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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
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| 02ANKARA7757 |
DEMARCHE ON TIED AID BANS: INITIAL TURKISH RESPONSE [...] (SBU) On November 1, we shared the U.S. proposal to consolidate and update existing bans on tied aid to CEE and FSU countries with Turkish Treasury Director General for Foreign External Relations Ersen Ekren. Ekren's office generally provides instructions to Turkey's OECD Mission. 2. ( [...] |
2002-11-01 13:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD EAID TU OECD EXIM |
| 03ANKARA2870 |
ANTI-CORRUPTION CONFERENCE IN KOREA: TURKEY [...] (U) Sun Kim, Second Secretary at the Korean Embassy in Ankara, said his Embassy recently sent its formal invitation to the GOT for the 3rd Global Forum on Fighting Corruption, to be held in Seoul May 29-31. He said the Korean Embassy did not receive instructions from Seoul to jointly approach [...] |
2003-05-02 14:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PGOV BR AR SI CI BU OECD |
| 03ANKARA310 |
TURKISH RESPONSE TO A/S WAYNE LETTER ON OECD; [...] (U) Embassy received an electronic copy of the Turkish response to A/S Anthony Wayne's letter on OECD reform and the Anti-Bribery Convention (reftel). The letter dated January 13 is to be sent by Ambassador Alev Kilic, Deputy Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs. In addition to presenting Turk [...] |
2003-01-14 05:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KCRM TU OECD |
| 03ANKARA373 |
USG SUPPORTS MANDIL FOR IEA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: [...] No summary [...] |
2003-01-15 14:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET AORC TU IEA OECD |
| 03ROME1809 |
ITALY: UPDATE ON OECD ANTI-BRIBERY CONVENTION [...] (U) THE FOLLOWING IS POST'S SUBMISSION FOR THE 2003 REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE OECD ANTI-BRIBERY CONVENTION. -------------- A. ENFORCEMENT -------------- 2. (SBU) TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL (TI) TOLD CONSULATE MILAN THAT ITALIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ARE INVESTIGATING IT [...] |
2003-04-30 07:20:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PGOV IT OECD |
| 04MADRID3900 |
SPAIN TO CONTRIBUTE ONE MILLION EUROS TO POLIO [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-06 08:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO XG XT SP WHO OECD |
| 04MADRID859 |
SPAIN ON OECD DECISION-MAKING REFORM PROPOSAL [...] We raised the USG reform proposal on decision-making with the MFA's Director General for International Economic Relations German Bejarano. He described Spain as strongly in favor of a reform on decision-making in the OECD. Bejarano criticized the lack of leadership evinced by the Secretary [...] |
2004-03-12 17:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD SP OECD |
| 04THEHAGUE606 |
OECD: DUTCH RESPONSE TO USG REFORM PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...] |
2004-03-12 10:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON NL OECD |
| 04WELLINGTON862 |
NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE ON POLIO ERADICATION REQUEST [...] Post delivered reftel demarche to the America's Division of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade; Dr. Douglas Lush, Acting Director of the Communicable Diseases Unit in the Ministry of Health; and to Vicki Poole, Global Group Program Manager at the NZ Agency for International [...] |
2004-10-14 00:05:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO NZ OECD |
| 05ANKARA2260 |
TURKISH VIEWS ON OECD ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey has not yet determined its position on the U.S. task force proposal or on the Differentiated Engagement Strategy (DES) at the OECD. The MFA Department Head responsible for OECD issues, however, outlined Turkey's general approach to these issues in a way that suggests sig [...] |
2005-04-21 14:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD PREL TU RS OECD |
| 05BRASILIA285 |
BRAZIL AND THE OECD: CO-HABITATING FOR NOW, BUT [...] (U) THIS CABLE WAS COORDINATED WITH AMCONSULATES RECIFE, RIO DE JANEIRO, AND SAO PAULO. 2. (U) SUMMARY. WHILE PRESIDENT LULA AND FOREIGN MINISTER AMORIM SUPPORT THE IDEA OF EVENTUAL BRAZILIAN ACCESSION TO THE OECD, ENTRY INTO THAT ORGANIZATION IN THE SHORT-TERM IS NOT CURRENTLY ONE OF THE G [...] |
2005-01-31 18:39:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV BR OECD |
| 05DUBLIN455 |
IRELAND SHARES U.S. VIEWS ON RUSSIA AND OECD [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-15 16:16:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT EFIN ECON ETRD OECD NATO |
| 05DUBLIN847 |
IRISH RESPONSE TO OECD GOVERNANCE REFORM DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-08 14:21:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD AMGT OECD |
| 05ISTANBUL1729 |
Steering Group for Middle East and North Africa [...] (SBU) Summary: The steering group of the MENA OECD program met on October 3-4 in Istanbul. Key developments included advancing work on a ministerial declaration, discussing individual national reform agendas that would be presented at the ministerial, reviewing funding needs for the program [...] |
2005-10-05 14:03:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV TU OECD |
| 05MADRID1645 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID M. LUNA AND [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Joe Gangloff, Senior Counsel, US Department of Justice (DOJ), and David Luna, State/INL, to travel to Madrid, April 26-29, to participate at the Steering Committee Meeting for the OECD-UNDP Middle East and North Africa (MENA) "Good Governance f [...] |
2005-04-27 14:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV KCRM SP OECD |
| 05MADRID1688 |
SPAIN SUPPORTS EVENTUAL RUSSIAN OECD MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) Econoff discussed reftel points with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Subdirector General for Multilateral Economic Relations Pablo Montesino-Espartero on April 27. SubDG Montesino discussed Spain's position with Spanish Ambassador to the OECD Fernando Ballestero Diaz prior to the discussion w [...] |
2005-04-29 15:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT EFIN ECON ETRD RS SP OECD NATO |
| 05MADRID2587 |
SPAIN: OECD GOVERNANCE REFORM DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-08 14:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD AMGT SP OECD |
| 05MANAMA1385 |
OECD-MENA INVESTMENT PROGRAM: BAHRAIN MEETING OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Working Groups 1 (Open and Transparent Investment Policies - WG 1) and 2 (Investment Promotion Agencies and Business Associations as Drivers of Reform - WG 2) of the OECD-MENA Investment initiative met in Bahrain September 12-14 to review and approve their contributions to a sto [...] |
2005-09-26 08:41:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD BA OECD |
| 05OTTAWA2070 |
OTTAWA: OECD DEMARCHE ON WORKING PARTY FOR [...] Amembassy Ottawa Econ section made the demarche requested in reftel to Wendy Clark of Foreign Affairs Canada's Economic Policy division on July 5, 2005, following up on previous telephone conversations with Ms. Clark about the Working Party for Governance Reform. Ms. Clark provided the follo [...] |
2005-07-08 18:09:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD AMGT OECD |
| 05PARIS1747 |
OECD: Participants Begin Formal Review of the [...] On 22-23 February 2005, the OECD Participants to the Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits and officials from Brazil met to start a formal review of the terms and conditions for officially supported export credits for civil aircraft. These terms and conditions are set out in the [...] |
2005-03-16 10:38:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETRD EAIR EAID BR OECD |
| 05PARIS2623 |
OECD REFORM: A/S WAYNE MEETS WITH FRENCH OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) A/S Wayne briefed GOF officials on USG ideas for OECD reform. The GOF agrees with USG ideas about the OECD's mandate, but our contacts cited questions about the role of "Full Observers" and how the members of other groups, like the Bureau of the Council would be chosen. Nevertheless, [...] |
2005-04-18 13:49:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON FR OECD |
| 05PARIS3296 |
OECD: APRIL EXPORT CREDITS MEETINGS FURTHER [...] SUMMARY: The Participants to the Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits and the Export Credit Group (ECG) of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) met April 18-22, 2005 at OECD headquarters in Paris. Informal and formal aircraft meetings with Brazil made [...] |
2005-05-16 07:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETRD SENV BR OECD |
| 05PARIS3416 |
OECD REPORTING: ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY COMMITTEE AND [...] The OECD Environment Policy Committee (EPOC) held its meeting on April 13th and 15th, 2005. In addition, EPOC held a High Level Special Session on the Costs of Inaction on April 14, 2005. Judith E. Ayres, EPA Assistant Administrator for International Affairs, led the delegation. The major ac [...] |
2005-05-19 08:44:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD KSCA FR OECD |
| 05PARIS4111 |
OECD REPORTING: WORKING PARTY ON ENVIRONMENTAL [...] OECD's Environmental Performance Review (EPR) of the U.S., the first such assessment in nearly a decade, was the centerpiece of May 17-19 meetings convened by OECD's Working Party on Environmental Performance (WPEP). The U.S. EPR peer review session, involving OECD staff and delegates from 24 [...] |
2005-06-13 07:31:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD KSCA FR OECD CZ |
| 05PARIS5077 |
OECD/NEA: REPORTING CABLE: FIRST MEETING OF [...] The meeting was opened by C. Nordborg, head of NEA Nuclear Science Section, who welcomed the participants and indicated that the Expert Group had been established as a follow-up activity to the former Nuclear Science Committee (NSC) activity on "R&D Needs in Nuclear Science". He also informed [...] |
2005-07-22 09:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP TRGY KSCA OECD UNVIE |
| 05PARIS5154 |
OECD REPORTING: ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY COMMITTEE [...] An ad hoc group of delegates of the OECD Environment Policy Committee (EPOC) met on June 29-30, 2005 to consider the components of a strategic vision for the environment. The purpose of the strategic vision is to increase support for the EPOC's work, to provide longer-term (5-10 years) strat [...] |
2005-07-26 13:04:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD KSCA FR OECD |
| 05PARIS5176 |
OECD REPORT: WORKING GROUP ON BRIBERY, HELD ON [...] On the June 14-16 meeting of the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB), the Tour de Table of recent enforcement developments (see Paras. 18-26) reconfirmed that the U.S. remains far and away the most aggressive enforcer of the foreign bribery offense. France was particularly disappointing, sho [...] |
2005-07-27 09:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR ECON ETRD EINV PREL UK OECD |
| 05PARIS7355 |
OECD/EXPORT CREDIT: STRENGTHENED ANTI-BRIBERY [...] (SBU) Summary: Members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) working group on export credits and credit guarantees (ECG) met October 10 and 11 in Paris to consider proposals to enhance the November 2000 Action Statement on Bribery and Officially Supported Export [...] |
2005-10-27 13:11:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ETRD EXIM OECD |
| 05PARIS8034 |
OECD REPORTING: ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY COMMITTEE [...] As a member of the Task Force that drafted the new EPOC Strategic Vision, the U.S. is a strong proponent of the Vision and successfully negotiated further refinements. The purpose of the Vision is to guide environmental work of the Committee over the next 5-10 years; to promote the implementat [...] |
2005-11-28 08:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD KSCA FR OECD |
| 05PRAGUE548 |
CZECH REPUBLIC SEES TIME AS NOT RIPE FOR RUSSIAN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-15 16:40:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL RS EZ OECD |
| 05ROME2011 |
ITALY MAY ESCALATE OECD BRIBERY WORKING GROUP [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paras. 1 and 6 below. SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUESTED ---------------------------- 2. (C) Italy continues to press to delay the election of the Chairman of the OECD "Working Group Against Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Busin [...] |
2005-06-13 18:03:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IT OECD |
| 05ROME3257 |
ITALY AND THE OECD BRIBERY WORKING GROUP [...] (U) Massimo Leggeri, MFA Deputy-Director General for Multilateral Economic Affairs, called Econcounselor September 23 to ask that she convey to Washington and USOECD, Italy's continuing interest in the Vice-chair position of the OECD Working Group Against Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in [...] |
2005-09-29 14:22:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IT OECD |
| 05ROME3841 |
OECD SECRETARY GENERAL: ITALY'S RESPONSE [...] (U) In response to reftel demarche, MFA Deputy Director General for Economic Cooperation and Multilateral Finance Massimo Leggeri November 18 told A/ECMIN and Econoff that the Government of Italy (GOI) has not yet decided whether to support the Mexican or Polish candidate. Leggeri believes t [...] |
2005-11-21 17:48:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN IT OECD |
| 05ROME4125 |
OECD - EXPORT CREDITS; BRIBERY WORKING GROUP [...] (U) As instructed, EconOff delivered reftel demarche November 15 to Roberto Pecoraio, Director of the Legal Department for SACE, Italy's Export Credit Agency. Pecoraio said in general Italy supported the OECD Secretariat's proposed Action Statement on Measures to Deter Bribery (in granting e [...] |
2005-12-21 17:51:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN IT OECD EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 05VIENNA1161 |
