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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
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| 04WELLINGTON727 |
NEW ZEALAND RESPONDS TO APEC PROPOSALS ON CUSTOMS [...] Post delivered ref talking points August 24 to Adele Bryant, deputy director in the economic division of New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. 2. On the proposal for permanently extending the customs duties moratorium on electronically transmitted products (ref B), Ms. Bryant [...] |
2004-08-25 21:55:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECIN ETTC EINV NZ APECO |
| 05BANGKOK5128 |
APEC RADIOACTIVE SOURCES INITIATIVE DEMARCHE: RTG [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) Poloff delivered demarche (reftel A) to Chutintorn Gongsakdi, Director of International Economic Policy at MFA; Katanawadee Kalayanamit, International Organizations/Peace, Security and Disarmament Division at MFA; and Amornsate [...] |
2005-08-10 05:07:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM ETTC KSTC EAID ETRD ECIN TH APECO IAEA |
| 05BANGKOK6943 |
THAILAND: FOLLOWING UP ON ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] (SBU) Poloff passed reftel points to Chutintorn Gongsakdi, MFA Director of International Economic Policy, and Katanawadee Kalayanamit from the Peace, Security and Disarmament Division at MFA. Chutintorn received the points without comment. Katanawadee said that Thailand does not plan to de [...] |
2005-11-04 09:37:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM ETTC KSTC EAID ETRD ECIN TH APECO |
| 05HANOI2027 |
VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR MEETS VICE FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met Ministry of Foreign Affairs Vice Minister Vu Dzung August 9 to deliver Reftel A points about the October 3-6 Export Control Conference in Hanoi. Vice Minister Dzung expressed his full understanding of the importance of continuing to hold this conference, but said Viet [...] |
2005-08-09 10:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC ETRD ECIN VM APECO APEC CVR |
| 05HANOI2482 |
VIETNAM IS NOT READY FOR APEC 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) is struggling to prepare for APEC 2006 and faces a steep uphill battle. Vice Foreign Minister Le Cong Phung told the Ambassador during a luncheon on September 23 that Vietnam "does not have much time" to prepare for APEC and will seek help from [...] |
2005-09-23 10:30:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD ECIN VM APECO APEC |
| 05HANOI794 |
VIETNAM: GVN WTO WORKING PARTY DOCUMENT SUBMISSION [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 3. Â [...] |
2005-04-05 09:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTRO APECO VN WTO |
| 05LIMA4341 |
PERUVIAN PARTICIPATION AT APEC EXPORT CONTROL [...] This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. As requested in reftel, we spoke with Ambassador Juan Capunay, Director of the APEC office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 3. Capunay confirmed that Peru will send three participants to the November 1-3 APEC conference on "Eff [...] |
2005-10-06 20:42:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KCOR PE APECO |
| 05LIMA4590 |
FOLLOWING UP ON 2004 APEC ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] (C) Econoff delivered the demarche "Following Up on the 2004 APEC Additional Protocol Commitments" (Reftel) to Amb. Juan Carlos Capunay, Peru's Ambassador to APEC, on 10/20. Capunay proudly noted that Peru has already signed and ratified the Additional Protocol, agreed that Brunei, Papua New [...] |
2005-10-25 16:06:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM ETTC KSTC EAID ETRD ECIN PE APECO |
| 05OTTAWA1386 |
SEEKING SUPPORT FOR U.S. APEC RADIOACTIVE SOURCES [...] (C) Reftel points were delivered on May 2 to the APEC Unit of Foreign Affairs Canada's International Economic Relations and Summit Division (EER), the International Crime Division (AGC) and the Regional Security Office (IDC). In a follow up discussion on May 6, AGC's Katie McLaurin informed pol [...] |
2005-05-09 14:28:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSTC EAID CA APECO |
| 05SANTIAGO1616 |
SUPPORT FOR REVISED U.S. APEC RADIOACTIVE SOURCES [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-29 21:52:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM ETTC KSTC EAID ETRD CI APECO IAEA |
| 05WELLINGTON385 |
NEW ZEALAND SUPPORTS U.S. APEC RADIOACTIVE SOURCES [...] (U) This message contains an action suggestion, at para 5. 2. (U) Post shared reftel demarche with the Disarmament Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). The Division takes the lead at MFAT on all bilateral and multilateral disarmament-related issues. 3. (U) [...] |
2005-05-13 04:57:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM ETTC KSTC EAID ETRD ECIN NZ APECO |
| 05WELLINGTON79 |
EAST ASIAN SUMMIT: NEW ZEALAND'S VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: New Zealand officials have been watching with interest the proposal to hold an East Asian Summit, but they remain unclear as to either the form or function of the meeting. New Zealand would welcome the chance to participate in the Summit, but is unlikely to push for an invitation [...] |
2005-01-27 05:06:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECIN NZ ASEAN APECO |
| 06AITTAIPEI3037 |
TAIWAN REP TO APEC CONFERENCE ON WORKFORCE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-05 09:46:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB APECO CH TW |
| 06BANGKOK5100 |
THAILAND APEC PRIORITIES [...] On August 9, Econoff met with Mr. Winachai Chaemchaeng, Deputy Director General of the Department of Trade Negotiations, and presented talking points per reftel. Winachai said the USG's priority on trade facilitation tracked most closely with RTG priorities. Thailand was working closely with [...] |
2006-08-21 23:47:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON APECO TH |
| 06BANGKOK823 |
THAILAND APEC 2006 PRIORITIES [...] On February 9, Econoff spoke with Ms. Morakot Srisawsdi, of the Department of International Economic Affairs in the Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Ms. Wichada Phabanjerdkit, APEC Section Chief in the Department of Trade Negotiations regarding Thai priorities for APEC 200 [...] |
2006-02-10 10:07:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | TH APECO |
| 06HONGKONG3128 |
HONG KONG PRELIMINARY RESPONSE TO APEC DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-02 09:22:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD APECO HK |
| 06HONGKONG4430 |
HONG KONG PRIORITIES FOR APEC [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered Ref A demarche to Hong Kong Trade and Industry Department (TID) Assistant Director General Petty Lai on October 24. On November 9, Lai gave Econoff a non-paper laying out Hong Kong's positions on its major APEC priorities and said that Hong Kong generally supports U.S. [...] |
2006-11-13 08:27:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD APECO CH HK |
| 06JAKARTA10757 |
INVITATION EXTENDED TO USDOL APEC CONFERENCE [...] We have conveyed points in Reftel regarding the upcoming U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) hosted Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Conference, Strategies for Workforce Development: Keys to Success, to be held in Hanoi, Vietnam on September 18-20, 2006 to the following officials and mem [...] |
2006-08-31 06:22:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB APECO ID |
| 06JAKARTA8792 |
