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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00BANDARSERIBEGAWAN695 |
SULTAN OF BRUNEI'S LETTER TO PRESIDENT [...] FOLLOWING IS AN ADVANCE COPY OF SULTAN HAJI HASSANAL BOLKIAH'S LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT REGARDING THE AGENDA FOR THE NOVEMBER 15-16 APEC LEADERS MEETING IN BRUNEI. WE EXPECT THAT BRUNEI EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON WILL DELIVER THE ORIGINAL. 2. BEGIN TEXT OF SULTAN'S LETTER. YOUR EXCELLENCY, [...] |
2000-10-12 07:18:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED | APEC ECON OPDC BX |
| 00HANOI899 |
VIETNAM: PREPARING FOR APEC ENERGY MINISTERS MEETING [...] ACCORDING TO THE MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY (MOI), MINISTER DANG VU CHU WILL LEAD VIETNAM'S DELEGATION TO THE MAY 10-12 APEC ENERGY MINISTERS CONFERENCE IN SAN DIEGO. (NOTE: THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM DOES NOT HAVE A MINISTRY OF ENERGY. CERTAIN FUNCTIONS ARE DELEGATED TO OTHER MINISTRIES OR TO STAT [...] |
2000-04-28 08:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECIN EPET VM APEC |
| 02HANOI1290 |
VIETNAM, THE PRC, AND TAIWAN [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR RAYMOND BURGHARDT, REASON: 1.5 (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY. VIETNAM HAS HAD AN OFTEN-TORTUOUS HISTORY WITH CHINA, INCLUDING WITH THE PRC, AND IS AWARE OF THE DISPARITY OF THE IMPORTANCE WITH WHICH THE TWO COUNTRIES VIEW ONE ANOTHER. MANY HERE MINIMIZE ACKNOWLEDGING [...] |
2002-05-21 07:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS CM VM CVR APEC |
| 02HANOI2369 |
MEETING WITH AFM HUNG [...] (U) CIRF: IN A MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR ON OCTOBER 2 (SEPTEL WILL COVER DISCUSSION OF THE TRIAL OF NGUYEN THI NGOC HANH), ASSISTANT FOREIGN MINISTER NGUYEN DUC HUNG EXPRESSED THE GVN'S "DISAPPOINTMENT" OVER THE RECENTLY REPORTED RECOMMENDATION OF THE US COMMISSION FOR INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS [...] |
2002-10-01 10:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PINS ETRD VM APEC RELFREE HUMANR |
| 02HANOI2465 |
VIETNAM: APEC OCTOBER MEETING (C-AL2-00879) [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CLAIRE A. PIERANGELO, ECONOMIC COUNSELOR. REASON 1.5 (C). 2. (C) POST HAS HAD A NUMBER OF DISCUSSIONS WITH GVN OFFICIALS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS REGARDING APEC AND CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02465 01 OF 02 100745Z VIETNAM'S RO [...] |
2002-10-10 07:41:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR ECIN VM KPRP APEC CTERR |
| 02HANOI589 |
VIETNAM'S INCREASING ROLE IN THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) SUMMARY. VIETNAM HAS MOVED STEADILY TO INCREASE ITS PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL AND MULTILATERAL FORA SINCE THE COMMUNIST PARTY (CPV) DIRECTED THE GVN TO IMPLEMENT A MORE OUTWARD ORIENTED FOREIGN POLICY AT THE SEVENTH PARTY CONGRESS IN 1991. TODAY, VIETNAM HAS MEMBERSHIP IN 62 GLOBA [...] |
2002-03-14 09:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI EAID ECON VM UN HUMANR APEC ASEAN |
| 03HANOI636 |
U.S.-VIETNAM FISHERIES CONSULTATIONS [...] SUMMARY: A USG fisheries delegation led by the U.S Department of Commerce NOAA Fisheries and including STATE/OES and others met with Vietnamese fisheries officials and visited several fisheries-related activities in and near Hanoi the week of March 10. Both sides gained insight into opportu [...] |
2003-03-14 08:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS SENV OTRA VM APEC |
| 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 |
| 04HANOI2692 |
VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR PRESENTS HIS CREDENTIALS TO [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador presented his credentials to Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong on September 27. Both agreed that there had been much progress in the nine years since relations had been reestablished, but there was a need to continue to broaden and deepen the relationship. President [...] |
2004-09-28 09:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL VM APEC HUMANR RELFREE |
| 04HANOI2870 |
EAP DAS Huhtala's October 21 Meeting with Senior [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 21 meeting with Senior Vice Foreign Minister Le Cong Phung, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Marie Huhtala underlined the need for Vietnam to SIPDIS take concrete steps to improve its religious freedom situation, particularly in the run-up to next year's event [...] |
2004-10-22 04:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR BTA WTRO APEC CTERR |
| 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 |
| 05CANBERRA879 |
AUSTRALIA: EAP A/S HILL'S DFAT ROUNDTABLE, SESSION [...] (C) In a May 17 roundtable attended by senior Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) officials, DFAT Deputy Secretary Geoff Raby told EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill that Australia supports the U.S. approach to the DPRK nuclear problem and would continue to conv [...] |
2005-05-23 23:27:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER MARR AS CH TW ID TT ARF APEC NK SK |
