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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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07NAIROBI1009 | U.S./CHINA DIALOGUE - KENYA RESPONSE [...] (SBU) In response to ref B, Embassy Nairobi directs Washington to refs A, C, and D. Ref D is a baseline cable on the economic dimensions of the China-Kenya relationship. Refs A and C contain additional new information on the same topic, and in so doing responds to many of the issues raised r [...] | 2007-03-02 09:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EFIN PREL PGOV KE CH |
07NAIROBI2144 | KENYA: STILL IN THE HUNT FOR OIL AND GAS [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite coming up dry in a $100 million test well drilled earlier this year, Kenya's national oil company is pursuing additional exploration for oil and gas in the country. China's national offshore oil company is currently a big player, but has to decide soon whether to move f [...] | 2007-05-21 09:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENGR EPET EINV KE |
07NAIROBI219 | KIBAKI SIGNS BILLS THAT MAY SPUR ECONOMIC GROWTH [...] (SBU) Summary: On New Year's Eve 2006, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki signed into law 11 more bills, including important laws with important implications for the financial and energy sectors. This tally adds to several economic development-related bills passed earlier in the parliamentary year a [...] | 2007-01-12 08:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EINV ENRG EFIN KCRM EPET KCOR KE |
07NAIROBI2292 | KENYA: ECONOMIC GROWTH STRONG, POVERTY AND INFLATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya's 2006 Economic Survey reports that growth hit a 30-year high of 6.1% in 2006, and the GOK predicts 2007 growth will be between 5.8 and 6.5%. The new National Household Survey showed the national poverty rate fell from 52.3% in 1997 to 49.1% in 2006. After peaking in Dec [...] | 2007-05-31 12:04:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EAGR KE |
07NAIROBI2353 | 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION CLAIMS [...] (U) The U.S. Mission in Kenya is aware of one (1) outstanding claim of a United States business interest against a branch of the Government of Kenya (GOK). 2. (U) Background: In December 1995, Claimant A entered into a joint venture with a Kenyan public university ("the university"),via [...] | 2007-06-07 03:35:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV KIDE OPIC CASC PGOV KE |
07NAIROBI2449 | LAND REFORM IN KENYA: TRYING TO RIGHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The combination of an ever-expanding population, settler legacy, poverty, corruption, elite impunity, and an inadequate land law system make the ownership, tenure, and use of land one of the most volatile questions in Kenya today and one of the most serious impediments to econo [...] | 2007-06-12 13:18:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EINV EAID ETRD PGOV KCOR KE |
07NAIROBI2506 | Kenya Improves Governance and Public Services [...] (SBU) Summary: Stung by a series of reports showing poor public services and governance, and recognizing that improvements were needed to boost investment, economic growth and job creation, the GOK has used Results Based Management (RBM),performance contracts, and a Rapid Results Approach (RRA [...] | 2007-06-15 10:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR ECON EINV EAID ELAB KE |
07NAIROBI2641 | GOK'S FY08 BUDGET - AN ATTEMPT TO WOO VOTERS OR BEGIN [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: On June 14, Kenya's Finance Minister Amos Kimunya presented the Kibaki government's budget for FY08 (July 1, 2007-June 30, 2008) to Parliament under the theme "Vision 2030 -- Working Together, on the Path to Pro [...] | 2007-06-27 14:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD PGOV EAGR KE |
07NAIROBI2754 | CENTRAL BANK OF KENYA GOVERNOR REPUTEDLY UNDER [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. For USG use only. 2. (SBU) Summary: Former Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Bank Supervision Director Gerald Arita Nyaoma suggested to Economic Specialist on June 29 that he fears that President Mwai Kibaki and the State House are a [...] | 2007-07-05 13:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV EINV KCOR KCRM PINR KE |
07NAIROBI4048 | KENYA RACES TO AVERT ENERGY SHORTAGE IN THE FACE OF SURGING [...] (SBU) Strong economic growth, expanding trade, and rural electrification are driving demand for electricity and petroleum products in Kenya and the region beyond projected supplies, thus threatening an energy crisis that could slow economic growth. Kenya has plans to expand refinery and pipeli [...] | 2007-10-11 11:57:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENGR EPET ECON EINV BTIO SENV KE |
07NAIROBI4279 | RESOURCE NATIONALISM - KENYA [...] (SBU) Summary: "Resource nationalism" is not an issue in Kenya, a country whose only commercially viable natural resources at the moment are its landscapes and abundant wildlife. End summary. 2. In response to ref A queries: -- Q: Report and describe examples of actions or policies that [...] | 2007-11-01 10:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENGR EPET EINV KE |
07NAIROBI4645 | KENYA SHILLING'S RISE AGAINST DOLLAR A TWO-EDGED SWORD [...] (SBU) The Kenya shilling has appreciated 12.3% against the U.S. dollar this year, from Ksh69.55 on January 1 to Ksh61 on November 27. Kenya is highly dependent on dollar-denominated horticultural, tea, and tourism export earnings. Frightened exporters are intensifying their pressure on the C [...] | 2007-12-04 09:02:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD PGOV EAGR KE |
07NAIROBI924 | KENYA MAKES STEADY PROGRESS COMBATING COUNTERFEITING AND [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Although the Kenyan Minister of Trade himself admits that his country is the "dumping ground in East Africa for substandard goods" from China and India, Kenya in fact made steady progress in 2006 [...] | 2007-02-27 10:51:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD EINV EFIN ECON PGOV KE |
07NASSAU1053 | FINANCE MINISTER AFFIRMS BAHAMAS' INTEREST IN [...] (C) Minister of State for Finance Zhivargo Liang affirmed the new FNM government's interest in attracting more small-scale, boutique tourism investments as opposed to the large-scale investments popular during the Christie Administration. Liang emphasized that no investors would be turned awa [...] | 2007-08-24 11:37:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EINV ENRG ECON BF |
07NASSAU1437 | BUSINESS OUTLOOK CONFERENCE ON ABACO HIGHLIGHTS EMERGING [...] SUMMARY: At the 4th Annual Abaco Business Outlook Conference earlier this fall, Deputy Prime Minister Brent Symonette told delegates that the Free National Movement government plans to monitor the environmental impact of major hotel investment projects. The theme of the conference, "Growth b [...] | 2007-12-03 16:03:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV SENV BF |
07NASSAU673 | GOVERNMENT IN THE SUNSHINE: INGRAHAM ROLLS OUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Ingraham rolled out his government's plans for The Bahamas at the ceremonial opening of parliament May 23. Picking up on his campaign theme of restoring trust, Ingraham pledged to focus on good governance, accountability, transparency and respect for human righ [...] | 2007-05-31 18:41:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EINV KCOR BF |
07NDJAMENA666 | CHINA'S RETURN TO CHAD: ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After a nine-year hiatus, China (PRC) and Chad renewed diplomatic relations in 2006. According to the Chinese Embassy's Economic and Commercial Counselor, China is adhering to all Chinese and Chadian environmental and social laws as it enters the energy and agricultural sectors [...] | 2007-08-15 08:48:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CD CH ECON EINV SENV PHUM |
07NEWDELHI1885 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS [...] Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of April 16-20, 2007. ---------------------------------- New FDI Regulations Go into Effect ---------------------------------- 2. (U) India's new FDI regulations in telecom were officially notified by the [...] | 2007-04-20 12:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV PTER KTFN ETRD IN |
07NEWDELHI2036 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of April 23-27, 2007. ------------------------------ OIL AND GAS MINISTER DISCUSSES LNG WITH TEHRAN ------------------------------ 2. (SBU) India's Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora met [...] | 2007-04-27 12:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV PTER KTFN ETRD IN |
07NEWDELHI2149 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of April 30 - May 4, 2007. PAKISTAN CUTS INTO INDIAN WHEAT MARKET -------------- 2. (SBU) For the first time in history, India is importing wheat from Pakistan as of April-May 2007. Taking advantage o [...] | 2007-05-04 12:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV PTER ETRD IN |
07NEWDELHI2254 | GOI REMAINS SKEPTICAL ON IRANIAN GAS PIPELINE AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: EconMinCouns delivered to Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MPNG) Secretary M.S. Srinivasan on May 9 information that he had requested (ref A) confirming that -- contrary to top Iranian officials' claims to Srinivasan -- Iran does not have domestic engineering and technologi [...] | 2007-05-10 12:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | EPET ELTN PREL EINV PGOV IN PK IR |
07NEWDELHI2280 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 7-11, 2007. STARBUCKS PENDING INVESTMENT APPLICATION --------------- 2. (SBU) On May 10, Econoffs held a conference call with Hong Kong based Starbucks representative Mike Yeager, Finance & Busine [...] | 2007-05-11 12:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV ETRD IN |
07NEWDELHI2391 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 14-18, 2007. INDIA AND CIVIL AVIATION -------------- 2. (U) In a productive meeting with Deputy Economic Counselor, Civil Aviation (CA) Joint Secretary RK Singh reviewed several key issues - in [...] | 2007-05-18 13:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV ETRD IN |
07NEWDELHI2486 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 21-25, 2007. REF: NEW DELHI 02347 CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS TO DEEPEN DEBT MARKET ----------------- 2. (U) On May 16, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued draft guidelines for the introduction [...] | 2007-05-25 06:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV ETRD IN |
07NEWDELHI2697 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 4-8, 2007. ANDRA PRADESH POWER SHORTFALL DUE TO PIPELINE PROBLEMS -------------- 2. (U) The economically dynamic southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh is facing a 2000 megawatt power shortfa [...] | 2007-06-08 12:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ENRG IN |
07NEWDELHI2840 | THE NEW UTTAR PRADESH GOVERNMENT WANTS CLOSE U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-19 05:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM SCUL SOCI EIND EINV ENRG |
07NEWDELHI2912 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 18-22, 2007. FIRST ROUND ON INDIA/EC FTA TALKS TO BEGIN NEXT WEEK -------------- 2. (SBU) European Commission Trade Counselor Bermejo told us that the first round of negotiations for an Indian [...] | 2007-06-22 11:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV EAIR PTER KTFN PREL ENRG ECON IN PK IR |
07NEWDELHI3034 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 25-29, 2007. COMING SOON - EFFORTS TO AMEND THE MONEY LAUNDERING ACT --------------------------------------------- --- 2. (SBU) During a meeting with Econoff on June 29, Joint Secretary of Reve [...] | 2007-06-29 11:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV EAIR PTER KTFN PREL ENRG ECON IN PK IR |
07NEWDELHI3132 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 2-6, 2007. Foreign Banks Report High Profit Growth, Yet Opportunity Costs are Extreme ----------------- 2. (U) Major foreign banks in India have reported a healthy growth in net profits in the [...] | 2007-07-09 10:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ETRD EAIR PTER KTFN PREL ENRG ECON IN IR |
07NEWDELHI3224 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 9 - 13, 2007. India's Housing Index To Track House Prices ------------------------------------------- 2. (U) In light of the recent surge in real estate prices, the government has launched a ne [...] | 2007-07-13 11:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV ETRD IN |
07NEWDELHI3248 | DELHI DIARY, JULY 6-16 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for July 6-16, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Sweet Success in Ethiopia: India Invests in Ethiopian Sugar and Wins African Support for a Security Council Seat -- India Looks East with [...] | 2007-07-16 11:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MARR KUNR EINV PTER MCAP AS |
07NEWDELHI3312 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 16 - 20, 2007. Chidambaram Signals Continued Tight Monetary Policy --------------------------------------------- -- 2. (U) Finance Minister Chidambaram on July 19 stated that the government wil [...] | 2007-07-20 11:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV ETRD IN |
07NEWDELHI3429 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 23 - 27, 2007. POSITIVE GOI NOISES ON DOW AND MCDERMOTT ---------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) There are indications that the legacy issues of Dow and McDermott may be moving closer [...] | 2007-07-27 11:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG SENV IN |
07NEWDELHI3528 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 30 - August 3, 2007. Contains Business Proprietary information. TATA RUNS INTO TROUBLE IN TAMIL NADU --------------- 2. (SBU) Tata Steel's $620 million project proposed Tamil Nadu titanium d [...] | 2007-08-03 12:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG SENV IN |
07NEWDELHI3654 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS AUGUST 6-10 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of August 6-10, 2007. KERALA RE-TENDERS $580 MILLION PORTIMPROVEMENT PROJECT AFTER CHINESE BID REJECTED ----------------------- 2. (U) Kerala has re-invited global bids for a $580 million project to [...] | 2007-08-10 11:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG SENV IN |
07NEWDELHI3756 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS AUGUST 13-17, 2007 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of August 13-17, 2007. NO BANK FUNDING FOR DOMESTIC M AND A ACTIVITIES IN INDIA --------------------- 2. (U) In a conversation with Vishwavir Ahuja, Managing Director and Country Chief of Bank of Amer [...] | 2007-08-17 12:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG SENV IN |
07NEWDELHI3885 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS AUGUST 20-24, 2007 [...] Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of August 20-24, 2007. TO QUELL UNREST, U.P. SHUTS DOWN GROCERY CHAINS ------------------ 2. On August 23, Uttar Pradesh's Chief Minister, Mayawati Kumari, ordered all organized grocery retailers in the s [...] | 2007-08-24 11:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG SENV IN |
07NEWDELHI3983 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS AUGUST 27-31, 2007 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of August 27-31, 2007. FINANCE MINISTRY FINDING WAYS AROUND FDI CAP ---------------- 2. (U) Local press reported this week that the Ministry of Finance (MoF) has approved a request by India's largest [...] | 2007-08-31 10:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG SENV IN |
07NEWDELHI4076 | INDIAN RETAIL ENVIRONMENT GROWS MURKIER [...] (SBU) The developments of the past two weeks in Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Kerala have further complicated an already volatile environment for retail investors. The UP government ordered several newly opened retail outlets closed following violent protests by traders, and Kerala is pushing for a [...] | 2007-09-07 04:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BTIO EAGR ECON EINV IN |
07NEWDELHI4212 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR SEPTEMBER [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 10-14, 2007. NEW MORE LIBERAL AND RATIONAL FDI POLICY IN OCTOBER ------------------------- 2. (U) Director Gauri Singh in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion at Ministry of [...] | 2007-09-14 10:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
07NEWDELHI4272 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES CEO FORUM ISSUES WITH PLANNING [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met September 14 with Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Ahluwalia to discuss the upcoming CEO Forum, mid-October visit to India by Energy Deputy Secretary Sell for the APP and Energy Dialogue, and the end of October visit by Treasury Secretary Paulson and [...] | 2007-09-18 12:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV PREL PARM TSPL KNNP TRGY IN |
07NEWDELHI4336 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR SEPTEMBER [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 17-21, 2007. GOI ANNOUNCES REFUND OF SPECIAL ADDITIONAL DUTY FOR IMPORTS THAT PAY STATE VAT ----------------- 2. (U) The Indian government on September 14 notified a refund facility with [...] | 2007-09-21 12:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
07NEWDELHI4419 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR SEPTEMBER [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 24-28, 2007. MIXED SIGNALS ON RETAIL --- 2. (U) Two key GOI figures in the U.S. this week gave conflicting messages on the future of organized retail in India. Minister of Commerce and Ind [...] | 2007-09-28 09:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
07NEWDELHI4512 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of October 1-5, 2007. STRENGTHENING RUPEE HITS SOUTH INDIAN EXPORTERS -------------- 2. (U) South India's exporters are starting to feel the pain of the strengthening rupee. Local press reported on S [...] | 2007-10-05 11:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
07NEWDELHI4590 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR OCTOBER 8-12, [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of October 8-12, 2007. ---------------------------- ADB DISCUSSES INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING NEEDS ---------------------------- 2. (SBU) Econoff met October 12 with Ajay Sagar, Head, Private Sector and [...] | 2007-10-12 11:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV EPET ETRD EAGR SENV IN |
07NEWDELHI4667 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR OCTOBER 15-19, [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of October 15-19, 2007. INDIA INCREASINGLY AN FDI PLAYER --------------------------- 2. (U) The UN Commission on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) released its annual World Investment Report this past wee [...] | 2007-10-19 11:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV EPET ETRD EAGR ELTN EAID SENV IN |
07NEWDELHI4801 | OUTLOOK POSITIVE FOR ORGANIZED RETAIL IN INDIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite a series of protests and a lack of political support for corporate retailers in a number of states, the corporations themselves, as well as industry groups, analysts, and government officials, remain optimistic that organized retail will grow and thrive in India. Spence [...] | 2007-10-31 08:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BTIO EAGR ECON EINV ETRD IN |
07NEWDELHI4839 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of October 29 - November 2, 2007. INDIAN PARLIAMENT INVITES PUBLIC TRADE MARKS (AMENDMENT) BILL 2007 ----------------------- 2. (U) In the Monsoon Session of its Parliament, the GOI introduced The Tra [...] | 2007-11-02 10:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV EPET ETRD EAGR ELTN EAID SENV IN |
07NEWDELHI5003 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEKs OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the weeks of November 5-16, 2007. SUCCESSES FOR AES, VERIZON -------------------- 2. (SBU) GOI Confirms Coal Field for U.S. Power Company AES: AES received on November 6, 2007 final GOI Cabinet and Ministryof [...] | 2007-11-16 12:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EFIN EINV ECPS EPET ETRD EAGR ELTN ENRG |
07NEWDELHI5026 | INDIA WANTS TO STAY QUIET ON ITS WESTERN (IRAN AND [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told the Ambassador November 19 that the Indian government had not yet determined how it would express its concern about the IAEA Director General's Iran report. Although he conveyed the Indian government's continuing concern with the lack of t [...] | 2007-11-20 11:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR EPET ENRG EINV IR PK IN |
07NEWDELHI5068 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of November 19-23, 2007. INDIAN PATENT FILINGS TO BE AVAILABLE ON-LINE ------------ 2. (U) Business daily The Mint reported Wednesday that the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion has decided t [...] | 2007-11-23 10:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
07NEWDELHI5137 | FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS PARLIAMENT NO U.S. PRESSURE ON GAS [...] (SBU) Media reported on November 28, 2007 that India's Minister of External Affairs, Pranab Murkherjee, had sent to the Lok Sabha a written reply to a question in which he denies that the U.S. has asked India not to move forward with the proposed Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) natural gas pipeline [...] | 2007-11-30 01:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL EPET EINV PGOV IN IR |
07NEWDELHI5148 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of November 26-30, 2007. GOI ANNOUNCES ITS TAX REFORM AGENDA -------------- 2. (U) At a November 29 seminar on Indirect Tax Reforms, Dr. Parthasarthi Shome, Advisor to the Finance Minister, discussed [...] | 2007-11-30 11:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
07NEWDELHI5230 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of December 3-7, 2007. INVESTMENTS KEEP ROLLING INTO SOUTH INDIA ------------------ 2. (U) Seeking to take advantage of Tamil Nadu's revised industrial policy, both Dell and Nokia announced expansion p [...] | 2007-12-07 12:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
07NEWDELHI5318 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of December 10-14, 2007. DETAILS LEAKED ON LONG-AWAITED RETAIL REPORT ------------- 2. (U) Several Indian dailies, most extensively Mint, reported on details from the overdue study by the Indian Counci [...] | 2007-12-14 12:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
07NEWDELHI5335 | MENON ND CHAVAN ASSURE U.S. FIRMS OF NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon and Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office Prithviraj Chavan assured a visiting trade mission of nuclear-related firms December 10-11 that India would purchase U.S. reactors. Menon recognized that a "letter of intent" would help the [...] | 2007-12-17 12:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY BEXP EINV |
07NEWDELHI5364 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of December 17-20, 2007. FDI RESTRICTIONS IN RETAIL TO CHANGE? ------------- 2. (SBU) Food Processing Industries Minister Subodh Kant said Monday that the GOI may ease its restrictions on foreign dire [...] | 2007-12-20 05:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
07NEWDELHI5366 | CHEMICALS MINISTRY DETAILS GOI CONSIDERATIONS ON DRUG [...] (SBU) Summary: Following a meeting in which Mr. Ranga Iyer of Wyeth Pharmaceuticals expressed concern that the GOI would institute a price-control regime discriminatory against imported drugs, Econoff met with Joint Secretary G. S. Sandhu of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (MCF) to di [...] | 2007-12-20 05:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BTIO ECON EINV ETRD KIPR IN |
07NEWDELHI916 | WITH AN EYE ON CHINA, JAPAN AND INDIA KICK OFF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The governments of India and Japan are hoping to commence a new economic partnership with round one of negotiations on the Japan-India Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA),followed by the visit of a high-level Japanese business delegation to India. The Economic Minister of the [...] | 2007-02-23 12:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ECIN EINV JP CH IN |
07NIAMEY610 | NIGER TRIP REPORTS (4) ARLIT: PORTRAIT OF A BOOM TOWN [...] (U) This is the forth in a series of trip report cables documenting life, leaders, and issues in several key towns and regions (reftels A, B, C),of central and northern Niger. 2. (SBU) Arlit, in northern Niger, owes its existence and prosperity to uranium mining. As world prices rise and th [...] | 2007-04-24 16:21:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PAGR ECON EMIN EINV SENV NG |
07NIAMEY641 | NIGER PROFITS FROM URANIUM IN REVITALIZED MARKET [...] (C) For the first time since 1983, the Government of Niger (GON) will exercise its right to purchase and sell some of the country's uranium production this year. Moreover, it may sell its share (anticipated to be 300 tons this year and as much as 1,045 tons/year from 2008) to an American power [...] | 2007-05-08 16:33:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL NG BBSR BTIO |
07NICOSIA120 | CYPRUS OIL AND GAS LICENSING RIGHTS CHALLENGED BY [...] (C) Summary: The GoC intends to go forward with its first licensing round for the exploration and exploitation of potential offshore oil and natural gas deposits, despite strong criticism and thinly-veiled threats from the Government of Turkey and the Turkish Cypriot leadership. The GoC plans [...] | 2007-02-08 15:40:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ETRD PGOV PREL EINV ECON TU CY |
07NICOSIA45 | CYPRUS: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-12 15:19:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR CY |
07NICOSIA56 | CYPRUS' PROPOSAL FOR BFIF FUNDS [...] Summary: Embassy Nicosia requests BFIF funding to: 1) enable interoperability with Department of Commerce computer systems. Part of the funding would cover travel expenses for the FCS Athens computer expert to come to Cyprus to connect Nicosia to the FCS computer system and train Embassy perso [...] | 2007-01-18 12:03:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ABUD AMGT ETRD ECON EINV BTIO CY |
07NICOSIA675 | FEW BIDS FOR EXPLORING OFFSHORE CYPRUS [...] (SBU) On August 16, the GoC announced the results of bids to obtain oil and gas exploration licenses off the south and southeast coasts of Cyprus. Despite speculation that the 11 available blocks could contain gas and liquids valued up to USD 400 billion and strong marketing efforts by the GoC, [...] | 2007-08-17 14:29:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ETRD EINV ECON CY |
07NICOSIA718 | RENEWABLE SOURCES OF ENERGY IN CYPRUS: A SECTOR WITH GREAT [...] Summary: By 2010 the Government of Cyprus (GOC) must fulfill its European Union (EU) obligation and produce six (6) percent of total power consumption from Renewable Sources of Energy (RSE). Currently, power generation from RSE is effectively non-existent, although there is widespread use of so [...] | 2007-08-30 11:31:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ETRD PREL EINV ECON CY |
07NICOSIA827 | TURMOIL IN THE CYPRUS ENERGY SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In the midst of a heated Presidential campaign, the Government of Cyprus (GOC) through the Ministry of Commerce (Energy Department) is preparing tender specifications for consulting and project management energy projects. The Government's insistence on constructing a temporary o [...] | 2007-10-12 09:52:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ETRD PREL EINV ECON CY |
07OSLO1039 | HOT AND COLD NORWEGIAN ICE TALKS [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 4, U.S.-Norwegian Informal Commercial Exchange (ICE) talks were held in Oslo, covering a wide variety of trade issues. Key U.S. matters included pharmaceutical patent protection, IPR issues, a Norwegian car tax adversely affecting American cars, the Government Pensi [...] | 2007-10-16 06:31:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ENRG EINV |
07OSLO1086 | NORWEGIAN ENERGY: HEADY WITH GAS, BUBBLY WITH OIL [...] (C) Summary. In a recent review of energy issues facing Norway, the third largest exporter of gas and fifth largest exporter of oil, Petroleum Ministry officials discussed: --anti-competition concerns raised by the recent merger of Norwegian state-owned oil companies Statoil and Norsk Hydro; [...] | 2007-11-07 09:24:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ENRG EINV SENV NO |
07OSLO1087 | NORWAY AND SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS [...] (SBU) Summary. In a November 5 briefing to the diplomatic corps, the Ministry of Finance DG reviewed Norway's approach to Sovereign Wealth Funds and the status of Norway's approximately $350 million Global Fund (formerly known as the Pension Fund). He said that Norway's application of the Et [...] | 2007-11-07 15:43:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON NO |
07OSLO302 | MONEY TALKS, BUT IS NORWAY LISTENING? [...] (U) Summary: On March 22 Norges Bank Governor General Svein Gjedrem presented diplomatic corps members with a vision of an incredibly vibrant, but oil-dependent, Norwegian economy reaching new fiscal heights on the wings of increasing energy demand and oil prices. Gjedrem's analysis of the [...] | 2007-03-29 08:53:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET ENRG EINV NO |
07OSLO330 | SUSTAINABILITY SMORGASBORD: THE OSLO CSR CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary. On March 28 through March 30, Norway hosted "Partnerships for Sustainable Development: The Oslo Conference on Good Governance and Environmental Responsibility." Gathering public and private sector leaders, NGOs and international experts, including Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus [...] | 2007-04-03 14:31:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ENRG ECON EPET EINV KPIR NO |
07OSLO780 | NORWAY SUBMISSION: INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (U) Post has no knowledge of any investment disputes where a U.S. citizen alleges an expropriation, as outlined in reftel. 2. (U) Post's primary point of contact on related issues is Pol/Econ Counselor Kristen Bauer. Ms. Bauer's telephone number is (47) 2130-8809, with an unclassified [...] | 2007-07-26 14:54:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EINV OPIC PGOV KIDE NO |
07OTTAWA1134 | TURNING THE GREAT WHITE NORTH GREEN: GE CANADA'S [...] (U) Summary: General Electric (GE) Canada is a model of corporate excellence. While GE Canada's performance in all eight criteria for the Secretary's Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) is impressive, GE Canada's work in environmental stewardship, corporate citizenship, and legal compliance [...] | 2007-06-13 21:09:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON BEXP EINV ETRD ELAB KSEP SENV AMGT |
07OTTAWA452 | INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ (ICI) UN INTERIM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-09 23:24:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CA IZ |
07PANAMA1781 | PANAMA: SUGGESTED INVITEES: BIOFUEL PANEL AT CCAA [...] (U) Post suggests the following invitees for the biofuels panel at the Caribbean-Central American Action conference in Miami, Florida: Dani Kuzniecky Minister for Canal Affairs Minister of Energy Secretariat Dkuzniecky@presidencia.gob.pa Wolfgram Gonzalez Director of Hydrocarbons and A [...] | 2007-11-20 16:19:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG EINV |
07PANAMA255 | MONEY LAUNDERING & PANAMA'S REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Panama's construction boom, prevalence of offshore corporations, and status as a regional financial center provide a conducive environment for money laundering. Amid speculation as to the source of financing and demand for Panama's real estate boom, a review of information ava [...] | 2007-02-21 20:29:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KCRM |
07PANAMA307 | PANAMA 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The resolution of a number of investment dispute cases in recent years opened the way for the April 2004 start of bilateral negotiations for a free trade agreement between the United States and Panama. The negotiations concluded successfully in December 2006. As of early 2007, the re-named [...] | 2007-03-01 22:42:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON EFIN ETRD OPIC KTDB USTR |
07PARAMARIBO256 | SURINAME/VENEZUELA: PRETROCARIBE DEAL REINSTATED [...] Contrary to announcements in April, 2007 Suriname has reversed its position and is now moving ahead with a PetroCaribe agreement with Venezuela. On May 22, Natural Resources Minister Gregory Rusland signed an investment agreement with Venezuela's "Bandesbank," opening the way for Suriname to [...] | 2007-05-24 16:12:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG ETRD ECON EINV PREL NS |
07PARAMARIBO419 | HOW MUCH DISPUTED OIL? GOVERNMENT, MEDIA DISAGREE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Government officials are reluctant to give an estimate of the amount of oil in the disputed maritime area between Guyana and Suriname. Nevertheless, in recent years the GOS has sought out foreign investment with offshore production sharing agreements. As for quantity, media rep [...] | 2007-08-13 11:09:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EMIN ENRG EPET KTDB PBTS EINV NS |
07PARAMARIBO529 | MARITIME BORDER DECISION: SURINAMERS, DISAPPOINTED BUT [...] (U) SUMMARY. The fate of the disputed maritime area off the borders of Suriname and Guyana was settled September 20 in a long-awaited and much-anticipated decision by the U.N. International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea (ITLOS). While GOS President Ronald Venetiaan expressed satisfaction and [...] | 2007-09-27 20:55:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS EINV EPET PGOV PREL NS |
07PARAMARIBO534 | BOUTERSE CALLS FOR MASS PROTESTS AFTER MARITIME BORDER [...] (SBU) Summary. Desi Bouterse, former military strongman and chairman of the National Democratic Party (NDP),is attempting to mobilize mass protests against the Venetiaan government on October 1 during President Venetiaan's annual State of the Republic speech. These protests are likely Bouters [...] | 2007-10-01 17:32:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS EINV EPET PGOV PREL NS |
07PARIS1065 | TOTAL DISCUSSES PROSPECTIVE IRANIAN INVESTMENTS [...] (C) On March 8, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy, Sanctions, and Commodities Paul Simons met with Total Exploration and Production President Yves-Louis Darricarrere to discourage Total's prospective energy sector investments in Iran. Darricarrere said that Total would not make a final in [...] | 2007-03-19 16:33:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EINV EPET FR IR |
07PARIS1075 | FRANCE?S COMPETITIVENESS CLUSTERS [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOF is promoting the establishment of competitiveness clusters ("poles de competitivite" in French),combining the efforts of enterprises, research entities, and higher education institutions to develop technologies into products with practical applications. The GOF hopes t [...] | 2007-03-20 08:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ETRD ECPS EAIR ENRG EIND TNGD TRGY |
07PARIS1076 | FRANCE'S AEROSPACE CLUSTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: As part of France's new scientific and innovation policy (see ref a),France embarked on an ambitious program of naming competitiveness clusters throughout the country (ref b). Possibly the most visible of these clusters focuses on aerospace and embedded systems in the Midi-Pyrene [...] | 2007-03-20 10:05:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL EINV EAIR TSPA TNGD EIND ECON PGOV FR |
07PARIS2003 | PRESIDENT SARKOZY TAKES ON FRANCE'S WORK ETHIC [...] (SBU) President Nicolas Sarkozy has pledged to move swiftly to enact sweeping reforms to make good on his promise of an economic revolution. His first months in power have already been carefully planned. During, an "extraordinary session" of the French parliament in July the new government [...] | 2007-05-18 12:24:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV FR |
07PARIS232 | FRANCE 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Investment Climate Statement Contents A. French Investment Regime A1. Openness to Foreign Investment A2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A3. Expropriation and Compensation A4. Dispute Settlement A5. Performance Requirements and Incentives A6. Right to Private Ownership and Establis [...] | 2007-01-22 12:35:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ELAB PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR FR |
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 |
07PARIS3251 | "MINIMUM SERVICE" LABOR REFORM BILL CHALLENGES FRANCE'S [...] (SBU) A bill to be adopted by Parliament at the end of this summer's extraordinary session requires public transport providers to maintain minimum service during strikes -- a key campaign promise by President Nicolas Sarkozy (ref A). Regarded as the most symbolic of Sarkozy's social reforms, [...] | 2007-08-02 05:32:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV FR |
07PARIS3336 | FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE [...] (U) This is the latest in a series of periodic updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. CONTENTS: -- Areva wins 5 billion USD contract in China, but agreement postponed (para. 2) -- EDF [...] | 2007-08-07 16:26:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR |
07PARIS3741 | GOF PUTS GROWTH FRONT AND CENTER [...] (SBU) The Sarkozy government has spent the political rentree talking up proposals to stimulate economic growth. Despite the OECD's September 5 downward revision of French growth estimates to 1.8%, the government is maintaining its 2.25% projection. In an August 30 keynote speech to the annual [...] | 2007-09-10 06:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV FR |
07PARIS4071 | FRENCH READOUT ON IRAQI FM ZEBARI VISIT [...] (C) Summary: The French MFA,s Iraq desk officer on September 20 described Iraqi FM Zebari,s brief visit to Paris as a useful opportunity to take stock of some bilateral issues FM Kouchner had not raised during his visit to Baghdad last month but little else. Part of this was due to the fact [...] | 2007-09-27 16:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PROG ETRD EINV FR IZ EU IR |
07PARIS4315 | THE SARKOZY ECONOMIC AGENDA - REFORM OF GOODS AND SERVICES [...] (SBU) French President Nicolas Sarkozy has made goods and services market reform an important element of his plans to boost purchasing power and create a more dynamic French economy. He has announced a series of proposals to liberalize retail distribution, open up competition in goods and ser [...] | 2007-10-19 10:49:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV FR |
07PARIS579 | FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: THE MESSAGE FROM THE [...] (SBU) As campaigning picks up for France's Presidential elections in April, business groups and think tanks are making their voices heard in unusual ways to "ensure that key economic issues are not ignored." All forms of communication -- from special web sites, to books and jamboree-style mee [...] | 2007-02-13 16:40:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV 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 |
07PARIS834 | FRANCE - SPECIAL 301 2007 ANNUAL REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Following PhRMA's nomination of France for the 2007 Watch List, Embassy officers have met with two of France's major interlocutors in the pharmaceutical sector: the French Pharmaceutical Companies Association LEEM, and the Price Negotiating Committee (CEPS) for reimbursable drugs [...] | 2007-03-05 16:16:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EUN FR |
07PHNOMPENH1438 | SUCCESSFUL TRADE TALKS FEATURE TARIFF, INVESTMENT, IPR, [...] (SBU) Summary: A strong bilateral partnership and Cambodia's commitment to economic reform were on display November 21 as U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab and Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh led Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) joint council discussions. The Commerce Min [...] | 2007-11-26 23:38:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KTEX EINV ELAB EAGR CB |
07PHNOMPENH1575 | INVESTOR INTEREST IN CAMBODIA SURGES DESPITE CHALLENGES [...] (U) Summary: A dramatic surge in investor interest in Cambodia was evident during a recent investment conference held in Phnom Penh. Presenters emphasized a realistic view of Cambodia--a country with tremendous business opportunities, but where operating challenges such as corruption, poor in [...] | 2007-12-31 10:42:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD KCOR EAGR EAID CB CH |
07PHNOMPENH668 | CAMBODIA: SUCCESSFUL VISIT BY U.S.-ASEAN BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary. In the latest of a series of trade and investment related visits to Cambodia, a delegation from the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council met May 9 with senior Cambodian government (RGC) officials, including the Ministers of Commerce, Finance and Health. ConocoPhillips representatives u [...] | 2007-05-15 04:05:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV CB |
07PODGORICA1 | MONTENEGRO: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS: NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2006 [...] ON DEC. 27, THE MONTENEGRIN PARLIAMENT ADOPTED THE BUDGET FOR 2007 IN THE AMOUNT OF EUROS 617 MILLION, UNDER WHICH CURRENT AND CAPITAL EXPENSES HAVE BEEN SEPARATED FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. (THE SEPARATION, COMMON PRACTICE IN EUROPE AND ELSEWHERE, WAS FACILITATED BY USG EXPERT ASSISTANCE.) TOTAL [...] | 2007-01-03 14:47:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KPAO ETRD EINV EAID PGOV MW |
07PODGORICA106 | MONTENEGRO'S STOCK MARKET: BULL OR BALLOON? [...] Summary: Montenegro's stock exchanges exhibited strong growth in the first quarter of 2007, with indices up 79 percent (Montenegroberza) and 90 percent (NEX Montenegro). Roughly half the increase came in March. Similar growth was seen in 2005, at that time driven by demand for shares in large, [...] | 2007-04-12 14:47:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV MW |
07PODGORICA117 | COMMERCIAL ADVOCACY FOR U.S. FIRM - DATACARD - CONTRACT [...] (U) Summary: U.S.-based DataCard has been awarded the Euros 8 million contract for the production of Montenegro's passports, drivers' licenses, and identification cards. On April 13, Montenegro's Public Procurement Commission rejected as "unfounded" a complaint lodged by the French firm "Axalto [...] | 2007-04-18 14:23:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON MW |
07PODGORICA213 | 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES - MONTENEGRO [...] a) Claimants A (involves three claimants; all three are American citizens) b) 1981 c) Claimants' property, a house under construction and a stable, is located in Ulcinj. Two of the claimants inherited property from the father. In 1981, a part of the property was expropria [...] | 2007-06-15 12:55:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KIDE MW |
07PODGORICA214 | FOREIGN PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE IN MONTENEGRO (C-RE7-00522) [...] (U) Summary: Foreigners, mainly Serbs, own 1.39% of all land, and 8.5% of all condominiums, in Montenegro. Among foreigners, Russians are second in condo ownership, but fourth in land ownership. Current law in Montenegro allows foreigners to buy realty with few restrictions. End summary. [...] | 2007-06-15 13:11:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV MW |
07PODGORICA220 | MONTENEGRO'S ELECTRICITY SECTOR [...] SUMMARY: MONTENEGRO PRESENTLY IMPORTS 40% OF ITS ANNUAL ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION - IMPORTING 1866 GWH COMPARED TO DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF 2818 GWH. THE KOMBINAT ALUMINA PODGORICA (KAP) ALONE CONSUMES NEARLY 2000 GWH A YEAR. THE GOM PLAN TO BEGIN PRIVATIZING THE ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY OF MONTENE [...] | 2007-06-26 06:48:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG PGOV EINV MW |
07PODGORICA231 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRIED VISIT TO MONTENEGRO [...] (SBU) Welcome to Montenegro. Your visit comes as the Montenegrins continue to debate their new draft constitution. The Montenegrin leadership continues its pro-West, pro-American stance, while looking to maintain good relations with Moscow and Belgrade, particularly on Kosovo. The result is a [...] | 2007-07-03 11:55:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AMGT ECON EINV MW |
07PODGORICA24 | RUSSIANS ARE COMING TO MONTENEGRO - BUT SO ARE OTHERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE RUSSIAN PRESENCE ON MONTENEGRO IS VISIBLE, YET OFTEN OVERSTATED BY MONTENEGRINS AND OUTSIDERS ALIKE. SINCE 1999, REPORTED RUSSIAN FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT (FDI) HAS AMOUNTED TO EUROS 135 MILLION, OUT OF A TOTAL OF NEARLY EUROS 1 BILLION. THROUGH THE END OF 2006, THE ONLY L [...] | 2007-02-05 13:36:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EINV MW RS |
07PODGORICA33 | MONTENEGRO: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS: JANUARY 2007 [...] THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE ANNOUNCED THAT CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES WERE EUROS 582.3 MILLION, YIELDING A SURPLUS OF EUROS 34.6 MILLION. A SURPLUS OF ONE MILLION EUROS WAS PLANNED. RECEIPTS WERE 15 PERCENT HIGHER THAN PROJECTED, DRIVEN BY VAT RECEIPTS WHICH WERE 36 PERCENT HIGHER THAN IN 2005 [...] | 2007-02-13 14:50:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV KPAO PGOV MW EIND ETRD |
07PODGORICA72 | COMMERCIAL ADVOCACY FOR U.S. FIRM - DATACARD - UPDATE [...] (U) On March 7, the Montenegrin Ministry of Internal Affairs again awarded the contract for the production of passports and identification documents to DataCard Group (USA). The award came after a contentious second round of negotiations. The first award to DataCard in November had been cancel [...] | 2007-03-15 16:05:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON PGOV MW |
07PODGORICA91 | PRIME MINISTER, DEPUTY, DESCRIBE GOM GOALS: EURO-ATLANTIC [...] (U) PRIME MINISTER ZELKJO STURANOVIC AND DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER GORDANA DJUROVIC DESCRIBED THE CURRENT GOVERNMENTS GOALS AS EURO-ATLANTIC INTEGRATION AND IMPROVED LIVING STANDARDS. THE MINISTERS MET WITH VISITING EUR/SCE DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER HOH AND CHARGE ON MARCH 28. THE PM SAID THAT MONTENE [...] | 2007-03-29 12:38:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR EINV CVIS ECON PINR MW |
07PORTOFSPAIN152 | PETROLEUM CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS ISSUES CONFRONTING T&T OIL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Oil and gas companies operating in Trinidad & Tobago outlined aggressive programs to develop proven reserves in their presentations at the T&T Petroleum Conference, but several speakers raised concern that exploration may not be keeping pace with gas utilization. Energy Minister [...] | 2007-02-15 14:34:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EINV EFIN TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN21 | SETBACK FOR ALCOA SMELTER IN TRINIDAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After months of controversy about plans to construct aluminum smelters in Trinidad and a day-long national symposium to discuss the development of a national aluminum industry, Prime Minister Manning announced Christmas Eve that the GOTT was discontinuing plans for the industria [...] | 2007-01-08 12:13:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EMIN SENV TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN299 | T&T PM MANNING MEETS CHAVEZ, SIGNS GAS AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: T&T Prime Minister Patrick Manning met with BRV President Hugo Chavez for four hours on March 20 and signed a framework unitization agreement, a key step toward joint development of substantial cross-border gas fields. Manning also used the meeting as an opportunity to propose br [...] | 2007-03-26 18:55:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN393 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - MARCH [...] Tobago Land License for Foreigners 2. Far East Co-operation in Trade & Investment 3. GOTT committed to FTAA 4. Fishy concerns 5. T&T gets Water Pollution Rules 6. U.S. company to build Caustic Soda plant 7. Essar Steel plant approved 8. T&T Bird Flu ready 9. VAT removed on [...] | 2007-04-23 16:48:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR EFIN EIND EINV ETRD KFLU TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN494 | IMF OFFERS PRAISE AND WARNINGS TO CARIBBEAN GOVERNMENTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: While commending strong Caribbean growth and responsible fiscal and monetary policies, visiting IMF officials urged regional governments to adopt proactive measures to reduce current account deficits and public debt while economies are strong. They also recommended eliminating ta [...] | 2007-05-18 10:37:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON ECIN PGOV PREL TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN53 | TIC FOLLOW UP - TRINIDAD & TOBAGO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GOTT trade officials were disappointed that the October meeting of the US-CARICOM Trade and Investment Council meeting did not address future access to the U.S. market for CARICOM goods, but they welcomed USG interest in following up the October meeting. They reacted coolly to t [...] | 2007-01-18 19:03:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN556 | TRINIDAD GASBAG - ENERGY SECTOR NEWS (#1-07) [...] LNG production down 25% 2. GE opens LNG service center 3. "T&T Gas to Barbados by 2009" 4. BG/Chevron sign gas supply deal with NGC 5. BG confirms small gas find 6. Petrotrin profits down 7. Petrotrin offshore platforms shut down 8. TOFCO labor woes ----------------------- LNG PRO [...] | 2007-06-06 18:07:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR EPET EIND EINV TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN642 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - MAY [...] CA adds flights to Caribbean and North America --------------------------------------------- ----- Caribbean Airlines will increase seat capacity to the Caribbean and North America by 25 percent. CA will fly double daily frequencies to New York four days a week, maintaining daily service fo [...] | 2007-07-02 18:50:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECPS EIND EINV SENV SOCI TD EAGR |
07PORTOFSPAIN718 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - MAY [...] GOTT-PCS Nitrogen Partner on Model Farm 2. Cuban farmers to help set up farms 3. US$8M for Trinidad disaster preparedness 4. Inflation continues to decline 5. TSTT, Flow sign interconnect agreement 6. India invests in T&T 7. Non-energy investors hard to find 8. T&T opens trade [...] | 2007-07-20 15:11:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON ECPS EINV ETRD SENV TD EAGR |
07PORTOFSPAIN744 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - JULY PART 1 [...] Tsunami Warning training for Caribbean/Latin America 2. Caribbean Airlines to be privatized 3. More TV stations coming 4. T&T/Barbados fishing agreement one step closer 5. Tobago says 'All the fish/flying fish gone' 6. HBO announces new Caribbean Channel 7. Stiff penalties f [...] | 2007-07-31 11:26:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON ECPS EFIS EINV ETRD KIPR SENV TD |
07PRAGUE1232 | CZECH-HUNGARIAN ENERGY JOINT VENTURE: POTENTIAL [...] (U) This is a joint cable by Embassy Prague and Embassy Budapest. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION: The proposed joint venture between Czech electricity giant CEZ and Hungarian energy group MOL is a deal driven by business interests -- CEZ's desire to get its foot in the door in Hungary as a [...] | 2007-11-16 10:21:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EINV PREL EZ |
07PRAGUE166 | CZECH REPUBLIC: NO HASTE ACTION EXPECTED ON THE BIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Czechs remain troubled by the U.S.-Czech BIT and the potential liability the GOCR attributes to it. However, post does not/not believe this Czech government would be willing to expend enough political attention on the issue to terminate the BIT. While the fragility [...] | 2007-02-21 11:59:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ECON EZ |
07PRAGUE457 | SPECIAL 301 CZECH REPUBLIC 2007 [...] (SBU) Political-Economic Counselor delivered reftel points on 2007 Special 301 Review to Ministry of Industry and Trade Multilateral Trade Director Ladislava Votavova on April 27 (delivery was made on April 27 since Voltavova and most Czech interlocutors will not be working on April 30, the day [...] | 2007-04-27 14:06:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR EINV PREL EZ |
07PRAGUE698 | CZECH REPUBLIC: ECONOMIC REFORM PACKAGE PASSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Topolanek government's economic reform package passed its first reading June 8 and now faces the most difficult phase of debate and amendments before it goes to the second reading in August. The economic reform bill is the flagship of the Civic Democrat (ODS) c [...] | 2007-06-14 13:21:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV EZ |
07PRAGUE705 | CZECH REPUBLIC: EMBASSY NOMINATES PROCTER & GAMBLE [...] (U) U.S. Embassy Prague is pleased to nominate Procter and Gamble - Rakona s.r.o (P&G) for the 2007 Secretary's Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE). P&G - Rakona is a multinational enterprise that produces chemicals, mainly washing powder, in the small town of Rakovnik. Over the past fifteen [...] | 2007-06-15 08:18:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON BEXP EINV ETRD ELAB KSEP SENV EZ |
07PRAGUE758 | CZECH REPUBLIC: ECONOMY REMAINS ROBUST AS FISCAL [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Czech government on June 11 approved a preliminary 2008 budget deficit of CZK 78.4 billion (3% of GDP). However, these figures are entirely dependent on the passage of the economic reform package (ref A),which Parliament will address after returning from its summer r [...] | 2007-06-26 06:24:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EZ PGOV |
