 U.S.-Rus [...]	2008-10-08 03:47:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
08MOSCOW3151	RUSSIAN AGRICULTURE JOLTED BY FINANCIAL [...] (SUB) SUMMARY. Russia's agriculture sector has begun to feel the impacts of the global economic crisis. With some 40 percent of investments in Russian agriculture financed by loans, many observers believe that as many as 20 percent of Russian agricultural enterprises may go bankrupt by June [...]	2008-10-27 14:26:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
08MOSCOW3175	RUSSIAN VET SERVICE USES TYPOS ON VET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) informed via official letter that correction letters from the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) will not be considered. Since the beginning of 2008, VPSS has ignored dozens of correction [...]	2008-10-29 12:49:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
08MOSCOW3181	RUSSIAN VET SERVICE GOES RENEGADE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) informed via official letter that it will no longer accept certifications from the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) that U.S. importers meet Russia's sanitary norms and are authorized to [...]	2008-10-29 14:36:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
08MOSCOW3203	RUSSIAN VET SERVICE DELISTS ANOTHER U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) informed via official letter that as of October 28, that another U.S. poultry plant (P-7927) was delisted after routine tests revealed the presence of Salmonella. The letter requests that the USDA Foo [...]	2008-10-31 13:10:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD TBIO WTO RS
08MOSCOW3350	YET ANOTHER LIST- RUSSIA TO REQUIRE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-19 11:35:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD TBIO WTO RS
08MOSCOW3356	LEAD WTO NEGOTIATOR DISCUSSES VETERINARY LETTERS [...] (SBU) In a November 18 meeting with Agricultural Affairs M-C and EconOffs, Russian Chief WTO Negotiator Maksim Medvedkov stated that the November 2006 U.S.-Russia side letter on meat and poultry inspections and certifications was still in force. However, he said Russian and U.S. veterinary an [...]	2008-11-20 03:48:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
08MOSCOW3360	RUSSIAN VET SERVICE DELISTS ANOTHER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) informed via official letter on November 14, 2008, that another U.S. poultry plant (P-13556) and pork plant (#17564) will be delisted as of November 24, 2008. According to the VPSS letter, routine tes [...]	2008-11-20 08:32:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD TBIO WTO RS
08MOSCOW3368	RUSSIAN VET SERVICE DELISTS ANOTHER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) informed via official letter on November 14, 2008, that another U.S. poultry plant (P-13556) and pork plant (#17564) will be delisted as of November 24, 2008. According to the VPSS letter, routine tes [...]	2008-11-21 07:36:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD TBIO WTO RS
08MOSCOW3473	MINAG DELISTS 7 U.S. PORK FACILITIES. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter that it had delisted 7 out of the first 9 pork facilities that were recently inspected as part of a joint audit. The results of the remaining 20 pork facilities are still p [...]	2008-12-02 13:53:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
08MOSCOW3525	RUSSIAN VET SERVICE REQUESTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russian Chief Veterinary Officer Nikolay Vlasov has requested, via official letter, consultations with USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) in Moscow before December 20, 2008 to discuss Russian concerns with the quality and safety of U.S. meat and poultry shipments [...]	2008-12-05 14:03:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD TBIO WTO RS
08MOSCOW3559	MINAG DELISTS 7 MORE U.S. PORK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter dated December 5, 2008, that it had delisted an additional 7 out of 9 pork facilities that were recently inspected as part of a joint audit. These results immediately follow [...]	2008-12-09 12:30:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
08MOSCOW3683	MINAG DELISTS 5 MORE U.S. PORK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter dated December 12, 2008(transmitted to the U.S. Embassy on December 16, 2008) that starting on January 1, 2009, an additional 5 pork facilities will be delisted. This action [...]	2008-12-19 11:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
08MOSCOW3735	AGMIN DEMANDS ADDITIONAL INSPECTIONS AS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-24 06:11:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
