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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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06BAMAKO1114 | MALI'S UNFUNDED ROAD TO THE FUTURE [...] SUMMARY: Mali's road system, particularly to the north and east, is inadequate to promote either security or economic development. The Malian government has addressed this concern with a comprehensive fifteen year building plan, but is able to fund little more than maintenance on the current [...] | 2006-10-06 14:10:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EAID ML |
06BAMAKO1198 | RPM FANS FEARS THAT TOURE PLANS PRESIDENCY FOR LIFE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-24 15:58:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN ECON ML |
06BAMAKO1290 | SCENESETTER FOR ATT'S TRIP TO U.S. TO WITNESS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-07 17:29:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN ECON ML |
06BAMAKO1415 | CANVASSING BAMAKO VOTERS: T-SHIRTS, CASH AND COLD [...] Summary: The Embassy called on fish vendors in the heart of Bamako's largest market to measure grassroots support for newly proclaimed presidential contender Soumeylou Boubey Maiga. Echoing the sentiments of local fruit sellers (reftel),fish vendors regard Maiga as an attractive presidenti [...] | 2006-12-15 08:29:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON EAGR PGOV KDEM ML |
06BAMAKO1417 | GRAMMY WINNER JOINS CALL FOR MALI TO DEFEND IPR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-18 12:11:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV ML |
06BAMAKO1423 | Bamako Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza reviews [...] Summary: Meeting in Bamako Dec. 6-8, international donors pledged approximately $475.9 million in new assistance for the global fight against avian and pandemic influenza (API),including $100 million from the USG (the largest single pledge, followed by Canada and the European Commission). The [...] | 2006-12-19 10:08:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR TBIO KFLU EAID ECON PREL ML |
06BAMAKO1432 | POLICE OFFER TO PROVIDE SECURITY TO UNION LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: Leaders of the National Union of Higher Education (SNESUP),who have accused Minister of Education Mamadou Lamine Traore of attempts at intimidation during their month-long strike, were pleasantly surprised by a local police offer of enhanced security for strike leaders. While [...] | 2006-12-20 09:04:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV ECON ML |
06BAMAKO401 | LEGISLATIVE BY-ELECTIONS LEAVE OPPOSITION PARTIES [...] (SBU) Summary: On Sunday, March 26, Mali celebrated a "Day of Democracy" to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the 1991 uprising that overthrew former dictator Moussa Traore. In Mopti and Bamako's fifth district, Democracy Day coincided with legislative by-elections to fill two vacat Nation [...] | 2006-04-04 19:25:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR ECON ML |
06BAMAKO421 | ELECTORAL LOSSES AND LOW TURNOUT TRIGGER ANGRY [...] (U) Summary. One week after a poor showing by the Rally for Mali (RPM) in legislative by-elections, RPM leader and National Assembly President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita (IBK) opened the April session of the National Assembly with an extremely critical speech decrying the state of Malian democra [...] | 2006-04-07 13:27:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR ECON ML |
06BAMAKO520 | PROSPECTORS PREDICT MALIAN OIL BY 2008 [...] (C) Summary: One and a half years after oil and gas exploration in northern Mali resumed, those searching for &black gold8 may be on the brink of success. To date, the Malian government has opened approximately 700,000 square kilometers of land to oil prospecting. Recent estimates by Austral [...] | 2006-05-08 12:46:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND EPET ML PGOV PINS PREL SENV |
06BAMAKO576 | SARKOZY MAKES FEW FRIENDS IN BAMAKO [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 18 French Interior Minister Nicholas Sarkozy completed a candid and at times confrontational two-day visit to Mali. Hyped as a chance for Sarkozy to articulate his vision of future France-Africa relations and hone his image as a French presidential candidate, the visit [...] | 2006-05-23 13:43:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON ML |
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN461 | BRUNEI: APEC COUNTER TERRORISM MANDATE DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) DCM delivered reftel points separately on Sept, 7 to USA Desk Officer at the MFAT Arni Abu Bakar and Deputy Director of the Research Department at MFAT Bustamam Hj Abang. Both welcomed receiving U.S. views, but did not have an immediate response as to the GoB's position on APEC's CT man [...] | 2006-09-11 06:49:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PTER BX |
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN572 | BRUNEI'S HARI RAYA: OPEN TALK AT OPEN HOUSES [...] (C) At this year's Hari Raya open houses -- a custom that distinguishes Brunei's celebration of the post-Ramadan month -- Ambassador and DCM heard unusually candid views from senior GoB officials on issues ranging from royal succession, bilateral security cooperation, and the status of major [...] | 2006-11-08 03:39:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC ECON SOCI CVIS MARR PTER PHUM |
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN573 | BRUNEI WANTS FREE TRADE AT TOP OF APEC AGENDA [...] (C) Brunei's top priority for the upcoming APEC Leaders meeting and beyond is to encourage movement on regional free trade agreements (see also ref B). The GoB'sapproach to multilateral fora will remain to listen to others and seek consensus. The GoB wants to advance APEC's capacity-building [...] | 2006-11-08 06:12:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PARM PTER TSPL BX |
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN630 | BRUNEI KEEPS THE OIL TAPS WIDE OPEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Brunei's oil production and exports look set to reach their highest annual levels in 25 years in 2006, due to technical advances in offshore fields and a policy decision by the Government of Brunei (GOB) to maintain production at the maximum sustainable rate. The GOB has no pre [...] | 2006-12-14 07:17:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET BX |
06BANGKOK1050 | SPECIAL 301 REVIEW -- THAILAND [...] (SBU) Summary and Recommendation: Piracy rates of intellectual property in Thailand remain high and few dramatic steps were taken during 2005 that would predict significant reductions in those rates in the near future. Nevertheless, legislative developments and enforcement actions for the ye [...] | 2006-02-22 06:42:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR TH |
06BANGKOK115 | THAI TELECOM SECTOR REFORM: NTC ISSUES LICENSES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Thailand,s telecom sector has long been defined by the co-existence of its state owned enterprises TOT and CAT, and several private companies doing business under concessions granted by the state owned enterprises (SOEs). While the concessions brought competition into the Thai [...] | 2006-01-06 12:56:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECPS EINV ECON TH |
06BANGKOK1342 | LABOR LEADER PREDICTS LARGE MARCH 5 ANTI-THAKSIN [...] (C) Summary: A senior Thai labor leader, who played a key role in organizing labor turnout for the 1992 pro-democracy demonstrations, said there are signs that the coming March 5 anti-Thaksin rally will attract a huge crowd fueled by protesters arriving in Bangkok mid-week. Somsak Kosaisook s [...] | 2006-03-03 10:26:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ECON ELAB PGOV PREL TH |
06BANGKOK1549 | SHIN CORP DEAL IS LEGAL, SO WHAT? [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-14 00:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL TH |
06BANGKOK1665 | POLITICAL PROBLEMS EFFECT ON THAI ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction. It has been less than two months since the news that the Prime Minister's publicly-listed holding company, Shin Corp, was to be bought by Temasek of Singapore. This event catalyzed opposition to Thaksin and has led to almost two months of political uncertainty. [...] | 2006-03-17 09:20:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TH |
06BANGKOK2360 | THAI ECONOMY REACTS TO POLITICAL UNCERTAINTY [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past few years, the Thai economy has weathered SARS, bird-flu, tsunami, increased competition from China and unrest in the country's south, all with only limited impact to growth. The ongoing political crisis that has gripped the country throughout this year, combined wi [...] | 2006-04-24 09:00:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TH |
06BANGKOK258 | CT ASSISTANCE TO THAILAND [...] (S) Summary: Thailand is the recipient of a wide range of U.S. training and assistance programs to help the RTG combat terrorist and extremism. We believe that the assistance programs detailed below are making a contribution to the RTG's efforts. This message provides information on CT ass [...] | 2006-01-13 09:32:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PTER PREL PINR PGOV PINS PBTS ECON TH |
06BANGKOK2617 | THAILAND: NEW PRICING POLICY REINTRODUCES DIESEL [...] (U) SUMMARY: On April 26, after weeks of popular outcry over high fuel prices, Thailand's Ministry of Energy announced several fuel pricing measures that had the effect of reducing the pump price of diesel. Rather than introducing a direct subsidy, the government reduced contributions from [...] | 2006-05-04 04:48:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELTN EPET TH |
06BANGKOK2747 | UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE MENDING BONES BUT BREAKING [...] Summary: Thailand's universal health care system introduced by caretaker PM Thaksin has earned broad popularity among the Thai public. However, it has faced heavy criticism for being chronically underfunded, forcing public hospitals to cut back on service and placing numerous hospitals into [...] | 2006-05-10 08:59:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN TH |
06BANGKOK2978 | THAILAND: INVESTMENT SLOWDOWN [...] (SBU) On May 16, Econoff met with Mr. Vittaya Praisuwan, Senior Executive Advisor at the Thai Board of Investment (BOI). Most foreign investment in Thailand comes in under BOI auspices due to the various tax advantages and other benefits BOI-approved status confers. Vittaya confirmed that app [...] | 2006-05-17 07:56:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN TH |
06BANGKOK3012 | THAILAND CIVAIR: FAA-DCA CONSULTATIONS ON AVIATION SAFETY [...] SUMMARY: On May 15, 2005, pursuant to REF A, visiting representatives from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) met with counterparts at the Royal Thai Government (RTG) Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) to discuss RTG aviation safety oversight of Thai air carriers. Discussions focused [...] | 2006-05-18 10:48:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON TH |
06BANGKOK3354 | DELAY IN FTA TALKS LIKELY TO HIT US EXPORTS [...] (C) Summary. There is a growing possibility that US-Thailand Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations will be indefinitely postponed. The sizable opportunity costs for US commerce of the FTA's failure have been documented in several econometric studies of the FTA's likely effects: foregone U [...] | 2006-06-05 00:59:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV ECON TH |
06BANGKOK3435 | THAI TELECOM ROUNDUP: MERGE OR DIE? [...] SUMMARY: The takeover of Thailand's two leading mobile phone providers by foreign companies and the political crisis unleashed by the prime minister's family's sale of its stake in Shin Corporation to Temasek of Singapore has fundamentally altered the context of both the telecom business and r [...] | 2006-06-07 08:57:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD ECPS EINT TH |
06BANGKOK3477 | CLEANING UP PIRACY FOR THE KING [...] Summary: In honor of the 60th anniversary of the KingQs accession to the throne, Thailand has declared war on intellectual property piracy, pledging to sweep the streets and malls clean of pirated goods for the whole of June and July. Police and other enforcement authorities will be taking t [...] | 2006-06-08 10:23:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR TH |
06BANGKOK3743 | THAI-TAIWANESE ON CHINA AND CHINA'S NEW PARADIGM [...] (C) Summary. Thai-Taiwanese business representatives in Bangkok are very cognizant of the growing PRC presence in Thailand yet do not believe their business interests are threatened in the foreseeable term. Taiwan remains the third largest source of Foreign Direct Investment in Thailand, af [...] | 2006-06-23 08:48:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ASEAN TH XE |
06BANGKOK3792 | THAI MARKET ACCESS POSITIONS IN THE WTO [...] Econoff met with Ms. Sirinart Chaiman, Director of Multilateral Trade Negotiations, and delivered talking points on WTO market access negotiations per reftels. Sirinart reiterated the Royal Thai Government's (RTG) commitment to the WTO negotiations and a successful conclusion of the Doha roun [...] | 2006-06-27 11:17:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | WTRO ETRD ECON TH |
06BANGKOK3828 | CREDIT TIGHTENTING IN THAILAND [...] (U) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Somkid will be visiting the US July 9-14 to fly the Thai flag for investment. The slowing of the Thai economy is being exacerbated in the short term by a reduction in credit availability and lack of liquidity in the stock exchange. Becaus [...] | 2006-06-28 10:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN TH |
06BANGKOK4254 | ETHNIC-CHINESE THAI IN THE FAR SOUTH: US, CHINA, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. As a southern province with a minority of Muslim Thai, Songkhla is a relative safe-haven for ethnic-Chinese Thai families living in the deep South. But the southern unrest has taken a toll on Hat Yai, the trade capital of Songkhla, where tourism has declined by over fifty pe [...] | 2006-07-18 03:15:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON KPAO TH CH |