07PRETORIA1013 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MARCH 16, 2007 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 11 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Manufacturing up 6.2% - Business Confidence Down - Lack of Education and Skills Inhibits Rate of Economic Growth - SAA Restructuring Pr [...] | 2007-03-20 14:20:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA1137 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MARCH 30, 2006 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 13 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Private Sector Growth Rate at 7 percent - Automotive Component Revenue Thrives - New Plans to Ease Skills Shortage - Eskom's New Power St [...] | 2007-03-30 15:08:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA1211 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 5, 2007 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 14 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Mineral Rights Expropriation Claims Push SA to Extend Claim - Mittal Steel's New Kiln Project Draws Criticism - Wine Industry Falters in 2 [...] | 2007-04-05 12:59:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA1274 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 13, 2007 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 15 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - SARB Holds Interest Rate Steady - Treasury Provides Bail-Out for SAA - SAA to Buy More Planes - Mbeki Takes a Swipe at Telkom - Denel Fa [...] | 2007-04-13 12:52:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA1381 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 20, 2007 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 16 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Slow Progress Towards AsgiSA Goals - US Equity Giant Bain Snares Edcon for R25bn - High Commodity Prices Up SA-US Export Value - SA Consi [...] | 2007-04-20 12:59:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA142 | 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT Q SOUTH [...] (U) In response to Ref A, this cable presents post's 2007 Investment Climate Statement for South Africa. This is also Chapter 6 of the 2007 Country Commercial Guide for South Africa. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT Chapter 6 Investment Climate Statement FY 2007 6.1 Openness to Foreign Investment [...] | 2007-01-12 11:40:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD KTDB SF |
07PRETORIA1473 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 26, 2007 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 17 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Johannesburg Long-term Rating Upgraded - Ownership Component of BEE Unimportant - New Country of Origin Regulations - Rural Women Ensnare [...] | 2007-04-26 10:56:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA151 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JANUARY 12, [...] 1. (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 02 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Reserves up on Firmer Rand - Record 2006 Vehicle Sales - SA Tourism Growth Robust - Xstrata SA 'Fully Empowered' - BEE Codes Unlikely [...] | 2007-01-12 14:45:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA1577 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MAY 4, 2007 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 18 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Industrial Policy to Include Chemical Sector - Manufacturing Down Due to Strong Rand - Call Center Industry Booming - Trade Deficit Widen [...] | 2007-05-04 11:44:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA1702 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MARCH 16, 2007 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 19 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Foreign Reserves Increase - SA Economic Action Set to Slow - Vehicle Sales Down - Average House Cost R911,800 - Hunting Law's Reform Po [...] | 2007-05-11 08:57:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA1805 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MAY 18, 2007 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 20 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - R15 Billion Trade Deficit in First Quarter - 2010 to Boost GDP by R51.1 billion - Changes to Tax Return System - Rates Hit Manufacturing [...] | 2007-05-18 09:36:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA1816 | ITALIAN MINING COMPANIES BRING EXPROPRIATION CASE [...] (C) Summary: Italian mining companies have filed a case in the World Bank's International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) alleging that new South African mining legislation amounted to expropriation of their South African property. The companies, unable to find Broad [...] | 2007-05-18 15:04:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV SF |
07PRETORIA1909 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MAY 25, 2007 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 21 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - There's No Stopping SA's Economy - Debate On Widening Current Account Deficit - Woolworths in R292m BEE Employee Deal - Construction Indu [...] | 2007-05-25 09:39:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA1980 | AGOA FORUM - SOUTH AFRICAN DELEGATION [...] Post received on May 31 a provisional list of South African officials who will attend the AGOA Forum. They include Minister of Trade and Industry Mandisi Mpahlwa, Deputy Director General for International Trade and Economic Development Xavier Carim (provided that the TIDCA negotiations take [...] | 2007-06-01 13:30:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV EFIN EAID SF |
07PRETORIA2069 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JUNE 08, 2007 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 23 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Inflation Data Shocks Economists - Consumers Continue To Borrow - GDP Growth Slows To 4.7% - State Raises Offer As Strike Bites - Vehicl [...] | 2007-06-08 12:02:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA2155 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JUNE 15, 2007 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 24 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Zoellick Urges Africa "To Catch The Wave" - Planed Duty Cuts On Infrastructure Projects - Manuel Stresses Need For Exports - General Elec [...] | 2007-06-15 11:02:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA218 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JANUARY 19, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 03 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Growth Lifts Business Mood to Record High - Domestic Steel Sets New Records - Infrastructure Not Keeping Pace - SA Granted a R8.4bn Loan [...] | 2007-01-19 14:21:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA2257 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JUNE 22, 2007 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 25 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - SA Economy With Capacity Problems - Rate Hikes 'Filtering Through To Economy' - Warning For SA Trade - Labor Holds SA Back - New ANC lea [...] | 2007-06-22 09:18:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA2599 | SOUTH AFRICA'S NEW INDUSTRIAL POLICY: A SNEAK [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified; not for internet distribution. 2. (U) Summary: South Africa's new industrial policy will aim to strengthen tradeable goods sectors and promote manufactured exports, according to Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Rob Davies. The capital g [...] | 2007-07-25 09:24:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD SF |
07PRETORIA2994 | HEWLETT PACKARD WINS APPROVAL OF FIRST "EQUITY [...] (U) Summary: Hewlett Packard has won SAG approval to implement the first "equity equivalent" plan under South Africa's black economic empowerment (BEE) codes. Under the plan, HP will accrue BEE "points" by promoting information technology skills in the small and medium enterprise sectors, i [...] | 2007-08-27 15:50:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV SF |
07PRETORIA3042 | SOUTH AFRICA'S TRADE PERFORMANCE IN 2006 [...] (U) Summary. South Africa's strong import demand for crude oil and capital equipment, along with comparatively moderate export growth, resulted in an 80 percent widening of the current-account deficit during 2006. Strong consumer demand, spurred by relatively low levels of debt servicing co [...] | 2007-08-30 11:47:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV SF |
07PRETORIA3111 | South African Sasol Targets Coal-to-Liquid Fuel Plant in [...] (U) SUMMARY: South African Sasol is seriously considering investing in a coal-to-liquid (CTL) facility in the U.S., targeting Texas, Montana, Wyoming, Illinois, or North Dakota. This potential project would represent Africa's largest investment in the U.S. if realized. The issue of carbon emi [...] | 2007-09-05 12:40:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD SF |
07PRETORIA3113 | South African Sasol Targets Coal-to-Liquid Fuel Plant in [...] (U) SUMMARY: South African Sasol is seriously considering investing in a coal-to-liquid (CTL) facility in the U.S., targeting Texas, Montana, Wyoming, Illinois, or North Dakota. This potential project would represent Africa's largest investment in the U.S. if realized. The issue of carbon emi [...] | 2007-09-05 12:40:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD SF |
07PRETORIA3114 | South African Sasol Targets Coal-to-Liquid Fuel Plant in [...] (U) SUMMARY: South African Sasol is seriously considering investing in a coal-to-liquid (CTL) facility in the U.S., targeting Texas, Montana, Wyoming, Illinois, or North Dakota. This potential project would represent Africa's largest investment in the U.S. if realized. The issue of carbon emi [...] | 2007-09-05 12:41:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD SF |
07PRETORIA3116 | SA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY WOES [...] (U) Summary. The pharmaceutical sector in South Africa is faltering under the SAG's current mandates and slow regulatory processes for drug and clinical trial approvals. The proposed benchmark policy for the single exit price and intellectual property right concerns are causing further jitt [...] | 2007-09-05 13:37:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV SOCI KIPR SF |
07PRETORIA3166 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 7, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 36 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Business Confidence Down - Vehicle Sales Down - Economic Freedom Ranking Down - Telkom To Drop Call Center Prices - Angloplat Unveils BE [...] | 2007-09-07 14:33:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA3183 | JAPAN PASSIVE ON ADVOCATING WESTINGHOUSE'S SOUTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Japan is unable to manifest overt support for the Westinghouse bid for building new nuclear plants in South Africa. Toshiba acquired Westinghouse in October of last year, but Mitsubishi also has a commercial relationship with competitor French Areva. The GOJ [...] | 2007-09-07 15:31:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG BEXP TRGY PREL IAEA EINV ECON SF JA |
07PRETORIA323 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JANUARY 26, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 04 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Blackouts Hit South Africa - Telkom Prices Hold SA Back - Mexico Looks to SA for Grain - New Law on Captive-Bred Animals - SA GM Crops S [...] | 2007-01-29 08:56:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA3426 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 28, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 39 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - SA Ranks Fifth for African Governance - Construction Boom Causes Cement Shortage - Man-days Lost to Strikes Increases - SA's Unemployment [...] | 2007-09-28 09:30:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA3490 | U.S. FIRM AES CHARGES INTO SOUTH AFRICA'S ELECTRIC POWER [...] Summary. An AES Corporation (AES)-led consortium has been selected as the preferred bidder by the Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) for two open-cycle gas turbine peaking power stations to be constructed in South Africa. The AES-led consortium, which won the bid over a Suez-led consort [...] | 2007-10-03 12:11:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EINV EPET SF |
07PRETORIA3507 | South Africa Reassesses its Energy Policy [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: South Africa convened a two-day Energy Summit September 24-25 to engage with stakeholders in order to reassess its energy policy as set forth in the white paper on energy adopted in 1998. Noting the likelihood that key assumptions may have changed since that time, representati [...] | 2007-10-04 05:42:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EMIN EINV EIND ETRD SF |
07PRETORIA3534 | MINE MISHAP OVERCOME, BUT SAFETY STILL A CHRONIC [...] SUMMARY: On October 4, South African Harmony's Elandsrand mine rescued 3,200 workers who had been trapped underground for 48 hours. While the workers were not in great danger, the dramatic rescue, filmed in the international media, high-lighted growing concerns about mine safety as high comm [...] | 2007-10-05 16:13:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ENRG EINV EIND ETRD SF |
07PRETORIA3538 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER OCOTOBER 5, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 40 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Trade Deficit Disappoints Market - Internet Costs Stifle SAG Open Source Policy - Car Sales Decline Again - Critic Claims Climate Conscio [...] | 2007-10-09 06:41:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA3602 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 12, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 41 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - SA Foreign Reserves Past $30 Billion - Higher-Than-Expected Budget Surplus - Euro's Held In Gross Reserves Increase - SA No Magnet For Ta [...] | 2007-10-12 13:20:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA3678 | SOUTH AFRICAN TOURISM INDUSTRY ON A POSITIVE AND RAPID [...] (U). Summary: The South African tourism industry has shown significant growth since the country was democratized in 1994. Over 8.4 million people visited South Africa in 2006. Tourism contributes more to the economy than the gold sector and that it employs over half a million people. Sout [...] | 2007-10-18 14:58:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV EAIR SENV SOCI CASC CPAS SF |
07PRETORIA3726 | Sasol Perseveres in Coal-to-Liquid Projects [...] SUMMARY: South Africa's Sasol is committed to expanding its coal-to-liquids production both within and outside South Africa. Most automobile drivers in South Africa's interior are burning its gasoline derived from coal. Sasol's Chief Engineer confirmed that Sasol is the world's largest single [...] | 2007-10-23 12:30:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND SENV SF |
07PRETORIA3744 | South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (U) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, zin [...] | 2007-10-24 13:53:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF |
07PRETORIA3747 | NUCLEAR POWER: BIG DREAMS FOR SMALL PEBBLES - PBMR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: South Africa's Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) new nuclear technology will play a key role in the SAG decision to significantly increase nuclear power generation in the country over the next 20 years. The country will face challenges in securing skills and investment to implem [...] | 2007-10-24 15:34:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY SENV KNNP PREL EINV SF |
07PRETORIA3779 | SOUTH AFRICQECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 26, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 43 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Inflation At Four-Year High - Debt Service Cost To Income More Than 10% - Earthlife Africa Challenges Nuclear Thrust - Mbeki's Re-Electio [...] | 2007-10-26 14:42:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA3836 | KIMBERLEY PROCESS - STATUS QUO OR MORE? [...] SUMMARY: The Diamonds - Source to Use 2007 Colloquium in Johannesburg offered heated discussion on whether to expand the Kimberley Process from its successful efforts combating conflict diamonds to include mitigation of illicit diamonds, artisanal mining, and lack of transparency. World Federa [...] | 2007-11-01 15:10:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ENRG ETRD SENV EINV SF |
07PRETORIA3839 | WESTINGHOUSE ACQUIRES LOCAL NUCLEAR SUPPLIER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Westinghouse expects to close its long-awaited acquisition of South Africa's IST Nuclear (ISTN) to augment its domestic footprint and to position itself for supplying an initial 3,200 MW of new nuclear power plants to state electricity company Eskom, as well as additional plant [...] | 2007-11-02 07:09:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG BEXP TRGY SENV KNNP EINV SF |
07PRETORIA3843 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 44 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Treasury Forecasts Slower Economic Growth - Skills Poaching Is Asset Stripping - Manuel - SA's Cheap Power May Attract $3.8 billion Alumin [...] | 2007-11-02 08:18:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA3891 | DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER - MAYBE - MAYBE NOT [...] SUMMARY: The Diamonds - Source to Use 2007 Colloquium in Johannesburg offered contrary views on African diamond reserves. Some pundits expect output to increase significantly from West Africa, Botswana, Angola and the DRC, but others foresee a sustained decline in world diamond production. A [...] | 2007-11-07 10:53:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ENRG EINV ETRD SENV SF |
07PRETORIA3928 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 9, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 45 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - SA's Competitiveness Slides - Business Confidence Hits Three-Year Low - Sub-Saharan Africa Experiences Sustained Growth - Net Reserves Up [...] | 2007-11-09 13:45:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA3973 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 16, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 46 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Manufacturing Production Slows - Textile Tariff Plan A Boost For Factories - South Africans Forced To Live In Higher-Density Developments [...] | 2007-11-16 14:58:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA4002 | South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (U) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, zin [...] | 2007-11-20 11:28:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF |
07PRETORIA4082 | Energy Planning and Cooperation, With the Lights Out [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) Deputy Director-General: Electricity and Nuclear Energy Nelisiwe Magubane met DOE Director for African and Middle Eastern Affairs George Person and Energy Officer on November 16 on the margins of the Corporate Council on Africa Business Su [...] | 2007-11-29 13:56:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET SENV EINV SF |
07PRETORIA4092 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, Issue 48 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - GDP Growth Accelerates - Inflation Tops 7 Percent - Business Confidence at 4-Year Low - Credit Growth Keeps Pressure on Rates - US Co [...] | 2007-11-30 10:28:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA4103 | South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter [...] (U) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, zi [...] | 2007-12-03 11:50:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF |
07PRETORIA415 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 02, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 05 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Drop in Producer Inflation - Slowdown in Credit Growth - Small Trade Surplus in December - IPR Awareness Promoted by SARS - Eight out of [...] | 2007-02-02 13:32:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA4155 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 07, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 49 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Trade Deficit Widens - Manufacturing Activity Slips - Vehicle Sales Down - Business Confidence Dips Further - US Trade With Sub-Saharan [...] | 2007-12-07 14:31:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA4188 | South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...] | 2007-12-13 10:13:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF |
07PRETORIA4240 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 21, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 51 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Zuma Voted ANC President - Economy Holds Steady after Zuma Wins Election - Coal Prices Sharply Increase - Eskom Receives Substantial Rate [...] | 2007-12-21 13:55:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA4252 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 28, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 52 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Zuma to Review Inflation Targeting - JSE Rocky for New Mine Listings - PPI Slows to 9.1 Percent - Trade Deficit Surprise Fall End Summ [...] | 2007-12-28 12:10:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA513 | U.S.-SACU TICA UNDERWAY [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. and SACU trade negotiators agreed to begin work on a Trade and Investment Cooperation Agreement (TICA) during a meeting on February 2, 2006. The parties agreed to work in four key areas: customs cooperation, sanitary and phyto-sanitary (SPS) issues, technical barriers to [...] | 2007-02-12 13:51:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV SF |
07PRETORIA514 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 9, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 06 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Chinese President Arrives in South Africa - Earnings Gap Widens on Skills Basis - Car Sales Growth Slowing - Average House Costs R811,000 [...] | 2007-02-12 13:51:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA57 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JANUARY 05, [...] 1. (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 01 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - New Trading Year Opens with JSE Record High - SA Ties Up Missile Deal with Brazil - Oprah Opens School for Poor Pupils - Portfolio Inv [...] | 2007-01-08 05:38:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA663 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 9, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 08 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Budget in Brief - Inflation "Still in Check" - EU Include SA in SADC EPA Negotiations - Interest Groups Raise Concerns About Biofuels Str [...] | 2007-02-26 08:52:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA771 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 9, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 09 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Ambassador Opens BEE Conference - Pace of Growth Jumps to Fastest in Two Years - Weather Affects Expected Corn Harvest - South Africa's U [...] | 2007-03-02 15:12:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA886 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MARCH 9, 2007 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 10 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Net Reserves Increase - Investment Promotion Delegation to the U.S. - "Affirmative Action Won't be Scrapped - Trade Deficit Bad News for [...] | 2007-03-09 14:31:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRISTINA469 | KOSOVO: WORLD BANK'S IFC INVOLVEMENT IN KOSOVO C [...] (C) Summary. The proposal from the World Bank's International Finance Corporation (IFC) to take a 10 percent equity stake in one of the consortia short-listed to compete for the Kosovo C energy sector development tender has raised concerns within UNMIK, the PISG and USOP about the fairness, i [...] | 2007-06-14 15:33:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ENRG ECON PGOV PREL AID YI |
07PRISTINA9 | KOSOVO: KOSOVO 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) Kosovo continues to be administered under the civil authority of the United Nations Interim Administrative Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK),pursuant to U.N. Security Council Resolution 1244. UNMIK was established in June 1999, following the conclusion of the NATO military campaign against Slobo [...] | 2007-01-05 11:40:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP BTIO ECON ETRD EINV ELAB KTDB PGOV EFIN |
07QUITO1091 | ANOTHER U.S. OIL COMPANY PULLING OUT OF ECUADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Conoco Philips has decided to sell its assets in Ecuador. Conoco acquired several production and exploration blocks in Ecuador when it purchased Burlington Resources in 2006, and concluded that the Ecuadorian assets are not economically attractive compared to other holdings in [...] | 2007-05-15 13:32:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EINV EC |
07QUITO1102 | PETROECUADOR'S NEW PLANS [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Embassy officials, Petroecuador President Carlos Pareja outlined Petroecuador's plans to open the ITT fields project to international bidding, sell high octane gasoline at market prices (a possible first step towards reducing subsidies),introduce a gasoline/et [...] | 2007-05-15 17:56:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON EC |
07QUITO1678 | PETROBRAS INVESTIGATION COULD LEAD TO CONTRACT [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazilian state petroleum company Petrobras is being investigated for possible contract violations that could lead to the cancellation of its contract. The allegations echo those leveled at U.S. firm Occidental Petroleum, whose contract was subsequently cancelled and assets sei [...] | 2007-07-26 18:47:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EINV PREL EC |
07QUITO1701 | RESPONSE TO OPIC ON BANCO PROCREDITO [...] (SBU) Post welcomes OPIC interest in supporting the important microcredit and small-medium enterprise market in Ecuador (ref A). We had delayed responding given recent uncertainty regarding the outcome of Ecuador's controversial banking bill, but can now provide a fulsome response as the law h [...] | 2007-07-31 14:30:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EC |
07QUITO1816 | US COMPANIES MCI POWER GROUP AND NEW TURBINE, INC. [...] (U) On July 31, the arbitration tribunal established under the International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) ruled against U.S. firms MCI Power Group and New Turbine, Inc.(MCI-NT) in their international arbitration case against Ecuador. It ruled that ICSID did not ha [...] | 2007-08-09 21:55:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EC |
07QUITO1900 | LIMITED VENEZUELAN SUPPORT FOR TENTATIVE NEW [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan and Ecuadorian state oil companies signed an MOU August 9 for a $5 billion joint refinery project in Ecuador. A Petroecuador official explained that the two state companies would form a "mixed company" to execute the project. However, he expressed concern that obtain [...] | 2007-08-21 19:01:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EINV ECON EC |
07QUITO2008 | ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: ATPA; 2008 BUDGET; NEW LAWYERS IN OXY [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. PRESIDENT CORREA ON ATPA RENEWAL -------------------------------- 2. (SBU) During his weekly radio address on August 25 President Correa reiterated so [...] | 2007-09-05 14:12:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EC |
07QUITO2095 | ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: RICE EXPORT BAN; NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. GOE Bans Rice Exports --------------------- 2. (U) On September 7 the GOE banned rice exports after local rice prices rose quickly as a result of stro [...] | 2007-09-13 12:49:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EC |
07QUITO2142 | ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: OIL CONTRACT RENEGOTIATIONS; CUSTOMS [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Oil Contract Renegotiations Imminent ------------------------------------ 2. (U) Minister of Petroleum and Mining Galo Chiriboga announced September 11 [...] | 2007-09-19 14:36:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET ETRD EINV EFIN EC |
07QUITO2187 | ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: LAW CONTRACT CANCELLED IN OXY CASE; [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. OXY: Ecuador Revokes Leboeuf Contract ------------------------------------- 2. (U) Due to a conflict of interest, on September 18 the office of the Ecu [...] | 2007-09-24 20:27:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV EC |
07QUITO2208 | MIXED VIEWS: AMERICAN BUSINESSES WITH DIFFERENT [...] (C) Summary. At an AmCham meeting, U.S. companies in heavily regulated industries noted a number of ongoing problems, but a textile company stressed that lightly regulated industries have fared much better. Several companies said they have good relations with the Correa Administration, whic [...] | 2007-09-27 12:12:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD EPET EFIN EAIR BEXP EC |
07QUITO2277 | GOE CLAIMS 99 PERCENT SHARE OF EXTRAORDINARY [...] (C) Summary: Ecuadorian President Correa issued a presidential decree late October 4 increasing the State's share to 99 percent of "extraordinary" petroleum revenues produced by private companies. Petroleum operators claim the decree is a complete surprise and contrary to assurances of amica [...] | 2007-10-05 20:04:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON PREL EC |
07QUITO2292 | ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: Falling FDI, More Costly Flour [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Decrease in Foreign Direct Investment ------------------------------------- 2. (U) According to recently published data from the Central Bank, foreign [...] | 2007-10-10 13:46:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EC |
07QUITO2373 | OIL COMPANIES CONSIDERING OPTIONS UNDER ECUADOR,S [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. and foreign oil companies are evaluating whether service contracts could be feasible alternatives to participation contracts in light of the new "99 percent" petroleum revenue sharing decree. U.S. firms City Oriente, Murphy Oil, and Burlington Resources are affected by t [...] | 2007-10-25 13:33:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON PREL EC |
07QUITO2382 | ECUADOR MAY (OR MAY NOT) SEEK TO EXCLUDE OIL AND [...] (C) Summary. President Correa, through his legal secretary, instructed the Foreign Ministry to inform ICSID, SIPDIS an arbitration center, that Ecuador would not accept ICSID jurisdiction for oil and mining cases. The Foreign Ministry informed Correa that the notification would not protec [...] | 2007-10-25 19:01:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON EC |
07QUITO2413 | ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: IMPORT TARIFFS INCREASE; RETURN TO [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Import Tariffs to Increase -------------------------- 2. (U) On October 24, Ecuador's Council on Foreign Trade and Investment (Comexi) approved a proposa [...] | 2007-10-29 18:41:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EC |
07QUITO2426 | ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: PETROBRAS GETS ENVIRONMENTAL LICENSE; [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Environmental License Granted to Petrobras ------------------------------------------ 2. (SBU) On October 23, the GOE granted an environmental license t [...] | 2007-10-31 16:01:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EPET EC |
07QUITO2491 | PETROECUADOR RECOMMENDS CANCELLING U.S. CITY [...] (C) Summary: Petroecuador recommended on November 8 that the GOE cancel U.S. oil company City Oriente,s contract, since the company has not made any payments to the GOE under a 2006 law requiring companies to provide the government with at least 50% of "extraordinary" petroleum revenues. A [...] | 2007-11-13 21:16:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON PREL EC |
07QUITO2509 | ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANY AND MINING [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. GOE Analyzes Porta Cellular Concession -------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) On November 6, the Superintendency of Telecommunications (Supte [...] | 2007-11-19 12:04:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EC |
07QUITO2513 | GROWTH OF RESOURCE NATIONALISM IN ECUADOR [...] (C) This cable is in response to reftel a asking for post's views on resource nationalism in Ecuador. 2. (C) In the petroleum sector, the GOE has taken a number of actions over the past year and a half resulting in increased revenues for the state. In 2006 under the previous administrati [...] | 2007-11-20 12:13:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON PREL EC |
07QUITO2526 | ECUADOR'S EFFORTS ON RENEWABLE ENERGY [...] (U) This is a response cable to reftel, which lists key countries invited to the State Department-hosted 2008 Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008). Ecuador was not included as a key country. Post believes Ecuador is interested in attending WIREC and that there is [...] | 2007-11-21 14:09:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV EC |
07QUITO2539 | DAS McMullen's Meetings with U.S. and Ecuadorian Business [...] (SBU) Summary. WHA DAS Chris McMullen met, separately, with representatives of the U.S. and Guayaquil business communities. With the notable exception of City Oriente, which is facing the prospect of having its petroleum contract cancelled, the U.S. business representatives were guardedly o [...] | 2007-11-21 19:57:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EPET PGOV EC |
07QUITO2543 | ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: New Central Bank Officials; Repsol [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that describes notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. New Officials at the Central Bank --------------------------------- 2. (U) On November 9, the General Manager and Deputy General Manager and four oth [...] | 2007-11-23 18:31:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV SENV PGOV EC |
07QUITO2571 | CORREA CHALLENGES AIRPORT CONCESSIONS [...] (U) Summary: President Correa has challenged two airport concessions run by private operators in Quito and Guayaquil, and asserted the federal government should receive a share of their earnings. The Quito airport is operated by a U.S.-Canadian-Brazilian joint venture and receives the major [...] | 2007-11-30 13:19:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EFIN EINV PGOV EC |
07QUITO2585 | Open Channels: GOE Seeks USG Assistance in Key Sector [...] (SBU) Summary. The USG and GOE are successfully working together on policy reform in areas of mutual interest. The GOE has sought or accepted technical assistance from USAID in competition policy, investment, finance, decentralization, environment, and on other issues. End summary. 2. [...] | 2007-12-05 11:13:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN EINV SENV PREL EC |
07QUITO2626 | CORREA MEETS AMBASSADOR, ACKNOWLEDGES NEED TO PAY [...] (c) Summary. President Correa told the Ambassador that Ecuador would pay an arbitral award that determined that the GOE owes Occidental Petroleum a multi-million dollar tax refund. Correa reaffirmed his interest in establishing an economic dialogue with the U.S., said that Ecuador is contin [...] | 2007-12-13 15:13:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EPET EAIR ETRD PGOV PREL EC |
07QUITO2650 | CANADIAN-US COMPANY PURSUING MAJOR PETROLEUM [...] (C) Summary: Ivanhoe Energy, a Canadian firm with substantial U.S. investment, is pursuing oilfield development in Ecuador that would use its proprietary technology to develop and upgrade super-heavy oil. President Correa is reportedly supportive and wants to move quickly to sign a contract [...] | 2007-12-17 12:59:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON PREL EC |
07QUITO2659 | CORREA ASKS CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY TO APPROVE BROAD [...] (U) Summary. The Correa Administration sent an ambitious tax reform package to the Constituent Assembly, with a request that it be approved before the end of the year. The package retains the value-added tax at 12%, creates a 0.5% capital outflow tax, raises the excise tax on a number of pr [...] | 2007-12-18 20:50:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV EC |
07QUITO2665 | REPRIEVE FOR U.S. OIL COMPANY CITY ORIENTE [...] (C) Summary: A recommendation to cancel the contract of U.S. oil company City Oriente appears to be on hold as the GOE is preparing to initiate contract renegotiation. In addition, criminal complaints against City Oriente personnel now appear to be being handled fairly and a request for "pr [...] | 2007-12-19 19:53:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON PREL EC |
07QUITO271 | WEAKENING ECONOMY MAY BE VULNERABLE [...] (C) Summary. After six years of solid growth, the Ecuadorian economy will likely slow in 2007, and the Central Bank estimates the economy will grow 3.3%. This may overstate growth, since the economy has a number of vulnerabilities ) declining petroleum production and prices, falling busines [...] | 2007-02-01 19:28:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV EC |
07QUITO3 | CODEL REID MEETING WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT CORREA [...] (C) Summary. In a wide ranging conversation with Codel Reid, president-elect Rafael Correa asked for better treatment of Ecuadorian migrants, welcomed Sen. Reid's statement that he would work for ATPA extension, expressed a commitment to combat narcotic trafficking, complained vociferously ab [...] | 2007-01-03 09:07:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR CVIS ETRD ECON EFIN EINV EC |
07QUITO321 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF ENERGY ACOSTA [...] (C) Summary. In a wide-ranging meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Energy Acosta presented himself as a problem-solver. He said that he intends to solve the problems of U.S.-owned electric generator Machala Power and would study the situation of City Oriente, a small U.S.-owned petrole [...] | 2007-02-07 20:46:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EINV ECON PREL EC |
07QUITO400 | Ambassador's Meeting with Minister of Industries [...] (SBU) Summary. In his meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Industries Sagasti said that his priorities are promoting investment and competitiveness, he's the government's bridge to the private sector, and that his ministry is close to reaching agreement with the Foreign Ministry on reallo [...] | 2007-02-21 14:24:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EFIN EAID PREL EC |
07QUITO440 | NEW LEGAL ADVISOR A PRACTICAL ADDITION TO ENERGY MINISTRY [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting between EconCouns and new Ministry of Energy Legal Advisor Raul Moscoso February 22, Moscoso confirmed that the GOE is assembling a legal team to defend its interests in the Oxy arbitration, and stressed the administration's interest in foreign investment in the en [...] | 2007-02-26 17:36:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ENRG ECON EC |
07QUITO906 | ECUADOR'S ITT FIELDS UNDER CONSIDERATION ONCE AGAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Development of Ecuador's heavy crude ITT fields has been under discussion for over 10 years. Situated in the environmentally sensitive Yasuni National Park, the three fields contain an estimated billion barrels of reserves and could potentially produce 190,000 barrels of crude [...] | 2007-04-20 18:54:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EINV EC |
07QUITO955 | ENERGY MINISTRY PLANS NEW LAWS UNDER CONSTITUENT [...] (C) Summary: Ecuador's Energy Ministry hopes to use the upcoming national constituent assembly to make major changes to the laws regulating the sector, according to the Under Secretaries of Petroleum, Mining, and Electricity. They plan SIPDIS to use the Assembly as a substitute Congress, [...] | 2007-04-26 20:51:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EINV ECON EC |
07QXICO3307 | MEXICO 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-25 13:32:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD KIDE CASC OPIC PGOV MX |
07RABAT1076 | MOROCCO'S COMPETITIVITY GAP [...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco's weak showing in the newly-published competitivity index of the World Economic Forum has again highlighted an issue that has sparked extensive public comment and debate in recent months, particularly in the context of the failure of Moroccan exports to become a locomoti [...] | 2007-06-28 16:17:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV MA |
07RABAT1397 | MOROCCO FTA ANNUAL REVIEW [...] (U) Summary: During his August 28-31 visit to Morocco, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Shaun Donnelly emphasized the mutual benefits of the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and outlined U.S. thinking regarding preparations for the first meeting of the Joint Committee later th [...] | 2007-09-05 11:20:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD EFIN EAGR PGOV MO |
07RABAT1541 | ECONOMIC CHALLENGES FACING MOROCCO'S NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Incoming Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi will take charge this month of an economy that has performed well over the last five years. He follows in the footsteps of a Prime Minister who is generally regarded as having been one of the strongest in Morocco's history, and whose busine [...] | 2007-09-27 14:31:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EFIN EAGR MO |
07RABAT1680 | ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS SEPT-OCT 2007 [...] Included in this round up: the tourism sector continues to grow, air traffic increases, the automobile sector gains an investor, the problems at Casablanca Port are resolved, and the energy sector is set to grow. ------------- TOURISM GROWS ------------- 2. Approximately 5.2 million t [...] | 2007-10-31 16:45:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG EAIR EINV MO |
07RABAT177 | OPIC-SUPPORTED INVESTMENT FUND IN THE REGION [...] (U) Post appreciates the opportunity to comment on OPIC's proposed support for the Euro MENA fund. There is increasing activity in the venture capital field in Morocco, and indeed the Financial Services Volunteer Corps (FSVC) is helping a Moroccan partner organize a roundtable on the subject [...] | 2007-02-01 10:35:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV LE JO AL MO EG |
07RABAT272 | MEPI UPDATE FOR MOROCCO [...] Summary: This cable highlights MEPI programs and initiatives in Morocco from October 1-December 30. Activities included the publication of a new guide for NGOs' advocacy, Arab Civitas and International Republican Institute (IRI) activities, teaching Arabic through local languages, Financial [...] | 2007-02-09 16:06:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV ETRD EINV KMPI MO |
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 |
07RABAT447 | REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON ADVOCACY REQUEST BY U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Embassy requests L guidance on how to respond to a request from U.S. investor IAG Manufacturing, a bankrupt manufacturer of body armor, for USG assistance in addressing the "injustice" it claims it has suffered as a result of the Moroccan legal system's failure [...] | 2007-03-09 10:30:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV BEXP MA |
07RABAT571 | PREPARING FOR THE ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE FTA [...] (U) Summary and action request: With the envisioned May/June time frame for the first annual review of the bilateral Free Trade Agreement fast approaching, post recommends renewed engagement in coming months with the GOM on key outstanding issues from the first year of the agreement, including [...] | 2007-03-30 09:22:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD EFIN EAGR PGOV MO |
07RABAT641 | EMBASSY'S INVESTMENT CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Summary. In support of implementation of our bilateral free trade agreement with Morocco, Mission Morocco recently hosted an investment conference for potential foreign investors in the automotive parts sector, a key priority of Moroccan industrial policy. The event highlighted success s [...] | 2007-04-13 10:12:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP BTIO ECIN EIND ETRD EINV MO |
07RABAT786 | NATIONWIDE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CASABLANCA BOMBINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: The series of suicide bombings in Casablanca over the last month and resultant country-wide security alert has had only a limited economic impact. Tourism, Morocco's major source of foreign exchange revenue, has remained resilient. Major destinations including Fes and Marrakech [...] | 2007-04-30 16:04:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV MA |
07RABAT813 | MEPI UPDATE FOR MOROCCO [...] Summary: This cable highlights MEPI programs and initiatives in Morocco from January 1-March 31. Activities included the Advancing Learning and Employability for a Better Future (ALEF) literacy project, pharmaceutical and Agribusiness workshops, preparations for the 2007 legislative election [...] | 2007-05-04 11:11:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV ETRD EINV KMPI MO |
07RANGOON1202 | EMBASSY RANGOON POC FOR MDB LOAN REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-26 06:42:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID ECON EINV PREL BM |
07RANGOON749 | BURMESE FUEL PRICES RISE 100 PERCENT [...] (U) On August 15, the GOB imposed a price hike on gasoline, diesel fuel, and natural gas, allegedly to keep up with global oil prices. The price of gasoline increased 67 percent overnight, from 1,500 kyat (USD 1.17) per gallon to 2,500 kyat (USD 1.94) per gallon. Diesel fuel prices doubled, [...] | 2007-08-15 11:10:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV PREL BM |
07RANGOON754 | JAPANESE TRADE WITH BURMA ON THE RISE [...] (SBU) Summary. Trade relations between Japan and Burma have improved during the past five years, in Burma's favor. According to the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO),Burma exported more than $245 million in products to Japan in 2006, an increase of 139 percent since 2001. Burma im [...] | 2007-08-17 06:26:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PREL BM |
07RANGOON782 | VIETNAM PM DISCUSSES TRADE WITH BURMA - TALK, NO MUCH [...] (SBU) Summary. During a two-day visit to Burma, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, accompanied by a delegation of 47 Vietnamese businessmen, met with Senior General Than Shwe, Acting Prime Minister General Thein Sein, and the Chamber of Commerce. During the meetings, the Burmese leade [...] | 2007-08-24 06:05:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EINV ENRG BM |
07RANGOON817 | INVESTORS TRAPPED IN DECREPIT INDUSTRIAL ZONES [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOB established industrial zones in 2002 to promote the development of Burma's industrial sector. Currently, more than 9,500 factories operate in 18 industrial zones, employing almost 180,000 people. Many factory owners complain that business conditions in the industrial z [...] | 2007-09-04 02:46:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PREL BM |
07RANGOON893 | BURMESE WORKERS DEMAND HIGHER WAGES [...] (SBU) Summary. Between January and August, Burmese workers in industrial zone areas protested more than 60 times, often calling for higher wages or improved working conditions. Approximately 180,000 workers are employed in industrial zone factories, making an average of $23 a month. Laborer [...] | 2007-09-17 09:46:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON EINV PREL PGOV BM |
07REYKJAVIK125 | Iceland: Local vote to stop smelter expansion may have [...] (U) Summary: Iceland's oldest aluminum smelter, owned by Canadian aluminum conglomerate Alcan, was denied permission to expand in a tight local referendum on March 31. The planned expansion was one of three aluminum projects in various planning stages, including two new smelters proposed by [...] | 2007-04-30 17:27:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EINV EMIN ENRG SENV IC |
07RIGA166 | LATVIA: DEVALUATION UNLIKELY BUT INVESTORS NERVOUS [...] (U) Summary. Three weeks of debate on whether Latvia will need to devalue its currency has left investors nervous. While key players agree that the risk of devaluation remains remote, they also agree that serious concerns exist regarding Latvia's macroeconomic situation. Talk of devaluation a [...] | 2007-03-06 12:09:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EFIN PGOV LG |
07RIGA337 | NEWS CORPORATION PURCHASES TWO TV STATIONS IN LATVIA [...] (SBU) On May 11, Ambassador Bailey met with three executives of U.S.-based News Corporation to discuss the company's purchase this week of two Latvian television stations. The company bought LNT (a leading Latvian language station) and TV5 (a prominent Russian-language station). During the me [...] | 2007-05-11 13:30:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV BEXP LG |
07RIGA497 | LATVIA: HARD SELL FOR GOVERNMENT ANTI-INFLATION [...] (C) Summary. The government's anti-inflation plan has been received skeptically, as evidenced by the downgrading of Latvia's credit rating by Standard and Poor's in May. A research group's June recommendation that Latvia devalue its currency to help fight inflation and restore export competi [...] | 2007-07-06 08:35:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV LG |
07RIGA628 | LATVIA: INFLATION TICKS UP TO 9.5 PERCENT IN JULY [...] (U) According to Latvia's Central Statistical Bureau (LCSB),inflation in July increased 1.2 percent since June, bringing annual inflation up 9.5 percent year-on-year. Latvia's inflation rate is again the highest in the EU, according to the EU's Eurostat. LCSB reported higher prices for tobacco [...] | 2007-08-21 08:08:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV LG |
07RIODEJANEIRO580 | INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS LEARNING JOURNEY (IILJ) VISIT TO [...] (U) Summary: From September 9-14, a group of pension and endowment fund managers, accompanied by Commerce DAS Ana Guevara, FCS and Treasury Brazil personnel, visited Rio de Janeiro and Sco Paulo on an Institutional Investors Learning Journey (IILJ). The IILJ was organized by the Brazilian Vent [...] | 2007-10-22 14:30:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN PREL BR |
07RIODEJANEIRO626 | AMBASSADOR SOBEL'S VISIT TO VITORIA - A SEA OF POTENTIAL [...] Summary: Ambassador Sobel visited Vitoria, the capital of Espirito Santo, on October 25-26, 2007. There he met with Governor Hartung, Mayor Coser and members of the business community, including the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham). Vitoria is a major hub for international trade and logi [...] | 2007-11-28 13:55:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ENRG PGOV BR |
07RIYADH1475 | NOPEC WORRIES US, ARAMCO LAWSUITS WORRY US MORE [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph six. --------- SUMMARY --------- 2. (C) In a July 8 meeting, HRH Deputy Minister of Petroleum (MinPet) Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud indicated his concern with pending NOPEC legislation, but frankly told Embassy offi [...] | 2007-07-10 15:00:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV IR SA |
07RIYADH1519 | AMBASSADOR FRAKER MEETS PRINCE ABDULAZIZ ON NOPEC, [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph six. --------- SUMMARY --------- 2. (C) In a July 16 meeting with Ambassador Fraker, HRH Deputy Minister of Petroleum (MinPet) Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud continued to underscore his concern with on-going lawsuits [...] | 2007-07-18 09:40:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ENRG EPET VE SA |
07RIYADH1624 | CHEVRON UPDATE ON CONCESSION EXTENSION, KUWAIT [...] (C) In a July 31 meeting, Arabian Chevron Business Manager Mohammed Ayaz updated Embassy officers regarding on-going negotiations between Chevron and the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources (MinPet) for the renewal of the firm's concession in the partitioned neutral zone (PNZ) share [...] | 2007-08-01 16:00:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON SA |
07RIYADH2139 | SAUDI ARABIA PHRMA ISSUES: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE [...] This is an action request for EEB/TPP/BTA, USDOC and USTR. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (SBU) Summary. Multinational pharmaceutical companies are vigorously lobbying Post, the Department, USDOC and USTR for high-level USG involvement in two ongoing issues impacting their interests in Sau [...] | 2007-10-24 14:54:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV KIPR SA |
07RIYADH2149 | SAUDI PHRMA ISSUES: MEETING WITH DEP. MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) In a meeting on October 27 with the Foreign Commercial Service Counselor and the Economic Counselor, Dr. Mansour N. Al Howasi, Deputy Minister of Health for Executive Affairs, stated that he will meet with local distributors of pharmaceuticals to present and discuss the Ministry of Heal [...] | 2007-10-27 14:26:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV KIPR SA |
07RIYADH2193 | EXCLUSIVE MARKETING RIGHTS: SAUDI COMMITTEE FORMED [...] In a meeting on November 3, Mohamad Al-Aiyash, Chairman of the IPR Committee, informed Emboffs that the SAG has formed a committee to consider the USTR-coordinated Exclusive Marketing Rights proposal to provide patent protection for identified pharmaceutical products that lost protection when [...] | 2007-11-03 12:30:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV KIPR SA |
07RIYADH2437 | USC A/S HERNANDEZ EMPHASIZES IMPORTANCE OF IPR [...] In a meeting on December 3, 2007, with Fawaz al-Alamy, Advisor to the Minister of Commerce & Industry, U.S. Department of Commerce A/S Israel Hernandez emphasized that enforcing intellectual property rights (IPR) is important because it encourages innovation, raises living standards and ensur [...] | 2007-12-09 12:24:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV SA |
07RIYADH313 | ENERGY WORKING GROUP MEETS IN RIYADH, DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Assistant Secretary of Energy for Policy and International Affairs Karen Harbert and Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman al-Saud, Assistant Minister for Petroleum Affairs, Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources (MOPMR) convened an Energy Working Group (EWG) in Riyadh on February 3. The E [...] | 2007-02-14 15:04:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV SA |
07RIYADH364 | SAUDI ARABIA'S INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Chapter Headings: -- Openness to Foreign Investment -- Conversion and Transfer Policies -- Expropriation and Compensation -- Dispute Settlement -- Performance Requirements and Incentives -- Right to Private Ownership and Establishment -- Protection of Property Rights -- Transparency of R [...] | 2007-02-24 08:49:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN EPET PGOV SA |