08MOSCOW3737	VPSS TO CLARIFY REQUIREMENTS FOR RELISTING PORK AND POULTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: US Embassy officials met with the Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) to seek clarity on the Russian response to a work plan for relisting U.S. pork and poultry plants as proposed by USTR and USDA during meetings in Moscow on December 17 and [...]	2008-12-24 06:24:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
08MOSCOW3760	RUSSIA THEATENS FODDER TRADE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) raised the bar in requesting a list of U.S. fodder exporters to Russia in its December 26, 2008, letter by threatening to ban U.S. fodder exports if a list is not produced by January 1, 2009. The ori [...]	2008-12-30 07:23:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD TBIO WTO RS
08MOSCOW393	U/S JEFFERY'S MEETING WITH SEVERSTAL DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting with Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Finance and Development Elizabeth Dibble and EcMinCoun on January 30, Aleksey Mordashov, General Director of Severstal Gr [...]	2008-02-13 15:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD WTO RS
08OSLO82	NORWEGIANS CONSIDER WTO TAFT PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 14:31:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTO ECON NO
08OSLO84	NORWEGIANS CONSIDER WTO TAFT PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 16:58:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTO ECON NO
08PARIS1326	French Rhetoric on WTO Doha Negotiations - Rebuttal [...] (U) This is an Action Request for State and USTR. 2. (C) Summary and Action Request: French Trade Minister Idrac will chair a special EU Council meeting July 18 and seek to "rebalance and set the line" for the European Commission prior to the WTO mini-Ministerial July 21. In addition to Pr [...]	2008-07-11 15:55:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL WTO FR
08PARIS1353	FRENCH TRADE MINISTER GIVES NO GROUND ON DOHA - EXPRESSES [...] (C) Summary: French Trade Minister Idrac gave Ambassador Stapleton no indication that France is prepared to support a WTO agreement at this time. She described the July 18 Special EU Council meeting as "normal" in advance of the July 21 mini-Ministerial on Doha, and underlined that France will [...]	2008-07-16 17:26:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL WTO EU FR
08PARIS2182	FRANCE: SARKOZY'S JANUARY COLLOQUIUM [...] (C) Summary: Eric Besson, the Junior Minister organizing the recently announced January 8-9 Paris Conference (now titled "New World: New Capitalism; Values, Development and Regulation"),dropped by a scheduled Embassy meeting with his staff December 2 to underline that this conference is "not a [...]	2008-12-02 17:29:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL WTO EU FR
08PARIS2259	FRANCE: SARKOZY'S JANUARY COLLOQUIUM - INVITATION TO NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy has received a formal invitation from the GOF inviting Ambassador Stapleton and representatives of the new U.S. Administration to participate in the recently announced January 8-9 Paris Colloquium on: New World, New Capitalism. Copies of the invitation and draft program [...]	2008-12-12 14:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL WTO EU FR
08ROME1511	ITALY AGREES ON SUBSTANCE OF DEMARCHE TO G20 [...] (C) Post delivered Reftel points on December 12 to Counselor Novello, Diplomatic Advisor to Undersecretary Urso of the Ministry of Economic Development. U/S Urso is in charge of international trade in the Ministry. 2. (C) Novello said that Italy shares the USG concerns expressed in the reft [...]	2008-12-14 02:23:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL WTO
08STATE49795	DEMARCHE REQUEST - POULTRY TECHNICAL REGULATIONS [...] (U) This is an urgent action request - please see para 2. 2. (C) Summary and Action request: The GOR issued a draft technical regulation (TR) May 4 that would effectively block imports of poultry meat from (among others) the United States (reftel). The hasty adoption of this TR, coinciding [...]	2008-05-09 22:45:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON WTO RS
08TBILISI343	GEORGIA AND RUSSIA CONTINUE NEGOTIATIONS TO BREAK [...] (SBU) Summary: Econoff met with Deputy Minister of Economic Development Tamara Kovsiridze on February 26. Kovsiridze said an agreement has been reached in principle with the Russians to allow Georgian officials to staff border crossings between Russia and Georgia's breakaway regions of Abkhaz [...]	2008-02-29 14:01:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL WTO USTR GG RU
08TBILISI720	GEORGIA FREEZES NEGOTIATIONS WITH RUSSIA ON WTO [...] (C) On April 28 the GOG issued a statement to the members of the working party on the accession of the Russian Federation to the World Trade Organization (WTO) wherein it announced that it is temporarily halting its bilateral negotiations with Russia until Russia rescinds the instructions issu [...]	2008-04-30 13:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL WTO USTR GG RU