06BANGKOK429 | CODEL GILLMOR MEETING WITH PM THAKSIN AND [...] (C) Summary: On January 16, CODEL Gillmor met with Prime Minister Thaksin and with Parliament Speaker Bhokin. Discussion focused on FTA negotiations, F-16s, and Burma. Thaksin voiced confidence and optimism on the FTA while taking the opportunity to vent his anger with the opposition and the [...] | 2006-01-23 10:05:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON TH |
06BANGKOK4343 | PRICE CONTROLS IN THAILAND [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-20 03:51:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV TH |
06BANGKOK4685 | THAILAND AND THE END OF GSP: WHO LOSES, WHO WINS? [...] Summary: Thai manufacturers exporting to the U.S. under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program predict that if GSP benefits are redirected from Thailand, the primary beneficiary would be China rather than other GSP users. China competes fiercely with Thai exports and is already q [...] | 2006-08-02 12:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD TH |
06BANGKOK4880 | CHINESE INVESTMENT STRATEGIES: FAIR OR FOUL PLAY? [...] Summary: In its efforts to manage globalization and competition, Thailand has welcomed Chinese trade and investment. China in turn has responded with well-connected companies utilizing government incentives to invest. Both countries extend attractive policy measures to encourage this trend. [...] | 2006-08-10 03:23:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON TH |
06BANGKOK4881 | EDUCATION REFORM OR NOT [...] Summary. Most employers and academics consider the Thai education system inadequate in providing a workforce for the country's economic needs. Standardized test scores are dropping, students are not developing critical thinking skills, and they are seen as entering the workforce unprepared. [...] | 2006-08-10 03:26:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SCUL BEXP TH |
06BANGKOK4888 | A NEW CHINESE EXPORT [...] Summary: Emerging as the sixth largest source of engineering contractors in the world, China's construction industry is seeking to increase exports of these services to Thailand. An experienced Chinese industry executive spoke candidly regarding his company's difficulties in navigating the di [...] | 2006-08-10 05:17:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD TH |
06BANGKOK4889 | THAILAND'S ENERGY PLANS [...] Summary: Despite rising energy prices and environmental concerns, Thailand expects to continue its reliance on traditional fossil fuels for its energy demands for the near future. Although varying alternatives to carbon-based fuels have attracted some government support, costly production pra [...] | 2006-08-10 05:18:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG TH |
06BANGKOK4896 | EDUCATION AND SUPPLYING THE SKILLS FOR THE LABOR FORCE [...] Summary. Businesses, especially international companies, in Thailand suffer from a lack of important skills among their workforce as a result of an antiquated and ineffective education system. Lack of English proficiency and critical thinking skills, as well as a lack of career preparation i [...] | 2006-08-10 06:59:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON ETRD TH |
06BANGKOK4914 | A NEW CHINESE EXPORT [...] Summary: Emerging as the sixth largest source of engineering contractors in the world, China's construction industry is seeking to increase exports of these services to Thailand. An experienced Chinese industry executive spoke candidly regarding his company's difficulties in navigating the di [...] | 2006-08-11 03:02:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD TH CH |
06BANGKOK5075 | NEW ANTI-PIRACY MOU BRINGS MALLS INTO THE FIGHT [...] Summary: On August 16, 39 representatives from Thai law enforcement, government, IP rights holders and retail establishments signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on prevention and suppression of intellectual property piracy. Owners of malls where pirated goods are widely available [...] | 2006-08-18 10:26:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR TH |
06BANGKOK5100 | THAILAND APEC PRIORITIES [...] On August 9, Econoff met with Mr. Winachai Chaemchaeng, Deputy Director General of the Department of Trade Negotiations, and presented talking points per reftel. Winachai said the USG's priority on trade facilitation tracked most closely with RTG priorities. Thailand was working closely with [...] | 2006-08-21 23:47:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON APECO TH |
06BANGKOK538 | THAILAND'S DEAL OF THE CENTURY: TEMASEK BUYS OUT [...] (U) SUMMARY: On January 23, 2006, Singapore,s Temasek Holdings announced the largest corporate takeover in Thailand,s history: the 73.3 billion baht (USD 3 billion) purchase of the 49.6 percent stake in Thailand,s Shin Corp Plc (Shin) held by members of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra,s f [...] | 2006-01-27 10:40:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECPS EINV ECON SN TH |
06BANGKOK5406 | THAILAND REJECTS ASEAN-KOREA FTA [...] (U) Thailand declined to join its nine ASEAN neighbors in the signing of the ASEAN-Korea FTA in Kuala Lumpur last week. Mr. Sarig Ubolbarn of the Department of Trade Negotiations explained that the RTG had yet to reach agreement with Korea on opening Korea's market to Thailand's rice exports. [...] | 2006-09-01 09:23:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD TH |
06BANGKOK5424 | FOREIGN INVESTORS LEERY AS SHIN INVESTIGATION WIDENS [...] Summary: The Ministry of Commerce is wrapping up an investigation into possible illegal foreign ownership structures arranged for the sale by Prime Minister Thaksin of telecommunications giant Shin Corporation, an investigation which at least in theory could have far-reaching effects on forei [...] | 2006-09-05 06:25:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN TH |
06BANGKOK5497 | COMMERCE UPDATES ON INVESTIGATION INTO NOMINEES [...] On September 7, Embassy Economic and Commercial Counselors met with Mr. Yanyong Phuangrach, the Commerce Ministry's Deputy Permanent Secretary for Internal Trade, to be briefed on that Ministry's ongoing investigation into the sale of telecom operator ShinCorp to Singapore's Temasek (reftel). [...] | 2006-09-07 08:41:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN TH |
06BANGKOK551 | MEGAPROJECTS CONFERENCE PRODUCES MORE SMOKE THAN [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. Led by Prime Minister Thaksin, the RTG hosted a conference to inform international companies and the Bangkok diplomatic corps about the "megaprojects" infrastructure development program. [...] | 2006-01-30 09:13:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN TH |
06BANGKOK5706 | WHAT IS THE "SUFFICIENCY ECONOMY"? [...] (SBU) Summary: Much has been written about a "Sufficiency Economy" this year due to the King's championing the idea in his birthday speech last December and the perceived "capitalist excesses" of the Thaksin administration. The Sufficiency Economy's Buddhist-like principles, promoting hard wo [...] | 2006-09-15 10:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV SOCI SENV TH |
06BANGKOK5797 | LIMITED ECONOMIC FALLOUT FROM COUP [...] (SBU) There is near universal agreement among Thai and US businesspersons and RTG civil servants with whom we have spoken that any economic fallout from Thailand's military coup will be shallow and short-lived. Banks tell us that they have very few clients asking to exit baht-denominated portf [...] | 2006-09-20 09:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN TH |
06BANGKOK6002 | CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR EMERGES AS TOP ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: In a September 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Bank of Thailand Governor Pridiyathorn Devakula stated his intention to be the prime economic adviser to the soon to be appointed interim Prime Minister (reportedly, General Surayud Chulanond). He confirmed the CDR's commitment to [...] | 2006-09-29 10:03:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINS PHUM MOPS ASEC TH |
06BANGKOK6039 | THAILAND TRADE AGREEMENT AND COMPLIANCE [...] Thailand's trade relationship with the U.S. is guided primarily by each country's commitments in the World Trade Organization. Negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement began in 2004 but have been delayed due to continuing political troubles in Thailand, and its completion before expira [...] | 2006-10-03 02:57:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EAGR TH |
06BANGKOK6080 | Thailand's Expected Economic Cabinet-Bios [...] While Thai interim Prime Minister Surayud today told the press that he does not expect to finalize his cabinet until October 11, our sources and many press reports indicate the following probably will be appointed as ministers with economic portfolios. We note that many of these persons, includ [...] | 2006-10-04 09:11:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PINR TH |
06BANGKOK6121 | THAILAND UPDATE: OCTOBER 5 [...] (C) Council for National Security (CNS) Secretary General Winai Phattiyakul told the press that the parliament would have to initiate the lifting of martial law; involving the not-yet-formed parliament could significantly delay the restoration of full civil liberties. An academic advisor to t [...] | 2006-10-05 10:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON MOPS KDEM ASEC TH |
06BANGKOK6156 | NEW THAI ECONOMIC TEAM - HIGH ON PHILOSOPHY, LOW [...] (C) Summary: Thailand's new economic team, led by the highly respected Bank of Thailand Governor Pridyathorn Devakula, faces the challenge of maintaining steady economic growth, reassuring foreign investors, and ensuring that the previous regime's rural base continues to receive special econom [...] | 2006-10-06 08:58:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PHUM PREL TH |
06BANGKOK6269 | AMBASSADOR MAKES JOINT CALL ON INTERIM PM SURAYUD [...] (C) The Ambassador used an October 12 joint call on interim PM Surayud Chulanont to press for the lifting of martial law, restoration of full civil liberties, early completion of Thailand's new constitution, and democratic elections as soon as possible. Surayud, accompanied by Foreign Ministe [...] | 2006-10-12 10:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON KDEM TH |
06BANGKOK636 | CORRUPTION ISSUES IN THE HEADLINES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-02 10:41:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON TH |
06BANGKOK6363 | THAILAND PURSUES CASE AGAINST SINGAPORE INVESTOR [...] (C) Summary. The RTG is expected to announce soon a reinterpretation of the rules governing the Foreign Business Act cap on foreign shareholding in Thai service sector companies and what it will do about Temasek's USD $1.9 billion purchase of Shin Corp in particular. Its decision will have a [...] | 2006-10-18 08:45:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PHUM PREL TH |
06BANGKOK6696 | THAILAND SETS PROCESS FOR APPROVAL OF FTA WITH [...] (C) Summary: The Thai Government looks to be moving ahead with the complete-but-unsigned Japan-Thailand FTA. Assuming no big problems crop up during the planned public hearings and legislative review, we believe the FTA with Japan will be signed in early 2007. The signing of the FTA with J [...] | 2006-11-06 08:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV PREL ECON TH JA |
06BANGKOK6702 | THAILAND'S TRADE WITH NORTH KOREA: DOING BUSINESS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: U.N. economic sanctions against North Korea have met with high-level acceptance from Thai authorities who are moving toward implementing the Security Council resolution. Thailand's unusual position as a top trading partner of North Korea gives it a potentially large role in he [...] | 2006-11-06 09:31:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PINR MARR MASS KN TH |
06BANGKOK7126 | THAILAND: TWO YEARS AFTER TSUNAMI DEVASTATION, [...] Summary: Less than two years after the devastating December 26, 2004 tsunami struck southern Thailand, the annual US$2.5 billion tourist industry of Phuket has staged an almost complete recovery. Arrivals from some Asian countries remain soft, but the shortfall has been compensated by a big [...] | 2006-11-28 06:40:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON TH |
06BANGKOK7133 | THAILAND PREPARING COMPULSORY LICENSE FOR HIV/AIDS DRUG [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 9. 2. (SBU) Contacts at the Thai Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) told Embassy that the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) may announce on December 1 that they plan to pursue a compulsory license for efavirenz, an antiretroviral used to tre [...] | 2006-11-28 23:48:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR TH |
06BANGKOK7208 | THAILAND SAYS EAS STATEMENT NON-CONTROVERSIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-01 07:17:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD TH |
06BANGKOK7335 | NEXT STEPS FOR THAILAND'S COMPULSORY LICENSE BID [...] (C) Summary: On November 29, the RTG Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) issued a statement announcing a compulsory license (CL) on efavirenz, a Merck-patented medicine used to treat HIV/AIDS patients. The Ministry's statement cited the high price of the drug as a barrier to access to effective HIV dr [...] | 2006-12-10 05:28:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD KIPR TH |
06BANGKOK7387 | AMBASSADOR RAISES ISSUES WITH JUSTICE MINISTER [...] (C) Thai Justice Minister Charnchai Likhitjjitta told the Ambassador he was unaware of a case in the works against the Lehman Brothers corporation; he was similarly unaware of the expropriation of a Phuket golf club in which U.S. pension funds have a large investment. The Ambassador raised bot [...] | 2006-12-13 10:16:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EINV EFIN KJUS KCRM TH |
06BANGKOK7397 | EAP DAS JOHN'S MEETING WITH DEMOCRAT PARTY LEADER [...] (C) Democrat Party (DP) Leader Abhisit Vejjajiva suggested to EAP DAS John that the USG should continue pressing the RTG for a return to democratic governance, without appearing to alienate Thailand. In a December 8 meeting with DAS John, Abhisit noted the RTG appeared to have made little use [...] | 2006-12-14 05:16:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD KJUS KDEM TH |
06BANGKOK7435 | "GRAVE CONCERN" ABOUT PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN [...] (U) Amid pressure to take action in the face of a rapidly appreciating currency and tepid economic growth, on December 13 Thailand's Monetary Policy Committee met and decided to keep the Bank of Thailand (BoT) policy rate unchanged at 5 percent. Committee chair and BoT Assistant Governor Sucha [...] | 2006-12-15 06:18:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TH |