A/S WAYNE'S LETTER ON OECD REFORM CONVEYED TO GOA [...] On April 8, we conveyed Assistant Secretary Wayne's letter and reftel non-paper to Ulrike Magloth, Director of International Economic Affairs in the Chancellery. Magloth said that her deputy, Robert Stoeger, and Hubert Heiss, Director General in the Chancellery's Coordination Directorate, wo [...] |
2005-04-08 12:06:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON AU OECD |
| 05VIENNA1359 |
GOA: OECD MEMBERSHIP FOR RUSSIA PREMATURE [...] (C) During an April 22 meeting with Econ Unit Chief, Ulrike Magloth, Director of International Economic Affairs in the Chancellery, stated the GoA agreed that it was premature to discuss Russian OECD membership. The GoA position, according to Magloth, tracked closely with USG views (reftel). [...] |
2005-04-25 10:02:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD AU OECD NATO |
| 05VIENNA2397 |
OECD DEMARCHE ON WORKING PARTY FOR GOVERNANCE [...] Post conveyed reftel talking points on June 29 to Ulrike Magloth, Director of International Economic Affairs in the Federal Chancellery. On July 14, Acting Econ-Pol Counselor met with Magloth to discuss the USG proposal. The GoA, according to Magloth, supported OECD reform that would make t [...] |
2005-07-15 14:52:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD AMGT AU OECD |
| 05VIENNA3614 |
DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: OECD SEC GEN SELECTION [...] (SBU) Charge presented reftel points on November 10 to Ulrike Magloth, the Director for International Economic Affairs in the Chancellery (Prime Minister's office). Magloth has responsibility for OECD affairs in the Austrian government. 2. (C) Magloth said Jose Angel Gurria had vi [...] |
2005-11-10 15:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EFIN AU OECD |
| 05WELLINGTON876 |
NEW ZEALAND'S POSITION ON OECD SEC GEN SELECTION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-09 23:11:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON EFIN NZ OECD |
| 06ABUDHABI1437 |
OECD PROGRAMS ON GOOD GOVERNANCE AND INVESTMENT IN [...] (U) Summary: On April 9, Ambassador met with Richard Hecklinger, Deputy Secretary General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), to discuss the MENA-OECD Initiative on Governance and Investment for Development. The initiative, which began in February 2005, is a r [...] |
2006-04-15 07:48:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OECD ECON EFIN AE |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1905 |
GOA FOREIGN MINISTRY KEEN ON EVENTUAL OECD [...] (C) The GoA participates actively in OECD affairs as an observer state and its Foreign Ministry is keen to have Argentina considered for eventual full membership status. Accepting that OECD accession is a long term play, the Foreign Ministry sees its still pending request for an OECD review of [...] |
2006-08-24 19:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON OECD AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2598 |
ARGENTINA PETROLEUM ROUNDTABLE: U.S. PLAYERS [...] (C) Representatives of U.S. upstream and downstream hydrocarbon players Apache, Chevron, Esso, Occidental and Pan-American briefed Ambassador on regulatory, tax and labor issues they face. Key concerns include (1) the immediate impact of an oilfield work stoppage that threatens to disrupt nat [...] |
2006-11-20 21:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON OECD AR |
| 06ISTANBUL2095 |
STABILITY VS. THE CANCER OF INFORMALITY [...] Summary: On November 6, at the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Global Forum on Investment, an OECD Country Roundtable examined Turkey's recent experience with strategies to enhance the investment environment and the dramatic improvement in foreign investment in Tu [...] |
2006-11-20 13:31:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV BEXP ECON ECIN OECD TU |
| 06MADRID3030 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USPTO: JESSIE ROBERTS [...] Embassy grants country clearance to USPTO officer, Jessie Roberts to travel to Alicante, Spain on December 10 to December 14. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Trademark Trilateral Meeting. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. Visitors are reminded that bea [...] |
2006-12-13 13:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD AORC ASEC KIPR OECD SP |
| 06MADRID3031 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF: J MORALES [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NSF Official, Dr. Juan Morales, Program officer in the Division of Environmental Biology to travel to Tenerife, Spain on January 7 to January 14. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 3rd Biennial Conference of the International Biogeography Society. [...] |
2006-12-13 13:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TPHY OECD EPA SP |
| 06MADRID3035 |
SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA: LES TOUART [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Les Touart, Biologist, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances to travel to Madrid, Spain on January 21 to January 28. The purpose of this visit is to represent and present status of US efforts in the Development and Validation of Endocrine. [...] |
2006-12-13 13:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA TPHY OECD EPA SP |
| 06OTTAWA3599 |
CANADIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REGARDING OECD [...] (U) On December 15, Economic Minister-Counselor delivered reftel demarche on the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) to Mark Moher, Senior Coordinator, International Crime and Terrorism, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT). Moher promised to share its contents with L [...] |
2006-12-15 19:34:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD OECD KCOR CA |
| 06OTTAWA3613 |
ADDITIONAL CANADIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REGARDING [...] (U) Embassy Ottawa has received an additional Canadian response to the OECD Working Group on Bribery demarche (ref A) that the Embassy Economic Minister-Counselor delivered to DFAIT official Mark Moher on December 15. The initial response was reported in ref B. 2. (SBU) Begin text. Respon [...] |
2006-12-19 19:47:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD OECD KCOR CA |
| 06PARIS2868 |
CHINA AND TAIWAN AT THE OECD: HARDBALL OVER SOFT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-02 16:28:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON SENV EU CH TW FR OECD |
| 06PARIS3208 |
OECD REPORTING: ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY [...] Chairman Mats Olsson opened the meeting, the agenda was approved, and noted that the Strategic Vision was approved and declassified on 1/30/2006. In his opening remarks Deputy Secretary-General Kiyo Akasaka noted that 2006 was the year for environment at OECD that included the successful launc [...] |
2006-05-15 14:01:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD KSCA FR OECD |
| 06PARIS346 |
OECD: AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE DISCUSSES SOUTH [...] SUMMARY: The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) hosted in Paris a Global Forum on 30 Nov - 1 Dec 2005, followed by two sessions of the Committee on Agriculture (CoAg). The Global Forum addressed the topic of Policy Coherence for Development in Agriculture. It was la [...] |
2006-01-19 10:45:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD OECD |
| 06PARIS347 |
OECD: UNITED STATES CRITICIZED, BUT HOLDS FIRM [...] SUMMARY: The 55th session of the Working Party on Agriculture and Trade (JWP) of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) concluded on November 7 after one full day of discussion at OECD headquarters in Paris. There actually was little contention among delegations fo [...] |
2006-01-19 10:49:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD OECD |
| 06PARIS348 |
OECD: AGRICULTURAL POLICIES AND MARKETS GROUP [...] SUMMARY: The 39th Session of the Working Group on Agricultural Policies and Markets (APM) of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) met at OECD Headquarters in Paris 3-4 November 2005. The meeting proceeded smoothly even though it had a large work agenda. The Sec [...] |
2006-01-19 10:50:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD SENV OECD |
| 06PARIS5110 |
THE OECD BUDGET: GETTING TO ZERO [...] (SBU) Summary: The ambitious budget proposals by the new OECD Secretary General for the 2007-2008 biennium exceed the guidelines SIPDIS of the United States and other major contributors, resulting in a proposed increase in member contributions of 4.35 percent for 2007 that is simply unreali [...] |
2006-07-28 06:52:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT EFIN AORC OECD FR |
| 06PARIS5146 |
THE OECD BUDGET: PUSHING RUSSIA TO REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: The role played by the OECD at the G8 summit is only one of many OECD activities aimed at strengthening the market economy and democratic governance in Russia. A comprehensive economic survey, scheduled for completion in September, will focus on innovation and reform of public [...] |
2006-07-28 16:25:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV AORC OECD FR |
| 06PARIS7228 |
CHINA AND CHINESE TAIPEI AT THE OECD: RAISING THE BAR? [...] (SBU) Summary and action request: China and Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) continue to spar over Taiwan's participation, as a non-member, in the work of the OECD -- work for which statehood is not a requirement. In recent developments, Chinese Taipei has applied to participate in the activities of t [...] |
2006-11-06 13:48:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL SENV EU CH TW OECD FR |
| 06PARIS7844 |
GOF SUPPORTIVE OF ROBUST MONITORING OF OECD BRIBERY [...] (SBU) Econ Counselor raised reftel points on the work of the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) with MFA DAS-equivalent Cyrille Pierre on December 14. Pierre said France was fully supportive of U.S. efforts to continue with a robust post-Phase II monitoring mechanism. Parties to the Conventi [...] |
2006-12-19 16:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD OECD KCOR FR |
| 06PARIS7864 |
OECD: COUNCIL DISCUSSES BUDGET, MAY MINISTERIAL AS WELL AS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The OECD Council met all day on December 14 for its last regularly scheduled session in 2006. PermReps considered the program of work and budget (PWB) for 2007-2008 (see reftel), enlargement and enhanced engagement as well as planning for the May 2007 Meeting of the Council at [...] |
2006-12-20 15:03:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON OECD EFIN ETRD EAID |
| 06THEHAGUE253 |
DUTCH VIEWS ON MITTAL'S TAKEOVER BID FOR ARCELOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Dutch industry and financial experts see Amsterdam-traded Mittal Steel's takeover bid for Arcelor as part of a continuing consolidation of the European steel industry. If the takeover succeeds, antitrust concerns would likely prevent Mittal from going after other leading Eur [...] |
2006-02-06 15:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ECON ETRD LU NL OECD EUN |
| 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 |
| 07ABUJA2322 |
NIGERIA: PILOTING THE PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Nigeria is an admittedly risky environment in which to pilot a new governance initiative, particularly at the state level. Despite the risk, the establishment of better governance in Nigeria can have positive spillover effects for the rest of West Africa and the continent as a [...] |
2007-11-01 15:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EUN OECD NI |
| 07AITTAIPEI248 |
TAIWAN EXPORT CREDITS FOR SHIPMENTS TO IRAN [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, AIT/T Econ Chief on January 24, 25 and 26 requested Taiwan banking authorities provide information on the status of export credit facilities Taiwan provides to Iran. While Taiwan authorities are still gathering comprehensive information to respond to our request, the [...] |
2007-02-01 08:23:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN MNUC OECD TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI733 |
Taiwan Export Credits for Shipments to Iran [...] On March 28, Taiwan's Central Bank Deputy Governor George Chou told AIT/Taipei that after searching into its database, Taiwan's Central Bank has not found any export credits provided by commercial banks for shipments to Iran. The only Taiwan source of export credits to Iran is Taiwan's Export [...] |
2007-03-30 07:52:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN MNUC OECD TW |
| 07ANKARA1132 |
TURKISH VIEWS ON OECD ENLARGEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey supports Russian OECD membership because of Russia's importance to Turkey and because Turkey believes greater Russian participation in international fora will make Russia feel more secure. Keeping Cyprus out of the OECD is their top priority but Turkey is open to consider [...] |
2007-05-11 13:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN OECD TU |
| 07ANKARA1530 |
UNSCR 1747/OECD: TURKEY NOT EXTENDING EXPORT [...] (C) We delivered refs a and b points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Bilateral Economic Relations Chief of Section Mustafa Sarnic June 15. Sarnic reported that the Turkish export credit agency (Turkish Eximbank) extends no credit to the Iranian public sector. Sarnic expressed Turkish support [...] |
2007-06-15 12:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP EFIN EXIM OECD UN IR TU |
| 07ANKARA1744 |
TURKEY SUPPORTS PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-09 12:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID OECD TU |
| 07ANKARA615 |
TURKEY OPEN TO PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC [...] (SBU) We have provided reftel's non-paper to several different offices at the Turkish MFA, particularly those involved in the recent Policy Planning Talks: the Americas desk, their Policy Planning shop and the Office of Multilateral Economic Affairs. S/P Krasner raised the PDG in his February [...] |