08WARSAW1004	DPM/ECONMIN PAWLAK PROPOSES CAP REFORM [...] (U) This message is an action request - see para 3. 2. (SBU) Embassy Warsaw is receiving more signals that the GoP - or elements within it - sees the failure of Doha Round negotiations as a point of departure for deeper U.S.-EU economic integration and liberalization. In Ref B meeting with [...]	2008-08-27 12:34:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG ETRD EUN PGOV PL TBIO WTO
09ANKARA118	TURKEY - NO AUTOMOTIVE PACKAGE YET, BUT EXPECTED [...] Summary. Turkey has not yet implemented a formal program to stimulate its automotive industry, but the sector has been publicly clamoring for support and action is expected soon. The automotive sector is one of Turkey's most important growth engines and it has been hit especially hard by the c [...]	2009-01-23 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL WTO TU
09ASTANA1535	KAZAKHSTAN TO RESUME WTO ACCESSION TALKS SEPARATE FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: There are signs Kazakhstan might be willing to resume its suspended bilateral WTO accession negotiations. Concluding U.S.-bilateral WTO negotiations would be in our national interest and would enhance Kazakhstan's independence and sovereignty. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) On Septemb [...]	2009-09-17 06:45:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN WTO RS KZ
09BAGHDAD1146	IRAQI FINANCE MINISTER ON BUDGET WOES AND CUSTOMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Finance Minister Bayan Jabr continues to lament Iraq's budget woes and the parliamentary restrictions he faces in trying to find ways to meet shortfalls. He told EMIN that he is planning to offer a recisionary amendment ("negative supplemental") in June or July and may be f [...]	2009-04-30 13:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN ETRD WTO PINS IZ
09BAGHDAD1223	IRAQ WTO WORKING PARTY: HOPES FADE FOR A JUNE MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A GOI working group has finished compiling Iraq's Initial Goods Offer and its new tariff schedule. However, senior-level approval of the Goods Offer will take another several weeks, in part because of an unfolding corruption scandal at the Ministry of Trade (MOT). Long-awaited [...]	2009-05-10 14:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PGOV EAID WTO ECON EINV IZ
09BAGHDAD2374	WTO ACCESSION STEPS UNLIKELY BEFORE JANUARY [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOI seems unlikely to make the sound economic but tough political decisions that would move Iraq closer to World Trade Organization (WTO) accession before Iraqi national elections in January 2010. Although Iraq has completed the requisites for the next round of accession ta [...]	2009-09-03 10:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PGOV EAID WTO ECON EINV IZ
09BAGHDAD2759	CUSTOMS HURDLES TO IRAQ TRADE LIBERALIZATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Iraq's customs and trade dispute resolution procedures lack the structure and transparency to ensure orderly, consistent resolution of complaints by importers. According to the President of Iraq's Customs Court, the court does not have jurisdiction over civil cases [...]	2009-10-14 10:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PGOV KCOR EAID WTO ECON EINV IZ
09BELGRADE637	SERBIA: NEW GMO LAW NOT WTO COMPLIANT, GOVERNMENT PROMISES [...] (SBU) In May 2009, Serbia's parliament adopted a restrictive Genetically Modified Organisms law (GMO),which was not WTO compliant. The Charge expressed our concerns about the law to Serbia's Agriculture Minister Sasa Dragin (Democratic Party, DS) and to Economics Minister Mladjan Dinkic (G-17 [...]	2009-07-06 14:14:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD USTR WTO ECON AL SR
09BRUSSELS363	BELGIUM: AUTOMOBILE SUBSIDY PROGRAMS [...] Post has found no publicly-available information on actual or proposed federal government subsidies to the automobile industry in Belgium. While the federal government does allow special tax treatment for overtime that has benefited the automotive sector, the arrangement is not specific or l [...]	2009-03-13 15:03:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL WTO
09BUCHAREST70	ROMANIA: AUTOMOBILE SUBSIDY PROGRAMS [...] (U) This cable provides information about Romania in response to reftel request regarding foreign automobile subsidy programs. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Government of Romania (GOR) has attempted to use all of the available policy tools permitted by the European Commission (EC) to mitigate the [...]	2009-02-05 09:52:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL WTO RO