07ROME1158 | EGYPT-ITALY TRADE AND INVESTMENT INCREASE AS EGYPT [...] (U) Summary. Italy and Egypt are significant trade partners, with trade between the two countries dominated by Italy's export of machinery to Egypt and Egypt's export of crude oil to Italy. Italy is Egypt's largest EU trading partner, and is a leading source of foreign investment in Egypt. [...] | 2007-05-25 14:43:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV EG IT |
07ROME1217 | ITALY IPR: POSSIBLE BREAKTHROUGH IN GOI SUPPORT [...] SUMMARY AND INTRO: On May 31, Economic Development Minister Bersani hosted Ambassador Spogli for a joint public presentation on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). Bersani and the Ambassador emphasized the necessity of effective IPR protection to stimulate growth and innovation in knowledge [...] | 2007-06-04 14:18:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD IT KIPR LAB PGOV |
07ROME1229 | ITALY 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] In response to reftel, the Embassy is aware of four (4) claims of United States persons that may be outstanding against the Government of Italy. CLAIMS ====== 2. a. Claimant A b. 1974 - 1980 c. Claimant A, a U.S. citizen who died in September 1997, alleged that real property i [...] | 2007-06-05 14:04:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV IT |
07ROME140 | ITALY'S TRADE AND INVESTMENT WITH CHINA [...] (U) Trade and investment between Italy and China will reach record levels in 2006, likely surpassing 2005's 18.7 billion euro in trade. The countries made a concerted effort to increase bilateral trade and investment in 2006, including the largest-ever Italian trade delegation to China and c [...] | 2007-01-23 12:23:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD CH IT |
07ROME147 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2007 - ITALY, PART I [...] This is part one of a two-part cable on Italy's investment climate. 2. SUMMARY: While the Government of Italy (GOI) continues to court foreign investors, the GOI still needs to enact economic reforms and take other steps to ensure a more welcoming investment climate. Current positives in [...] | 2007-01-23 16:13:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR PGOV IT |
07ROME1486 | ITALY IPR: EMBASSY HOSTED VIDEO WEBCHAT UNITES [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Rome recently hosted a live on-line conversation on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) between a top representative from Italy's largest labor union and another from its preeminent industry association--a first. Over the course of an hour, both presenters emphasized the dama [...] | 2007-07-06 14:35:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV KIPR IT |
07ROME149 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2007 - ITALY, PART II [...] This is part two of a two-part cable on Italy's investment climate. (See ref A for part one.) BILATERAL INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS ------------------------------- 2. As of December 2006, Italy has bilateral investment agreements with the following countries: Albania Algeria Angola (s [...] | 2007-01-23 16:36:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR PGOV IT |
07ROME152 | ITALY'S TRADE AND INVESTMENT WITH CUBA [...] (U) Italy is Cuba's eighth-largest trading partner and consistently runs a large trade surplus with Cuba. Italian exports to Cuba increased in 2006 after several years of decline, while imports remain limited. Foreign direct investment, focused on the tourism and telecom sectors, has declin [...] | 2007-01-24 10:48:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV CU IT |
07ROME1900 | ITALIAN MFA: KAZAKHS USING ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES TO [...] (C) Summary. An Italian MFA official told us the Government of Kazakhstan (GOK) is using alleged environmental violations as part of a negotiating strategy aimed at squeezing more money out of the international consortium developing the Kashagan oilfield. Italian oil and gas parastatal Eni [...] | 2007-09-07 14:52:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD ENRG EINV EPET SENV KZ IT |
07ROME290 | ANTI-COUNTERFEITING TREATY AGREEMENT (ACTA) - [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. Counselor Fabrizio Mazza, head of the MFA's intellectual property office, contacted the Embassy regarding the Anti-Counterfeiting Treaty Agreement (ACTA) proposal. He said two sources (one USTR, another (unidentified) in Brussels) had info [...] | 2007-02-12 15:22:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD IT KIPR PGOV |
07ROME387 | 2007 IPR SPECIAL 301, MISSION ITALY INPUT [...] Italian authorities have taken several significant steps to improve Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) protection here, and there are emerging signs of government agencies acting in concert with each other, and with industry, academic, and union partners to address IPR illegality. In additio [...] | 2007-02-27 06:26:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD IT KIPR |
07ROME509 | ITALY: IRAQ COMPACT UN INTERIM MEETING [...] (SBU) Contacts at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs report that Deputy Foreign Minister Ugo Intini and Ambassador Gian Ludovico De Martino, Head of the MFA Iraq Task Force and former Italian Ambassador in Baghdad, will attend the March 16 meeting in New York on the International Compact with I [...] | 2007-03-14 17:09:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IZ IT |
07SANAA1210 | OIL: ROYG MORE TRANSPARENT, BUT CHALLENGES REMAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Yemen's oil production, which constitutes 75 percent of the national budget, continues to decline in 2007, with high prices masking the effects of lower production. In order to increase production, the ROYG has decided to double the number of exploration blocks, will launch a [...] | 2007-07-02 12:05:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV YM |
07SANAA1563 | YEMEN READY TO MOVE FORWARD ON WTO ACCESSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The new ROYG Minister of Industry and Trade requests increased USG political and technical support for Yemen's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and renewed bilateral discussions under the US Yemen Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA). CDA reiterated earlie [...] | 2007-08-11 10:46:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD AID YM |
07SANAA1826 | SALAH AL-ATTAR, KINGPIN OR KING PAWN? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador's first meeting with new General Investment Authority (GIA) Chairman Salah Al-Attar revealed a western educated, energetic young man eager to address Yemen's problems by narrowing the rich-poor gap, thereby reducing the lure of extremism and making Yemen more attrac [...] | 2007-09-25 06:42:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PGOV PREL PINR YM |
07SANAA1905 | YEMEN DEBATES NUCLEAR POWER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-10 14:14:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG YM |
07SANAA2029 | ROYG CABINET SCRAPS CONTROVERSIAL NUCLEAR AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-31 13:09:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ENRG YM |
07SANAA2055 | EXPLOSION OF OIL PIPELINE NEAR MARIB [...] (C) An oil pipeline explosion occurred at approximately 0500 AM on November 5 in the Watada area, southwest of Sirwah Disrict in the area bordering al-Kholan and al-Bida tribal areas in the Ma'rib Governorate (ref A). According to media reports, there were no casualties. The explosion shut [...] | 2007-11-06 12:44:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV PREL PTER YM |
07SANAA2085 | RESOURCE NATIONALISM STILL PREVALENT IN YEMEN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Resource nationalism is predominant in Yemen's oil and gas industry, and is particularly noticeable in the October 2005 ROYG expropriation of the Jannah Hunt Oil Company from the Marib Block 18 oil field. Other examples of resource nationalism are the ROYG requirement that 90 p [...] | 2007-11-13 08:01:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | EINV ENRG EPET PGOV YM |
07SANJOSE1131 | COSTA RICAN NOMINATION FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S AWARD [...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to nominate Whole Foods Market for the Secretary of State's Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) in the Multinational Enterprise (MNE) category (reftel). From its business practices in U.S.-based and non-U.S.-based stores, to its investments in its supply chain, Wh [...] | 2007-06-14 12:12:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EINV ETRD ELAB SENV KSEP CS |
07SANJOSE175 | CAFTA: ARIAS ADMINISTRATION FLEXES LEGISLATIVE [...] (U) SUMMARY. After a seemingly slow start this month, prospects for CAFTA ratification have taken a leap forward. The Arias administration used its 38-seat working coalition and creative interpretation of parliamentary rules to limit the number of sessions for CAFTA debate, making full ratifi [...] | 2007-01-30 20:18:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV CS |
07SANJOSE18 | DUE DILIGENCE FOR OPIC-SUPPORTED INVESTMENT FUND [...] The administration of President Oscar Arias has given a priority to improving the supply of housing for low and middle income sectors as part of the administration's complementary agenda for development. The Alsis Latin America Mortgage Fund goal to originate and securitize mortgages of appro [...] | 2007-01-08 21:30:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV CS |
07SANJOSE213 | TOURISM LAGS IN COSTA RICA [...] Summary: Costa Rican tourism officials recently released data for the first eight months of 2006 which suggest that tourism growth is slowing in Costa Rica despite apparent gains elsewhere in Latin America. In addition, the data indicates that tourism from North American markets to Costa Ric [...] | 2007-02-05 17:07:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD ECON CS |
07SANJOSE406 | TO CLOSE OR NOT TO CLOSE? VENEZUELA'S ALUMINUM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After two weeks of speculation, it appears that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has backed away, for now, from his planned closure of a Venezuelan state-owned aluminum processing plant in Costa Rica. The GOCR remains concerned, however, about the eventual fate of the CVG ALUNA [...] | 2007-03-01 18:49:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CS |
07SANJOSE426 | COSTA RICAN TELECOM UPGRADE ON TRACK [...] Summary. Costa Rica's parastatal telecom monopoly, Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE),announced plans to invest US$59.8 million for installation of a nationwide fiber optics network upgrade to improve its broadband internet capacity and coverage. This investment is being made so [...] | 2007-03-05 20:18:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV TINT CS |
07SANJOSE63 | 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT - COSTA RICA [...] The 2007 Investment Climate Report requested in reftel follows. As instructed the following report has also been submitted via unclassified email. 2007 Investment Climate Statement for Costa Rica A.1. OPENESS TO FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT Costa Rica has a generally open international tr [...] | 2007-01-12 15:39:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR |
07SANJOSE653 | COSTA RICA NOT PARADISE-RAW SEWAGE EVERYWHERE [...] This is the first in an occasional series of cables explaining why Costa Rica is not paradise. These cables seek to paint a realistic picture of the day-to-day challenges faced by Costa Rica. Travel brochures don't tell the entire story. 2. Summary. Costa Rica treats less than 3% of human w [...] | 2007-04-04 12:25:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON SENV CS JA |
07SANJOSE873 | PARADISE BY CANDLELIGHT: COSTA RICAN POWER FAILURE [...] (U) This is another installment in our ongoing series explaining why Costa Rica is not quite paradise. These cables seek to paint a realistic picture of the challenges faced by Costa Rica. Travel brochures don't tell the entire story. 2. (U) SUMMARY. Costa Rica's electrical generation syst [...] | 2007-05-09 22:16:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON SENV ENRG CS |
07SANSALVADOR1183 | DELL NOMINATION FOR SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR [...] I am pleased to submit the nomination of Dell El Salvador for the Secretary,s annual Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE). The Dell Call Center located in San Salvador exemplifies the very best of U.S. corporate and citizen responsibility. Detailed below you will see why Dell is so deservin [...] | 2007-06-15 21:38:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON BEXP EINV ETRD ELAB KSEP SENV AMGT ES |
07SANSALVADOR1185 | SACA COMPLETES THREE YEARS AND SIDESTEPS FMLN AGAIN [...] (U) Summary. In a June 1 speech to the nation delivered at the Legislative Assembly, President Saca marked his third anniversary of his presidency. With his trademark stirring oratory he lauded his Administration,s achievements, challenged the leftist-opposition party FMLN, and set out an am [...] | 2007-06-15 22:13:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EPET ENRG EAGR EINV ES |
07SANSALVADOR131 | SALVADORAN ECONOMY SHOWS SIGNS OF LIFE [...] (SBU) The Salvadoran economy grew 4.2 percent in 2006, ending a six-year streak of anemic economic growth. President Saca has expanded on the sound economic policy of his predecessors to implement a sectoral growth strategy that positions El Salvador as a logistics hub in the medium term, wit [...] | 2007-01-25 21:38:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV ES |
07SANSALVADOR1484 | CAFTA-DR FIRST YEAR IMPACT ON TRADE [...] The one year results on CAFTA-DR are very positive. Total nonmaquila exports increased by 59.1 percent during the first year of CAFTA-DR, rising from $266 million in March 2006 to $423 million by February 2007. Though ethanol exports accounted for 88.1% of this increase, other sectors also en [...] | 2007-08-01 22:50:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV ES |
07SANSALVADOR1779 | CAFTA-DR FIRST YEAR SUCCESS STORIES: MAQUILAS & TEXTILES [...] CAFTA-DR has shown very positive results in El Salvador during its first year of implementation. Manufacturing is expanding and diversifying, the local food and beverage industry is booming, and new investments are arriving to sectors before unexplored. It is the general view among entrepreneur [...] | 2007-09-05 22:33:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV ES |
07SANSALVADOR1844 | CAFTA-DR EARLY SUCCESS STORIES: SERVICES & MANUFACTURING [...] CAFTA-DR has shown very positive results in El Salvador during its first year of implementation. In the services sector, an innovative, USAID-supported health firm has started exporting medical services. Software and logistics firms have also expanded, with new investments generating 645 jobs. [...] | 2007-09-12 22:39:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV ES |
07SANSALVADOR1913 | CAFTA-DR EARLY SUCCESS STORIES: FOOD & BEVERAGE AND [...] CAFTA-DR has shown early successes in El Salvador, especially in the local food and beverage industry and in artisan crafts. Agricultural exports are up 32 percent in the first half of 2007, especially exports of "ethnic foods," including cheese, loroco, and seafood, and producers are preparing [...] | 2007-09-21 23:14:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV ES |
07SANSALVADOR2040 | BIOFUELS FORUM IN EL SALVADOR [...] SUMMARY: At a biofuels forum on September 25, diverse Salvadoran stakeholders heard presentations on biofuels, the U.S.-Brazil biofuels partnership and ongoing feasibility studies in El Salvador. A visiting biofuels researcher sponsored by EB and IIP, Dr. George Philippidis, drew on U.S. and Br [...] | 2007-10-11 14:12:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG EINV EPET ETRD ES |
07SANSALVADOR2065 | El SALVADOR: ECONOMIC AND TRADE UPDATE [...] Summary. According to Central Bank indicators, economic activity has remained buoyant in El Salvador during the first half of 2007. GDP for the first quarter of 2007 increased by 4.01 percent and the Bank's Index of the Volume of Economic Activity increased by 4.01 percent for the first half o [...] | 2007-10-12 22:00:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV ES |
07SANSALVADOR2300 | Superintendent of Competition's Active Agenda [...] (SBU) Summary. The Superintendent of Competition (SC),established less than two years ago has been aggressively pursuing cases of alleged non-competitive practices in El Salvador. It recently imposed fines against gasoline and electricity distribution companies and commodity brokers. Local [...] | 2007-11-20 20:47:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET ENRG EINV ES |
07SANSALVADOR2334 | EL SALVADOR DELEGATION TO CCAA BIOFUELS MEETINGS [...] Per reftel request, post delivered Winrock International's draft assessment of biofuels development in El Salvador to Salvadoran points of contact on November 27-28. During a November 28 meeting with Econoff, Vice Minister of Agriculture Jose Emilio Suadi and advisor Ernesto Hayem expressed ke [...] | 2007-12-03 18:25:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG EINV EPET ES |
07SANSALVADOR2383 | HIGH OIL PRICES RAISE EL SALVADOR'S ENERGY SUBSIDY [...] SUMMARY: A freeze on El Salvador's electricity rates is exhausting the capacity of the state-run renewable energy sources to subsidize more expensive oil-fueled electricity and may increase public debt in 2008. Despite high oil prices, the GOES has maintained electricity rates since June 2006 [...] | 2007-12-11 19:20:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG EINV EPET ES |
07SANSALVADOR2385 | NEW SERVICES LAW PROVIDES INVESTMENT INCENTIVES [...] El Salvador's International Services Law, approved on October 11, will regulate the establishment and operations of service parks and centers with incentives similar to those received by El Salvador's free trade zones. Developers and administrators will receive tax breaks, while service compan [...] | 2007-12-11 19:24:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV KTEX ES |
07SANSALVADOR2411 | A/S SULLIVAN & A/S LOWERY MEET WITH SALVADORAN VP ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A joint State/ Treasury delegation led by EEB Assistant Secretary Sullivan and Treasury Assistant Secretary Lowery discussed regional integration, including a like-minded association of free trade partners, and extending the benefits of CAFTA-DR to all parts of society with El S [...] | 2007-12-17 14:20:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL EINV ES |
07SANSALVADOR2440 | MINING FIRMS PROTEST PERMIT DELAYS [...] SUMMARY: U.S. and Canadian mining companies have protested the delays in approving their environmental permits for gold mining projects in northern El Salvador. The GOES has indefinitely postponed the issuance of new mining permits while it conducts a study of the environmental impact and econ [...] | 2007-12-26 16:17:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EMIN SENV EINV ES |
07SANSALVADOR381 | AMBASSADOR GLAZER MEETING WITH MINISTER OF ECONOMY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-01 19:03:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV ES |
07SANSALVADOR453 | MORE CAFTA-DR TRADE DATA AND SUCCESSES [...] Maquila (apparel) exports, which account for 71 percent of El Salvador's exports, fell by 15.7 percent during the first nine months of CAFTA-DR, dragging down overall exports by 1 percent. Nonmaquila exports grew by 73.2 percent, much of the increase the result of third-country ethanol process [...] | 2007-03-09 21:26:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ES |
07SANSALVADOR476 | A/S Sullivan and MCC Bent Visit on CAFTA Anniversary [...] Assistant Secretary of State for EEB Daniel Sullivan and Millennium Challenge Corporation Deputy CEO Rodney Bent visited El Salvador February 28 and March 1 to commemorate the one-year anniversary of CAFTA-DR's entry into force. In meetings with GOES officials, the private sector, and the med [...] | 2007-03-13 15:51:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV EAGR EAID ES |
07SANTIAGO452 | AMBASSADOR ASKS CHILE TO TUNE IN ON U.S. HDTV, [...] (U) On March 19, the Ambassador called on Minister Ricardo Lagos Weber, the presidential spokesman and member of the Bachelet administration's small political policy-making group, to advocate on behalf of ATSC, the U.S.-developed version of High Definition TV (HDTV). The Ambasssador was accom [...] | 2007-03-19 21:24:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL |
07SANTODOMINGO1025 | THE DOMINICAN GOVERNMENT'S ANSWER TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary. According to press reports and industry contacts, construction on a 660MW (megawatt) coal-fueled electricity generating plant is finally scheduled to begin in May 2007, two years after Chinese firm Sichuan Machinery signed the contract to build it. Sichuan Machinery will buil [...] | 2007-04-27 20:39:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG PGOV PREL EINV DR |
07SANTODOMINGO1049 | JAMAICA: REQUEST TO RECONSIDER COMMERCIAL SERVICE [...] //// PLEASE CANCEL THIS TELEGRAM. IT HAS BEEN REPLACED BY SANTO DOMINGO 1050 REPEAT 1050 - That, for population size, the region represents a significant and growing market for U.S. exports. - The vagaries of inter-island travel will make regional coverage less than optimal. - Without [...] | 2007-05-03 19:38:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER ECON EINT EINV ETRD JM XL DR |
07SANTODOMINGO1050 | CORRECTED COPY - SANTO DOMINGO: REQUEST TO [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Santo Domingo concurs fully with issues raised in Refs A, B, C, and we urge Commerce's reconsideration of its proposal to close its offices in the listed countries. - That, for population size, the region represents a significant and growing market for U.S. exports. - Th [...] | 2007-05-03 20:02:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER ECON EINT EINV ETRD JM XL DR |
07SANTODOMINGO1166 | DOMINICAN POLITICS III #26: METRO PROJECT PLANS, [...] (U) This is the cable 26 in our series on Dominican politics in the third year of the administration of President Leonel Fernandez. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Politcal Series III, 26: The Santo Domingo Metro - Plans, Safety, Finances, Cost - - - - - - - - - - - - [...] | 2007-05-16 17:31:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR PGOV EINV EFIN |
07SANTODOMINGO1424 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT [...] a. Claimant A b. 1999 c. Eight independent power producers (IPPs),four of which are US-owned, provide approximately 30 percent of the Dominican Republic's electricity. In 1999, the IPPs entered into a "Definitive Agreement" with the government under which an escrow account [...] | 2007-06-15 11:31:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KIDE DR |
07SANTODOMINGO22 | 2006 WRAP-UP OF THE DOMINICAN ELECTRICITY SECTOR [...] (U) Summary. In 2006, the Dominican government was hard pressed to find a way to resolve the decades-old electricity crisis. After atwelve conferences the Dominican Republic comes up empty handed for the year. The government could not reduce the electricity subsidies or the distribution loss [...] | 2007-01-05 11:50:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV PGOV DR |
07SANTODOMINGO23 | 2006 WRAP-UP OF THE DOMINICAN ELECTRICITY SECTOR [...] (U) Summary. In 2006, the Dominican government was hard pressed to find a way to resolve the decades-old electricity crisis. After twelve conferences the Dominican Republic comes up empty handed for the year. The government could not reduce the electricity subsidies or the distribution losse [...] | 2007-01-05 11:50:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV PGOV DR |
07SAOPAULO1005 | CPMF DEFEAT WILL NOT BREAK LULA'S BANK [...] (U) Summary: The Lula Administration suffered a serious setback on December 12 when the opposition defeated the extension of a financial transactions tax (CPMF) that brought in more than R$40 billion (approximately USD 22.5 billion) into the government coffers. Despite the revenue loss, most [...] | 2007-12-21 17:30:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON PGOV BR |
07SAOPAULO1007 | IPR ROUNDTABLE FOR A/S SULLIVAN'S VISIT TO SAO PAULO [...] SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs Daniel S. Sullivan held a roundtable on intellectual property rights (IPR) on December 12 at the U.S. Consulate in Sao Paulo. Representatives from recording, film, publishing, healthcare, and Sao Paulo state [...] | 2007-12-26 18:08:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV ECON BR |
07SAOPAULO119 | ICMS Tax Benefits Issue: Financial Concerns for U.S. [...] (SBU) Consul General convened representatives of US and Brazilian companies at ConGen Sao Paulo on January 19 to discuss ongoing issues associated with tax benefits (ICMS - rough VAT equivalent collected at the state level) granted by the Sao Paulo state government. Motorola and other electron [...] | 2007-02-14 12:55:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ECON PGOV KJUS BR |
07SAOPAULO161 | CONSUL GENERAL VIIT TO THE PORT CITY OF SANTOS [...] (U) ConsulGeneral (CG) and Econoff recently visited the port city of Santos, which lies 60 kilometers southwes of Sao Paulo across the Serra do Mar mountain rnge. Santos serves the industrial and agricultual trade needs of Sao Paulo and neighboring stats and is the most active port by volume [...] | 2007-02-28 13:37:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EINV ETRD ECON SENV OEXP BR ELTN SNAR |
07SAOPAULO163 | UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION WITH CEOs IN [...] (U) Under Secretary of State R. Nicholas Burns' February 6 roundtable with the CEOs of major American companies and subsidiaries in Sao Paulo provided business leaders a chance to comment on the lcal and regional business environment and detail their corporate social responsibility programs. [...] | 2007-03-01 13:18:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ETRD EINV ECON PGOV BR |
07SAOPAULO166 | UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' LUNCH WITH SAO PAULO GOVERNOR SERRA, [...] (SBU) Summary: During his February 6-7, 2007 visit to Sao Paulo, Under Secretary for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns and his delegation were hosted for lunch by Sao Paulo Governor Jose Serra and key members of Serra's cabinet. U/S Burns and the Governor discussed cooperation on biofuels, [...] | 2007-03-01 16:06:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAGR EPET SNAR ASEC EINV BR |
07SAOPAULO18 | RECORD BRAZILIAN INVESTMENT OUTSIDE BRAZIL [...] (U) 2006 marked the first time in Brazilian financial history that Brazilians invested more overseas during the year than foreigners invested in Brazil. This phenomenon is due in large part to the internationalization of Brazilian companies, which are becoming global players as they search fo [...] | 2007-01-08 16:57:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD ECON EFIN BR |
07SAOPAULO3 | SAO PAULO BUSINESSMEN PRESS ON NEGOTIATIONS FOR A US TRADE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Members of the Brazil-U.S. Business Council, a bilateral business grouping, recently expressed lack of faith in the resumption of FTAA negotiations and demanded greater commitment from the GOB to begin negotiations for alternative mechanisms to enhance bilateral trade relations. [...] | 2007-01-03 15:03:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ETRD EINV BR |
07SAOPAULO36 | AMBASSADOR AND SAO PAULO GOVERNOR DISCUSS CRIME, PUBLIC [...] (SBU) During an hour-long meeting with the Ambassador, Jose Serra, Governor of Sao Paulo state, said that his most immediate priority upon taking office was public security, especially in the metropolitan public transportation system, which is the state government's responsibility. Though sta [...] | 2007-01-17 10:18:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR EINV ASEC PREL BR |
07SAOPAULO432 | OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY (OCC) MEETS WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-21 12:33:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV BR |
07SAOPAULO572 | BRAZILIAN COMPANY BECOMES WORLD'S LARGEST BEEF PRODUCER [...] The Brazilian company JBS-Friboi, the largest producer and exporter of beef in Latin America and the largest exporter of beef in the world, purchased 100 percent of Colorado-based Swift & Company for USD 225 million with the assumption of USD 1.16 billion in debt, giving the deal a total value [...] | 2007-06-29 11:41:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EFIN ETRD EINV BEXP BR |
07SAOPAULO598 | SANTOS PORT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT: WHERE IS THE MONEY? [...] (SBU) Summary: Econoff and Econ FSN visited the Port of Santos recently to follow up on several news stories relating major infrastructure investment. Interviews with municipal and GoB Port Authority (CODESP) officials revealed that there are several privately-funded projects under way, and [...] | 2007-07-11 14:33:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP EWWT BR |
07SAOPAULO71 | RIO GRANDE DO SUL: AN ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT [...] (U) Summary: Econoff and Econ Specialist traveled recently to Rio Grande do Sul (RGS),the southernmost state in Brazil located approximately 1100 km south of Sao Paulo. The state, which borders both Argentina and Uruguay, has a population of 10.3 million inhabitants, which represents 5.1 pe [...] | 2007-01-30 19:08:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EINV EWWT EAGR ELAB KIPR ETRD ECON ECIN SOCI |
07SAOPAULO718 | DESPITE CHALLENGES, PRC,S INTEREST AND INFLUENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-22 18:29:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SENV ETRD EINV ECON PGOV EMIN KNNP BR CH |
07SAOPAULO768 | BRAZIL: INVESTMENT GRADE BY 2008? [...] (U) Amid public speculation surrounding Brazil's possible ascent to an investment grade bond rating, Econoffs visited the credit ratings agencies Standard and Poors (S&P) and Moody's to solicit their views. Both ratings agencies have divergent opinions about the quality of Brazil's fiscal acc [...] | 2007-09-14 19:32:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV BR |
07SAOPAULO899 | BRAZILIAN STOCK EXCHANGE IPO LARGEST IN HISTORY [...] (U) The Brazilian Stock Exchange's (Bovespa) initial public offering (IPO) last month was the largest in Brazil's history, bringing in nearly USD 4 billion. Bovespa representatives told Econoff that its IPO raised its international profile and increased its worldwide credibility as a premier [...] | 2007-11-08 09:38:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV ECON BR |
07SAOPAULO900 | BRAZIL CIVAIR: BUDGET AIRLINE BRA SHUTS DOWN OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After operating for eight years, the Brazilian low-fare airline BRA (Brasil Rodo Aereo Transportes) suspended operations on November 7 and gave thirty days notice to its 1100 employees of a possible dismissal. In a last-ditch effort to avoid shutting down entirely, BRA is seek [...] | 2007-11-08 16:24:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PGOV ECON EINV BR |
07SAOPAULO910 | Brazil's Real Estate Market Booming [...] (U) In an October 23 meeting with Eli Horn, president and founder of Cyrela Brazil Realty, Ambassador Sobel discussed Brazil's booming real estate business. Horn expects company sales in 2007 to reach USD 1.2 billion, compared with less than USD 200 million in 2004. Cyrela's stock is up 50 [...] | 2007-11-13 10:58:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | BTIO EINV EFIN ECON BR |
07SAOPAULO915 | DESPITE PROBLEMS, BRAZILIAN AIRLINES OPTIMISTIC [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Sobel met with the Presidents of the two leading Brazilian airlines TAM and Gol on October 22 to discuss developments in the aviation sector. Both firms noted that Brazil's underdeveloped infrastructure is buckling under increased air traffic in recent years. The T [...] | 2007-11-14 09:52:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL MARR PGOV ECON EINV BEXP BR |
07SAOPAULO917 | Brazil-U.S. CEO Forum Follow-Up [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a November 7 meeting with Josu Gomes da Silva, the Brazilian Chairman of the U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum and President and CEO of Coteminas, Ambassador Sobel and FCS Officer discussed follow-up activities to the October 2007 CEO Forum. All participants agreed that a positive conclusi [...] | 2007-11-14 14:47:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ETRD EINV ECON BTIO CVIS AR BR |
07SARAJEVO22 | RS ORGANIZED CRIME PROSECUTIONS CHALLENGE STATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since returning to office in February 2006, RS Prime Minister Milorad Dodik has taken concrete steps to fulfill specific campaign promises, including his pledge to combat crimes that impair the local investment climate. As part of this effort, in April Dodik created the RS Special [...] | 2007-01-05 16:39:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KJUS EINV PGOV BK |
07SEOUL1327 | TREASURY SECRETARY PAULSON'S MARCH VISIT TO SEOUL [...] (C) SUMMARY. On the eve of the 8th KORUS-FTA round, Treasury Secretary Paulson visited Seoul March 6-7 to meet President Roh Moo-hyun, Deputy Prime Minister Kwon O-kyu, and Trade Minister Kim Hyun-chong. His discussions reaffirmed: (1) high-level support on both sides for keeping the KORUS- [...] | 2007-05-07 01:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD KN KS PREL EINV PGOV |
07SEOUL1727 | FINANCE AUTHORITIES SEEK WON STABILITY [...] (C) The Korean won hit a nine-year high versus the Japanese yen on June 1, prompting the Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Energy publicly to ask the Ministry of Finance and Economy (MOFE) "to pursue currency stability and strengthen export supports." Earlier in May, the won's appreciatio [...] | 2007-06-07 05:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KS |
07SEOUL2457 | ROK-DPRK SUMMIT: PROGRESSIVE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Progressive National Assembly members Lee Hwa-young and Kim Chong-ryul told poloffs on August 16 that President Roh Moo-hyun will emphasize strengthening economic ties during the August 28-30 summit with Kim Jong-il because he sees denuclearization as best handled through the Six-Party Ta [...] | 2007-08-16 08:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL ECON EINV |
07SEOUL2529 | ROK-DPRK SUMMIT: FOREIGN AND UNIFICATION MINISTERS [...] (C) Expanded North-South economic cooperation is only possible if the DPRK continues to make progress on denuclearization, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Song Min-soon told the Ambassador at an August 20 meeting. -- Song also said the summit would be about implementing existing agreem [...] | 2007-08-21 09:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL ECON EINV |
07SEOUL2695 | THE LONE STAR SAGA CONTINUES: HONG KONG SHANGHAI [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 3, Lone Star Funds (LS),a Dallas-based private equity firm, agreed to sell its 51-percent management stake in Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) to Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) for USD 6.3 billion, pending regulatory approval. The sale would permit LS to c [...] | 2007-09-05 08:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINV ECON PGOV PREL KS |
07SEOUL3177 | ROK-DPRK SUMMIT FOLLOW-UP: ROK CEOS NOT BULLISH ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chief Executives of four of South Korea's largest business groups, all of whom joined President Roh Moo-hyun's delegation to the October 2-4 summit with Kim Jong-il, told the Ambassador at an October 23 meeting that the summit experience reinforced their view that North Korea's s [...] | 2007-10-25 05:44:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV KN KS PGOV |
07SEOUL3535 | SOUTH-NORTH RELATIONS SINCE OCTOBER SUMMIT: HAIL [...] (C) President Roh Moo-hyun's October summit with Kim Jong-il was not the fourth-quarter touchdown that progressives were hoping for. Compared to the euphoria of the first South-North summit in June 2000, the public reaction was tepid, with no discernible effect on the presidential campaign. [...] | 2007-12-14 06:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL ECON EINV |
07SETION02OF02BAKU1501 | AMERICAN IT COMPANIES BULLISH ON OPPORTUNITIES IN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-18 07:41:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD ECPS AJ |
07SHANGHAI101 | PRE-PARTY CONGRESS INFIGHTING OVER PERSONNEL INTENSIFIES [...] (S) Summary. According to multiple East China contacts, the central party leadership was increasingly split over personnel issues and would only become more fractured with the approach of the 2007 Party Congress. Vice President Zeng Qinghong was trying to work out a compromise that would all [...] | 2007-02-14 07:22:00 | Consulate Shanghai | SECRET | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
07SHANGHAI102 | KUNSHAN'S TAIWAN BUSINESS COMMUNITY [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan business people (Taishang) appeared to be thriving during a February 6 visit by Congenoffs to the Taiwan enclave of Kunshan, located 50 kilometers west of Shanghai. Although some local governments in China were corrupt, the Kunshan government had been very supportive of T [...] | 2007-02-14 08:22:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV PGOV ELAB ECON EFIN CH TW |
07SHANGHAI117 | IPR ATTACHI ENGAGES SHANGHAI CULTURAL TASK FORCE [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 19, Senior IPR Attachi Mark Cohen met with the Director of Shanghai Culture Task Force (SCTF) Zhou Jianmin to discuss Shanghai's efforts on copyright enforcement. Cohen engaged Zhou on SCTF's authority over copyright infringement matters vis-`-vis the Shanghai Copyri [...] | 2007-02-16 10:11:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR EFIN EINV CH |
07SHANGHAI133 | SHANGHAI STOCK MARKET DECLINES: DID THE BUBBLE POP? [...] (SBU) Summary: The 8.8 percent fall in the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) composite index on February 27 that stunned international markets was a much-needed and overdue correction according to Consulate contacts. Market volatility, speculative retail investors, profit-taking by institutional i [...] | 2007-02-28 08:42:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV CH |
07SHANGHAI141 | CONTACTS DISCUSS RECENT SHANGHAI PERSONNEL MOVES [...] (C) Summary: According to one contact, more than half of Shanghai's vice mayors have been or are rumored to soon be removed and several high-level officials have been reshuffled in a bid to pave the way for an outsider to come to Shanghai in one of the top leadership positions. At least one [...] | 2007-03-07 08:43:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
07SHANGHAI142 | CORRECTED COPY--CONTACTS DISCUSS RECENT SHANGHAI PERSONNEL [...] (C) Summary: According to one contact, more than half of Shanghai's vice mayors have been or are rumored to soon be removed and several high-level officials have been reshuffled in a bid to pave the way for an outsider to come to Shanghai in one of the top leadership positions. At least one [...] | 2007-03-07 09:57:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
07SHANGHAI161 | CITIBANK'S STANLEY ON GDB AND CHINA BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary: During a March 8 meeting with Beijing Financial Attache David Loevinger, Treasury Asia DAS Robert Dohner, Asia Director Mathew Haarsager and Congenoffs, Citigroup China CEO Richard Stanley expressed great appreciation for USG support which facilitated its December acquisition of [...] | 2007-03-23 08:21:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON PREL CH |
07SHANGHAI163 | XI JINPING TAKES THE REINS IN SHANGHAI [...] (C) Summary. After months of speculation and waiting, Xi Jinping was named the new Shanghai Party Secretary on March 24. One contact assessed that Xi's transfer would also likely entail a position on the Politburo at the upcoming 17th Party Congress. Xi, a princeling with broad connections, [...] | 2007-03-25 09:44:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON EINV CH |
07SHANGHAI174 | SHANGHAI STOCK EXCHANGE EVP ON CAPITAL MARKET REFORMS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 8 meeting with Beijing Financial Attache David Loevinger, Treasury DAS Robert Dohner, Asia Office Director Mathew Haarsager and Congenoffs, Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) Executive Vice President Liu Xiaodong (aka James Liu) shared his views on necessary reforms to Chi [...] | 2007-03-28 03:30:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON CH |
07SHANGHAI177 | LOCAL REACTIONS TO XI JINPING'S APPOINTMENT AS SHANGHAI [...] (C) Summary. The appointment of Xi Jingping as Party Secretary has been heralded in the Shanghai official media, but SIPDIS business and academic contacts are taking a "wait and see" attitude. Official newspapers and internet postings have emphasized Xi's coastal experience and "rich socia [...] | 2007-03-29 02:58:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
07SHANGHAI178 | JAPAN-CHINA RELATIONS BACK ON TRACK IN SHANGHAI [...] (SBU) Summary. According to Japanese contacts in Shanghai, Japanese Prime Minister Abe's October 2006 breakthrough visit to Beijing has dramatically improved the climate for Japanese investment in Shanghai, as well as led to an overall increase in cultural exchanges. The number of Japanese Ch [...] | 2007-03-29 05:38:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV PREL CH JA |
07SHANGHAI193 | LABOR COMPLAINT: A VISIT TO KAISI HARDWARE IN SOUTH CHINA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kaisi Hardware Company Ltd., one of China's largest furniture parts manufacturers and exporters appears to be addressing problems - including underpaying workers and providing poor working conditions - documented in a February report by the New York-based National Labor Committee [...] | 2007-04-05 09:52:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON EINV PHUM CH |
07SHANGHAI195 | FUZHOU ACADEMIC SEES DPP PUSHING INDEPENDENCE BUTTON IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: A renowned scholar of Taiwan believes that the upcoming presidential election will see Chen Shui-bian and other Democratic Progress Party (DPP) candidates continue to advocate independence and consciously stir up ethnic confrontation on the island during their campaigns. Voters i [...] | 2007-04-06 02:23:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI EAGR EINV CH |
07SHANGHAI213 | EAST CHINA CONTACTS ON LEADERSHIP GOSSIP [...] (C) Summary. Shanghai Party Secretary Xi Jinping, Jiangsu Party Secretary Li Yuanchao, Liaoning Party Secretary Li Keiqang, and Trade Minister Bo Xilai are emerging as the public face of the Fifth Generation of the Chinese leadership. Two East China contacts believed that of the four, Li Yua [...] | 2007-04-16 07:45:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
07SHANGHAI225 | EAST CHINA CONTACTS ON CHINA'S SUPERVISION SYSTEM [...] (C) Summary. East China contacts described a multilayered but relatively ineffective supervision system that did little to end rampant corruption among Chinese officials. One contact with the Shanghai People's Congress claimed the problem was systemic and due to lack of rule of law. Another [...] | 2007-04-19 07:00:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
07SHANGHAI23 | SHANGHAI CORRUPTION SCANDAL AND LEADERSHIP GOSSIP [...] (S) Summary. Two well-connected Shanghai contacts claimed that President Hu Jintao had offered the job of Shanghai Party Secretary to several people, none of whom were willing to take SIPDIS it because of the headaches associated with the continuing Chen Liangyu investigation. The one per [...] | 2007-01-10 09:09:00 | Consulate Shanghai | SECRET | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
07SHANGHAI25 | SHANGHAI STOCK MARKET: UP, UP, AND AWAY [...] (SBU) Summary: Investor confidence in the Chinese economy, the near-conclusion of the China's non-tradable reforms and large amounts of capital sitting relatively idly in savings accounts combined to push the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) into record territory during 2006. The SSE closed 130 p [...] | 2007-01-11 10:24:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV CH |
07SHANGHAI250 | CSRC ISSUES DRAFT REGS FOR NYSE/NASDAQ REP OFFICES [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 25, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) published draft rules to allow foreign stock exchanges, such as NYSE or NASDAQ, to open representative offices in China as had been promised during the initial Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) talks in December 2006 [...] | 2007-04-26 09:02:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV PREL CH |
07SHANGHAI259 | SHANGHAI RELEASES 2007 IPR WHITEPAPER [...] (SBU) Summary: The Shanghai Intellectual Property Administration (SIPA) held its annual meeting with foreign Consulates and Chambers of Commerce on April 24 to mark the publication of its annual White Paper on intellectual property (IP) protection accomplishments in 2006. With its closing down [...] | 2007-04-30 08:48:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR EFIN EINV CH |
07SHANGHAI260 | WITH "SURVEY OF CHINESE PEASANTS" AUTHORS [...] (C) Summary. In a conversation with Poloff on April 20, "Survey of Chinese Peasants" (Zhongguo Nongmin Diaocha) authors said conditions in the countryside had improved in recent years as a result of increased central government attention. However, conditions for peasants were still difficult [...] | 2007-04-30 08:54:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EINV ECON CH |
07SHANGHAI269 | DOD GENERAL COUNSEL'S RULE OF LAW MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary: During DOD General Counsel William J. Haynes April 20-22 visit to Shanghai, he discussed rule of law issues with Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS) Institute of Law Academics, expatriate and Chinese legal experts at a Consul General-hosted dinner, and at the New York Unive [...] | 2007-05-07 08:38:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS ETRD EINV PHUM PINR CH |
07SHANGHAI277 | SHANGHAI PEACE MUSEUM [...] (C) Summary. During an April 24 visit to the Shanghai Peace Museum, Poloff received a glimpse of some of the limitations faced by private citizens interested in politics. The museum houses a collection of letters and autographs from world leaders supporting peace and has been treated with sus [...] | 2007-05-10 02:46:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
07SHANGHAI280 | EAST CHINA CONTACTS ON RECENT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Summary. Several East China contacts commented on recent leadership developments at both the national and local level. Despite media rumors that Executive Vice Premier Huang Ju had died, one well-connected contact assured us that Huang was still alive although his health was failing. Lo [...] | 2007-05-11 04:00:00 | Consulate Shanghai | SECRET | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
07SHANGHAI283 | EAST CHINA DISPATCHES, MAY 14, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: In this Dispatch, we learn that Shanghai loves luxury cars, anti-Japanese sentiment still simmers, Internet rumors spread quickly in Shanghai, even migrants dream of making it big on the stock market, information on IPR continues to be welcomed, and some Shanghai youth are passi [...] | 2007-05-14 07:37:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV SOCI OEXC OIIP KPAO CH |
07SHANGHAI306 | EAST CHINA VIEWS ON FOREIGN MINISTER APPOINTMENT [...] (C) Summary. XXXXXXXXXXXX, a well-known U.S.-China specialist at XXXXXXXXXXXX, claimed the sudden removal of former Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing was due to President Hu´s increasing dissatisfaction with the MFA. XXXXXXXXXXXX linked this to Hu´s lingering anger about the handling of his visit [...] | 2007-05-24 07:01:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
07SHANGHAI315 | MORE EAST CHINA LEADERSHIP PERSPECTIVES [...] (C) Summary. In our latest round of discussions, East China contacts reported that the Politburo Standing Committee would be shrinking from nine members to seven with several members retiring while the Politburo itself would also undergo a major shake up. Unclear, however, was the fate of Vi [...] | 2007-05-25 09:56:00 | Consulate Shanghai | SECRET | PGOV PNR EINV ECON CH |
07SHANGHAI316 | EAST CHINA CONTACTS ON EAST CHINA LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary. During a series of recent meetings, East China contacts commented on top leaders in Shanghai and Jiangsu. With his recent appointment as Shanghai Party Secretary, Xi Jinping was likely out of the running for a top-level job for the next 5-10 years. Meanwhile, Shanghai Mayor Han [...] | 2007-05-25 10:03:00 | Consulate Shanghai | SECRET | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
07SHANGHAI325 | STOCK MARKET TOO HOT, SO CHINA RAISES TAXES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Finance (MOF) announced on May 29 that the stamp tax charged on every stock trade would rise from .1 percent to .3 percent of the total value of that trade, effective May 30. Consulate contacts and industry analysts said this was a further attempt to cool down C [...] | 2007-05-30 10:39:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV PREL CH |
07SHANGHAI337 | PROBLEMS LOOMING FOR M&A AND VENTURE CAPITALISTS [...] (SBU) Summary: International private equity (PE) and venture capitalist (VC) representatives told visiting Embassy Finatt, on May 16, that Chinese regulations which took effect in September 2006 have effectively shut them out from doing business in China. Since the "Provisions for Foreign Inv [...] | 2007-06-01 11:39:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PREL CH |
07SHANGHAI36 | TOP SHANGHAI JOB UP IN THE AIR, PROBABLY NOT LIU YANDONG [...] (C) Summary: The husband of United Front Work Department head and Hu Jintao protigi Liu Yandong said that Liu was not under consideration for the job of Shanghai Party Secretary. He said that people currently rumored to be under consideration for the position included the current Shanghai May [...] | 2007-01-17 08:48:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
07SHANGHAI374 | THE SCIENCE OF HARMONY--VIEWS FROM EAST CHINA [...] (C) Summary. According to several East China contacts, the "Scientific Development Concept" [kexue fazhan guan] (SDC) now is the core guiding ideology for the Communist Party, building on and supplanting the "Three Represents." The SDC takes as its goal the building of a Harmonious Society w [...] | 2007-06-19 09:30:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
07SHANGHAI379 | EAST CHINA--ZENG QINGHONG STEPPING DOWN, WU YI RISING? [...] (C) Summary. One of our better-connected political contacts said that the current word among Beijing princelings was that all but the top three members of the Politburo Standing Committee would retire at the upcoming Party Congress as President Hu Jintao tried to consolidate his power and pur [...] | 2007-06-21 10:06:00 | Consulate Shanghai | SECRET | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
07SHANGHAI380 | CARLYLE, XUGONG, AND BUREAUCRATIC POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: Central government officials promised a resolution to Carlyle Group's effort to purchase a 45 percent stake--down from its initial 85 percent bid--in Xugong Machine Group by the end of July. The current hang-up was the result of bureaucratic infighting between the Ministry of Com [...] | 2007-06-21 10:12:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
07SHANGHAI400 | DEMOCRACY FROM HARMONIOUS SCIENCE--VIEWS FROM EAST CHINA [...] (C) Summary: A number of East China contacts associate the current Scientific Development Concept and Harmonious Society ideological formulations with democratization, political reform and civil society. Some believe that President Hu Jintao is feeling the pressure of his second term and is c [...] | 2007-06-27 09:46:00 | Consulate Shanghai | SECRET | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
07SHANGHAI415 | GETTING TOUGH ON THE ENVIRONMENT [...] (C) Summary: During a June 28 luncheon with the Consul General and the Pol/Econ Section Chief, three of our more astute business contacts assessed that Beijing was starting to get serious about environmental protection. Beijing had begun to tell local leaders to accept lower growth for a clea [...] | 2007-07-05 08:20:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SENV EINV ECON CH |
07SHANGHAI422 | EAST CHINA--MORE POLITBURO RUMORS AND LEADERSHIP TIDBITS [...] (C) Summary: East China contacts reported that Vice President Zeng Qinghong had submitted his resignation to the Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC). Current speculation was that not only would Zeng step down, but that all but two or three of the current nine PBSC members would retire, possib [...] | 2007-07-09 03:30:00 | Consulate Shanghai | SECRET | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
07SHANGHAI44 | WENZHOU - AN ENTREPRENEURS TOWN [...] (SBU) Summary: Sitting far from Beijing on the East coast of China, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province is known for both its vibrant, fast-growing economy and its many Christian churches. Many people with whom Congenoffs spoke during a recent visit to the city attribute Wenzhou's economic growth to t [...] | 2007-01-23 07:24:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EINV PINR KIPR ELAB CH |
07SHANGHAI440 | SHANGHAI BLACKOUTS, A THING OF THE PAST? [...] (SBU) Summary: During a July 16 meeting with Congenoffs, Shanghai Municipal Electric Power Company (SMEPC) representatives were optimistic about Shanghai's power situation and predicted that there would be few blackouts this summer. The city has secured power from other provinces to meet energy [...] | 2007-07-17 07:17:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV EIND CH |
07SHANGHAI45 | WENZHOU'S CHINT - A MODEL ENTERPRISE [...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit to Wenzhou on December 14-15, Congenoffs' toured the CHINT company, one of Wenzhou's leading enterprises. According to CHINT executives, the company's success was due to its President's leadership and its close relations with the local government. CHINT is the t [...] | 2007-01-23 08:14:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EINV PINR KIPR ELAB CH |
07SHANGHAI458 | AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO CHINA'S FIRST MEGACHURCH [...] (SBU) Summary: During a July 9-13 visit to Hangzhou, Ambassador Randt discussed religion and religious freedom with the leadership of China's only Protestant "megachurch". During the church visit, church leaders discussed the growth of Protestantism in China and Zhejiang, noting that there ar [...] | 2007-07-20 08:20:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EINV ECON KIRF CH |
07SHANGHAI459 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ZHEJIANG PARTY SECRETARY ZHAO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Randt met with Zhejiang's new Party Secretary, Zhao Hongzhu, in Hangzhou on July 9 and was hosted by SIPDIS Zhao for dinner on July 13. Zhao noted that, while relatively small in size and population, Zhejiang contributes more than its fair share to national GDP grow [...] | 2007-07-20 08:27:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EINV ECON KIRF CH |