| 05HANOI2027 |
VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR MEETS VICE FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met Ministry of Foreign Affairs Vice Minister Vu Dzung August 9 to deliver Reftel A points about the October 3-6 Export Control Conference in Hanoi. Vice Minister Dzung expressed his full understanding of the importance of continuing to hold this conference, but said Viet [...] |
2005-08-09 10:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC ETRD ECIN VM APECO APEC CVR |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 05HANOI2482 |
VIETNAM IS NOT READY FOR APEC 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) is struggling to prepare for APEC 2006 and faces a steep uphill battle. Vice Foreign Minister Le Cong Phung told the Ambassador during a luncheon on September 23 that Vietnam "does not have much time" to prepare for APEC and will seek help from [...] |
2005-09-23 10:30:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD ECIN VM APECO APEC |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 05HANOI2763 |
VIETNAM ON ENHANCED PARTNERSHIP: GO SLOW [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The GVN responded rapidly to the U.S. draft Declaration on a U.S.-ASEAN Enhanced Partnership. Vietnam feels that Busan is coming up much too soon to allow ASEAN and the United States to reconcile the two competing draft declarations (ASEAN has one, completed during [...] |
2005-10-20 10:14:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV VM ASEAN APEC |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 05HANOI3256 |
Codel Chris Smith Discusses Human Rights, TIP with [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting Congressman (and vice-Chairman of the House International Relations Committee) Christopher Smith (R-NJ) met with two of Vietnam's most seasoned America experts, Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang and National Assemblywoman Madame Ton Nhu Thi Ninh in separate meetings. C [...] |
2005-12-13 03:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM OVIP VM TIP HUMANR RELFREE APEC ASEAN |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 05HANOI575 |
VIETNAM: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-09 04:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | APEC ASEAN BTA EFIN EINV ELAB FINREF IPROP KTDB LABOR OPIC PGOV SOE VN |
| 05HANOI835 |
VIETNAM: IAEA Additional Protocol and Other Arms [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST for NP and EAP/EP. Please see Paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Summary and Comment: We met with our primary GVN arms control and nonproliferation counterpart April 6 to discuss a wide range of outstanding arms control/nonpro issues and the constraints faced by the GVN. [...] |
2005-04-08 10:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ABUD VM AROC CWC CBW OPCW APEC |
| 05HANOI841 |
VIETNAM HOSTS SIX-COUNTRY TIP MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The ambitious three-day Senior Officials Meeting 3 (SOM 3) of the Coordinated Mekong Ministerial Initiative Against Trafficking (COMMIT) was held in Hanoi March 29-31. The purpose of the meeting was to translate the MOU signed at the previous COMMIT meeting in Rango [...] |
2005-04-11 05:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG VM OMIG APEC TIP |
| 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 |
| 05MANILA4503 |
PHILIPPINES: SLOW PACE OF ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: Philippine government and private sector leaders told U.S. Senior Official for APEC Michael Michalak that the Philippines continues to face problems with inefficient courts and corruption in general. Poor implementation and unpredictable enforcement of laws remain disincentive [...] |
2005-09-22 09:35:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL KIPR TBIO TSPL RP APEC WTRO |
| 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 |
| 05MANILA5357 |
EAP DAS JOHN LEADS NOVEMBER 11 BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: EAP DAS John and Charge held extensive discussions on bilateral issues with DFA A/S for American Affairs Abadilla and Philippine Ambassador to the U.S. Del Rosario on November 11. DAS John underscored that the primary purpose of his visit to the Philippines was to focus on subst [...] |
2005-11-16 03:53:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM ECON EAID RP UNSC APEC |
| 05MANILA5847 |
SENATOR BOND MEETS WITH GRP OFFICIALS, U.S. [...] (C) Summary. Senator Christopher S. Bond visited the Philippines December 7-10, meeting with Philippine government and military officials and local American business leaders. Senator Bond spoke with President Arroyo the possibility of developing regional structures along the lines of the Org [...] |
2005-12-15 10:20:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV ASEC EINV MOPS RP APEC |
| 05MANILA5983 |
TELECOM UPDATE: GRP ENCOURAGES INTERNET TELEPHONY [...] The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) issued recent rulings lowering entry barriers to encourage the development of Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services. The decisions should reduce international rates but will have less impact on lucrative cellular services, which have ecl [...] |