09CANBERRA64	AUTOMOBILE SUBSIDY PROGRAMS - AUSTRALIA [...] On November 10, 2008, the GOA announced its "New Car Plan for a Greener Future". Totalling A$7.7 billion (US$5.1 at current exchange rates),it focuses on encouraging the manufacture of low-emissions vehicles (Toyota has already received money under this provision),a fund to encourage consol [...]	2009-01-20 04:34:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND EFIN ETRD PREL WTO AS
09HELSINKI402	FINLAND: PUTIN WARMS UP IN LATEST MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a dramatic departure from their meeting last June, on October 25 Russian Prime Minister Putin warmly greeted Finnish Prime Minister Vanhanen in St. Petersburg. Describing Finland as a good partner, a smiling Putin put a positive face on Finnish-Russian relations. Putin pointed [...]	2009-10-29 11:11:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	FI PREL EPET ETRD WTO RS
09KABUL64	NEW AFGHAN COMMERCE MINISTER TAKES THE HELM [...] (SBU) Seven days into his new job, Minister of Commerce and Industries (MOCI) Wahidullah Shahrani January 6 described to the Ambassador an ambitious, market-oriented work program. Shahrani said he will limit MOCI to policy and regulatory work, continue efforts to enact pending commercial laws, [...]	2009-01-12 12:36:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID ETRD ENRG WTO AF PK
09KINGSTON682	JAMAICA REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT OF NOMINATED [...] Post has received the following Diplomatic Note from the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),dated August 31, 2009: (BEGIN TEXT OF MFAFT DIPNOTE 50/140/81) "Ref. No. 50/140/81: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign T [...]	2009-09-09 20:23:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND PHUM PGOV PREL WTO JM XL
09KUALALUMPUR232	MALAYSIA'S AUTOMOBILE PROGRAMS [...] (U) Summary: Malaysia's second fiscal stimulus package includes incentives for Malaysians to trade in their old Proton or Perodua brand vehicles for new ones. Up to 4.8 million owners of Proton or Perodua vehicles that are more than ten years old might be eligible for this program. The stimul [...]	2009-03-30 02:48:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL WTO MY
09KUALALUMPUR997	MALAYSIA'S REVISED NATIONAL AUTO POLICY (NAP) FAILS TO [...] (SBU) In October 2009, GOM announced revisions to its National Auto Policy (NAP),in effect since 2005, which will be implemented in January 2010. The revised NAP lifts the freeze on some Manufacturing Licenses, and reduces intra-ASEAN duties and excise taxes, and sets aside tax exemptions for [...]	2009-12-16 08:02:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL WTO MY
09KUWAIT253	NOTIFICATION OF GCC CUSTOMS UNION TO THE WTO; [...] (SBU) EconCouns and LES Econspecialist met with Abdulaziz Al-Khaldi, Assistant Under Secretary for Foreign Trade Affairs to discuss the GCC's notification of its customs union to the World Trade Organization. Khaldi was accompanied by Khaled Al-Azemi, Controller for Foreign Relations and call [...]	2009-03-17 10:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD USTR WTO ECON EAGR KU
09LUSAKA312	NORTH-SOUTH CORRIDOR CONFERENCE: WILL COMMITMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Following a tripartite summit in October 2008, and as part of a pilot Aid for Trade initiative, three regional economic communities (RECs) - Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA),East African Community (EAC),and Southern African Development Community (SADC) - [...]	2009-05-07 13:43:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECIN ELTN ENRG ETRD WTO XA ZA
09MADRID125	GOS MOVES TO SUPPORT AUTO INDUSTRY WITH MODEST [...] (U) Summary. Spain is the eighth largest producer of automobiles in the world, making any downturn in the automotive industry significant for the Spanish economy. With domestic production down 45 percent in December from the year before, it is no surprise that more than half of Spain's 70,000 [...]	2009-02-04 17:28:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN WTO SP PREL ETRD
09MANILA690	PHILIPPINE FINANCE SECRETARY ON GLOBAL AND LOCAL ECONOMICS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador discussed the global and Philippine economic situation, the Millennium Challenge Compact, and U.S. commercial interests with the Philippine Finance Secretary Gary Teves on March 30. The Secretary expressed support for the U.S. approach to the upcoming Group of 20 [...]	2009-03-30 09:08:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL RP WTO