2007-03-19 08:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID OECD KDEM TU |
| 07ATHENS123 |
FOREIGN MINISTRY ON GREEK AID TO IRAN, LEBANON, [...] (C) Summary: EconCouns met January 17th with George Pandremenos, Diplomatic Director, Office of Deputy Foreign Minister Stylianides, to discuss reftels. Regarding the Paris donors' conference for Lebanon (Reftel A), Pandremenos stated that Foreign Minister Bakoyiannis and General Secretary of [...] |
2007-01-19 14:16:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON EAID EXIM UNSC OECD GR IR LE |
| 07BERLIN1032 |
G8 LABOR MINISTERS ON THE SOCIAL DIMENSION OF [...] Labor ministers of the G8 countries, meeting in Dresden May 6-8, said governments need to address the social dimension of globalization by devising employment and social protection strategies and promoting corporate social responsibility. They asked the G8 heads of state and government to en [...] |
2007-05-22 05:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB SOCI OECD IBRD ILO GM |
| 07BERLIN104 |
HALTING EXPORT CREDITS TO IRAN [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel talking points to Minister of Economics and Technology Michael Glos January 17. Glos said we should do everything in our power to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. While he acknowledged pressure from the German business community to distance itself [...] |
2007-01-18 13:04:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN MNUC OECD |
| 07BERLIN1255 |
UNSCR 1747/OECD: GERMAN RESPONSE ON EXPORT CREDIT [...] (C) Global Affairs officer delivered ref demarche, which includes the U.S. answers to a USG Survey passed to the OECD concerning export credits for Iran, to Ursina Krumpholz, Officer Director of the German Ministry of Economics' Foreign Trade Law and Law of the Sea Division, and Ernst Roeder-M [...] |
2007-06-25 09:07:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD UN IR GM |
| 07BERLIN1291 |
UNSCR 1747/OECD: GERMAN REACTION TO FOLLOW-UP [...] (SBU) Global Affairs officer delivered ref demarche to Ursina Krumpholz, officer director of the German Ministry of Economics' Foreign Trade Law and Law of the Sea Division, and Ernst Roeder-Messell, deputy office director of the same division, June 15. 2. (SBU) Krumpholz said the German Go [...] |
2007-06-29 15:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD UN IR GM |
| 07BERLIN46 |
GERMANY REVISITS ANTI-CORRUPTION MEASURES IN LIGHT [...] Summary. The arrest of a former top Siemens board member brings to six those detained in a scandal drawing attention to German corporate governance. The Siemens case is the latest of a number of corporate scandals that include a Volkswagen prostitution and embezzlement ring and German activi [...] |
2007-01-09 17:14:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD GM KCRM OECD |
| 07BUCHAREST216 |
ROMANIA: INDOOR AIR POLLUTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy contacted GOR officials in the Ministries of Environment and Health as well as representatives of NGOs, and found them somewhat unprepared to discuss the questions of Romanian indoor air pollution (IAP). The issue is just beginning to appear on Romania's agenda due in l [...] |
2007-02-27 08:56:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID OECD RO |
| 07BUDAPEST613 |
HUNGARY'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE TO PROMOTE A COMMON [...] (U) MFA Iran desk officer told poloff on April 20 that GOH policies concerning restricting export tax credits to Iran are "in step" with the USG position. Nyitrai elaborated that "Hungary has little, if any trade with Iran." Nytrai anticipates no dissent among EU partners regarding the commo [...] |
2007-04-20 15:03:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD |
| 07BUDAPEST736 |
HUNGARY: DEAL NEEDED ON OECD ENLARGEMENT AND [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-10 15:50:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON OECD EUN HU |
| 07BUENOSAIRES1058 |
NEW GOA INVESTMENT PROMOTION AGENCY TO FOCUS ON HIGH TECH [...] (SBU) Beatriz Nofal, head of the GoA's recently established investment promotion agency, Prosper-Ar, will focus her organization's efforts on attracting investment in the high tech and creative content sectors. In a May 18 meeting with Ambassador, Nofal said she would also like to be become in [...] |
2007-05-29 20:56:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON KIPR PREL OECD AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES1718 |
ARGENTINA: OECD NATIONAL CONTACT POINT [...] (U) SUMMARY. On August 8, Argentina MFA official Ambassador Enrique Julio De La Torre briefed Economic Counselor and Investment Officer on recent GOA efforts involving its National Contact Point (NCP) office. The GoA's NCP seeks to raise awareness of the Organization for Economic Cooperation [...] |
2007-08-30 13:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV OECD AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES95 |
SCENESETTER: USTR AMBASSADOR VERONEAU'S JANUARY 26 [...] (SBU) Embassy Buenos Aires warmly welcomes your January 26 visit to meet with the Ministers of Economy and Foreign Affairs and with members of the U.S. business community. Your arrival, immediately following your FTA consultations in Chile and your TIFA signing in Uruguay, will spark considera [...] |
2007-01-22 09:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EAGR AR EFIN OECD |
| 07DUBLIN369 |
IRELAND OPPOSES U.S. FINANCING REFORM PROPOSAL FOR [...] (SBU) The Irish Government strongly opposes USG proposals for OECD financing reform, according to John Rowan, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Counsellor for EU Common Policies, JHA, and the OECD, to whom Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche on May 10. Rowan explained that Ireland had [...] |
2007-05-11 11:21:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON OECD EUN EI |
| 07DUBLIN70 |
IRELAND DOES NOT OFFER EXPORT CREDIT SCHEMES TO [...] No summary [...] |
2007-01-25 18:40:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC OECD IR EI |
| 07GUATEMALA1541 |
GUATEMALAN CONGRESS APPROVES CICIG AS MATTER OF NATIONAL [...] Summary: On August 1, the Guatemalan Congress voted to approve the GOG-UN agreement to establish the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) as a matter of national urgency. The agreement will be sent to the Executive for final approval by the president. End summary. [...] |
2007-08-01 22:58:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KJUS EAID SNAR KCRM UN OECD PREL KDEM GT |
| 07GUATEMALA2016 |
CICIG: NEWLY APPOINTED COMMISSIONER VISITS [...] (U) Summary: The newly appointed head of the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) visited Guatemala September 17-23 to discuss initial steps for establishing CICIG. Commissioner Carlos Castresana met with President Berger, Vice President Stein, and other senior gove [...] |
2007-10-09 13:35:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PHUM PGOV EAID SNAR KCRM UN OECD KDEM GT |
| 07GUATEMALA2017 |
CICIG: NEWLY APPOINTED COMMISSIONER VISITS [...] (U) Summary: The newly appointed head of the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) visited Guatemala September 17-23 to discuss initial steps for establishing CICIG. Commissioner Carlos Castresana met with President Berger, Vice President Stein, and other senior gove [...] |
2007-10-09 13:38:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PHUM PGOV EAID SNAR KCRM UN OECD KDEM GT |
| 07KAMPALA1709 |
UGANDA: POST DOES NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Post does not assess the Democracy and Governance environment in Uganda to be conducive for a quick success for the Partnership for Democratic Governance (PDG) pilot. Government officials, including President Museveni, have publicly complained about outside interference on gover [...] |
2007-11-02 08:44:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EAID EUN OECD UG FR |
| 07LISBON1445 |
OECD: PORTUGAL SUPPORTS NEGOTIATIONS WITH RUSSIA, [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-22 16:01:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ECON EFIN OECD PO |
| 07LISBON279 |
PORTUGAL'S EXPORT CREDIT AGENCY: NO EXPOSURE IN [...] (SBU) Ministry of Finance Coordinator Teresa Costa told post that Portugal's Export Credit Agency, COSEC, did not have any exposure in Iran, according to September 2006 records. Costa did note that Iran is open for both short and mid/long term export credit insurance, the former requiring an [...] |
2007-01-30 15:01:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN MNUC PREL EXIM UNSC OECD IR PO |
| 07LJUBLJANA564 |
OECD ACCESSION CRITERIA FOR SLOVENIA [...] (SBU) In post's judgment, Slovenia should not have many difficulties fulfilling the accession to the OECD. It meets many of the pre-accession criteria and shares the fundamental common values. Since independence in 1991, its foreign policy goal has been to integrate into the Euro-Atlantic co [...] |
2007-08-30 17:36:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ETRD PGOV OECD KDEM SENV SI |
| 07LONDON1625 |
NO FURTHER UK INFORMATION ON IDENTIFIERS -- FINAL [...] (CO) Embassy delivered list of entities and persons named in ref A points on April 25 to Mark Peters, Iran Team Leader at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Peters said the UK Government has no identifier information related to the entities listed reftel. 2. (CO) Poloff noted that, per [...] |
2007-05-01 17:35:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EXIM MNUC OECD PREL UNSC AA UK |
| 07LONDON1784 |
UK RESPONSE: OECD ENLARGEMENT DEMARCHE AND [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-11 10:50:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON OECD UK |
| 07LONDON2588 |
UK WILL NOT BLOCK PARTERNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-06 09:15:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID OECD UK |
| 07LUXEMBOURG187 |
LUXEMBOURG ON EXPORT CREDITS TO IRAN [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-18 14:21:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL FIN MNUC EXIM OECD UNSC IR LU |
| 07MADRID1289 |
SPAIN ON PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-02 17:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SP OECD EAID EUN |
| 07MADRID1290 |
SPAIN ON RESTRICTIONS ON EXPORT CREDITS/FINANCING [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-02 17:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD UN SP IR ECON |
| 07MADRID1804 |
SPAIN'S STANCE ON JOINING AND CONTRIBUTING TO A [...] (SBU) On September 13, MFA's Deputy Director for Multilateral Economic Issues Juan Luis Munoz de Laborde told EconOff that Spain would postpone joining or contributing financially to the Partnership for Democratic Governance (PDG) until it became clearer what role and form the fledging organiz [...] |
2007-09-17 20:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SP OECD EAID EUN |
| 07MADRID902 |
SPAIN ON OECD ENLARGEMENT AND FINANCING REFORM [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-11 17:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON OECD SP EUN |
| 07MASERU588 |
LESOTHO: A POSSIBLE PDG PILOT NATION? [...] (U) In response to reftel request, Embassy Maseru submits the following information to the Department and the U.S. Mission to the OECD for consideration of Lesotho as a possible pilot nation for the Partnership for Democratic Governance in Africa. 2. (SBU) In response to reftel questions: [...] |
2007-10-29 15:03:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EUN OECD LT |
| 07OSLO400 |
UNSCR 1747/OECD: NORWAY SUPPORTS RESTRICTING [...] (SBU) Deputy Pol/Econ Counselor delivered ref A points on April 19 to Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry Senior Advisor Hege Gabrielsen. Gabrielsen was already informed about the U.S. initiative to institute a common OECD line to restrict new export credits to Iran and said Norway can [...] |
2007-04-19 13:20:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EFIN ETRD OECD EXIM UN IR NO |
| 07OSLO642 |
NORWAY CONTINUES TO SUPPORT IRANIAN EXPORT CREDIT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-06-14 14:41:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD UN IR NO |
| 07OSLO7 |
NRWEGIANS STUDY PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC [...] (SBU) On June 29 we delivered reftel points to Lars Ole Vaagen, the MFA's WTO/OECD Section Deputy Director General. Vaagen pledged to review the points and contact us with any specific comments. Whitney [...] |
2007-07-02 08:02:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID OECD EUN NO |
| 07OTTAWA100 |
CANADA: NO EXPORT CREDITS FOR IRAN [...] (sbu) Summary: Canada does not/not extend export credits or insurance to support trade with Iran, according to Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs. Canada practices a restrictive, "controlled engagment" policy toward Iran that is limited to the murder case of Canadian-Iranian photojournal [...] |
2007-01-19 21:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | CA EFIN IR MNUC PREL UNSC OECD |
| 07OTTAWA2060 |
CANADIAN PARTICIPATION IN PDG STEERING GROUP [...] (SBU) According to Nancy Smyth, Deputy Director of Policy Planning at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT), DFAIT's Director General for Economic Affairs John Sloan will lead Canada's delegation to the November 12 Steering Group meeting, joined by Nicole Gesnot fro [...] |
2007-11-08 18:36:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KDEM PREL OECD CA |
| 07OTTAWA496 |
CANADA TO SUPPORT US POSITION ON PARTNERSHIP FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-15 20:32:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM OECD PREL EAID KDEM CA |
| 07OTTAWA877 |
DEMARCHE ON OECD ENLARGEMENT AND FINANCING REFORM [...] (SBU) EconMinCons and Econof delivered points in reftel to Wendy Clark, Head of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's OECD Office. Clark said that the USG's views on all issues in reftel are very much in line with Canadian views. She said that Canada especially agrees th [...] |
2007-05-10 20:58:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON OECD CA |
| 07PARIS1116 |