2005-12-28 08:18:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINV ETRD ECIN RP APEC |
| 05SANTIAGO1057 |
CHILE SUPPORTS US APEC INITIATIVES ON NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) EconOff met yesterday with German King, Director, and Graciela Fernandez, Deputy Director, of the APEC Department of the Directorate of International Economic Relations (DIRECON) to discuss the GOC position on the APEC Radioactive Sources Initiative. King reiterated Chile's support for [...] |
2005-05-13 16:31:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ETTC KSTC ETRD ECIN PARM CI APEC IAEA |
| 05SANTIAGO2168 |
CHILE'S PARTICIPANTS IN APEC EXPORT CONTROLS [...] Post is pleased to report that the Government of Chile will send three officials to the conference for "Effective Elements of Export Controls for APEC Economies" to be held in Hawaii the first week of November. Post understands that Washington will cover all costs associated with attending th [...] |
2005-10-21 18:59:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PARM PREL KSTC EAID ECIN ETRD CI APEC |
| 05TAIPEI4190 |
TAIWAN'S APEC DIPLOMACY: ROUND TWO [...] (C) Summary. For the second time in as many months, Taiwan launched an APEC initiative that met quick refusal in Beijing. First, it was President Chen Shui-bian's July 22 announcement that he intended to personally represent Taiwan at the November APEC leaders' meeting in Pusan, which Beijin [...] |
2005-10-14 11:21:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON TW APEC |
| 05WELLINGTON637 |
New Zealand on U.S. APEC Radioactive Sources [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-22 01:24:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM ETTC KSTC EAID ETRD ECIN APEC IAEA |
| 06HANOI1398 |
THE AMBASSADOR AND VFM LE VAN BANG DISCUSS HUMAN [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST: PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 5. 2. (SBU) Summary: Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang made a push for a meeting with Secretary Rice for Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan in Washington on June 19, reviewed noncommittally our proposals for possible substance for the Preside [...] |
2006-06-07 07:38:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD APEC PHUM AMGT OVIP CVIS CASC |
| 06HANOI249 |
EAP A/S Hill's Meeting with Vietnamese FM Nguyen [...] (SBU) Summary: During his meeting January 13 with Foreign Minister Nguyen Dzy Nien, EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill underlined the need for the United States and Vietnam to systematize their bilateral discussions on issues of mutual interest, such as Burma and Cambodia; expressed [...] |
2006-02-06 09:47:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV APEC ETRD PHUM CB CH BM KN VM |
| 06HANOI421 |
TAIWANESE ASK FOR HELP WITH DISCRIMINATION IN APEC [...] (C) Summary: In a February 22 meeting, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office Hanoi (TECOH) representatives expressed concern over inequitable treatment they claim they are experiencing in both the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and the World Health Organization (WHO), a result, they sa [...] |
2006-02-22 10:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | APEC ECON IO PREL TW VM |
| 06HANOI601 |
A/DCM'S MEETING WITH MOFA VFM PHUNG ON WTO AND APEC [...] (SBU) Summary: Acting DCM Greg Stanford, accompanied by ECON/C and Econoff, met March 14 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Vice Foreign Minister Le Cong Phung at his request to discuss WTO negotiations. Phung said senior Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials heard informally during a re [...] |
2006-03-15 11:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON APEC ETRD WTRO VM |
| 06HANOI670 |
AMBASSADOR AND VFM LE VAN BANG DISCUSS WTO, HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador focused on Vietnam's WTO entry, practical developments in our human rights discussions, possible Congressional visits and developments in the bilateral relationship over the next six months during a March 21 lunch with Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang. VFM Bang [...] |
2006-03-22 23:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD APEC PHUM AMGT OVIP CVIS CASC VM |
| 06HANOI683 |
VIETNAM FOREIGN POLICY EXPERTS ON CHINA, THE UNITED [...] (SBU) Summary: During a frank discussion with visiting Deputy NIO Terrence Markin and Poloff, senior officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Institute for International Relations (IIR) encouraged the United States to stay closely engaged in Southeast Asia, but avoid making Southeast Asia [...] |
2006-03-24 08:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL APEC ASEAN CH VM |
| 06JAKARTA5242 |
INDONESIA POSITION ON FRENCH "SOLIDARITY TAX" [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) does not support the French proposal for an internationally- endorsed "solidarity tax" on air travel for development funding (Reftel), nor does the GOI levy airline ticket taxes for any other non-aviation purpose, according an official at the M [...] |
2006-04-27 00:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EAIR AFIN APEC ID |
| 06MANILA3412 |
