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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03AMMAN6961 |
AJEX EXPO 2003 SELLS JORDAN AS GATEWAY TO IRAQ AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The American Jordanian EXPO 2003 drew 900 participants to its opening plenary on October 22, focused on the Iraq transit trade, and pitched Jordan as the "gateway" to Iraq and other markets in the region. Sessions on the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement and qualifying indus [...] |
2003-10-28 17:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL IZ JO EFTA |
| 05TUNIS1257 |
EVE OF TIFA COUNCIL: WHERE DOES TUNISIA STAND ON [...] (C) Summary. Tunisia has taken the fundamental decision to liberalize its economy after decades of state-control, but progress has been deliberate and mostly limited to sectors that do not threaten the GOT's prerogative or ultimate "sovereignty". The GOT justifies its approach in terms of mi [...] |
2005-06-06 13:40:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD TS EFTA |
| 05TUNIS1495 |
USTR NOVELLI ADVANCES US-TUNISIA TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary. Assistant Trade Representative Catherine Novelli, in Tunis June 14-15 for the second TIFA Council meeting, firmly emphasized to Minister of Development and International Cooperation Jouini that the U.S. wants to expand our free trade community and is working at a modest pace, b [...] |
2005-07-08 06:08:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD TS EFTA |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1523 |
ARGENTINE FM TAIANA'S TRIP TO INDIA YIELDS FEW [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) Argentine FM Jorge Taiana led a delegation of over 70 businesspersons and GOA officials to India July 3-7. The mission's goal, according to the office of the MFA's Undersecretary for Foreign Trade, wa [...] |
2006-07-07 21:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFTA EAGR ETRD AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2061 |
ARGENTINE FOREIGN TRADE SECRETARY: WHY URUGUAY [...] (C) Charge paid a courtesy call on Ambassador Alfredo Chiaradia, Secretary of External Trade in the Argentine MFA, on August 29. The conversation ranged over prospects to re-energize the Doha Round (not optimistic), the possibility of Argentina joining the FTAA (even less so), and USTR's GSP [...] |
2006-09-11 10:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFTA ECIN ECON AR |
| 06MANAGUA1938 |
NICARAGUA: USTDA SIGNS GRANTS WITH NATIONAL PORTS [...] (U) Summary: USTDA Director for Policy and Programs Geoff Jackson signed two grants for feasibility studies with Nicaraguan entities in Managua on August 29. The first was with the National Ports Company to fund a $430,000 feasibility study on expanding cargo handling facilities and improving [...] |
2006-09-01 22:20:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAIR ECON EFTA EIND ETRD EWWT NU |
| 06MANAGUA2096 |
NICARAGUAN INSTITUTE OF CIVIL AVIATION CORNERSTONE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-22 21:51:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EFTA ETRD DOT FAA NU |
| 06TUNIS208 |
TIFA UPDATE: MINISTER JOUINI EXPRESSES HOPE TO U/S [...] (SBU) Summary. Treasury Under Secretary Timothy Adams' January 30 meeting with Development Minister Jouini discussed ways to move forward our Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) process in 2006. Ambassador noted the Ministry's feedback on USTR discussion papers, which spotlighted [...] |
2006-02-02 10:57:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EFTA ETRD TS |
| 06TUNIS645 |
TUNISIA: MINISTER TELLS A/S WELCH TUNISIA SERIOUS [...] (C) Summary. Minister of Development and International Cooperation Jouini told A/S Welch March 15 that job creation and boosting foreign investment were key challenges to Tunisia in the next ten years. Part of the strategy included diversifying trade exchanges, now primarily with the EU, to [...] |
2006-03-21 09:14:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EFTA PREL TS |
| 07CASABLANCA169 |
FTA BENEFITS A MIRAGE SAYS MOROCCAN CEO [...] (SBU) Summary: According to Saad Bendidi, Chairman and CEO of palace-controlled conglomerate ONA, the Morocco-U.S. FTA is not significant. This is in part because Morocco produces little to allow it to take advantage of such bilateral agreements. In addition, the U.S. market's complexity make [...] |
2007-08-15 09:49:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFTA EFIN ETRD ECIN BEXP MO |
| 07DAMASCUS194 |
SYRIA CONTINUES WTO ACCESSION EFFORTS [...] (U) Summary. The SARG is agitating to advance its 2001 application to join the WTO. So far, the SARG's new effort on behalf of its stalled WTO application seems to have much more to do with its effort to break out of its political isolation than it does with any new commitment to economic li [...] |