OECD: MARCH 20 COUNCIL DISCUSSION OF ENLARGEMENT AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The March 20 Council discussion of enlargement and enhanced engagement broke no new ground, with OECD Members holding to longstanding positions. Secretary General (SG) Gurria focused on the latest version of his informal paper, which continues to advocate opening discussions w [...] |
2007-03-22 13:31:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD OECD |
| 07PARIS1190 |
OECD: AMBASSADOR MORELLA BRIEFS COUNCIL ON THE PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) Ambassador Morella briefed the OECD Council March 20 on the status of the U.S. initiative for a "Partnership for Democratic Governance" (see speaking notes in Para 5 below). Due to the late hour, discussion was limited; however, several key OECD Members expressed strong support for the [...] |
2007-03-26 16:39:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON ETRD OECD |
| 07PARIS1334 |
OECD: State of Play on Enlargement and Enhanced Engagement [...] (SBU) Summary: As we approach the April ECSS and May Ministerial Council Meeting, elements of an OECD enlargement and enhanced engagement (EE) package are emerging. Members appear ready to bless opening accesion negotiations with Chile and Israel, although some continue to express concerns a [...] |
2007-04-04 16:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON ETRD OECD |
| 07PARIS1609 |
UNSCR 1747/OECD: FRENCH VIEWS ON IRAN EXPORT CREDITS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-20 15:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC OECD IR FR |
| 07PARIS1999 |
OECD: EEB ASSISTANT SECRETARY SULLIVAN ADDRESSES [...] (SBU) EEB Assistant Secretary Dan Sullivan addressed the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Meeting of the Council at Ministerial Level (MCM) during the May 16 session on "Enlargement and Enhanced Engagement." A/S Sullivan applauded on the decision to enhance relatio [...] |
2007-05-18 10:38:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ETRD OECD |
| 07PARIS2072 |
VICE FM ASANO ON KOREAN ABDUCTIONS, U.S.-JAPAN TRADE, [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary John Negroponte and Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy and Business Affairs Dan Sullivan met on May 15 on the margins of the ECD Ministerial Council Meeting with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Katsuhito Asano. Asano proposed that President Bush and Prime M [...] |
2007-05-21 12:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EAID OECD JA KN AF |
| 07PARIS2073 |
GURRIA PLEASED WITH RUSSIAN INCLUSION IN OECD [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary John Negroponte and Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs Dan Sullivan met on May 15 on the margins of the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting with OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria. Gurria expressed satisfaction that Russia's inclusion in [...] |
2007-05-21 12:58:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | OECD RS |
| 07PARIS2663 |
UNSCR 1747/OECD: FRENCH VIEWS ON IRAN EXPORT CREDITS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-06-21 08:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD UN IR FR |
| 07PARIS2939 |
OECD -- GUIDANCE REQUEST -- ESTABLISHING OECD SUPPORT UNIT [...] (SBU) Summary. On July 12 Council will be asked to take a decision on establishing a Support Unit for the Heiligendamm Dialogue Process (HDP) agreed at the G-8 Summit. Although the Germans, as G-8 President, are pushing for a quick decision in order to initiate the process in the fall, they [...] |
2007-07-06 15:51:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ETRD OECD |
| 07PARIS3014 |
OECD: PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE PDG)- COUNCIL [...] (SBU) The OECD Council on July 12 agreed to the establishment at the OECD of an Advisory Unit (AU) for the proposed Partnership for Democratic Governance (PDG) The decision was taken as an "A" point - consensus having been reached prior to the Council meeting, with no discussion by Permanent [...] |
2007-07-12 11:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ETRD OECD |
| 07PARIS312 |
OECD: MISSION VIEWS ON ENLARGEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: USOECD reiterates the importance of having the OECD's impending enlargement include a major emerging economy to ensure the Organization's viability and its effectiveness as a tool to promote a U.S.-friendly global economic system. As a virtual invitee since 1997, Russia presen [...] |
2007-01-26 14:47:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD OECD AORC |
| 07PARIS3181 |
OECD: REPORT OF MARCH 12-14, 2007 MEETING OF THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At its March 12-14 meeting, the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) conducted Phase 2 peer-review evaluations of Portugal and Ireland's implementation of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention ("Convention"). The WGB called on Portugal to raise awareness of foreign bribery in both th [...] |
2007-07-25 14:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR ECON EINV ETRD PREL OECD |
| 07PARIS407 |
INITIAL FRENCH REACTION TO HALTING IRAN EXPORT CREDITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel, we raised the issue of current levels of sovereign and non-sovereign exposure to Iran with our working-level contacts in the Finance Ministry. France is interested in ratcheting up the pressure on Iran to convince it to give up its nuclear weapons program, but is not [...] |
2007-02-01 15:31:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC OECD IR FR |
| 07PARIS446 |
OECD: SG GURRIA NOMINATES DEPUTIES SECRETARIES GENERAL [...] (SBU) At the conclusion of the February 5 Council, SG Gurria distributed a letter to delegation heads (see para 4) putting forward his proposal for the four Deputy Secretaries General. He will formally present these to the Council on February 20 for agreement (by consensus). 2. (SBU) The [...] |
2007-02-05 15:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON OECD ETRD EAID EFIN AORC IT JAPAN NL |
| 07PARIS525 |
OECD: MISSION VIEWS ON ENLARGEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: OECD members are divided on a number of key issues regarding enlargement and enhanced engagement. A February 5 Council discussion highlighted differing views on how to deal with the BRICS, whether Russia should be invited to begin discussions on accession negotiations, whether [...] |
2007-02-09 14:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD OECD |
| 07PARIS544 |
FRANCE TIGHTENS POLICY ON IRAN EXPORT CREDITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: France ratcheted up the pressure on Iran by publicly announcing a change in its export credit policy. It will strictly apply UNSCR 1737, ask companies to screen all transactions with its export credit agency, and lower its exposure to Iran. The announcement marks a u-turn in Fr [...] |
2007-02-09 16:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC OECD IR FR |
| 07PARIS829 |
OECD: U.K.'S BRIEFING ON TERMINATED BAE/SAUDI ARABIA [...] (SBU) The January 16-18, 2007 meeting of the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) included a separate session on January 16th devoted to the U.K.'s termination of an investigation into BAE plc and a defense contract with Saudi Arabia. A condensed readout of that session was included in an over [...] |
2007-03-05 14:34:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR ECON EINV ETRD PREL OECD |
| 07PARIS830 |
OECD: REPORT OF JANUARY 16-18, 2007 MEETING OF THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: At its January 16-18 meeting, the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) heard remarks from Secretary General Gurria on the need for the WGB to combat corruption. The WGB also conducted a Phase 2 peer-review evaluation assessing Poland's implementation of its OECD Anti-Bribery Conv [...] |
2007-03-05 14:42:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR ECON EINV ETRD PREL OECD |
| 07PRAGUE427 |
UNSCR 1747/OECD: CZECH REPUBLIC DOES NOT TRADE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-20 15:42:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD UN EZ |
| 07PRAGUE526 |
CZECH REPUBLIC: [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-11 15:20:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON OECD EUN EZ |
| 07PRAGUE527 |
CZECH REPUBLIC ON OECD ENLARGEMENT: QUALITY OVER [...] SUMMARY: Emboffs met May 11 with MFA Department of Multilateral Economic Relations Section Head Petr Bambas to deliver reftel demarche. Bambas will be on the Czech delegation at the May 15 - 16 OECD MCM. The GOCR supports the "package deal" for Slovenia, Estonia, Chile, Israel and Russia to [...] |
2007-05-11 15:29:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON OECD EUN EZ |
| 07PRAGUE883 |
CZECH REPUBLIC COMMITTED TO UNSC IRAN SANCTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Czech Republic remains fully committed to pressuring Iran to give up its nuclear program and to fully implementing UNSCRs 1737 and 1747. At the same time, based on signs that Iran is finally willing to accept that Radio Liberty/Radio Farda broadcast from the Czech [...] |
2007-07-27 13:16:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM EFIN ETRD OECD EUN UNAUS IR EZ |
| 07PRISTINA22 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HENRY KELLEY [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Henry Kelley, Senior Advisor for Regional Programs, U.S. Coordinator - Stability Pact of EUR/ACE SEED division. The purpose of the visit is to attend meetings to review Kosovo's assistance needs over the coming year and performance o [...] |
2007-01-11 08:04:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | AU BE FR OTRA OECD XG XH XT ZL SI |
| 07REYKJAVIK277 |
Iceland: Press in New York for a position on Partnership [...] (SBU) Summary: Iceland's Ministry for Foreign Affairs remains noncommittal on Iceland's involvement in the OECD Partnership for Democratic Governance (PDG), despite repeated overtures from Post. Embassy believes this may be a result of uncertainty about the form and objectives of the PDG as w [...] |
2007-09-21 17:13:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KDEM OECD UNGA PREL IC |
| 07ROME122 |
ITALY: BUSINESS AS USUAL - EXPORT CREDIT INSURANCE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In a discussion with Emboffs about Italy halting export credit insurance for Iran (Ref A), a Ministry of Finance official -- who also serves as the President of Italy's export credit agency (ECA) SACE -- replied that an internal review of SACE's business with Iran in 2006 had [...] |
2007-01-18 17:01:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC OECD IR IT |
| 07ROME130 |
ITALY'S POSITION ON OECD WORKING GROUP ON BRIBERY [...] (SBU) EcMin met January 19 with Francesco Borgomeo, Chief of Cabinet at the Ministry of Justice, to discuss Italy's views on the OECD's Working Group on Bribery (reftel). Borgomeo stated that the GOI agrees as to the effectiveness of the Working Group. He added that Italy will continue to wo [...] |
2007-01-22 11:47:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KCOR OECD IT |
| 07ROME1310 |
UNSCR 1747/OECD: ITALY WOULD LIKELY SUPPORT UNSCR [...] (C) Econoff met June 14 with Filippo Giansante, Ministry of Finance Chief of the Paris Club Division, to discuss options to restrict export credit flows to Iran through the OECD (refs A and B). (Note: Giansante is also an advisor to Ignazio Angeloni, President of Italy's export credit agenc [...] |
2007-06-14 11:45:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD UN EU IR IT |
| 07ROME198 |
IRAN: ITALIAN ECA CHIEF ECONOMIST ON USG [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Econoff met with the Chief Economist of SACE, Italy's export credit agency (ECA), to review SACE's current business in Iran. He explained that there has been a net decrease in SACE's business in Iran in the past six months, due to a SACE decision not to insure further trade [...] |
2007-01-30 12:07:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC OECD IR IT |
| 07ROME667 |
ITALY'S EXPORT CREDIT POLICY VIS-A-VIS IRAN STAYS [...] (S/NF) EcMin discussed UNSCR 1747, Bank Sepah Rome, Italy's export credit agency SACE exposure to Iran, and U.S. designation of Iran's Defense Industries Organization March 30 with the Ministry of Finance (MOF). The MOF confirmed the March 27 Bank of Italy (BOI) report of BOI actions taken [...] |
2007-04-02 15:02:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ECON KTTP PARM KN PREL UNSC OECD EXIM |
| 07ROME821 |
UNSCR 1747/OECD: ITALIAN VIEWS ON COMMON LINE [...] (C) EcMin met April 20 with Giulio Terzi, MFA Director General for Multilateral Political Affairs and Human Rights, and staff to discuss ref A points. EcMin began by explaining that we decided to approach the MFA, since previous meetings with the Ministry of Finance (MOF) and SACE (Italy's e [...] |
2007-04-20 12:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD UN IR IT |
| 07ROME992 |
ITALIAN VIEWS ON OECD ENLARGEMENT AND FINANCIAL [...] (U) Summary. According to the MFA's Director General for Multilateral Economic Affairs, the GOI is already heavily engaged in discussion at the OECD Council on OECD enlargement and financing reform. Regarding OECD enlargement, the GOI is especially concerned that enlargement proceed in such [...] |
2007-05-10 15:01:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON OECD EUN IT |
| 07TALLINN128 |
REQUEST FOR USG SUPPORT FOR ESTONIAN MEMBERSHIP [...] (U) Action Request ? please see para (6). 2. (SBU) During a meeting with Charge on February 28, Reimo Pettai, MFA?s Director for International Cooperation/External Policy urged the USG to support Estonia?s bid for OECD membership during the current enlargement discussions. Pettai cited five [...] |
2007-03-01 13:11:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | OECD ECON EN |
| 07TALLINN407 |
ESTONIA: THE USE OF IAEA SAFETY STANDARDS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-06-18 13:18:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KNNP KSCA UNVIE OECD |