07SHANGHAI46 | WENZHOU - AN ENTREPRENEURS TOWN [...] (SBU) Summary: Sitting far from Beijing on the East coast of China, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province is known for both its vibrant, fast-growing economy and its many Christian churches. Many people with whom Congenoffs spoke during a recent visit to the city attribute Wenzhou's economic growth to t [...] | 2007-01-23 08:24:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EINV PINR KIPR ELAB CH |
07SHANGHAI470 | DEMOCRATIC OR SCIENTIFIC SOCIALISM--XIE TAO AND THE EAST [...] (S) Summary: An internal poll showed that average people and scholars were almost evenly divided in their support for an article written by retired scholar Xie Tao, which advocated that China adopt a democratic socialism model that included multi-party democracy. Contacts who followed this d [...] | 2007-07-27 10:00:00 | Consulate Shanghai | SECRET | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
07SHANGHAI474 | EAST CHINA'S SOUTH KOREAN COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the establishment of diplomatic relations in August 1992, South Koreans have flocked to Shanghai in search of economic and educational opportunities. More than 110,000 South Koreans live in east China (Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces and Shanghai),with some 70,000 [...] | 2007-07-30 06:46:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD EINV KIRF CH KS KN |
07SHANGHAI478 | SHANGHAI STOCK MARKET: UNCOMFORTABLY GOOD [...] (SBU) Summary: According to Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) Executive Vice President James Liu, Shanghai's stock market is "on a rocket" with 60 percent gains so far in 2007. Huge numbers of new retail investors who most likely lack an understanding of the risks inherent in the market have been [...] | 2007-07-31 03:05:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV CH |
07SHANGHAI481 | HAITONG'S BACKDOOR LAUNCH INTO THE MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary: Haitong Securities became the first securities company to list via a backdoor listing in China, on July 31, after it completed a reverse takeover of Shanghai Urban Agro-Business. It was forced to use a backdoor listing since, on its own, it did not meet Chinese listing requireme [...] | 2007-08-01 09:54:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV CH |
07SHANGHAI484 | SHANGHAI NGO ENVIRONMENT WORSENING [...] (S) Summary: Roots and Shoots General Manager Zhong Zhenxi provided a unique glimpse into NGO-Government relations, reporting that the operating environment for NGOs in Shanghai had gone from bad to worse. On a regular basis, local NGOs were forced to report their contacts, especially with f [...] | 2007-08-02 08:08:00 | Consulate Shanghai | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PINR EINV ECON CH |
07SHANGHAI504 | CITIBANK'S LOCAL INCORPORATION PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with Federal Deposit Insurance Chairman (FDIC) Sheila Bair on July 26, Citibank (China) Chief Executive Officer Richard Stanley opined that the China Banking Regulatory Commission was "making it up as they went along" with regard to the treatment of newly locally-i [...] | 2007-08-09 06:07:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV CH |
07SHANGHAI508 | BEIDAIHE ENDS WITHOUT RESOLUTION [...] (S) Summary: According to a well-connected contact who just returned from Beidaihe, the Work Conference that had been convened to sort out the Politburo name list for the 17th Party Congress has ended without resolution as different factions found it difficult to compromise on candidates. Unw [...] | 2007-08-10 13:08:00 | Consulate Shanghai | SECRET | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
07SHANGHAI511 | NYSE-NASDAQ: REP OFFICES PENDING, PROBLEMS LOOMING [...] (SBU) Summary: According to NASDAQ and NYSE representatives, it was unlikely that their applications to open representative offices would be approved soon. Although the applications were submitted at the beginning of July, CSRC contacts told NASDAQ and NYSE that approval was several months awa [...] | 2007-08-14 21:13:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON CH |
07SHANGHAI512 | NYSE-NASDAQ: REP OFFICES PENDING, PROBLEMS LOOMING [...] (SBU) Summary: According to NASDAQ and NYSE representatives, it was unlikely that their applications to open representative offices would be approved soon. Although the applications were submitted at the beginning of July, CSRC contacts told NASDAQ and NYSE that approval was several months awa [...] | 2007-08-14 21:14:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON CH |
07SHANGHAI527 | BEIDAIHE CONCLUDES, JIANG ON THE ROPES [...] (C) Summary: In another of our ongoing discussions about the upcoming Party Congress, a long-time Consulate contact said that the Work Conference at Beidaihe recently concluded and a new Poliburo Standing Committee (PBSC) line-up had all but been finalized. Only President Hu Jintao and Premie [...] | 2007-08-21 09:24:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
07SHANGHAI530 | DINNER WITH JIANGSU PARTY SECRETARY LI YUANCHAO [...] (C) Summary: During an August 9 dinner, Jiangsu Party Secretary Li Yuanchao said that he had been ordered by Vice SIPDIS Premier Wu Yi to increase his province's imports. He also discussed his views on democracy, noting significant pressure on the party from the people to move forward with [...] | 2007-08-23 08:43:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EINV ETRD ECON CH |
07SHANGHAI534 | SHANGHAI STOCK EXCHANGE BREAKS THROUGH 5,000 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Shanghai Stock Exchange's Composite Index (SCI) rose above the "psychologically significant" 5,000 point level for the first time on August 23, closing at 5,032. The market has risen 80 percent since the beginning of 2007, adding to the 130 percent gain in 2006. The SCI end [...] | 2007-08-24 08:35:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON CH |
07SHANGHAI541 | SHANGHAI ASKS DOE FOR HELP CUTTING ENERGY USE [...] (SBU) Summary: A Department of Energy delegation led by PDAS John Mizroch met with municipal officials, academics, and U.S. businesses during its August 16-17 visit to Shanghai. Shanghai's inefficient energy consumption limits its economic growth and contributes to its pollution problems. Sha [...] | 2007-08-27 08:21:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV EINV EIND CH |
07SHANGHAI549 | MORE DETAILS ON BEIDAIHE MEETINGS [...] (S) Summary: According to a well-connected contact, informal meetings have continued at Beidaihe since the close of the first Work Conference on August 10. A second Work Conference to begin finalizing the name list for the Politburo and the Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) would likely tak [...] | 2007-08-29 10:10:00 | Consulate Shanghai | SECRET | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
07SHANGHAI603 | AMBASSADOR MEETS SHANGHAI MAYOR AND ATTENDS AMCHAM [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 6, the Ambassador, together with former Secretary of Commerce Don Evans, met with Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng. Following the meeting, the three officials offered remarks at AmCham Shanghai's 7th Annual Government Appreciation Dinner attended by 120 Shanghai and provinc [...] | 2007-09-12 00:29:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV EFIN PINR PGOV PREL KIPR ELTN CH |
07SHANGHAI654 | SHANGHAI BANKERS ON RMB, PROTECTIONISM AND THE FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: China's weak and rigid exchange rate is increasing costs and inhibiting innovation in China's financial sector. Shanghai officials and banking leaders told a visiting Treasury delegation that growing protectionism in the financial services sector would make increased foreign pe [...] | 2007-10-05 09:29:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV PGOV CH |
07SHANGHAI657 | SHANGHAI FUND MANAGERS ON JV'S AND COMPETITION [...] (SBU) Summary: Joint venture securities firms in China only succeed when the foreign partner has explicit management control and can avoid cultural and managerial conflicts, according to managers at two such joint ventures. Chinese security firms, fearing their inability to compete, have aske [...] | 2007-10-09 02:20:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV CH |
07SHANGHAI679 | SHANGHAI STOCK EXCHANGE UP 300 PERCENT IN TWO YEARS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite Index topped 6,000 points on October 15 bringing gains over the past two years up to 300 percent. This growth is "good" according to a Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) official and the government should not attempt to set limits on where the in [...] | 2007-10-22 12:13:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV PGOV CH |
07SHANGHAI690 | SHANGHAI INVESTS USD 175 MILLION IN AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH [...] (SBU) Summary: In conjunction with the United States-China Science and Technology Executive Secretaries Meeting (ESM),the U.S. delegation visited a high-tech park and two high-tech projects in Shanghai on October 12. Interlocutors reported that the Shanghai municipal government aims to build [...] | 2007-10-26 04:14:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV EINV ELTN EIND CH |
07SHANGHAI70 | NYSE/NASDAQ: NO OFFICES, BUT STILL OPEN FOR BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Seeing China as the next great frontier for emerging markets, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NASDAQ have been engaging in a "Great Game" to persuade Chinese companies to list on their respective exchanges. Chinese entrepreneurs view being listed on U.S. markets as the si [...] | 2007-01-31 08:20:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON PREL CH |
07SHANGHAI736 | HANGZHOU: GOING GREEN, FOR FUN AND PROFIT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Renowned within China for its natural beauty, Hangzhou is beginning to attract international attention for its economic growth and high quality of life. While Hangzhou's government claims that these successes are due to its commitment to preserving the environment, there is no qu [...] | 2007-11-16 09:46:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PGOV EINV ECON CH |
07SHANGHAI737 | TAIZHOU - CHINA'S MOTOR CITY [...] (SBU) Summary: During a November 5-6 visit to Taizhou in Zhejiang Province, Deputy Principal Officer (DPO) and econoff engaged Taizhou officials and Chinese automotive industry representatives on the area's booming automotive sector. Vice Director Wang Haiping from Geely Auto, one of China's [...] | 2007-11-19 08:35:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EINV ETRD PINR KIPR ELAB CH |
07SHANGHAI756 | PROMOTING ANHUI TOURISM TO AMERICANS: A HARD SELL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Anhui Province, the poorest province in Shanghai's consular district, hopes to jump-start its economy by promoting tourism. Although home to many beautiful natural and historical sights, Anhui is finding it difficult to attract mass numbers of Western tourists, and Americans in p [...] | 2007-11-23 05:47:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND PGOV EINV ELTN EAIR ECON CH KS |
07SHANGHAI762 | 2ND CHINA-U.S. MARITIME CONSULTATIVE MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 28 and 29, members of the U.S. Maritime Administration delegation led by Maritime Administrator Sean Connaughton met with the Chinese Ministry of Communications delegation led by Vice Minister Xu Zuyuan in Shanghai. The two sides discussed a wide range of bilateral [...] | 2007-11-29 11:13:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ELTN CVIS EINV ETRD OVIP CH |
07SHANGHAI777 | FRB GOVERNOR WARSH TOLD RMB APPRECIATION GRADUAL, NO STOCK [...] (SBU) Summary: According to the Shanghai branch of the People's Bank of China (PBOC),RMB appreciation will continue at a gradual pace without any dramatic revaluations in the near future. Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh, in Shanghai November 18-20, was also told that the PBOC is closely [...] | 2007-12-07 08:31:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV PGOV CH |
07SHANGHAI785 | LEADING INDIAN IT COMPANIES BULLISH ON CHINA MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff met with high level managers of three Indian information technology (IT) companies operating in Shanghai -- Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys Technologies, Satyam Computer Services -- to discuss their current operations and future outlook for the China market. They expla [...] | 2007-12-11 09:05:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV PREL CH IN |
07SHANGHAI787 | NASDAQ MIGHT HAVE LOOPHOLE TO RESTRICTIONS ON OVERSEAS [...] (C) Summary: NASDAQ China's Chief Representative believes that there might be a legal loophole to the restrictions on Chinese companies listing overseas that have been in place since September 2006. The first test of this "back door" will be in March 2008. The Ministry of Commerce is very opp [...] | 2007-12-12 04:35:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINV PGOV CH |
07SHANGHAI83 | NYSE SAYS REP OFFICES NOT LIKELY SOON [...] (C) Summary: New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Executive Director for Asia Pacific Yeeli Zheng updated Econoff on NYSE's efforts to open a representational office on February 8. China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) Chairman Shang Fulin appeared resistant to timely progress on this issue [...] | 2007-02-08 03:58:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINV PREL CH |
07SHENYANG131 | Taiwan's Kuomintang Representative Given Warm Reception in Harbin [...] Summary: The 18th Harbin International Fair for Trade and Economic Cooperation attracted participants from all over the world, showing that what was once largely a Sino-Russian event has become truly international. Event organizers claimed two hundred of the world's five hundred largest corpor [...] | 2007-07-11 09:12:00 | Consulate Shenyang | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PGOV PREL CH TW |
07SHENYANG152 | ANGANG STEEL HOPES TO GROW AT HOME AND ABROAD [...] Summary: Zhang Xiaogang, Chairman of Anshan Iron and Steel Corporation (AnSteel),recently discussed an impending meeting with John Surma, President of International Iron and Steel Institute and potential cooperation with U.S. Steel Executive Committee of the IISI in New York on July 12 and 13, [...] | 2007-08-03 08:46:00 | Consulate Shenyang | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PGOV PREL CH |
07SHENYANG155 | China's Brilliance Automotive to Enter U.S. Market in [...] Summary. Liu Xuemin, General Office Vice-Director of Huachen Group told Econoff recently that, contrary to some trade reports about delays, China's Brilliance Automotive -- the publicly traded arm of state-owned Huachen Group -- will begin exports to the United States in early September of thi [...] | 2007-08-07 08:39:00 | Consulate Shenyang | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PGOV PREL CH |
07SHENYANG174 | CHINA/SOE REFORM: A DALIAN PERSPECTIVE [...] (SBU) Summary. Dalian's State Assets Supervisory and Administration Commission (SASAC) is, like other SASAC entities throughout China, seeking to reform its thirty-eight state-owned enterprises (SOE),by improving internal management, reducing the overall number of companies, and changing own [...] | 2007-09-12 09:10:00 | Consulate Shenyang | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV EPIT EFIN CH |
07SHENYANG223 | BRILLIANCE SLOWS APPROACH TO U.S. MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary. Brilliance Automotive plans to delay its entry into the United States market while it resolves safety and environmental standards issues for its line of high-end sedans. The company cites a return to profitability and a desire to make its market debut a clear success as the ma [...] | 2007-11-26 07:46:00 | Consulate Shenyang | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EPIT EFIN PROV WTRO CH |
07SINGAPORE1018 | U/S LEVEY WARNS AGAINST IRANIAN FINANCIAL [...] (S) Summary. Singapore officials assured Treasury Under Secretary Levey that they were taking the necessary steps to SIPDIS thwart any attempt by the Iranian government or Iran-linked entities to exploit Singapore for terrorism and proliferation-related activities. U/S Levey underscored t [...] | 2007-05-25 09:10:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET//NOFORN | KTFN ETTC KCRM EFIN PTER ECON EINV SN |
07SINGAPORE1077 | COMPETITION ACT INCORPORATES MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS [...] Singapore's Parliament approved amendments to the Competition Act that address mergers and acquisitions on May 21 (reftel). The new provisions, which are expected to come into effect July 1, 2007, constitute the third and final implementation phase of the Competition Act, which Singapore ena [...] | 2007-06-06 09:00:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV ECON SN |
07SINGAPORE1134 | TELECOM REGULATOR ISSUES MIXED DECISION ON LOCAL [...] (U) The Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) has directed Singapore's dominant telecom carrier, SingTel, to give competitors up to 18 months notice concerning any local exchange it intends to close. IDA's June 7 decision extends the previous requirement from six months and comes nearly one ye [...] | 2007-06-13 03:24:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON ETRD EINV SN |
07SINGAPORE1164 | AMENDED GAS ACT: JUST HOT AIR? [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore's amended Gas Act came into effect June 11, holding out promise that U.S. company InterGen might finally become the first non-government entrant into the heretofore tightly controlled electricity market. However, looming contract deadlines and legal uncertaintie [...] | 2007-06-15 09:13:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EINV ETRD EFIN ECON SN |
07SINGAPORE1167 | AMENDED GAS ACT: JUST HOT AIR? [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore's amended Gas Act came into effect June 11, holding out promise that U.S. company InterGen might finally become the first non-government entrant into the heretofore tightly controlled electricity market. However, looming contract deadlines and legal uncertainties con [...] | 2007-06-18 03:31:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EINV ETRD EFIN ECON SN |
07SINGAPORE1407 | MEDIA EXCLUSIVITY AGREEMENTS: MINISTER SAYS NO TO [...] (U) In a move applauded by U.S. industry, Singapore's Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA) announced on July 27 that he had rejected SingTel's appeal to further regulate exclusive carriage agreements between media content/channel providers and Singapore's Pay-TV operato [...] | 2007-07-30 08:44:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINT ECON ETRD EINV SN |
07SINGAPORE1455 | (C) SINGAPORE'S VIEWS ON APEC AND SOVEREIGN WEALTH [...] (C) Summary: Singapore officials told Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia Robert Dohner that they generally supported Treasury's proposed APEC Capital Market Technical Assistance program as well as Treasury's key priorities for the APEC Finance Ministerial in August 2-3 in Australia. [...] | 2007-08-07 06:11:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINV ECON PGOV SN CH |
07SINGAPORE1517 | ANALYSTS UNCERTAIN ABOUT EFFECT OF MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore-based financial analysts believe market volatility could have real economic effects on Asia even though the region has limited exposure to the subprime mortgage and credit derivatives problems afflicting the United States and Europe. Central banks across the region t [...] | 2007-08-17 08:35:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV SN |
07SINGAPORE1583 | SINGAPORE TO DIVEST POWER COMPANIES BY EARLY 2009 [...] (U) The Government of Singapore recently announced plans to sell all three of its wholly owned power generation companies (gencos) by 2009. Temasek Holdings, the government's investment arm, cited a favorable market as the driving force behind the move. Temasek has been planning to di [...] | 2007-08-28 09:17:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET EINV ETRD EFIN ECON SN |
07SINGAPORE1592 | INFORMATION REGARDING SEANA ENERGY [...] (SBU) Per reftel, this message provides information about the Singapore-registered company Seana Energy Pte. Ltd. 2. (SBU) Seana Energy Pte. Ltd. is a limited private company established on March 15, 2007. Singapore's online business directory, Biznet, lists the company's principal office [...] | 2007-08-29 06:34:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EPET PGOV PREL SN AJ KZ TU TX |
07SINGAPORE1669 | ISLAND POWER'S CONTINUING PIPELINE ACCESS WOES [...] (SBU) Summary: Island Power, the local subsidiary of U.S. company Intergen, is increasingly pessimistic that it will gain full access to Singapore's electricity market. Although Singapore's amended Gas Act to liberalize the energy sector took effect in June, Island Power finds itself squeezed [...] | 2007-09-07 09:05:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EINV ETRD ECON SN |
07SINGAPORE1736 | LEGAL THREATS AGAINST DOWNLOADERS PROVOKE ANIMATED [...] (U) Summary: Recent events involving local anime (Japanese animation) distributor Odex highlight that Singapore is still struggling with certain facets of promoting and protecting intellectual property rights (IPR). Following a difficult enforcement campaign, Odex announced September 5 it wo [...] | 2007-09-19 08:32:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECPS EINT ECON ETRD EINV SN |
07SINGAPORE1825 | Singapore-Kuala Lumpur Air Route Excluded From Competition [...] (U) The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) issued an order on September 25, 2007 excluding the 1982 Air Shuttle Service Operation Agreement (ASA) between Singapore Airlines and Malaysia Airlines from the Competition Act. MTI cited in its decision a section of the Competition Act that states [...] | 2007-10-01 10:34:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIAR ETRD ECON EINV SN MY |
07SINGAPORE1828 | NEXT STEPS ON ASEAN-U.S. TRADE COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: ASEAN countries are on track to achieve their specific trade-related objectives in time for the November Summit in Singapore, GOS officials told visiting Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Doug Bell. They expressed confidence that an enhanced trade dispute resolution m [...] | 2007-10-02 02:04:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV KIPR ECON SN |
07SINGAPORE1833 | FTA IMPLEMENTATION ON DAUSTR BELL'S AGENDA [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings to discuss implementation progress under the U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA),Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Doug Bell cited Singapore's failure to fulfill its telecom commitments as our top concern. GOS officials agreed that additional flexib [...] | 2007-10-03 01:47:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN EINV ECPS SENV KIPR ECON SN |
07SINGAPORE1844 | SINGAPORE AMENDS PHARMACISTS REGISTRATION ACT [...] (U) Singapore's practice of allowing physicians to both dispense and prescribe pharmaceuticals remains unchanged in spite of recently approved modifications to the Pharmacists Registration Act. The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) has consistently opposed Singapore [...] | 2007-10-04 02:56:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD KIPR ECON SN |
07SINGAPORE1890 | BURMA-SINGAPORE TRADE AND INVESTMENT -- MORE THAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: For Burma, Singapore is a major trading partner and source of investment and foreign exchange. Two-way trade in goods is declining, but Singapore remains an important investor in Burma for tourism, airlines, food processing, and infrastructure. Asia World, one of Burma's larges [...] | 2007-10-11 10:56:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV ETTC PREL ASEAN EFIN BU SN |
07SINGAPORE1892 | ISLAND POWER'S GAS SUPPLY CONTRACT CANCELLED; [...] (SBU) The Government of Indonesia on October 8 cancelled its gas supply contract with Island Power, a Singapore-based subsidiary of U.S. company Intergen, according to an Island Power representative. The representative told us that that the decision was not entirely unexpected and that it ef [...] | 2007-10-12 06:25:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EINV ETRD ECON IN SN |
07SINGAPORE1942 | Singapore Moves to Fight Inflation [...] (U) Summary. After a summer surge in prices, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) finally moved to combat the island's inflationary spike. MAS hopes that by accelerating the appreciation of the currency, it will be able to bring inflation back within its long term target range of below [...] | 2007-10-23 01:47:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV SN |
07SINGAPORE2016 | SINGAPORE - 2008 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] (U) In response to reftel instructions, this message is Post's draft chapter on Singapore for the 2008 National Trade Estimate Report. We assume that Washington agencies will update the trade and investment data in the first three paragraphs of the report as they have done in the past. Per r [...] | 2007-11-07 06:55:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN KIPR ECPS SN |
07SINGAPORE206 | AMBASSADOR MICHALAK HIGHLIGHTS USG APEC AND ASEAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Senior U.S. Official to APEC Ambassador Michael Michalak told Singapore officials that APEC members needed to fulfill certain action items this year in order to keep the momentum going for a Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (FTAAP). He also sought their opinions on how to [...] | 2007-01-30 08:59:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | APEC ETRD ECON EINV USTR TBIO KFLU SN |
07SINGAPORE2075 | BUSINESS AND INVESTMENT MEETINGS KICK OFF [...] (SBU) Summary: The ASEAN Business and Investment Summit, hosted by the ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN-BAC),was held in Singapore November 16-18 as the curtain raiser for a cycle of ASEAN-related summit meetings that will continue through November 22 (see official summit program, par [...] | 2007-11-19 11:10:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ETRD EINV ECON ASEAN SN BM |
07SINGAPORE2092 | ASEAN SIGNS CHARTER AND ECONOMIC BLUEPRINT, ISSUES [...] (U) While controversy over Burma dominated headlines as leaders concluded the 13th ASEAN Summit in Singapore November 20 (ref A),member-countries and many regional observers preferred to focus on what they saw as a potential turning point in ASEAN's forty year history. The leaders signed two [...] | 2007-11-21 11:26:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ETRD EINV ECON SENV ASEAN SN |
07SINGAPORE2135 | PM PASSES FINANCE MINISTER ROLE TO THARMAN [...] (U) After 19 months as second Minister of Finance, Tharman Shanmugaratnam takes over the top position at the Finance Ministry from Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, effective December  [...] | 2007-12-02 04:52:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV SN |
07SINGAPORE222 | SINGAPORE SEEKS COMMENTS ON SINGTEL'S CLOSURE OF LOCAL [...] The Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) is seeking public comments on its proposed approach to manage SingTel's decommissioning of certain local exchanges. SingTel announced plans in June 2006 to gradually consolidate its existing exchanges, but it has not provided any details since then. U [...] | 2007-01-31 09:44:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON ETRD EINV SN |
07SINGAPORE2257 | UBS BAILOUT: GIC TRIES ITS HAND AT TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) Summary: The $11.2 billion investment in Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) by Singapore's Government Investment Corporation (GIC) generated cries (reftel) of "Black Monday" in Switzerland, but in Singapore the investment is widely seen as positive not only for the financial sector but al [...] | 2007-12-28 07:45:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON ECIN ETRD SN |
07SINGAPORE24 | SINGAPORE - 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel instructions, Post submits the text of the 2007 Investment Climate Statement for Singapore. As requested, we have also provided the document via email to EB/IFD/OIA. 2. Begin text of Statement: Singapore INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2007 INTRODUCTION Foreign investments [...] | 2007-01-04 00:46:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR |
07SINGAPORE285 | TEMASEK CEO HO CHING SURVEYS THE REGION [...] (C) Summary. Temasek Holdings CEO Ho Ching (also wife of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong) told Ambassador David Gross that she was pessimistic about ASEAN's future. Thailand's interim government was obsessed with "everything Thaksin" and, having come up short on evidence to implicate the for [...] | 2007-02-09 09:18:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD ECPS EINV EFIN PREL SN |
07SINGAPORE371 | SINGAPORE 2007 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: RECOMMEND NO [...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends maintaining Singapore's current Special 301 status in 2007, i.e., not on the Watch List. Singapore remains committed to enhancing what is already one of Asia's strongest intellectual property regimes. The government continues to implement its IPR-related commit [...] | 2007-02-23 06:56:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD EINV USTR WTRO SN |
07SINGAPORE469 | COMPETITION BODY FOCUSES ON AVIATION IN FIRST DECISIONS [...] (U) Summary: Two recent decisions of the Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS) brought good news to Singapore's aviation sector. The CCS announced on February 13 that it did not object to the Joint Services Agreement (JSA) between Qantas Airways and British Airways and approved on March [...] | 2007-03-08 09:33:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAIR ECON EINV SN |
07SINGAPORE654 | SINGAPORE UPDATING MEDIA MARKET CONDUCT CODE [...] Singapore's Media Development Authority (MDA) plans to extend its regulatory reach beyond traditional broadcasting and print media to encompass new and emerging technologies that are redefining the wider info-communications sector. The proposed changes are part of MDA's first triennial review [...] | 2007-04-02 09:09:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT ECON ETRD EINV SN |
07SINGAPORE666 | SINGAPORE SEEKS COMMENTS ON DRAFT COPYRIGHT [...] The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) is seeking public comments on draft regulations that would exempt additional "circumvention of technological access control measures" for copyrighted material and protected performances. The Copyright (Excluded Works) Order 2007, which rep [...] | 2007-04-03 10:37:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON ETRD EINV SN |
07SINGAPORE667 | SINGAPORE AMENDS TRADEMARK LAW [...] Singapore recently passed the Trademarks (Amendment) Act 2007 in order to fully comply with its obligations under the 2006 Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks (STLT). (The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) introduced the Treaty at its March 2006 conference in Singapore.) [...] | 2007-04-03 10:40:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ECON EINV SN |
07SINGAPORE703 | SINGAPORE ANTICIPATES FAVORABLE FATF REVIEW [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 11. 2. (C) Summary: GOS officials claim they are well prepared for an upcoming Financial Action Task Force (FATF) peer review to assess Singapore's anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regime. Recent ste [...] | 2007-04-09 07:13:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KTFN EFIN KCRM ECON ETRD EINV SN |
07SINGAPORE831 | 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-27 09:21:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV SN |
07SINGAPORE853 | MONETARY AUTHORITY DOWNPLAYS INFLATION RISK [...] Summary: The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) downplayed possible domestic inflationary pressures such as the upcoming two-percent increase in sales tax, double- digit rental increases, and a tight labor market during an April 24 briefing for analysts ahead of the release of its biannua [...] | 2007-05-03 05:17:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV SN |
07SINGAPORE933 | FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE COOPERATION BETTER, ALBEIT [...] (C) Summary: GOS officials told Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Regional Specialist Rena Miller April 18 that they expected to process 4,000 to 5,000 Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs) in 2007, up from about 1,760 in 2004. Miller noted that information sharing had improved [...] | 2007-05-14 09:16:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KTFN KCRM EFIN PTER SNAR ECON EINV SN |
07SINGAPORE996 | FTA AT YEAR THREE - ZEROING IN ON COMMITMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary/Action Items: Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Barbara Weisel singled out Singapore's continued failure to fulfill its telecom commitments as the USG's top priority during the third annual review of the U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA) held in Singapore May 11. Whil [...] | 2007-05-24 03:50:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN EINV ECPS SENV EAGR KTEX KIPR ECON SN |
07SKOPJE797 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES INVESTMENT BARRIERS AND [...] (SBU) During a September 25 meeting with Deputy PM for Economic Affairs Zoran Stavreski, the Ambassador raised U.S. concerns regarding three outstanding investment issues: questions surrounding the GOM's decision on a recent power plant privatization, steps the GOM should take to ensure the p [...] | 2007-09-28 12:18:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON ENRG PGOV PREL MK |
07SKOPJE886 | MACEDONIA SCRAPS ELECTRICITY PRIVATIZATION AND [...] (C) The GOM announced on October 31 that it had canceled the "Negotino" power plant privatization, and would instead keep the plant state owned. This decision ended any possibility that the GOM would award the privatization and investment contract to the U.S. - Greek joint venture, SENCAP, t [...] | 2007-11-07 15:21:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG PREL PGOV MK |
07SOFIA1166 | INFLATION, CURRENT ACCOUNT CAUSE CONCERN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IMF officials announced revised statistics on Bulgaria September 21, estimating annual inflation of eight percent and a current account deficit of 20 percent of GDP in 2007. Finance and banking sector officials remain confident in the Bulgarian economy's fundamentals including [...] | 2007-09-25 14:29:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV EINV KCOR BU |
07SOFIA181 | BULGARIA 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Bulgaria - 2007 Investment Climate Statement ------------------------------ Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ Bulgaria has a liberal foreign investment regime; a top government priority is to attract foreign investment, especially American. The government foc [...] | 2007-02-13 09:44:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR BU |
07SOFIA360 | BULGARIA'S CURRENT-ACCOUNT DEFICIT WORSE THAN EXPECTED, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's Current Account (CA) deficit exceeded even the gloomiest expectations, coming in at 16 percent of GDP growth in 2006. The deficit was fuelled mainly by the growth of the foreign trade gap which increased to a record 21.8 percent of GDP last year. Strong export grow [...] | 2007-03-16 11:23:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV EINV BU |
07SOFIA59 | BULGARIA: BIT INSTRUMENTS EXCHANGED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-16 12:53:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV KTIA BU |
07SOFIA593 | BULGARIA'S EU ENTRY HELPS MANY - BUT NOT ALL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria entered the EU in strong macroeconomic and fiscal shape with 5 percent annualized GDP growth over the past 7 years and three years of budget surpluses. Foreign investors are piling in to take advantage of cheap prices and labor, much as they did in the EU-10 a few year [...] | 2007-05-16 08:52:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN ECON EINV BU |
07SOFIA794 | BULGARIA: 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] The United States government is aware of two (2) claims of U.S. persons that may be outstanding against the Government of Bulgaria (GOB). 2. List is keyed according to reftel instructions. A) Claimant A (ongoing case) B) 2000 C) In 1999, Claimant A established a subsidiary, whic [...] | 2007-06-28 16:03:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KIDE CASC PGOV BU |
07SOFIA828 | BULGARIA - OVERHEATING ECONOMY OR JUST GETTING WARMED UP? [...] (U) SUMMARY: Strong domestic consumption in Bulgaria has sparked a large trade deficit and led to a current-account (CA) deficit of 15.8% in 2006. International analysts have warned that Bulgaria's growing external deficits render its economy vulnerable to exogenous shocks. While booming dom [...] | 2007-07-05 14:39:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV EINV BU |
07SOFIA962 | BULGARIA TO INTRODUCE FLAT INCOME TAX [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's center-left government approved the introduction of a flat 10 percent income tax on July 29. This move, largely unexpected from a socialist-dominated government, aims to boost domestic economic activity, stimulate investment, and curb the grey economy. Business o [...] | 2007-08-08 13:56:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV EINV KCOR BU |
07SOIA828 | BULGARIA - OVERHEATING ECNOMY OR JUST GETTING WARMED UP? [...] (U) SUMMARY: Strong domestic consumption in Bulgaria has sparke a large trade deficit and led to a current-accont (CA) deficit of 15.8% in 2006. Internationalanalysts have warned that Bulgaria's growing extrnal deficits render its economy vulnerable to exoenous shocks. While booming domestic [...] | 2007-07-05 14:39:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV BU PGOV |
07STATE153704 | KUDOS FOR JAPANESE EMBASSY AND CONSULATE REPORTING [...] (U) We in Washington would like to take this opportunity to thank reporting officers in the Embassy and consulates for the hard work that you put into keeping us informed of important developments in Japan. From your daily press reports to your front channel cables, from periodic e-mails to J [...] | 2007-11-07 20:00:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV MOPS PGOV PREL JA |
07STATE160243 | TRANSATLANTIC ECONOMIC COUNCIL LUNCHEON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-26 20:32:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN EINV ETRD EUN CH |
07STOCKHOLM77 | EXPORT CONTROL BILATS BETWEEN SWEDEN AND DOC [...] (C) Summary: On December 7, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration Christopher Padilla met with a Swedish interagency group to discuss a variety of export control and strategic trade issues. The two sides addressed the U.S. Government's proposed China licensing policy rule [...] | 2007-01-23 09:36:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC EINV KSTC SW |
07SURABAYA26 | EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: REFUGEES REMAIN IN PORONG MARKET [...] Despite reports that the Bupati of Sidoarjo planned to evict forcibly all residents of the refugee camp at the Porong market on August 10, an estimated 2,500 villagers displaced by the Lapindo mud flow remained in residence as of August 13. According to a volunteer from TAGANA (a humanitarian [...] | 2007-08-14 21:07:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EPET ELAB PGOV ASEC ID |
07SURABAYA27 | EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: REFUGEES REMAIN IN PORONG MARKET [...] Despite reports that the Bupati of Sidoarjo planned to evict forcibly all residents of the refugee camp at the Porong market on August 10, an estimated 2,500 villagers displaced by the Lapindo mud flow remained in residence as of August 13. According to a volunteer from TAGANA (a humanitarian [...] | 2007-08-14 21:07:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EPET ELAB PGOV ASEC ID |
07SURABAYA37 | EAST JAVA: LAPINDO MUD UPDATE: HYDROGEN SULPHIDE LEVELS AND [...] (SBU) Sofian Hadi, Director of Operations for the Sidoarjo Mud Management Agency (BPLS),told Consulate Surabaya September 18 that hydrogen sulfide gas levels at the mud flow site in Sidoarjo had increased to 30 -- 35 ppm (parts per million),levels considered dangerous to human health. It has [...] | 2007-09-19 01:13:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID |
07SURABAYA41 | EAST JAVA: MUDFLOW UPDATE -- USGS EXPERT VISIT TO MUDFLOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 20-22, USGS Geologist Thomas Casadevall and Surabaya Pol/Econ Officer toured the site of the Sidoarjo mud flow and met with Indonesian geologists familiar with the disaster. The site tour and subsequent meeting showed fundamental differences in focus between geolog [...] | 2007-09-28 12:36:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID |
07SURABAYA56 | EAST JAVA: LAPINDO MUD FLOW UPDATE: DAM BREACHED, SECONDARY [...] (SBU) Summary: Hot mud flowing through a breach of dam 42 at the mud flow site has covered a secondary road linking Sidoarjo and Malang and entered houses and schools of a nearby village. Efforts to repair the breach have been unsuccessful and at least 10 other earthen dams are considered to be [...] | 2007-10-17 08:56:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID |
07SURABAYA61 | EAST JAVA MUD FLOW UPDATE: SUBSIDENCE CAUSING DAM BREACHES [...] Two earthen dams separating lagoons of mud have been breached at the Lapindo Mud Flow site according to local press reports. Near midnight on Sunday 21 October, Dam 25 collapsed and underwent two quick repairs. Mud from the breach flowed from one holding pond into another at the former site [...] | 2007-10-24 08:44:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID |
07SURABAYA64 | EAST JAVA MUD FLOW UPDATE: PRESIDENTIAL FLY-BY OFFERS [...] (SBU) Summary: President Yudhoyono's October 25 fly-by of the Sidoarjo mud flow disaster and subsequent meeting with officials at the Surabaya airport left displaced residents skeptical of any significant action. Vice President Jusuf Kalla made similar aerial observations on October 28 and ann [...] | 2007-10-30 09:57:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID |
07SURABAYA78 | EAST JAVA: SURABAYA-MADURA BRIDGE - COMMUNITIES UNPREPARED [...] (SBU) Summary: Residents originally opposed plans to build a bridge linking the island of Madura with Indonesia's second largest city Surabaya fearing Madura's unique culture would be destroyed. With the Surabaya-Madura bridge scheduled for completion in late-2008, distrust has given way to an [...] | 2007-11-28 04:28:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EINV SOCI ID |
07SUVA378 | AS FIJI'S ECONOMY CONTINUES TO NOSE-DIVE, IS [...] (SBU) Lack of export competitiveness and a drop in tourism earnings since the December 2006 military coup have led to a difficult balance of payments situation for Fiji and a serious foreign reserve shortage. While a number of economists have suggested that a devaluation of the Fiji dollar [...] | 2007-07-30 20:18:00 | Embassy Suva | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD PGOV FJ |
07TAIPEI1042 | CROSS-STRAIT OPENING WILL BE TOP ECONOMIC PRIORITY [...] (SBU) Summary: If the Kuomintang's (KMT) Ma Ying-jeou is elected President of Taiwan next year, cross-Strait liberalization measures will be the focus of his economic policies. He is likely to lift various restrictions on investment in China and continue cross-Strait discussions on charter fl [...] | 2007-05-09 08:08:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV EAIR EINV CH TW |
07TAIPEI1086 | Taiwan Insurers Can Invest More Offshore [...] Taiwan's legislature has relaxed restrictions on insurance firms' offshore investments primarily to increase their flagging profits; the measure does little to address Taiwan's excess liquidity, a root cause of the insurance firms' woes. END SUMMARY. Agreement on Insurance Amendment ------ [...] | 2007-05-15 07:37:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
07TAIPEI1163 | Legislation against Financing Terrorism [...] Taiwan is racing to pass new legislation against financing terrorism which the Egmont Group (an umbrella group of international Financial Intelligence Units) has required its members to complete prior to the end of May 2007. The pending legislation would impose heavy penalties for financing t [...] | 2007-05-24 09:16:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
07TAIPEI1185 | Amendments to Anti-Money Laundering Law [...] In response to the Asia-Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG)'s 2007 assessment, Taiwan has drafted a bill to amend its Money Laundering Control Act (MLCA). The bill will reclassify some crimes as felonies and put a new agricultural bank, trust companies, and currency exchanges under regula [...] | 2007-05-30 00:39:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
07TAIPEI1202 | A HSIEH PRESIDENCY WOULD LIKELY ACCELERATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Economic scholars and a political advisor close to Frank Hsieh describe the Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate as "flexible" and "pragmatic" in his approach to cross-Strait economic relations. They believe that, as President, Hsieh would be more willing to open [...] | 2007-05-31 09:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EAIR PGOV PREL CH TW |
07TAIPEI1253 | Taiwan Lifts Ban on New Bank Branches [...] In May, Taiwan lifted a six-year ban on new bank branches. Regulators imposed the ban in order to encourage bank consolidation. The new policy permits banks to open new branches, but only if they meet strict requirements. Most banks will still need to rely on merger and acquisition (M&A) to [...] | 2007-06-05 09:10:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
07TAIPEI1257 | Taipei Economic Brief for May 2007 [...] This cable summarizes selected May 2007 economic events in Taiwan: --Economic Growth --Economic Prospects --High-speed Rail Impact --Taiwan and Japan Amend Aviation Agreement --New Cross-Strait Operations --Free Trade Agreement (FTA) --Ban on Bank Branches Lifted --Greenhouse Gas Legisl [...] | 2007-06-05 09:11:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
07TAIPEI1270 | Taiwan Auctions Off Insolvent Bank [...] In late May, five months after the bank was placed in receivership due to insolvency, Taiwan auctioned off Enterprise Bank of Hualien (EBH). ChinaTrust Commercial Bank (CCB) won the auction and will have the largest number of branches of any private bank in Taiwan after it takes over EBH in S [...] | 2007-06-06 09:02:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
07TAIPEI1324 | Taiwan Auctions 2nd Insolvent Bank in 2007 [...] In early June Taiwan financial regulators successfully auctioned off the Taitung Business Bank (TBB). ABN AMRO Bank became the first foreign bank to win bidding for a problem bank and will become third largest foreign bank in Taiwan after it takes over TBB. TBB was the second insolvent bank [...] | 2007-06-12 07:33:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
07TAIPEI1385 | AUSTR STRATFORD OUTLINES TRADE AGENDA WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-18 09:35:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON ECIN EINV EAGR TW |
07TAIPEI1424 | Taiwan Central Bank Raises Its Benchmark Rates [...] Taiwan's Central Bank (TCB) recently raised its benchmark interest rates and substantially increased the required reserve ratio for foreign currency deposits. The TCB's actions and its statements indicating possible additional measures will likely strengthen the NT$ and drive up stock prices [...] | 2007-06-22 08:36:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
07TAIPEI1511 | TAIWAN APPROVES LIMITED CHIP TESTING INVESTMENT IN [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 28, Taiwan's Vice Minister of Economic Affairs chaired a joint committee meeting to give final approval to the applications of four of Taiwan's leading semiconductor packaging and testing firms to invest in China. The four companies' planned investment totals USD 99.6 m [...] | 2007-07-03 08:58:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV KIPR PGOV CH TW |
07TAIPEI1550 | Anti-Money Laundering Legislation Becomes Law [...] On July 11, the President signed the amendment to Taiwan's Money Laundering Control Act which was passed by the Legislative Yuan on June 14. It went into effect immediately. 2. The legislation (Ref C) is designed to combat terrorist financing (Ref B),strengthen reporting of cross-border [...] | 2007-07-11 08:59:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
07TAIPEI1575 | Taipei Economic Brief for June 2007 [...] This cable summarizes selected June 2007 economic events in Taiwan: --Taiwan's Economic Performance Improved --Taiwan Approves IC Packing Firms' China Investment --Taiwan Passes 2007 Central Budget --Individual Debt Resolution Law --Incentives for Biotech Industry --Retiree Service Market t [...] | 2007-07-15 23:29:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
07TAIPEI1622 | Trade Figures Signal Economic Improvement [...] In the first half (H1) of 2007, Taiwan's exports grew faster than imports, leading to a 36% increase in the trade surplus. Imports of capital goods in the second quarter (Q2) shifted to growth, signaling an increase in domestic investment. Higher energy prices in June drove up Taiwan's import [...] | 2007-07-19 08:55:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR ETRD TW |
07TAIPEI1646 | Carlyle Acquires Ta Chong Commercial Bank [...] The U.S.-based Carlyle group has become the latest foreign investor to acquire a significant share of equity in a Taiwan bank by private placement, with half of the required funds obtained from local sources. Carlyle will participate in the management of the Taiwan bank. Banking sector M&A w [...] | 2007-07-23 08:36:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
07TAIPEI1653 | Individual Debt Resolution Law [...] In June, Taiwan completed legislation of the Individual Debt Resolution Law (IDRL),which will be effective in early 2008. The law, designed to address non-performing unsecured loans only, will permit insolvent individual debtors to repay a portion of outstanding debt over a length of time lo [...] | 2007-07-24 00:24:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
07TAIPEI1665 | Taiwan Legislature Passes 2007 Budget [...] In June, Taiwan's legislature passed the 2007 central budget, including the first year of funding for military procurement programs. The long delay in budget legislation may act as a drag on Taiwan's 2007 economic growth. According to estimates by economic think tanks, however, the rate will [...] | 2007-07-25 07:58:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
07TAIPEI1666 | Legislation of Taiwan's Social Security System [...] In July, Taiwan completed the last piece of legislation for its social security system. With the legislation, all Taiwan residents will be covered by one of the social welfare-oriented pension programs. The annual cost of the legislation is estimated at NT$100 billion (US$3 billion). With o [...] | 2007-07-25 07:59:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR SOCI TW |
07TAIPEI1697 | Taipei Economic Brief for July 2007 [...] This cable summarizes selected July 2007 economic events in Taiwan: --Standard Chartered Raises Taiwan's GDP Growth --Improved Economic Performance, Inflationary Threat --Penalty on UMC for Investment in China Overruled --Medical Tourism --Fubon Intends to Acquire PRC Bank --Taiwan Ranks [...] | 2007-07-31 08:38:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
07TAIPEI1704 | TAIWAN'S INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES THRIVE, BUT LOCAL [...] (SBU) Faced with rising fuel costs, some of Taiwan's airlines are struggling to stay in business. The two international carriers, China Airlines and EVA Airways, are expanding routes in Asia as a central component of their future growth, and the Taiwan to Hong Kong and Macau routes are extrem [...] | 2007-07-31 09:32:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON PREL EINV ETRD TW CH |
07TAIPEI1733 | Taiwan Adopts Price Stabilization Measures [...] SUMMARY: In response to recent price rises, Taiwan authorities have adopted a series of measures, including import duty cuts for grain, an export ban on waste paper, enhanced vigilance on price hike collusion, and new gasoline price subsidies (septel). Although Taiwan's annualized inflation [...] | 2007-08-03 06:41:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
07TAIPEI181 | Taiwan's New Central Bank Deputy Governor [...] SUMMARY. Taiwan's Central Bank of China (CBC) will promote Foreign Exchange Department (FED) Director General George Chou (Chou A-ding) to be Deputy Governor (DG) in mid-February. CBC Governor Perng Fai-nan's two deputies will now be career central bankers. END SUMMARY. 2. An informed [...] | 2007-01-24 05:45:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
07TAIPEI1963 | Big Taiwan State-owned Banks to Merge [...] SUMMARY: Taiwan announced a three-year plan to merge the operations of the three largest state-owned banks into one financial holding company. The world ranking of the new firm's banking unit will move up to 89th, and its market share in Taiwan will increase to 18%, well ahead of the next la [...] | 2007-08-28 06:07:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
07TAIPEI1967 | TAIWAN HIGHLIGHTS SUCCESSFUL TECHNOLOGY SECTOR [...] SUMMARY. Officials and foreign investors highlighted Taiwan's technology and financial sectors during AIT/W Trade and Commercial Programs Director Rick Ruzicka's August 13-17 visit to Taiwan. Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD) Chairwoman Ho emphasized Taiwan industry's high- [...] | 2007-08-28 06:54:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PREL KIPR ELAB TW |
07TAIPEI1989 | Taiwan - Another Insolvent Bank Under Receivership [...] SUMMARY: Bowa Bank has been put under receivership. After the announcement on August 10, a run on the bank by the depositors required the infusion of additional funds, but the run did not spread to other problem banks. The Central Deposit Insurance Corporation (CDIC) plans to auction the ba [...] | 2007-08-29 10:53:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
07TAIPEI2011 | Taipei Economic Brief for August 2007 [...] This cable summarizes selected August 2007 economic events in Taiwan: --Taiwan's Economy Outperforms Expectations --Prices Drop Unexpectedly, But Inflation Still a Risk --Effects of U.S. Sub-prime Mess --Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMax) --Subsidies for Animation and [...] | 2007-08-31 09:34:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
07TAIPEI221 | Taiwan 2007 Economic Outlook [...] Consumer debt problems dampened consumption and excess manufacturing capacity reduced investment, but strong export growth still produced 4.4% real GDP growth in Taiwan in 2006. Export growth slowed in Q4 as higher interest rates reduced demand in major export markets. Economic growth in 200 [...] | 2007-01-30 08:57:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