2007-03-01 06:38:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFTA ETRD PREL SY |
| 07DAMASCUS542 |
SYRIA'S WTO DREAMS CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: In the last several months, Syria has taken several public steps in an expressed desire to advance its WTO bid, including the formation of new committees on WTO accession planning, and the holding of several workshops and conferences designed to highlight their ongoing efforts to [...] |
2007-06-05 12:55:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFTA ETRD PREL SY |
| 07PANAMA181 |
PANAMA PROPOSES CANAL TOLL INCREASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On February, 2, 2007, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) announced its proposed toll increases for the Panama Canal. The proposed toll increases run through 2009. The ACP is holding a public comment period through March 12, 2007 and a public hearing on March 14, 2007. The full tex [...] |
2007-02-06 13:18:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON FCSC EFTA ETRD EWWT PM |
| 07PANAMA28 |
PANAMA MARKS CONCLUSION OF FTA (TPA) NEGOTIATIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY. The GoP is engaged in a full court press to solidify public support for the U.S.-Panama FTA (now renamed as a "Trade Promotion Agreement" or "TPA") Working through the holidays, President Martin Torrijos led a December 27 event to mark the conclusion of the TPA negotiations. The [...] |
2007-01-08 20:24:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFTA ETRD FAS FCSC PM |
| 07PANAMA47 |
PANAMA CANAL AUTHORITY EYES TOLL INCREASES [...] SUMMARY. On December 18, 2006, DCM and EconOff met with Panama Canal Authority (ACP) Administrator Alberto Aleman Zubieta and ACP Chief of Planning Javier Sabonge to discuss the ACP's planned toll increases. The ACP has not yet determined the magnitude of the toll increases. Aleman hinted th [...] |
2007-01-12 18:01:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFTA ETRD EWWT FCSC PM |
| 07RABAT368 |
LARGEST U.S. INVESTOR SELLS MOROCCAN POWER PLANT [...] (SBU) Summary. The largest American investor in Morocco, electric utility CMS Energy (CMS), has agreed to sell its $1.4 billion investment in Morocco, CMS Generation Company (CMSGC), to the Abu Dhabi National Electric Company (TAQA), pending approvals. CMSCG owns 50 percent of the Jorf Lasf [...] |
2007-02-26 17:50:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EIND ENRG EFTA MO |
| 07RABAT597 |
BFIF SUPPORT FOR U.S.-MOROCCO FTA CLOSE OUT REPORT [...] Summary. The FY-06 Business Facilitation Incentive Funds (BFIF) program approved $11,000 for Embassy Rabat to support the U.S.-Moroccan Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in its initial year of implementation. Post proposed to use the funds to bolster the American Chamber of Commerce's (AmCham) prog [...] |
2007-04-04 16:23:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EAGR ECIN EFTA EIND ETRD MO |
| 07SANTODOMINGO2369 |
DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES ARCHIPELAGIC [...] (C) Summary: On October 18, the CDA and UK Ambassador delivered a joint demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to protest the Dominican Republic's unilateral declaration as an archipelagic State claiming expansive new territorial sea rights. The U.S. and UK contested the definitio [...] |
2007-10-22 18:36:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ECON EFTA ETRD PREL DR |
| 08LIMA1439 |
EEB A/S SULLIVAN AND WHA PDAS KELLY PITCH TRADE & [...] (C) A/S Sullivan and PDAS Kelly engaged the GOP's Foreign and Trade Ministers on the details of the Alliance for Growth & Prosperity (AGP) initiative in Lima on August 20-21. The visit revealed some differences among our GOP interlocutors and moved Peru from questioning to problem-solving mod [...] |
2008-08-29 19:24:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL EFTA UNGA PE |
| 08OTTAWA889 |
CANADA TO OPEN NEW TRADE OFFICES IN CHINA, MEXICO [...] (U) Summary: In a June 19 speech, International Trade Minister Emerson announced that Canada is establishing 10 new trade offices in China, Mexico, and Brazil as part of Canada's "aggressive" trade policy. This is in addition to new trade offices in India and Mongolia announced in April. The [...] |
2008-06-30 19:43:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EINV CA EFTA CH BR IN |
| 08PANAMA204 |
PANAMA AND MEXICO TO RE-START FTA TALKS; MEXICO [...] (U) SUMMARY. On March 5, 2008, during the inaugural speech for Expocomer 2008 Trade Convention in Panama City, Mexican President Felipe Calderon announced that he would seek a free trade agreement with Panama and that the GOM would eliminate the visa requirement for Panamanians traveling to Mex [...] |
2008-03-07 18:48:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON CVIS EFTA ETRD FAS PM |