| 07TALLINN567 |
ESTONIA'S FULLFILMENT OF OECD ACCESSION CRITERIA [...] (SBU) Summary: In post's judgment, Estonia fulfills the accession criteria for membership in the OECD. Estonia is an active, prosperous and developed member of many international organizations, including NATO, the European Union and the WTO. It demonstrates a broad respect for the values of [...] |
2007-08-29 13:26:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV SENV OECD EN KDEM |
| 07THEHAGE742 |
UNSCR 1747/OECD: DUTCH SAY COMMON LINE ON [...] (SBU) OECD Export Credit Group Chair Nicole Bolen says adopting a common line to eliminate new edium and long-term export credits to Iran's government may be a challenge. Bollen was non-committal on whether the Dutch would support U.S. proposals for the common line during the April 23 semi-ann [...] |
2007-04-20 13:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UN PREL EFIN ETRD OECD EXIM NL |
| 07THEHAGUE121 |
NETHERLANDS/IRAN: HALTING EXPORT CREDITS [...] (C) Ambassador delivered ref A points on halting export credit insurance for Iran to Dutch Finance Minister Gerrit Zalm on January 17. Minister Zalm told the Ambassador the Netherlands was fully committed to implementing UNSCR 1737 but was not prepared to halt export credits for Iran. EconC [...] |
2007-01-23 14:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC OECD NL |
| 07THEHAGUE1252 |
UNSCR 1747/OECD: DUTCH WILL NOT REPLY TO U.S. [...] (U) Econoff delivered ref (a) and (b) points June 18 to Ministry of Finance Officials Evert Houtman, Coordinator International Financing Issues, Export Credit Insurance and Investment Guarantees Division, and Nicole Bollen, Coordinator Debt Issues and also OECD Export Credit Group Chair. [...] |
2007-06-28 14:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | UN PREL EFIN ETRD OECD EXIM NL |
| 07THEHAGUE1265 |
PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE: DUTCH SHARE [...] (SBU) Summary. While not opposed to the objectives of the PDG, the GONL is concerned that implementation is moving too quickly and that the PDG structure reduces accountability while overlapping with existing development organizations and efforts. The Dutch would remove their objections, an [...] |
2007-07-02 12:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID OECD EUN NL |
| 07THEHAGUE1584 |
PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE: DUTCH WILL [...] (U) Econoff delivered on August 16 ref A & B points and principles for the Partnership for Democratic Governance (PDG) to Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials Aart Jacobi, Director, Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, and Peace Building, and Jan Huesken, Senior Policy Officer in the same [...] |
2007-08-29 12:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KDEM OAS OECD NL |
| 07THEHAGUE193 |
TATA TAKEOVER STRATEGIC BOOST FOR DUTCH STEEL MAKER CORUS [...] (U) Indian steel company Tata's $12.2 billion offer on January 31 for the Anglo-Dutch steel company Corus ended an extended bidding war with Brazilian steel company CSN. The takeover will create the world's fifth largest steel producer in the world. (Corus currently ranks eighth, and Tata r [...] |
2007-02-01 16:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ECON ETRD OECD NL |
| 07THEHAGUE742 |
UNSCR 1747/OECD: DUTCH SAY COMMON LINE ON [...] (SBU) OECD Export Credit Group Chair Nicole Bollen says adopting a common line to eliminate new medium and long-term export credits to Iran's government may be a challenge. Bollen was non-committal on whether the Dutch would support U.S. proposals for the common line during the April 23 semi-a [...] |
2007-04-20 13:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UN PREL EFIN ETRD OECD EXIM NL |
| 07THEHAGUE923 |
DUTCH ON OECD ENLARGEMENT AND FINANCING REFORM [...] (U) Econ Chief forwarded reftel points on May 10 to Peter Post, Head of the OECD Unit, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Post was not available to meet and discuss the points until May 14. Econ Chief also shared the points with Jerome Larosch, OECD Coordinator in the Trade Policy Unit, Dut [...] |
2007-05-15 13:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON OECD EUN NL |
| 07TOKYO1766 |
UNSCR 1747/OECD DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON EXPORT [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI), and Ministry of Finance (MOF) on the U.S. desire for the OECD to adopt a "common line" on restricting medium- to long-term export credits to Iran. While the Japan [...] |
2007-04-20 09:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD UN JA |
| 07TOKYO2851 |
TOKYO RESPONSE TO UNSCR 1747:FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) FINATT delivered ref A points to Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry, Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau, Trade Insurance Division Director Michihiro Kishimoto, on June 21. To the first of two suggested follow-on actions to [...] |
2007-06-25 02:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL EFIN ETRD OECD |
| 07TOKYO2853 |
JAPAN RESPONSE TO UNSCR 1747/OECD ON RESTRICTING [...] (C) Emboff met with Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau, Trade Insurance Division Director Michihiro Kishimoto, on June 21, to solicit Japan's response to USOECD's May 22 Iran and Export Credits survey. Emboff provided U.S. answers to the survey as d [...] |
2007-06-25 02:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD UN IR |
| 07TOKYO2905 |
UNSCR 1747/OECD DEMARCHE ON RESTRICTING EXPORT [...] (C) Econoff delivered Ref A demarche to MOFA OECD Division Director Naohiro Tsutsumi on June 26, following up on earlier Embassy discussions on the same issue with Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and MOF officials (Refs C and D.) Tsutsumi confirmed that he had already consulte [...] |
2007-06-27 08:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD UN IR JA |
| 07TOKYO372 |
S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER DISCUSSES PARTNERSHIP FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meeting with S/P Director Dr. Stephen Krasner on January 12, Japanese Foreign Ministry Deputy Director General for International Cooperation Hiroshi Fukada welcomed the possible participation of the OECD in the Partnership for Democratic Governance initiative. He noted that ho [...] |
2007-01-26 07:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KDEM OECD JA |
| 07USEUBRUSSELS2030 |
DELIVERED: LETTER ON PDG FROM THE SECRETARY TO [...] (SBU) Special Assistant to the USAID Representative delivered the Secretary's letter to the cabinet of Commissioner Michel on June 20, 2007, as requested in reftel. GRAY . [...] |
2007-06-21 12:30:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID OECD EUN OPDC |
| 07USNATO94 |
WELCOME TO USNATO FOR HONORABLE JOHN TANNER AND [...] Mission welcomes the visit of Representative John Tanner(D-TN), Chairman, House NATO Parliamentary Assembly, and traveling party: -Honorable John Tanner and Mrs. Betty Ann Tanner -Honorable Dennis Moore and Mrs. Stephene Moore -Honorable Mike Ross and Mrs. Holly Ross -Honorable Ben Chandler [...] |
2007-02-14 16:41:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AORC NATO USEU OECD BEXP |
| 07VIENNA1242 |
AUSTRIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OECD ENLARGEMENT [...] On March 11, EconUnit Chief discussed reftel points with Ulrike Magloth, Director of the Austrian Federal Chancellery's International Economic Affairs office. On Russia, Magloth expressed appreciation for the USG position from the April OECD Executive Council in Special Session. For Austria, [...] |
2007-05-11 14:29:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON OECD EUN AU |
| 07VIENNA1306 |
AUSTRIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OECD ENLARGEMENT [...] On March 11, EconUnit Chief discussed reftel points with Ulrike Magloth, Director of the Austrian Federal Chancellery's International Economic Affairs office. On Russia, Magloth expressed appreciation for the USG position from the April OECD Executive Council in Special Session. For Austria, [...] |
2007-05-18 12:44:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON OECD EUN AU |
| 07VIENNA1651 |
UNSCR 1747/OECD: AUSTRIAN EXPORT CREDITS FOR IRAN [...] (SBU) Acting EconPol Counselor met on June 15 with Silvia Maca, Head of the Ministry of Finance's Export Financing and Promotion Department to deliver reftel points. Maca acknowledged that the Kontrollbank, Austria's export credit agency, remained open for issuing new commitments to the Gove [...] |
2007-06-20 17:55:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD IR AU |
| 07VIENNA1652 |
UNSCR 1747/OECD: AUSTRIA FAVORS DISCUSSION WITHIN [...] (SBU) Acting EconPol Counselor met on June 15 with Silvia Maca, Head of the Ministry of Finance's Export Financing and Promotion Division to inquire about an Austrian response to the U.S. survey on Iran and export credits (reftel). Maca said that the GoA, to her knowledge, had not received th [...] |
2007-06-20 17:56:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD IR AU |
| 07VIENNA1771 |
PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE: AUSTRIA [...] (SBU) Acting Econ-Pol Counselor delivered reftel talking points on July 2 to Ulrike Magloth, Director of the Federal Chancellery's International Economic Affairs Office (GoA lead on OECD issues). Magloth said she had shared the USG position with Austria's OECD representative and with the Min [...] |
2007-07-03 07:14:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID OECD EUN AU |
| 07VIENNA181 |
HALTING EXPORT CREDITS TO IRAN: AUSTRIAN MFA VIEWS [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel demarche on January 24 to Thomas Mayr-Harting, the Austrian MFA's Political Director. 2. (C) Mayr-Harting began his response by expressing appreciation for the United States' willingness to find a compromise that had ensured the adoption of UNSCR 1737. There [...] |
2007-01-25 13:39:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC OECD IR AU |
| 07VIENNA1858 |
PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE: AUSTRIA [...] (SBU) Acting EconPol Counselor delivered ref B points on July 11 to Ulrike Magloth, Director of the Federal Chancellery's International Economic Affairs Office (GoA lead on OECD issues). Magloth said she agreed with some of the USG arguments, particularly easier monitoring capabilities, for [...] |
2007-07-11 15:26:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OECD EAID AU |
| 07VIENNA243 |
HALTING EXPORT CREDITS TO IRAN: AUSTRIAN MOF VIEWS [...] (C) Following up Charge's meeting with the Austrian MFA (ref A), DCM and Econ Unit Chief delivered ref B demarche on January 31 to Thomas Wieser, Director General of the Ministry of Finance's Economic Policy and Financial Markets Directorate. Wieser noted that Austria's stock of medium- and [...] |
2007-02-02 09:36:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC OECD IR AU |
| 07VILNIUS217 |
LITHUANIA ASKS FOR HELP WITH THE OECD ENTRY PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: MFA Undersecretary Zygmimantas Pavilionis summoned the Ambassador on March 26 to complain that the USG was not promoting Lithuania's candidacy for the OECD. Pavilionis said that Lithuanian President Adamkus would press for Lithuanian entry during an upcoming visit to Paris. He s [...] |
2007-03-27 10:34:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN OECD EUN LH |
| 07WARSAW221 |
GOP REQUEST USG SUPPORT POLISH CANDIDIATE FOR OECD [...] During a phone call between Polish Minister of Economy Wozniak and Secretary of Commerce Gutierrez on January 31, Wozniak asked the USG to support a Polish candidate for the position of OECD Deputy Secretary General. Deputy Minister of Economy Naimski subsequently informed CDA of the request. [...] |
2007-02-02 11:05:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON OECD ETRD PL |
| 07WARSAW315 |
POLISH FM ON HALTING EXPORT CREDITS TO IRAN [...] (C) Ambassador delivered Reftel demarche on Iran Export Credits to Polish FM Anna Fotyga on January 25. Fotyga responded that the GOP took the Iran sanctions very seriously and would make every effort to ensure compliance with UNSCR 1737. She could not promise at present that Poland would t [...] |
2007-02-09 13:20:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN MNUC PL IR EXIM UNSC OECD |
| 07WELLINGTON325 |
UNSCR 1747/OECD: DEMARCHE TO PROMOTE A COMMON LINE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-22 19:35:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIN ETRD OECD UN NZ |
| 08ANKARA530 |
TURKISH RESPONSE ON TAIWAN'S PARTICIPATION IN THE [...] (SBU) On March 19, we shared reftel information and points with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department Head for Multilateral Economic Affairs Serap Ozcoskun. She agreed to share reftel points with the Turkish mission to the OECD. She noted the information has already been discussed in an inf [...] |
2008-03-19 15:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON CM TW OECD TU |
| 08ATHENS388 |
GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON TAIWAN OECD [...] (U) On March 3, Acting Deputy Economic Counselor delivered reftel points to Ralou Papogozolou, Attache of the Economic Committee for Europe of the MFA and Gerasimos Floros, Director of the General Directorate for International Economic Policy of the Ministry of Economy and Finance. Floros said [...] |
2008-03-14 14:40:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL OECD GR |
| 08BRUSSELS426 |
DEMARCHE ON TAIWAN'S PARTICIPATION IN THE OECD [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-20 13:04:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON CM TW OECD BE |
| 08BUENOSAIRES86 |
ARGENTINA: UPDATE ON SKANSKA CORRUPTION CASE [...] (SBU) Summary. Judicial investigations continue into alleged bribery and tax evasion by the local affiliate of Swedish construction multinational Skanska in the expansion of Argentina's northern and southern natural gas pipelines. The courts appear to be approaching the indictment phase, desp [...] |
2008-01-25 14:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR EPET EINV ASEC SNAR OECD AR |