06BANGKOK7484 | THAI CAPITAL MARKETS FALL HEAVILY IN WAKE OF BOT [...] (U) On the afternoon of December 18, the Bank of Thailand announced new capital control regulations in an effort to arrest the appreciation of the baht against the US$. Tear to date, the baht has appreciated about 15 percent. 2. (U) The new measures announce by the BoT require all foreign c [...] | 2006-12-19 08:29:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TH |
06BANGKOK7504 | THAI EQUITIES BOUNCE BUT PROBLEMS REMAIN [...] (SBU) On the evening of December 19, Deputy PM Pridiyathorn announced that his government would immediately lift the obligation for a non-interest bearing reserve requirement on foreign investors seeking to invest in Thai equities. The requirement would be maintained, however, on foreigners wi [...] | 2006-12-20 08:13:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TH |
06BANGKOK7508 | POLITICAL REACTION TO THAI FINANCIAL DEBACLE [...] (C) Politicians from the Thai Rak Thai (TRT) and Democrat parties vehemently complained about the RTG's decision to impose capital controls on December 19 (ref A). Denouncing the decision to restrict foreign repatriation of funds, our contacts nevertheless believed that the debacle would not [...] | 2006-12-20 09:23:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN TH |
06BANGKOK7511 | THE ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS OF THAILAND'S SOUTHERN [...] (C) Summary: While economic factors are not the root cause of Thailand's southern Islamist insurgency, there are important economic dimensions to the Southern crisis that, if effectively addressed, could make a contribution to the solution. Existing official statistics for the South presen [...] | 2006-12-20 10:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PTER PINS TH |
06BANGKOK7512 | THAILAND EXPECTS TO RATIFY UNESCO CONVENTION, BUT NOT [...] On December 20, Econoff met with Ms. Angsana Sihapitak, Director of the Development Affairs Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the office with responsibility for UNESCO issues, and provided talking points on the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Expressions as per reftel. 2. Ms. Ang [...] | 2006-12-20 10:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD SCUL UNESCO TH |
06BANGKOK7550 | THAI MARKETS UPDATE: CHINA CURRENCY POLICY AT [...] (SBU) While the Bank of Thailand has lifted the 30 percent reserve requirement on foreigners investing in Thai equities, the restriction remains in place for debt instruments. The President of the Thai Electronic Bond Exchange (a subsidiary of the Stock Exchange of Thailand) told the press that [...] | 2006-12-21 10:13:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON CH TH |
06BANGKOK7577 | THAILAND CAPITAL CONTROLS: EQUITIES, CURRENCY [...] (SBU) The Stock Exchange of Thailand composite index rose close to 0.5 percent during the December 22 trading session. For the week, the SET is down about 6 percent. The Thai baht closed very slightly weaker against the dollar. Many traders think the worst of the market volatility (prompte [...] | 2006-12-22 07:34:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON CH TH |
06BANGKOK7650 | NEW INVESTMENT REGULATIONS PROPOSED [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 28 a committee assigned by the Minister of Commerce to advise him about changes to the Foreign Business Act (FBA - the law which governs the ability of foreign firms to conduct business in Thailand's services and other sensitive sectors) submitted its report. Although [...] | 2006-12-29 09:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV TH |
06BANGKOK788 | THE GREAT THAKSIN ASSET SALE: TAX-FREE BUT WITH [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. The sale of the Prime Minister's publicly-listed family holding company, Shin Corp, to Singapore's Temasek, has provoked widespread criticism for the byzantine nature of the transaction, the fact that [...] | 2006-02-09 10:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TH |
06BANGKOK965 | DEMOCRAT PARTY LEADERS DISCUSS POLITICAL SITUATION [...] (C) SUMMARY:Ambassador Boyce called on former Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai, a senior figure in the Democrat Party, on February 15. Chuan believed that opposition to PM Thaksin was growing as a result of the scandal around the sale of Shin Corp (ref A,B). Chuan said that Thaksin's efforts to [...] | 2006-02-17 00:10:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON TH |
06BANJUL11 | THE GAMBIA: PRESIDENT'S YEAR-END INTERVIEW [...] (C) In a year-end television interview, President Jammeh, in a vintage, shoot-from-the-hip performance, spoke of general economic improvement in 2005, while characterizing the dismal state of public utilities as among the country's "dramatic failures." He was optimistic about prospects for de [...] | 2006-01-06 18:21:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ENRG PGOV PHUM PINS KMCA GA |
06BANJUL21 | THE GAMBIA: VOTING RECORD IN THE 60TH UNGA [...] (C) Ambassador raised the GOTG's voting record in the 60th UNGA in separate meetings with Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Ebou Taal (deputy formin equivalent) and visiting SIPDIS Gambian PermRep Crispin Grey-Johnson. Reviewing the respective U.S. and Gambian voting records on the nine k [...] | 2006-01-11 12:23:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PHUM PINR PINS PREL GA |
06BANJUL245 | THE GAMBIA: FURTHER JUSTIFICATION FOR ESF PROJECT [...] (C) We view our proposed ESF project with IFES as of vital importance for The Gambia's electoral process. The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC),charged with conducting The Gambia's 2006-7 Presidential and National Assembly elections, is an imperfect institution, but nonetheless has run [...] | 2006-04-20 13:33:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID ECON PHUM KDEM PREL GA |
06BANJUL382 | THE GAMBIA: TSA AND USCG SECURITY ASSESSEMENT VISIT [...] (U) SUMMARY. The port and airport of Banjul were reviewed by visitors from USCG and TSA in early June. Gambian officials welcomed the visits and were open to all recommendations for improvements to enhance security. Both the port and airport received overall favorable reviews and are judged t [...] | 2006-06-15 17:51:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | FAA PTER ASEC OTRA EWWT ETRD GA EAIR ECON |
06BANJUL524 | GAMBIA: MESSAGE ELIVERED ON U.S. GENETICALLY [...] (C) Charge delivered Reftel message to Dr. Badara Loum, Permanent Secretary of the Gambian Department of State for Agriculture. Dr. Loum was previously unaware of Secretary Johann's announcement and was pleased that we had brought the information regarding the discovery of trace amounts of GE [...] | 2006-08-23 12:12:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO GA |
06BANJUL668 | THE GAMBIA: CAUTIOUSLY UPBEAT IMF REPORT ON [...] (U) Following October Article IV Consultations here, the IMF "commended" the GOTG for achieving "macroeconomic stability" over the past two and a half years and expressed satisfaction over its performance under the October 2005-March 2006 Staff Monitored Program (SMP). However, the IMF also in [...] | 2006-10-28 19:06:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PREL IMF GA |
06BANJUL680 | THE GAMBIA: COOPERATION WITH SPAIN ON ILLEGAL [...] (SBU) Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos visited Banjul for several hours October 9 to sign a bilateral "framework agreement" aimed at combatting the increasing illegal migration by Gambians to Spain's Canary Islands. In discussion with Ambassador, Spanish diplomat posted TDY in Banjul (Spa [...] | 2006-11-01 15:39:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM SOCI ECON PREL GA SP |
06BANJUL691 | THE GAMBIA: MORE ON CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] (C) Following the appointment of Secretaries of State (ministers) for Foreign Affairs, Trade, Industry and Employment, and Tourism and Culture, the GOTG cabinet reshuffle initiated October 18-19 is now virtually complete; only the post of Attorney General and Secretary of State for Justice rem [...] | 2006-11-06 20:05:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PHUM PREL GA |
06BANJUL763 | THE GAMBIA: THE BUDGET, BACKLOG, AND BANK LOANS [...] The Department of Finance disclosed budget figures for 2006 and estimates for 2007 before the National Assembly on December 6, with poverty reduction and consolidation of fiscal policy as the key highlights for the coming fiscal year. Secretary of State for Finance, Musa Bala Gaye, admitted [...] | 2006-12-20 17:55:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EFIN ETRD PGOV KMCA IMF GA |
06BASRAH103 | UPDATE ON BASRAH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT [...] (U) Summary: The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Governments of the UK and Iraq was extended for a second time to June 30, 2006. The second extension occurred because certification of the air traffic controllers (ATCs) is still pending, a shortage of fire trucks, issues with the [...] | 2006-06-17 16:43:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAIR EAID IZ |
06BASRAH107 | ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN BASRAH [...] (U) Summary: Water supply and sanitation are the main environmental issues for both the Basrah Provincial Council and the Office of the Director General at the Ministry of Environment. Because of problems of purity, many residents purchase their water from reverse osmosis stations for drinki [...] | 2006-06-20 09:07:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SENV ECON EPET IZ |
06BASRAH118 | SOUTH OIL COMPANY INCREASES OUTPUT [...] (C) Summary: The Director General of the South Oil Company (SOC),Jabbar al-Ueibi, met with the Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) on July 13 and reported that SOC's crude oil production has risen from 1.7 million barrels per day (bpd) at the end of 2005 to slightly more than 2 million bpd at [...] | 2006-07-16 06:41:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD ENRG EINV PGOV IZ |
06BASRAH129 | POLITICS AND POLLUTION -- UPDATE ON THE IRAQI PORT [...] (C) Summary. On August 2, the assistant to the director general of the Iraqi Port Authority (IPA),Captain Hussein Mohammed Abdullah, met with the Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) to discuss issues regarding the Iraqi Port Authority. Hussein described the permeation of politics in the IPA an [...] | 2006-08-03 10:29:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD IZ ZP |
06BASRAH141 | BASRAH'S ELECTRICITY SUPPLY DECLINES BY ONE-THIRD [...] (C) Summary. The head of the Electric Committee of the Basrah Provincial Council, Ghazy Smari Jaafar told poloff on August 24 that the electricity supply has fallen from three hours on, three hours off to two hours on, four hours off in recent weeks. He pointed to soaring August temperatures [...] | 2006-08-30 05:46:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ENRG EINV IZ |
06BASRAH175 | BASRAH'S DATE PALMS PROJECT OFFERS JOBS, POSSIBILITY OF [...] (U) This cable was cleared by PRT Basrah. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The Basrah provincial government has begun implementation of a $10 million project to restore the date palm plantations of Basrah, creating 2,000 immediate jobs. The director of the Basrah Date Palm Research Center, Mohammed A. H [...] | 2006-12-02 20:02:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR ETRD ETRA IZ |
06BASRAH22 | MAYSAN PROVINCE: AVIAN INFLUENZA, FLOODING AND AGRICULTURAL [...] Summary: Information from the Danish Embassy Office and the UN indicates that there are confirmed cases of H5N1 in birds in Maysan province. There is currently no evidence that it has affected humans, but there are six suspicious cases (including one death) still awaiting test results. Recen [...] | 2006-02-20 11:53:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU AMED EAID ECON EAGR PGOV PREL IZ |
06BASRAH24 | INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS, SECURITY ARE CASUALTIES AS BADR AND [...] (C) Summary: On February 20, the Basrah Regional Coordinator (RC) and Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) met with Captain Hussain M. Abdallah, the Director General of the Iraqi Port Authority (IPA). Captain Hussain described Umm Qasr port operations as being at full capacity. He acknowledge [...] | 2006-02-22 06:58:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EAID ETRD EINV IZ |
06BASRAH29 | SADR SURPRISES BASRAH, CALLS FOR NATIONAL UNITY, EXPULSION [...] (SBU) Summary: In an unannounced visit to Basrah, Moqtada al Sadr made a televised statement at the Office of the Martyr Sadr (OMS) headquarters. His speech called for Sunnis and Shias to unite and force the expulsion of the occupiers. An explosion in the Imam Ali Mosque in Basrah occurred [...] | 2006-02-26 16:46:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ECON IZ |
06BASRAH34 | SNAPSHOT OF MUTHANNA: POOR, PEACEFUL, AND TRADITIONAL [...] (U) Summary: Located in the far southeast of Iraq, the province of Muthanna is the second largest in Iraq in terms of size, but the poorest and least populated of all of Iraq's provinces. A fairly quiet region with few security concerns, Muthanna's residents call it the "peaceful province." [...] | 2006-03-14 14:11:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM ECON EAID ELAB KDEM KISL |
06BASRAH4 | WE WILL PAY MORE, BUT WE EXPECT MORE - BASRAH COMMENTS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The central government's mishandling of the fuel price increase has led to anger on the part of most Iraqis in Basrah. News of the price increase has spread to the local population by word-of-mouth. Once understood, it is being accepted by those REO Basrah has contacted as a [...] | 2006-01-20 12:12:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PINS ECON KDEM IZ |
06BASRAH45 | SOUTH OIL COMPANY - TOO MANY RUMORS AND NOT ENOUGH [...] Summary: On March 29, Regional Coordinator (RC) and Poloff met with General Manager of South Oil Company (SOC) Jabbar Ali Husayn Al Lu'aybi at the Regional Embassy Office Basrah (REO). Al Lu'aybi refuted concerns of oil smuggling through the SOC terminal and questioned a report he had receive [...] | 2006-04-03 16:03:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON ETRD ENRG EINV IZ |