PHILIPPINE BROADBAND: NARROWING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE [...] Private companies are partnering with Philippine's network of 5,443 public secondary schools to install computer laboratories by 2010. Over 800 schools have been connected to date, and 200 more will enjoy the benefits of these labs by December, 2006. A USAID program has contributed hardware [...] |
2006-08-15 08:18:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT EAID SOCI APEC RP |
| 06MANILA4616 |
PRESIDENT ARROYO ON REGIONAL STRATEGIC ISSUES [...] (C) President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo expressed satisfaction to Ambassador during a private dinner on November 6 that the ASEAN-China Commemorative Summit in Nanning had led to a strong consensus about North Korea, She said that she had insisted to fellow ASEAN members that North Korea was [...] |
2006-11-07 07:35:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL APEC ASEAN KN BM RP |
| 06SANTIAGO1075 |
CHILE: AWARE OF MANPADS SEMINAR, WELCOMES FUNDING [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Luis Plaza, Special Policies Directorate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on May 18, noting the registration deadline of May 22. Plaza said the GOC had received the invitation to the APEC Man-Portable Air Defense System (MANPADS) Vulnerability Seminar " [...] |
2006-05-19 20:20:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ECON APEC CI |
| 06SANTIAGO289 |
Mitigating threat to APEC food supply-Chilean response [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-09 10:24:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO PTER CH AS CA CI VM EAGR APEC AGRICULTURE |
| 06TAIPEI3738 |
Taiwan APEC Envoy is TSMC Chairman Morris Chang [...] On October 30, President Chen Shui-bian appointed Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TSMC) Chairman Morris Chang as his envoy to attend the upcoming APEC Leaders Meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam, November 18-19. 2. Chang, 75, is the founder of TSMC, the world's first and largest sil [...] |
2006-11-02 07:35:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON APEC TW |
| 06TOKYO1566 |
MOFA UPDATE ON EAST ASIA SUMMIT DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Summary: In comments to the Embassy on March 22, our MOFA contact on regional integration averred that efforts to create an East Asian community would move ahead, even if progress is slow and unsteady. He informally suggested that the United States might want to take advantage of Russia [...] |
2006-03-24 08:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEAN APEC ETRD CH IN RS JA |
| 06TOKYO2655 |
S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER'S MAY 11 MEETING WITH ASIAN [...] (C) Summary: MOFA Asian Affairs DG Sasae told visiting S/P Director Stephen D. Krasner that: -- China is seeking to improve its relations with Japan; -- Japan's participation in Asian regional groupings can and will be consistent with U.S. and Japanese goals for APEC; -- Sasae per [...] |
2006-05-15 07:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL APEC ARF CH KS IN JA |
| 06TOKYO2664 |
U.S.-JAPAN-ROK POLICY PLANNING TRILATERAL, SESSION [...] (C) Summary: In Session 2 of the U.S.-Japan-ROK trilateral policy planning talks on May 12, S/P Director Stephen D. Krasner, Japanese Deputy Vice-Minister for Foreign Policy Masaharu Kohno and Korean Deputy Minister for Policy Planning and International Organizations Park In-Kook outlined t [...] |
2006-05-15 09:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL APEC ARF MARR CH KS JA |
| 06TOKYO3105 |
METI'S KITAMURA PROMOTES ASIA FTA AS DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: METI Minister Nikai's proposal for an Asian FTA was an alternative to an "aggressive" Chinese push for an ASEAN 3 FTA, METI Trade policy DG Toshiaki Kitamura told visiting EAP/PDAS Kathleen Stephens on May 29. The Chinese plan, which will be recommended by an ASEAN 3 expert [...] |
2006-06-06 08:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD ASEAN APEC CH KS AS IN NZ JA |
| 06TOKYO5410 |
THE AMBASSADOR'S SEPTEMBER 19 LUNCH WITH VICE [...] (C) Summary: During a September 19 lunch, the Ambassador and Vice Foreign Minister Yachi stated that Shinzo Abe is likely to establish a council similar to the U.S. National Security Council and will seek to reinterpret collective self-defense to better assist the United States in missile def [...] |
2006-09-20 10:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR UNSC PGOV APEC EAGR IR JA |
| 06TOKYO5423 |
THE AMBASSADOR'S SEPTEMBER 19 LUNCH WITH VICE [...] (S) Summary: During a September 19 lunch, the Ambassador and Vice Foreign Minister Yachi stated that Shinzo Abe is likely to establish a council similar to the U.S. National Security Council and will seek to reinterpret collective self-defense to better assist the United States in missile def [...] |
2006-09-21 02:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL MARR UNSC PGOV APEC EAGR IR JA |
| 06TOKYO5943 |
MOFA PUSHES FOR ASIA-PACIFIC STATISTICAL NETWORK [...] (U) Please see last paragraph for possible action. 2. (SBU) Summary and Introduction: On October 6, MOFA called in selected embassies to promote GOJ's concept of an Asia-Pacific Economic Research Mechanism (APERM) and to encourage high level attendance at a kick off conference in Kyoto, [...] |