09MOSCOW1072	TEMPORARY RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED ON 3 MORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter that 3 more U.S. poultry facilities have been temporarily restricted from exporting to Russia due to concerns that products from these facilities were involved in an illegal [...]	2009-04-24 10:43:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW1150	RUSSIA BLOCKS IMPORTS OF U.S. MEAT AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter that several U.S. states have been restricted from exporting meat and poultry to Russia resulting from human cases of influenza A H1N1. California, New York, Texas and Sout [...]	2009-05-05 13:51:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW1161	RUSSIA EASES RESTRICTIONS ON U.S. MEAT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter that restrictions placed on all pork and pork products from 10 U.S. states, using influenza A H1N1 as justification, have been lifted effective immediately (REF A). As of to [...]	2009-05-06 13:15:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW1187	RUSSIA MAINTAINS RESTRICTIONS ON U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter that restrictions placed on meat and poultry products from 8 U.S. states are in place. As of today, California, New York, Texas, South Carolina, Delaware and (most recently [...]	2009-05-12 03:26:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW1206	MEAT AND POULTRY RESTRICTIONS UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letters that restrictions placed on meat and poultry products from 11 U.S. states are currently in place. As of today, California, New York, Texas, Illinois, and Wisconsin are res [...]	2009-05-13 12:11:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW1500	RUSSIA GRANTS EXTENSION ON NEGOTIATING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In late January 2009, the Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) expressed its concerns in both a DVC and in a letter that the veterinary certificate for the export of US pork to Russia does not adequately reflect Russian requirements. VPSS [...]	2009-06-08 14:17:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW1536	RUSSIAN VET SERVICE THREATENS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 5th the Deputy Head of Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) informed via official letter that the VPSS would grant an extension on the negotiation of a frozen pork meat and by-products certificate to August 1, 2009. (Ref A) Howeve [...]	2009-06-11 14:00:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW1538	RUSSIA'S WTO ACCESSION: ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Although U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Kirk's June 4-6 visit to St. Petersburg seemed to make progress on Russia's WTO accession in bilateral meetings with senior Russian economic officials, including First DPM Shuvalov, this progress proved illusory: PM Putin announced Jun [...]	2009-06-11 14:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW1556	WORLD GRAIN FORUM IN ST.PETERSBURG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 6-7 the Government of the Russian Federation hosted its first World Grain Forum in St. Petersburg. With approximately 1,500 representatives from over 40 countries ranging from Agriculture Ministers to grain industry experts the forum focused on the role of grain produc [...]	2009-06-15 06:53:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW1625	LOOKING FOR A "NO" FROM WTO ON CUSTOMS UNION [...] (C) Summary. Following Putin's surprise announcement that Russia intends to accede to the WTO as part of a customs union with Belarus and Kazakhstan, Russian officials are still trying to figure out how best to proceed. Intensive consultations are underway, with Minister Nabiullina reported [...]	2009-06-19 13:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD RS WTO
09MOSCOW187	U.S. POULTRY FACILITIES PUT ON NOTICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) demanded via official letter a list of U.S. poultry facilities that do not use chlorinated anti-microbial washes in poultry production by September 2009. According to the letter a resolution banning t [...]	2009-01-28 13:22:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW2000	RUSSIA: WTO AND CUSTOMS UNION "IN PARALLEL" [...] (C) Summary. Following President Medvedev's announcement that Russia will continue its individual WTO accession process "in parallel" with formation of a customs union with Belarus and Kazakhstan, Russian officials are now scrambling to find a way to move forward with the WTO without contradic [...]	2009-08-05 14:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL RS WTO
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
09MOSCOW2204	THE CUSTOMS UNION IS GOING TO GENEVA - TO SEE WHAT [...] (C) Summary: During the August 12 Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan Customs Union (RBKCU) Summit, the members agreed to negotiate WTO accession using a joint negotiating team headed by Maxim Medvedkov, Russia's lead WTO negotiator. Medvedkov and his new tri-country team will go to Geneva in early Se [...]	2009-08-27 05:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL RS WTO KZ BO