06BASRAH47 | SNAPSHOT OF MAYSAN - THE INDEPENDENT PROVINCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Maysan province, which shares the longest border with Iran, is regarded as the independent province, and the population has a reputation as a self-reliant people who look to their tribal leaders for leadership and guidance. Politically and socially the province is conservative [...] | 2006-04-06 12:20:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IZ ECON |
06BASRAH6 | LOCAL AUTHORITIES CONFIRM NO CASES OF H5N1 STRAIN OF AVIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-24 16:02:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO PGOV ECON SOCI AMED AMGT IZ |
06BASRAH69 | SOUTH OIL COMPANY CHIEF PESSIMISTIC, BUT COMMITTED TO A [...] (C) On May 4, Regional Coordinator (RC),Deputy RC and Poloff met with South Oil Company (SOC) General Manager Jabbar Ali Husayn al-Lu'aybi at the Regional Embassy Office (REO) as part of an ongoing dialogue. Looking visibly tired, Jabbar started the meeting on a positive note and confirmed re [...] | 2006-05-06 15:38:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD ENRG EINV PGOV IZ |
06BASRAH70 | SNAPSHOT OF DHI QAR: PROVINCE AT A CROSSROADS [...] (C) Summary: The province of Dhi Qar is located about 200 miles southeast of Baghdad and has an estimated population of 1.85 million. More politically moderate and secular than the other Shia-dominated southern provinces, the influence of Shia religious political parties has grown in past mo [...] | 2006-05-07 14:00:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PINR ECON EAID ELAB KDEM KISL |
06BASRAH86 | BASRAH PC MEMBER: SECURITY PROBLEMS IN BASRAH IMPEDES [...] (C) Summary: On May 25, the Basrah Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) and Poloff met with Munathil Abd Khanjar, Basrah Provincial Council (BPC) member and head of the Economic Committee. Munathil provided a bleak picture of economic development in Basrah, saying that deteriorating security por [...] | 2006-05-27 14:34:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV ETRD IZ |
06BASRAH88 | BASRAH ELECTRICITY UPDATE [...] (C) In a May 27 meeting, Dr. Wathib Al Amood, Basrah Provincial Council (BPC) member and member of the Reconstruction Committee, told Poloff that electricity availability in Basrah had declined from "three on, three off," to "two on, four off" since the beginning of May. With temperatures in t [...] | 2006-05-29 11:28:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG ETRD IZ |
06BASRAH92 | BASRAH FUEL MARKET THRIVES ON SMUGGLING [...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings with Poloff, petroleum and security officials in Basrah painted a stark picture of Basrah's fuel market and the black market in petroleum products. Smuggling is relatively easy because of Iraq's porous borders. There does not appear to be any organized cart [...] | 2006-06-03 15:54:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINS ECON EPET ETRD ENRG IZ |
06BASRAH98 | BASRAH GOVERNOR SIDELINES IRAQI ARMY ROLE IN BASRAH [...] (C) Summary: In a June 5 meeting, Basrah Governor Mohammed Wa'hili told the Deputy Regional Coordinator that the Iraqi Army would have a small role in the recently-enacted emergency security plan for Basrah, and the Iraqi police would carry out most of the plan. The 5-person delegation left [...] | 2006-06-06 16:03:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ECON IZ |
06BEIJING10098 | TIBET RAILWAY COMPLETION ADVANCES AMID PROBLEMS [...] (C) Meeting the scheduled July 1 completion date for the high-profile Qinghai-Tibet railway line will be a major challenge, according to an Amcit engineer heavily involved in the project. Although the Minister of Railways reportedly ordered the completion date moved up to coincide with his p [...] | 2006-05-24 08:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON CH |
06BEIJING1059 | SENATOR LISA MURKOWSKI MEETS WITH NPC FOREIGN [...] During a January 13 meeting at the Great Hall of the People Senator Lisa Murkowski and National People's Congress (NPC) Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Jiang Enzhu discussed economic development, energy and commercial protection issues. China plans to double its 2000 GDP by 2010 and to qu [...] | 2006-01-17 11:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG EIVN KIPR OREP CH |
06BEIJING10748 | TAO PRESS BRIEFING: MAINLAND BLASTS TAIWAN [...] The Taiwan Security Report exposed the Taiwan leaders' stubborn support for Taiwan independence and damaged cross-Strait peace, Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) Spokesperson Li Weiyi asserted at the regular May 31 TAO press briefing. A TAO economic affairs official reported that the authorities h [...] | 2006-05-31 10:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON CH TW |
06BEIJING10895 | JUNE 1 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN NUCLEAR ISSUE, [...] Key points made at the June 1 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- China welcomes U.S. gestures and willingness to resolve the Iran nuclear issue through dialogue, while not supporting the "arbitrary" use of sanctions in handling international affairs. -- Addressing the China-Arab Coope [...] | 2006-06-01 10:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM ECON CH JP KN |
06BEIJING11074 | UNDP PREPARES TO LAUNCH NEW TIBET PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) hosted a Project Appraisal Committee (PAC) meeting in Beijing on June 1 to seek input from bilateral donors on its proposed USD 5 million Tibet Development and Poverty Alleviation Program that the UNDP plans to launch later this mont [...] | 2006-06-02 09:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV PHUM SOCI CH |
06BEIJING11363 | FINATT MEETS CHINA EXIM PRESIDENT ON LENDING TO [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 1, FinAtt David Loevinger met with President Li Ruogu of the China Export-Import Bank (China Exim) to discuss export credit policy and China's lending to heavily indebted poor countries (HIPCs),particularly in Africa. FinAtt urged China to seek greater cooperation wi [...] | 2006-06-06 09:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EPET PREL CH SU XA |
06BEIJING11498 | STAFFDEL BEUTEL TALKS PATENTS, TRADEMARKS AND IPR [...] (SBU) Summary: House Small Business Committee Special Counsel, Rich Beutel, held meetings with Madame Zhu Lilan, Chief Commissioner of the National People's Congress' Commission for Education, Science, Culture and Health, and Mr. An Qinghu, Director-General of China Trademark Office (CTMO). [...] | 2006-06-07 22:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON KIPR WTRO PREL OREP CH |
06BEIJING11499 | (SBU) U.S. EXPORT CONTROLS: U/S MCCORMICK'S [...] (U) This cable is SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; please protect accordingly. Not for internet release, dissemination or publication. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Commerce Under Secretary for Industry and Security David McCormick briefed National Development and Reform Commission (NDR [...] | 2006-06-07 23:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP CH ECON ETRD ETTC PREL |
06BEIJING11704 | New Socialist Countryside Budget Insufficient, [...] (SBU) Summary: A Chinese policy advisor believes the allocated budget for the recently launched New Socialist Countryside initiative is woefully inadequate. While Central Government funding for rural programs is increasing, the allocation as a percentage share of the total budget remains rela [...] | 2006-06-09 07:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR PGOV SOCI CH |
06BEIJING11705 | State Council Researcher Says Local Officials' [...] (SBU) Summary: One of the State Council's leading macroeconomic researchers asserted that China's rapid GDP growth rate in the first quarter of 2006 (reftel) primarily was due to exaggerated economic growth reports from newly- installed local government officials seeking to make a good impress [...] | 2006-06-09 07:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV CH |
06BEIJING11706 | CHINA ANTI-MONOPOLY LAW ALMOST READY FOR LEGISLATIVE REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-09 08:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV KIPR PGOV CH |
06BEIJING11755 | PRC PREMIER TO VISIT 7 AFRICAN NATIONS [...] MFA Assistant Minister He Yafei previewed Premier Wen Jiabao's June 17-24 tour of Egypt, Ghana, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda to reporters. Besides meeting the leaders of each nation, Premier Wen will meet Chinese medical workers, tour an HIV/AIDS preve [...] | 2006-06-09 12:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID CH |
06BEIJING11758 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SCO SECRETARY GENERAL [...] (C) The United States is gravely concerned over the participation, even as an observer, by Iran, a state sponsor of terrorism, in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit to be held in Shanghai June 15, the Ambassador stressed to SCO Secretary General Zhang Deguang on June 9. The [...] | 2006-06-10 06:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON CH IR KZ RS |
06BEIJING1238 | (S) RESTRUCTURING CHINESE FOREIGN AID--NEXT STEPS [...] (S) Summary: A senior advisor on Chinese development assistance told Econoff on December 20 that he has submitted his recommendations to the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) on how China should restructure its foreign aid program. The advisor stated that China's aid program should continue to fo [...] | 2006-01-20 06:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | CH EAID ECON PREL |
06BEIJING12549 | CHINA: IS INDUSTRIAL OVERCAPACITY OVERWHELMING, OR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAS IDENTIFIED SEVERAL INDUSTRIAL SECTORS AS SUFFERING FROM OVERCAPACITY. THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT RECENTLY ISSUED REGULATIONS INTENDED TO ADDRESS THIS SITUATION OUT OF FEAR THAT THE OVERCAPACITY PROBLEM COULD IMPACT MACROECONOMIC STABILITY. THE REGULATIONS [...] | 2006-06-16 05:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG ELAB SENV WTRO CH |
06BEIJING12788 | (SBU) U.S. EXPORT CONTROLS: U/S MCCORMICK'S [...] (U) This cable is SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; please protect accordingly. Not for internet release, dissemination or publication. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Commerce Under Secretary for Industry and Security David McCormick briefed National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC [...] | 2006-06-19 06:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP CH ECON ETRD ETTC PREL |
06BEIJING13274 | JIANGXI IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR: MILLIONS LEAVE ONE [...] (C) Millions of residents of Jiangxi province have left home in search of work in construction, factories and the service sector in China's coastal boomtowns. The outflow has both positive and negative aspects, according to local officials and residents. Brain drain is a problem, as Jiangxi' [...] | 2006-06-22 05:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON ELAB CH |
06BEIJING13471 | BEIJING VICE MAYOR FIRED FOR "DECADENCE" OR [...] (C) Beijing is abuzz with talk of corruption scandals, following the abrupt sacking on June 11 of Beijing Vice Mayor Liu Zhihua for leading a "decaent lifestyle" and the ongoing investigation of a navy commander for bribery. In a departure from the usual popular approval for arrests of corrup [...] | 2006-06-23 12:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI CH |
06BEIJING13476 | HARD TIMES, HOT PROPERTY IN HUNAN [...] (C) During a June 9 visit to Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province, poloff discussed development trends with a broad range of local professionals (protect all),all of whom agreed that Hunan's economy has grown rapidly over the past 3-4 years. Investments from the major coastal cities have [...] | 2006-06-23 13:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI EAGR CH |
06BEIJING13863 | US-China Economic and Security Review Commission Discusses [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 19, Wei Benhua, Deputy Administrator of China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE),repeated to Chairman Larry Wortzel and Commissioner Patrick Mulloy of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission familiar arguments that China's currency now fo [...] | 2006-06-29 23:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL CH |
06BEIJING13919 | Chinese Think-tank Addresses Challenges to [...] (U) Summary: Officials at the Central Government's premier foreign affairs research and policy institution stressed the importance of sustainable human-based development at a meeting on June 6. A comprehensive approach, which takes into account social, environmental, and resources costs, is [...] | 2006-06-30 06:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG PREL PGOV SOCI SENV CH |
06BEIJING14617 | PRC/AFRICA: WEN JIABAO HIGHLIGHTS PRC INTEREST IN [...] (C) Premier Wen Jiabao's June 17-24 tour of seven African nations provided an opportunity for China to highlight the humanitarian aspects of its engagement in Africa, according to MFA Africa Department Officer Zhang Dianbin. Wen refuted criticism that China engages in neo-colonialism in Africa [...] | 2006-07-12 07:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TBIO AGOA ECON EAID TW CH |
06BEIJING15388 | July 13 Preparatory Meeting for Energy Ministerial [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On July 13, China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) hosted a successful preparatory meeting to discuss a proposed five country Energy Ministerial Roundtable in Beijing later this fall. Reflecting input from the Japanese and Korean delegations, the [...] | 2006-07-25 23:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV EPET CH JA KS IN |
06BEIJING15592 | CHINA/REAL ESTATE: SIX MINISTRIES ISSUE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 24, the Ministry of Construction (MCon),Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM),National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC),People's Bank of China (PBOC),State Administration of Industry and Commerce (SAIC),and State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) jointly issu [...] | 2006-07-28 06:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND CH |