2006-10-12 22:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD SENV EFIN APEC JA |
| 06TOKYO7143 |
UPDATE ON MOFA'S ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIC DATA [...] (SBU) Summary: MOFA continues to plug away at its regional economic data collection and analysis proposal (aka EiSMAP, the Economic Information Sharing Mechanism of the Asia-Pacific), having secured a USD six figure budget line item for the project in the draft GOJ FY-2007 budget. MOFA hopes [...] |
2006-12-27 07:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | APEC OECD JA |
| 07BEIJING1886 |
CO-SPONSORHIP OF ARF INTERSESSIONAL SIGNALS [...] (C) China's agreement to co-sponsor with the United States an ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Intersessional Meeting (ISM) on Nonproliferation exemplifies China's desire to increase its emphasis on security cooperation through ARF, rather than APEC, MFA Asia Department Regional Security Division D [...] |
2007-03-20 10:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP ARF APEC CH |
| 07BEIJING7363 |
U.S.-CHINA POLICY PLANNING TALKS: REGIONAL [...] (C) During the U.S.-China Policy Planning dialogue in Beijing in November, both sides agreed that the Six-Party Talks and APEC represent important parts of the existing East Asian regional architecture, and China and the United States have common interests in those institutions. The post-Six- [...] |
2007-12-05 11:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EAID APEC SENV KN JP RU TW CH |
| 07BEIJING7364 |
U.S.-CHINA POLICY PLANNING TALKS: AFRICA, ENERGY [...] (C) During the U.S.-China Policy Planning dialogue in Beijing in November, MFA Director General for Policy Planning Ma Zhaoxu said the United States and China have common concerns on African development issues. He expressed hope for the region and noted the importance of China as a model and [...] |
2007-12-05 12:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG ETRD EAID APEC SENV CH XA |
| 07JAKARTA2217 |
INDONESIA SEESS ASSISTANCE WITH FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Finane (MOF) Sri Mulyani Indrawati and other MOF offiiials greatly appreciate current technical assistn*ce from the U.S. and welcomed more during a visitbby Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia Robert Dohner. Mulyani expressed concern about rei(onal financia [...] |
2007-08-14 09:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN IQNV ECON APEC PGOV ID |
| 07JAKARTA2297 |
APEC ASEAN-7 LUNCHEON INVITATION PASSED TO [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-22 09:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL APEC ID |
| 07MANILA2596 |
THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH AUSTRALIAN FM [...] (C) SUMMARY. U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte and Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer discussed U.S. involvement in Iraq and Secretary Rice's attendance at the upcoming Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministerial Meetings in Sydney during an August 1 meeting o [...] |
2007-08-02 04:03:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEAN ETRD PREL EXBS AU IZ APEC |
| 07MANILA3605 |
DCM visit to Davao spotlights youth, business and [...] (U) Summary: During an October 24-25 visit to Mindanao's largest city, the Deputy Chief of Mission joined local government leaders and U.S. businesses to inaugurate the ninth annual Davao Trade Expo, featuring the largest number of U.S. companies ever to participate. The DCM also spoke to a [...] |
2007-11-07 05:46:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL APEC CASC BTIO BEXP EAIR ECON RP |
| 07MOSCOW2438 |
APEC: INVITATION TO APEC FOOD DEFENSE WORKSHOP [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-24 14:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER TBIO EAGR APEC RS |
| 07SINGAPORE206 |
AMBASSADOR MICHALAK HIGHLIGHTS USG APEC AND ASEAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Senior U.S. Official to APEC Ambassador Michael Michalak told Singapore officials that APEC members needed to fulfill certain action items this year in order to keep the momentum going for a Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (FTAAP). He also sought their opinions on how to [...] |
2007-01-30 08:59:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | APEC ETRD ECON EINV USTR TBIO KFLU SN |
| 07VATICAN147 |
HOLY SEE REVIEWS CLIMATE CHANGE WITH APEC DIPLOMATS [...] Summary. At an October 8 diplomatic gathering, Charge drew on recent high-level USG statements to provide Holy See and other representatives with a broad view of USG activities addressing climate change and the environment. Holy See deputy FM Parolin confirmed in detail the Holy See's increas [...] |
2007-10-10 16:11:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV APEC VT |
| 08BANGKOK3210 |
THAILAND: APEC FOOD DEFENSE PILOT PROJECT [...] (SBU) Embassy Bangkok believes that Thailand is a strong candidate to host an APEC Food Defense pilot project in 2009, per criteria provided in ref C. Our Economic Section and the Foreign Agricultural Service reviewed Thailand's suitability for the project and also discussed the pilot project [...] |