09MOSCOW2295	UKRAINIAN ECONOMIC COUNSELOR DISCUSSES RUSSIA [...] (C) On August 13, econoff paid a courtesy call on Ukrainian Trade and Economic Counselor in Moscow Vladimir Zaritsky. During the meeting, Zaritsky became voluble on the matter of Russia and its "growing impunity in the region," especially as its economic power increases. He expressed concern [...]	2009-09-04 06:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EPET RS WTO UA
09MOSCOW2372	ASSISTANT SECRETARY GORDON'S MEETING WITH RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Shuvalov met with A/S Gordon and the Ambassador on September 9 to discuss bilateral economic cooperation in advance of his trip later this month to Washington and the Pittsburgh G-20 Summit. Shuvalov agreed that the July Summit and the Bilateral Presidentia [...]	2009-09-16 07:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL RS WTO

09MOSCOW2381	MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS ON CUSTOMS UNION [...] (C) Summary: In an attempt to understand the form the Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan Customs Union (RBKCU) will take on its planned implementation day of January 1, 2010 and its potential effect on the external trade of the three countries, post has put together this backgrounder on the Customs [...]	2009-09-17 06:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL RS WTO KZ BO
09MOSCOW265	RUSSIAN VET SERVICE STOPS SHIPMENTS OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) has halted trade of U.S. pet food, animal feed and animal feed additives as of January 1, 2009. VPSS officials have advised that trade can resume only after USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Se [...]	2009-02-03 13:05:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW267	RUSSIAN VET SERVICE DELISTS 9 MORE U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter that 9 additional U.S. pork facilities will be delisted as of February 10 ostensibly due to clerical errors found on documentation that accompanied meat shipments to Russia. [...]	2009-02-03 16:01:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW271	MORE AUDITS OF U.S. MEAT AND POULTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) requested via official letter that the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) organize another joint audit of U.S. pork, beef, and poultry facilities that are eligible to export to Russia begin [...]	2009-02-04 14:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW2723	INTEL'S CRYPTO IMPORTATION WAIVER: LESS THAN A [...] (C) Summary: Intel representatives recently briefed us on the waiver it received to import 1,000 encrypted platforms for the development of software. Intel was able to by-pass the cumbersome licensing process by engaging in high-level lobbying and capitalizing on Russia's desire to become a "know [...]	2009-11-03 13:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV ECON PREL RS WTO
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
09MOSCOW286	RUSSIAN VET SERVICE DELISTS TWO MORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter that 2 more U.S. poultry facilities were delisted after tests results ostensibly showed the presence of antibiotics and food-borne pathogen Listeria. In addition, VPSS info [...]	2009-02-06 12:20:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW3082	WHAT RUSSIA'S TRADE NEGOTIATORS ACCOMPLISHED IN [...] (U) Introduction: This cable is the first in a three-part series presenting major features of the Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan Customs Union (RBKCU),which was finalized on November 27 with the signing of most binding agreements. This cable covers the major structure and decision-making proces [...]	2009-12-23 04:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON PREL RS WTO KZ BO
09MOSCOW3083	THE CUSTOMS UNION AND TRADE- HARMONIZED TARIFFS [...] (U) Introduction: This cable is the second in a three-part series presenting major features of the Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan Customs Union (RBKCU),finalized on November 27 with the signing of most binding agreements. This cable reviews the principal points regarding tariffs and non-tariff [...]	2009-12-23 09:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON PREL RS WTO KZ BO
09MOSCOW3084	THE CUSTOMS UNION AND A UNIFIED WTO ACCESSION [...] (U) Summary: This cable is the third in a three-part series presenting major features of the Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan Customs Union (RBKCU),which was finalized on November 27 with the signing of most binding agreements. The first cable covered the major structure and decision-making proce [...]	2009-12-23 10:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON PREL RS WTO KZ BO