| 08PANAMA253 |
PANAMA: GOP SEEKS TO PROVIDE RELIEF AGAINST [...] (U) SUMMARY. During the March 1, 2008 National Assembly inaugural speech, President Martin Torrijos presented a $110 million fiscal package, aimed in large part to ease the impact of higher inflation. The package provides continued energy subsidies, a middle class tax cut, increased mortgage s [...] |
2008-03-28 12:50:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EFTA ENRG ETRD FAS PM |
| 08PANAMA269 |
PANAMA: GOP SEEKS TO PROVIDE RELIEF AGAINST [...] (U) SUMMARY. During the March 1, 2008 National Assembly inaugural speech, President Martin Torrijos presented a $110 million fiscal package, aimed in large part to ease the impact of higher inflation. The package provides continued energy subsidies, a middle class tax cut, increased mortgage s [...] |
2008-03-28 22:01:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFTA ENRG ETRD FAS PM |
| 08PANAMA702 |
PANAMA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SEPTEMBER 24 [...] (U) MFA Director of International Organizations Delia Villamonte noted that President Torrijos and First Vice-President and Foreign Minister Lewis were both aware of the meeting, in response to ECONOFF's delivery of REFTEL demarche on August 20, 2008. However, Villamonte did not have any spec [...] |
2008-08-25 23:46:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFTA ETRD UNGA PM |
| 08SANJOSE687 |
COSTA RICA -- DEMARCHE ON LEADERS, MEETING ON [...] (SBU) During a meeting with FM Bruno Stagno on August 19, Ambassador Cianchette personally invited the GOCR to participate in the September 24 leaders, meeting on trade and prosperity in New York. Stagno stated that the GOCR plan was for President Oscar Arias, Minister of Foreign Trade (COME [...] |
2008-08-22 19:33:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CS ECON EFTA ETRD PGOV PREL UNGA |
| 08SANTIAGO936 |
A/S SULLIVAN AND PDAS KELLY MEETING WITH ECLAC ON [...] (C) Summary. A/S Sullivan and PDAS Kelly met August 22 with officials from the UN Economic Commission for Latin American and the Caribbean (ECLAC/CEPAL) to provide a brief on U.S. economic engagement in the Western Hemisphere and preview USG plans for a new initiative (now called Pathways to [...] |
2008-10-21 12:26:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD OVIP UNGA EFTA CI |
| 08SANTIAGO938 |
A/S SULLIVAN AND PDAS KELLY LUNCH WITH CHILEAN BUSINESS LEADERS ON NEW TRADE INITIATIVE (PATHWAYS) [...] (C) Summary. A/S Sullivan and PDAS Kelly met with Chilean business leaders August 22 to brief them on U.S. economic engagement in the Western Hemisphere and preview USG plans for a new initiative to broaden access to the network of Free Trade Agreements in the region (now named Pathways to Prosp [...] |
2008-10-21 14:07:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG ETRD OVIP UNGA EFTA CI |
| 08SANTODOMINGO1953 |
(C) GODR BLAMES 'EXPLOSIVE' LEGISLATOR FOR SEA [...] (C) Summary: On December 15, the Ambassadors from the United Kingdom, United States and Japan demarched Deputy Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Trullols regarding concerns about the Dominican Republic's expanded sea boundary claims under a 2007 law. Trullols said the Foreign Ministry opposed this [...] |
2008-12-22 14:11:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ECON EFTA PBTS PREL DR |
| 09BRUSSELS521 |
PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE: SENTENCE FIRST, VERDICT [...] (U) SUMMARY. At its quarterly meeting in Brussels March 31, the European Risk Forum focused its roundtable discussion on the precautionary principle, with Commission and European agency officials, private sector representatives, academics and others weighing in. The discussion, which was less [...] |
2009-04-07 12:45:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EFIN EFTA ETRD EU |
| 09PANAMA341 |
CODEL HOYER EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR PANAMA FTA; [...] (SBU) On April 5, the members of Codel Hoyer met with President Martin Torrijos and selected members of his government to discuss continuation of what Majority Leader Hoyer described as an &extraordinarily close8 bilateral relationship, to thank President Torrijos for the cooperation that enha [...] |
2009-04-27 20:40:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFTA ELAB ETRD OREP OVIP PGOV PM PREL |
| 09PANAMA367 |
TORRIJOS BRIEFS MARTINELLI AS TIEA THREATENS FTA [...] (SBU) Vice-President Lewis reported to the Ambassador that President Torrijos recommitted to his endgame (reftels) for the U.S.-Panama FTA (FTA) during his first meeting with President-elect Martinelli. That endgame calls for the Obama Administration to submit the FTA to Congress, after which [...] |
2009-05-06 22:58:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL PGOV EFTA EFIN SNAR PM |