2008-10-24 11:31:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO PTER EAGR APEC |
| 08BEIJING353 |
DISCUSSIONS WITH MFA ON CURRENT U.S. ACTIVITY IN [...] (U) This cable contains an action request (see para 8). 2. (C) Summary: Poloffs delivered ref A points and documents on the Singaporean draft Review of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) paper and the U.S. draft Counterterrorism and Transnational Crime Workplan to MFA Asia Department Regional [...] |
2008-01-31 09:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ARF APEC CH PTER |
| 08BEIJING4328 |
PRC TAIWAN WATCHERS PRAISE ARATS-SEF MEETINGS, [...] (C) Beijing's Taiwan watchers called Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) Chairman Chen Yunlin's November 3-7 meetings in Taipei "historic," and not just for superficial reasons. They highlighted Beijing's significant steps, including implementing economic measures advan [...] |
2008-11-25 11:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV APEC CH TW |
| 08BEIJING900 |
CHINESE VIEWS OF ASIAN AND ASIA-PACIFIC REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: China believes multilateral arrangements in the Asia-Pacific region foster trust and stabilize relations, creating the peaceful diplomatic and security environment China considers necessary to speed its domestic development. China now finds useful an ASEAN-led regional architectur [...] |
2008-03-12 03:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEAN ARF APEC CH |
| 08BOGOTA4178 |
COLOMBIA TO SIGN TRADE/INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Colombia plans to sign its Free Trade Agreement with Canada as well as a Bilateral Investment Treaty with China on the margins of the APEC Summit in Lima, Peru, November 22-23. Colombia will also use the occasion to formally accept an invitation from the P4 to begin accession [...] |
2008-11-19 20:24:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ECIN PREL APEC CO |
| 08JAKARTA182 |
APEC-ASEAN COOPERATION, CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY - [...] (SBU) Summmary. Ambassador Haslach met with business and government leaders January 21-23 in Jakarta. American business leaders noted that U.S. companies have a comparative advantage in the region on corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs. ASEAN and APEC are seeking ways to work more [...] |
2008-01-29 10:19:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | APEC ECON ETRD EINV EFIN ID |
| 08JAKARTA2051 |
US-ASEAN 7: SUPPORTING A MEETING AT APEC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission recommends a presidential meeting with the seven ASEAN leaders present on the margins of the November 22-23 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Lima. Indonesian officials and the ASEAN Secretariat propose using such a meeting to discuss the global financi [...] |
2008-11-06 03:52:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ID PREL XC APEC |
| 08KUALALUMPUR402 |
MALAYSIA AND APEC IN 2008 [...] In advance of the second APEC Senior Officials Meeting (SOM II), econoff called on Malaysia's Senior Official to APEC, Abdul Ghafar Musa, on May 16 to discuss U.S. and Malaysian goals for APEC this year (ref A). Ghafar, Senior Director of the APEC Division in the Ministry of International Tra [...] |
2008-05-16 09:31:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD APEC ECON ECIN MY |
| 08OTTAWA459 |
ASIA PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION (APEC): EMBASSY [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-04 16:16:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG ETRD APEC PGOV CA |
| 08SINGAPORE115 |
APEC - GOS REVIEWS 2009 GOALS WITH SENIOR OFFICIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore's main focus when it takes over the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) chair in 2009 from the current chair, Peru, will be regional economic integration and laying the groundwork for an eventual Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (FTAAP), Ministry of Trade and [...] |
2008-01-30 04:04:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV APEC SN |
| 08SINGAPORE1191 |
PRESIDENT'S ASEAN 7 MEETING A "LEADING INDICATOR" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Singapore MFA's outgoing Deputy Director for ASEAN Wong Chow Ming highlighted for us November 4 the importance of senior U.S. engagement with ASEAN. U.S. regard for ASEAN confers prestige that helps the organization maintain a central role in the region's institutional architect [...] |
2008-11-07 10:12:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | BM ETRD IN PREL SN ASEAN CH APEC PE |
| 08SINGAPORE961 |
SINGAPORE ENCOURAGES U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN P4, HOPES FOR P8 [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore MTI Minister Lim Hng Kiang told Deputy USTR Veroneau, joined by the Ambassador, that a window had opened to broaden the multilateral "P4" trade agreement to other countries, and that U.S. participation would energize the process. Lim stressed the high value that Sing [...] |
2008-09-08 09:50:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON APEC SN |
| 08STATE54231 |