09MOSCOW334	CRISIS-RESPONSE MEASURES FOR THE RUSSIAN CAR [...] (SBU) Russia's car companies are heavily indebted and steadily losing market share to foreign competitors. The GOR continues to employ a range of state support measures to help Russia's major vehicle manufacturers cope with the global financial crisis, including direct financial support, subs [...]	2009-02-12 09:53:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD WTO RS
09MOSCOW365	LITTLE MOVEMENT ON EU-RUSSIA TRADE ISSUES [...] (C) The European Commission delegation visit to Moscow February 5-6, headed by EC President Barroso and nine EC Commissioners, made little progress on trade issues with Russia. EC Trade Commissioner Ashton and Transportation Commissioner Tajani raised with Russian Economic Development Ministe [...]	2009-02-13 13:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON WTO EU RS
09MOSCOW396	AG MINISTER SENT TO PASTURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russian President Medvedev recently removed long-serving Minister of Agriculture Aleksey Gordeyev from his post, nominating him to be governor of Voronezh Oblast as part of a larger shake-up of regional governors. While this action represents a significant demotion for Gordeye [...]	2009-02-18 12:01:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW541	RUSSIAN OFFICIAL EXPLAINS DUTY INCREASES FOR CARS [...] (C) Alexander Rakhmanov, Director of the Department of Automotive and Agriculture Equipment Policy at the Ministry of Industry and Trade, acknowledged to us that the recent duty increases for cars and harvesters were meant to protect domestic producers from import competition and help them wea [...]	2009-03-05 13:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW640	NEW MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE ANNOUNCED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russian President Dimitriy Medvedev appointed Elena Skrynnik (Screen-nik) as the Minister of Agriculture on March 12, 2009, succeeding Aleksey Gordeyev, who took over as Governor of Voronezh Oblast after serving for 10 years as Minister of Agriculture. Skrynnik, a 47-year-old [...]	2009-03-17 06:56:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON PINR WTO RS
09MOSCOW669	RUSSIAN VET SERVICE DELISTS ANOTHER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter that another U.S. pork facility was delisted after tests results ostensibly showed the presence of food-borne pathogen Salmonella. The original scanned copy of the letter a [...]	2009-03-19 08:40:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW685	RUSSIAN VET SERVICE DELISTS 3 MORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter that 3 more U.S. poultry facilities were delisted after tests results ostensibly showed the presence of antibiotics and pharmaceuticals in shipments to Russia from those pla [...]	2009-03-20 10:57:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW817	1ST DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER GIVES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubhkov gave a rare interview on March 31 to leading daily newspaper "Izvestia" on agricultural issues. Zubkov is responsible for overseeing overall agricultural development in Russia and implementation of the national priority project in agr [...]	2009-04-01 12:36:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO 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
09MOSCOW939	THREE MORE PORK FACILITIES DELISTED, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 10, 2009, the Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter that three more U.S. pork facilities were delisted due to suspected fraud. The letter explains that VPSS officials inspected a ship on its way to Japan th [...]	2009-04-13 13:42:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW954	FIVE PORK PLANTS RELISTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 10, 2009, the Head of Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter that VPSS will be relisting five pork facilities which were delisted in the January 27, 2009, letter from Vlasov to Jones (Reftel B) (facilities # [...]	2009-04-14 13:16:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MUSCAT167	OMANI VIEWS ON GCC CUSTOMS UNION NOTIFICATION TO THE WTO [...] (C) Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel points March 8 to Saeed al-Riyami, Ministry of Commerce and Industry trade negotiator, and urged Oman to lobby for withdrawal of the GCC Enabling Clause notification. Al-Riyami replied that he understood U.S. concerns over the GCC's notification decision an [...]	2009-03-08 13:33:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD USTR WTO GCC MU
09NEWDELHI252	INDIAN AUTO INDUSTRY IN FOR A BUMPY RIDE [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-11 01:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL WTO