06BEIJING15609 | CHINA/ENERGY: DAS FOR ENERGY AND SANCTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. On July 12 and 14, Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Energy and Sanctions Paul Simons, held SIPDIS separate meetings respectively with China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) President Fu Chengyu, and Sinopec Vice President Zhang Yaocang. CNOOC President Fu said i [...] | 2006-07-28 08:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC ECON ENRG EINV EPET PREL IR CH |
06BEIJING15779 | COMMERCE U/S LAVIN MEETS NDRC VICE CHAIRMAN ZHANG, [...] (SBU)Summary: Franklin L. Lavin, Department of Commerce Under Secretary (U/S) for International Trade on July 28, 2006 held separate meetings with National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Vice Chairman Zhang Xiaoqiang and State-owned Asset Supervisory and Administration Commission (SA [...] | 2006-08-01 08:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR ECON WTRO KIPR CH TW |
06BEIJING16512 | CODEL STEVENS MEETING WITH PRESIDENT HU JINTAO [...] (C) CODEL Stevens, accompanied by the Ambassador, reviewed with President Hu Jintao the results of the U.S.-China Inter-Parliamentary Exchange dialogue and urged further Chinese cooperation on the North Korean and Iranian nuclear issues. President Hu said the bilateral relationship is in good [...] | 2006-08-12 09:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON ENRG CH KN LE IR |
06BEIJING16515 | CODEL STEVENS AND NPC CHAIRMAN WU BANGGUO DISCUSS [...] (C) CODEL STEVENS, ACCOMPANIED BY THE AMBASSADOR, MET WITH NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS (NPC) CHAIRMAN WU BANGGUO ON AUGUST 11 IN BEIJING TO DISCUSS KEY U.S.- CHINA BILATERAL ISSUES FOLLOWING THE THIRD ANNUAL U.S.-CHINA INTER-PARLIAMENTARY GROUP (IPG) DIALOGUE IN GUILIN. SENATORS RAISED CONCERN [...] | 2006-08-13 22:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON ENRG CH TW KN LE IR |
06BEIJING17042 | WAL-MART ACCEPTS CHINESE LABOR UNIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Since July 29, The All China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) has established unions in at least five of Wal-Mart?s 60 Chinese stores (ref). ACTFU has been talking for several years about expanding its representation in foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs),Wal- Mart in part [...] | 2006-08-20 23:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON EINV PGOV CH |
06BEIJING17108 | (C) PROSPECTS FOR COORDINATION WITH CHINA ON [...] (C) Summary: Chinese government officials indicated to a visiting USAID official that while they welcome the opportunity to discuss development assistance as part of an overarching U.S.-China dialogue, the prospects for coordination with China on foreign aid appear to be limited in the near te [...] | 2006-08-21 06:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PREL CH AF |
06BEIJING17238 | RMB FLEXIBILITY: VIEWS OF INCOMING AND OUTGOING [...] (C) Summary: People's Bank of China (PBOC) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) member Fan Gang told Finatt and Econoff on August 3 that the Chinese government could reduce the RMB's modest undervaluation while stemming speculative inflows by signaling to financial markets that the RMB would appr [...] | 2006-08-21 09:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV |
06BEIJING17509 | CHINA EXPERIMENTS WITH 'WAGE GUARANTEE [...] (U) Summary: Wage Guarantee Funds (WGFs - definition in para 5) are one of the tools Chinese local governments are using to tackle the problem of wage arrears, which is especially pervasive among migrant workers in the construction industry. Embassy visits to several locations in China in Ju [...] | 2006-08-23 02:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EINV ECON PGOV CH |
06BEIJING17771 | WAL-MART ACCEPTS CHINESE LABOR UNIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Since July 29, The All China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) has established unions in at least five of Wal-Mart's 60 Chinese stores (ref). ACTFU has been talking for several years about expanding its representation in foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs),Wal-Mart in partic [...] | 2006-08-25 00:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON EINV PGOV CH |
06BEIJING17937 | CENTRAL-PROVINCIAL FRICTION OVER EFFORTS TO CURB [...] (C) Beijing has recently become more forceful in its efforts to control investment at the provincial level and went so far as to publicly reprimand officials in Inner Mongolia for pursuing unauthorized power projects. The Central Government separately announced in early August that it would d [...] | 2006-08-25 08:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ENRG ELAB EINV PGOV CH |
06BEIJING18143 | CBRC ASSISTANT MINISTER'S AND BANKERS' VIEWS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 25, FinAtt and Econoff met China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) Assistant Chairman Wang Zhaoxing to discuss draft administrative rules on foreign banks, which would implement China's WTO accession obligations in this sector. While Wang noted the regulations are [...] | 2006-08-29 06:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV WTRO PGOV CH |
06BEIJING18200 | CBRC ASSISTANT CHAIRMAN'S AND BANKERS' VIEWS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON AUGUST 25, FINATT AND ECONOFF MET CHINA BANKING REGULATORY COMMISSION (CBRC) ASSISTANT CHAIRMAN WANG ZHAOXING TO DISCUSS DRAFT ADMINISTRATIVE RULES ON FOREIGN BANKS, WHICH WOULD IMPLEMENT CHINA'S WTO ACCESSION OBLIGATIONS IN THIS SECTOR. WHILE WANG NOTED THE REGULATIONS ARE [...] | 2006-08-29 07:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV WTRO PGOV CH |
06BEIJING18224 | MOFCOM TO SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE MERMOUD: MERGER [...] (SBU) China's proposed merger and acquisition (M&A) rules do not signal a shift in attitude towards foreign investment, according to the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Director General (DG) in charge of the drafting process, who met on August 28 with EB/CBA Mermoud. The DG argued that China, a [...] | 2006-08-29 23:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN KIPR CH |
06BEIJING18225 | MOFCOM TO SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE MERMOUD: MERGER [...] (SBU) China's proposed merger and acquisition (M&A) rules do not signal a shift in attitude towards foreign investment, according to the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Director General (DG) in charge of the drafting process, who met on August 28 with EB/CBA Mermoud. The DG argued that China, a [...] | 2006-08-29 23:40:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN KIPR CH |
06BEIJING18541 | GOVERNANCE ISSUES MEET FEVERISH INVESTMENT [...] (C) THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IS WELL AWARE THAT EXCESSIVE INVESTMENT AND CREDIT GROWTH POSE A SIGNIFICANT RISK TO THE ECONOMY, BUT OUR CONTACTS SUGGEST THAT FOUR GOVERNANCE ISSUES STAND IN THE WAY OF A BOLD RESPONSE. FIRST, PREMIER WEN JIABAO'S EMPHASIS ON FORGING INTERNAL CONSENSUS, EVEN AMONG [...] | 2006-09-01 10:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN EINV CH |
06BEIJING19030 | China Pushes SCO Economic Agenda at Western China [...] (SBU) Sumary: Zhang Deguang, Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO),exhorted his central Asian counterparts at a September 2 event in Urumqi to quickly conclude three key economic agreements on customs, transportation and protection of foreign investment. These ar [...] | 2006-09-08 09:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECIN ETRD PREL PTER CH ZK |
06BEIJING19278 | CHINA: NEW MERGER RULES SPARK CONCERN [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 8, the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) released new regulations governing foreign acquisitions of domestic enterprises. Local observers were pleased that the regulations allow for equity swaps but are concerned with vague language that appears to give MOFCOM considerab [...] | 2006-09-13 00:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD WTRO ECON EINV PGOV CH |
06BEIJING19482 | CHINA ADOPTS NEW ENTERPRISE BANKRUPTCY LAW [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 27, China passed a new Law on Enterprise Bankruptcy which provides a vastly improved legal framework for corporate bankruptcy in both private and state-owned enterprises (SOEs). The law will go into effect on June 1, 2007, and will enable the government to further e [...] | 2006-09-14 06:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV CH |
06BEIJING19660 | CENTRAL PARTY SCHOOL PROFESSOR SAYS RURAL REFORM [...] (C) A researcher at the Central Party School said that a recent conference on rural reform has important implications for rural policy. The Central Government in recent years has pursued a micro approach to rural development, emphasizing the livelihoods of individual farmers. The announced th [...] | 2006-09-15 09:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR PGOV EFIN SOCI CH |
06BEIJING19662 | LAND COMPENSATION REGULATIONS FOR WATER PROJECTS [...] (C) EMBASSY CONTACTS QUESTION WHETHER REVISED REGULATIONS ON COMPENSATION STANDARDS FOR LAND THAT IS EXPROPRIATED FOR DAM CONSTRUCTION WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN SUCH A WAY AS TO MEET THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT'S OBJECTIVE OF CREATING A NATIONAL STANDARD. INSTEAD, OUR CONTACTS BELIEVE THAT PROVINCIAL [...] | 2006-09-15 10:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR EINV ENRG PGOV CH |
06BEIJING20678 | XINHUA REBUFFS CRITICISM, STANDS BY REGULATIONS [...] (C) New regulations restricting foreign wire services' distribution of news and financial data in China aim to create a healthy media climate, state-run Xinhua News Agency staffer Wang Hongyu told Emboffs September 27. Wang said Xinhua had three motives in introducing the rules, namely a) st [...] | 2006-09-27 11:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECON ETRD KPAO CH |
06BEIJING20796 | REASONS BEHIND THE LIMITED RESPONSE TO FEVERISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Several contacts have pointed out reasons they believe that China will not or should not pursue bold action in the near term to deal with high rates of investment and credit growth. A private sector economist emphasized Premier Wen Jiabao's desire for officials -- including regul [...] | 2006-09-28 02:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN EINV CH |
06BEIJING20974 | INTERAGENCY INSIGHTS FROM NDRC FINANCE DIRECTOR [...] (S) The recently-promoted National Development Reform Commission (NDRC) Director General in charge of financial affairs (protect) offered candid and even critical comments about the Ministry of Finance (MOF),the People's Bank of China (PBOC),and the internal workings of the NDRC itself. He f [...] | 2006-09-29 08:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN EINV KPAO CH |
06BEIJING21079 | VISIT OF OSHA A/S EDWIN G. FOULKE, JR. TO CHINA [...] SUMMARY: DOL Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., led an OSHA delegation to China September 17-24 to attend the Third China International Forum on Work Safety and meet with officials of the State Administration for Work Safety (SAWS). Chinese Governme [...] | 2006-10-05 08:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EMIN ECON PREL PGOV PINR CH |
06BEIJING21160 | SED: PAULSON-BO XILAI MEETING [...] (SBU) Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson met with Minister of Commerce Bo Xilai on September 21 to outline U.S. goals and expectations for the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED). Secretary Paulson emphasized the need for currency SIPDIS flexibility and asked for Chinese support in reinvigoratin [...] | 2006-10-06 03:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL CH |
06BEIJING21720 | DESIGNING A SYSTEM CREATING A BANKRUPTCY [...] Reftel reported on Embassy discussions with Professor Li Shuguang on September 6 about China's new Law on Enterprise Bankruptcy. As Director of the Bankruptcy Law and Restructuring Research Center at the China University of Politics and Law, as well as a member of the National People's Congr [...] | 2006-10-13 09:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV CH |
06BEIJING21851 | QUESTIONABLE PROGRESS ON SINO-TURKMENISTAN GAS [...] (SBU) An industry contact questions recent reports that China has approved construction of a pipeline to carry gas imported from Turkmenistan -- a decision, that if carried through, would carry forward a deal announced last April by the presidents of both counties for gas sales. Separately, t [...] | 2006-10-16 06:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV EPET CH |
06BEIJING21970 | BOOSTING RURAL INCOMES: THE CASE OF TOURISM IN [...] (SBU) Tourism has emerged as an important source of non- farm income in Hunan Province and may account for as much as 50 to 60 percent of rural incomes in tourist destinations in Hunan's countryside. Provincial officials, motivated by this trend, plan to provide additional resources to expand [...] | 2006-10-17 08:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ELAB PGOV SOCI CH |
06BEIJING21992 | STRATEGIC ECONOMIC DIALOGUE (SED): MINSTRY OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 17 Ministry of Finance (MOF) DG of International Affairs Zhu Guangyao discussed arrangements for the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) and the upcoming preparatory trip by Treasury U/S Adams, DUSTR Bhatia, and Commerce U/S Lavin with Econmincouns, Finatt, FCS Trade Fa [...] | 2006-10-17 12:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL CH |
06BEIJING22125 | COMMENTS ON STABILITY AND DEVELOPMENT FROM A HUNAN [...] (C) Hunan Province's economic "growth at all costs" approach to development threatens to undermine social stability in the province in the view of a provincial economic policymaker who focuses on rural issues. He cited water pollution, land seizures, and the state of public finances in the wa [...] | 2006-10-18 09:40:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EAGR ELAB EFIN SOCI CH |
06BEIJING22239 | LOWER THIRD QUARTER GROWTH BUT MORE TIGHTENING [...] (SBU) China's year-on-year GDP growth rate, as measured on a quarterly basis, fell from 11.3 percent in the second quarter to 10.4 percent in the third quarter, a result in line with numerous private sector forecasts. The decline comes in the wake of numerous cooling measures undertaken by th [...] | 2006-10-19 10:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN CH |