07TAIPEI227 | TAIWAN ECONOMIC MINISTER OPTIMISTIC ON TIFA AND [...] (C) Minister of Economic Affairs Steve Chen reminded AIT Director January 26 his major goal is a bilateral FTA, but he is more than willing to pursue a robust TIFA agenda in the nearer term. He promised some points on the Bilateral Investment Agreement in a few days, welcomed our decision to [...] | 2007-01-30 09:44:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD KIPR TW EINV |
07TAIPEI2283 | KMT ECONOMIC PLATFORM STRESSES DOMESTIC GROWTH [...] (U) This cable is one of a series on the Taiwan presidential candidates' economic policies and advisors. 2. (C) SUMMARY. In an October 3 meeting with AIT economic chief, Ma Ying-jeou advisor Yun-Peng Chu previewed the KMT presidential candidate's economic platform, which will target Taiwan [...] | 2007-10-04 09:53:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN EINV PINR TW |
07TAIPEI2289 | Taipei Economic Brief for September 2007 [...] Summary. This cable summarizes selected September 2007 economic events in Taiwan. Economic statistics show better than expected performance and potential job growth....Biggest share of next year's government budget goes to defense and deficit expected to shrink significantly....The Central B [...] | 2007-10-05 06:22:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
07TAIPEI2336 | LOOKING AHEAD AT CROSS-STRAIT ECONOMIC POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY. During recent discussions of future cross-Strait economic policy with AIT economic chief, Mainland Affairs Council Chairman Chen Min-tong and prominent private analysts all predicted eventual progress on establishing direct passenger flights, easing investment restrictions, and in [...] | 2007-10-16 06:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PINR TW CH |
07TAIPEI2399 | HSIEH ADVISOR OUTLINES FINANCE POLICY AGENDA [...] (U) This cable is one in a series on the Taiwan presidential candidates' economic policies and advisors. 2. (C) SUMMARY. In an October 25 meeting with AIT economic chief, DPP presidential campaign financial policy advisor Ray B. Dawn (Tung Rei-bin) criticized what he characterized as KMT [...] | 2007-10-26 00:30:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PINR TW |
07TAIPEI2430 | Taipei Economic Brief for October 2007 [...] Summary. This cable summarizes selected October 2007 economic events in Taiwan. Taiwan enjoyed economic expansion, increased investment, but faced inflationary pressure...Export orders moving to new high in 2007... Taiwan's semiconductor sector passes U.S. in production capacity...Non-electr [...] | 2007-11-01 07:19:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
07TAIPEI244 | SEMICONDUCTOR ENTREPRENEUR EXPLAINS TAIWAN [...] (C) Summary: Powerchip Semiconductor Chairman Frank Huang told the AIT Director on January 30 that Taiwan semiconductor firms will keep their global competitive advantage of cost-effective production. He commented that Chinese competitors in the industry will not be the threat to Taiwan firm [...] | 2007-01-31 09:40:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETTC PGOV PREL TW CH |
07TAIPEI2450 | Taiwan Banks Hold US$2.4 Billion in Sub-prime and SIV [...] Summary. Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission disclosed that as of October 25, Taiwan banks held about US$2.4 billion in sub-prime related products and structured investment vehicles (SIVs). This represents about 3% of the sector's portfolio assets. The FSC says banks can cover any pote [...] | 2007-11-06 09:52:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
07TAIPEI246 | CLOSING THE FINAL LINK - AVIATION (PART 2 OF 2) [...] (C) Summary: The lack of direct air links between Taiwan and the Mainland causes considerable harm to Taiwan's economy. Inconvenient passenger routes change how Taiwan businessmen and foreign investors do business. More expensive air cargo makes Taiwan exporters less competitive. Direct air [...] | 2007-02-01 02:13:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PREL EINV ETRD TW CH |
07TAIPEI25 | CROSS-STRAIT INVESTMENT: TAIWAN ANNOUNCES [...] (C) Summary: On December 29, 2006, Taiwan announced that semiconductor manufacturers could apply for permission to produce chips with 0.18-micron feature size in the PRC. The move comes after years of lobbying from Taiwan firms. More delays are possible before any firms are actually approved [...] | 2007-01-05 04:33:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ETTC ECON PREL CH TW |
07TAIPEI2505 | TAIWAN ENJOYS STRONG FOREIGN INVESTMENT INFLOWS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Taiwan attracted roughly $24 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2006 and the first nine months of 2007, adding to a total of nearly U.S. $89 billion in cumulative FDI since 1952. Taiwan's attractiveness as an international mergers and acquisitions destination is based [...] | 2007-11-20 07:08:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EFIN PREL TW |
07TAIPEI2525 | Taiwan Banks - Too Much Money but Low Profits [...] (SBU) Summary. Taiwan's banking system is stable but anemic, financial analysts and local U.S. bank representatives told officials from the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank. The banking sector faces low profitability and too much competition. Taiwan's large banks have excess liquidity du [...] | 2007-11-26 02:03:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
07TAIPEI253 | Taipei Economic Brief for January 2007 [...] This cable summarizes selected January 2007 economic events in Taiwan: --Economic Performance in 2006; --Science-based Industrial Parks; --PRC Tourists to Taiwan's High-Tech Centers; --Major Investment Projects; --China Rebar Pacific Group Collapse; --Problem Banks Taken Over; --Transfer o [...] | 2007-02-01 08:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
07TAIPEI2551 | BIOTECH IN TAIWAN: THE ECONOMY'S NEXT GROWTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In the 1970s and 80s, official funding and support fostered a Taiwan high technology IT sector that now ranks among the world's most competitive. With the mainland and other low-cost producers offering increased competition, Taiwan authorities have identified biotechnology as a [...] | 2007-12-03 09:53:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO ETRD ECON EINV TW |
07TAIPEI2558 | Taipei Economic Brief for November 2007 [...] Summary. This cable summarizes selected November 2007 economic events in Taiwan. Unexpected export boom raises Taiwan's 2007 real GDP growth forecast by nearly 1%....Less optimism for growth in 2008.... Blame typhoons for pushing inflation to a temporary 14-year high....Taiwan sets a goal to [...] | 2007-12-04 07:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON SENV TW |
07TAIPEI267 | TAIWAN 2006 INVESTMENT IN CHINA REACHES NEW HIGH [...] (U) Summary: Taiwan and PRC official data for planned Taiwan investment in Mainland China both reached new highs in 2006. Taiwan's approved investment in China grew 27.2 percent from 2005 to US$7.64 billion. The rise was due to a dramatic increase in the size of investment projects. End su [...] | 2007-02-02 05:58:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ECON TW CH |
07TAIPEI30 | Taipei Economic Brief for December 2006 [...] This cable summarizes selected December 2006 economic events in Taiwan: --Export Growth Slows in Q4; --Problem Bank Taken over; --10% Growth in Manufacturing Sales in Q3; --Exports of LCD Monitors Surges; --Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Continues to Grow; --Semiconductor China Investment Pr [...] | 2007-01-05 08:06:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
07TAIPEI335 | Taiwan Central Bank Changes Name [...] As part of Taiwan's campaign of name rectification (reftel),on February 10, Taiwan's central bank changed the English name on its website (http://www.cbc.gov.tw) by dropping "China." Its Chinese name remains unchanged as "Zhongyang Yinhang." Its old and new English names follow: Old Name [...] | 2007-02-12 08:58:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
07TAIPEI336 | Taiwan Merges Two State-owned Banks [...] Two state-owned enterprises, including the largest bank in Taiwan, will merge in July 2007. The new entity will be Taiwan's largest financial holding company and its banking unit will have over 10% market share. END SUMMARY. Two State-owned Enterprises --------------------------- 2. [...] | 2007-02-12 08:58:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
07TAIPEI378 | BIGGEST TAIWAN INVESTOR IN PRC SUSPICIOUS OF [...] (C) Summary: Hon Hai Group Chairman Terry Gou expressed to the Director on February 14 reservations about the effects of democracy on economic performance, criticizing corruption in village-level elections in China and praising China's Communist Party leaders as concerned primarily with the in [...] | 2007-02-15 00:46:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EFIN PREL TW CH |
07TAIPEI403 | Taiwan Determined to Prevent PRC-Linked Investor from [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 9, the boards of two state-controlled shipping companies, Taiwan Navigation and Yang Ming Marine, voted to swap stocks in order to prevent privately held Chinese Maritime Transport from taking control of Taiwan Navigation's board. Chinese Maritime's chairman has clos [...] | 2007-02-16 06:36:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EINV ECON PREL CH TW |
07TAIPEI407 | TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY - SOARING PROFITS [...] (U) Summary: Taiwan's semiconductor industry showed strong growth in 2006 at 23 percent overall. The top producers of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) averaged growth of 74 percent. Taiwan may overtake South Korea as the largest supplier of DRAM this year. Taiwan contract chip manufactur [...] | 2007-02-16 07:13:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETTC TW |
07TAIPEI409 | Taiwan Banking Sector Update [...] This report covers the 42 Taiwan banks, 28 credit coops, and 278 Farmers/Fishermen Association (FA) credt departments which constitute Taiwan's banking sector. In 2006, delinquent credit/cash card debt eroded profitability of Taiwan banks which, nevertheless, remained relatively healthy in te [...] | 2007-02-16 07:17:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
07TAIPEI461 | Taipei Economic Brief for February 2007 [...] This cable summarizes selected February 2007 economic events in Taiwan: --Moon Distorts Taiwan's Economic Statistics --Economic Performance Better Than Expected --Labor Participation Rate Up, Unemployment Down --2007 Private Investment Goal: NT$1.67 Trillion --Taiwan to Direct Foreign Inve [...] | 2007-03-01 08:37:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
07TAIPEI49 | Taiwan Takes Over Two More Banks [...] (U) Only three weeks after taking over the insolvent Taitung Business Bank (TBB, reported ref A),Taiwan ordered takeover of two more banks, one insolvent and the other suffering a bank run. Financial regulators guaranteed 100%-protection of deposits to prevent financial instability. END SU [...] | 2007-01-09 01:50:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN EIND ECON PINR TW |
07TAIPEI490 | TAIWAN PETROCHEMICAL INVESTMENT PLANS FOR PRC [...] (C) Summary: After seventeen years of planning, Formosa Plastics Corporation (FPC) is still waiting for Taiwan to lift restrictions on naptha cracker investment in the PRC. FPC's Chairman told AIT that its plan to build a naphtha cracker complex near Shanghai is necessary to compete in the ra [...] | 2007-03-05 02:46:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON ETRD EPET CH TW |
07TAIPEI493 | TAIWAN'S FLAT-PANEL DISPLAY INDUSTRY - MILESTONES [...] (SBU) Summary: In 2006, Taiwan's flat-panel display industry earned more than NT$1 trillion (US$30 billion) in revenue for the first time and surpassed South Korea in value of large-size TFT-LCD panels. The industry has seen consolidation, most notably last year's acquisition of Quanta Displa [...] | 2007-03-05 02:46:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD TW |
07TAIPEI516 | Taiwan Survey Shows Deeper Economic Integration [...] Summary: Taiwan's Chinese National Federation of Industries (CNFI) latest survey of Taiwan investors in China suggests the scale of investment in the PRC is rising. Investors are increasingly focused on the domestic Mainland China market. The highest policy priority for firms surveyed is di [...] | 2007-03-06 09:50:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON ETRD PREL CH TW |
07TAIPEI564 | Taiwan's 2006 Balance of Payments [...] SUMMARY: Taiwan's current account surplus in 2006 surged nearly 60% to US$25 billion. The C/A surplus was largely offset by a huge capital outflow of direct investment and insurance firms' portfolio investment. Depreciation of the US Dollar (USD) drove up the USD value of Taiwan's EURO and [...] | 2007-03-13 09:00:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
07TAIPEI565 | SEF CHAIRMAN SEES PROGRESS TOWARD RENEWED SEF- [...] (C) Summary: Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) Chairman Chang Chun-hsiung told AIT that Beijing's decision to allow an SEF official to travel to China is an important breakthrough. Although President Chen's "four wants" speech may slow progress temporarily, he believes the two sides are on tr [...] | 2007-03-14 01:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EINV CH TW |
07TAIPEI605 | TAIWAN SLOWLY OPENING DOOR TO PRC EMPLOYEES [...] (SBU) Summary: Taiwan has made gradual but notable progress in making it easier for firms in Taiwan, both foreign and local, to bring Mainland employees to Taiwan for business activities. Requirements have been lowered and processing times have been reduced. The next step will be to treat bu [...] | 2007-03-16 07:03:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON EINV CH TW |
07TAIPEI609 | MAC CHAIRMAN SAYS "FOUR WANTS" HAVE NOT HURT [...] (C) Summary: Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Chairman Joseph Wu told Director Young that President Chen Shui- bian's "four wants" speech had not set back MAC's work on cross-Strait relations. He described the private meeting between the PRC Taiwan Affairs Office Economics Director and his MAC [...] | 2007-03-16 08:36:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EINV CH TW |
07TAIPEI63 | Reorganization Signals Collapse of China Rebar [...] (SBU) On January 4, 2007, China Rebar Pacific Group (CRPG) announced reorganization plans for two affiliated companies triggering declines in share prices of all companies affiliated with CRPG and a run on two financial institutions affiliated with the group. The court granted the two compani [...] | 2007-01-10 01:44:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN EIND ECON PINR TW |
07TAIPEI634 | Taiwan Targets Insider Trading [...] SUMMARY: Taiwan's prosecutors have come down hard on the all-too-common practice of insider trading, just as they have shaken-up politics-as-usual mixing of personal and private funds (refs A and B). In the past three years, Taiwan's prosecutors begun investigations of 155 suspected insider [...] | 2007-03-21 07:07:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
07TAIPEI672 | AIT DIRECTOR REVIEWS TIFA AGENDA WITH ECON [...] (SBU) On March 21, AIT Director called on Minister of Economic Affairs Steve Chen to review the bilateral trade relationship and the TIFA agenda. Chen gave a positive assessment of the state of the relationship, but reiterated Taiwan's goal of signing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the U [...] | 2007-03-23 09:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV KIPR TW |
07TAIPEI704 | CROSS-STRAIT INVESTMENT - PACE OF LIBERALIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Taiwan has liberalized restrictions on investment in the PRC at a more rapid pace in 2006 after several years of little progress. This contributed to a 27 percent rise in approved China-bound investment last year. However, capital limits and industry-specific restrictions rema [...] | 2007-03-28 08:31:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON PREL CH TW |
07TAIPEI725 | Taipei Economic Brief for March 2007 [...] This cable summarizes selected March 2007 economic events in Taiwan: --Improved Economic Performance --Taiwan's FX Reserves Increase --Taiwan Targets Insider Trading --SMIC Investment Fine Overturned --Taiwan's First 8G TFT-LCD Plants --Taiwan IC Industry Grows in 2006 --Taiwan Electroni [...] | 2007-03-29 08:54:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
07TAIPEI726 | Business Scandal Drives Up Taiwan's NPL Ratio [...] SUMMARY. A business scandal in January (reftels) drove up Taiwan's non-performing loan (NPL) ratio in February, but the ratio remained well below 2.5% and will probably level off or even decline as consumer debt delinquencies are fading and Taiwan banks can easily absorb the bad debt arising [...] | 2007-03-29 08:55:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
07TAIPEI73 | Taiwan's 2007 Investment Climate Statement (Part II) [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-11 01:34:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR OPIC KTDB USTR TW |
07TAIPEI74 | Taiwan's 2007 Investment Climate Statement (Part I) [...] Taiwan officially welcomes foreign direct investment. Taiwan's science-based industrial parks and export processing zones offer streamlined procedures. Taiwan has made significant improvement in protecting intellectual property. 2. As part of its efforts to improve the investment climate [...] | 2007-01-11 01:35:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR OPIC KTDB USTR TW |
07TAIPEI791 | Another Taiwan Bank in Receivership [...] At the end of March, Taiwan added a fourth bank to those put into receivership in the past four months. Another three banks designated as insolvent in July 2005 are still undergoing resolution. Taiwan's inadequate resolution mechanisms will likely force state-owned banks to take over some of [...] | 2007-04-10 09:45:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
07TAIPEI855 | Taiwan Futures Market Second Largest in East Asia [...] Although just started in 1998, Taiwan futures exchange (TAIFEX) has expanded quickly to become the second largest in East Asia. Its world ranking has moved up from 57th to 18th. Foreign investor participation remains relatively small since Taiwan only removed restrictions on non-hedged tradi [...] | 2007-04-17 00:55:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
07TAIPEI919 | Taiwan Increases Deposit Insurance Premium [...] Taiwan will increase the deposit insurance premium paid by banks starting in July 2007 by shifting the basis for premiums from insured deposits to outstanding deposits. In response to complaints of U.S. and European banks in Taiwan, authorities may reduce the rate. END SUMMARY. Outstandin [...] | 2007-04-26 02:55:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
07TAIPEI965 | Taipei Economic Brief for April 2007 [...] This cable summarizes selected April 2007 economic events in Taiwan: --Domestic Demand to Spur Economic Growth --Trade Surplus Doubles --Illegal Cross-Strait Remittance Operations Closed --ProMOS to Use 0.18-Micron Technology in China --Personal Bankruptcy Law Concerns Bankers --Medical T [...] | 2007-05-01 05:43:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW |
07TAIPEI998 | TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR FIRMS - FOCUSED ON CHINA [...] (SBU) Summary: Semiconductor industry executives described Taiwan's decision to permit investment in more advanced manufacturing technology in China as a small step in the right direction. They do not expect to see further liberalization of investment restrictions during the Chen administrati [...] | 2007-05-03 01:53:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETTC PGOV PREL TW CH |
07TALLINN24 | TALLINN'S BFIF FY07 PROPOSAL [...] Summary: Embassy Tallinn proposes four FY07 projects for the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund. All four projects are integral parts of Embassy Tallinn's relationship with its FCS partnership post in Helsinki, Finland. The first is a summer 2007 FSI Commercial Tradecraft training program [...] | 2007-01-16 06:05:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD BEXP AMGT ABUD BTIO EINV EN |
07TALLINN27 | ESTONIA: BUYBACK OF THE RAILWAY COMPLETE [...] (U) The buyback of the Estonian Railway by the Estonian government was completed on January 9, 2007. Representatives of the GOE and Baltic Rail Services (BRS) signed documents under which the state again became the owner of 100 percent of the shares of Eesti Raudtee (Estonian Railways). The s [...] | 2007-01-16 06:09:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL EINV EN |
07TALLINN499 | 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (U) The United States Government is aware of one (1) previously disputed claim of U.S. persons against the Government of Estonia, which was resolved in January 2007. a. Claimants A and B. b. The dispute began in 2005. c. Claimants A and B were U.S. corporations that owned 27.88 and 5. [...] | 2007-07-30 13:40:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV EN |
07TALLINN500 | 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (U) The United States Government is aware of one (1) previously disputed claim of U.S. persons against the Government of Estonia, which was resolved in January 2007. a. Claimants A and B. b. The dispute began in 2005. c. Claimants A and B were U.S. corporations that owned 27.88 and 5. [...] | 2007-07-30 14:34:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV EN |
07TALLINN519 | AMBASSADOR'S MEEING WITH NEW FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (U) Summary. On August 8, the Ambassador hosted a luncheon with Sven Mikser, Member of Parliament (MP) and the new Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC). The two discussed Estonia and the European Union's relations with Russia, Estonia's contributions in the global war on terror, an [...] | 2007-08-13 07:17:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EINV EN |
07TALLINN537 | TALLINN'S BFIF FY07 REPORT [...] Summary: Embassy Tallinn received USD 2,500 from the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund in 2007 for FSC Helsinki Shadow Training and U.S. Automobile Industry promotion project. Post has used 959.67 for the U.S. car promotion project. Helsinki Shadow training is scheduled in late September o [...] | 2007-08-17 11:53:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD BEXP AMGT ABUD AFIN EINV EN |
07TALLINN745 | TALLINN'S BFIF FY07 FINAL REPORT [...] Summary: Embassy Tallinn received USD 2,500 from the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund in 2007 for FSC Helsinki Shadow Training and an U.S. Automobile Industry promotion project. Post used 959.67 for the U.S. car promotion project (reported in ref C) and 477.50 USD for Helsinki Shadow trai [...] | 2007-11-16 13:00:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD BEXP AMGT ABUD AFIN EINV EN |
07TASHKENT1022 | CHEAP CHINESE LOANS TO KEY UZBEK SECTORS [...] (U) In April, the Chinese Eximbank extended by one year the validity of a $300 million export-financing credit line to the National Bank of Uzbekistan. This credit line was initially provided in 2004 to finance the purchase of Chinese-produced equipment for use in key sectors of the Uzbek eco [...] | 2007-05-29 09:49:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON PREL PGOV CH UZ |
07TASHKENT1139 | 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] The United States Government is aware of fifteen (15) claims of United States persons against the Government of Uzbekistan, seven (7) of which have been resolved. 2. a. Claimant B b. 1998 c. Claimant B is a US trading company that exported alcohol to Uzbekistan. In 1998, customs au [...] | 2007-06-15 10:29:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PGOV EINV KIDE UZ |
07TASHKENT1140 | COSCOM CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: In the past month, the Uzbekistan Agency for Communications and Information Technology (the Telecom Agency) and other authorities have quietly dropped their legal and administrative complaints against U.S. majority-owned cellular provider COSCOM. The company has recovered most of [...] | 2007-06-15 10:40:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECPS PGOV UZ |
07TASHKENT1187 | GOU PAYS OFF NEWMONT LOAN TO EBRD [...] (C) Summary: The Head of the Representative Office of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD),Fernand Pillonel, said the remainder of its loan to the Zarafshan-Newmont Joint Venture will be paid in full by the GOU by the end of June. As EBRD is a third tier creditor, this [...] | 2007-06-25 03:21:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EBRD PGOV UZ |
07TASHKENT1217 | EUREKA! NEWMONT MAKES A DEAL WITH GOU [...] (C) Newmont Mining's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer told Charge that he expected to sign a settlement agreement with the Government of Uzbekistan on June 29. Under the agreement, the government will pay Newmont $80 million over the next several months, will pay outstanding obligations to [...] | 2007-07-02 04:47:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PGOV UZ |
07TASHKENT1366 | UPDATE TO 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION CASES [...] (U) Per Ref A instructions, Post provides the following update to its submission for the 2007 Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriation Cases. Post requests Department update ref B as indicated below. 2. (SBU) a. Claimant S (resolved) c. In late June, Claimant S informed Post that [...] | 2007-07-24 11:18:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PGOV KIDE UZ EINV |
07TASHKENT1509 | ENERGY AND AGRICULTURE EXPOS FAIL TO ATTRACT [...] (SBU) Summary: In April, the Agrominitech and Oil and Gas Expositions opened Uzbekistan's expo season, but attracted less foreign interest and attention than in 2006. On the whole, foreign companies continue to avoid investing in Uzbekistan. Even Russian companies are adversely affected by t [...] | 2007-08-17 09:29:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ETRD EINV ENGR PREL UZ |
07TASHKENT1648 | U.S. COTTON GIN IS A RARE SEMI-SUCCESS STORY [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 7, econoff visited the Central Asia Seed Company (CASC),a modern, fully U.S.-owned cotton gin located in Syrdarya, about two hours southwest of Tashkent. With over ten years experience in Uzbekistan, CASC is valued by the provincial government for its social and e [...] | 2007-09-17 10:33:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD ICAC UZ |
07TASHKENT1662 | GM-DAT, UZDAEWOO IN JOINT VENTURE TALKS; CHEVROLET [...] (C) Summary: GM-DAT, a Korean-based GM subsidiary, is in talks on the establishment of a joint venture (JV) with UzDaewoo. GM-DAT intends to sign the formal contract with President Karimov in October and then publicly announce the JV. GM-DAT views the JV as a long-term investment in which it [...] | 2007-09-19 10:17:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EIND ELTN RU UZ |
07TASHKENT1734 | COTTON TRADE, PROFITS (AND REFORMS?) [...] (C) Summary: The 2007 Third International Cotton and Textile Conference attracted over 250 companies, the majority Asian. Embassy staff attended. Uzbekistan expects to export over one million tons of ginned cotton in 2007 for approximately USD 1.55 billion. Over 70 percent of this year's bu [...] | 2007-10-05 04:18:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ICAC EINV ETRD ELAB ZK UZ |
07TASHKENT1760 | GM VENTURES INTO UZBEK ECONOMY [...] (U) On October 8 GM-DAT, a Korean-based GM subsidiary, signed a joint venture with UzDaewoo, receiving 25 percent plus one share of the company, with the possibility of increasing its share to 40 percent. As noted reftel, this deal brings the Chevrolet brand to Uzbekistan, with an eye to the [...] | 2007-10-11 10:07:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EIND ELTN SK UZ |
07TASHKENT265 | COSCOM SUSPENSION ENDS, BUT PROBLEMS REMAIN [...] (C) Summary: Majority U.S.-owned cellular provider COSCOM returned to service at the end of a 10-day suspension. However, the company has only limited service, as crucial connections to the national cellular network remain severed. Important disputes with the state telecom agency remain unreso [...] | 2007-02-16 06:31:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECPS RU UZ |
07TASHKENT278 | COSCOM SUSPENSION ENDS, BUT PROBLEMS REMAIN [...] (C) Summary: Majority U.S.-owned cellular provider COSCOM returned to service at the end of a 10-day suspension. However, the company has only limited service, as crucial connections to the national cellular network remain severed. Important disputes with the state telecom agency remain unreso [...] | 2007-02-17 03:39:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECPS RU UZ |
07TASHKENT354 | UZBEK TELECOM CHIEF DENIES DISCRIMINATORY [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov, also chief of Uzbekistan's national telecommunications agency, used his meeting with SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum almost exclusively to harp on complaints about alleged legal and regulatory violations by U.S.-owned cellular provider COSCOM. He was [...] | 2007-03-05 05:11:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EINV ECPS PGOV US UZ |
07TASHKENT511 | UZBEK AUTOMAKER HOPING FOR A BAILOUT FROM GM [...] (SBU) Summary: UzDaewoo, Central Asia's largest auto manufacturer, could face a serious sales disruption in January 2008, when Russia introduces new emission standards. Exports to Russia account for well over half of UzDaewoo's total sales. According to optimistic company estimates, the autom [...] | 2007-03-29 12:31:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | EIND ECON ETRD ELTN EINV KS UZ |
07TASHKENT769 | SCANDINAVIAN-TURKISH FIRM MAY BUY COSCOM AND [...] (C) Summary: Scandinavian-Turkish joint venture Fintur Holdings may win the Uzbek government's approval to purchase U.S.-based MCT Corporation, the parent of telecom provider COSCOM. COSCOM's General Manager believes that Fintur has made the right approach to the Uzbeks, including lobbying Pr [...] | 2007-04-13 10:42:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECPS PGOV RU TU UZ |
07TASHKENT800 | UZBEKS OFFER NEWMONT MINING VERY LITTLE, VERY LATE [...] (C) Summary: At the request of Uzbek authorities, Newmont Mining visited Tashkent April 14-16 to discuss a possible out-of-court settlement in connection with their forced departure from Uzbekistan last year. The Uzbeks offered USD 30 million in compensation, far short of what Newmont views a [...] | 2007-04-18 11:58:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PREL PGOV UZ |
07TASHKENT829 | GM CLOSE TO A DEAL WITH UZBEK AUTOMAKER [...] (SBU) Summary: General Motors executives based in South Korea and Hungary visited Uzbekistan for talks with officials and auto industry leaders on a proposed memorandum of understanding. The agreement would help automaker UzDaewoo in the critical task of developing a product line to meet adva [...] | 2007-04-25 05:09:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ECON ETRD ELTN EINV KS UZ |
07TASHKENT978 | GH SUBSIDIARY SIGNS STRATEGIC COOPERATION DEAL [...] (C) Summary: On May 1, the Chief Executive Officer of General Motors' South Korean subsidiary, GM-DAT, signed a major cooperation agreement with the Government of Uzbekistan. The deal was personally endorsed by President Karimov and heralded in the state-run press, which, however, ignored the [...] | 2007-05-18 06:45:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | EIND ECON ETRD ELTN EINV KS UZ |
07TBILISI2451 | GEORGIA GETS IMPROVED RANKINGS ON BUSINESS [...] Summary: The annual report of the International Financial Corporation (World Bank Group) has moved Georgia up from thirty-seventh to eighteenth place out of 178 surveyed countries in terms of ease of doing business. Georgia is the fifth top reformer country on the list. An annual report by [...] | 2007-10-01 10:01:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV PROV GG |
07TEGUCIGALPA1077 | HONDURAS: TELECOM LAW PROGRESS STALLED WHILE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite mounting pressure to agree upon a draft law to liberalize the telecommunications sector, the GOH and private industry representatives failed June 13 to come to an agreement. The action now moves to Congress where congressional leaders have promised passage of a previously [...] | 2007-06-15 16:30:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECPS EINV ELAB HO KJUS KPRV PGOV PINR |
07TEGUCIGALPA1232 | HONDUTEL WARNING CABLE [...] Recent newspaper reports have identified serious corruption and fraud at state-run telephone company Hondutel. The charges, which include extortion, fraudulent signing of contracts and misuse of power, are currently under review by the Honduran Attorney General's office after the national Congr [...] | 2007-07-18 17:56:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EINV ELAB KJUS KPRV PGOV PINR HO |
07TEGUCIGALPA1311 | INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE VICE-MINISTER ROSA MEETING [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador and EconOff met with Industry and Commerce Vice-Minister Jorge "Coque" Rosa and Official CAFTA-DR negotiator Melvin Redondo on August 2, 2007, regarding the potential imposition of safeguards on the sock industry. The GOH does not believe that the USG has a legitimate r [...] | 2007-08-02 22:29:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND EINV ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL HO |
07TEGUCIGALPA1694 | HONDURAN FIRM PRODUCES BIODIESEL FROM TILAPIA [...] (U) Summary: Aguafinca, a Honduran firm with Swiss capital and an Israeli manager, claims to be the only company in the world producing biodiesel from tilapia. It produces 3,000 gallons of biodiesel a day, which powers its entire vehicle fleet and meets 50 percent of its power generation ne [...] | 2007-10-23 19:42:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON EIND EINV SENV HO |
07TEGUCIGALPA1792 | SMUGGLING, UNCERTAINTY AND RED INK IN HONDURAN [...] (C) Summary: Oil industry sources here report that the Zelaya Administration's efforts to manipulate pump prices and control the importation of petroleum products has increased gasoline smuggling. Zelaya still appears publicly in favor of building new import terminals to receive fuel from a so [...] | 2007-11-14 21:31:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV HO |
07TEGUCIGALPA77 | HONDURAS EXPROPRIATES U.S. OIL COMPANIES' STORAGE [...] (S/NF) Summary: On January 13, the GOH announced in a surprise decision that it would be compelling use of privately-owned oil import and storage facilities in Honduras. It remains unclear which facilities are affected, but at a minimum Honduran firm DIPPSA and U.S. firm Esso are subject to [...] | 2007-01-14 20:00:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET EINV ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO |
07TEGUCIGALPA782 | HONDURAS: FACING CORRUPTION CHARGES, HONDUTEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of surprise moves, Hondutel operations director Marcelo Chimirri was essentially stripped of authority at the state run telecommunications company and all his legal actions during his tenure were nullified. However, Chimirri was then promoted several days later as the [...] | 2007-05-09 15:31:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECPS EINV ELAB HO KJUS KPRV PGOV PINR |
07TELAVIV2098 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SHIMON PERES: AMBITIOUS [...] (C) Summary. In a July 6 meeting with the Ambassador, President-elect Peres offered an ambitious agenda for his presidency, including restoring optimism to the Israeli public and reinvigorating Israel's relations with the American Jewish community. Peres thought Israel should not apply too [...] | 2007-07-09 13:57:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECIN EINV JO KWBG IS |
07TELAVIV3527 | D/S KIMMITT, BAR-ON, FIND COMMON GROUND ON PEACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary of Treasury Robert Kimmitt and the Ambassador met Finance Minister Roni Bar-On on December 7, and discussed plans for Palestinian economic development and the future of Iran sanctions. Bar-On assured that the Government of Israel (GOI) is committed to helping the [...] | 2007-12-14 16:49:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV KNNP KWBG IR IS |
07TELAVIV3595 | ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN WATER ISSUES - PREPARING FOR BILATERAL WATER NEGOTIATIONS AND THE TRILATERAL WATER WORKING GROUP MEETS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-21 13:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL EAGR EINV EAID IS KWBG |
07THEHAGUE1157 | NETHERLANDS: 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES [...] In response to reftel, Post is not aware of any significant investment disputes involving the Dutch government or any expropriation claims involving U.S. citizens for the period of 2006 through June 1, 2007. This message represents a coordinated response from Embassy The Hague's FCS, FAS and [...] | 2007-06-15 15:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV NL |
07THEHAGUE12 | DUTCH LIKELY TO APPROVE NYSE/EURONEXT MERGER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Dutch Finance Minister Gerrit Zalm is preparing to issue a no objection certificate in February that would remove one of the last hurdles for the NYSE/Euronext merger. His approval will contain provisions designed to discourage U.S. regulations like Sarbanes-Oxley from being [...] | 2007-01-05 08:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ELAB NL |
07THEHAGUE1336 | NEW DUTCH ECONOMIC MINISTER SEEKS FURTHER U.S. - [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-12 16:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV SENV KISL PINR NL |
07THEHAGUE1662 | NETHERLANDS: CODEL PASTOR FOCUSES ON ENERGY [...] SUMMARY. The August 23-26 visit of a delegation led by Arizona Representative Ed Pastor highlighted Dutch efforts to tackle issues related to increasing energy efficiency, utilizing alternative energy resources, and identifying new water management/climate adaptation strategies. Visits to t [...] | 2007-09-11 13:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG ETRD EINV BEXP NL |
07THEHAGUE1836 | DUTCH 2008 BUDGET: REPAIRING THE ROOF WHILE THE SUN IS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In presenting the 2008 national budget, the Netherlands' new center-left coalition government has opted for a series of measures aimed at promoting a "fairer" income distribution, while also ensuring the country's future financial sustainability. By introducing new taxes and [...] | 2007-10-03 08:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL EINV ELAB PGOV NL |
07THEHAGUE1967 | ABN AMRO TAKEOVER BATTLE OVER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A consortium of the Royal Bank of Scotland, Spain's Banco Santander and the Belgian-Dutch bank Fortis have gained control of the Dutch bank ABN Amro after a long takeover battle that pitted the group against a rival bidder, the British bank Barclays. A detailed plan for ABN A [...] | 2007-11-05 15:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV NL |
07THEHAGUE1999 | NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA: DUTCH EXPAND ECONOMIC TIES DURING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Dutch trade and energy officials are claiming success following Prime Minister Balkenende's recent Russia visit and the conclusion of Dutch-Russian business deals that build on existing bilateral trade and business ties. The Dutch hope that a Gasunie-Gazprom pipeline deal wil [...] | 2007-11-19 07:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EINV ECON RS NL |
07THEHAGUE2053 | NETHERLANDS: SUBPRIME CRISIS EFFECTS LIMITED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Netherlands' biggest banks have until now been largely unaffected by any spillover from the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis. Any damage appears to be limited to two medium-sized financial institutions -- the NIBC and Hiax fund, with the NIBC ultimately falling prey to a tak [...] | 2007-12-11 15:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV NL |
07THEHAGUE219 | DUTCH FINANCE MINISTER APPROVES NYSE/EURONEXT MERGER [...] (SBU) Dutch Finance Minister Zalm signed on February 2 a declaration of no objection that will allow the NYSE and Euronext to merge. Legally based in the Netherlands, Euronext requires a license in the form of a "declaration of no objection" from the Dutch Finance Ministry (MOF) to operate. [...] | 2007-02-05 17:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ELAB NL |
07THEHAGUE50 | DUTCH ECONOMY RETAINS ITS MOMENTUM [...] SUMMARY. In 2006, the Dutch economy outperformed the European average for the first time since the late nineties, largely due to a rise in disposable family income and investment and export growth. Experts expect this trend to continue in 2007 and 2008, widening the gap between Dutch and Euro [...] | 2007-01-11 13:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL EINV ELAB PGOV NL |
07THEHAGUE728 | NEW DUTCH TRADE MINISTER TO FOCUS ON BUSINESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. New Dutch Trade Minister Heemskerk's positive experience in America as a young student should bode well for maintaining Dutch support within the EU for U.S. positions in WTO/Doha talks and related trade issues. Heemskerk recently told Ambassador Arnall that support for "one-s [...] | 2007-04-19 12:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV USTR WTRO PINR NL |
07THEHAGUE937 | NEW DUTCH FINANCE STATE SECRETARY - A FRIEND TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a meeting with Ambassador Arnall, new Finance State Secretary de Jager credited recent reductions in corporate tax and withholding rates for strengthening the Dutch investment and business climate. He said the new coalition government was considering measures to address r [...] | 2007-05-16 14:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ELAB PGOV PINR NL |
07TOKYO1377 | MOFA ECONOMIC DIRECTOR GENERAL ON SUB-CABINET [...] (C) Summary: The exchange of information on free trade agreements and discussion of food safety issues remain the most sensitive topics for Japan at the upcoming sub-Cabinet meetings in Washington, according to the Director General for Economic Affairs of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Af [...] | 2007-03-29 07:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAGR EINV PREL WTRO SENV JA |
07TOKYO1817 | TOKYO MEDICAL CENTER BREAKS NEW GROUND IN HEALTH [...] (SBU) Summary. The Tokyo Midtown Medical Center (TMMC),located in the newly opened Tokyo Midtown complex in the Roppongi area of central Tokyo, boasts Japan's first hospital with a foreign affiliation. TMMC has contracted with Johns Hopkins International (JHI),part of the Johns Hopkins med [...] | 2007-04-24 05:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD SOCI TBIO JA |
07TOKYO1945 | U.S.-JAPAN INVESTMENT WORKING GROUP APRIL 2007 SESSION [...] (SBU) Summary: The second session of the U.S.-Japan Investment Working Group (IWG) for FY-2007 took place on April 13 via digital videoconference (DVC). The IWG reviewed progress on all agenda items in advance of the annual report to leaders in June. Both sides expressed satisfaction with t [...] | 2007-05-01 07:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ELAB ETRD CVIS JA |
07TOKYO2946 | TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE TO INTRODUCE DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS BUT [...] (SBU) The Tokyo Stock Exchange plans to introduce a system of Japanese Depositary Receipts (JDRs) starting in September 2007. The system will provide a new option for foreign companies that want to access the Japanese capital markets, but that cannot or do not wish to list their shares direct [...] | 2007-06-28 09:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON EFIN JA |
07TOKYO2964 | JAPAN'S REFORM AGENDA - PLENTY OF FOREST BUT FEW [...] (C) Summary. The Council for Economic and Fiscal Policy (CEFP),the Council for the Promotion of Regulatory Reform (CPRR),the Asia Gateway Strategy Panel (Asia Gateway),and the Innovation 25 Strategy Council (Innovation 25),all advisory bodies to the Prime Minister's Cabinet office, each is [...] | 2007-06-29 07:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAIR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD JA PGOV |
07TOKYO3187 | REGIONAL INCOME GAPS: PRE-ELECTION FOCUS ON INCOME [...] (SBU) As July,s Upper House election approaches, regional income disparities have emerged as a priority issue in the national conversation on growing income gaps. Ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) politicians recognized as early as mid-2006 that the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DP [...] | 2007-07-12 06:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV SOCI JA |
07TOKYO450 | JAPAN GINGERLY SEEKS NEW ECON TIES WITH CHINA, [...] (C) Summary: Japan sees little prospect for substantial improvement in its official relations with South Korea in the near term because of the attitudes of the present Korean administration, according to a senior official of the Asia Bureau of Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). Th [...] | 2007-02-01 01:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD PREL JA CH KS |
07TOKYO454 | METI TO REVIEW SECURITY CRITERIA FOR FDI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has established an outside study group to recommend possible revisions to the law that governs those sectors in which foreign direct investment (FDI) requires prior government notification and approval. The study group's ideas w [...] | 2007-02-01 03:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON PARM JA |
07TOKYO5232 | FTC COMMISSIONER HARBOUR MEETINGS WITH GOJ [...] Summary: Japanese officials who met with Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Commissioner Pamela Jones Harbour November 8 showed interest in stronger cooperation with the United States on antitrust issues as well as in initiatives related to e-commerce and consumer protection. The Japan Fair Trad [...] | 2007-11-14 09:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV KCRM PGOV JA |
07TOKYO762 | DIET ECONOMIC AGENDA [...] (SBU) Summary. The 2007 Diet convened on January 25 and will run 150 days to June 23 during which it will consider a number of economic bills with potential impact on this summer's Upper House election, particularly those designed to bolster PM Abe's "Second Chance" initiative to close a perce [...] | 2007-02-22 23:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN EAGR ELAB EINV ETRD JA |
07TORONTO430 | Unraveling Canada's Asset-Backed Commercial Credit Crunch [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: By agreement among the players, the Canadian non-bank asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) market, which was valued at C$40 billion in August, is frozen until December 14. Canada's market for ABCP sold by non-bank dealers ground to a halt in mid-August after Toronto-based Covent [...] | 2007-10-25 18:44:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV CA |
07TRIPOLI1038 | LIBYAN EPSA GAS BIDDING ROUND: INTERNATIONAL MAJORS' [...] (C) Summary: Four companies won exploration and production rights for gas in the recently concluded fourth round of Libya's Exploration and Production Sharing Agreement (EPSA) mechanism. Winning bids featured low production sharing percentages for the international oil companies (IOC's),but i [...] | 2007-12-13 16:18:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET BTIO ECON EINV ENRG LY |
07TRIPOLI1053 | U.S. COMPANIES WIN $2 BILLION WORTH OF INFRASTRUCTURE CONTRACTS AS REWARD FOR POLITICAL RELATIONSHIP REF: TRIPOLI 1023 TRIPOLI 00001053 001.2 OF 003 CLASSIFIED BY: Chris Stevens, CDA, Embassy Tripoli, State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-18 08:55:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | BTIO ECON EIND EINV PREL PGOV LY |
07TRIPOLI397 | BEARISH: LIBYAN STOCK MARKET LUMBERING ALONG SLOWLY [...] (SBU) Last month Libyan authorities announced the launch of Libya's stock market (the Libyan Stock Exchange Market, or LSEM) on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the Jamahiriya (or "state of the masses") with the unveiling of Moammar al-Qadhafi's Green Book. This s [...] | 2007-04-23 17:42:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON EINV EFIN LY |
07TRIPOLI641 | QADHAFI HOSTS SARKOZY FOLLOWING DEPARTURE OF BULGARIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Just one day after six foreign health workers accused of intentionally spreading HIV left Libya for Bulgaria, French President Nicholas Sarkozy arrived in Tripoli on July 25 for wide-ranging discussions with Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi. Sarkozy and Qadhafi reportedly discus [...] | 2007-07-26 15:20:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM EINV ENRG FR LY |
07TRIPOLI664 | LIBYA, FRANCE CONCLUDE "VERY GENERAL" CIVILIAN NUCLEAR DEAL [...] (S) Summary: According to French diplomats, a civilian nuclear deal concluded between Libya and France during President Sarkozy's visit to Tripoli constitutes only a "very general" framework for future cooperation, with no clear financial commitment from the French side and little expectatio [...] | 2007-08-03 12:38:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | PREL PGOV KNNP ENRG MNUC ECIN EINV ETRD KPWR FR |
07TRIPOLI912 | A SUCCESS?: ENI'S DEAL WITH LIBYA'S NATIONAL OIL [...] Summary: Italian energy firm Eni has struck a major deal with Libya's National Oil Corporation that will significantly extend its concession contracts and launch an ambitious series of exploration and development activities. While trumpeted by Eni as a success, the deal carries serious negat [...] | 2007-10-26 16:32:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | BTIO ECON EINV EPET ENRG PREL LY |
07TRIPOLI936 | GOL OFFICIAL DENOUNCES TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-06 11:27:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ELAB LY |
07TRIPOLI949 | SLOW PROGRESS ON ITALY-LIBYA COLONIAL COMPENSATION TREATY A [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-07 16:31:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EINV ETRD LY IT |
07TRIPOLI972 | ANTI-ISRAEL BOYCOTT INCIDENT WITH LIBYAN NATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-18 16:11:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | KBCT ECON ELTN PREL PGOV EINV LY |
07TRIPOLI978 | EXXONMOBIL ADDS NEW OFFSHORE ACREAGE [...] (SBU) ExxonMobil has clinched a deal with Libya's National Oil Corporation to increase its acreage in the country by about fifty percent. The soon-to-be announced deal is for a giant offshore bloc adjacent to another it secured in the December 2006 Exploration and Production Sharing Agreement [...] | 2007-11-20 16:21:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EPET ENRG LY |
07TRIPOLI979 | LIBYAN MARKET TESTS INTERNATIONAL OIL AND GAS COMPANIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Although an alluring market for the oil and gas industry, Libya is an exceptionally difficult place in which to operate. In their daily operations, international oil companies (IOC's) face numerous challenges on visas, staffing and taxation issues, and their profit margins ar [...] | 2007-11-21 11:29:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EPET ENRG LY |
07TRIPOLI983 | OXY EXTENDS FOR 25 YEARS IN LIBYA [...] Summary: U.S. energy company Occidental Petroleum is set to announce a 25-year extension of its existing contracts in Libya. This deal will include more than $13 billion in capital investment, and solidifies Occidental's position as a major player and top acreage holder in country. End Sum [...] | 2007-11-21 14:23:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EPET ENRG LY |
07TUNIS1024 | CALVERT SUPPORT TO TUNISIA'S ENDA [...] (U) Per reftel request, Post provides the following background information on ENDA Inter-Arabe. ENDA and co-founder Essma Ben Hamida are well-known to the Embassy. Post has no objections to the proposed OPIC guaranty of Calvert Social Investment Foundation loans to ENDA. 2. (U) ENDA was fo [...] | 2007-07-31 15:19:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON EFIN TS |
07TUNIS1073 | TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Trade Gap Narrows B. President Signs US $14 Billion Emirati Project Bill C. GOT Offers Tax Amnesty for Capital Repatriation ----------------- Trade Gap Narrows ----------------- [...] | 2007-08-09 11:41:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN KTEX TS |
07TUNIS1136 | CODEL COSTELLO PROMOTES OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT AND [...] (SBU) During a August 18-20 visit to Tunisia, the 11 members of CODEL Costello were warmly welcomed by GOT officials, who were eager to highlight Tunisia's economic success and express their enthusiasm for the recently founded Tunisia caucus. Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi focused on the e [...] | 2007-08-21 16:30:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EINV ETRD TS |
07TUNIS119 | TELECOM MINISTER SINGS PRAISES OF PRIVATIZATION, [...] (SBU) Summary: During Ambassador's January 23 courtesy call, Minister for Communications Technology Montasser Ouaili expressed enthusiasm for increasing US investment in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector, allowing more competition, and for the full privatization of par [...] | 2007-01-26 14:43:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS EINT EINV BEXP OEXC TS |
07TUNIS120 | US COMPANIES BEMOAN COMPLEX REGULATIONS, BUT ARE [...] (U) During a January roundtable hosted by Ambassador, representatives of US companies in Tunisia highlighted a wide range of issues related to doing business in Tunisia. Common complaints included Tunisia's complex regulatory environment, excessive restrictions on importation, and poor telecom [...] | 2007-01-26 14:51:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ETRD EINV ECPS EINT KIPR TS |
07TUNIS1202 | SCENESCETTER FOR ECONOMIC DELEGATION [...] (SBU) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes PDAS Elizabeth Dibble, DAS Holly Vineyard, Elizabeth Hopkins, Paul Burkhead, and Alex Severens to Tunis from September 9 - 12, 2007. After a productive roundtable with the GOT and private sector on a US-Tunisia Free Trade Agreement and a series of Ambassador [...] | 2007-08-30 16:33:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV EAIR KIPR BEXP EFIN TS |
07TUNIS1249 | ECONOMIC DELEGATION SPURS GOT ACTION [...] (C) During a September 9-12 visit to Tunisia, the interagency economic delegation headed by EEB PDAS Elizabeth Dibble stressed the US commitment to strengthening the bilateral economic relationship and the need for concrete action. Meetings with Minister of Development and International Coope [...] | 2007-09-14 12:26:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAIR EINV BEXP TS |
07TUNIS1261 | AFDB PRESIDENT AIMS TO REGAIN MEMBER CONFIDENCE [...] (SBU) In a September 11 meeting with EEB PDAS Elizabeth Dibble, African Development Bank (AfDB) President Donald Kaberuka outlined his vision for the AfDB's future, emphasizing the need for greater selectivity and focus in Bank lending as well as strong support for the private sector. Kaberuk [...] | 2007-09-18 07:09:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EINV XA |