US-CHINA DISCUSSIONS ON COOPERATION IN ASIAN REGIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 1 in Washington, China MFA Asia Department Deputy Director-General (DDG) Yang Yanyi participated in broad-ranging discussions with U.S. officials on U.S.-China cooperation in Asian regional organizations. China sees the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) as useful, particularly i [...] |
2008-05-21 15:31:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CH ASEAN ARF APEC XB |
| 08TOKYO2951 |
AUSTR CUTLER DISCUSSES BILATERAL TRADE AND [...] (C) Summary: While agreeing on the importance of APEC and on the Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific approach as a long-term vision for achieving trade and investment liberalization through the Asia-Pacific region, Foreign and Trade Ministry interlocutors expressed differing versions to visi [...] |
2008-10-22 08:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAGR ECON APEC JP |
| 08WELLINGTON336 |
EFFECT OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS ON NEW ZEALAND'S [...] (U) Summary: New Zealand is not totally immune to the global credit crisis with the first visible signs being manifested in the NZ$260 million loss (4.9 percent) in value of the country's Superannuation Fund due in large part to its fifty percent exposure to international equities market. The [...] |
2008-10-14 21:10:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN APEC PGOV PREL NZ |
| 08WELLINGTON357 |
NEW ZEALAND'S RESERVE BANK SLASHES KEY INTEREST RATE [...] (U) Summary: New Zealand's Reserve Bank announced on October 23 a cut in the benchmark interest rate by a record 1 percentage point to 6.5 percent in order to help stimulate the economy and ward off fears of a global economic downturn. Some economists predict the rate could drop as low as 4.5 [...] |
2008-10-24 02:14:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN APEC PGOV PREL NZ |
| 08WELLINGTON379 |
NEW ZEALAND - 2009 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE [...] (U) Following is Post's submission for the 2009 National Trade Estimate Report (NTE) regarding New Zealand per request reftel. We understand that Washington agencies will provide updated trade and investment data. 2. Begin text of NTE submission: IMPORT POLICIES Tariff rates in New Z [...] |
2008-11-07 05:03:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN APEC PGOV PREL NZ |
| 08WELLINGTON404 |
NEW ZEALAND SLASHES KEY INTEREST RATE [...] (U) Summary: On December 4, New Zealand's Reserve Bank (RBNZ) lowered the official interest rate from 6.5 percent to 5 percent, paralleling a move by Australia earlier in the week. The 1.5 percent reduction brings the rate to its lowest level for the past five years marking a 3.25 percent cum [...] |
2008-12-04 04:02:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN APEC PGOV PREL NZ |
| 09AITTAIPEI727 |
Global Action on Food Security: Securing [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 15, AIT economic and agricultural officers shared reftel information with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Department of Economic and Trade Affairs Director General Weber Shih and Council of Agriculture (COA) International Affairs Department (IAD) Director General Susan [...] |
2009-06-18 03:45:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON PREL APEC TW |
| 09BEIJING2870 |
PRC: A/S CAMPBELL'S MEETING WITH VFM HE YAFEI [...] (S) Summary: China appreciates that President Obama plans to spend three days in China and hopes the visit will produce concrete results, China's Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei told EAP A/S Campbell October 13. China also hopes for a joint statement that will send a positive message that the [...] |
2009-10-14 11:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR KNNP MNUC SENV APEC KN KS CH |
| 09BEIJING3090 |
U/S HORMATS MEETS VICE FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Executive Vice Foreign Minister Wang Guangya told Under Secretary Hormats during their November 9 meeting that the United States and China could make climate change a "highlight" of the bilateral relationship, beginning with the President's visit to Beijing early next week. He [...] |
2009-11-12 08:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV OVIP ETRD ECON PREL APEC CH |
| 09BRUSSELS121 |
BELGIUM: THAI AMBASSADOR INFORMS CHARG OF APEC [...] The Thai Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and the European Communities, Mr. Pisan Manawapat, informed the Charg on January 28 of his application that day for the position of Executive Director of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Secretariat in Singapore, a position that starts in [...] |
2009-01-28 15:17:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | APEC TH |
| 09SINGAPORE1138 |
PRESIDENT HU - SINGAPORE VISIT [...] (C) Summary: During the State Visit to Singapore by Chinese President Hu Jintao, China and Singapore reached four agreements: the "loan" of two pandas, a tie-up between Singapore University of Technology and Design and Zhejiang University, the formalization of civil leadership exchanges, and t [...] |
2009-12-01 08:49:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV APEC CN SN |