| 08DUBLIN148 |
IRISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON TAIWAN'S [...] (SBU) On March 18, Econoff delivered Ref A points to John Rowan, the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs' chief for multilateral economic organizations -- and former Irish Ambassador to the OECD. Rowan said that Ireland shared the U.S. view on the matter and would support our position. He po [...] |
2008-03-19 16:04:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON OECD PREL CM TW EI |
| 08HANOI107 |
MISSION WELCOMES OECD INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) The Embassy welcomes the opportunity for enhanced engagement in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) with potential Southeast Asian partners, and looks forward to further information from the Department on this initiative. Vietnam has the goal of becoming an [...] |
2008-01-31 00:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL ETRD AORC OECD BR CH ID IN SF XC VM |
| 08HELSINKI125 |
FINLAND ON TAIWAN'S PARTICIPATION IN THE OECD [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-19 12:25:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON OECD CM TW FI |
| 08HELSINKI270 |
AMBASSADOR BARRETT MEETS WITH FORMER FINNISH [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-24 05:25:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OECD UN FI |
| 08JAKARTA238 |
OECD ENHANCED ENGAGEMENT WITH INDONESIA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-06 06:20:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL OECD ETRD ID |
| 08JAKARTA722 |
OECD DEPUTY SECGEN VISITS INDONESIA [...] Summary. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)'s Deputy Secretary General Mari Amano visited Indonesia on April 3-4. Outreach efforts to Indonesia have been very positively received by the Government of Indonesia (GOI). A series of outreach visits in 2008 have also [...] |
2008-04-09 10:50:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL OECD ETRD ID |
| 08LISBON286 |
PORTUGAL: CY 2007 STAFFING LISTS AND BUDGETARY [...] Per reftel, below are staff lists and extrabudgetary data on the International Lead and Zinc Study Group (ILZSG) and the International Copper Study Group (ICSG). 2. STAFF LISTS -------------- * * * * * ILZSG * * * * * NAME POSITION CITIZENSHIP GRADE Smale, [...] |
2008-02-04 12:36:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER ECON KUNR OECD POL UN APECO UNESCO |
| 08LONDON1888 |
BAE JUDICIAL REVIEW: HOUSE OF LORDS HEARS HMG [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 7-8 the Law Lords of the House of Lords heard HMG's appeal of the High Court ruling that Serious Fraud Office (SFO) Director Wardle acted unlawfully when he abandoned the anti-corruption investigation into BAE Systems' dealings in Saudi Arabia. HMG argued that Wardle ha [...] |
2008-07-18 16:26:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCOR EFIN OECD UK |
| 08LONDON822 |
LONDON RESPONSE: PRC MOU ON TAIWAN'S PARTICIPATION [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-19 17:48:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON CM TW OECD UK |
| 08MADRID347 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON TAIWAN'S PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Deputy Director for Multilateral Economic Relations Juan Luis Munoz de Laborde. Econoff explained that while the US strongly supports enhanced OECD engagement with China, the US does not/not support China's proposal for an MOU to essentially restri [...] |
2008-03-19 15:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ECON CMGT TW OECD SP |
| 08MADRID90 |
SPAIN: ANNUAL REQUEST FOR STAFFING, EMPLOYMENT, [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-30 07:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER ECON KUNR OECD POLUN APECO UNESCO SP |
| 08PARIS1118 |
OECD/Export Credits: Plenary Covers Tied Aid Project, [...] (SBU) Summary: The OECD's Working Party on Export Credits and Credit Guarantees (ECG) and the Participants to the Export Credit Arrangement (Participants) held their semi-annual plenary sessions and Aircraft Sector Understanding (ASU) meetings in Paris on April 21-25, 2008. The U.S. obtained s [...] |
2008-06-13 08:46:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EFIN ETRD EINV EXIM EAIR ECON OECD KCOR CH IN |
| 08PARIS1369 |
OECD: REPORT OF JUNE 2008 MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP ON [...] (U) SUMMARY. The OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) met June 16-20, 2008 at OECD headquarters in Paris. The agenda for the plenary session included the following topics: Responses by stakeholders to WGB Consultation Paper Argentina Phase 2 report Australia post-Phase 2 written report Es [...] |
2008-07-18 15:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR ECON EINV ETRD PREL OECD |
| 08PARIS2027 |
OECD: "SOCIETAL CONCERNS" AND NON-TARIFF MEASURES MAJOR [...] SUMMARY: The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) Joint Working Party on Agriculture and Trade(JWPAT) held its 60th meeting October 16-17, 2008. During the meeting, there was discussion concerning election of the 2009 Bureau, including the position of Chair. Only one [...] |
2008-11-06 14:39:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OECD ETRD EAGR ECON SENV |
| 08PARIS2190 |
IEA Standing Group on Emergency Questions, November 2008 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-03 13:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET IEA OECD |
| 08PARIS265 |
PARIS CLUB - JANUARY 2008 TOUR D'HORIZON AND [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Paris Club's January 22-24 session, the U.S. and other creditors signed an accord with Guinea to resume interim debt relief under the enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative. The Paris Club (PC) also granted The Gambia 100 percent cancellation of its [...] |
2008-02-14 09:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON OECD EAID FR XA XB XF XM |
| 08PARIS307 |
Partnership for Democratic Governance - Readout on [...] Summary. The PDG Steering Group convened for the first time on February 13-14 in Paris. Secretary General Gurria chaired the meeting, which was attended by the nine Steering Group countries, plus the UNDP. Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs Daniel S. Sullivan re [...] |
2008-02-21 15:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON KDEM OECD |
| 08PARIS416 |
FRANCE ON TAIWAN AND THE OECD [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-07 17:15:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL OECD CM TW FR |
| 08PARIS633 |
PARIS CLUB - MARCH 2008 DISCUSSION OF POLICY AND [...] (SBU) The Paris Club met on March 13 to discuss 16 countries and other policy and methodological issues. Creditors reported on contacts with the new Argentine government, which has been arguing against an IMF agreement and for minimizing external payments in seeking a Paris Club deal. The IM [...] |
2008-04-07 10:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON OECD EAID FR |
| 08PARIS76 |
OECD/Export Credits: Debt Sustainability Agreement Adopted; [...] (SBU) Summary: The Members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) Working Party on Export Credits and Credit Guarantees (ECG) and the Participants to the Export Credit Arrangement (Participants) held their semi-annual plenary sessions and Aircraft Sector Understan [...] |
2008-01-14 13:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EFIN ETRD EINV EXIM EAIR ECON SENV OECD KCOR |
| 08PARIS961 |
Partnership for Democratic Governance - Readout on Second [...] Summary. The PDG Steering Group (SG) held its second meeting on May 7. Deputy Secretary General Amano chaired the gathering, which was attended by the nine SG countries, plus the UNDP. USOECD Charg d'affaires Paul Reid represented the USA. The Head of the PDG Advisory Unit (AU) presented [...] |
2008-05-20 13:47:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON KDEM OECD |
| 08PRETORIA934 |
OECD ENHANCED ENGAGEMENT WITH SOUTH AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary: OECD Deputy Secretary General Thelma Askey briefed the Pretoria contact group on April 25 on OECD Enhanced Engagement with South Africa, one of five designated target countries with the possibility of leading ultimately to membership. South Africa has expressed strong interest [...] |
2008-05-05 10:24:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | OECD ECON EINV PREL SF |
| 08ROME351 |
ITALY: RESPONSE ON TAIWAN'S PARTICIPATION IN THE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-19 16:52:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON OECD IT |
| 08STOCKHOLM183 |
SWEDEN ON TAIWAN'S OECD PARTICIPATION; PM TO VISIT [...] (C) On March 5, poloff delivered reftel demarche to Peter Springfeldt, Director of the China Desk of the Asia and Pacific Division of the MFA. Springfeldt said the Government of Sweden wants Taiwan's status within the OECD to remain unchanged. He added that Sweden's policy towards Taiwan is [...] |
2008-03-06 15:19:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON CM TW OECD SW |
| 08TALLINN71 |
OECD SEC-GEN GURRIA COMES TO ESTONIA [...] (SBU) Summary: During his first official visit to Estonia February 11-12, OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria urged the Government of Estonia (GOE) to address labor market inflexibility, but said the country will likely accede to the OECD by 2010. The GOE hopes that membership will bring acc [...] |
2008-02-21 13:11:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD BEXP ELAB OECD EN |
| 08TELAVIV1332 |
JEC -- "ATMOSPHERE EXCELLENT" [...] (C) In a telcom with A/EconCouns, Michal Finkelstein, the Senior Advisor to the Ministry of Finance (MOF) DG, said that the third Joint Economic Committee (JEC) meeting held on June 16 between the Israelis and Palestinians went extremely well, with both sides arriving well prepared. She said [...] |
2008-06-20 13:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL OECD EU KPAL IS |
| 08TELAVIV1994 |
STATUS ON ISRAEL'S ACCESSION TO THE OECD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ministry of Finance (MOF) Senior Deputy Director General Oded Brook noted to Econ officers during a meeting on August 27 that Israel was using the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) accession process to accomplish domestic goals on the environment, taxa [...] |
2008-09-02 14:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD OECD IS |
| 08TELAVIV662 |
BOI GOVERNOR FISCHER -- FINANCIAL CRISIS HAS NOT [...] (C) Meeting on the day after a major decline in stock markets worldwide, Governor of the Bank of Israel Stanley Fischer told the Ambassador on March 18 that the world economy is still closely tied to the U.S. He said that the Federal Reserve Board and EU Central Banks have both performed we [...] |
2008-03-20 13:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV OECD PREL IS KWBG |
| 08THEHAGUE277 |
DUTCH ON TAIWAN'S PARTICIPATION IN THE OECD [...] (U) Econ Chief forwarded ref A points on March 3 to Peter Post, Head of the OECD Unit, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Econ Chief also shared the points with Jerome Larosch, OECD Coordinator in the Trade Policy Unit, Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs. Post was not available to meet and [...] |
2008-03-20 15:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON OECD EUN PREL CM TW NL |
| 08THEHAGUE476 |
NETHERLANDS/OECD: CLIMATE CHANGE PAPER DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-04 15:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KGHG SENV OECD NL |
| 08TOKYO1027 |
METI EXPLAINS STANCE ON J-POWER CASE [...] (C) Summary: Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has determined the proposed additional investment by UK-based Children's Investment Master Fund (TCI) in electricity wholesaler Electric Power Development Company (known as J-Power) constitutes a potential threat to Japan's p [...] |
2008-04-15 07:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ENRG PGOV OECD JA |
| 08TOKYO1097 |
PRESS CRITICAL OF J-POWER DECISION [...] Summary: Japanese press commentary has been sharply critical of the GOJ decision to block increased investment in electricity wholesaler J-Power by UK-based Children's Investment Master Fund (TCI). The criticism has largely centered on lack of a stated clear rationale for the government's dec [...] |
2008-04-21 08:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ENRG PGOV OECD JA |
| 08TOKYO1110 |
G-8 BUSINESS SUMMIT CALLS FOR STRONG CLIMATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The 2008 G-8 Business Summit featured a lively debate over climate change and a challenge to business to take a lead in finding technological solutions to the situation. Although the U.S. delegation came under strong European pressure for firm numerical emission targets in the [...] |
2008-04-22 08:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD SENV PREL OECD JA |
| 08TOKYO1113 |
Return to Fukushima: Reform Not Resonating at Japan's [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite shrinking populations and fiscal shortfalls, local authorities in one northern Japan jurisdiction remain fixated on developing manufacturing and on maintaining socio-economic equality. During recent meetings in Fukushima Prefecture -- to the extent our interlocutors co [...] |
2008-04-22 22:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EAIR PGOV PREL JA OECD |
| 08TOKYO1139 |
MARGINAL PROGRESS ON RESTARTING JAPAN-KOREA TRADE [...] (C) Summary: Despite a decision to engage in working-level discussions with Japan, Korea is hesitant to restart full negotiations on a trade agreement, according to an official of Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI). The Koreans hope to establish "industrial cooperation [...] |
2008-04-24 08:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL PGOV JA KS OECD |
| 08TOKYO1166 |
AID ADMINISTRATOR FORE'S MEETING WITH CHINESE VM YI [...] (SBU) Summary. While China is interested in learning more about U.S. official development assistance (ODA), Chinese Commerce Vice Minister YI Xiaozhun declined to commit to a bilateral dialogue on development issues during an April 7 meeting with USAID Administrator Henrietta Fore. Yi stated [...] |