07TUNIS140 | TUNISIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2007 [...] Tunisia's 2007 Investment Climate Statement. Topics covered include: Paragraph -- Topic 2 -- Openness to Foreign Investment 16 -- Conversion and Transfer Policies 21 -- Expropriation and Compensation 22 -- Dispute Settlement 26 -- Performance Requirements and Incentives 33 -- Right to Priv [...] | 2007-01-30 16:45:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR TS |
07TUNIS141 | TUNISIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2007 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-30 16:51:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR TS |
07TUNIS1433 | INVESTORS GIVE TUNISIA VOTE OF "NO CONFIDENCE" [...] (C) While Tunisia can boast about its impressive economic development and steady economic growth, paltry investment rates reveal that the economy faces significant challenges. Low levels of investment, particularly domestic, not only jeopardize continued economic success and efforts to reduce [...] | 2007-10-29 14:47:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EFIN ECON TS |
07TUNIS1488 | RESOURCE NATIONALISM IN TUNISIA [...] (C) Although the Government of Tunisia retains strong control over natural resources, the energy sector remains one of the largest sources of foreign investment in the country and the GOT actively encourages foreign investment in the sector. In 2006, foreign direct investment (FDI) in the ene [...] | 2007-11-16 15:34:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV PGOV TS |
07TUNIS1521 | MAINTAINING THE MOMENTUM FOR A 2008 TIFA COUNCIL [...] (U) After a recent series of government and private business delegations that have traveled between Tunis and Washington, it is time for a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council in early 2008. In order to be most effective, we believe such a meeting should be held in Tunisia, [...] | 2007-11-27 11:39:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON BEXP TS |
07TUNIS296 | Beywatch: Can Tunisia Cut Its Way Into the Medical Tourism [...] INTRODUCTION: This report is one of a series drafted by Post's entry level officers which have the "Beywatch" caption. We believe the perspectives offered in the following vignette will give the reader greater insight into Tunisia. END INTRODUCTION. 2. SUMMARY: From Budapest to Bangkok, We [...] | 2007-03-06 14:01:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EINV SOCI TS |
07TUNIS313 | Beywatch: Can Tunisia Cut Its Way Into the Medical Tourism [...] INTRODUCTION: This report is one of a series drafted by Post's entry level officers which have the "Beywatch" caption. We believe the perspectives offered in the following vignette will give the reader greater insight into Tunisia. END INTRODUCTION. 2. SUMMARY: From Budapest to Bangkok, We [...] | 2007-03-07 15:58:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EINV SOCI TS |
07TUNIS365 | FOR MINISTER OF TOURISM, TOURISM MORE THAN JUST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During Ambassador's March 16 courtesy call, Minister of Tourism Tijani Haddad expressed great enthusiasm for increasing American tourism to Tunisia and made an impassioned plea for increasing the level of cultural cooperation and exchanges between our two countries. Ambassador n [...] | 2007-03-22 17:36:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD OEXC EAIR KPAO TS |
07TUNIS453 | MINISTER OF INDUSTRY SEEKS INCREASED US INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During Ambassador's April 10 courtesy call, Minister of Industry, Energy, and Small and Medium Enterprise Afif Chelbi focused on the potential opportunities for US investment and expressed his readiness to meet with US investors. Chelbi also highlighted the broader economic cha [...] | 2007-04-12 07:40:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EIND ENRG EPET ETRD EAIR TS |
07TUNIS516 | TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. IMF Urges Further Reform B. Qatar Telecom Invests In Tunisia C. Consumer Price Index Continues To Rise D. Trade Deficit Grows, Industrial Production Up E. GOT Sells Stake in Banque [...] | 2007-04-24 15:15:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN ECPS EIND KTEX KPRV TS |
07TUNIS758 | CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR OUTLINES REFORM AGENDA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During Ambassador's June 7 courtesy call, Central Bank (BCT) Governor Taoufik Baccar emphasized the importance of the BCT in shaping GOT economic policy and outlined his agenda for reform. Baccar is currently pursuing reform in three main areas: monetary policy, banking, and cu [...] | 2007-06-15 13:09:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINV ECON ETRD TS |
07TUNIS791 | TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. IMF Concludes 2007 Article IV Mission B. Qatar Petroleum Awarded Skhira Refinery Tender -------------------------------- IMF Concludes Article IV Mission --------------------------- [...] | 2007-06-20 05:39:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN ECPS TS |
07TUNIS841 | RCD VP LAUDS PARTY INFLUENCE, BEMOANS OPPOSITION [...] (C) In a June 25 courtesy call with the Ambassador, ruling Democratic Constitutional Rally (RCD) party Vice President Hamed Karoui argued that the party was behind much of Tunisia's political, social and economic progress. The Ambassador noted that while social and economic achievements are n [...] | 2007-06-26 14:15:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL SOCI ECON EINV TS |
07TUNIS865 | TUNISIAN-AMERICAN CHAMBER ELECTS NEW BOARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the June 28 Tunisian-American Chamber of Commerce (TACC) General Assembly meeting, the TACC membership elected a new board with equal Tunisian and American company representation. The election itself was notable, marking the first time in many years that there were more candi [...] | 2007-06-29 12:49:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD BEXP EINV TS |
07TUNIS896 | TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Creation of a New Agency for E-Commerce B. British Gas to Invest US $1.3 billion in Tunisia C. Central Bank June Report D. Italy and Tunisia Agree to Connect Electrical Grids ---- [...] | 2007-07-06 14:13:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN ECPS ENRG EPET TS |
07ULAANBAATAR119 | Part 1 of 2: Investment Climate in Mongolia's Mining Sector [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nationalist and populist politics on mineral resources have led to a sharp deterioration of the investment climate in the mining industry over the last year. With support from both major political parties, the legislature abruptly passed a confiscatory Windfall Profits Tax on c [...] | 2007-02-23 08:10:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG |
07ULAANBAATAR123 | Part 2 of 2: The U.S. Stake in Developing Mongolia's [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In reftel, we described the sharply deteriorating investment climate for mining over the last year. Post recommends raising many of those problems during the forthcoming Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks, because the U.S. has a major stake in ensuring a favor [...] | 2007-02-23 08:47:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG |
07ULAANBAATAR125 | U.S.-Involved Tender Dispute: Winning Twice Is Not Enough [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: L-Systech, a Mongolian-South Korean JVC, supported by an American consultant and vending U.S.-produced solar power equipment, saw its winning of an US$8 million Government of Mongolia solar-power equipment tender frustrated by the improper and perhaps illegal behavior [...] | 2007-02-26 09:39:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG |
07ULAANBAATAR143 | Constitutional Court Strikes Down New Minerals and [...] (U) On March 2, the Constitutional Court struck down the new Minerals Law and Anticorruption Law passed by Parliament last July. The laws took weeks to emerge from the Parliament Secretariat last summer, in the interim undergoing extensive changes by both the Secretariat staff and Speaker Nyam [...] | 2007-03-05 09:36:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG |
07ULAANBAATAR157 | Mongolia and GSP: An undiscovered Country [...] SUMMARY: Less than half a percent of Mongolia's exports to the U.S. came in under GSP in 2006, partially because over 90% of Mongolian exports to the U.S. are textiles. However, in other cases, Mongolian goods eligible for GSP treatment simply don't take advantage of it. The Ministry of Indu [...] | 2007-03-08 03:53:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EIND PGOV KPRV EFIN PREL MG |
07ULAANBAATAR158 | Tax Reform Creates Better Business Environment, But There's [...] (U) SUMMARY: As background for the upcoming Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks, this report notes that major legislative changes in 2006 made a good start at reforming Mongolia's tax system, an area which has been one of the bigger problems for investors. The old corporate i [...] | 2007-03-08 04:00:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ECON PGOV MG |
07ULAANBAATAR160 | Mongolian State Procurement: New Law Bars Most [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In a candid recent conversation, a senior official of Mongolian Ministry of Finance told us that Mongolia's government procurement process has been problematic for years, due to the limited staff of the Ministry's Procurement Office, and the tendency of State Great Hu [...] | 2007-03-09 03:42:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG |
07ULAANBAATAR164 | Mongolia Customs [...] Summary: While there is a bilateral Customs agreement with the U.S., cooperation has waned since the end of the Multifiber Arrangement in 2005. Mongolia has a relatively liberal trade regime, with low tariffs and no quotas or onerous licensing requirements. Customs is widely viewed as corru [...] | 2007-03-10 03:55:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EIND PGOV KPRV EFIN PREL MG |
07ULAANBAATAR165 | Scenesetter for TIFA Talks [...] (SBU) The Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks have become an important part of our overall bilateral relationship since 2004. During the third annual round of talks on March 12, the U.S. delegation will need to fend off Mongolia's efforts to get the U.S. to agree by the end [...] | 2007-03-10 06:14:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL EINV PGOV MG |
07ULAANBAATAR216 | Mongolia, Rio Tinto/Ivanhoe Reach Deal on Oyu Tolgoi Copper [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Mongolia and Rio Tinto/Ivanhoe broke through a four-year long negotiating logjam to reach a deal which will allow development of the world class Oyu Tolgoi copper mine. To try to counter reflexive public criticism by opposition MPs and civil movement populists, and [...] | 2007-04-11 08:56:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG |
07ULAANBAATAR217 | Mongolia Creates New State Holding Company for Government's [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Mongolia (GOM) has established a new state-owned holding company named ERDENES-MGL to receive and manage its equity shares of mines determined to be "strategic" under the country's most recent mining law. The move signals the GOM's seriousness in acquiring the [...] | 2007-04-12 05:53:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG |
07ULAANBAATAR238 | Interest Rises in Mongolian Uranium Deposits [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Current estimates, mostly based on Soviet era surveys, place Mongolia's current commercial recoverable reserves of yellowcake at some two million metric tons, but Mongolian officials believe that the actual totals may be much higher. Rising prices for uranium have reignited inte [...] | 2007-04-20 06:41:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL SENV EMIN EINV ETRD KNNP MG |
07ULAANBAATAR294 | Impasse with Russia Over Joint Venture Railroad Head Leaves [...] (U) On April 11-13, a meeting of the joint Russian-Mongolian Railroad Authority board failed to select a new Chairman. The post has been vacant since early October 2006, when Russian Chairman Vasile Magdei and his Mongolian deputy (both reportedly inebriated) accidentally died of carbon monoxi [...] | 2007-05-21 05:45:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ELTN EINV ETRD EAID MG RU |
07ULAANBAATAR400 | FOREIGN MINING COMPANY, ENVIRONMENTAL NGO REPS DISCUSS [...] (U) SUMMARY: A June 22 Embassy-organized lunch brought together environmental and social NGO and mining company representatives active in Mongolia to discuss issues of transparency and stakeholder engagement. Participants agreed that responsible mining and transparency should be encouraged in [...] | 2007-07-09 08:31:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EMIN EINV MG |
07ULAANBAATAR424 | VISIT OF CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER YANG TO MONGOLIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his first trip abroad since his appointment, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met with Mongolian officials June 30 to July 2 to forge closer political, economic, and commercial ties between the two northeast Asian neighbors. Both sides viewed this visit as a favorable [...] | 2007-07-20 05:25:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EMIN EINV MG CH |
07ULAANBAATAR425 | OPPOSITION GROWS AS PARLIAMENT DEBATES CONTROVERSIAL OYU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Mongolia (GOM) has begun its public roll- out of the tentative investment agreement for the development of the Oyu Tolgoi copper mine struck between the GOM and Ivanhoe/Rio Tinto in April (ref A). If copper's price remains at today's high of US$7,600 per ton, M [...] | 2007-07-23 00:14:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV PREL ETRD EMIN PGOV ENRG MG |
07ULAANBAATAR429 | CODEL PAYNE'S VISIT TO MONGOLIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rep. Donald Payne (D-NJ) led a delegation of members from the House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC) through three days of highly productive meetings with representatives of the Mongolian legislative and executive branches, July 1-4, 2007. Delegation members included Rep. [...] | 2007-07-24 08:41:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EMIN EINV MG |
07ULAANBAATAR433 | VISIT OF JAPANESE CROWN PRINCE NARUHITO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Crown Prince of Japan Naruhito paid his first-ever visit to Mongolia July 10 to 17 to celebrate the 35th anniversary of diplomatic relationships between the two countries. Although purely ceremonial, the visit was a very important, corner-turning moment in the context of Japanes [...] | 2007-07-26 00:12:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID SOCI EMIN EINV MG JP |
07ULAANBAATAR436 | No Investment Disputes or Expropriation Claims in Mongolia [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-27 02:42:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV CASC PGOV KIDE OPIC MG |
07ULAANBAATAR438 | 164-Foot Genghis Khan with Laser Eyes to Tower Over Niagara [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: If Mongolian promoters have their way, a 164-foot tall statue of Genghis Khan with laser eyes may soon tower over the base of Niagara Falls. Per the promoters, supporting the project, there will be cheap, direct flights between Ulaanbaatar and Niagara Falls, both t [...] | 2007-07-27 08:32:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CVIS SCUL EINV AMGT PREL MG |
07ULAANBAATAR444 | POST'S RESPONSE RE INVESTMENT GUARANTY TO CALVERT SOCIAL [...] (SBU) Post has the following response to OPIC's request for background information regarding the two possible Mongolian microfinance institutions (MFI) Khan bank and Khas (hereafter using local spelling "Xac", but pronounced "khas") bank. First, to post's knowledge neither Khan Bank nor Xac ba [...] | 2007-08-01 03:49:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON OPIC PGOV MG |
07ULAANBAATAR454 | ON A FALCON'S WING: THE EMIR OF KUWAIT VISITS MONGOLIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Emir of Kuwait met with senior Mongolian officials regarding trade, cultural, and security affairs, before taking a vacation in the Mongolian countryside. Although the Mongolian-Kuwait bilateral trade relationship remains minuscule, mostly trade in falcons, Kuwait has provid [...] | 2007-08-07 00:58:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL EINV ECON PGOV MG KU |
07ULAANBAATAR489 | Mongolia's Muslim Minority Reaches Out [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite dismal economic conditions, leaders of Mongolia's Muslim/Kazakh minority in the western province of Bayan Ulgii dismiss fears of Islamic radicalism taking root within their ranks, and say they feel no undue pressure from far-off Ulaanbaatar, even though they are under con [...] | 2007-08-28 05:56:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV PREL ETRD PGOV ECON PHUM PINR MG |
07ULAANBAATAR507 | Mongolian Mining Exec: Promise, Peril Surround Sector [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador discussed Mongolia's promising but politically-charged mining sector on September 4 with Dashdorj Zorigt, CEO of Erdenes MGL, a new mining-asset holding company that is state-owned. Over an informal dinner, discussion flowed on the status and future of Erdenes (EM [...] | 2007-09-07 08:06:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN EINV PREL PGOV ELTN MG |
07ULAANBAATAR508 | Mongolian Mining Exec: Promise, Peril Surround Sector [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador discussed Mongolia's promising but politically-charged mining sector on September 4 with Dashdorj Zorigt, CEO of Erdenes MGL, a new mining-asset holding company that is state-owned. Over an informal dinner, discussion flowed on the status and future of Erdenes (EM [...] | 2007-09-07 08:34:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN EINV PREL PGOV ELTN MG |
07ULAANBAATAR602 | CHINA WELCOMES WESTERN INVESTMENT IN MONGOLIAN MINING BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mr. Chen Shan, Economics professor at CASS, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told visiting Ulaanbaatar Econ/Coml Chief that China welcomes western involvement in Mongolia's mining sector but says anti-foreign (read: anti-Chinese?) sentiment is forcing the Chinese to rethin [...] | 2007-10-22 06:05:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG |
07ULAANBAATAR654 | MONGOLIAN MEDIA FOCUSES ON PRESIDENTIAL VISIT, SUMMIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The October 22-29 U.S. visit by President Enkhbayar and the Presidential Summit meeting resulted in extensive local press coverage. The $188 million rail component of the $285 million Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact gained considerable coverage, and the broader [...] | 2007-11-21 02:46:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID ECON EINV MARR CVIS OEXC OIIP OPRC |
07ULAANBAATAR686 | Mongolia Experiences Highest Inflation in over a Decade [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia is experiencing its highest inflation rate in over a decade as consumer prices have so far risen 14% in 2007 largely due to skyrocketing fuel, wheat and meat costs. Prices for gasoline, taxi fares, flour and even the national dish huushuur (fried meat dumplings) have do [...] | 2007-12-12 04:42:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EINV MG |
07ULAANBAATAR80 | Enough is Enough: Firms Complain Mining License Freeze [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In the wake of Mongolia's new 2006 Minerals Law, foreign and domestic mining firms report considerable disarray in the Government of Mongolia's (GOM) regulatory apparatus. At this point, industry insiders tell us that GOM processing of exploration and mining licenses [...] | 2007-02-07 05:20:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG |
07ULAANBAATAR85 | Parliament Fires Controversial Trade Minister [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 6, the State Great Hural (SGH, Mongolia's parliament) voted to sack controversial Minister of Industry and Trade B. Jargalsaikhan. Although many in and out of government -- particularly in the mining community -- greeted the ex-minister's dismissal with unconcealed g [...] | 2007-02-07 22:22:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG |
07ULAANBAATAR86 | Mongolia Privatizes 16 Industries in 2006 [...] SUMMARY: Of the 22 state-owned enterprises (SOE) put up for sale by the GOM last year, 16 were successfully privatized, while 6 failed to find qualified buyers. Sales brought in an estimated US$26 million. Th% tdjtdr"xocess paN02enitivnyQqmoth|9 i&QmgSt cc3Ea.Q Af|er`4`l`Bcmth` c4ih(p;Q:s;QkDQ [...] | 2007-02-07 22:39:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EIND PGOV KPRV EFIN PREL MG |
07ULAANBAATAR89 | MCC Official Briefs on Hope for Late 2007 Compact [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Europe, Asia, and Pacific Managing Director Frances Reid visited Ulaanbaatar January 31 to February 3. During her meetings with Prime Minister Enkhbold, Finance Minister Bayarsaikhan, and MCC Mongolia's National Council (NC) and [...] | 2007-02-08 23:47:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL EINV ECON PGOV MG |
07ULAANBAATAR91 | Financial "Mongol-Philia": An Investment Debutante Emerges [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Mongolia has recently become a minor investment "phenom" among the Pacific Rim investment community. One local bank has gone from being unable to get long-term debt-financing to having access to more than it can use, for example. The odd handful of Mongolian IPO's a [...] | 2007-02-12 08:42:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG |
07VIENNA1054 | OMV CONFIRMS GAS DEAL WITH IRAN [...] (SBU) OMV Spokesman Thomas Huemer confirmed to us on April 23 that the Austrian energy company had signed a "Heads of Agreement" with the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) to participate in the further development of the South Pars Gas Field in the Persian Gulf. Huemer added that Iranian pr [...] | 2007-04-23 14:39:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINV ETTC AU IR |
07VIENNA1068 | (ILSA) OMV REVEALS DETAILS OF IRANIAN GAS DEAL [...] (C) Ambassador met separately on April 24 with OMV CEO Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer and with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Political Director, Thomas Mayr-Harting, to convey the USG's strong disapproval of OMV's recent Heads of Agreement with the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) to participa [...] | 2007-04-25 12:02:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETTC PREL EPET EINV AU IR |
07VIENNA1604 | IRANIAN MINISTER VISITS AUSTRIA [...] (SBU) During a June 12-13 visit to Austria, the Iranian Minister for Economics and Finance, Davoud Danesh Jafari, met with Minister of Economics Martin Bartenstein, President of the Economic Chamber Christoph Leitl, and Head of the Kontrollbank (Austria's export credit agency) Rudolph Scholten [...] | 2007-06-15 13:45:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ETRD EINV PREL IR AU |
07VIENNA2103 | 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES: NO CLAIMS IN [...] Based on information available to Post (EconPol Section and FCS),no U.S. citizen expropriation claims or other investment disputes in Austria should be included in the report. Kilner [...] | 2007-08-09 14:52:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EINV KIDE OPIC AU |
07VIENNA2111 | OMV CEO RUTTENSTORFER DISCUSSES IRAN, NABUCCO, MOL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-10 12:33:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ETTC EINV PREL AU IR HU |
07VIENNA2423 | NABUCCO MOVING FORWARD, BUT STILL LOOKING FOR [...] (C) OMV Gas CEO Werner Auli told Acting DCM and EconUnit Chief on September 11 that the Nabucco gas pipeline project was moving forward, with the imminent announcement of a 6th shareholder and the appointment of an EU Nabucco Coordinator to "manage Brussels." Auli argued that Nabucco had the [...] | 2007-09-17 12:43:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINV AU |
07VIENNA269 | 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR [...] Following is the 2007 Investment Climate Statement for Austria, keyed to reftel instructions: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- AUSTRIA -------------------------------------------- Introduction ------------ With the European Union's (EU) enlargements in May 2004 and January 2007, [...] | 2007-02-06 12:37:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC |
07VIENNA2851 | OMV'S IRAN DEAL: CRACKS IN THE ARMOR? [...] (U) According to Austrian press, Minister of Economics Martin Bartenstein told the November 22 European Competition Council that Iranian gas was a "no-go" for the Nabucco pipeline. Bartenstein reportedly noted that USG support for Nabucco depended on excluding Iranian gas from the Euro 5 bil [...] | 2007-11-27 08:01:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL PGOV EPET EINV AU IR |
07VIENNA2890 | OMV DEFENDS OIL CONTRACTS WITH THE KRG [...] (C) During a November 30 meeting with Emboffs, OMV's Vice President for Business Development, Peter Seitinger, defended OMV's recent signing of two production sharing agreements (PSAs) with the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG). Seitinger argued that the PSAs were entirely in line with the Ir [...] | 2007-12-04 08:10:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINV ECON IZ AU |
07VIENNA2948 | AUSTRIAN TRADE DELEGATE VIEWS ON IRANIAN POLITICAL AND [...] (SBU) A former Austrian trade delegate to Iran recently told Emboff that financial sanctions are effective in the banking sector, but less successful in deterring Austrian companies from trading with Iranian counterparts. In the view of the trade official, U.S. sanctions were counterproductiv [...] | 2007-12-14 14:47:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ETRD EINV PREL IR AU |
07VIENNA701 | OMV CEO: NABUCCO KEY FOR EUROPE'S ENERGY SECURITY [...] (C) During a recent lunch with Ambassador, OMV CEO Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer emphasized that obtaining a sufficient supply of Azeri gas is the key for the start-up of Nabucco. Without Azeri gas, OMV would have to look for other possible suppliers--Iran and Russia--that would not be good alternat [...] | 2007-03-20 19:10:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINV AU |
07VIENNA728 | NABUCCO PIPELINE: OMV STILL BULLISH ON 2012 STARTUP [...] (C) During a March 20 meeting with EconUnit Chief, the Managing Director of the Nabucco Pipeline consortium, Reinhard Mitschek, said that the project remains on track to begin operations in 2012. Nabucco is still looking to take on a major European gas company to help finance the project. Re [...] | 2007-03-22 10:18:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINV AU |
07VIENTIANE133 | LAOS INSTITUTES "SLOWDOWN" FOR NEW MINING APPROVALS [...] In a press conference Friday February 16 the vice-president of the Committee for Planning and Investment (CPI),Mr. Bounthavy Sisouphantong, announced a "slowdown" in the approval of new mining concessions. He also indicated the Government of Laos (GOL) would be developing new technical guid [...] | 2007-02-16 10:15:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EMIN KIDE LA |
07VIENTIANE228 | CHINA'S GOLDEN CITY IN NORTHERN LAOS [...] (C) Summary. The recent opening of a Chinese casino and hotel complex in Luang Namtha Province along the Lao-China border is symbolic of growing Chinese influence in northern Laos. Although only 20 percent of the planned ten-year project has been completed thus far, this first phase amounts [...] | 2007-03-20 10:13:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV KCRM ECON ETRD SMIG SOCI ELTN ECIN PREL |
07VIENTIANE259 | CHINESE RUBBER, SINO-LAO SCHOOLS, AND OTHER [...] (C) Summary: Due to what one NGO director in Luang Namtha Province described as a "gold rush" mentality, almost every village in the province is growing rubber for export to China. The Chinese have launched a "propaganda campaign" taking credit for the replacement of poppy with rubber. So [...] | 2007-03-30 10:04:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EINV ECON ECIN ELTN ETRD SMIG KRCM PHUM |
07VIENTIANE300 | INTOLERANCE FOR CHRISTIANS PERSISTS IN LAOS [...] (SBU) Summary: Christians in Bolikhamsay Province's Nakun Village have faced pressure from local officials and have been "reeducated" numerous times as a result of their religious activities. Christians in Xunya Village, Luang Namtha Province, have reportedly been prevented from practicin [...] | 2007-04-10 09:59:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM SCUL SOCI EINV CASC PREL LA |
07VIENTIANE312 | AES MOVES FORWARD WITH INVESTMENT PROPOSAL FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph seven. 2. (SBU) Summary: Econoff met March 29 with AES representatives Flora Zhao and Jasper Camacho to discuss their proposal for a run of the river hydropower project on the Mekong River. AES submitted the proposal March 29 to the G [...] | 2007-04-17 09:54:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ETRD EINV EWWT ECON SENV PREL LA |
07VIENTIANE351 | PRESSING THE AES HYDROPOWER BID WITH SENIOR LAO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Committee for Planning and Investment (CPI) President Soulivong Daravong April 30 to continue her personal support for the bid by AES on the first run-of-the-river hydropower project on the Mekong River in Laos. Soulivong was clear that CPI had not made [...] | 2007-04-30 08:54:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG ETRD EWWT LA PHUM PREL SENV EINV |
07VIENTIANE390 | AES LOSES BID FOR MEKONG HYDROPOWER PROJECT IN [...] (C) Summary: CH Karnchang Public Company of Thailand (CK) was awarded the right conduct a feasibility study to develop a 1260 megawatt (MW) run of the river hydropower plant in Xayabury by the Government of Laos (GOL). According to an article in the Vientiane Times May 8, the GOL and CK signe [...] | 2007-05-11 08:58:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETRD EINV EWWT ECON SENV PREL LA |
07VIENTIANE409 | Timber, Roads, and Rubber in Sayaboury Province [...] (SBU) Summary: While Sayaboury Province is isolated from the rest of Laos due to a lack of transportation infrastructure, some significant road projects are currently underway, and others are expected to commence within the next two years. Logging activity in the province has increased signi [...] | 2007-05-16 10:23:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EIND EAGR ELTN ETRD ENRG SENV SOCI SMIG |
07VIENTIANE490 | 2007 Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriation [...] The Embassy is unaware of any changes to the below noted disputes since submission of the 2006 report. Please note the Embassy no longer has contact information for the Claimants. 2. a. Claimant A b. 1991 c. According to Claimant's attorney, Claimant asserts that he entere [...] | 2007-06-13 07:33:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ECON EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV PREL LA |
07VIENTIANE668 | VISIT TO LAOS OF STAFFDEL GUDES [...] (SBU) Visiting professional congressional staff members Scott Gudes and Dan Brandt visited Vientiane August 16-19. While in Vientiane they met with Vice Foreign Minister Phongsavath Boupha, who raised restrictions against Eximbank working in Laos, discussed financial reform in Laos with the [...] | 2007-08-21 10:02:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON ETRD EINV KHDP PGOV OTRA LA |
07VIENTIANE801 | LAOS PRESSES FOR LIFTING OF EXIMBANK LIMITATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The prohibition on EXIM Bank operations in Laos -- based on the characterization of Laos as a Markist-Leninist country -- is out of date and does not serve U.S. interests. GOL views the EXIM ban as inconsistent with the USG's economic policy toward Laos, highlighted by Congr [...] | 2007-10-30 02:07:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAID EFIN PREL EINV LA |
07VIENTIANE829 | SOUTH KOREAN DCM DISCUSSES NORTH KOREAN PREMIER'S [...] (C) Summary: The South Korean DCM told the DCM on November 9 that Lao officials had described the November 4-7 visit of North Korean Premier Kim Yong Il as very successful. The Lao Prime Minister praised North Korea's handling of Korean peninsula issues. Lao officials described Premier Kim [...] | 2007-11-09 11:10:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EINV LA KN KS |
07VILNIUS86 | THE CURIOUS STATE OF LITHUANIA'S AIRPORTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Lithuania's main international airport in Vilnius is small, expensive, and inefficient, yet operates quite profitably. The airport, like Lithuania's air transport sector in general, has tremendous potential for growth, but the airport's management is oddly indifferent to it, an [...] | 2007-02-07 08:56:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EINV ECON PREL LH LG EN EUN |
07WARSAW1117 | Polish On-line Consumers: Promising Growing Market [...] With high speed internet access becoming ever more common in Poland, the proportion of those with access making purchases increasing, and buyers overwhelmingly reporting positive online experiences, it comes as no surprise that the Polish consumer online market is doing well. U.S. companies s [...] | 2007-05-15 08:08:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON EINT EINV PL |
07WARSAW1131 | AVON POLAND: EXAMPLE OF SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Avon Cosmetics Poland is a proven success story of American investment in Poland. Avon began operations in Poland in 1992 and in 15 years has expanded to include Avon's largest manufacturing facility in the world, 11 representative support centers, and more than 250,000 direct sales repr [...] | 2007-05-15 13:26:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PL |
07WARSAW1179 | POLAND COMPLAINS ABOUT NEW CO2 LIMIT, BUT WILL [...] The Government of Poland is upset that the EU approved a CO2 emissions limit 1/3 lower than the GOP requested. Although the approved limit is close to Poland's current emission level, and Poland lowered CO2 emissions 18% since 1990, the GOP fears that such a cut-back in emissions will slow fu [...] | 2007-05-21 14:47:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV EINV ETRD PL |
07WARSAW1279 | POLAND SUES EU OVER CO2 LIMITS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-01 12:15:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV EINV ETRD PL |
07WARSAW1332 | POLAND MAKES PLANS TO HOST EURO 2012 [...] (U) Since Poland and Ukraine won the rights to host the UEFA European Football Championship in 2012 (EURO 2012),all SIPDIS parts of the Polish Government have been discussing plans to improve infrastructure in time to cope with the crowds. The GOP anticipates around 21 million tourists i [...] | 2007-06-06 14:24:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EINV ELTN EAIR PL |
07WARSAW1423 | POLAND: CORPORATE EXCELLENCE NOMINATION FOR 3M POLAND [...] Summary. Embassy Warsaw nominates 3M Poland for the Corporate Excellence Award in the U.S. multinational corporation category. 3M Poland began operations in Poland in the 1960's and began investing in the country in 1991. Through acquisitions and growth 3M Poland now employs 850, with plans [...] | 2007-06-20 15:58:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ECON EINV ETRD PL |
07WARSAW1438 | POLAND: ANNUAL INVESTMENT DISPUTE REPORT [...] (SBU) Post is unaware of any ongoing expropriation disputes involving Poland and U.S. companies or citizens. However, on April 29, 2004, Cargill filed a request for arbitration with the Polish Government relating to its investment in an isoglucose plant in Wroclaw. In 1995, Cargill invested [...] | 2007-06-22 12:36:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV PL |
07WARSAW1440 | POLAND JOINS SKANLED CONSORTIUM SOLVING GAS PUZZLE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, not for internet distribution 2. (U) Being Summary: On June 20, Polish Oil and Gas Company PGNiG joined the Skanled Consortium which is developing the Skanled gas pipeline from Karsto, Norway to Sweden and Denmark. Poland acquired a 15% [...] | 2007-06-22 17:37:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ETRD EINV PREL PO |
07WARSAW1457 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HAGUE CONVENTION, MIELEC [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador met with Minister of Justice Ziobro to discuss Hague Convention on International Child Abduction enforcement and the investigation of corruption in the privatization of the Mielec aircraft factory. Minister Ziobro promised to look into the handling of the Szuta cas [...] | 2007-06-25 15:08:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC EINV ECON PREL PL |
07WARSAW1493 | Polish consumer e-commerce: Considerations for new [...] Leading Polish internet players have a recipe for success in the Polish and other central European internet markets. New entrants following the lead of these players should consider online infrastructure, logistics, consumer market characteristics and online consumer behavior when making the [...] | 2007-06-28 14:40:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON EINT EINV PL |
07WARSAW1721 | WARSAW STOCK EXCHANGE BOOMING BUT FACES CHALLENGES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-08 11:42:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD PL |
07WARSAW1723 | WARSAW STOCK EXCHANGE BOOMING BUT FACES CHALLENGES [...] (U) Summary: Until a long-expected correction in July 2007, Warsaw Stock Exchanges (WSE) indices have been breaking new records and reaching new highs for over three years. The WSE is central Europe's leader in IPOs with 39 in less than 7 months. The number of foreign companies on the WSE [...] | 2007-08-08 14:54:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD PL |
07WARSAW1726 | WARSAW STOCK EXCHANGE CREATES NEW SMALLER EXCHANGE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-09 08:40:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ZFR ECON EINV ETRD PL |
07WARSAW1743 | WARSAW STOCK EXCHANGE CREATES NEW SMALLER EXCHANGE [...] Summary. The Warsaw Stock Exchange's (WSE's) new trading platform NewConnect will be launched on August 30, 2007. NewConnect will be dedicated to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) with high growth potential. The new exchange has less restrictive listing and capitalization requirements. T [...] | 2007-08-10 12:03:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD PL |
07WARSAW1820 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: POLAND SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDACY [...] Embassy Economic counselor presented reftel points on August 23 to Darek Manczyk, official responsible for aviation affairs in the Polish Foreign Ministry Office of UN System and Global Affairs. Manczyk said that Poland has a policy of supporting EU and NATO members for the boards of interna [...] | 2007-08-24 10:28:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR EINV PL |
07WARSAW2149 | WARSAW STADIUM CLOSES (SORT OF) [...] (U) Summary: On October 1, government authorities closed the "crown" of the Warsaw Stadium, where most trade in pirated goods had taken place. The periphery of the Stadium is still open to traders. Counterfeit goods can still be found, although the quantity seems to be less, and the goods a [...] | 2007-10-25 07:49:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KIPR EINV PL |
07WARSAW2355 | NEW ENERGY CZAR WANTS MORE ECONOMIC LIBERALISM IN [...] (C) Adam Szejnfeld, the newly appointed Secretary of State in the Economics Ministry responsible for energy affairs, told the DCM that he wants to bring more economic liberalism into Poland's energy policy. Szejnfeld said he will review over the next three months the various energy projects p [...] | 2007-12-11 14:54:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET EINV PL |
07WARSAW372 | POLAND: SHOWING OF AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH AND HIGHLIGHTING [...] (U) SUMMARY. Post co-sponsored the Polish premiere of Al Gore's movie on global warming, "An Inconvenient Truth," and used the occasion to articulate U.S. policy on climate change and to highlight USG efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The screening, at an environmental and clean en [...] | 2007-02-16 10:11:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV EINV ETRD PL |
07WARSAW583 | YUSHCHENKO AND KACZYNSKI DISCUSS ENERGY, EU: TALK [...] (C) Summary: Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and Polish President Lech Kaczynski focused on the Odessa-Brody pipeline project as well as Ukrainian aspirations for greater engagement with the EU during their March 7 meetings in Plock, Poland. Yushchenko's subsequent call for dialogue wi [...] | 2007-03-09 15:45:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON SENV EINV ETRD EAGR PL |
07WARSAW735 | Polish e-commerce: Challenges, but Solid Fundamentals. [...] Poland's e-commerce sector appears to be doing well although some challenges remain in the level of internet access, business IT investment, and government e-commerce initiatives. The business-to-consumer segment of the market has already reached 4 billion zloty ($1.4 billion) annually, while [...] | 2007-03-26 08:05:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON EINT EINV PL |
07WELLINGTON444 | 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES - NEW ZEALAND [...] SUMMARY: Pursuant to reftel, Post has reviewed all cases in the past year involving investment disputes and found that there were no/no cases of expropriations (or other takings) without compensation on the part of the New Zealand government. In regards to disputes between a U.S. person/corpor [...] | 2007-06-15 06:14:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EINV KIDE PGOV OPIC NZ |
07WELLINGTON589 | NEW ZEALAND - DUBAI BID FOR AUCKLAND AIRPORT RUNS [...] (C) A Dubai company's bid to purchase New Zealand's biggest airport has encountered strong public opposition to sale of "the family silver" to a foreign company. While anti-Arab sentiment plays some part, the real root of the opposition lies in the popular perception that the government botc [...] | 2007-08-14 21:02:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EAIR PREL NZ AE |
07YAOUNDE1140 | BIYA LAYS OUT VISION FOR CAMEROON'S DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. In a rare publicized meeting with his cabinet, President Paul Biya on September 12 ordered his new government to focus on achieving more robust economic growth, progress on social issues like health and education, and better governance, including increased efforts against ant [...] | 2007-09-18 10:48:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KMCC PREL PINR ECON ETRD EINV CM |
07YAOUNDE128 | U.S. INVESTMENT IN CAMEROON: MAJOR PROGRESS IN 2006 [...] (U) 2006 was an excellent year for U.S.-Cameroon commercial relations, and we enter 2007 with literally billions of dollars of pending U.S. investment on the table. In February we signed an Open Skies agreement; Geovic and Hydromine, two firms with large multi-year mining projects, made impor [...] | 2007-01-30 13:49:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD EMIN ECON KCOR EAIR EPET CM |
07YAOUNDE1428 | HYDROMINE: AMERICAN DEAL-MAKER FOR CAMEROON'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Hydromine, an American project developer partnered with mining companies from the UAE and India, has been working since 2004 to develop Cameroon's multi-billion dollar bauxite resources and related infrastructure, including a railroad and deep water port. While the Prime Min [...] | 2007-12-06 12:22:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM ECON EMIN ETRD EINV ECOM PGOV PINR |
07YEREVAN1073 | ARMENIA NEWS HIGHLIGHTS [...] This is the inaugural issue of a new, periodic digest of news events which we hope will inform, educate, and perhaps occasionally amuse our readership. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS (U) POLITICAL NEWS: -- Chief Prosecutor Killed in Vanadzor -- Police stop opposition leafleting -- Iranian Vice-P [...] | 2007-08-30 10:46:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ETRD EINV KCRM AM IR |
07YEREVAN1135 | ARMENIA NEWS HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 1-12, 2007 [...] TABLE OF CONTENTS POLITICAL NEWS: -- FM: Armenia ready for an "effective political dialogue" with NATO, will double Kosovo contingent by year's end -- "Inauguration" Day in "NKR" -- Air Tax to take flight? -- Be careful with that!: GOAM reaction to more Turkish "reconstructions" [...] | 2007-09-12 07:26:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ETRD EINV AM TU |
07YEREVAN1274 | IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S VISIT LOW-KEY, BUSINESS-LIKE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA called on FM Oskanian for an immediate readout of President Ahmadinejad's visit. Oskanian said that the Iranian delegation's early departure (a fact which dominated local media coverage) was at the Iranian side's request, and that only vague explanations were offered of urge [...] | 2007-10-23 13:09:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETRD EINV ENRG KNNP IR AM |
07YEREVAN323 | IRAN-ARMENIA PIPELINE DEMARCHE--FM OSKANIAN FINDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA delivered reftel points March 15 to a surprised and non-plussed FM Oskanian. Oskanian hoped Washington would understand Armenia's difficult neighborhood, and thus its imperative to obtain Iranian gas as an alternative to the unreliable supply line of Russian gas. Oskanian pr [...] | 2007-03-16 13:17:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL ENRG EPET EINV IR AM |
07YEREVAN328 | IRAN-ARMENIA GAS PIPELINE: GOAM REPLIES TO OUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA called in CDA March 19 to present Armenia's reply to Ref A demarche (see para 5 for full text of MFA non-paper),three hours before Presidents Kocharian and Ahmadinejad formally opened the pipeline. The most significant point in their reply is that "there is no more imp [...] | 2007-03-19 12:19:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL ENRG EPET EINV IR AM |
07YEREVAN331 | ARMENIAN GAS COMPANY COMMENTS ON IRAN-ARMENIA [...] (C) On March 16, we met with ArmRusGasProm (ARGP) General Director Karen Karapetyan to discuss the Iran-Armenia pipeline, Russian ownership of ARGP and future developments in the Armenian energy sector. Karapetyan reported that the "second phase" of the Iran-Armenia pipeline would be complete [...] | 2007-03-19 13:50:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PREL EPET ETTC EINV IR AM |
07YEREVAN339 | LOW-KEY MEDIA COVERAGE OF IRAN-ARMENIA PIPELINE CEREMONY [...] The March 20 Iran-Armenia pipeline inauguration ceremony, led by Presidents Kocharian and Ahmadinejad, offered surprisingly little fodder for Armenian media. The ceremony was short. The two presidents did not deliver their prepared remarks, apparently because of bad weather at the outdoor si [...] | 2007-03-20 13:57:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PREL ENRG EPET EINV IR AM |
07YEREVAN343 | FM OSKANIAN BRIEFS US ON IRANIAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Oskanian called in CDA to provide a readout of the Iran-Armenia pipeline opening, and the presidents' bilateral meeting on the margins. Oskanian said that the GOAM had kept the event "as low-key as possible" and that Ahmadinejad had also been restrained in his remarks. Presid [...] | 2007-03-22 08:08:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL ENRG EINV EPET MNUC IAEA IR AM |
07YEREVAN400 | A DECENT BET: PROPOSED OPIC FINANCING FOR FIRST [...] (SBU) The following information, provided per reftel, concerns OPIC's proposal to provide a USD 5 million loan to First Mortgage Company (FMC). Post believes that FMC is a strong prospective partner and that there is significant potential within the Armenian mortgage market. Any loan agreeme [...] | 2007-04-04 11:11:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON AM |
07YEREVAN44 | ARMENIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2007 [...] (U) Following is our submission per reftel for the 2007 Investment Climate Statement for Armenia. ---------- BEGIN TEXT ---------- Foreign investment in Armenia has steadily increased from USD 70 million in 2001 to USD 297 million as of September 2006, according to data from the National [...] | 2007-01-12 12:47:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR AM |
07YEREVAN459 | HARD TIMES FOR AGRC LEAVES OTHER INVESTORS WORRIED [...] (C) The Armenian Gold Recovery Company (AGRC),plagued by allegations of tax evasion and failure to report profits, appears to be the latest casualty of rising gold prices and a possible Russian push to increase economic ties with Armenia. After a difficult confrontation with the Ministry of [...] | 2007-04-16 13:04:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON PREL AM |
07YEREVAN551 | ARMENIA JOINS EUROGIRO MONEY TRANSFER NETWORK [...] (U) On April 27, the Armenian National Postal Operator "Haypost" signed a membership agreement with the Eurogiro Network, allowing Haypost offices to provide electronic money transfer services to and from more than 60,000 post offices across Europe. Under this agreement, accountholders will b [...] | 2007-05-03 04:03:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PTER KTFN AM |
07YEREVAN659 | GLOBAL GOLD MINING: A YEAR OF... [...] (C) Global Gold Corporation (GGC) is an international gold mining company with operations in Armenia and principal offices in Connecticut. For the past few years, GGC has been involved in an at-times hostile dispute with the GOAM and more specifically with the Armenian Minister of Nature Protection [...] | 2007-05-22 03:37:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON PGOV OPIC AM |
07YEREVAN77 | OPENING THE TURKISH-ARMENIAN BORDER: BUSINESSES AND [...] On January 13 and 14 the Armenian International Policy Research Group (AIPRG),with funding from USAID, the British Embassy, and the Eurasia Foundation, held a conference on "The Economic and Social Consequences of Opening the Armenia-Turkish Border." While the caliber of the papers was mixed, [...] | 2007-01-23 06:49:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV ELNT PGOV PREL TU GG AM |
07ZAGREB1043 | CROATIAN UNEMPLOYMENT DOWN BUT STILL HIGH [...] SUMMARY: Despite a steady decline in recent years, the Croatian unemployment rate remains high, at 11.8%. One contributing factor is a mismatch between the skills job-seekers have and those employers want. The mismatch stems from two situations: students are pursuing the "wrong" majors, and wor [...] | 2007-11-28 16:27:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ELAB HR |
07ZAGREB112 | CROATIA KEEPS TOURISM INDUSTRY AT THE FOREFRONT [...] Summary. Croatian officials are proclaiming 2006 as another banner year for tourism while, at the same time, warning the industry not to rest on its laurels and encouraging improvements in existing facilities and infrastructure, green-field investments and creation of new products and services. [...] | 2007-02-01 14:05:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EIND HR |
07ZAGREB133 | GOC PLANS NEW PRIVATIZATIONS AFTER LONG HIATUS [...] (SBU) Summary: After being stalled for the past two years, the Croatian government is finally moving forward with the privatization of some of the most problematic assets in the government's still large portfolio. Privatization is unpopular with the Croatian public, which equates the process w [...] | 2007-02-06 14:16:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPRV ECON EINV HR PRIVATIZATION |
07ZAGREB164 | NEW VIGOR IN CROATIA IPR ENFORCEMENT [...] Summary and Comment: The number of criminal charges brought by the Croatian Ministry of Interior for violations of IPR statutes rose 89% in 2006. Although Croatia's legal framework for IPR protection is in accordance with international standards, enforcement has often lagged. The fact that mo [...] | 2007-02-13 15:03:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV KIPR HR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY |
07ZAGREB285 | Commerce DAS Dyck meets Croatian Ministers of Economy and [...] SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce Paul Dyck discussed possible investment opportunities in Croatia with Croatia's Minister of Economy and Minister of Finance. Dyck also commended Croatia for its economic progress, notably in working to resolve IPR issues. He also raised concerns e [...] | 2007-03-26 05:47:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV HR |
07ZAGREB46 | CROATIA 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Summary: Croatia has enjoyed respectable economic growth over the last few years, accompanied by low inflation, a stable exchange rate and growth in the tourism sector. At the same time, the government has undertaken several initiatives aimed at streamlining the bureaucracy in an effort to [...] | 2007-01-17 15:40:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC |
07ZAGREB72 | GOC DISMISSES FLAWED ECONOMIC FREEDOM [...] Summary: The Croatian Government reacted sharply to a Heritage Foundation/Wall Street Journal ranking of economic freedom around the world in which Croatia was ranked 109 overall and near the bottom in Europe. The GOC dismissed the Report, saying it did not reflect Croatia's current economic [...] | 2007-01-23 14:49:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV HR |
07ZAGREB86 | CROATIA'S EXPORT OFFENSIVE [...] Summary: Hoping to reduce its chronic trade deficits and accelerate economic growth, the Government of Croatia launched an "Export Offensive" on January 22 aimed at boosting the number of businesses involved in the export sector by 25% over the next three years. At the core of the plan is the [...] | 2007-01-25 15:07:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV HR |
07ZAGREB937 | Croatia Top Reformer, but Still Regional Laggard [...] SUMMARY: The World Bank's "Doing Business 2008" report lists Croatia as the top reformer in the region and second worldwide for improving the ease of doing business during 2006-07. Croatia reformed in four of the ten areas covered in the study, and moved from 124th to 97th place in the overall [...] | 2007-10-15 08:22:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ELAB HR |
07ZAGREB938 | FROM THE MATTRESS TO THE MARKET: CROATS DISCOVER THE JOYS [...] Summary: The further privatization of Croatia Telecom was the talk of Zagreb after its October 5 IPO, in which the GOC offered citizens the option to purchase shares at what was a substantially discounted price. Coming as it did only 7 weeks before general elections, the Government-set sale pr [...] | 2007-10-15 08:22:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV HR PRIVATIZATION |
08ABIDJAN130 | PETROLEUM SECTOR IN COTE D'IVOIRE - AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with Kassoum Fadika, Director General of state-owned PETROCI for a tour d'horizon of the energy production business in Cote d'Ivoire. Fadika discussed production problems that he says have limited oil production to 50,000 b/d and described the cost structure of [...] | 2008-02-26 12:06:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON EFIN EINV PREL PGOV IV |
08ABUDHABI1011 | UAE MEGA PROJECTS: UNCERTAIN SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS [...] (C) The leadership of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi is using its vast wealth to build international name recognition, play "catch-up" with Dubai, and secure a prosperous future for its citizens. The numerous mega projects underway in Abu Dhabi (refs A, B, C and D) and Dubai (refs H and I) represen [...] | 2008-09-08 08:34:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV SENV PGOV SOCI PHUM AE US |