INDONESIAN PARTICIPANTS FOR APEC SEMINAR ON [...] This is an action request; see para 3. 2. Three different Government of Indonesia (GOI) agencies are deeply involved in the control of avian influenza (AI). The National Committee on Avian Influenza (KOMNAS) serves as the national coordinating entity. The Ministry of Health is the agency [...] |
2006-07-13 10:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECIN TBIO KFLU APECO |
| 06KUALALUMPUR1635 |
MALAYSIA REPRESENTATIVE TO ATTEND USDOL APEC [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-30 09:06:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ELAB APECO MY |
| 06LIMA3068 |
PERU RESPONSE TO APEC PRIORITIES DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOP generally supports the USG's priorities for APEC, especially on trade. Commerce Vice Minister Chan was pessimistic about real progress on IPR, but confident the Counter-Terrorism Task Force's mandate would be extended. Peru's priorities (Ref B) have been mainly trade- [...] |
2006-08-04 23:42:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | APECO ETRD ECON PE |
| 06LIMA3489 |
APEC: PERU SUPPORTS CTTF EXTENSION, OPPOSES [...] (C) Summary: The GOP supports an extension of APEC's Counter-Terrorism Task Force, and suggests Thailand as a possible new chair. The GOP generally agrees with the USG's priorities for APEC 2006, with one notable exception: the GOP strongly opposes the creation of a professional Executive D [...] |
2006-09-01 22:39:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON APECO ETRD PTER PE |
| 06LIMA4248 |
PERU'S VIEWS ON APEC 2006 AND HOSTING APEC 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOP sees eye-to-eye with the USG on priorities for the November APEC Leaders' and Ministers' meetings. Having passed the U.S.-Peru Free Trade Agreement (PTPA) in its Congress in June, Peru has already signed on to many of the USG's trade priorities. It is likely that Pre [...] |
2006-10-31 22:14:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON APECO ETRD PTER PARM TSPL PE |
| 06LIMA435 |
PERUVIAN PRIORITIES FOR APEC 2006 [...] (SBU) We spoke to Juan Carlos Capunay, Ambassador to APEC at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on February 1 to discuss Peru's priorities for APEC 2006. While there are several items of importance to Peru, Ambassador Capunay highlighted the following areas as Peru's priorities: --Trade: Per [...] |
2006-02-02 16:08:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | APECO ETRD PE |
| 06LIMA4364 |
PERU FM SEEKS PULL-ASIDE WITH SECRETARY RICE [...] See paragraph 3 for action request. 2. Vice Foreign Minister Gonzalo Gutierrez informed Ambassador November 13 that Foreign Minister Jose Garcia Belaunde is seeking a ten minute pull-aside meeting with Secretary Rice at the upcoming APEC meeting in Hanoi, SIPDIS November 15-16, to discus [...] |
2006-11-14 21:59:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PVIP APECO PE |
| 06MEXICO829 |
FOLLOWING THE APEC ROAD MAP [...] (SBU) Summary: Econoff and Econ Specialist met February 9 with the Director of Multilateral and Regional Negotiations for the Mexican Secretariat of Economy Flavia Farinetti de Wiechers to discuss APEC 2006 initiatives and agenda. Farinetti said that the GOM strongly supports Vietnam's road ma [...] |
2006-02-14 22:18:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON MX APECO ETRD |
| 06MOSCOW8210 |
RUSSIAN GOALS FOR APEC 2006 [...] (C) We discussed U.S. APEC priorities on August 2 with MFA APEC Section Chief Pavel Alyanov and sought his views on Russian priorities at the Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) in September. Alyanov said Russia shared many of the same goals as the U.S. in APEC and particularly agreed on the impo [...] |
2006-08-02 14:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD PTER APECO RS |
| 06MOSCOW9955 |
RUSSIA SUPPORTS RENEWAL OF APEC COUNTER TERRORISM [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche September 7 to MFA Asian Cooperation Department Deputy Director Valeriy Sorokin and MFA New Challenges and Threats Deputy Director Nikolay Kudashev. Sorokin and Kudashev endorsed extension of the Counter Terrorism Task Force (CTTF) mandate, underlining the i [...] |
2006-09-08 11:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PTER APECO RS |
| 06OTTAWA2484 |
CANADA RESPONSE: DEMARCHE ON TOP U.S. TRADE, [...] (U) Summary: On August 16, EMIN and Econoff met with Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) officials to discuss reftel, which had been provided to them in late July. DFAIT was represented by outgoing Deputy Director for APEC Christopher Burton, his replacement Karen [...] |
2006-08-18 22:51:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON APECO CA |
| 06OTTAWA3248 |
APEC 2006: CANADA'S PRIORITIES [...] (sbu) Summary: Canada shares many of the USG's priorities for APEC 2006, Foreign Affairs Canada APEC Deputy Director Karen Garner told EMIN on October 26. Garner stated that Canada would urge APEC members to support an "ambitious, successful conclusion" to the Doha round, and said APEC refor [...] |
2006-10-27 11:32:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA ECON PARM PTER TSPL APECO |
| 06OTTAWA415 |
CANADIAN VIEWS ON APEC 2006 [...] SUMMARY: Canadian priorities for APEC in 2006 share broad common ground with U.S. objectives described in ref.A. The GOC is focusing on health security, private-sector-led development, and continuing to use APEC leaders' statements to influence WTO negotiations. End Summary. End Summary. [...] |
2006-02-17 21:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD APECO CA |
| 06PORTMORESBY299 |
PNG WILL GENERALLY SUPPORT US APEC PRIORITIES [...] (C) In a July 28 discussion of the points in reftel, PNG Senior Official Viali Vagi indicated general support of each U.S. priority without going into any detail beyond what we were able to provide. In particular, he agreed with extending the CTTF mandate. And said it would make sense to have [...] |
2006-07-28 06:03:00 | Embassy Port Moresby | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON APECO |
| 06SANTIAGO257 |
CHILE: APEC PRIORITIES FOR 2006 [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) will not have an APEC Senior Official until after the March 11 inauguration of incoming President Michelle Bachelet (ref B). The acting APEC Senior Official and his technical team told econoffs February 2 that Chile would like to work closely [...] |
2006-02-06 10:35:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | APECO KFLU SENV ETRD CI |
| 06SEOUL3880 |
PROPOSED 2006 APEC LEADERS' DECLARATION ON NORTH [...] (C) Lee Yong-joon, Director General for North Korean Nuclear Affairs at the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) met with POLMC on November 9, 2006 to provide the Republic of Korea's response to the proposed 2006 APEC Leaders' Statement on North Korea. DG Lee said the R [...] |
2006-11-09 08:26:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC KNNP PREL KN APECO |
| 06SEOUL450 |
KOREAN OBJECTIVES FOR APEC 2006 [...] (C) A key Korean focus for APEC 2006 will be obtaining support for its initiative to begin a new APEC research project on overcoming socio-economic disparities within APEC-members' respective domestic economies. This initiative is based on President Roh's own request (first included as an age [...] |
2006-02-08 08:35:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL APECO KS |
| 06SINGAPORE350 |
AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MINISTER OF HEALTH KHAW BOON [...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Health KHAW Boon Wan told the Ambassador during her February 2 courtesy call that our bilateral Regional Emerging Diseases Intervention (REDI) Center first needed to "get off the ground" -- hiring a permanent Director and additional staff -- before broadening its f [...] |