| 09TAIPEI1184 |
TAIPEI REPLY ON INFORMATION REQUEST TO SUPPORT APEC FOOD [...] (SBU) Summary: Taiwan has few domestic food-security concerns, but relies on imported food for 65 percent of its people's diet. Taiwan's main food-security concern is that, without access to most international organizations that address food security, Taiwan can neither access the latest infor [...] |
2009-09-30 10:22:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAID ETRD KGHG PGOV APEC TW |
| 09TAIPEI854 |
TAIWAN DISASTER REDUCTION CENTER EXPECTS MORE [...] (SBU) This message contains an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Taiwan's National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction (NCDR) expects to broaden an already solid base of international cooperation in the future, including with its counterpart agency i [...] |
2009-07-15 23:59:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ECON ETRD SENV TPHY TSPL APEC TW XE |
| 09TOKYO2890 |
AUSTR CUTLER RAISES BILATERAL TRADE IRRITANTS AND [...] (C) Summary: Government of Japan (GOJ) officials -- politicians and bureaucrats alike -- told AUSTR Wendy Cutler during her December 10 visit to Tokyo they are frustrated by the challenges with the new government's political transition, most notably inconsistencies in the decision making pro [...] |
2009-12-17 06:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAGR EINV APEC PREL JA |
| 09TOKYO2901 |
APEC SOM TONG'S BILATERAL ECONOMIC MEETINGS WITH MOFA AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. APEC Senior Official Kurt Tong met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) officials to discuss U.S.-Japan bilateral economic dialogue ideas, Japan Post, whaling, the future of the investment dialogue and beef on December 8 [...] |
2009-12-18 08:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EAGR APEC JA |
| 09WELLINGTON134 |
NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST: ENERGY [...] (U) In response to reftel action request, Post would like to mention the Energy Development in Island Nations (EDIN) project. Launched in August 2008, EDIN is a partnership between Iceland, New Zealand and the United States to further the use of energy efficient and renewable energy technolog [...] |
2009-06-09 05:18:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ECON ENRG APEC NZ |
| 10BANGKOK113 |
THAILAND: AMBASSADOR ENGAGES NEW MFA PERMANENT [...] (C) Summary. During a January 12 meeting with the new MFA Permanent Secretary Theerakun Niyom, the Ambassador and Theerakun explored opportunities for U.S. engagement in Thailand and the region, agreeing that additional U.S. involvement would be valuable for both nations. The Ambassador prev [...] |
2010-01-14 09:42:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM APEC SMIG TH LA |
| 10JAKARTA59 |
INDONESIAN REACTION TO THE SECRETARY'S SPEECH ON [...] (SBU) As requested reftels, poloff delivered points on Asia-Pacific multilateralism and Secretary Clinton's January 12 speech at a January 15 meeting with Arto Suryodipuro, Deputy Director for APEC of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) Directorate of Intra-Regional Cooperation in Asia [...] |
2010-01-15 08:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECIN ASEAN APEC ARF ID |
| 10TOKYO338 |
AMBASSADOR MARANTIS SEEKS GREATER TRADE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Demetrios Marantis called on senior Government of Japan (GOJ) political and career-level counterparts to work closely and quickly with the USG to prevent protracted trade irritants related to beef, autos, and Japan Post privatization from becom [...] |
2010-02-22 06:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR EINV APEC PREL JA |
| 10TOKYO393 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR U.S. DELEGATION TO ATTEND [...] (U) Embassy Tokyo grants country clearance for the U.S. Delegation to attend the APEC SOM 1, and Related Meetings in Hiroshima, from February 21 to March 7, 2010. The following individuals will take part in the meetings on behalf of the United States. SOM I Meetings February 21 to February 2 [...] |
2010-02-26 07:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON APEC OTRA JA |
| 95TOKYO3257 |
BRUNEI FOREIGN MINISTER MOHAMED BOLKIAH'S [...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: BRUNEI FOREIGN MINISTER MOHAMED BOLKIAH VISITED JAPAN MARCH 7 - 9 IN AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY AND VACATIONED IN TOKYO THROUGH THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND. HE MET WITH THE EMPEROR, CROWN PRINCE, AND GOJ FOREIGN MINISTER KONO. WITH THE LATTER HE DISCUSSED T [...] |
1995-03-20 02:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEAN APEC NPT UNSC BX JA |
| 99BANDARSERIBEGAWAN381 |
BRUNEI RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR BIOGRAPHIC [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE D'AFFAIRES GEORGIA T. WRIGHT. REASONS 1.5 (C). 2. (C) THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION RESPONDS TO A DEPARTMENT REQUEST FOR BRIEFING MATERIAL IN PREPARATION FOR UPCOMING APEC MEETINGS (REFTEL A). 3. (U) OBJECTIVES OF BRUNEI'S LEADERS AND KEY FOCUS. AS REPORTED IN RE [...] |
1999-07-08 08:50:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR APEC BX |