08ABUDHABI1079 | EYES ON THE MARKET, EMIRATIS PUT ON THEIR GAME FACES [...] (C) Summary. With extensive investments in the US and around the world, Emiratis are carefully following the turmoil in the world economy and local markets. While most are publicly saying recent developments in the US economy will not have a significant impact here, both public and private inv [...] | 2008-09-23 14:01:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV AE |
08ABUDHABI1141 | ABU DHABI INVESTORS CIRCUMSPECT ON FINANCIAL CRISES [...] (C) Summary. The continued decline of local and international stock markets, combined with tight liquidity, has Abu Dhabi investors concerned but not panicked. Most of the large private investors have balanced portfolios whose declines have been less dramatic. However, smaller investors are s [...] | 2008-10-09 13:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV AE |
08ABUDHABI1221 | UAE'S RESPONSE TO FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (C) Summary. Like the US and Europe, the UAEG has taken a number of steps to stave off the worst of the global financial crisis impact. While the initial steps may have been poorly coordinated, the full court press that began October 12 seems to have had the desired impact. Investors and dep [...] | 2008-10-22 14:16:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV AE |
08ABUDHABI1225 | ABU DHABI EYEING INVESTMENT IN DUBAI [...] (C) Summary. While the international financial crisis may bring a slowdown to the UAE (Ref A),Abu Dhabi residents seem confident their financial future is secure. Financial insiders report that the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority remains flush with cash despite its paper losses. Everyone is [...] | 2008-10-23 14:09:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV AE |
08ABUDHABI1270 | ABU DHABI: WHERE THE CASH IS? [...] (C) Summary. While concerns about the health of the world economy continue, and rumors swirl about Dubai's debt, Abu Dhabi remains quietly confident about its financial future. This attitude is attracting suitors from Dubai, Iceland and beyond, although officials are believed to be focusing t [...] | 2008-11-06 12:56:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | EFIN ECON EINV ENRG PGOV AE |
08ABUDHABI1271 | UK PM BROWN PROMOTES BUSINESS AND ENERGY TIES WITH UAE [...] (C) Summary. In an October 5 briefing for G8 and EU ambassadors, the UK ambassador denied press reports that Prime Minister Gordon Brown had pressed the UAEG for a financial commitment to the international bailout during his November 3 visit to the UAE. Rather, Brown discussed the challenges f [...] | 2008-11-06 12:58:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV ENRG PGOV UK AE |
08ABUDHABI1360 | THE UAE FINANCIAL SITUATION AND THE KUBLER ROSS MODEL [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Abu Dhabi - Consulate General Dubai cable. 2. (C) Summary. The UAE, Dubai in particular, appears to be moving rapidly through the five stages of grieving identified in the Kubler-Ross model. While most Emirati contacts initially claimed that global financial cr [...] | 2008-11-26 07:30:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV ENRG PREL PGOV AE |
08ABUDHABI1385 | PROJECT FINANCE A CHALLENGE FOR ABU DHABI DEVELOPMENT [...] (C) Summary. The global economic downturn and related liquidity crisis is beginning to impact Abu Dhabi-based companies' ability to obtain reasonably-priced project finance. The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) says its monthly cash flow will easily meet its development plans, despite f [...] | 2008-12-04 11:43:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV ENRG PGOV AE |
08ABUDHABI187 | UAE MFA ON SUPPORT FOR LEBANON TRIBUNAL [...] (C) On February 10, Charge queried UAE Minster of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Hussain al-Sha'ali about the apparent UAE commitment of $5 million to the UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon (ref A). Al-Sha'ali said he thought the commitment was firm, but wanted to know the precise mechanism [...] | 2008-02-11 13:38:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EFIN EINV LE AE |
08ABUDHABI372 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF UNDER SECRETARY REUBEN JEFFERY III [...] Embassy Abu Dhabi and Consulate General Dubai welcome the April 6-8 visit of Under Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery. Economic and Financial Growth Strong ------------------------------------ 2. (U) UAE economic growth continues to be strong, on the b [...] | 2008-03-24 12:51:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV AE |
08ABUDHABI405 | GUARDIAN'S POWER PROBLEMS REFLECT UAE SHORTAGES [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Counsel for Guardian Industries (a U.S. firm with a USD 150 million float glass plant in Ras Al-Khaimah (RAK) suffering from lack of a reliable electricity supply) contacted post for information on pipeline networks in the UAE that could supply gas to RAK (to help power [...] | 2008-04-01 15:09:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EINV AE |
08ABUDHABI45 | UAE EVALUATING NUCLEAR POWER [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 12. 2. (C) sUMMARY: The UAE is evaluating the development of peaceful nuclear power. UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (ABZ) summoned nuclear supplier states' ambassadors on January 10 to present a white paper and soli [...] | 2008-01-10 14:27:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KNNP ECON EINV AE |
08ABUDHABI535 | A/S WELCH AND KHALDOON AL-MUBARAK DISCUSS INVESTMENTS, IRAN [...] (C) Summary: On April 20, Mubadala CEO Khaldoon Al-Mubarak told A/S Welch that he was seeing a slightly improved political risk for investment in the U.S. than he had in the summer and that ADIA's work with the U.S. Treasury and Singapore to develop best practices for Sovereign Wealth Funds wa [...] | 2008-04-30 04:09:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON PREL EPET ENRG IR AE |
08ABUDHABI791 | UPDATE ON UAE'S NUCLEAR POWER PLANS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 10. 2. (C) Summary: Econchief and TDY Econoff met with Executive Affairs Authority Director of Economic Affairs David Scott and EAA member Hamad Al-Kaabi on July 1 to discuss UAE progress on the Section 123 Nuclear Cooperation Agreement and t [...] | 2008-07-06 04:59:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KNNP ECON EINV AE |
08ABUDHABI813 | UAE 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION [...] (U) Pursuant to the requirements of Section 527 of the FY 94-95 Foreign Relations Authorization Act (FRAA),Embassy Abu Dhabi has compiled a list of U.S. citizen expropriation claims and investment disputes involving the Government of the United Arab Emirates. The Embassy is currently aware o [...] | 2008-07-15 12:37:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV |
08ABUDHABI920 | ABU DHABI MEGA PROJECTS: A CITY'S EVOLVING IDENTITY [...] (U) The UAE capital and the richest of the seven emirates, Abu Dhabi accounts for approximately 9% of the world's oil reserves. In the last few years, Abu Dhabi has undertaken a "catch up game" with Dubai in the area of Mega Project development, with a number of large-scale projects under way [...] | 2008-08-14 13:43:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EIND SENV PGOV AE US |
08ABUDHABI943 | ABU DHABI MEGA PROJECTS: SYNOPSIS OF PRIORITY PROJECTS [...] (U) As Abu Dhabi Mega-Project development changes the landscape of the UAE's capital city, this cable will describe some of the more ambitious projects. These include: Yas Island ($40 billion entertainment development will be home to the world's first Ferrari theme park); Saadiyat Island cult [...] | 2008-08-20 11:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EIND SENV PGOV AE US |
08ABUDHABI945 | ABU DHABI MEGA PROJECTS: MASDAR ZERO-CARBON RENEWABLE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Abu Dhabi Government, guided by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ),is pursuing the renewable energy and sustainable development initiative "Masdar" to maintain Abu Dhabi's role as a global energy player in the long term. The Masdar initiative includes the Masdar Institute [...] | 2008-08-20 13:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EIND SENV PGOV AE US |
08ABUDHABI975 | ABU DHABI MEGA PROJECTS: POWERS BEHIND THE DREAM [...] (SBU) Abu Dhabi, the capital of the UAE and one of the richest cities in the world, is taking bold steps to change its landscape (reftels A, B, C). With approximately 1,460,000 residents in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi (the majority in the city of Abu Dhabi itself),one-tenth of the planet's oil, [...] | 2008-08-28 10:37:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EIND SENV PGOV AE US |
08ABUJA1014 | NIGERIA: CENTRAL BANK INCREASES MONETARY POLICY RATE [...] SUMMARY: The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has raised its Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) from 9.5% to 10% in April. This is the second increase in four months. A higher MPR increases the cost of borrowing and should encourage savings, but has not. The Nigerian interest deposit savings rate has [...] | 2008-06-02 13:24:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV NI |
08ABUJA107 | NIGERIA: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The following information is Nigeria's 2008 Investment Climate Statement. Overview -------- With an estimated population of 140 million, Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation. It offers investors a low-cost labor pool, abundant natural resources, and potentially the largest domestic [...] | 2008-01-17 06:39:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD EFIN OPIC KTDB USTR NI |
08ABUJA1082 | NIGERIA: USTDA VISIT ELICITS GON ASSISTANCE REQUESTS [...] (U) Summary: During May 5-12 meetings with U.S Trade and Development Agency (USTDA),Nigerian government (GON) officials expressed interest in USTDA providing technical assistance centered on sustainable capacity building, technical training, international standards development, guidance on ess [...] | 2008-06-11 15:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV ENRG EAGR EAID ELTN NI |
08ABUJA127 | FINANCE MINISTER, BANK GOVERNOR: NIGERIA MOVING [...] (SBU) Participants at an Economist Magazine roundtable in Abuja kept up a drumbeat of concern that the Yar'Adua Government is not moving quickly enough to deepen reforms and respond to economic needs, including infrastructure. Finance Minister Usman made a strong case that the GON is preparing [...] | 2008-01-22 12:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV NI |
08ABUJA1289 | NIGERIA: NIGERIA SEEKS A SECOND PSI WITH IMF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 11, the IMF briefed Development Partners on a mid-May visit to Nigeria regarding discussions for a second Policy Support Instrument (PSI) between Nigeria and the IMF. The IMF mission commented that Nigeria's economic performance remained strong; output had grown, inflat [...] | 2008-07-03 14:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV NI |
08ABUJA1294 | NIGERIA: CODEL BERMAN MEETING WITH VICE PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Codel Berman discussed bilateral relations, Zimbabwe, regional peacekeeping, the situation in the Niger Delta, and prospects for economic growth with Vice President Goodluck Jonathan. The Vice President lauded bilateral relations and called for increased investment in Nigeria [...] | 2008-07-03 15:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET EINV ENRG EAGR OREP NI |
08ABUJA1313 | NIGERIAN AND ECOWAS DELEGATIONS TO AGOA FORUM [...] The Nigerian Ministry of Commerce and Industry has notified Embassy that its delegation to the AGOA Forum in Washington will be led by Minister of State for Commerce and Industry (MCI) - Ahmed Garba Bichi. The total delegation is composed of 28 members from government, the private sector and c [...] | 2008-07-09 15:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECIN ECON EAID EINV WTRO PREL NI |
08ABUJA1314 | AMBASSADOR AND COMMERCE MINISTER DISCUSS TRADE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador and Commerce Minister Ugwuh discussed Nigeria's tariff barriers and bilateral trade and investment issues, the upcoming AGOA Forum, GON efforts to expand value-added manufacturing and increase non-oil exports, The bilateral investment treaty (BIT),prospects for an i [...] | 2008-07-09 15:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL EINV ECON PGOV KIPR EPET NI |
08ABUJA1347 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH YAR'ADUA ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-16 07:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EINV MASS MARR NI |
08ABUJA1398 | NIGERIA: KEY POINTS FROM GENERAL WARD'S VISIT - [...] (C) The Ambassador and visiting Africa Commander General Ward had a private meeting on July 23 with Nigerian Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe (FonMin) at his home on the margins of the 2008 AFRICA Endeavor exercise. The FonMin had returned late on the evening of July 22 from a recently convened [...] | 2008-07-24 12:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EINV MASS MARR NI |
08ABUJA142 | PRESIDENT YAR,ADUA ON: RIBADU MISSTEP, PFIZER, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador had a January 3, 2008 audience with Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua to discuss a range of issues, mostly notably the current political environment and outcry surrounding the December 27, 2007, announcement by the GON to transfer to a study tour Nigeria's Econ [...] | 2008-01-23 15:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN EINV NI |
08ABUJA1481 | NIGERIA: U/S JEFFERY'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: In a July 25 meeting, U/S Jeffery and FonMin Maduekwe discussed US technical support for efforts to improve the Nigerian power sector, changing attitudes in Nigeria toward corruption, and the GoN's desire to improve the business climate and encourage investment in Nigeria. The Am [...] | 2008-07-31 06:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID ENRG EPET EINV NI |
08ABUJA1506 | ECOWAS SEEKS $31 MILLION DONOR SUPPORT FOR CAPACITY [...] Summary: On July 7, development partners of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) met in Abuja to consider the draft 2008/2009 ECOWAS Commission Capacity Building plan (CBP) and discuss strategies for its implementations with donor support. ECOWAS CBP in 2009 will focus on re [...] | 2008-08-04 15:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECIN ETRD EINV EAID PREL NI ECOWAS |
08ABUJA152 | PRESIDENT YAR'ADUA ON: PFIZER AND AFRICOM [...] In a short phone call to Ambassador late January 21 just prior to his departure for the Davos Summit in Switzerland, Nigerian President Yar'Adua made the following points on next steps on Pfizer and his position on AFRICOM and a possible visit to Nigeria by the AFRICOM Combatant Commander (COCO [...] | 2008-01-24 14:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN EINV NI |
08ABUJA1564 | NIGERIA: U/S JEFFERY'S MEETING WITH MINISTRY OF FINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 24 meeting with visiting Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Reuben Jeffery, senior Finance Ministry officials said their priorities were the Niger Delta, increasing power generation and transmission, and improving Nigeria's infrastructure to strengthen transportation [...] | 2008-08-08 09:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD PREL ECON EINV PGOV NI |
08ABUJA1599 | NIGERIA-CENTRAL BANK REFORMS AND CONTINUING [...] (SBU) Summary. Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Deputy Governors briefed Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Reuben Jeffery on Bank priorities and the Nigerian economy during his visit to Abuja on July 25. Officials said the CBN continues to work towards achieving its core mandate of maintaini [...] | 2008-08-12 07:52:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV NI |
08ABUJA1735 | NIGERIA: CENTRAL BANK CANCELLATION OF UNIFORM [...] (C/NF) Summary. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) recently canceled the uniform accounting year requirement for banks and discount houses. Banks and discount houses were expected to adopt December 31, 2008 as the common accounting year end. CBN announced that current interest rate trends ar [...] | 2008-08-29 15:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV NI |
08ABUJA176 | NIGERIA'S SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE TO VISIT THE U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: Speaker of the House of Representatives, Oladimeji Bankole (of the ruling People's Democratic Party) hosted a working lunch for Ambassador, PolCouns, EconCouns, PolOff and USAID Officer. Bankole expressed interest in [...] | 2008-01-25 13:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EINV NI |
08ABUJA1925 | NIGERIA: GOOD NEWS-GON DROPS SOME IMPORT BANS [...] Summary. In a major breakthrough, September 25 the Government of Nigeria (GON) announced the number of banned import categories would decrease from 44 to 26 items, and that there would be tariff reductions on a wide range of products. Bright Okogu, Director General of the Budget Office of th [...] | 2008-09-26 14:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON ECIN EAGR EINV PREL PGOV NI |
08ABUJA20 | PRESIDENT YAR,ADUA ON: RIBADU MISSTEP, PFIZER, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador had a January 3, 2008 audience with Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua to discuss a range of issues, mostly notably the current political environment and outcry surrounding the December 27, 2007, announcement by the GON to transfer to a study tour Nigeria's Econ [...] | 2008-01-07 06:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN EINV NI |
08ABUJA2003 | NIGERIA - CUSTOMS' VIEWS ON TRADE AND IP [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 8, 2008 DepEconCouns met with Grace Adeyemo, Deputy Comptroller For Economic Relations at the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) to discuss trade and intellectual property (IP) issues. Adeyemo reported that the recent changes to Nigeria's trade policy that reduced banned [...] | 2008-10-10 10:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON EINV EAID EAGR NI |
08ABUJA202 | NIGERIA: AF DAS MOSS'S MEETING WITH SGF KINGIBE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and AF DAS Moss met with Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Kingibe SIPDIS January 23, and discussed the situation in the Niger Delta, the recent sidelining of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chair Ribadu, and the court case again [...] | 2008-02-01 08:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD EINV ECON MARR NI |
08ABUJA2049 | DRL DAS KRILLA DISCUSSES VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLES WITH GON [...] (SBU) Summary: DRL DAS Krilla met in Abuja with representatives of the offices of the President and Vice President and separately with international oil company (IOC) representatives to discuss the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights and the potential for their wider implementatio [...] | 2008-10-17 06:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM EPET PGOV EINV PREL NI |
08ABUJA2077 | NIGERIA: FLOUR INDUSTRY GROWING [...] (SBU) Summary. In an October 15 meeting with Aminu Abdulqadir Imam, Chief Administrative Officer of Bua Flour Mills, Imam reported that the flour milling business is very lucrative in Nigeria because domestic flour demand has grown. Despite profits production hurdles, such as epileptic power, [...] | 2008-10-21 11:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL NI |
08ABUJA2098 | NIGERIA: USG SUPPORTS HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT FEASIBILITY [...] (U) SUMMARY. In an October 17, 2008 ceremony at the Adamawa State Government House, the Ambassador and Adamawa State Governor Murtala Nyako signed a grant for commencement of a 35 megawatt (MW) hydroelectric power plant feasibility study at the existing Kiri Dam site. The grant was provided by [...] | 2008-10-24 12:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON PGOV EAID EINV NI |
08ABUJA2165 | (C) NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR AND CBN GOVERNOR DISCUSS [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador had the rare opportunity to have an hour long substantive luncheon with Nigeria's elusive Governor of the Central Bank (GCBN),Professor Charles Soludo, while she was in Lagos November 1, 2008. The key points Soludo made centered on Nigeria's financial stability and P [...] | 2008-11-03 13:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | EFIN ECON PGOV EINV PREL NI |
08ABUJA2177 | NIGERIA: COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK OFFICIALS DESIRE MORE USG [...] (SBU) Summary. During the USG Intellectual Property Working Group (IPWG) October 27-28 visit to Abuja, Nigerian intellectual property rights officials expressed appreciation for USG technical assistance (TA). The goal of the visit was to hear from GON agencies on progress and steps taken sinc [...] | 2008-11-04 13:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR EINV ETRD ECON EAID NI |
08ABUJA2180 | NIGERIA: EX-IM HEARS POSITIVES ON FINANCIAL MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary. Nigerian bank regulators are confident that the current global financial crises will have little effect on the local financial system. They state that the current decline in market capitalization is a market correction and are taking measures to ensure that the correction does [...] | 2008-11-05 09:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD ECON EINV PGOV NI |
08ABUJA2197 | NIGERIA 2009 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE [...] The following information is Nigeria's 2009 National Trade Estimate. . Trade Summary ------------- . 2. The U.S. goods trade deficit with Nigeria was $30.0 billion in 2007, an increase of $4.4 billion from $25.6 billion in 2006. U.S. goods exports in 2007 were $2.8 billion, up 24.8 percen [...] | 2008-11-07 12:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN EAID EINV PGOV NI |
08ABUJA2223 | NIGERIA: TRADE MINISTRY PUSHING FOR TIFA ASAP [...] (SBU) Summary. During a November 6, 2008 meeting with the Nigerian Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MCI) Permanent Secretary Elizabeth Emuren, she said the Government of Nigeria (GON) is eager to participate in the next Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council Meeting and pro [...] | 2008-11-13 10:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KIPR EINV EAID PGOV NI |
08ABUJA2225 | NIGERIA: MAKING SENSE OF THE 2008 BUDGET [...] (U) Summary. The 2008 amended and supplemented budgets were finally passed in October after much back and forth between the executive branch and the National Assembly. A reluctant compromise was reached, but the key remaining issue is implementation. This poor budget process between the exe [...] | 2008-11-13 12:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV NI |
08ABUJA2243 | U.S. Mission Partners with American Business on Energy [...] (SBU) SUMMARY U.S. Mission in Nigeria is working with the American Business Council (ABC) to operationalize a public-private partnership on energy issues and other economic and business issues. The Ambassador opened a recent meeting with ABC with a review of progress to date, which includes a [...] | 2008-11-14 12:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECON ENRG PGOV EAID ETRD EFIN EINV NI |
08ABUJA2295 | NIGERIA: CUSTOMS AND STANDARDS ORGANIZATION ENTHUSIASTIC [...] (SBU) Summary. During the USG Intellectual Property Working Group (IPWG) October 27-28 visit to Abuja, Nigeria intellectual property rights officials expressed appreciation for USG technical assistance (TA). While enforcement remains weak, some agencies are enthusiastic to work with the USG t [...] | 2008-11-21 11:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR EINV ETRD ECON EAID NI |
08ABUJA2324 | NIGERIA: G.E. VISITS NIGERIA TO DISCUSS INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 12, 2008 the Ambassador met with a 23 member international delegation, plus 10 in-country staff, from General Electric's 12 business units to discuss potential for investment opportunities in Nigeria. GE expressed interest in increasing its investments in Nigeria, whi [...] | 2008-11-26 17:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EAIR ELTN EFIN ERTD EINV NI |
08ABUJA2340 | NIGERIA: GOVERNMENT AND EXPORTERS ARE OPTIMISTIC ON [...] (SBU) Summary. During the November 17 - 20 visit of Laurie-Ann Agama, Director for African Affairs in the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR),Government of Nigeria (GON) officials reiterated Nigeria's commitment to the U.S. - Nigeria Trade and Investment Framework Agreemen [...] | 2008-12-01 14:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KIPR EAGR EINV EAID PGOV NI |
08ABUJA2347 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES EFCC, RIBADU, BIT & [...] (C) Summary: On November 26, 2008 the Ambassador met with Tanimu Yakubu, the Chief Economic Advisor and close personal confidant to President Yar'Adua, to discuss the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and former EFCC Chair Ribadu. She also covered the lack of progress and roadblo [...] | 2008-12-02 07:07:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV ENRG PGOV NI |
08ABUJA2360 | NIGERIA: 2008-2012 TARIFF BOOK REVIEW [...] Summary. Following the September 25, 2008 release of the 2008-2012 Nigerian government tariff book, a number of major import bans were eliminated and some tariffs were significantly reduced (reftel I). The Government of Nigeria's (GON) tariff policy for 2008 to 2012 reduces the number of ban [...] | 2008-12-03 08:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON KIPR EAGR EINV EAID PGOV SENV NI |
08ABUJA2365 | NIGERIA: PRESIDENT YAR'ADUA PRESENTS THE 2009 BUDGET [...] (U) Summary. President Umaru Musa Yar'Adau presented the 2.87 trillion naira ($24.53 billion),budget for calendar year 2009 to a joint session of the National Assembly on December 2, 2008. The 2009 budget is a slight increase from the final 2008 budget of 2.7 trillion naira ($23 billion) re [...] | 2008-12-04 11:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV EPET ENRG PGOV NI |
08ABUJA238 | NIGERIA: AF DAS MOSS'S MEETING WITH HOUSE SPEAKER [...] (C) SUMMARY: AF DAS Todd Moss and the Ambassador met with Speaker of the House of Representatives Dimeji Bankole January 23. Bankole solicited USG assistance for building up the National Assembly (NASS) as a bona fide separate branch of government. Bankole said the GON is committed to the Gul [...] | 2008-02-05 15:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ETRD EINV EAID MARR EFIN NI |
08ABUJA2386 | NIGERIA: IMF FORECASTS SLOWDOWN [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite Nigerian government (GON) official statements to the contrary, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasts rising inflation. Following its November 10-25 visit in the country, IMF says Nigeria's economy is slowing down because of the global financial crisis. The eff [...] | 2008-12-11 08:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV EPET PGOV NI |
08ABUJA2387 | NIGERIA: NAIRA DEPRECIATING AGAINST THE DOLLAR [...] (SBU) Summary: The naira is beginning to depreciate against the dollar and may continue in that direction because the demand for dollars has been increasing. It has gone from 117 naira to one dollar to 130 naira to one dollar from December 1 to December 10. A global credit crunch and falling [...] | 2008-12-11 08:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV EPET EAID PGOV NI |
08ABUJA2435 | NIGERIA: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION VISITS THE [...] Summary: The Nigerian Securities Exchange Commission (NSEC) traveled to the U.S. from November 17 through November 21 to visit with U.S government agencies and private sector firms in Washington D.C., New York and Boston to exchange experience in areas of securities market surveillance and enfo [...] | 2008-12-16 08:04:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV ENRG EAID PGOV NI |
08ABUJA2437 | NIGERIA: CENTRAL BANK MOVES TO STABILIZE NAIRA [...] (SBU) Summary. The recent depreciation of Nigerian naira, against the U.S. dollar has led to a change in policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) met on December 11 and the CBN issued new policy guidelines aimed at stabilizing the value of the naira. T [...] | 2008-12-16 14:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD PGOV NI |
08ABUJA2439 | NIGERIA: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SETS CONDITIONS FOR 2009 BUDGET [...] Summary. The 2009 budget seeks to limit fiscal spending because of falling revenue from the sale of crude oil. The legislature's intent to fund more projects is at odds with President Yar'Adua's cost-cutting. Also, the National Assembly is putting pressure on the executive because the 2008 b [...] | 2008-12-16 15:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV NI |
08ABUJA2446 | NIGERIA: AGOA FOCUS PRODUCTS CHOSEN [...] Summary. As part of the Government of Nigeria's (GON) Seven Point Agenda, it plans to promote sustainable growth in the real sector of the economy and expand its investments in agriculture. It further plans to focus on key sectors in which it has a comparative advantage. The GON's export fo [...] | 2008-12-17 08:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EAGR EINV EAID PGOV NI |
08ABUJA2521 | Nigeria: NGO Democracy Roundtable: 40 NGOs give Mixed Views [...] (U) Summary. On December 16, the Ambassador hosted a roundtable discussion called "Looking Back on Nigeria's Democracy in 2008" with stakeholders from 40 civil society organizations ranging from NGO groups on electoral reform, democratic principals, human rights, faith-based organizations, med [...] | 2008-12-24 07:35:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON ENRG EINV NI |
08ABUJA340 | PFIZER CASE: FEDERAL AG, KANO OFFICIALS AGREE [...] (C) Summary: Following up on previous conversations with President Yar'Adua (Refs),Ambassador met separately with Federal Attorney General (AG) and Kano State Governor and Kano AG February 7 and February 12 respectively, to urge that the parties meet to seek an amicable settlement so that th [...] | 2008-02-22 12:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV PGOV ECON PREL BEXP NI |
08ABUJA359 | OPIC-SUPPORTED INVESTMENT FUNDS IN THE REGIONS: AFRICA [...] The required capital to operate businesses and implement development programs that will create jobs and improve the livelihoods of the citizens is in short supply in Africa. Some African countries, Nigeria inclusive, are implementing economic reforms in order to achieve higher growth rates an [...] | 2008-02-26 14:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON NI |
08ABUJA360 | OPIC-SUPPORTED INVESTMENT FUNDS IN THE REGIONS - AFRICINVEST FUNDS II [...] The required capital to operate businesses and implement development programs that will create jobs and improve the livelihoods of the citizens is in short supply in Africa. Some African countries, Nigeria inclusive, are implementing economic reforms in order to achieve higher growth rates an [...] | 2008-02-26 14:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON NI |
08ABUJA395 | TEAM NIGERIA MEETS GON MINISTERS FOR WASHINGTON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 12, 2008, the Ambassador and an interagency team briefed key GON ministers, officials, and top advisers to President Yar'Adua on the current U.S.- Nigerian bilateral relation as a follow up to Yar'Adua's December 12-14, 2007 Washington trip. The presentation was orga [...] | 2008-02-28 12:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EINV ETRD EPET ENRG SNAR KJUS |
08ABUJA629 | NIGERIA DESK OFFICER DISCUSSES TRADE/INVESTMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Visiting Nigeria Desk Officer and PolOff visited Plateau and Bauchi States March 19-22 and met Plateau Governor Jonah Jang and Bauchi Governor Isa Yuguda to discuss increasing trade with, and investment from, the United States in various sectors, particularly agriculture, food pro [...] | 2008-04-07 14:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR EINV ENRG ETRD SENV KPWR NI |
08ABUJA630 | NIGERIA: MINISTER OF STATE SHARES HIS VIEWS ON THE ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary. Senators Shelby, Gregg and Corker, along with the Ambassador, met with Minister of State for Finance Aderemi Babalola on March 17. The meeting focused on the financial sector and efforts towards combating money laundering and terrorist financing. Babalola told the Senators that [...] | 2008-04-07 14:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV OREP KCOR PREL NI |
08ABUJA637 | NIGERIA: MINISTER OF STATE SHARES HIS VIEWS ON THE ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary. Senators Shelby, Gregg and Corker, along with the Ambassador, met with Minister of State for Finance Aderemi Babalola on March 17. The meeting focused on the financial sector and efforts towards combating money laundering and terrorist financing. Babalola told the Senators that [...] | 2008-04-08 09:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV OREP KCOR PREL NI |
08ABUJA735 | SHELL OFFICIALS DISCUSS NIGERIA PETROLEUM [...] (C) Summary: Shell officials told Senator Bob Corker and Ambassador that Nigeria's oil production can reach three million barrels per day in the near to mid-term under present security conditions, but government targets of four million BPD are unrealistic within that time frame given security [...] | 2008-04-18 14:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET OREP PGOV ECON EFIN PREL EINV SENV ETRD |
08ABUJA74 | SPEAKER LOOKING TO BUILD HOUSE, ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: Nigeria's Speaker of the House, Oladimeji Bankole, expressed his determination to make the National Assembly a co-equal branch of government. He expects to visit Washington in February and will seek U.S. support for his efforts. He says his approach is to "follow the money" to [...] | 2008-01-11 14:20:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG BEXP NI |
08ABUJA832 | NIGERIA 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] We have received no reported cases of an investment dispute where a U.S. citizen alleges there has been an expropriation, other taking of property, or contract repudiation by a foreign government. SANDERS [...] | 2008-05-07 09:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON PGOV KIDE CASC OPIC NI |
08ABUJA864 | NIGERIA: MICROFINANCE SECTOR-GROWTH AREA [...] Summary. The microfinance sector in Nigeria is large and has the potential for further growth. GON officials view establishing Private Public Partnership (PPP) as a mechanism to increase lending that will eventually alleviate poverty. For the GON to be successful the public sector should foc [...] | 2008-05-12 08:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EAID ECIN NI |
08ABUJA882 | NIGERIA: PASSAGE OF THE 2008 BUDGET [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua signed the 2008 budget appropriation bill into law on April 14, 2008. Due to disagreements between the President and the National Assembly (NA) budget passage was held up for five months, stalling government economic activities. The Government of N [...] | 2008-05-15 09:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV ENRG PGOV NI |
08ACCRA1076 | Parliament Approves Vodafone Acquisition [...] (U) Summary: GhanaQs parliament on August 14, 2008 approved by a majority vote the $900 million sale and purchase agreement between the Government of Ghana and Vodafone International Holdings B.V. for the acquisition of 70 percent shares of Ghana Telecommunications Company. The debate before [...] | 2008-08-21 08:31:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV GH |
08ACCRA1179 | BIT TALKS: LIMITED PROGRESS DURING KUFOUR VISIT [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Exploratory discussions regarding a U.S.-Ghana Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) will likely generate only limited progress during President KufuorQs state visit to the United States (starting September 14, 2008). The Kufour Administration is shifting into election mode and sh [...] | 2008-09-12 11:53:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ECON EIND PGOV GH |
08ACCRA1397 | GHANAQS 180 ON BILATERAL INVESTMENT TREATY [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Shifting from its last formally communicated position (REFTEL A),Ghana is now back to a serious exploration of a Bilateral Investment Treaty with the United States. However, internal consultations within the relevant Ghanaian ministries will probably not be concluded in time fo [...] | 2008-10-28 08:34:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD PGOV GH |
08ACCRA1504 | GHANA: AMERICAN BUSINESSES AIR VIEWS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Board members of the Ghana American Chamber of Commerce mentioned areas of concern for their businesses to econoff in a Board meeting. Several members complained of a lack of bureaucratic support for foreign investors. Mining giant Newmont talked about the drive to limit exp [...] | 2008-11-25 16:19:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EIND GH |
08ACCRA1515 | GHANA TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE HIGHLIGHTS, [...] SUMMARY: A. Ghana's civil aviation sector is poised for expansion, based on the combination of increased passenger loads and the expected increased demand for air travel associated with growth in the oil and gas sector. An infrastructure expansion plan worth USD 122 million has been approv [...] | 2008-12-02 07:38:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR ELTN ELAB EWWT EINV EFIN KMCA GH |
08ACCRA1517 | GHANA AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL SECTOR HIGHLIGHTS, DECEMBER [...] SUMMARY: A. Ghana has benefitted this year from higher cocoa prices and increased U.S. investment in cocoa processing facilities. B. The EU and Ghana signed an agreement to combat the export of illicit timber to be implemented in 2009. This could potentially impact more than 50 percent [...] | 2008-12-02 12:09:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD EINV SENV GH |
08ACCRA1521 | GHANA MACROECONOMIC AND FINANCE HIGHLIGHTS, NOVEMBER 2008 [...] SUMMARY: A. (U) According to the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Accra's financial isolation may provide the country with a temporary respite from the global economic downturn unfolding in international financial centers, while leaving open the potential for a slide if traditional exports, F [...] | 2008-12-02 14:05:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EFIN EINV GH |
08ACCRA1522 | GHANA MINING HIGHLIGHTS, NOVEMBER 2008 [...] SUMMARY: A. The Government of Ghana announced the privatization of its troubled state-owned aluminum company, along with accompanying foreign investments worth USD 4.5 billion. The purported international buyers announced that no such deals existed. B. Ghana has benefitted from increase [...] | 2008-12-02 14:06:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN EIND EINV KPRV GH |
08ACCRA1523 | GHANA ENERGY SECTOR HIGHLIGHTS, DECEMBER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A. (U) New hydro generation projects are moving ahead with Chinese and Brazilian financial assistance and tied contractors. Based on the assumption that new gas-fired thermal plants will also be online by 2011, the Minister of Energy has announced a target power price of 9 [...] | 2008-12-03 07:59:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON EINV EIND EFIN GH |
08ACCRA1611 | GHANA'S NUCLEAR ENERGY AMBITIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable reports on Ghana,s current civilian uses of atomic technology and their plans to become a nuclear power producer (response to REF A). Ghanaian atomic science research is established institutionally, but at a low level of technical sophistication. Ghana,s atomic scien [...] | 2008-12-24 07:57:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EINT TRGY TBIO EINV BEXP BTIO GH |
08ACCRA1612 | GHANA'S NUCLEAR ENERGY AMBITIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable reports on Ghana,s current civilian uses of atomic technology and their plans to become a nuclear power producer (response to REF A). Ghanaian atomic science research is established institutionally, but at a low level of technical sophistication. Ghana,s atomic scien [...] | 2008-12-24 07:58:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EINT TRGY TBIO EINV BEXP BTIO GH |
08ADDISABABA105 | ETHIOPIA: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] As requested in Reftel, post is pleased to submit the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for Ethiopia. Begin Text: 2. Openness to Foreign Investment 2006/2007 HIGHLIGHTS -- In a bid to curb increasing food prices the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) levied a 10 percent surtax on selected import [...] | 2008-01-14 13:45:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ECON KTDB USTR OPIC ET |
08ADDISABABA1299 | EXCEPTIONAL ISSUANCE OF IMPORT LICENSES TO CHINESE FIRMS [...] The influence of the Chinese Government on Ethiopian economic sectors continues to gain traction. The Ethiopian Council of Ministers recently approved an exception to issued licenses previously reserved for domestic investors to two Chinese government firms to import and distribute heavy const [...] | 2008-05-14 08:37:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ET EEB |
08ADDISABABA1639 | NBE- ETHIOPIA'S BANKING BIG BROTHER [...] SUMMARY: Ethiopia's Banking Business Proclamation contains a host of clauses that grant the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE, Ethiopia's central bank) wide ranging and extensive power over the operations of private banks and Ethiopians' rights to invest in the financial sector. The Proclamation [...] | 2008-06-16 14:04:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ET |
08ADDISABABA1640 | PARLIAMENT CONSIDERS TWO BANKING LAWS [...] SUMMARY: The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE, Ethiopia's central bank) presented an amendment to the monetary and banking proclamation to Parliament on June 2. The principal objectives of the amendment include removing the borrowing ceiling of the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) from the NBE, intro [...] | 2008-06-16 14:05:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ET |
08ADDISABABA165 | MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW FOR DECEMBER 2007 [...] SUMMARY -- Ethiopian Government's (GoE) 2006/07 macroeconomic performance report indicates economic growth was broad based and sustainable. -- GoE projects double digit economic growth in 2007/08, the fifth year in a row; -- The Central Statistical Agency (CSA) changed the base year of the [...] | 2008-01-22 13:13:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ET |
08ADDISABABA1691 | ETHIOPIA: 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] The United States Government is aware of four (4) claims by U.S. persons which may be outstanding against the Government of Ethiopia (GOE). One claim included in the 2006 report has been resolved. There are two new reported claims. 2. The U.S. Government is also aware of two other disputes [...] | 2008-06-20 06:59:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD ECON ET |
08ADDISABABA1870 | Japan Embargoes Ethiopian Coffee for Trace Insecticides [...] SUMMARY: The Japanese Coffee Association (JCA) has rejected the delivery of 16 container loads of Ethiopian coffee due to the presence of three banned insecticides. The JCA sent multiple teams to Ethiopia to obtain samples from throughout the supply chain to determine the source of the contamin [...] | 2008-07-09 04:46:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ET |
08ADDISABABA191 | ETHIOPIA'S HIDES, SKINS AND LEATHER SECTOR [...] SUMMARY: The hides, skins and leather (HSL) sector is a priority area in the Government of Ethiopia's (GoE) economic development plan. While Ethiopia has the potential to produce large amounts of very high-quality leather, problems of poor quality inputs, over-capacity in tanneries, and a low [...] | 2008-01-24 12:16:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD EINV EAID ET |
08ADDISABABA194 | STRENGTHENING CHINA TIES, FOREIGN MINISTER YANG JIECHI IN [...] (U) Summary: Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi visited Ethiopia at the end of a four country tour of Africa. During a quick one-day stop, Yang met with Prime Minister Meles and Foreign Minister Seyoum on Somalia, Sudan, Eritrea, bilateral programs, and China's outreach to Africa. The larg [...] | 2008-01-25 06:23:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID EINV ET CH |
08ADDISABABA1948 | PARLIAMENT PASSES 2008/09 FEDERAL BUDGET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Ethiopian Parliament passed a federal budget of US$5.6 billion for 2008/09 fiscal year that runs from July 8, 2008 to July 7, 2009. The budget is 16 percent higher than the US$4.9 billion budget endorsed last year. Given that annual general inflation in June 2008 was 55.3 pe [...] | 2008-07-17 10:06:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ET |
08ADDISABABA2149 | GOE REAFFIRMS PROTECTION OF COPYRIGHTS [...] (U) The Ethiopian Government (GoE) destroyed close to half a million pirated copies of locally produced music CDs, software, Ethiopian-produced DVD films and foreign-produced pornographic films on 27 July 2008 at Meskel Square in Addis Ababa in the presence of senior government officials, artis [...] | 2008-08-07 04:45:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ET |
08ADDISABABA2569 | FOREIGN EXCHANGE SHORTAGE HURTS U.S. BUSINESSES [...] (SBU) The limited supply of foreign exchange (forex) in Ethiopia's banks has begun to take a toll on U.S. commercial interests as private and public entities have increasingly become unable to import essential consumer inputs and industrial capital goods from abroad or get hard currency to repa [...] | 2008-09-17 14:13:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ET |
08ADDISABABA2816 | GOVERNMENT OF ETHIOPIA LIFTS FUEL SUBSIDY [...] (U) The government of Ethiopia's (GoE) Council of Ministers lifted subsides on domestic fuel prices effective October 4. The move came after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) objected to the fuel subsidy before considering a balance of payments loan (reftel). The Council also authorized t [...] | 2008-10-14 04:52:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ET |
08ADDISABABA3060 | PROFILE OF ETHIOPIA'S DEBT SUSTAINABILITY [...] (SBU) Although the government of Ethiopia (GoE) has assumed only minimal new official external bilateral and multilateral debt since completing two rounds of external debt relief, state-owned enterprises (SOE) are accumulating off-budget external (and domestic) debt at an alarming rate. The Go [...] | 2008-11-10 04:31:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ET |
08ADDISABABA3298 | BENZENE FUEL SUPPLY BOTTLENECK SQUEEZES MARKET [...] (SBU) The Government of Ethiopia's (GoE) decision to require regular benzene to be blended with ethanol has led to severe benzene fuel supply gaps, exacerbating an already inefficient fuel supply chain. The ethanol blending program has hampered the GoE's ability to maintain adequate benzene fu [...] | 2008-12-09 14:21:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ENRG ET |
08ADDISABABA411 | TEN BIRR: THE BLACK MARKET HERALDS THE CURRENCY [...] SUMMARY: In a shift from historic patterns, Ethiopia's currency, the Birr, has been significantly depreciating recently against major hard currencies including the U.S. Dollar in the black market. Government of Ethiopia (GoE) officials attribute the depreciation to shortages in supply and the e [...] | 2008-02-19 05:43:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ET |
08ADDISABABA438 | ETHIOPIA'S SUGAR RUSH [...] SUMMARY: The sugar and ethanol industries have recently garnered much attention in Ethiopia, with India's ExIm Bank providing a $640 million line of credit to fund expansion of Ethiopia's state-owned Finchaa sugar factory and construction of a new factory at Tendaho. Ethiopia is expanding sugar [...] | 2008-02-21 07:28:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD ECON EAGR ENRG SENV ET |
08ADDISABABA512 | BLACK GOLD: PETROLEUM RESOURCES IN ETHIOPIA [...] SUMMARY: The Government of Ethiopia (GoE),through the Ministry of Mines and Energy, is actively seeking investment and exploration in the oil and gas sector. While to date there are no proven reserves of oil or gas, exploration is taking place in several areas of the country with promising geo [...] | 2008-02-27 14:19:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD ECON ENRG ET |
08ADDISABABA716 | MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW FOR FEBRUARY 2008 [...] SUMMARY -- The Ethiopian Parliament passed a law imposing taxes on the export of raw and semi-processed leather and hides; the Council of Ministers lifted 5 percent duty and 10 percent surtax on imports of computers. -- The Government of Ethiopia (GoE) adjusted domestic oil prices effective [...] | 2008-03-12 12:38:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ET |
08ADDISABABA753 | BLACK MARKET BUSTED - FOREIGN EXCHANGE CRACKDOWN [...] SUMMARY: Following a period of rapid depreciation in the black market exchange rate and a growing gap between official and parallel rates, Ethiopian authorities have cracked down on the thriving but illegal parallel foreign exchange market in Addis Ababa. END SUMMARY. 2. Per reftel, the pa [...] | 2008-03-17 12:37:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN ET |
08ADDISABABA82 | PRIVATIZATION OR MONOPOLIZATION IN ETHIOPIA? [...] SUMMARY: An examination of available information on privatized enterprises in Ethiopia shows that companies owned by, or affiliated with, Ethio-Saudi billionaire Sheik Mohammed Al Amoudi have purchased the vast majority (in terms of value) of enterprises. Nearly every enterprise of significant [...] | 2008-01-11 07:27:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD ECON EFIN ET |
08ADDISABABA928 | SCIENCE WITH AFRICA CONFERENCE, ADDIS ABABA [...] Summary. The UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) in collaborat 2. The Conference brought together over 700 people including African an Africa - a Sleeping "Giant" ========================== 3. The 2007 AU Heads of States summit in Addis Ababa specifically calle 4. A number of [...] | 2008-04-04 06:45:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAGR EAID ETRD KSCA EINV ET |
08AITTAIPEI1566 | HONG KONG UPGRADES ITS TAIWAN TRADE OFFICE [...] (C) During a November 6 meeting with economic chief, Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) Ltd. Taiwan Branch General Manager Perry Fung said his office has upgraded its status from "consultancy" to "limited company," reflecting the overall improvement in cross-Strait economic ties (reft [...] | 2008-11-06 05:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL EINV TW HK CH |
08AITTAIPEI1638 | TAIWAN'S ECONOMIC OUTLOOK DARKENS, BUT FINANCIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 20, official GDP figures showed the Taiwan economy contracted by 1.02% year-on-year (yoy) in the third quarter, a sharply lower figure than had been predicted just weeks earlier. The government's 2008 GDP growth forecast is now 1.87%, and the official estimate for 200 [...] | 2008-11-23 21:34:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV PREL TW |
08AITTAIPEI1647 | TAIWAN MULLS ENHANCED CROSS-STRAIT FINANCIAL LINKS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In advance of the 14th Cross-Strait Financial Academic Research Conference slated to take place in Beijing this week, Taiwan financial sector contacts say preparations are underway for a cross-Strait MOU that would facilitate Taiwan banks' access to the Chinese market, and vice-ver [...] | 2008-11-24 07:50:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL TW CH |
08AITTAIPEI293 | AIT DIRECTOR OUTLINES TRADE AGENDA WITH MOEA [...] (C) On March 4, Director met with Minister of Economic Affairs Steve Ruey-long Chen to review the bilateral trade relationship and the TIFA agenda. Chen observed that the U.S.-Taiwan economic and political relationship has been strained for the past year, but expressed hope that after the Mar [...] | 2008-03-05 07:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAGR ECON EINV KIPR TW |
08AITTAIPEI786 | TAIWAN PREPARES FOR PROGRESS ON CROSS-STRAIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As Taiwan and China prepare to resume negotiations on cross-Strait issues, beginning with charter flights and tourism, Taiwan authorities and industry representatives agree that initial progress should be straightforward. Taiwan authorities believe that during their June 11-14 [...] | 2008-06-06 11:12:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PREL TW CH |
08ALGIERS1003 | RESURGENCE OF "ECONOMIC PATRIOTISM" TARGETS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following President Bouteflika's public blaming of foreign investors for Algeria's lagging economy outside of the hydrocarbons sector (ref A),the Algerian government has begun to impose new taxes and restrictions on foreign companies doing business here. Apparently sobered by t [...] | 2008-09-16 16:04:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ETRD EFIN ECON AG |
08ALGIERS102 | FOREIGN COMPANIES WARILY EYE NEW OIL AND GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Algerian oil parastatal Sonatrach announced belatedly on January 12 that fifteen new exploration blocks would be opened up to bidding by foreign hydrocarbon companies in 2008. Reactions from several U.S. and Italian firms indicate a wariness to pursue new investments given th [...] | 2008-01-28 17:40:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PGOV ECON EINV AG |
08ALGIERS1120 | FINANCE MINISTER DETERMINED TO BUILD PRIVATE SECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finance Minister Karim Djoudi told the Ambassador that Algeria's economic situation is generally strong, and that Algeria will weather the current global economic crisis relatively unscathed. Djoudi shared his vision for the Algerian economy, and said that his priority now lie [...] | 2008-10-15 17:16:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV AG |
08ALGIERS1172 | 2009 GOVERNMENT BUDGET PAINTS ROSY PICTURE [...] SUMMARY. The Algerian parliament approved the government's 2009 budget with few amendments. Spending will increase six percent over 2008 levels, and the budget law estimates economic growth of 4.1 percent overall and 6.6 percent outside of the hydrocarbons sector. The budget uses an oil re [...] | 2008-11-04 17:34:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV ECON PGOV AG |
08ALGIERS1206 | ALGERIA: BUREAUCRACY STIFLES GROWTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Business leaders told Ambassador and visiting NEA/MAG Director that the government bureaucracy continues to stifle the Algerian economy. Contract tenders are slow to develop, forcing the government to accept bidders who promise speed but who often have cost overruns in the end [...] | 2008-11-10 18:14:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINV ECON PREL AG |