2006-02-07 05:25:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED EAGR TBIO ECON EINV APECO SN |
| 06TAIPEI2421 |
TAIWAN PARTICIPANTS IN APEC SEMINAR ON PANDEMIC [...] Dr. Chan-Hsien Chiu Director of Surveillance Taiwan Center for Disease Control e-mail: zschou@cdc.gov.tw tel: 886-2-23434901 fax 886-2-23210110 2. Ms. Lili Lee Deputy Director, Pandemic and Biosafety Preparedness E-mail: lililee@cdc.gov.tw tel: 886-2-23917675 fax: 886-2-23570944 The [...] |
2006-07-17 22:24:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON TBIO KFLU APECO TW |
| 06TAIPEI2573 |
TAIPEI RESPONDS TO APEC DEMARCHE [...] AIT delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) APEC Task Force Chief Wang Liang-yu on July 27. In her response, Wang said Chinese Taipei (CT) had repeatedly expressed full support for allowing markets, rather than governments, to determine select technology standards. [...] |
2006-08-01 08:46:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | CT ECON ETRD APECO TW |
| 06TAIPEI3036 |
CHINESE TAIPEI SUPPORTS U.S. ON APEC COUNTER [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-05 08:29:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PTER TW APECO |
| 06TAIPEI3522 |
PRESIDENT CHEN AND DIRECTOR DISCUSS BILATERAL [...] (S) Summary: The Director briefed President Chen Shui-bian on October 12 on his recent consultations in Washington, underscoring the importance Washington attaches to Taiwan's passage this fall of a robust defense budget. President Chen stressed his strong determination and his expectation th [...] |
2006-10-13 10:22:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | PGOV PREL APECO TW |
| 06TAIPEI3747 |
CHINESE TAIPEI SUPPORTS U.S. APEC AGENDA, OPPOSES [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. AIT Econoffs delivered reftel talking points on U.S. priorities for APEC to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of International Organizations Chief WANG Liang-Yu on November 1. Ms. Wang stated that Chinese Taipei generally agreed [...] |
2006-11-03 09:02:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PARM PTER TSPL APECO TW |
| 06TAIPEI4079 |
AUSTR VISIT: TIFA, APEC, CHINESE GOODS, AND [...] (C) Summary: Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) Director General Franco Huang told AIT Econ Chief that he would try to provide AIT with "acceptable footnote language" for Taiwan's WTO GPA accession. It is not clear whether this signifies confusion or motion in Taiwan's position. His comments [...] |
2006-12-08 05:52:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV APECO TW |
| 06TOKYO1634 |
MOFA ECONOMIC CHIEF ON EAS-APEC DIFFERENCES, FTA [...] (C) Summary: The Foreign Ministry's (MOFA) obsession with China is driving Japan's interest in the East Asian Summit (EAS), the Director General of MOFA's Economic Affairs Bureau told the U.S Senior Official for APEC on March 23. The MOFA official has endeavored to brief the Foreign Minist [...] |
2006-03-29 06:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL PGOV APECO ASEAN JA |
| 06TOKYO2008 |
WHA A/S SHANNON'S APRIL 10 CONSULTATIONS WITH MOFA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Continuing April 10 consultations, MOFA Latin American DG Sakaba told visiting WHA A/S Thomas Shannon that Japan was waiting for a positive response from Bolivian President Morales. Its three "issues" with Brazil were the status of Japanese-Brazilians in Japan, ethanol imports an [...] |
2006-04-13 06:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD EINV APECO ENRG XR XK LA CH |
| 06TOKYO2058 |
WHA A/S SHANNON'S APRIL 11 MEETING WITH METI DG [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan is happy with the results of its free trade agreement (FTA) with Mexico and expects rapid progress in FTA negotiations with Chile, METI Trade Policy DG Kitamura told WHA A/S Shannon April 11. Little enthusiasm for a trade deal with Brazil and its MERCOSUR partners exist [...] |
2006-04-17 07:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON EINV APECO XR XK LA CH JA |
| 06TOKYO2059 |
WHA A/S SHANNON'S APRIL 11 MEETING WITH JAPANESE [...] (SBU) Summary: Japanese companies see potential for investment in Latin America, particularly in the areas of minerals, energy, and food, Japanese business representative told WHA A/S Shannon on April 11. Noting the success of the Japan-Mexico free trade agreement, they hoped the Japanese [...] |
2006-04-17 07:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD ECON EINV APECO XR XK LA CH JA |
| 06TOKYO2061 |
WHA A/S SHANNON'S APRIL 11 MEETING WITH MOFA [...] (C) Summary. During a April 11 meeting with WHA A/S Shannon, MOFA Economic Cooperation Bureau DDG Sugita discussed Japan's ODA efforts in Latin America. He described difficulties increasing aid to the region due to Japan's traditional focus on Asia and poverty-alleviation efforts in Africa. [...] |
2006-04-17 08:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON EINV EAID APECO XR XK LA CH |
| 06TOKYO2130 |
METI VICE MINISTER EXPLAINS REGIONAL FTA PROPOSAL [...] (C) Summary: Trade Minister Nikai's recent proposal for an East Asian free trade agreement (FTA) aims to balance a less-inclusive Chinese initiative, according to METI Vice Minister Kusaka. The proposal would also help to "neutralize" pressures within the Japanese business community for a [...] |
2006-04-19 06:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL ASEAN APECO JA |
| 06TOKYO2283 |
METI'S ASIAN FTA PROPOSAL: TACTICS WITHOUT STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: METI Minister Nikai's recent regional FTA proposal is a tactical move to counter an expected Chinese-backed regional FTA proposal to be presented to an August ASEAN Plus Three Economic Ministers' meeting. METI however, seems not to have considered the longer-term implications [...] |
2006-04-27 06:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV PREL ASEAN APECO JA |
| 06TOKYO2328 |
Japanese Responses to Questions on French [...] The Japanese Ministry of Finance provided the following responses to the questions sent reftel: Question: Does Japan levy airline ticket taxes which are used for general development assistance, or any other non-aviation related purpose, within the country? Answer: No. Question: If s [...] |
2006-04-28 05:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN EAIR AFIN APECO JA |
| 06TOKYO2333 |
EAP/DAS KEITH'S MEETING WITH METI OFFICIALS ON PRC [...] (C) Summary: Questions from officials of Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) focused on China's promises regarding exchange rate reform and intellectual property protection during an April 26 briefing on Chinese President Hu Jintao's recent U.S. visit by EAP Deputy Assis [...] |
2006-04-28 06:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EFIN ENRG APECO PREL CH JA |
| 06TOKYO3045 |
ASIAN REGIONAL ARCHITECTURE: EXPLORING DIFFERENCES [...] (C) Summary: Reflecting Japan's preoccupation with the PRC when dealing with the question of Asia regional architecture, and sensitivity to being regarded as a less-than-equal partner, MOFA Asian Affairs Bureau Regional Policy Director Kazutoshi Aikawa, in an exceptionally frank personal op [...] |
2006-06-02 08:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD APECO CH RS JA |
| 06TOKYO3104 |
METI VALUES RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES AND [...] (C) Summary. Japanese Trade Minister Nikai's proposal for an East Asian Free Trade Area was meant to preempt Chinese proposals for a low-standards Asian FTA, not to exclude the United States from the region, according to Vice Trade Minister Kazumasa Kusaka. Kusaka claimed that METI still v [...] |