06BEIJING22277 | OFFICIAL TRADE UNION SEEKS TO ORGANIZE 60 PERCENT [...] (C) Summary: The All China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) has announced that it has organized unions at all Wal-Marts in China and intends to double union presence in foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) from 30 to 60 percent by the end of the year. ACFTU said it will focus on "Fortune 5 [...] | 2006-10-20 05:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON EINV PGOV CH |
06BEIJING22299 | CENTRAL CHINA EXPO 2006: RHETORIC BUT FEW RESULTS [...] (C) Central China Expo 2006, held in Changsha, Hunan Province in late September, officially launched the Central Government's Central China Rising initiative to balance geographical development by bolstering economic prospects in the region's six provinces. Although the Expo had high-level su [...] | 2006-10-20 08:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV ENRG CH HK |
06BEIJING22370 | PRC/AFRICA: AFRICAN HEADS OF STATE HEADING TO [...] (C) More than forty African Heads of State or Government are expected to travel to China for the Beijing Summit of the triennial Forum for China-Africa Cooperation ("The Beijing Summit")(Reftels A and B),November 3-5. Egypt President Mubarak, Nigerian President Obasanjo, South African Preside [...] | 2006-10-23 10:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AGOA ECON EAID CH |
06BEIJING22413 | U.S. NGO: CHINESE GOVERNMENT MICROFINANCE PROJECTS [...] (C) Representatives of a U.S.-based NGO that provides business capital to entrepreneurs said that they are concerned China's current focus on microfinance may do more harm than good because government-sponsored projects threaten to undermine NGO activity. They predicted increased interest in [...] | 2006-10-24 01:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAGR PGOV CH |
06BEIJING22713 | PRC/AFRICA: MFA BRIEFS PRESS ON UPCOMING FORUM FOR [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun and Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Vice Minister Wei Jianguo briefed the press on October 26 on the Beijing Summit of the triennial Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC),November 3-5 (Refs A-C). VM Wei said China a [...] | 2006-10-26 12:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID CH |
06BEIJING22876 | LEADING CHINESE ECONOMIST ON CHINA'S CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) One of China's leading economists briefed China Mission Economic Officers on the country's economic challenges. Although he expressed concerns about income inequality, deflation, and the challenges of following through on economic reforms, his overall message was that the quality of lea [...] | 2006-10-30 09:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAGR ELAB PGOV SOCI CH |
06BEIJING22919 | PRC/AFRICA: CHINA-AFRICA FORUM GOALS: POLITICS, [...] (C) Politics remains the cornerstone of Sino-African relations even though the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)(Ref A) will tout extensive economic ties, including burgeoning two-way trade and as many as 2,500 bilateral agreements, Chinese scholars have told us. As China increasingly [...] | 2006-10-30 13:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID CH |
06BEIJING23169 | PRC/AFRICA: BEIJING DECKS ITSELF OUT TO WELCOME [...] (C) Beijing is rolling out a dramatic welcome for participants in the November 3-5 Forum on China Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). Bright billboards, signs and installations with an African flavor festoon the city's main street. Authorities have beefed up security and will enforce special rules [...] | 2006-11-01 11:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AGOA ECON EAID CH |
06BEIJING23548 | PRC/AFRICA: PRC SEEKS NEW STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Representatives from 48 African countries, including 41 Heads of State or Government, converged on Beijing for the November 3-5 Beijing Summit and Third Ministerial of the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)(Ref A). The PRC played up its desire to forge a "new strategic partnership" [...] | 2006-11-06 12:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID CH |
06BEIJING23695 | PRC/AFRICA: BEYOND THE BEIJING SUMMIT TRADE AND [...] (C) China and African countries announced 16 trade deals worth USD 1.9 billion at the conclusion of the Beijing Summit of the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)(Ref A),but contacts tell us that the real number and value of bilateral contracts signed during the Beijing Summit is likely [...] | 2006-11-08 06:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID CH |
06BEIJING23786 | CONSUMPTION LAGGING IN HUBEI'S NEW COUNTRYSIDE [...] (SBU) In rural Hubei Province, incomes remain low and government policies have failed to boost consumption, according to Provincial Government officials. Local governments are facing a financial crunch due to loss of tax revenue and increasing pressure to provide compensation to farmers for l [...] | 2006-11-15 10:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ELAB PGOV SOCI CH |
06BEIJING23787 | WUHAN TO TAKE THE LEAD ON CENTRAL CHINA RISING [...] (SBU) Hubei Provincial Government officials said that the Central Government is relying on Wuhan to lead the recently launched Central China Rising initiative. In order to promote more robust economic development in the region, the six provinces of Central China will need to emphasize private [...] | 2006-11-15 10:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ELAB PGOV SOCI CH |
06BEIJING23797 | WUHAN RIPE FOR GROWTH, SAY U.S. BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Wuhan's economy continues to grow rapidly, and the city's investment climate is increasingly attractive to foreign enterprises, according to Wuhan- based U.S. business representatives. Extensive infrastructure, a strong industrial base, low labor costs, and a helpful local government sp [...] | 2006-11-16 03:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV SOCI CH |
06BEIJING23905 | (C) GETTING RICH IN ZHENGZHOU: CPPCC MEMBER ON [...] (C) A member of the National Committee of the 10th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, who is also one of China's wealthiest businessmen, shared his personal perspective on economic development in Zhengzhou, Henan Province during Econoff's recent visit to the city. He noted th [...] | 2006-11-20 05:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV CH |
06BEIJING24004 | PRC/AFRICA: MUBARAK IN CHINA [...] (C) President Mubarak's November 6-7 State Visit immediately following the Beijing Summit of the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)(Ref A) included separate meetings with President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao and National People's Congress (NPC) Chairman Wu Bangguo as well as with ex [...] | 2006-11-22 09:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID EG CH |
06BEIJING24029 | XINHUA TO PRESS AHEAD WITH RULES RESTRICTING [...] (C) The Xinhua News Agency plans to move ahead with State Council-mandated regulations restricting foreign wire services' distribution of news and financial data in China, Xinhua Foreign Affairs Office Deputy Director General Zhou Zongmin told Emboffs November 22. The Foreign Information Adm [...] | 2006-11-24 06:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD EFIN KPAO CH |
06BEIJING24165 | NOVEMBER 29 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: 1992 CONSENSUS, [...] Key points at the November 29 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing were: --The spokesman declined to comment on Taiwan's internal politics and Ma Ying-jeou's 2008 candidacy, noting that the "1992 consensus" should serve as the basis for cross-Strait negotiations. -- Cross-Strait tr [...] | 2006-11-29 10:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD ECON CH TW |
06BEIJING24171 | HENAN PROVINCE'S NINE-CITY URBANIZATION PLAN [...] (SBU) Provincial and municipal level officials in Central China's Henan Province look to rapid urbanization to accelerate economic growth and absorb excess rural labor. Henan's urbanization plan focuses on nine cities that account for 40 percent of the province's population and 60 percent of i [...] | 2006-11-30 04:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ELAB PGOV SOCI CH |
06BEIJING24338 | The New Socialist Countryside One Year Later [...] (SBU) One year after its launch in October 2005, officials at all levels emphasize that the Central Government's New Socialist Countryside policy -- tagged by the State Council as China's top policy priority for 2006 -- should be understood as a long- term endeavor that will not offer immediat [...] | 2006-12-06 07:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR PGOV SOCI CH |
06BEIJING24348 | (C) PRC/AFRICA: ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA AT THE [...] (C) President Hu Jintao met with both Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki during the Beijing Summit of the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)(Ref A),according to MFA contacts, who added that the two African leaders did not meet each other while [...] | 2006-12-06 10:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID CH |
06BEIJING24377 | DECEMBER 7 MFA BRIEFING: IRAN NUCLEAR, SIX- PARTY [...] Key Points at the December 7 MFA Press Conference were: -- China believes diplomacy on the Iran nuclear issue needs more time and space. -- The DPRK nuclear issue will likely be discussed during upcoming ASEAN meetings. -- It is "inappropriate" for UNHCR to call DPRK refugees in China [...] | 2006-12-07 15:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ENRG ECON KN IR CH |
06BEIJING24418 | CHINA'S CENTRAL ECONOMIC WORK CONFERENCE CONCLUDES [...] (SBU) Summary: A National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Macroeconomic Policy expert told econoff December 8 that the concluding emphasis of the Central Economic Work Conference was on continued economic expansion that promotes stability while at the same time conserving resources an [...] | 2006-12-08 11:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD SENV |
06BEIJING24470 | DECEMBER 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key Points at the December 12 MFA Press Conference were: -- The Six-Party Talks will resume on December 18 with the Joint Statement of September 19, 2005 forming the basis for negotiations. -- Trade issues with the United States can be resolved through dialogue and China has worked in "ea [...] | 2006-12-12 11:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER ECON KN IS AJ CD CA CI LO KZ CH |
06BEIJING24496 | DECEMBER 13 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: TAIWAN MAYORAL [...] Key points at the December 13 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing were: -- The spokesman declined to comment on Taiwan's internal politics, including the recent mayoral elections and calls for the KMT change its name to "Taiwan Kuomintang." -- TAO welcomes any person, party or organ [...] | 2006-12-13 12:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD ECON CH TW |
06BEIJING24641 | LABOR SECRETARY CHAO'S MEETING WITH SAWS MINISTER [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-19 09:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PREL PHUM EMIN ENRG PBIO CH |
06BEIJING24654 | LABOR SECRETARY CHAO'S LUNCHEON WITH CHINESE LABOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Ministry of Labor and Social Security (MOLSS) Minister Tian Chengping hosted Labor Secretary Elaine Chao for lunch on December 15. (Participants list in para. 9) Secretary Chao said the SED was a historic occasion and very important to both the United States and China. Tian [...] | 2006-12-20 00:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EFIN ECON PREL CH |
06BEIJING24655 | LABOR SECRETARY CHAO'S MEETING WITH SAWS MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Li Yizhong, Minister for the State Administration for Work Safety (SAWS) met with Labor Secretary Chao on December 15, after the conclusion of the SIPDIS Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED). SAWS did not participate in the SED. Secretary Chao told Li that the SED was a histo [...] | 2006-12-20 00:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PREL PHUM EMIN ENRG PBIO CH |
06BEIJING24669 | U/S SHEERAN HOLDS 6TH ROUND OF THE STATE-NDRC [...] (SBU) Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs Josette Sheeran and the Vice Chairman of China's National Development Reform Commission (NDRC),Zhu Zhixin, co-chaired the sixth round of the State-NDRC Dialogue on December 17 in Beijing. Following on the heels of [...] | 2006-12-20 03:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR PGOV SOCI CH |
06BEIJING24779 | CHINA/ENERGY: EMBASSY OBJECTS TO CNOOC ON REPORTED [...] (SBU) Reuters reported on December 20 that the China National Overseas Oil Corporation (CNOOC) and Iran reached agreement to develop Iran's northern Pars gas field and build liquefied natural gas. The Department asked us to confirm with CNOOC if the report was accurate (ref. B). While CNOOC, [...] | 2006-12-26 10:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETTC ENRG EPET PREL IR CH |
06BEIJING24780 | CHINA/ENERGY: SINOPEC SAYS NO IRAN DEAL FINALIZED, [...] (SBU) Summary: Sinopec Director-General for Foreign Affairs Tang Suxin stated that contrary to Iranian press reports, Sinopec,s business cooperation with Iran on the Yadavaran Oilfield is currently at the contract negotiation stage. Iran was making propaganda to suit its own purposes, he add [...] | 2006-12-26 11:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC ECON ENRG EINV EPET PREL IR CH |
06BEIJING3853 | CHINA'S LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO FOCUS ON ECONOMY; [...] (C) China's annual spring political theater, known locally as "the two meetings," kicks off on March 3 with the opening session of China's leading consultative body followed by the opening of the annual legislative session on March 5. No major personnel changes are expected this year and the [...] | 2006-03-02 12:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PHUM SOCI CH |
06BEIJING4758 | AMBASSADOR RAISES HUMAN RIGHTS, STABILITY WITH [...] (C) During a March 9 dinner hosted by the Ambassador, Liaoning Party Secretary and potential "Fifth Generation" leader Li Keqiang candidly discussed the economic development and stability challenges he faces. Liaoning has the largest number of urban poor in China, a substantial number of ru [...] | 2006-03-14 10:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI CH |