09PARIS212	FRANCE ROLLS OUT AUTO SUPPORT PROGRAM [...] (SBU) President Sarkozy announced a 9 billion euro aid package for France's struggling auto sector. The sector provides direct and indirect jobs for nearly 10 percent of the work force. The GOF plan includes loans for Renault, Peugeot, Renault Trucks (Volvo) and their suppliers and incentives [...]	2009-02-11 14:56:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL WTO FR
09RIYADH1050	SAUDIS DELAY JOINT VENTURE APPROVAL FOR TWO US [...] (SBU) On August 10 Representatives from American Life Insurance Company (ALICO) briefed Emboffs on their meeting earlier that day with Saudi Monetary Authority (SAMA) Insurance Supervisor Mohammed Al-Shayea. 2. (SBU) Al-Shayea gave the ALICO reps gave no inkling when/if a royal decree sanct [...]	2009-08-12 15:15:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ECON EFIN EINV ETRD WTO SA
09RIYADH462	SAUDI ARABIA'S AUTOMOBILE SALES SLOW DOWN [...] (U) Key points and comment: -- The "boycott" of local car dealers by Saudi consumers, launched in late 2008, continues. -- Saudi consumers are relying more on a market of second hand cars from Dubai. Comment: The grass roots campaign against "greedy car dealers" and criticism of [...]	2009-03-25 13:39:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL WTO SA
09RIYADH895	CHINESE DUMPING PROBE OUTRAGES SAUDIS [...] (SBU) Summary: Saudis responded sharply July 4 after Beijing began a dumping probe on two of the Kingdom's petrochemical products. Newspapers published unusually critical statements, probably in part to signal the displeasure of government and industry leaders to the PRC. A Saudi Deputy Min [...]	2009-07-07 14:01:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD ENRG WTO SA
09ROME188	ITALY APPROVES AUTOMOBILE SECTOR ASSISTANCE PACKAGE [...] (U) Summary: On February 6, 2009, the GOI approved an automobile sector assistance package as part of a broader industrial sector stimulus package. The auto sector measures provide consumer incentives, ranging from 500 to 6500 euros, to increase demand and do not appear to give direct support t [...]	2009-02-18 13:03:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN PREL WTO IT
09SEOUL431	AUTOMOBILE SUBSIDY PROGRAMS RESPONSE [...] (U) The ROKG does not currently have a plan of targeted financial support for the auto industry. In order to sustain the auto market in the face of shrinking domestic sales (which fell by 24 percent in December 2008 compared to December a year earlier),the ROKG announced on January 6, 2009 [...]	2009-03-19 07:53:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL WTO KS
09STOCKHOLM76	SWEDEN'S AUTOMOBILE SUBSIDY PROGRAM [...] Summary: The Swedish automobile industry (Volvo Cars - owned by Ford; Saab Automobile - owned by GM) has shed about 7700 jobs since the financial crisis began in September 2008. Sales are down in January 2009 by 50 percent, compared to last January. The Swedish government has issued a rescu [...]	2009-02-06 09:34:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD SENV PREL WTO SW
09TOKYO345	PROGRAMS FOR JAPAN'S AUTOMAKERS [...] (SBU) Summary: Although car manufacturers in Japan have been hit hard by the global economic crisis -- with six of the country's eight auto manufacturers reporting losses last year -- none is clamoring for a bailout. The GOJ has adopted an incremental approach to assist the auto industry with [...]	2009-02-13 09:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ETRD SENV PREL WTO EFIN ENRG JA
09TOKYO515	TOYOTA IN TALKS TO ACCESS JBIC LOAN FACILITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Toyota Financial Services, the Japanese automaker's financing arm, reportedly has requested $2 billion from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) to support its financing operations in the U.S. JBIC officials told emboffs March 6 its recently launched lending fa [...]	2009-03-06 10:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ETRD SENV PREL WTO EFIN ENRG JA
10ASTANA68	KAZAKHSTAN: VIGNETTES OF PUBLIC OPINION: RBK [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION: On January 23 in Almaty, the Ambassador was the key-note speaker at the founding session of Kazakhstan's chapter of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO),an international group for CEOs of mid-level (or larger) companies who must meet stringent international standards [...]	2010-01-25 06:49:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ECON ETRD EAID KPAO WTO RS KZ
10BAGHDAD482	AUSTR DELANEY VISIT: GOI PROGRESS ON WTO ACCESSION [...] (C) Summary: Government, parliamentary, and judicial officials expressed varying degrees of support for the GOI's World Trade Organization (WTO) accession ambitions during the February 7-11 visit to Baghdad of Assistant United States Trade Representative Michael Delaney. Delaney pushed all s [...]	2010-02-23 12:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV EAID WTO ECON EINV IZ

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