2006-06-06 08:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL JA APECO |
| 06TOKYO3161 |
MOFA'S ISHIKAWA CRITICIZES NIKAI EAST ASIA FTA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan needs WTO negotiations to move forward while MAFF Minister Nakagawa is still in place, MOFA Economic Affairs DG Ishikawa told visiting APEC Ambassador Michalak, but Brazil needs to move first before Nakagawa can play his hand. Ishikawa cited problems with METI Minister Nika [...] |
2006-06-08 06:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL JA APECO |
| 06TOKYO3164 |
METI SAYS ASEAN PLUS 3 FTA "INEVITABLE" [...] (C) Summary: Japan is in no position to oppose an almost certain Chinese-led consensus among the other 12 member countries of the ASEAN Plus Three to pursue a regional free trade agreement (FTA), according to a senior official of Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI). The [...] |
2006-06-08 07:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL APECO JA |
| 06TOKYO4260 |
JAPANESE RESPONSE TO APEC DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Summary: Japanese officials expressed support for U.S. APEC goals set out in reftel, in particular, the completion of the IPR model guidelines and extension of the mandate of the Counter-terrorism Task force (CTTF). However, Japanese interlocutors were cautious of plans to reinvigorate [...] |
2006-07-31 08:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID APECO JA |
| 06TOKYO4660 |
MOFA SAYS ASEAN PLUS 3 FTA PROCESS ADVANCING [...] (C) Summary: The ASEAN Plus 3 Economic Ministers, when they meet next week in Kuala Lumpur, will likely recommend the creation of a formal intergovernmental study group as a prelude to actual free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations among the 13 ASEAN Plus 3 countries. According to an offi [...] |
2006-08-16 08:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV PREL JA APECO |
| 06TOKYO4662 |
MOFA SAYS ASEAN PLUS 3 FTA PROCESS ADVANCING [...] (C) Summary: The ASEAN Plus 3 Economic Ministers, when they meet next week in Kuala Lumpur, will likely recommend the creation of a formal intergovernmental study group as a prelude to actual free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations among the 13 ASEAN Plus 3 countries. According to an offi [...] |
2006-08-16 08:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV PREL JA APECO |
| 06TOKYO4752 |
MOFA OFFICIAL ON REINVIGORATING APEC [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan agrees, in principle, on the need to institutionally strengthen APEC but believes more discussion is needed to determine the most effective way forward, according to Japan's APEC Senior Official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). Acknowledging the prospect of p [...] |
2006-08-18 08:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PREL APECO JA |
| 06TOKYO4990 |
METI VICE MINISTER CITES BUSINESS NETWORKS, CHINA [...] (C) Summary: Japan feels a need for legal protections for its companies' integrated production facilities and trade flows throughout East Asia. That and Japan's desire to stop or slow China efforts to assume a leadership role in the process of regional economic integration had spurred Japan [...] |
2006-08-31 06:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV PREL JA APECO |
| 06TOKYO5288 |
SCENESETTER FOR EB A/S SULLIVAN: INCOMING [...] (SBU) With Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe the presumptive next prime minister, beef receding from the economic agenda, and a summit with President Bush anticipated in the coming months, your visit to Tokyo comes at an important point in discussions of how to broaden and deepen the bilater [...] |
2006-09-14 03:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL EFIN ETRD ECIN JA APECO |
| 06TOKYO6367 |
JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO APEC DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) (SBU) Emboff delivered reftel demarche on U.S. APEC priorities separately to Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry APEC Director Kunihiko Shinoda and Ministry of Foreign Affairs APEC Director Mitsuko Shino. Both expressed broad support for U.S. goals and pledged continued close coope [...] |
2006-11-02 09:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID APECO JA |
| 06TOKYO6764 |
SCENESETTER FOR ECONOMIC SUBCABINET MEETINGS, DEC. [...] (C) Prime Minister Abe has gotten off to a fast start in the beginning of his administration with a strong political and foreign policy agenda. However, he has yet to demonstrate the same leadership on domestic economic policy, regulatory reform, and international economic policy. In prepar [...] |
2006-11-29 07:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL EAGR ENRG ECIN APECO JA |
| 06WELLINGTON102 |
NEW ZEALAND'S PRIORITIES FOR APEC 2006 [...] (C) Rupert Holborow, New Zealand's senior official for APEC, said his government has identified key issues it would like APEC 2006 to address, but "without specificity" since it is waiting to learn about other APEC economies' priorities. Meanwhile, New Zealand sees APEC Senior Official Chairman [...] |
2006-02-08 03:26:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | APECO ECIN ETRD NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON125 |
ATTENDANCE AT THE APEC POLICY DIALOGUE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: New Zealand will participate at the Vietnam meeting of the High Level Policy Dialogue on Agricultural Biotechnology (HLPD) and at MOP3 in Brazil. End Summary 2. (SBU) Rupert Holborow, New Zealand's APEC Senior Official, received U.S. Senior Official Michalak's letter (refte [...] |
2006-02-16 03:25:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECIN EAGR ETTC SENV TBIO NZ APECO |
| 06WELLINGTON409 |
NEW ZEALAND'S POSITION ON "SOLIDARITY TAX" FOR DEVELOPMENT [...] The New Zealand government does not levy any taxes on airline tickets and is not considering any such taxes. (International air travelers must pay a departure fee, but that charge is not a tax and is assessed by New Zealand's international airports, which are privately owned. The government r [...] |
2006-05-26 04:38:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EIND AFIN APECO NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON597 |
NEW ZEALAND WILL NOT ATTEND APEC SEMINAR ON [...] (SBU) On July 10, Poloff delivered reftel invitation to Llewellyn Roberts, Pandemic Planning Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT), and on July 19 to MFAT representatives with the Americas Division and the United Nations, Human Rights and Commonwealth Division, which is the div [...] |
2006-08-01 05:01:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECIN TBIO KFLU APECO NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON613 |
NEW ZEALAND'S HIGH COMMISSION WILL REPRESENT GNZ [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-07 22:47:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECIN TBIO KFLU APECO NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON852 |
APEC 2006 - NEW ZEALAND'S PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: New Zealand shares many of the USG's priorities for APEC 2006, Senior Official for APEC, Rupert Holborow told ECONOFF on November 1. Holborow stated that GNZ's number one priority was a successful conclusion to the Doha round and said APEC reforms are needed to keep the organiz [...] |
2006-11-01 20:20:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PARM PTER TSPL APECO NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON884 |
NEW ZEALAND - APEC FOOD DEFENSE WORKSHOP SUMMARY [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-08 22:45:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO PTER APECO EAGR NZ |