06BEIJING4764 | PREMIER WEN DISCUSSES NEW SOCIALIST COUNTRYSIDE, [...] China must recognize that the reform process is long and arduous, Premier Wen Jiabao remarked at a press conference following the conclusion of the NPC and CPPCC annual sessions. The New Socialist Countryside policy will help safeguard farmers' land rights and raise their living standards. [...] | 2006-03-14 11:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PARM ECON CH TW JP |
06BEIJING4958 | MARCH 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S.-CHINA TRADE [...] Key points made at the March 16 MFA press briefing are as follows: - China hopes U.S.-China economic and trade frictions can be resolved through consultation but will no longer adopt administrative measures to control exchange rate fluctuation. - China does not view the United States as [...] | 2006-03-16 11:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON PHUM PARM CH JP IR KN |
06BEIJING5223 | MARCH 21 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CONGRESSIONAL VISIT, [...] Key points made at the March 21 MFA press briefing are as follows: - During a March 21 meeting with U.S. Senators Graham, Schumer and Coburn, Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing emphasized that the two countries should view bilateral relations from a strategic perspective and properly resolve dis [...] | 2006-03-21 11:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON PHUM PARM CH IR |
06BEIJING5618 | DOE OLYMPIC RADIATION SECURITY WORKSHOP IN BEIJING [...] (SBU) The Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA),in conjunction with the China Institutes for Contemporary International Relations (CICIR),held an Olympic Radiation Security Workshop on February 28. DOE officers made two presentations titled: "The DOE's Emerge [...] | 2006-03-27 09:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KNNP MNUC ENRG ECON ETRD BTIO RGY |
06BEIJING5698 | MARCH 28 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S.-CHINA TRADE [...] Key points made at the March 28 MFA press briefing are as follows: - U.S.-China trade frictions should not be politicized or overstated, while China's exchange rate regime must be rational and remain in line with the reality of the country's situation. - The March 30 foreign ministers' m [...] | 2006-03-28 11:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON PARM PHUM CH IR KN |
06BEIJING5965 | MARCH 30 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: EXCHANGE RATE, [...] Key points made at the March 30 MFA press briefing are as follows: - An appropriate decision on the RMB exchange rate must take into account China's level of economic development and the potential impact on the global economy. - China hopes the March 29 UNSC Presidential Statement will [...] | 2006-03-30 09:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON PHUM PARM CH IR JP |
06BEIJING6074 | SPECIAL MFA PRESS CONFERENCE ON PREMIER WEN TRAVEL [...] Premier Wen Jiabao will visit Australia, Fiji, New Zealand and Cambodia from April 1-8, MFA Director Generals for Asian Affairs and for American and Oceanian Affairs told the local and international press corps on March 24. This will be a trip of firsts: the first visit by a PRC Premier to A [...] | 2006-03-31 10:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON EAID ETRD EFIS ECIN CH FJ PP TW |
06BEIJING6316 | APRIL 4 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S [...] Key points made at the April 4 MFA press briefing are as follows: - Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff and Politburo Standing Committee Member Luo Gan discussed bilateral cooperation in law enforcement, counterterrorism and repatriation of illegal immigrants. - China hopes relevant cou [...] | 2006-04-04 11:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PARM ECON KNNP CH JP |
06BEIJING6530 | APRIL 6 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NO PLANS FOR HAMAS [...] Key points made at the April 6 MFA press briefing are as follows: - There are no plans for Palestinian FM Mahmoud Al-Zahhar to visit China. - VFM Wu Dawei will travel to Tokyo to meet with the other heads of the Six-Party Talks delegations, but will not attend the NEACD. - China hopes [...] | 2006-04-06 11:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON PHUM PARM KNNP CH JP |
06BEIJING6852 | APRIL 11 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PRESIDENT HU'S U.S. [...] Key points made at the April 11 MFA press briefing are as follows: - President Hu Jintao will visit the United States April 18-21, Saudi Arabia April 22-24, Morocco April 24-26, Nigeria April 26-27 and Kenya April 27-28. - Beijing hopes President Hu's U.S. trip will help reduce bilateral [...] | 2006-04-11 10:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON PHUM PARM KNNP CH IR |
06BEIJING7042 | APRIL 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: AFM CUI TO IRAN, [...] Key points made at the April 13 MFA press briefing are as follows: - Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai will travel to Iran and Russia April 14-18 in an effort to help resolve the Iranian nuclear crisis. - China is concerned about Iran's recent announcement about its uranium enrichme [...] | 2006-04-13 11:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON PHUM PARM KNNP CH IR |
06BEIJING7092 | MFA PREVIEWS PRESIDENT HU'S TRIP TO THE UNITED [...] During a special April 14 MFA press briefing, Vice Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi previewed President Hu Jintao's April 18-29 visits to the United States, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Nigeria and Kenya. Beijing stands ready to strengthen mutual trust and cooperation with the United States and addres [...] | 2006-04-14 08:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON PHUM PARM KNNP CH IR |
06BEIJING7118 | U.S.-CHINA LATIN AMERICA SUBDIALOGUE: A/S [...] (C) China attaches great importance to U.S.-China bilateral cooperation on Western Hemispheric affairs, MFA Director General for Latin American and Caribbean Affairs Zeng Gang told A/S Shannon at the commencement of the first U.S.-China Subdialogue on Latin America under the U.S.-China Senior/ [...] | 2006-04-14 12:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON CH |
06BEIJING7349 | WHA A/S SHANNON DISCUSSES LATIN AMERICA WITH [...] (SBU) Over dinner with Chinese businessmen and academics on April 13, WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas A. Shannon explained that the United States is launching consultations with China on Latin America as part of a broader dialogue. The Chinese executives explained that their firms operate in La [...] | 2006-04-18 09:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EIND ETRD CH CU TW VE XM |
06BEIJING7352 | APRIL 18 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: AFM CUI TO IRAN, [...] Key points made at the April 18 MFA press briefing are as follows: - During his recent trip to Iran, AFM Cui Tiankai expressed China?s concern over recent developments concerning Iran?s nuclear program. - The "principal parties" to the Six-Party Talks should demonstrate their sincerity i [...] | 2006-04-18 10:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON PHUM PARM KNNP CH IR |
06BEIJING7835 | PRC/AFRICA: PREPARATIONS FOR NOVEMBER CHINA-AFRICA [...] (C) China has invited the heads of state, foreign ministers and commerce ministers of 47 African countries to Beijing for the triennial Forum on China- Africa Cooperation (FOCAC),to be held November 1-5, according to an MFA Deputy Division Director. The MFA is already grappling with the logi [...] | 2006-04-25 10:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID TW CH |
06BEIJING8355 | SHIGANG AND HANGANG: A TALE OF TWO HEBEI STEEL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-08 04:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG ELAB SENV WTRO CH |
06BEIJING8419 | SHIGANG AND HANGANG: A TALE OF TWO HEBEI STEEL MILLS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-09 05:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG ELAB SENV WTRO CH |
06BEIJING8615 | SHIGANG AND HANGANG: A TALE OF TWO HEBEI [...] (SBU) Summary. Recent visits to two Hebei Province steel mills provide an insightful look into how steel industry reforms in China will play out during the next several years. Handan Iron and Steel Group Company, a large state-owned steel mill, has been selected by the Central Government to b [...] | 2006-05-10 07:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG ELAB SENV WTRO CH |
06BEIJING8798 | MAY 11 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DEPUTY SECRETARY'S [...] Key points made at the May 11 MFA press briefing are as follows: - Noting remarks by "U.S. officials," referring to Deputy Secretary Zoellick's May 10 Congressional testimony, the MFA spokesperson asserted that China has made contributions to ensure a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula and prom [...] | 2006-05-11 10:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PARM ECON KNNP CH IR TW JP |
06BEIJING8879 | STEEL CHINESE GOVERNMENT RESEARCHERS, STATE-OWNED [...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese steel industry analysts and insiders consistently point to China's private steel mills as the target of the Central Government's call for reductions in domestic steel production capacity. Beijing will use environmental protection and energy conservation laws and regulat [...] | 2006-05-12 06:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG ELAB SENV WTRO CH |
06BEIJING9290 | MAY 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, SCO, U.S.- CHINA [...] Key points made at the May 16 MFA press briefing are as follows: - Beijing appreciates the positive efforts of the EU-3 to resolve the Iran nuclear issue through dialogue. - The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has invited leaders from all observer nations to attend the mid-June S [...] | 2006-05-16 10:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM ECON CH IR KN JP |
06BEIJING9501 | CHINA'S AMBITIOUS FREE TRADE AGREEMENT AGENDA FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Minister Bo Xilai announced in early 2006 an ambitious plan for nine free trade agreements (FTAs) covering twenty-seven countries, according to MOFCOM officials. These twenty- seven countries represent 18 percent of China's imports and 11 [...] | 2006-05-18 06:20:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD WTRO ECON CH AS NZ SA |
06BEIJING9507 | MAY 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, SCO SUMMIT, [...] Key points made at the May 18 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- China stands ready to help solve the Iran nuclear issue and hopes the EU-3 proposal will prove to be feasible and acceptable to Iran. -- The leaders of all SCO member states and observer states, including Iran President [...] | 2006-05-18 11:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM ECON KNNP CH IR JP |
06BEIRUT1010 | MGLE01: NORTHERN LEBANON POOREST DISTRICT IN THE [...] On March 22, econoff met with Statistics Lebanon chief Rabih Haber to attain non-governmental statistics on poverty in Lebanon. According to its recently completed annual survey of households, Statistics Lebanon found that qadas in northern Lebanon had the highest poverty rates in the countr [...] | 2006-03-30 11:44:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PTER ECON SOCI LE |
06BEIRUT1086 | MGLE01: SPECIAL CABINET SESSION DISCUSSES [...] Summary: The GOL's economic reform agenda was presented before the full Cabinet for the first time during a special session on April 5. President Lahoud chaired the session where both Finance Minister Azour and Economy Minister Haddad made Power Point presentations outlining the GOL's reform [...] | 2006-04-06 15:34:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EFIN LE |
06BEIRUT1147 | MGLE01: QUARTERLY REPORT ON FREEDOM AGENDA [...] (C) This is post's progress report for the second quarter of FY-06 on the Lebanon country strategy for democratic reform. Refs A and B identified three outcomes for our country strategy: -- a new electoral law, -- competent, effective, transparent government, and -- reform of the judi [...] | 2006-04-13 09:58:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO KDEM KMPI PREL ECON LE |
06BEIRUT1392 | MGLE01: JOINT AMBASSADORIAL-PHARMACEUTICAL [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador, French Ambassador Emie, and European Commission Head of Delegation Renauld, together with a delegation that included members of the pharmaceutical industry, discussed the problems of the intellectual property rights (IPR) climate concerning pharmaceuticals in Leb [...] | 2006-05-04 12:14:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EFIN KIPR LE |
06BEIRUT1470 | MGLE01: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR DISCUSSES ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary. On May 9, Ambassador and Econ/Commercial Officer met with Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh to discuss the health of the Lebanese economy and the prospects of PM Siniora's economic reform program. Salameh began the meeting by briefing the Ambassador on two recent reports by t [...] | 2006-05-10 10:04:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV KIPR LE |
06BEIRUT1712 | MGLE01: FINANCE MINISTER UPBEAT ABOUT ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary. On May 30, Ambassador and Econ/Commercial Officer met with Finance Minister Azour to discuss the status of GOL economic reform efforts. Azour was upbeat as a result of the Lebanese economy's encouraging macroeconomic indicators and what he described as the positive reception he [...] | 2006-05-31 12:07:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV LE |
06BEIRUT1716 | MGLE01: FORMER FINANCE MINISTER ON LEBANON'S [...] (C) Damianos Kattar, Lebanese Finance Minister during the government of Najib Mikati in 2005, believes that the present government must restore crebibility before it can advance economic reform. He estimates that at least USD 15 billion of Lebanon's USD 38 billion national debt derives from [...] | 2006-05-31 15:49:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN SOCI PGOV LE |