08ALGIERS1307 | CENTRAL BANK CHIEF STAYS THE REGULATORY COURSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bank of Algeria Governor Mohamed Laksaci told the Ambassador December 7 that he and his organization are focused almost to a fault on bank regulation rather than on financial system modernization. Laksaci has been with the central bank in various positions since 1990, and remain [...] | 2008-12-18 08:21:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINV ECON PGOV PREL AG |
08ALGIERS24 | ALGERIA: PRIVATIZATION (SLOWLY) MOVING AHEAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Algeria's head of financial reform told Ambassador January 7 that Algeria has not retreated from its plan to privatize the large CPA bank. Rather, the government is waiting for the right market conditions to guarantee maximum value for its flagship parastatal and to ensure a [...] | 2008-01-09 12:10:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINV AG |
08ALGIERS254 | ENERGY MINISTER KHELIL: GOT GAS? [...] (C) SUMMARY: ALGERIAN ENERGY MINISTER KHELIL TOLD OPIC CEO MOSBACHER FEBRUARY 23 THAT ALTHOUGH ALGERIA CAN MEET ITS CURRENT NATURAL GAS CONTRACTS AND INTERNAL CONSUMPTION DEMAND, THE COUNTRY NEEDS TO FIND MORE GAS. IN ORDER TO INCREASE GAS CAPACITY, KHELIL SAID THAT HYDROCARBON PARASTATAL SON [...] | 2008-03-03 13:27:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINV ETRD AG |
08ALGIERS262 | ENERGY MINISTER KHELIL: GOT GAS? [...] (C) SUMMARY: ALGERIAN ENERGY MINISTER KHELIL TOLD OPIC CEO MOSBACHER FEBRUARY 23 THAT ALTHOUGH ALGERIA CAN MEET ITS CURRENT NATURAL GAS CONTRACTS AND INTERNAL CONSUMPTION DEMAND, THE COUNTRY NEEDS TO FIND MORE GAS. IN ORDER TO INCREASE GAS CAPACITY, KHELIL SAID THAT HYDROCARBON PARASTATAL SON [...] | 2008-03-03 15:52:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINV ETRD AG |
08ALGIERS662 | ALGERIA STILL GUN-SHY ON BANK PRIVATIZATION [...] (U) SUMMARY. Algeria's privatization of the bank Credit Populaire d'Algerie (CPA) appears likely to remain on hold for the foreseeable future. According to public statements by the Minister of Finance and our conversation with the President of CPA, the Algerian government continues to view [...] | 2008-06-05 08:35:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV ECON AG |
08ALGIERS690 | COMMERCE MINISTER SAYS PRIVATIZATION WILL CONTINUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Commerce Minister El Hachemi Djaboub told the Ambassador that Algeria is determined to go forward with the privatization of public enterprises, but admitted that it has more parastatals than interested buyers. Djaboub said he noted a trend over the last decade within the govern [...] | 2008-06-13 10:29:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PGOV AG |
08ALGIERS773 | ALGERIA FREES UP PUBLIC LAND FOR DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Algeria has moved to free up industrial and commercial property for private development by auctioning parcels of land in the growing community of Blida, near Algiers, a move Industry Minister Abdelhamid Temmar called a "micro-revolution." The newly-formed National Agency for Lan [...] | 2008-07-08 15:38:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON AG |
08AMMAN1000 | AQABA DEVELOPMENT UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: In March, the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) was honored at the Jordan Economic Forum for its achievements, including its ability to attract $8 billion in investment pledges in seven years. Tourism accounts for about 70 percent of all investment in this port city, c [...] | 2008-04-03 14:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EAID JO |
08AMMAN1019 | AFTER SLUGGISH START, AQABA'S INDUSTRIAL ESTATE NOW SHOWS [...] (U) Summary: Investment in the southern town of Aqaba has traditionally focused on tourism (ref A). Aqaba's Special Economic Zone, however, offers an industrial estate, the Aqaba International Industrial Estate (AIIE),which provides significant tax advantages for businesses and is also desig [...] | 2008-04-07 15:24:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EAID JO |
08AMMAN1161 | Restructuring of Jordan's Oil Sector Lagging [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's plans to open up the oil sector to competition are running behind schedule. The draft Minerals and Petroleum Law -- the main legislation that will set up a regulatory framework for opening up the sector -- is still pending Cabinet and parliamentary approval. Before com [...] | 2008-04-17 15:29:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON EINV JO |
08AMMAN136 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SANA AKILI [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Department of Commerce Officer Sana Akili to Jordan from January 30 to February 03, 2008, as requested reftel. The purpose of her visit is to attend meetings with CLDP interlocutors on MEPI and Iraq programs. The travelers should carefully revie [...] | 2008-01-14 14:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV OTRA JO |
08AMMAN138 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OPIC OFFICERS DRUMHELLER AND [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of OPIC Officers Robert Drumheller and Mary Mervenne to Jordan from January 21-25, 2008, as requested reftel. The purpose of the trip is to attend meetings with clients regarding IMMDF, and discuss potential housing finance projects for OPIC. The [...] | 2008-01-14 14:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV OPIC OTRA JO |
08AMMAN146 | JORDAN 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: OPENNESS TO [...] Since King Abdullah succeeded to the throne in 1999, Jordan has taken several steps to encourage foreign investment and realize the vision of transforming Jordan into an outward- oriented, market-based economy competitive in the global marketplace. Key reforms have been undertaken in the info [...] | 2008-01-15 09:09:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR |
08AMMAN1565 | Rebuild Iraq 2008 Conference - Less Than Meets the Eye [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Project Rebuild Iraq 2008 (not to be confused with the similarly named look-alike tradeshow, IRAQ BUILD 2008, which took place in Amman in April 2008) has in previous years been a major event among those interested in development in Iraq. While seemingly professional [...] | 2008-05-22 15:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD JO IZ |
08AMMAN1612 | GROWING DEMAND AND PRICES FOR POTASH AND PHOSPHATE: JORDAN [...] (U) Summary: With growing world demand and rising prices, the combined exports of fertilizer, potash, and phosphate replaced apparel as Jordan's top export worldwide in the first quarter of 2008. The Chairman of the Arab Potash Company (APC) confirmed rapidly growing profits, prices, and stoc [...] | 2008-05-28 08:46:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EINV ETRD JO |
08AMMAN1927 | APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: ARAB BANK PLC, CAIRO AMMAN [...] As requested in reftel, this cable provides information on Arab Bank PLC, Cairo Amman Bank and the Housing Bank for Trade and Finance. Post is not aware of any recent events in Jordan that would prohibit OPIC from providing financing to the three banks. All three borrowers are reputable membe [...] | 2008-07-01 04:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN JO |
08AMMAN2316 | KING'S HOUSING INITIATIVE FOR LOW-INCOME CITIZENS ENHANCED [...] (U) Summary: King Abdullah dubbed 2008 the "Year of Housing" for Jordan, and has launched a housing initiative with the goal of building 20,000 units per year. The initiative will include government-provided land and infrastructure, privately-constructed units, and bank-provided mortgages targ [...] | 2008-08-05 10:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON PGOV SOCI JO |
08AMMAN2459 | JAPANESE EMBASSY IN JORDAN ORGANIZED FORUM ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The Japanese Embassy in Jordan organized the "First Japan-Iraq Business Forum" in Amman in early July. Iraqi Vice President Tariq Al-Hashmi attended the event and urged Japanese companies to "invest in Iraq today" in order to secure future Iraqi oil supplies. The Iraqi Deputy [...] | 2008-08-21 15:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EINV ENRG IZ JA JO |
08AMMAN2460 | SHARED HOPES FOR A JORDANIAN-IRAQI FREE TRADE ZONE [...] (C) Summary. The Jordanian Free Trade Zones Corporation seeks to establish a mutual Free Trade Zone with Iraq in the Karama/Trebil border area by 2010. An investment forum to discuss the topic took place in late May in Amman. A prime developer expressed frustration that Jordan is dragging it [...] | 2008-08-21 15:44:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EINV IZ JO |
08AMMAN2490 | PLANS FOR INCREASING COMPETITION IN JORDAN'S MOBILE PHONE [...] (SBU) Summary: The number of mobile phone subscribers in Jordan has risen to 4.8 million and represents an 84% penetration rate with possible room for growth. Jordan is currently served by four incumbent providers who view amenities as new ways to generate revenue. The Telecommunications Regu [...] | 2008-08-26 08:09:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINV TINT JO |
08AMMAN2683 | CONTINUED HIGH WORLD PRICES LEAD TO RECORD REVENUES FOR [...] (U) Summary: Growing world demand and rising prices resulted in rapid growth in Jordanian exports of fertilizer (up 126%),potash (52%) and phosphate (75%) in the first seven months of 2008 (ref A). Correspondingly, revenues and profits at Arab Potash Company (APC) and Jordan Phosphate Mines C [...] | 2008-09-16 12:49:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EMIN EINV JO |
08AMMAN2696 | DESPITE SLOWDOWN IN CEMENT DEMAND, JORDAN'S PRODUCTION [...] (U) Summary: After five years of 10-15% growth in cement demand and 3.8% growth in production, domestic demand for cement in Jordan has begun to drop due to inflation and a slow down in construction. Despite this trend, Jordan's annual cement production is set to double from 4.5 to 11 million t [...] | 2008-09-18 10:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EINV JO |
08AMMAN2782 | BROADBAND COMPETITION STILL SLUGGISH BUT FUTURE CAPACITY [...] (SBU) Summary: An estimated 21% of Jordanians use the internet but only 3% of the population subscribes to an internet service. Jordan is currently served by 20 internet service providers (ISPs) which resell service from Jordan Telecom Group/Orange (JTG). Jordan's broadband service remains expe [...] | 2008-10-05 05:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINT EINV TINT JO |
08AMMAN3122 | JORDANIAN-QATARI RELATIONS START TO THAW IN BUSINESS AND [...] (C) Prime Minister Nader Dahabi led a high-level November 8-9 delegation to Qatar which included the Ministers of Labor, Industry and Trade, and Media Affairs. According to press reports, Jordan and Qatar agreed to establish a joint investment fund, with up to $1 billion from Qatar, and to se [...] | 2008-11-17 07:09:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV PREL PGOV KISL KWBG JO QA |
08AMMAN504 | GROWING NUMBERS OF JORDANIANS INVEST IN STOCK MARKET [...] (U) SUMMARY: Approximately 15 percent of Jordanians own shares in companies traded on the Amman Stock Exchange. The exchange saw rapid growth in 2003 to 2005, followed by a steep decline in 2006 and quick growth in 2007. 245 companies are listed on the exchange, which now has 65 brokerage fi [...] | 2008-02-18 06:45:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV JO |
08AMMAN565 | JORDAN-KUWAIT WARMING TREND CONTINUES WITH VISIT [...] (C) The mid-February visit to Jordan of Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammad al-Ahmad al-Sabah (and several other ministers) is the latest public sign of healing - at the government/royal family level, at least - of relations strained throughout the 1990s because of Kuwait's linge [...] | 2008-02-21 16:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EINV JO KU ETRD |
08AMMAN573 | OPIC CEO Reviews Projects Supporting King's Initiatives in [...] (SBU) Summary: OPIC President and CEO Robert Mosbacher discussed ongoing and potential OPIC investments in Jordan worth $750 million with senior Jordanian officials on the margins of the February 10-11 Middle East and North Africa Trade and Investment Conference held in Amman. In 2007, OPIC [...] | 2008-02-24 11:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG OPIC JO KWBG |
08AMMAN62 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OPIC OFFICERS MONTGOMERY, [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of OPIC Officers Danielle Montgomery, Nancy Rivera, Mary Boomgard and Alexander Evans to Jordan from January 10-18, 2008, as requested reftel. The purpose of the trip is to perform due diligence for the Disi project. The travelers should carefully [...] | 2008-01-08 07:46:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV OPIC OTRA JO |
08AMMAN655 | DOMESTIC IT SECTOR GROWS DESPITE LURE OF DUBAI [...] (U) Summary: The Jordanian information technology (IT) sector grew an estimated 25 percent in 2007, and is exploiting strong technical, entrepreneurial and Arabic cultural awareness skills. A growing mobile and broadband internet telecommunications sector is a strong complement, and the govern [...] | 2008-03-02 06:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT EINV TINT JO |
08AMMAN949 | APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: DISI WATER PSC [...] (SBU) Summary: In order to foster greater efficiency in Jordan's water sector, post recommended a series of conditions precedent (CPs) related to water reform as part of the annual cash transfer portion of ESF to the Government of Jordan (GOJ),which the GOJ has agreed in principle to implement [...] | 2008-03-31 09:00:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV SENV JO |
08ANKARA1005 | EMBASSY ANKARA RESPONSE FOR OPIC FINANCE: FERSAN [...] Per reftel, we conducted a review of Fersan operations and determined there is no derogatory information about the company, industry, or its prospects. Please see more detail in the internal report emailed to Alfredo Rodriguez by Robert Dunn on May 28. We have no available information on any [...] | 2008-05-29 12:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV TU |
08ANKARA1086 | TURKEY: 2008 REPORT ON EXPROPRIATION AND INVESTMENT [...] The following is Embassy Ankara's submission for the 2008 report to the U.S. Congress on expropriation claims and investment disputes, providing an update on the two ongoing cases reported in 2007. 2. Claimant Data: -- Claimants A are Victor and Kristy Bedoian, both U.S. citizens. The [...] | 2008-06-12 12:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV CASC TU |
08ANKARA1176 | FOREIGN INTEREST DOWN FOR TURKEY'S PRIVATIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Privatization receipts are a significant source of income for Turkey. The AKP-led government has pursued an aggressive privatization program since it took office in 2002. On June 12, Privatization Agency (PA) President Metin Kilci told us that although foreign investor intere [...] | 2008-06-26 14:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ENRG ECON TU |
08ANKARA129 | TURKEY: GUL FOCUSES ON BUSINESS, ARAB LEAGUE IN [...] (C) President Abdullah Gul's January 14-16 visit to Egypt was successful and primarily focused on enhancing the bilateral economic relationship, according to MFA Levant Desk Officer Murat Omeroglu. In addition to his meetings with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, PM Ahmed Nazif, FM Ahmed Abou [...] | 2008-01-23 15:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EINV ETRD TU EG |
08ANKARA1395 | PARLIAMENT AGAIN APPROVES FOREIGN LAND PURCHASES IN TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary. In separate decisions in January and April 2008, the Constitutional Court struck down portions of both the Title Deed Law and the Foreign Direct Investment Law, effectively barring real estate purchases by foreign real persons or corporations (reftels). In an amendment to the Tit [...] | 2008-08-05 07:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON BEXP TU |
08ANKARA1450 | NO TURKISH DECISION ON BIT RENEGOTIATION THIS YEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkey continues to tie prospects for renegotiation of its Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) to its EU accession process and views a wholesale renegotiation as unlikely. Turkish Treasury DDG for Foreign Investment Murat Alici described the 2004 Model BIT as an overly long, overly [...] | 2008-08-13 06:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV TU |
08ANKARA15 | TURKISH ELECTRICITY EXPORTS TO IRAQ CUT OVER [...] (C) Summary. Electricity exports to Northern Iraq by the private Turkish company Karadeniz Toptan Elektik Ticaret (Kartet) were cut on January 2, 2008. As we foreshadowed (ref A) a series of complicated commercial and intergovernmental agreements were not renewed before December 31, 2007, w [...] | 2008-01-04 11:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET TU EINV IZ |
08ANKARA172 | TURKISH ELECTRICITY TO NORTHERN IRAQ: CONTRACT [...] (C) Turkish MFA Deputy Coordinator for Iraq Murat Ozcelik presented us with a two paragraph contract amendment on January 29 that he said was a "simple solution" to getting Turkish electricity supplies flowing again into Northern Iraq. The amendment needs to be signed by Kartet, the private T [...] | 2008-01-30 14:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EINV EPET IZ TU |
08ANKARA1837 | VAN: A GLIMPSE INTO TURKEY'S REMOTE EAST [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Two Embassy Econoffs recently visited the city of Van, a regional center in Turkey's remote east along the border with Iran. They found a pleasant lakeside city struggling to deal with a huge influx of intern [...] | 2008-10-21 13:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON BTIO PGOV EAID TU |
08ANKARA1917 | FM BABACAN IN AFGHANISTAN; GILLANI, KARZAI IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Babacan stressed Turkey's commitment to Afghanistan during his October 26-27 visit to Kabul, Wardak and northern Afghanistan. The Turks are pressing forward on infrastructure and education projects, but face obstacles from local and national authorities in Kabul. Turkey has [...] | 2008-11-05 14:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PTER MARR EAID EINV AF PK TU |
08ANKARA1928 | DRAFT NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-07 05:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN EINV TU |
08ANKARA2128 | AS CALLS FOR REFORM INCREASE, TURKISH PATENT LAW [...] (C) Summary. On November 20, Turkey's International Investor Association (YASED) released a report on the status of intellectual property rights in Turkey and the economic importance of improving those rights. The report, which YASED presented directly to Prime Minister Erdogan, estimates th [...] | 2008-12-17 13:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KIPR ECON USTR EINV TU |
08ANKARA237 | TURKEY: SUPPORTS LEBANON, NOW AND ALWAYS, BUT [...] (C) We conveyed reftel points on support for Lebanon February 8 to MFA Department Head for Middle East Kerem Kiratli and Lebanon/Syria Desk Officer Cem Ulusoy. Kiratli said he would convey the substance of the demarche to Deputy Under Secretary Sinirlioglu and Under Secretary Apakan. He emph [...] | 2008-02-11 06:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN EINV LE SY TU |
08ANKARA278 | TURKEY: NEW GOT TAX IMPLEMENTATION UPSETS FREE TRADE ZONES [...] (U) Summary: A recent communique issued by Turkish Customs levies additional taxes against companies operating in Free Trade Zones. This unforeseen change in tax policy substantially increased production costs in these zones. The Aegean Free Trade Zone, which has majority U.S. ownership, was a [...] | 2008-02-14 07:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON TU |
08ANKARA374 | TURKEY-WORLD BANK COUNTRY PARTNERSHIP STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador joined World Bank Country Director for Turkey Ulrich Zachau February 14 to discuss the World Bank's role in Turkey and the upcoming release of the Country Partnership Strategy (CPS),outlined below, which is embargoed until February 28. The CPS outlines a four-year [...] | 2008-02-27 10:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID EINV TU |
08ANKARA379 | TURKEY: U/S LEVEY ON DANGERS OF DOING BUSINESS [...] (C) Summary: In his January 28th meetings with the Turkish Foreign, Finance, and Treasury Ministries and Halkbank, Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey discussed the dangers of doing business with Iran and warned of the need for constant vigilance and extraordinary scrutiny in financial relat [...] | 2008-02-27 12:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | EFIN KTFN KNNP EINV TU IR |
08ANKARA463 | GOT RECTIFIES ERRONEOUS VAT TAX COLLECTIONS FROM FREE TRADE [...] (U) On February 27, the Ministry of Finance ended the collection of additional value-added (VAT) tax levied on Free Trade Zones (FTZs) operating in Turkey. Companies operating in FTZs were blindsided by a Turkish Customs Undersecretariat circular issued on January 21 (Reftel) requiring them to [...] | 2008-03-10 13:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON TU |
08ANKARA584 | PARLIAMENT PASSES ANOTHER LAW TO SAVE CARGILL'S SWEETENER [...] (SBU) Summary: The Turkish Parliament yesterday passed an amendment to the Soil Protection and Land Use Law that is intended to protect several thousand companies from closure, including Cargill's Orhangazi sweetener plant. This is the third attempt by the ruling party AKP to give an amnesty t [...] | 2008-03-28 12:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EINV ETRD TU |
08ANKARA585 | TURKEY SAYS IT IS IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1803, BUT [...] (S) We delivered reftel B and C demarche and non-paper on March 28 to MFA Department Head for South Asian Affairs Devrim Ozturk, and Iran Desk Officer Mehmet Sekerci. They thanked us for the information, and said they would translate the paper and distribute it with appropriate classification [...] | 2008-03-28 14:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PARM PGOV PREL KNNP MNUC |
08ANKARA699 | TURKISH CONSTITUTIONAL COURT BANS FUTURE REAL ESTATE [...] Summary: On March 11, Turkey's Constitutional Court annulled the section of the Foreign Investment Law that authorized property sales to foreigners in Turkey. The ruling will enter into force 6 months following the issuance of the court reasoning, and it will not be retroactive. The GOT is ex [...] | 2008-04-14 11:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON BEXP TU |
08ANKARA723 | TURKEY: COURT RULINGS LEAVE FOREIGNERS' LAND PURCHASE [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: The Constitutional Court has issued two opinions this year striking down parts of two different laws that had allowed foreigners to purchase real estate in Turkey. A January ruling struck down provisions of the Title Deed Law that allowed foreign individuals to purch [...] | 2008-04-18 11:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON BEXP TU |
08ANKARA730 | Subject: Turkey: Parliament Passes Amended Social Security [...] (U) Summary: The Turkish Parliament approved an amended version of the Social Security Reform bill on April 18, after a three-week debate. The vote was 225 - 55. The bill will become law after President Gul signs it and it is published in the Official Gazette. 2. (SBU) The Parliament mad [...] | 2008-04-18 12:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON BEXP TU |
08ANKARA862 | Turkey Re-launches Privatization of Electricity [...] (SBU) Summary and comment. On April 28, the Privatization Agency (PA) announced that the GOT's long-delayed privatization of electricity distribution companies would re-start. Privatization was delayed in January 2007 to avoid raising electricity prices prior to July 2007 parliamentary elect [...] | 2008-05-05 14:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EINV TU |
08ANKARA89 | TURKEY RE-LAUNCHES BID TO WIN CENTRAL ASIAN HEARTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkish President Abdullah Gul is spearheading a renewed GOT effort to strengthen Turkish-Central Asian relations through visit diplomacy. Unlike Turkey's initial, post-Soviet era approach to the region, the Turks are viewing Central Asia as a partner not a patron, and offering [...] | 2008-01-16 13:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG EPET EINV KZ KG TI TX |
08ANKARA894 | TURKEY MUST CONSULT WITH EU BEFORE RENEGOTIATING [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Turkish Treasury DDG for Foreign Investment, Murat Alici, who told us that, because Turkey is involved in the EU accession process, the GOT will have to consult with the European Commission (EC) [...] | 2008-05-09 06:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON TU |
08ANTANANARIVO136 | KUWAIT FM IN COMOROS TO DISCUSS INVESTMENT [...] SUMMARY: Kuwait's Foreign Minister visited the Union of the Comoros February 16-17 to meet Union President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi and to discuss Kuwaiti investments. END SUMMARY. 2. Mohamed Mohamed Al-Sharji, Kuwait's Ambassador in Cairo accredited to the Comoros, told EmbOff that Kuwaiti [...] | 2008-02-19 10:41:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EINV EAID KU CN |
08ANTANANARIVO744 | OBSTACLES TO INVESTMENT: THE VIEW OF A PROMINENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Malagasy industrial magnate Salim Ismail outlined the negative factors confronting potential investors in Madagascar during a recent meeting with the Ambassador. These factors include a complicated business environment, an unfair legal system, problems with the state-owned power [...] | 2008-11-05 07:31:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EIND ETRD MA |
08ANTANANARIVO809 | Comoros National Assembly Passes (Sort Of) Economic [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The diplomatic corps was twice convoked December 3 for contradictory versions of recent events at the National Assembly on a vote for an "economic citizenship" law. First, National Assembly President Bounou and Grande Comore Island President Abdouwahabi (both opposition leaders [...] | 2008-12-05 06:47:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM EINV PREL PGOV CN |
08ANTANANARIVO84 | MADAGASCAR ADOPTS NEW INVESTMENT LAW [...] (U) SUMMARY: In thorough consultation with Malagasy and international private sector, and with donors, the GOM drafted and adopted a new Investment Law to facilitate business entry into Madagascar. The law is a significant improvement in facilitating investment and makes the Economic Developm [...] | 2008-01-31 10:23:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON EFIN PGOV MA |
08ANTANANARIVO852 | MADAGASCAR: GOM (AGAIN) DENIES DAEWOO LAND DEAL [...] (U) The following diplomatic note dated December 12 was delivered to Post in response to recent media reports concerning a major agricultural investment by South Korea's Daewoo Logistics (reftel). The story was reported on extensively in both foreign and domestic media despite an immediate deni [...] | 2008-12-19 09:14:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EINV EAGR MA |
08ASHGABAT1045 | TURKMENISTAN: ENJOYING THE BENEFITS OF ITS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Few would disagree that China's relationship with Turkmenistan centers almost exclusively on its expanding energy partnership and trade. Regular political and economic engagement between the two states during [...] | 2008-08-12 10:24:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EINV EIND CH TX |
08ASHGABAT1058 | TURKMENISTAN: BUSINESS REFORMS SUGGEST CONTINUING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Turkmenistan's efforts to rewrite laws affecting foreign businessmen are beginning to take hold, according to four U.S. businessmen active in Turkmenistan. All agreed that the scale of recent reforms suggests a lo [...] | 2008-08-13 13:41:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV TX |
08ASHGABAT1130 | TURKMENISTAN: CNPC'S GROWING PRESENCE HAS IMPACT [...] (C) SUMMARY: An Emboff who spends a great deal of time in Lebap Province has been observing the impact of the growing Chinese National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) presence. Over the last few months, a growing number of Chinese workers have become visible in Turkmenabat, and the company's [...] | 2008-08-27 11:43:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EPET EINV CH TX |
08ASHGABAT1137 | MARATHON PATIENTLY KEEPING LINES OF COMMUNICATION [...] (C) Marathon Oil Company Vice President Declan O'Byrne and several of his colleagues on August 27 provided Charge with an update on their negotiations with the government. They had given a presentation to a core group of Turkmen oil and gas experts the day before on the joint project definit [...] | 2008-08-28 12:19:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET EINV TX |
08ASHGABAT1138 | TURKMENISTAN: ENERGY COMPANIES HAVE POSITIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Energy companies now operating in Turkmenistan are viewing the new Petroleum Law as a good first step in making it easier to do business here, and see the State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources' central role in implementing the law as a sign that the gover [...] | 2008-08-28 13:18:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EPET EINV TX |
08ASHGABAT1148 | TURKMENISTAN: CHINESE PRESIDENT'S VISIT SWIMMING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Chinese president's second visit here in less than a year offered a strong indication that bilateral cooperation, in particular on the planned Turkmenistan-China pipeline, is proceeding very well. If they [...] | 2008-09-02 20:43:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EINV EPET TX CH |
08ASHGABAT1180 | TURKMENISTAN: RECEPTIVE TO TURKISH ENERGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler's visit laid the groundwork for expanding the Turkish role in Turkmenistan's oil and gas industry and also could strengthen and enhance the two countries' electricity relationship. It is possible that Turkmen officials were quite receptive to [...] | 2008-09-06 08:06:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EINV EPET ENRG EIND IR TU TX |
08ASHGABAT1248 | AMERICAN SUPPLY COMPANY SURPRISED BY [...] (C) On September 18, emboffs met with Greg Ballou, the Amcit business development manager for Gateway Ventures International, a U.S. company with offices across Eurasia, the Middle East and Asia. The company's business activities appear to be broad, but the company's recently-registered off [...] | 2008-09-18 13:44:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EINV EPET TX |
08ASHGABAT1331 | TURKMENAIR CHAIRMAN TO COMMERCE DAS DYCK: WE,LL [...] (SBU) During his September 29-30 visit to Turkmenistan, Commerce Department Deputy Assistant Secretary Paul Dyck met with the Chairman of the National Civil Aviation Service Gurbanyaz Tirkishov to discuss Boeing,s activities in Turkmenistan. Turkmenistan Airlines, fleet is almost exclusively [...] | 2008-10-08 07:32:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR EINV PREL TX |
08ASHGABAT1332 | TURKMENAIR CHAIRMAN TO COMMERCE DAS DYCK: WE,LL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) During his September 29-30 visit to Turkmenistan, Commerce Department Deputy Assistant Secretary Paul Dyck met with the Chairman of the National Civil Aviation Service Gurbanyaz Tirkishov to discuss Boeing,s activities in T [...] | 2008-10-08 07:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EINV PREL TX |
08ASHGABAT1334 | TURKMENISTAN: KAKAYEV REPEATS "NO FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Department of Commerce officials, State Agency for the Management and Use of Hydrocarbons Director Kakayev reinforced previous government statements that Turkmenistan will develop its own onshore hydrocarbon resources. Kakayev said only President Berdimuhamed [...] | 2008-10-08 07:52:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EINV EPET TX |
08ASHGABAT1341 | TURKMENISTAN: LOCAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY COMPLAINS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The director of the only private Turkmen construction company has complained about nonpayment for its renovation of office space, allegedly at the behest of a U.S. energy firm. The energy firm, Midland Oil and Gas, is actually a UK entity with U.S.-based management. The work, p [...] | 2008-10-09 12:14:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EINV ENGR EPET TX |
08ASHGABAT1344 | TURKMENISTAN: MIDLAND OIL AND GAS PURSUING SERVICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The local agent for Midland Oil and Gas ("Midland"),a UK entity based in New York, said Midland is close to concluding an agreement to provide drilling rigs worth USD 400 million to Turkmen Oil. The company is also looking for an operating partner to develop three offshore bloc [...] | 2008-10-09 12:22:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EINV EPET TX |
08ASHGABAT1352 | TURKMENISTAN: DONORS DISCUSS POSSIBILITIES FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a recent meeting hosted by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) resident representative, donor country diplomats said that there is more discussion about developing the private sector in Turkmenistan than ever before. Some were doubtful, however, t [...] | 2008-10-11 08:33:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN EINV EPET AORC TX |
08ASHGABAT1353 | EBRD PREVIEWS TURKMENISTAN TRANSITION REPORT; [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The head of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's (EBRD) Ashgabat office gave a preview of the Bank's annual Transition Report on Turkmenistan and discussed the consumer price index and inflation [...] | 2008-10-11 08:41:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EPET AORC SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT1362 | TURKMENISTAN: IMMENSE VOLUMES OF NATURAL GAS ARE CONFIRMED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The general manager of the British firm Gaffney, Kline & Associates, which just completed an independent audit of the natural gas fields in South Yoloten-Osman and Yashlar, presented the results of their study to a s [...] | 2008-10-15 12:54:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EPET EINV TX |
08ASHGABAT1370 | TURKMENISTAN BUILDS AN OLYMPIC VILLAGE COMPLEX [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov loves sports. The pictures you see in the official press and the posters hung in the two Ashgabat stadiums show an active man, who loves to ride his bike along mountain roads. They also sh [...] | 2008-10-16 13:09:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON EINV SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT1377 | NEW TURKISH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY OPENS SHOP IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Another Turkish construction company, Yapi Taahhut Tasarim Inshaat ("Yapi"),has entered the Turkmenistan market. Leading Yapi's Ashgabat office is a young Turk who until recently worked at rival company Polimeks and who brings with him significant experience in Turkmenistan's [...] | 2008-10-20 13:41:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EIND TX TU |
08ASHGABAT1399 | EXPAT SOURCES SAY THAT ITERA GAVE TURKMENISTAN A [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to expatriate sources in Ashgabat, a yacht that recently set sail on the Caspian Sea -- reportedly worth 60 million euros -- is actually a gift from Russian company Itera. Itera is working on signing a deal jointly with Russian state-owned companies Rosneft and Zarubezhneft a [...] | 2008-10-23 13:28:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR EPET EINV ETRD EWWT SCUL RS TX |
08ASHGABAT1431 | TURKMENISTAN: EXXONMOBIL STILL CASTING ABOUT FOR [...] (C) On November 3, ExxonMobil Caspian Area Manager Rob Young and Regional Upstream Coordinator David Rekhviashvili met with the Charge to discuss ExxonMobil's interest in doing an onshore project in Turkmenistan. Young said they were here to make a proposal to the Turkmenistan government to d [...] | 2008-11-03 12:33:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL PGOV ENRG EINV TX |
08ASHGABAT1498 | TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV'S FIRST TRIP TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: South Korea hosted the president of Turkmenistan for a two-day visit that centered on developing the economic relationship. The two countries explored cooperation in a variety of areas, including energy development and infrastructure modernization. A Korean diplomat in Ashg [...] | 2008-11-18 10:41:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EINV EPET TX |
08ASHGABAT1513 | TURKMENISTAN: NEW COMMERCIAL MARITIME CODE, TRADEMARK [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan recently enacted three laws in the commercial sphere - a Commercial Maritime Code, a Trademark Protection Law, and a Law on Inventions and Industrial Designs. If the Trademark Protection Law and the La [...] | 2008-11-21 14:04:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD TX |
08ASHGABAT1542 | TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV VISIT TO GERMANY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) President Berdimuhamedov led a large delegation to Germany on November 13 for a three-day visit. According to German Deputy Chief of Mission Silke Hahn, it was not an official, state visit for Berdimuhamedov, because the [...] | 2008-11-28 09:50:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EINV ETRD TX |
08ASHGABAT1561 | TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF LACEY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-03 13:01:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID EAGR ETRD EINV BTIO TX |
08ASHGABAT166 | TURKMENISTAN: DEPUTY CHAIRMAN TAGIYEV -- THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 29, Turkmenistan's Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers for hydrocarbon issues, Tachberdi Tagiyev, told U.S. Coordinator for Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Ambassador Steven Mann things are going well for Turkmenistan. The country is discovering promising new hydro [...] | 2008-02-04 05:36:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET EINV TX |
08ASHGABAT167 | TURKMENISTAN: STATE HYDROCARBON AGENCY STILL ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 29, Executive Director of the State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources Byrammurat Muradov told U.S. Coordinator for Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Ambassador Steven Mann his agency is very close to reaching an agreement with ConocoPhillips on two offshor [...] | 2008-02-04 06:01:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET EINV TX |
08ASHGABAT169 | TURKMENISTAN: MIDLAND OIL SEEKS HYDROCARBON DEAL [...] (C) The Chairman of the Board and President of the U.S.-based Midland Oil and Gas Company Robert Murphy visited Ashgabat January 29-February 2 with a delegation of consortium members to see whether he could work out a hydrocarbon deal. Murphy met on January 30 with President Berdimuhamedov, [...] | 2008-02-04 10:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET EINV TX |
08ASHGABAT186 | TURKMENISTAN: MIDLAND OIL MOVES FORWARD [...] (C) Chairman of the Board and President of the U.S.-based Midland Oil and Gas Company Robert Murphy telephoned the Charge on February 6 to provide a rushed brief on the results of his consortium delegation's visit to Ashgabat that began on January 29 (reftel). He said his overall consortium [...] | 2008-02-06 10:03:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET EINV ETRD EIND KS TX |
08ASHGABAT190 | TURKMENISTAN: UPDATE ON ADB'S PLANS FOR A [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Ayna Kekilova, the Asian Development Bank's (ADB's) liaison officer in Turkmenistan, told EmbOff February 6 that the ADB partners in the proposed Trans-Afghan pipeline (TAPI) project are proceeding with the work for the proj [...] | 2008-02-06 12:52:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EPET EINV TX |
08ASHGABAT278 | TURKMENISTAN: MIDLAND OIL FRUSTRATED [...] (C) Charge met February 27 with Chairman of the Board and President of the U.S.-based Midland Oil and Gas Company Robert Murphy. When they first met on February 1, and again when Murphy provided an update on February 6, he was confident Midland was in pre-qualification status for five major [...] | 2008-02-27 11:44:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EINV EPET SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT300 | TURKMENISTAN: UKRAINIAN INDUSTRIALIST MENDS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: With a series of diplomatic and commercial forays in January and February, the Ukrainian government appeared to be aggressively working to resolve contractual issues that have stalled its relations with Turkmen [...] | 2008-03-04 11:38:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV UP TX |
08ASHGABAT307 | TURKMENISTAN'S HYDROCARBONS: FLOUNDERING IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. During back-to-back meetings on Feburary 29 with U.S. Coordinator for Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Ambassador Steven Mann, Turkmenistan's Deputy Chairman for Oil and Gas Tachberdi Tagiyev, and Executive Director of the State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources By [...] | 2008-03-06 06:43:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET EINV AJ TX |
08ASHGABAT332 | TURKMENISTAN: POTENTIAL OF THE PETROCHEMICALS INDUSTRY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan has decided to enter the petrochemical sector by building a new refinery and oil and gas cracker at a Soviet-era, white-elephant refinery in eastern Turkmenistan that never did reach its full producti [...] | 2008-03-12 06:15:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EPET EINV TX |
08ASHGABAT338 | TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON SUBMITS DETAILED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chevron Country Manager Doug Uchikura told the Charge during a March 11 meeting that he had delivered a 200-plus page detailed "indicative offer" earlier that morning to the office of the Executive Director of the State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources. The [...] | 2008-03-13 10:31:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EPET EINV TX |
08ASHGABAT369 | TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT SIGNS NEW LAW ON FOREIGN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on March 17 unveiled a new government program to promote domestic entrepreneural development and foreign investment, including substantial changes to Turkmenistan [...] | 2008-03-24 13:06:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EINV BTIO KIRF TX |
08ASHGABAT370 | TURKMENISTAN: TAKING STEPS TOWARD A MARKET ECONOMY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On March 17 President Berdimuhamedov delivered a policy statement on the Government of Turkmenistan's support of advancing entrepreneurship and foreign investment. To solidify his statements on improving the busine [...] | 2008-03-25 04:44:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV TX |
08ASHGABAT405 | TURKMENISTAN: EXXONMOBIL MOVING SLOWLY [...] (C) On March 28, ExxonMobil Caspian Area Manager Robert Young told the Charge that ExxonMobil is "struggling" to see whether there are any big, tough, challenging hydrocarbon production projects -- the type of project ExxonMobil does best -- in Turkmenistan. Things are going slowly, because [...] | 2008-04-01 08:08:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET EINV TX |
08ASHGABAT415 | TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON GETTING A HEARING [...] (C) Chevron's Turkmenistan Country Manager, Doug Uchikura, told EmbOff April 2 that, following his March 11 submission of a detailed bid to drillQlow the salt in the Amu Darya basin (reftel),he had a "very positive" one-on-one meeting with the Executive Director of the State Agency for Manag [...] | 2008-04-03 08:22:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET EINV TX |
08ASHGABAT422 | TURKMENISTAN: TNK-BP'S NEGOTIATIONS MOVING SLOWLY [...] (C) During an April 2 meeting with Charge, TNK-BP Vice President for International Affairs Shawn McCormick (former U.S. National Security Council staffer) and Country Manager Oleg Lonovenko reported their company set up its office in Ashgabat in September 2007, separate from the office that BP [...] | 2008-04-03 12:46:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET EINV TX |
08ASHGABAT457 | TURKMENISTAN: THE FIELD OF POTENTIAL FOREIGN OIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: With two exceptions, Turkmenistan's record of dealing with foreign petroleum companies remains sharply bifurcated between the second-tier companies present in Turkmenistan since former President Niyazov's time and the others that are standing in line to complete new agreements n [...] | 2008-04-11 13:14:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | SECRET | PREL PGOV EINV EPET TX |
08ASHGABAT514 | TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO BUILD ELITE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: At the April 14 Cabinet of Ministers session, President Berdimuhamedov approved $575 million in construction projects, including 1,764 elite apartments that must be completed by February 2010. Although the presiden [...] | 2008-04-25 07:31:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV BEXP TX |
08ASHGABAT525 | TURKMENISTAN: INTERBUDMONTAZH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 22, 2008 Turkmenistan announced its intention to take Ukrainian construction company Interbudmontazh to court for failing to fulfill the terms of a major tunnel construction contract. President Berdimuha [...] | 2008-04-28 06:05:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV BEXP PGOV TX |
08ASHGABAT639 | TURKMENISTAN: RUSSIAN TELECOM COMPANY INTRODUCES LIMITED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's government has been moving gradually to act on President Berdimuhamedov's call for universal Internet access. Turkmen Telecom, so far Turkmenistan's sole Internet provider, has signed a contract with [...] | 2008-05-19 11:21:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON EINV ECPS TX |
08ASHGABAT695 | TURKMENISTAN'S HYDROCARBON SECTOR: THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Technocratic and generalist participants in a U.S. Trade and Development Agency-sponsored study visit for officials from Turkmenistan's hydrocarbon sector offered different explanations for why Turkmenistan's oil company is facing declining production. The technocrats -- enginee [...] | 2008-05-30 12:09:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EPET EINV TX |
08ASHGABAT728 | TURKMENISTAN: 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES [...] (U) a. Claimant A b. 2004: c. Claimant A concluded a contract on purchasing 3,000 tons of K-354 type carbon black at a price of $320.00 per ton with the State Concern "Turkmen Fertilizers and Chemistry" in November 2004. During 2005, the selling organization failed to deliver t [...] | 2008-06-06 15:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BTIO ENRG EINV CASC OPIC TX |
08ASHGABAT735 | TURKMENISTAN: PRICEY WHITE MARBLE SUMMER CAMP [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 9, President Berdimuhamedov opened the Nebitchi children's summer camp, a high-class resort for kids located outside of Ashgabat. The state-of-the art white marble facilities, fun activities, and amusement [...] | 2008-06-09 10:20:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT737 | TURKMENISTAN: GLOBAL ENERGY CAPITAL SEEKS [...] (C) During a meeting on June 6, Global Energy Capital's AmCit managing partners told Charge that their company, which focuses on providing direct equity for direct investment in frontier and emerging energy markets, is looking at investing in Turkmenistan. The two, visiting Ashgabat to attend [...] | 2008-06-09 12:00:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EPET EINV TX |
08ASHGABAT741 | TURKMENISTAN: MARATHON CLOSE TO SIGNING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Marathon International Petroleum Limited is very close to signing a confidentiality agreement that would allow it to carry out a definitional study for a project that would, if allowed to go forward, involve construction of an onshore gas extraction rig, a gas processing facility [...] | 2008-06-10 10:55:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET EINV TX |
08ASHGABAT748 | TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV FOLLOWS HIS OWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the June 6 CIS Summit in St. Petersburg, President Berdimuhamedov reaffirmed Turkmenistan's neutrality and held bilateral meetings. While expressing support for the relatively new goal of expanding economic ties among the CIS states, he again reminded attendees and observer [...] | 2008-06-12 06:42:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EINV KCIS RS UP TX |
08ASHGABAT797 | TURKMENISTAN: BROAD INTERNET ACCESS FINALLY BECOMING A [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Turkmenistan's telecommunications sector has finally started to act on President Berdimuhamedov's call for "Internet access in every home, school, and kindergarten." Russian cellular telecommunica [...] | 2008-06-26 11:22:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ECPS TX |
08ASHGABAT886 | TURKMENISTAN: BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT STILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a U.S. information technology expert who has been in Turkmenistan for about one year, the business environment has become more obstructionist. Over the past year, in order to clear deals between his company and Turkmen state agencies, he has encountered increasing [...] | 2008-07-15 06:03:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EFIN TX |
08ASHGABAT89 | TURKMENISTAN: NEW ENERGY-SECTOR PROJECTS [...] (C) During his January 17 farewell call on the Charge before he moves to Abu Dhabi, Chalik Holding executive Aziz Chengel (please protect) discussed several of Turkmenistan's new projects in the energy sector. UAE COURTS, BUT ITERA SCORES 2. (C) Turkmenistan intends to build two new ure [...] | 2008-01-17 11:28:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EPET EINV ENRG TX |
08ASHGABAT97 | 2008 TURKMENISTAN BFIF PROPOSAL [...] Brief justification -- U.S. EmbassQshgabat would like to hold meetings with U.S. companies at the 2008 Gas and Oil Show in Atyrau, Kazakhstan, April 9-11, 2008. Many U.S. firms are showing interest in opening up offices in Turkmenistan, and attending the Atyrau Gas and Oil Show would give pos [...] | 2008-01-18 11:40:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD BEXP TX |
08ASHGABAT98 | TURKMENISTAN: WHY DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY SHOULD [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to strong encouragement from the West and international financial institutions, the Government of Turkmenistan is finally beginning to pursue a much-needed course of economic and financial reform. Pre [...] | 2008-01-18 11:56:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EAID EFIN EINV TX |
08ASMARA37 | Massawa Free Zone [...] Summary: On January 9, Ambassador and Poloff toured the future Massawa Free Zone with Issayas Ghebregziabiher, Eritrean Free Zone Area Coordinator. Recent building activity was evident although Issayas cited slow progress in building the necessary infrastructure to allow companies to begin o [...] | 2008-01-28 11:23:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD ER |
08ASMARA38 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2008 [...] The following responses are keyed to reftel paragraph 15. Post submitted the 2006 Investment Climate Statement by email only, thus no reftel. ------------------------------ Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. Eritrea remains a strict command economy, pushi [...] | 2008-01-28 11:23:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC ER |
08ASMARA603 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] The following is keyed to reftel, para 15. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. Eritrea remains a strict command economy, with government activities crowding out most private investment. Investors in Eritrea face significant risks, including: lack of transparen [...] | 2008-12-23 10:37:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR PGOV ER |
08ASTANA1164 | KAZAKHSTAN - 2008 INVESTMENT DISPUTES REPORT UPDATE [...] (SBU) This cable constitutes post's response to reftel. The United States Government is aware of recent claims by two (2) United States persons against the Government of Kazakhstan (GOK). Claimant B's dispute was fully resolved during the reporting period. 2. (SBU) a. Claimant A b. 19 [...] | 2008-06-23 06:32:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIDE CASC EINV OPIC PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA1211 | SUBJECT: KAZAKHSTAN - ASIA SOCIETY CONFERENCE [...] (U) The Asia Society's Second Kazakhstan International Business Conference was held June 12-14 in Astana. The event brought together businessmen from Kazakhstan and abroad, government officials, diplomats, and academics to discuss obstacles to and opportunities for economic development in Kaz [...] | 2008-07-03 06:07:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV KZ |
08ASTANA1309 | KAZAKHSTAN - BURKITBAYEV SURPRISE CHOICE AS NEW [...] (C) Serik Burkitbayev, chairman of "Samgau," replaced Uzakbay Karabalin as KazMunayGas president on May 29. Burkitbayev is a long-time government insider with a mixed record. Contacts at KazMunayGas and western oil and gas companies called the move a surprise and saw no obvious explanation fo [...] | 2008-07-21 11:29:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV EINV PINR KZ |
08ASTANA133 | 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - KAZAKHSTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-29 02:04:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN ECON EINV PREL OPIC KTDB USTR |
08ASTANA1346 | KAZAKHSTAN - GOVERNMENT MOVING FORWARD ON TAX CODE REFORM [...] Following presidential guidance, a Government of Kazakhstan (GOK) Tax Working Group quickly produced proposed amendments to the tax code. USAID assistance in the areas of corporate income tax, value added tax (VAT) and the attendant administrative procedures was well received. On June 18, Pr [...] | 2008-07-25 02:49:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EINV PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA1360 | KAZAKHSTAN - EURASIAN ENERGY COORDINATOR MANN [...] (C) Samruk Deputy Chairman Kairgeldy Kabyldin told visiting Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Coordinator Steven Mann on July 24 that the international oil and gas companies have insisted on ownership stakes in the pipeline portion of the Kazakhstan-Caspian Transportation System (KCTS) -- i.e., the pi [...] | 2008-07-28 08:51:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL PGOV EINV KZ AJ TX GG |
08ASTANA1381 | KAZAKHSTAN - SPECIAL ENVOY GRAY DISCUSSES ENERGY [...] (C) During July 22 meetings, Kazakhstani government officials expressed optimism to visiting Special Envoy Boyden Gray regarding the restructuring of Kashagan. They explained that Kazakhstan was moving forward with Azerbaijan and the companies on the Kazakhstan-Caspian Transportation System ( [...] | 2008-08-01 14:48:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV PGOV PREL KZ |