| 07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN50 |
BRUNEI SEES P4 FREE TRADE AGREEMENT AS POSSIBLE [...] (C) Brunei likes the flexibility of the P4 Free Trade Agreement and sees it as a potential framework for a broader Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific. However, GoB officials believe that some ASEAN nations may continue to prefer ASEAN-style, positive, sector-by sector opt-in trade agreements [...] |
2007-02-09 08:16:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL APECO XB BX |
| 07BOGOTA720 |
LATIN PACIFIC ECONOMIC MINISTERS INTERESTED IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Colombia hosted the "Latin American Pacific Basin Initiative Forum" January 29-30 in Cali, with participants from 9 of the 11 Latin American Pacific coast countries. The largely symbolic meeting was intended to galvanize trade and investment among the Latin Pacific countries, [...] |
2007-02-02 15:00:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECIN ETRD APECO CO |
| 07HANOI1261 |
NO SECURITY - NO BUSINESS: READOUT FROM JUNE 2007 APEC [...] (U) Summary: On June 14-15 in Hanoi, Vietnam, the United States and the Government of Vietnam hosted the follow-on Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) bioterrorism workshop to protect the food supply from deliberate contamination, in support of the APEC Food Defense initiative "Mitigating [...] |
2007-07-17 09:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO PTER APECO EAGR ETRD CA JA RS AS TH VM ID MY |
| 07HANOI923 |
APEC Workshop, Implementation Action Plan on Influenza [...] (U) Summary: Representatives from APEC member economies, the U.N. Systems Influenza Coordinator, the World Health Organization, the UNDP-supported Partnership for Avian and Human Influenza (Vietnam), and the Asian Development Bank met May 7 and 8 in Hanoi to discuss progress and future directio [...] |
2007-05-18 10:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO ECIN KFLU APECO PINR SOCI VM |
| 07LIMA2429 |
EXPORTS TO CHINA GROW, FTA BY LATE 2008 [...] Summary: Peru's exports to China have surpassed those to the United States for two of the first five months in 2007, making China an increasingly important factor in Peru's economy. Mined metals and fishmeal accounted for 90% of Peru's exports to input-hungry China. By the end of July, Peru [...] |
2007-07-16 21:38:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL USTR APECO CH PE |
| 07LIMA417 |
PERU GEARING UP TO HOST APEC 2008 [...] (SBU) Organizing the 21-member APEC events presents an enormous challenge for Peru. The GOP recognizes the benefits APEC can bring and is engaged in preparations, but Peru will need substantial help from other APEC members. The GOP already has an active High-Level Organizational Committee le [...] |
2007-02-12 20:57:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON APECO ETRD ASEC PE |
| 07LIMA826 |
PERU'S FERVOUR FOR GLOBAL TRADE MARCHES FORWARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While Peru waits for the US Congress to consider the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA), the GOP continues to discuss and engage in trade negotiations with numerous other countries. Peru recently completed an expanded trade agreement with Chile in October 2006; will fi [...] |
2007-03-19 23:18:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECIN EINV APECO PE BL CA CI CH CO EC |
| 07OTTAWA2076 |
APEC ANTI-COUNTERFEITING HEALTH PRODUCTS SEMINAR: [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-13 16:58:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECIN APECO TBIO ERD CA |
| 07TOKYO2715 |
JAPAN RECONSIDERS U.S. ROLE IN REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: In contrast to a year ago, Japanese officials see the United States as a much more active and influential player in the discussion on regional economic integration. A senior official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) indicated that Japan's participation in various regi [...] |
2007-06-15 07:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECIN ETRD PREL APECO JA |
| 07TOKYO373 |
S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER DISCUSSES ASIAN REGIONAL [...] (SBU) S/P Director Krasner January 12 met with MOFA Senior Official Deputy Director General Masashi Mizukami to discuss East Asian "architecture." Mizukami said the GOJ was only now starting to coordinate its positions on the multiple proposals for different forms of East Asian integration. [...] |
2007-01-26 07:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD APECO ASEAN JA |
| 08BEIJING3078 |
INVITATION TO APEC RESEARCH AND INNOVATION [...] (SBU) Embassy Econoff conveyed reftel talking points to Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) Director of the Division of International Conference and Organization Cai Jianing on August 11, 2008. Division Director Cai told Econoff that China would send two representatives to the September [...] |
2008-08-11 09:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECIN ETRD APECO CH |
| 08BEIJING3079 |
INVITATION TO APEC RESEARCH AND INNOVATION [...] (SBU) Embassy Econoff conveyed reftel talking points to Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) Director of the Division of International Conference and Organization Cai Jianing on August 11, 2008. Division Director Cai told Econoff that China would send two representatives to the September [...] |
2008-08-11 09:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECIN ETRD APECO CH |
| 08JAKARTA1499 |
INDONESIA: EXPANSION OF APEC FOOD DEFENSE PILOT [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Jakarta does not consider Indonesia a good candidate for the expansion of the APEC Food Defense pilot project. Food defense is not a government of Indonesia (GOI) priority. The USG and GOI have very good counter-terrorism cooperation that is unlikely to be appreciably [...] |
2008-08-07 05:38:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER TBIO EAGR APECO ID |
| 08JAKARTA1539 |
APEC RESEARCH AND INNOVATION SYMPOSIUM DEMARCHE [...] (U) Embassy conveyed talking points contained in reftel to Dr. Teguh Rahardjo, Deputy Minister for Research, Science and Technology Program, State Ministry for Research and Technology, and to his deputy, Ir. Nada Marsudi, on August 11. Dr. Rahardjo expressed appreciation for the information [...] |
2008-08-13 01:44:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | APECO ECIN ETRD ID |
| 08JAKARTA736 |
INDONESIA TO ATTEND APEC TELECOM AND INFORMATION [...] The Government of Indonesia will send a delegation to attend the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) seventh ministerial meeting on Telecommunications and Information Policy (TELMIN 7) scheduled for April 3 to 25, 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand. Minister of Communications and Information Mohamm [...] |
2008-04-10 09:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | APECO ECPS PINR ECON ID |
| 08LIMA1707 |
PUNO UPDATE: WATER ISSUES ADD TO INSTABILITY [...] (C) Summary: The southern highland region of Puno, one of Peru's most isolated and impoverished areas, is notorious for wide-open smuggling along its extensive border with Bolivia, sporadic outbreaks of political violence and affinity for extremist leaders and ideologies (refs). Its proximity [...] |
2008-10-23 22:56:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI SENV SNAR APECO BO PE |
| 08LIMA695 |
GARCIA: PERU VICTIM OF ETHANOL-INDUCED [...] (U) At an April 21 inauguration for the world's biggest compressed natural gas filling station (built by US' Clean Energy), President Garcia described GOP efforts to increase natural gas and hydropower use and blamed the ethanol boom for "unfairly" boosting food prices. He cited wheat (bread [...] |