| 09PANAMA373 |
MARTINELLI'S U.S. AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE SUPPORTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Jaime Aleman, President-elect Martinelli's Ambassador-designate to Washington, told Ambassador Stephenson today (May 7) that Martinelli would support initiation of Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) negotiations with the United States soon as part of Panama's 2002 and 20 [...] |
2009-05-07 23:23:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EFTA ETRD PGOV PM PREL SNAR |
| 09PANAMA435 |
PANAMA LAUNCHES CONTROVERSIAL FTA MEASURES AMID [...] (C) Encouraged by front-page coverage of U.S. officials noting progress on the U.S.-Panama Free Trade Agreement (FTA) early in the week of May 18, the current (Torrijos) and in-coming (Martinelli) governments of Panama took actions on May 20 designed to pave the way for U.S. Congressional appr [...] |
2009-06-01 17:37:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EFTA ELAB ETRD PGOV PM PREL SNAR |
| 09PANAMA439 |
PANAMA: NEITHER TORRIJOS NOR MARTINELLI CAN [...] (C) While President-elect Ricardo Martinelli would very much like to secure U.S. ratification of the pending bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA), Martinelli and his closest advisors assess that President Martin Torrijos and his Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) deputies in the National Ass [...] |
2009-06-01 21:21:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EFTA PM |
| 09PANAMA454 |
PANAMA LAUNCHES CONTROVERSIAL FTA MEASURES AMID [...] (C) Encouraged by front-page coverage of U.S. officials noting progress on the U.S.-Panama Free Trade Agreement (FTA) early in the week of May 18, the current (Torrijos) and in-coming (Martinelli) governments of Panama took actions on May 20 designed to pave the way for U.S. Congressional appr [...] |
2009-06-05 18:45:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EFTA ELAB ETRD PGOV PM PREL SNAR |
| 09PANAMA490 |
PANAMA FTA LABOR REFORMS: TIME IS TICKING AWAY. [...] (C) President Torrijos issued four executive decrees on June 5 to bring the Panamanian labor code into alignment with International Labor Organization (ILO) standards, as he continues his attempt to fulfill his Free Trade Agreement (FTA)-related promises to the Obama Administration. However, [...] |
2009-06-18 18:24:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EFTA ELAB ETRD PGOV PM PREL |
| 09PANAMA535 |
GOP SET TO LAUNCH TIEA NEGOTIATIONS WITH OECD [...] (SBU) Minister of the Economy and Finance (MEF) Alberto Vallarino will assume leadership of the Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA)/OECD-G20 transparency issues by spearheading the GOP's efforts to negotiate TIEAs with OECD nations. "Not having a TIEA could severely damage our service-b [...] |
2009-07-07 23:03:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EFTA ETRD PM PREL |
| 09PANAMA640 |
ONCE AGAIN, GOP SET TO LAUNCH TIEA NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) GOP Ministers informed the Ambassadors to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries that Panama will enter Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) negotiations with a sufficient number of OECD countries to prevent Panama from being blacklisted as a tax [...] |
2009-08-24 12:06:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EFTA ETRD PM PREL |
| 09SANJOSE107 |
WHA/CEN DEPUTY DIRECTOR'S VISIT TO COST RICA: [...] (C) SUMMARY: A senior MFA official candidly discussed a wide range of regional issues with WHA/CEN Deputy Director David Wolfe during the latter's February 9-11 visit to Costa Rica. Wolfe's interlocutor contrasted Costa Rica's frosty Nicaraguan relations with a warming trend with Panama, and [...] |
2009-02-21 00:27:00 | Embassy San Jose | CONFIDENTIAL | CS EFTA KSUM PGOV PINR PREL SNAR |
| 09SANTIAGO1 |
Fifth Annual Meeting of U.S. - Chile Free Trade [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The fifth annual U.S.-Chile Free Trade Commission (FTC) met December 12 in Santiago, Chile. The FTC discussed: 1) the effects of the U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on trade and investment between the two countries, 2) the FTA institutional framework, 3) FTA implementati [...] |
2009-01-02 11:02:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD KIPR EFTA CI |
| 09SANTIAGO442 |
Chile Wants Free Trade Commission Meeting To Review Pulp [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chile's wood and pulp industry association (CORMA), one of the nation's leading export industries, is pressuring the GOC to address a tax credit received by U.S. pulp and paper companies for use of alternative fuels. In response, the GOC on April 29 sent a letter to USTR reques [...] |
2009-05-08 17:39:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD KIPR EFTA CI |