2008-04-28 06:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON JA PREL CH OECD |
| 08TOKYO1199 |
FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN JAPAN: DIFFERENT REGIONAL APPROACHES [...] (SBU) Summary: Japanese regional authorities' attitudes toward foreign direct investment are largely positive, but when it comes to attracting foreign investors, while some are aggressive, others are ineffective or downright clueless. Limited authority to offer tax or other incentives to pote [...] |
2008-05-02 01:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV PREL ECON OECD JA |
| 08TOKYO1337 |
METI ORDERS TCI TO CANCEL J-POWER INVESTMENT PLANS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) May 13 ordered The Children's Investment Master Fund (TCI), a U.K. hedge fund, to halt plans to double its 9.9 percent stake in electricity wholesaler Electric Power Development Company (J-Power). METI DDG Sasaki visited the E [...] |
2008-05-15 09:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ENRG PGOV OECD JA |
| 08TOKYO1353 |
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT REBUKES JAPAN'S [...] The Asian Corporate Governance Association (ACGA) released its first "White Paper on Corporate Governance in Japan" May 15 in Tokyo. The paper, endorsed by seven leading global pension funds, highlights six areas in which institutional investors believe Japanese corporate governance must be [...] |
2008-05-16 08:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON OECD JA |
| 08TOKYO1383 |
SCENESETTER FOR G-8 KOBE ENVIRONMENT MINISTERS' [...] (C) SUMMARY: The agenda for the Kobe G-8 Environment Ministerial includes biodiversity and the 3Rs - reduce, reuse, recycle, but much of the public focus will be on climate change and the steps Japan and other economies will take. This focus seems likely to remain despite the GOJ's strong su [...] |
2008-05-20 22:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV KGHG PREL OECD JA |
| 08TOKYO1421 |
INVESTMENT EXPERTS REPORT: GOOD BUT COULD HAVE [...] (C) Summary: An American executive who served as a member of the Cabinet Office Investment Experts Panel privately labeled its recently issued report "very cautious." He noted there needed to be more of a push by senior GOJ policy makers if the report is to have the positive, pro-reform effec [...] |
2008-05-23 03:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON PGOV OECD JA |
| 08TOKYO1495 |
INVESTOR REVOLT SHOCKS CORPORATE JAPAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The May 29 ousting of the directors of a mid-sized Japanese company by a group of investors led by controversial U.S. fund Steel Partners set a new precedent for shareholder activism in Japan. Unlike Steel Partners' previous moves, this latest has drawn only muted GOJ reactio [...] |
2008-05-30 08:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON OECD JA |
| 08TOKYO1550 |
JAPAN'S SHAREHOLDERS QUIETLY FORCING IMPORTANT [...] (SBU) Summary: The 2008 annual general shareholder meetings of Japanese listed companies taking place this month are likely to be less contentious than last year's meetings, with only about half of the number of shareholder proposals up for debate. Fewer proxy fights do not mean activist fund [...] |
2008-06-06 07:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON OECD JA |
| 08TOKYO1553 |
OECD AND CLIMATE CHANGE NONPAPER DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-06 08:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SENV OECD KGHG JA |
| 08TOKYO1725 |
METI STUDY GROUP EXAMINES ROLE OF INVESTMENT FUNDS [...] SUMMARY: A Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) study group June 16 released a report that describes the role of private investment funds in Japan's financial markets. The report notes investment funds can promote economic growth and contribute to stronger corporate performance by [...] |
2008-06-24 00:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON OECD PGOV JA |
| 08TOKYO1950 |
TCI HOISTS THE WHITE FLAG IN J-POWER CASE [...] (SBU) The Children's Investment Master Fund (TCI), a U.K. hedge fund, announced July 14 it will not contest the GOJ's May 13 order directing it to halt plans to boost its stake in electricity wholesaler Electric Power Development Company (J-Power) (Ref A). The fund's decision ends a highly c [...] |
2008-07-15 06:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ENRG PGOV OECD JA |
| 08TOKYO2029 |
METI STUDY GROUP CRACKS DOWN ON TAKEOVER DEFENSES [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Corporate Value Study Group (CVSG) has produced a long-awaited report on the appropriate use of corporate takeover defenses that includes a strong statement about the positive impact of M&A, even in cases of hostile deals, on cor [...] |
2008-07-23 08:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON OECD JA |
| 08TOKYO2206 |
FIRST LOOK AT JAPAN'S NEW CONSUMER AGENCY [...] (C) Summary: Japan's proposed Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) aims at revitalizing the Japanese economy through restoring and promoting consumer confidence in product safety and more effective enforcement of existing laws, according to a senior GOJ official who heads the office charged with sta [...] |
2008-08-11 22:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR ETRD PGOV OECD JA |
| 08TOKYO3104 |
U.S.-JAPAN INVESTMENT WORKING GROUP CALLS FOR POSITIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: The eighth round of talks under the U.S.-Japan Bilateral Investment Working Group (IWG) took place October 29 in Tokyo co-chaired by U.S. Ambassador to APEC Patricia Haslach and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Deputy Director General Makoto Shiota. The two sides [...] |
2008-11-09 22:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON PREL OECD JA |
| 08TOKYO324 |
SAPPORO HOLDINGS PANEL CALLS FOR REJECTION OF [...] (SBU) Sapporo Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Sapporo Breweries, announced February 5 that an independent advisory committee it set up to analyze the February 2007 takeover bid (TOB) by U.S.-based investment fund Steel Partners had determined the bid is not in the best interests of the [...] |
2008-02-07 06:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON OECD JA |
| 08TOKYO325 |
SENIOR LDP POLITICIAN ON ELECTION PROSPECTS, [...] (C) Senior ruling party politician Koichi Kato told Embassy Tokyo February 4 that poor economic management and a lack of leadership could force the Prime Minister to dissolve the Diet in the fall, with the ruling coalition likely to lose its 2/3 super-majority in the Lower House. During the c [...] |
2008-02-07 07:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN OECD JA |
| 08TOKYO408 |
FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN JAPAN -- OBSTACLES REMAIN [...] (C) Summary: The GOJ maintains its policy of boosting foreign direct investment and the sharp rise in FDI inflows in 2007 show foreign investors are not "fleeing Japan". Recent high-profile debates over particular investment cases, public warnings by a cabinet member that Japan's investment c [...] |
2008-02-14 17:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON PREL PGOV OECD JA |
| 08TOKYO487 |
JAPAN SUPPORTS CHINA, INDIA IEA MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) The GOJ "does not anticipate any obstacles" for Japan to support the U.S. proposal to allow China and India to join the International Energy Agency (IEA), Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Economic Security Division Director Kazuyuki Takeuchi told Emboff February 21. Takeuchi believes th [...] |
2008-02-25 03:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG JA IEA OECD CH IN |
| 08TOKYO546 |
SAPPORO REJECTS STEEL PARTNERS TAKEOVER BID [...] (U) Sapporo Holdings, Ltd.'s board of directors February 26 announced it had rejected U.S.-based investment fund Steel Partners' $1.4 billion tender offer to acquire 66.6 percent of the company's shares. The board's announcement did not signal whether the company intended to implement formal [...] |
2008-02-29 09:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON OECD JA |
| 08TOKYO574 |
JAPAN AGREES WITH USG POSITION ON TAIWAN OECD [...] (C) Japan agrees with the U.S. position that the OECD should continue to adhere to the guidelines for Taiwan's participation in the OECD as laid out in the 1995 letter to the Chinese from then-OECD Secretary General Paye, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) OECD Office Deputy Dir [...] |
2008-03-04 08:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON JA CM TW OECD |
| 08TOKYO612 |
ACCJ ADVISES TARGETED APPROACH ON INVESTMENT [...] (C) Summary: American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) President Allen Smith urged the Embassy and the USG to move carefully in lobbying Japan on investment issues at this politically sensitive time. "Rather than a strategy of 'gaiatsu', this was the time for 'shiatsu'", he advised. U.S. [...] |
2008-03-07 08:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON OECD JA |
| 08TOKYO644 |
METI'S NEW STUDY GROUP ON INVESTMENT FUNDS [...] (C) Summary: A new METI study group, composed largely of investment banking or investment funds executives, will examine best practices of the most common types of investment funds and consider whether new GOJ policies are needed to support them in providing risk capital to Japanese companies. [...] |
2008-03-11 23:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON OECD JA |
| 08TOKYO821 |
INVESTMENT WORKING GROUP TARGETS JAPAN'S DETERIORATING [...] (SBU) Summary: There is no change in Japan's policy of promoting foreign direct investment (FDI), according to the Japanese co-chair of the U.S.-Japan Investment Working Group (IWG), which met March 17 via digital videoconference. The GOJ will continue to showcase Japan as an investment desti [...] |
2008-03-25 07:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON OECD JA |
| 08TOKYO912 |
JAPAN DISCUSSIONS OF TRILATERAL ECON TIES FOCUS ON [...] (C) Summary: Japan's desire to leverage cooperation with the U.S. in dealing with China figured prominently in discussions March 27 between Japanese officials and visiting economic section heads from Embassies Beijing and Seoul. On climate change, for example, the GOJ wants U.S. assistance [...] |
2008-04-03 08:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ENRG EINV PREL ETTC JA CH KS OECD |
| 08TOKYO956 |
METI SIGNALS OPPOSITION TO TCI INVESTMENT IN [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) signaled again April 5 it opposes the proposal by UK-based Children's Investment Master Fund (TCI) to increase its investment in electricity wholesaler Electric Power Development Company (known as J-Power.) In January, TCI, which [...] |
2008-04-08 07:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ENRG PGOV OECD JA |
| 08VIENNA296 |
TAIWAN IN THE OECD: AUSTRIA FAVORS U.S. POSITION [...] (C) Econ/Pol Couns met 2/29 with MFA Asia Department Director Zimburg to deliver reftel demarche. Zimburg reported that Austria's basic position on Taiwanese participation in international organizations was in favor of "pragmatic" engagement. Thus, Austria would tend to oppose proposals that [...] |
2008-02-29 15:32:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OECD ECON CMGT TW AU |
| 08WELLINGTON77 |
NEW ZEALAND IN STEP WITH USG VIEWS ON TAIWANESE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-28 18:33:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON OECD NZ CM TW |
| 09BARCELONA32 |
ANDORRA: FRENCH PRESSURE LEADS ANDORRA TO REDUCE BANK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Andorran Cap de Govern (Prime Minister-equivalent) Albert Pintat announced he was stepping down as the leader of his party amid accusations by French President Nicolas Sarkozy that the Andorran Government had failed to sufficiently modify the country's bank laws on transparenc [...] |
2009-03-16 11:44:00 | Consulate Barcelona | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD OECD PGOV PREL SP AN |
| 09BERLIN159 |
MERKEL PROPOSES A WORLD ECONOMIC COUNCIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: What does German Chancellor Angela Merkel mean by a "World Economic Council"? The concept, first enunciated by the Chancellor in December 2008, is a moving target that has recently been eclipsed by a parallel proposal for a global "Economic Charter." At its root lies Merkel's [...] |
2009-02-06 17:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN GM OECD PREL WTRO IO |
| 09BERLIN758 |
MERKEL'S CHARTER GETS GREEN LIGHT FROM G-20 SHERPAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. One of Chancellor Merkel's highest priority global economic initiatives got a boost from G-20 Sherpas at a meeting in Berlin on June 12, 2009. The Chancellor's top economic advisors presented her vision for a Charter for Sustainable Activity, which is Merkel's contribution to [...] |
2009-06-24 10:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN GM OECD PREL WTRO IO |
| 09BRATISLAVA487 |
SLOVAKIA SLOW ROLLS CORPORATE CRIMINAL LIABILITY [...] (U) On November 4, the Slovak government approved draft legislation on terrorist financing. The accompanying explanatory note caught our eye because it stated that `if the proposed legislative changes creating separate offenses for terrorism financing and corporate criminal liability were [...] |
2009-11-20 16:52:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OECD LO |
| 09BRUSSELS948 |
TEC STAKEHOLDERS PRAISE DAY-LONG OUTREACH EVENT [...] (U) Over 70 EU business, consumer group and European Commission representatives joined USEU staff June 29 for an energetic discussion of the Transatlantic Economic Council and Transatlantic Economic Framework(TEC/TEF), organized jointly by the Transatlantic Business Dialogue (TABD) and USEU in [...] |
2009-07-08 15:35:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EIND ECIN EAGR EINV ETTC OECD PREL |
| 09KINGSTON481 |