2008-04-21 20:48:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EAGR ETRD SENV APECO USTR PE |
| 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 |
| 08MADRID1365 |
ANNUAL REQUEST FOR STAFFING, EMPLOYMENT, AND [...] (U) Econoff spoke with Carmen Molina, Director of Human Resources at the UN's World Tourism Organization (WTO), on December 30 to request the reftel budgetary and personnel information. As in prior years, Molina expressed regret that she was unable to provide the information requested since th [...] |
2008-12-30 13:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APECO APER ECON KUNR OCED POL UN UNESCO |
| 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 |
| 08MANILA1887 |
MANILA RESPONSE TO APEC FOOD DEFENSE PILOT PROJECTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Post offers pros and cons for including the Philippines as pilot area for the APEC Food Defense Projects. The Philippines is a willing partner with a great deal of bilateral trade in food and food products, but at times has issues with program follow-through. 2. (U) The Ph [...] |
2008-08-08 06:23:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER TBIO APECO EAGR RP |
| 08OTTAWA260 |
CANADA: INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS AND APEC [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-20 22:34:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC TBIO KFLU EAIR EWWT WHO APECO CA |
| 08SANJOSE970 |
COSTA RICA: BACHELET VISIT DEMONSTRATED CLOSE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chilean President Michelle Bachelet's first-ever state visit to Costa Rica October 28-29 produced one new accord and a joint presidential declaration that clearly manifested a close bilateral relationship based on shared political, social and economic values. The GOCR accepted C [...] |
2008-12-12 02:33:00 | Embassy San Jose | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM ECON ETRD APECO CI CS |
| 08SINGAPORE128 |
APEC Secretariat Staffing, Employment, and Budget Data (CY [...] Per reftel request, we provide the following information concerning the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Secretariat's staffing, employment, and budget for CY2007. SIPDIS Staff Lists ----------- 2. The APEC Secretariat has a small staff and a flat hierarchy, with no separat [...] |
2008-02-01 06:19:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER ECON APECO SN |
| 08STATE20803 |
APEC MINISTERIAL FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND [...] THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE. SEE PARA 5. 2. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies and invited observers will gather April 23-25 in Bangkok, Thailand, for the seventh ministerial meeting on Telecommunications and Information Policy (TELMIN 7). A meeting of APEC TEL Seni [...] |
2008-02-29 14:34:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | APECO ECPS ECON |
| 08STATE50680 |
RESULTS OF THE APEC TELMIN 7, APRIL 20-25, IN [...] (U) Summary: The seventh Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Telecommunications Ministerial (TELMIN 7) took place April 20-25 in Bangkok, Thailand. The main output of the ministerial was the Bangkok Declaration, which included key USG concepts related to WTO Doha Round commitments, IPR [...] |
2008-05-13 18:39:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT APECO |
| 08TOKYO1708 |
JAPANESE APEC OFFICIALS: LOOKING BEYOND 2010 [...] (C) Japan's commitment to APEC is unchanged and U.S. officials should not be concerned PM Fukuda failed to mention APEC in his recent speech outlining a GOJ vision for Asia's future, according to Japan's two APEC Senior Officials (SOM). Fukuda'a aim was to emphasize a solid U.S.-Japan relati [...] |
2008-06-20 08:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL APECO JA |
| 08TOKYO1724 |
NEW MOFA APEC SENIOR OFFICIAL [...] (SBU) Japanese Foreign Ministry Senior Official Masashi Mizukami relinquished his APEC duties as of June 1, and took the opportunity of a June 18 meeting with EMIN (reftel) to introduce his successor, Kenji Hiramatsu, Deputy Director General of MOFA's Economic Affairs Bureau. Hiramatsu told [...] |
2008-06-24 00:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD APECO PREL JA |
| 08TOKYO2110 |
JAPAN'S AGENDA ON REGIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The priority of trade liberalization in the future economic architecture of Asia dominated debate among the 16 country representatives preparing the Japanese-sponsored "Track II" study on a possible ASEAN Plus 6 economic agreement. Japanese participants in the study group ind [...] |
2008-07-31 09:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ETRD EINV PREL ASEAN APECO JA |
| 08TOKYO2205 |
APEC FOOD DEFENSE PILOT PROJECT: JAPAN [...] (SBU) Embassy Tokyo believes Japan is an appropriate candidate for a future APEC food defense pilot project, but GOJ officials may not show much initial interest in sponsoring such an activity. 2. (SBU) Based on criteria listed reftel, we rank Japan's suitability high. U.S.-Japan food tr [...] |
2008-08-11 13:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER TBIO APECO EAGR |
| 08TOKYO450 |
FOREIGN MINISTRY SEEKS DIALOGUE ON REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Japanese Foreign Minister Koumura may propose increased dialogue with the United States on regional economic architecture during his February 27 meeting with Secretary Rice. Some in the Foreign Ministry appear concerned Japan is being excluded from U.S. initiatives such as the [...] |
2008-02-20 09:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON PREL PGOV APECO JA |
| 09BANGKOK1382 |
THAI ENERGY PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE U.S. [...] (U) In response to ref A, post has compiled a list of energy partnerships between the Royal Thai Government (RTG) and the USG or entities in the U.S. private sector. USAID partnerships ------------------- 2. (SBU) USAID Regional Development Mission for Asia (USAID RDMA) oversees the Envir [...] |
2009-06-09 07:33:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON ENRG APECO TH |
| 09BANGKOK1685 |
Asia Clean Energy Forum 2009 Draws More Than 800 Experts to [...] SUMMARY: To help confront the urgent challenge of scaling up clean energy solutions for Asia while mitigating climate change, the US Agency for International Development's Regional Development Mission for Asia (USAID/RDMA) partnered with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and other donors to orga [...] |
2009-07-14 07:26:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SENV ENRG ASEAN APECO |
| 09BANGKOK2046 |
Progress on Asia Regional Center of Excellence on Climate [...] SUMMARY. After a year of preparation, the USAID Regional Development Mission for Asia (RDMA) is ready to move forward with a feasibility assessment for the Asia Regional Center of Excellence on Climate Change and Development (ARC) in Bangkok. The ARC is intended to serve as a network of lead [...] |
2009-08-18 10:38:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SENV ENRG ASEAN APECO TH |
| 09BANGKOK2259 |
Why the Asia Regional Center of Excellence on Climate [...] SUMMARY. Ref A details USAID's plans to move forward with development of an Asia-Pacific Regional Center of Excellence on Climate Change and Development (ARC) in Bangkok. With the ARC's purpose to concentrate a network of leading U.S. and Asia institutions to advance the President's climate [...] |
2009-09-04 07:50:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SENV ENRG ASEAN APECO TH |
| 09BANGKOK940 |
ASIAN PUBLIC DEBT MANAGERS LAUNCH REGIONAL NETWORK [...] (SBU) Summary: The second Asian Public Debt Management (APDM) Forum, held in Bangkok April 2-3, brought together government debt management officials from thirteen Asian countries to discuss the challenges of raising and managing fiscal resources in these volatile markets. The Forum participan [...] |
2009-04-10 03:17:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV APECO TH |
| 09BEIJING2849 |
APEC: U.S. SENIOR OFFICIAL FOR APEC TONG [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting in Beijing September 29, U.S. Senior Official for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Affairs Kurt Tong reviewed a range of U.S. priorities in APEC with China's Senior Official for APEC (SOM) Lu Kang, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The two highlighted the shared int [...] |
2009-10-13 23:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON PGOV ETRD APECO CH |
| 09BEIJING3076 |
NOVEMBER 6 MFA/MOFCOM PRESS BRIEFING: [...] Key points at the November 6 joint press briefing with MFA spokesperson Ma Zhaoxu and senior MOFCOM and MFA officials: -- President Hu's upcoming visit to Malaysia on November 10, China's first state visit there in 15 years, is intended to further mutual friendship and cooperation. Hu then [...] |
2009-11-10 03:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | APECO ECON ECIN PGOV PREL ETRD OVIP CN |
| 09BEIJING3077 |
NOVEMBER 6 MFA/MOFCOM PRESS BRIEFING: [...] Key points at the November 6 joint press briefing with MFA spokesperson Ma Zhaoxu and senior MOFCOM and MFA officials: -- President Hu's upcoming visit to Malaysia on November 10, China's first state visit there in 15 years, is intended to further mutual friendship and cooperation. Hu then [...] |
2009-11-10 03:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | APECO ECON ECIN PGOV PREL ETRD OVIP CN |
| 09BOGOTA3359 |
IS ASIA COLOMBIA'S NEXT ECONOMIC FRONTIER? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Colombia is making a concerted effort to increase exports to, and investment from, Asia. The GOC is actively negotiating and implementing bilateral economic agreements with several Asian countries. Likewise, Colombia is seeking membership in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperat [...] |
2009-11-12 21:40:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL ECIN APECO CO |
| 09COLOMBO460 |
COLOMBO PLAN APRIL SESSION READOUT [...] The Colombo Plan Council held a special session on April 2, 2009. Full minutes have been emailed to Colleen Neville and Matthew Goldstein. Representatives from all member countries, with the exception of Sri Lanka, attended. The next Colombo Plan Council Meeting will be held on May 21, 200 [...] |
2009-04-24 12:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APECO APER ECON KUNR UN |
| 09COLOMBO631 |
COLOMBO PLAN MAY SESSION READOUT [...] Summary: At the 264th session of the Colombo Plan Council, was held on May 21, 2009, Secretary General Patricia Yoon-Moi Chia presented the Plan's revised "zero growth" biennial budget; however, several members noted unexpected increases and asked for a full-cost breakdown. Following the Sec [...] |
2009-06-23 09:30:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APECO APER ECON KUNR UN |
| 09COLOMBO99 |
SRI LANKA: COLOMBO PLAN STAFFING, EMPLOYMENT AND BUDGET [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-28 10:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APECO APER ECON KUNR UN CE |
| 09GENEVA672 |
International Trade Center (ITC) Targets [...] (U) SUMMARY: During an August 7 courtesy call with International Trade Center (ITC) Executive Director Patricia Francis, Francis asked Charge Griffiths for USG support for 19 new professional posts for ITC's 2010-2011 biennial budget, which the ACABQ in New York has already reviewed. The ACAB [...] |
2009-08-11 16:06:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON UNCTAD APECO EAID EINV |
| 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 |
| 09MANILA1283 |
USG-PHILIPPINES RENEWABLE ENERGY PARTNERSHIPS [...] Summary: The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) both assist the Philippines in renewable, clean, and efficient energy projects. USG agencies are also facilitating regional conferences on climate change and clean energy. USAID and t [...] |
2009-06-16 22:38:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TRGY TSPL ECIN ECON APECO ENRG EAID PGOV RP |
| 09SINGAPORE295 |
SINGAPORE TRADE MINISTER PUSHES FOR ROBUST U.S. TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 20 speech to a U.S. business conference, Minister of Trade and Industry (MTI) LIM Hng Kiang issued a strong call for the United States to resist protectionism and adopt a "robust" free trade agenda. He charged the United States with a special role and responsibility [...] |
2009-03-30 07:38:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD APECO SN |
| 09SINGAPORE540 |
U.S. AND SINGAPORE ENERGY PARTNERSHIPS [...] (SBU) Singapore is the world's third largest oil-refining center and a highly developed economy with substantial foreign investment in the energy sector. Energy-related projects and research are typically funded by multinational corporations and academic institutions with a presence here. The [...] |
2009-06-08 08:41:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ENRG APECO ECON SN |
| 09TAIPEI1189 |
KMT GRANDEE LIEN CHAN CALLS FOR [...] (C) Summary: Kuomintang (KMT) Honorary Chairman Lien Chan told the Director he favored gradual implementation of confidence-building measures to further improve relations with China. Lien spoke warmly about his relationship with China's President Hu Jintao, but appeared less enthusiastic abou [...] |
2009-10-02 08:07:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR APECO TW CH |
| 09TOKYO1305 |
RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST: ENERGY PARTNERSHIPS WITH JAPAN [...] (U) Post offers the following information on U.S.-Japan joint energy initiatives in response to ref A. Collaborative Research ---------------------- 2. (U) The Department of Energy has actively cooperated with Japan on energy, science, and technology over the past several decades, includ [...] |
2009-06-10 22:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECIN APECO JA |
| 09TOKYO1378 |
APEC FOOD SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT WORKSHOP: JAPAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) and Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) will not send officials to participate in the August 1-2 APEC Food Safety Risk Assessment Workshop in Singapore, according to MOFA Senior Coordinator for APEC Taisuk [...] |
2009-06-19 00:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON APECO |
| 09TOKYO1730 |
APEC SENIOR OFFICIAL KURT TONG'S MEETINGS ON APEC AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Acting U.S. Senior Official for APEC Kurt Tong emphasized the need to focus on discrete outcomes rather than process in U.S.-Japan economic relations, as well as in setting the agenda for consecutive APEC host years, during meetings with senior GOJ officials and U.S and Japanese [...] |
2009-07-29 07:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON PGOV PREL APECO JA |
| 09TOKYO2358 |
APEC SENIOR OFFICIAL KURT TONG'S MEETINGS ON APEC, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Acting U.S. Senior Official for APEC Kurt Tong emphasized the need to focus on discrete outcomes rather than process in U.S.-Japan economic relations, as well as in setting the agenda for consecutive APEC host years, during meetings with senior GOJ officials in the Ministry of Fo [...] |