JAMAICA RESPONSE TO 2009 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION [...] (U) The following is Post's response to questions listed in reftel regarding staffing and employee data at International organizations. 2. (U) Staff of the International Seabed Authority are listed below by name, title, nationality, category and level: OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL --- [...] |
2009-06-16 20:08:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER ECON KUNR OECD POL UN APECO UNESCO JM |
| 09KINGSTON86 |
JAMAICA: ANNUAL REQUEST FOR STAFFING, EMPLOYMENT, AND [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-02 13:33:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APECO APER ECON KUNR OECD POL UN UNESCO JM XL |
| 09LISBON51 |
PORTUGAL: CY 2008 STAFFING LISTS AND BUDGETARY [...] Per reftel, below are staff lists and extrabudgetary data on the International Lead and Zinc Study Group (ILZSG) and the International Copper Study Group (ICSG). 2. STAFF LISTS -------------- * * * * * ILZSG * * * * * NAME POSITION CITIZENSHIP GRADE Smale, [...] |
2009-01-26 14:01:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER ECON KUNR OECD POL UN APECO UNESCO |
| 09LJUBLJANA196 |
SLOVENIA WORKING TO ADDRESS FINNISH ALLEGATIONS IN [...] (C) After discussions with Slovenia's Minister of Justice and Chief Prosecutor-General about Finnish allegations circulated at the June OECD Working Group on Bribery, post expects Finland and Slovenia will clear up the misunderstandings that gave rise to the allegations in September - before t [...] |
2009-07-16 14:59:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON OECD EFIN SI |
| 09LONDON2582 |
ANTI-BRIBERY BILL HEADS TO PARLIAMENT, BUT PASSAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: The UK government included anti-bribery legislation among its priorities in the Queen's Speech on November 18, 2009, at the State opening of Parliament. While this indicates HMG commitment to meet OECD and other global anti-bribery standards, some observers doubt, however, that [...] |
2009-11-18 15:36:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EU OECD PREL PGOV KCRM UK |
| 09PARIS1447 |
POLAND DELEGATION PARLAYS MDEP MEETING TO [...] The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Multinational Design Evaluation Program (MDEP) held a conference in Paris, France on September 10 and 11. MDEP core members had decided to expand their reach and organize a formal exchange with national regulators from MDEP non-member countries, industry repres [...] |
2009-10-28 15:11:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG OTRA TRGY TECH OECD FR SP IO |
| 09PARIS1732 |
CHILE PASSES HURDLES TO BECOME OECD MEMBER [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 15 the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) invited Chile to become the 31st member of the organization (and the first South American OECD member). Chile completed the rigorous accession process in a record two and a half years, submitting to [...] |
2009-12-21 10:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ECON CI OECD |
| 09PARIS235 |
OECD REPORTING: REPORT OF THE NUCLEAR ENERGY AGENCY [...] (U) This is an information cable. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Workshop on the Security of Supply of Medical Isotopes convened in Paris on January 29-30, 2009 and was well attended by representatives of government, industry, the health industry, intergo [...] |
2009-02-13 14:38:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP TRGY KSCA OECD UNVIE |
| 09PARIS330 |
The Standing Group for Global Energy Dialogue, February [...] Summary: The International Energy Agency's Standing Group for Global Energy Dialogue (SGD) met February 25-26 in Paris to discuss to review a range of outreach work to non-IEA countries, to discuss the activities of other energy organizations, and to discuss next steps for the IEA. Topics in [...] |
2009-03-06 11:23:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET IEA OECD |
| 09ROME1019 |
G20: ITALIANS SEE EUROPE DIVIDED ON BANKERS' [...] (SBU) Summary: A senior aide of Italy's Finance Minister told econoff August 31 that in the runup to the next G20 meeting Europeans remain divided on how to regulate compensation of financial sector executives, a point Italians expect to be high on the Pittsburgh agenda. The aide also ventured [...] |
2009-09-01 15:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINV ECON OECD IT |
| 09SANTIAGO1132 |
U.S. Support for Chile's OECD Accession [...] (U) Summary. Chile is ideally qualified to join the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) as its first South American member. U.S. support for Chile's accession this December will recognize Chile's remarkable economic, social, and political achievements over the past [...] |
2009-11-23 21:11:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON OECD EFIN ECIN KIPR PREL PGOV AORC CI |
| 09SINGAPORE381 |
SINGAPORE REACTION TO OECD TAX HAVEN LIST [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore Deputy Secretary of Finance Ng Wai Choon, in the course of a meeting with the Charge d'Affaires (CDA) on another matter, expressed concern that the OECD's process of classifying tax havens is not transparent or fair. The GOS was disturbed that the OECD had not placed [...] |
2009-04-22 02:24:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN OECD SN |
| 09STATE36296 |
ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND [...] Summary: The 57th session of the OECD Committee for Information, Computer and Communications Policy (ICCP) was held on March 11-13, 2009, at OECD Headquarters in Paris, France. Richard C. Beaird, Acting U.S. Coordinator for International Communication and Information Policy, served as Head [...] |
2009-04-13 20:18:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EIND ECON OECD |
| 09TELAVIV2536 |
Israeli Climate Change Policy Faces Grim Reality [...] (SBU) Summary. Israel's Environmental Protection Ministry (MEP) admits that its evolving climate change policy will not be able to reduce the country's CO2 emissions anywhere near the degree that climate change advocates recommend. Studies project a full doubling of Israel's emissions from to [...] |
2009-11-24 10:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KGHG OECD IS |
| 09TELAVIV825 |
MINISTERS OF ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, [...] (SBU) Summary. Israel's new government under Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was sworn in last week with the largest cabinet in Israel's history. Gilad Erdan of Likud was appointed to the Ministry of Environmental Protection, and he appears to be taking an activist stance early in his tenu [...] |
2009-04-08 10:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IS PGOV PREL SENV OECD |
| 09TOKYO721 |
JAPAN'S NEW NATIONAL INVESTMENT STRATEGY [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOJ unveiled its new national investment strategy at a March 23 JETRO-sponsored investment seminar in Tokyo with little fanfare and no publicity. The new strategy, in draft since December 2008, retains much of framework of the earlier strategy adopted in 2006, while incorp [...] |
2009-03-31 07:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON PGOV OECD JA |
| 09TOKYO888 |
NEW CONSUMER AFFAIRS AGENCY GAINS LOWER HOUSE [...] (U) Summary: The House of Representatives April 17 approved government-sponsored legislation to create a new Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) under the Cabinet office. The vote was unanimous, indicating disagreement with the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) has been resolved and openi [...] |
2009-04-17 08:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD POL OECD JA |
| 09TOKYO978 |
JAPANESE IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS: FOREIGN INVESTOR VISAS ARE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Japanese government issued 918 foreign manager/investor visas to all nationalities in 2007, according to the Ministry of Justice. This number is less than one tenth of the total number of E (trader/investor) visas that Embassy Tokyo issues to Japanese citizens each year. En [...] |
2009-04-28 06:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS ETRD ELAB EFIN EAGR CMGT OECD JA |
| 09TOKYO99 |
FDI IS BRIGHT SPOT IN JAPAN'S ECONOMIC GLOOM [...] (SBU) Summary. Foreign direct investment (FDI) is a relative bright spot in the Japanese economy despite global economic difficulties. Although recent financial market turmoil reduced the pace of Japan's FDI inflows, those flows remain positive. The GOJ is quietly pursuing policy initiativ [...] |
2009-01-16 08:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON PGOV OECD JA |
| 09USEUBRUSSELS948 |
TEC STAKEHOLDERS PRAISE DAY-LONG OUTREACH EVENT [...] (U) Over 70 EU business, consumer group and European Commission representatives joined USEU staff June 29 for an energetic discussion of the Transatlantic Economic Council and Transatlantic Economic Framework(TEC/TEF), organized jointly by the Transatlantic Business Dialogue (TABD) and USEU in [...] |
2009-07-08 15:35:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EIND ECIN EAGR EINV ETTC OECD PREL |
| 10BERLIN225 |
Berlin Response to Annual Request for Data on UN [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-26 16:34:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APECO APER ECON KUNR OECD POLUN UNESCO GM |
| 10MANILA187 |
ANNUAL REQUEST FOR STAFFING, EMPLOYMENT, AND OTHER [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-29 01:14:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER ECON KUNR OECD APECO UNESCO RP |
| 10PARIS101 |
OECD: OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVANCE U.S. DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: OECD development institutions provide opportunities for harnessing the OECD's unique strengths (donor coordination, peer learning, analysis of market-based best practices, and statistics) in support of U.S. development priorities. As the USG looks for ways to elevate its develop [...] |
2010-01-29 16:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN OECD XA XE XF XL XM |
| 10PARIS111 |
REPORT OF THE 119TH NUCLEAR ENERGY AGENCY STEERING [...] SUMMARY: The OECD/Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Steering Committee met October 29-30, 2009 at OECD headquarters in Paris. Chairman Richard Stratford (U.S.) was reelected as Chair of the Steering Committee. The meeting took place against a backdrop of developments which indicate heightened inter [...] |
2010-02-02 14:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ENRG KNNP TRGY ISCA IEA OECD |
| 10PARIS140 |
OECD COUNCIL AND ENHANCED ENGAGEMENT PARTNERS DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Council of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) met in an enlarged session with Enhanced Engagement and Accession Country countries to discuss the development dimension of OECD work on climate change, trade, taxation, and food security. The discus [...] |
2010-02-05 15:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN ETRD OECD XA XE XF XL XM |
| 10PARIS22 |
Russia's Accession to the OECD [...] (SBU) Summary: The slow pace of Russia's accession to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) reflects poor internal coordination by the Russian Government and the significant hurdles that Russia faces in demonstrating consistency with the OECD's open market principles [...] |
2010-01-08 08:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN PREL OECD XG XH RS |
| 10PARIS220 |
OECD: ANNUAL REQUEST FOR STAFFING AND BUDGET DATA [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-24 12:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ABUD APER OECD |
| 10PARIS228 |
OECD TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY OFFICER [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-25 08:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON OECD |
| 10PARIS23 |
OECD: DOC GC Cameron Kerry Leads U.S. Delegation to [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Department of Commerce General Counsel Cameron Kerry led the U.S. delegation to an OECD Conference on December 9, 2009, which commemorated International Anticorruption Day, the ten-year anniversary of the entry into force of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, and the roll ou [...] |
2010-01-08 08:19:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KCOR OECD GM SW JA RS UK FR |
| 10PARIS26 |
Russia's Accession to the OECD - Chronology and Standards [...] (U) Summary: This cable is part two of a two-part series. Part I (Reftel) outlined the broader challenges that Russia faces during the accession process to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. This cable provides details on the chronology and the status of the accession e [...] |
2010-01-11 08:36:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN PREL OECD XG XH |
| 10PARIS61 |
OECD: POLICY COHERENCE FOR DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member states are engaged in a reflective exercise on how best to incorporate development into OECD activities writ large, both in terms of engaging developing countries in a two-way dialogue, extending support to deve [...] |
2010-01-19 16:11:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ETRD OECD |
| 10PARIS9 |
EEB A/S FERNANDEZ ADVOCATES GREATER FOCUS [...] (SBU) Summary: EEB Assistant Secretary Jose W. Fernandez co-chaired the December 7-8 OECD Global Forum on International Investment and underscored the importance of foreign direct investment for global economic recovery. He discussed the upcoming OECD 50th Anniversary and OECD support for th [...] |
2010-01-06 14:20:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ECON EINV OECD |
| 10TELAVIV434 |
D/Sec Lew Discusses Assistance Cooperation with MFA and [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Secretary Jacob J. Lew met February 21 with Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon, and separately with MFA Director General Yossi Gal and MASHAV (Israel's foreign aid agency) head Haim Divon to discuss bilateral cooperation in development assistance and Israel's OECD access [...] |
2010-02-24 07:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EINV PREL OECD UNESCO IS PA |