2009-10-13 08:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV PREL APECO JA |
| 09TOKYO279 |
JAPAN THINKING AHEAD TO APEC 2010 [...] (SBU) Summary: Japanese officials responsible for APEC affairs have begun internal discussions of GOJ priorities for Japan's 2010 APEC chairmanship focusing on a "New APEC Vision" that provides strategic direction for the organization to 2020 and beyond. The GOJ is considering a "Green APEC [...] |
2009-02-05 08:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL SENV ENRG APECO JA |
| 10BEIJING122 |
POSITIVE OFFICIAL REACTION, MUTED PRESS REACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: An MFA official responded positively to the Secretary's January 12 speech on Asian regional architecture, inviting further bilateral discussion on how best to build effective regional institutions. Stating that differences among Asian states made an EU-like structure untenable, o [...] |
2010-01-15 10:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN ASEAN APECO ARF XC XE XU |
| 10BEIJING168 |
PRC: POSITIVE RESPONSE TO SECRETARY'S SPEECH ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA officials responded positively to the Secretary's January 12 speech in Honolulu on Asia-Pacific multilateralism, claiming that the PRC and the U.S. shared nearly identical principles for the development of regional institutions in the Asia-Pacific. MFA officials welcomed fur [...] |
2010-01-22 11:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN ASEAN APECO ARF IN XC XE XU |
| 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 |
| 10HONGKONG290 |
REGIONAL ARCHITECTURE: HK VIEWS APEC AS "DEFINING [...] (C) Summary and Comment: A senior Hong Kong official welcomed Secretary Clinton's January 12 speech on U.S. views toward Asia Pacific Regional Architecture and applauded clear administration statements on the importance of U.S. commitments in Asia. Despite its status as a Special Administrat [...] |
2010-02-19 03:53:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN PREL APECO ECON HK |
| 10JAKARTA204 |
LETTER FROM INDONESIAN TRADE MINISTER TO COMMERCE SECRETARY [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 11, 2010, Embassy received official correspondence from Government of Indonesia (GOI) Minister of Trade Mari Elka Pangestu, dated February 9, addressed to United States Secretary of Commerce Gary F. Locke. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Begin text: Minister of Trade of [...] |
2010-02-17 05:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON APECO BEXP EINV ETRD KIPR ID |
| 10MADRID138 |
ANNUAL REQUEST FOR STAFFING, EMPLOYMENT, AND [...] (U) ECON sent fax and left repeated voicemail messages with Carmen Molina, Director of Human Resources at the UN's World Tourism Organization, to request the reftel budgetary and personnel information. After multiple non-responsive inquiries, ECON is forced to assume that as in prior years the [...] |
2010-02-04 11:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APECO APER ECON KUNR OCED POLUN UNESCO SP |
| 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 |
| 10MANILA90 |
PHILIPPINES LAUDS SECRETARY CLINTON'S SPEECH ON [...] (C) Summary: A senior Department of Foreign Affairs official lauded Secretary Clinton's January 12 speech on regional architecture, calling it another welcome sign of U.S. re-engagement with East Asia. The government continues to formulate its response, and Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo wi [...] |
2010-01-15 09:20:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN PREL XC XE XU ASEAN APECO ARF RP |
| 10NEWDELHI101 |
ENGAGEMENT IN ASIA-PACIFIC: INDIAN RESPONSE TO [...] (C) Secretary Clinton's January 12 Asia-Pacific speech in Honolulu was reported in two leading Indian newspapers, THE HINDUSTAN TIMES and THE INDIAN EXPRESS. The reports, drawn from wire stories, focused on the Secretary's terming Asia as "indispensable" to meeting global security and humanit [...] |
2010-01-21 11:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECIN XC XE XU ASEAN APECO ARF IN |
| 10NEWDELHI135 |
INDIA: ENGAGING POSTS ON THE SECRETARY'S SPEECH ON [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-25 12:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN PREL XC XE XU ASEAN APECO ARF IN |
| 10SEOUL90 |
ROK REACTION TO THE SECRETARY'S SPEECH ON [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel points on the Secretary's January 12 Asia-Pacific multilateralism speech to Kim Jong-hee, the regional security architecture action officer in MOFAT's ASEAN Cooperation Division. Ms. Kim stressed that the Secretary's speech had been read carefully by senior MOFAT [...] |
2010-01-22 08:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN PREL XC XE XU ASEAN APECO ARF |
| 10SINGAPORE179 |
ENGAGING WITH THE APEC SECRETARIAT IN SINGAPORE [...] (SBU) Summary: New leadership and a further strengthening of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Secretariat offer an opportunity to increase engagement with Secretariat staff. With the U.S. year to host APEC set to begin in 2011 after the 2010 Japan year, there is a need for strong [...] |
2010-02-17 05:20:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | APECO ECON EAID ETRD SN |
| 10STATE10764 |
U.S. STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES [...] (U) This message includes an action request. See para 3. 2. (U) On Tuesday, January 26, 2010, Secretary Clinton appointed a new Special Representative for Global Intergovernmental Affairs, Reta Jo Lewis (S/SRGIA), who will serve the needs of intergovernmental officials and the entities they [...] |
2010-02-02 23:03:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ECON ETRD PREL APECO EINV |
| 10STATE2597 |
ENGAGING POSTS ON THE SECRETARY,S SPEECH ON [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST. See paras 3, 4, and 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Secretary will deliver a January 12 policy speech at Hawaii's East-West Center, articulating U.S. views toward multilateral cooperation in the Asia-Pacific. The speech will focus on U.S. "principles" for multilatera [...] |
2010-01-12 00:08:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN PREL XC XE XU ASEAN APECO ARF |
| 10STATE2965 |
ENGAGING POSTS ON THE SECRETARY'S SPEECH ON [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST. See paras 3, 4, and 7. 2. (U) This telegram is a correction of reftel A and includes an updated addresee list. 3. (C) SUMMARY: The Secretary delivered a January 12 policy speech at Hawaii's East-West Center, articulating U.S. views toward multilateral coop [...] |
2010-01-12 20:00:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN PREL XC XE XU ASEAN APECO ARF |
| 10STATE4128 |
EXPEDITED REQUEST TO ENGAGE POSTS ON THE [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST. See paras 3 and 4. 2. (U) BACKGROUND: The Secretary delivered a major policy speech on January 12 at Hawaii's East-West Center, articulating U.S. views toward multilateral cooperation in the Asia-Pacific. The speech focused on U.S. "principles" for multilate [...] |
2010-01-15 00:31:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN PREL XC XE XU ASEAN APECO ARF |
| 10WELLINGTON65 |
DAS Reed Engages on TPP, U.N. Reform, Environmental [...] (C) Summary. During a series of meetings hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) on February 19, EAP Deputy Assistant (DAS) Secretary Frankie Reed engaged on a wide range of topics including the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the United Nations, environmental cooperation, [...] |
2010-02-19 07:28:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP ETRD PGOV SENV EAGR FJ NZ APECO MARR UN PREL |