06BEIRUT1996 | MGLE01: IRAN AND SYRIA ATTEMPT TO MAKE INROADS [...] (C) On June 14, econoff and FSN political specialist made an official visit to Akkar, the poorest and northernmost district in Lebanon. Local religious and municipal leaders reported that Iran is attempting to support Sunni extremist views in the poverty-stricken region. Syria still maintai [...] | 2006-06-19 09:26:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON IR KISL LE PGOV PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2067 | MGLE01: FM AZOUR DISCUSSES REFORM MEASURES AND [...] (C) Summary. During a June 20 meeting with the Ambassador and Econ/Commercial Officer, Finance Minister Azour discussed the GOL's recent economic reform work and a recent economic meeting among PM Siniora, Azour, Economy and Trade Minister Haddad, and Future Movement leader Sa'ad Hariri. A [...] | 2006-06-21 13:42:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV LE |
06BEIRUT2091 | MGLE01: ECONOMY AND TRADE MINISTER HADDAD [...] (C) Summary. On June 20, the Ambassador and Econ/Commercial Officer met Minister of Economy and Trade (MOET) Sami Haddad to discuss trade and intellectual property rights (IPR) issues. The Ambassador told Haddad that he would like to see a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) si [...] | 2006-06-23 12:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD KIPR LE |
06BEIRUT2220 | MGLE01: WITH SYRIA AND ITS ALLIES ON THE [...] (S) In a 6/28 meeting -- a day before the National Dialogue was to reconvene -- Druze leader and "March 14 Forces" figure Walid Jumblatt described a "stalemate" among National Dialogue participants over the deadline they had set on disarmament of Palestinian militias outside the refugee camps [...] | 2006-06-30 15:24:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PGOV KDEM PTER KPAL ECON SY LE |
06BEIRUT2258 | MGLE01: MEA LIKELY TO CHOOSE AIRBUS BECAUSE OF [...] (C/NF) Summary. The Ambassador and econoff met with Middle East Airlines (MEA) President Mohammad Hout on June 28 and Edward Schachle, Sales Director for Boeing in the Middle e"QZz[t_Q/=^QtqOa+(5QQQ 2012, and MEA cannot afford short-term leases on its aircraft to "bridge the gap." In nine [...] | 2006-07-05 15:15:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR EFIN PREL ECON PGOV BEXP LE |
06BEIRUT2291 | MGLE01: A STRATEGY SESSION WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (C/NF) The current weakness of the "March 14" parliamentary majority -- and the deleterious effect this has on Prime Minister Siniora's ability to govern -- has become a matter of great concern for supporters of Siniora, such as former Central Bank Governor Michel el Khoury. At a 7/3 dinner [...] | 2006-07-07 14:00:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM PTER ECON KISL PINR SY LE |
06BEIRUT2422 | TFLE01: LEBANESE ECONOMY DEVASTATED BY AIR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-19 15:10:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN ECON EINV LE |
06BEIRUT2487 | TFLE01: REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IN DELIVERING OIL [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraphs 12 and 13. 2. BACKGROUND: Lebanon is currently facing a humanitarian crisis with more than 700,000 Lebanese now displaced from their homes. Humanitarian supplies are arriving and negotiations are being made for a humanitarian corridor to help d [...] | 2006-07-27 12:07:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EINV ETRD EPET LE SY |
06BEIRUT2492 | TFLE01: SINIORA WORRIED ABOUT FUEL, EMBARGO; [...] (C) In a 7/29 meeting with the Ambassador, PM Siniora, visibly angry, expressed three major concerns. First, he described the humanitarian corridors as "a joke." The Israelis were not serious, he argued, citing examples of humanitarian convoys that had been delayed for days, given approvals but fir [...] | 2006-07-29 15:51:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG ECON LE IS |
06BEIRUT2526 | TFLE01: LEBANESE INDUSTRY HEADS CALL FOR BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Leading Lebanese business and industry associations have asked Embassy Beirut for the immediate establishment of safe commercial corridors for passage of imports and exports. Lebanese business leaders stressed the need for industry leaders to have "a sense that this war will never happen [...] | 2006-08-03 14:05:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL SY EFIN ECON ETRD EINV |
06BEIRUT2551 | TFLE01: LEBANESE CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR PUSHES FOR [...] (C) In an August 7 meeting with Ambassador Feltman and TDY poloff, Central Bank of Lebanon (CBL) Governor Riad Salameh said that the Lebanese financial situation had so far avoided disaster through some creative "financial engineering" and other confidence-building measures such as a $1 billion loa [...] | 2006-08-07 15:59:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN ECON EINV LE IS SY |
06BEIRUT2587 | LEBANON: FUEL AND ELECTRICAL POWER STATUS AS OF [...] (C/NF) The fuel and electrical power shortages in Lebanon have become serious. Lebanon's economy is operating at greatly reduced leels through austere rationing of gasoline, reduced consumption in the transport sector, selective brownouts of the electrical power grid. Some increase in the [...] | 2006-08-10 09:58:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY ENRG |
06BEIRUT2652 | LEBANON: WHEAT SHIPMENT NEEDED TO KEEP BREAD ON [...] This message contains an action message for the Department -- please see para 6. 2. Embassy meetings with GOL and agrifood industry leaders have confirmed that current stocks of wheat in Lebanon are at a critically low level. President of Dora Flour Mills and Chair of the Agrifood Trader [...] | 2006-08-16 06:19:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON IS LE PREL SY |
06BEIRUT2719 | LEBANON: ECONOMY IS "FINE FOR NOW," BUT RISK [...] (C/NF) Lebanese Minister of Finance Jihad Azour describes Lebanon's economy and financial situation as stable in the short run, but in need of stability and reinvestment for long-term viability. Azour showed little hope that projected record revenues for the Lebanese tourism and export sectors [...] | 2006-08-22 09:56:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON IS LE PGOV |
06BEIRUT2826 | LEBANON: MODERATE SHI'A MP YASSINE JABER ON [...] (S) The Lebanese economy, government and armed forces have been weakened by years of crisis and the recent armed conflict, according to moderate Shi'a MP Yassine Jaber. Lebanon's institutions are incapable of heading off the Hizballah threat without significant support from the international c [...] | 2006-08-31 15:15:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL ECON PGOV PTER LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT2838 | LEBANON: CUSTOMS PLANS A COMPLICATED FIGHT AGAINST [...] (S) Although our GOL senior and political interlocutors have spoken with less than a unified voice on arms smuggling into Lebanon, we have heard about both success stories and chronic problems about this issue from Lebanon's customs services. While positive developments have been hard to conf [...] | 2006-09-01 08:51:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV ECON EFIN LE SY IR IS |
06BEIRUT2886 | LEBANON: MP MOSBAH AHDAB AND ALLIES SEEK NEW [...] (SBU) Member of Parliament for Tripoli Mosbah Ahdab requested a meeting in the Ambassador's office on 9/7 to discuss an initiative to provide assistance to Lebanon's war-damaged private sector and a political initiative to provide an alternative to Lebanon's rigid confessional groupings. Ahda [...] | 2006-09-07 10:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN LE PREL KDEM |
06BEIRUT2934 | LEBANON: COUNCIL OF THE SOUTH PRESIDENT COMPLAINS [...] (C/NF) Qabalan Qabalan, President of Lebanon's Council of the South, insisted that his organization had been given the responsibility by Prime Minister Siniora to replace all housing units destroyed during the recent hostilities, as well as the repair of damaged "civil society" structures, s [...] | 2006-09-12 08:43:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT3008 | LEBANON: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR PUSHES REFORM [...] (C) Central Bank Governor Salameh, who will attend the IMF/World Bank meetings in Singapore next week, took some credit for shepherding the Lebanese financial system through the recent war with minimal damage. He warned, however, of fiscal difficulties ahead as Lebanon comes to grips with a c [...] | 2006-09-15 16:29:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN LE PREL |
06BEIRUT3092 | LEBANON: PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION OFFERS TO HELP [...] The Presidential Delegation for Lebanon, headed by Assistant Secretary Dina Habib Powell met with a broad cross-section of Lebanese pro-reform elements and offered to help them transform the country's economy to meet the challenges of the 21st century, which in turn would create conditions co [...] | 2006-09-25 16:07:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT3104 | LEBANON: PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION FOR LEBANON MEETS [...] (SBU) The Presidential Delegation for Lebanon met with Prime Minister Siniora on September 23 and affirmed its commitment to achieving both immediate and long-term results for Lebanon, as well as its commitment to a long-term engagement with the country. The PM appealed to the Delegation to s [...] | 2006-09-26 13:29:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON LE PGOV PREL |
06BEIRUT3191 | LEBANON: SUNNI MP DESCRIBES SYRIAN MACHINATIONS, [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-03 14:21:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL PTER LE |
06BEIRUT3200 | LEBANON: SUNNI MP DESCRIBES SYRIAN MACHINATIONS, [...] (C) An Sunni politician from Tripoli shared with DCM his observations of Syrian inroads into the Sunni community in Tripoli, views of the Prime Minister's performance and political strength during the reconstruction period, and an evaluation of Hizballah's current position. He also shared wor [...] | 2006-10-04 12:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL PTER LE |
06BEIRUT3230 | LEBANON: FINANCE MINISTER SEES DROP IN GROWTH AND [...] (C) Finance Minister Azour on October 5 summarized for the Ambassador, econoff, and S/CRS Coordinator his consultations with the IMF, scenarios for economic performance, and plans for economic reform and the Beirut I donor conference. While deeply concerned about a 2-3 percent negative GDP gro [...] | 2006-10-05 14:15:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PTER LE |
06BEIRUT3231 | LEBANESE ECONOMY MINISTER: AG AND FUEL SUBSIDIES [...] (C) Minister of Economy and Trade (MOET) Sami Haddad summarized on October 5 for the Ambassador and econoff his attempts to phase out GOL agricultural subsidies, revive the TIFA and WTO accession, and move forward on Lebanon's social reform agenda. The Beirut I donor conference is likely to p [...] | 2006-10-05 15:11:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KCRM ECON LE SY |
06BEIRUT3311 | LEBANON: THREE LOCAL BANKS WORTHY CANDIDATES TO [...] (SBU) This cable responds to reftel action request. The Embassy finds no reason to object to an Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) proposed investment guaranty that would result in Citibank N.A. and OPIC together lending to three selected Lebanese banks: Byblos Bank, Bank Medit [...] | 2006-10-13 14:42:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | EINV PTER ECON LE |
06BEIRUT3408 | LEBANON: FINANCE MINISTER AZOUR SELLING A "NEW [...] (C) Minister of Finance Jihad Azour on October 20 updated visiting NEA DAS Danin, Charge, and econoff on GOL donor conference preparations and obstacles to economic reform. He hopes to overcome political apathy for reform -- particularly among the March 14 coalition -- by convincing politician [...] | 2006-10-21 08:30:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV PTER ECON LE |
06BEIRUT3563 | LEBANON: WORLD BANK MIDDLE EAST DIRECTOR ON PARIS [...] (U) World Bank Middle East Department Director Joseph Saba noted Nasrallah's October 31 ultimatum as disturbing and a challenge to the confidence that holds up Lebanon's fiscal house of cards, but views awareness of the need for essential economic reforms as recognized across the Lebanese polit [...] | 2006-11-06 15:36:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL PTER LE |
06BEIRUT3656 | CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR WANTS CASH UP FRONT, [...] (S) Central Bank of Lebanon (CBL) Governor Riad Salameh told the Ambassador in a 11/16 meeting that the IMF team currently in Beirut confirmed that GDP would have 0 percent growth in 2006, down from the 6 percent growth projected in June but considerably better than the 5 percent decline pre [...] | 2006-11-18 16:55:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL LE |
06BEIRUT3726 | LEBANON: PARIS III AND ECONOMIC REFORM PLANNING [...] (C) A team at the Ministry of Finance is actively planning the GOL strategy for Paris III, designing an economic reform framework amidst a hostile political environment, and seeking to transform their plan into a sustainable economic policy structure. The reform plan should be final in early [...] | 2006-11-29 17:08:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
06BEIRUT3728 | LEBANON: FINANCE MINISTER UPDATES U/S FORE ON [...] (C) Expressing appreciation to visiting Under Secretary Fore for U.S. assistance, Finance Minister Azour updated Fore on progress toward a donor conference and a broader economic reform program. Azour pledged prudent public finance and monetary policy measures which will see the Lebanese econo [...] | 2006-11-30 08:18:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PGOV PREL LE |
06BEIRUT3914 | CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR RAISES ALARM BELLS ON [...] (S) In contrast to his usual calm-within-a-storm posture, Central Bank of Lebanon (CBL) Governor Riad Salameh has sounded the alarm bells -- albeit private alarm bells -- on Lebanon's financial and fiscal position. In a 12/29 meeting with the Ambassador, Salameh spoke with unprecedented can [...] | 2006-12-29 16:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | EFIN ECON LE PGOV |
06BEIRUT414 | MGLE01: ECONOMY AND TRADE MINISTER DISCUSSES GOL [...] (C) Summary: On February 10, the Ambassador and Econoff called on Minister of Economy and Trade (MOET) Sami Haddad to discuss GOL efforts to improve the intellectual property rights (IPR) climate in Lebanon and encourage the GOL to prepare a submission of recent IPR efforts and future plans [...] | 2006-02-13 16:42:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EFIN KIPR LE |
06BEIRUT455 | MGLE01: GOL AND YOUNG BUSINESS LEADERS LAUNCH [...] On February 10, Econoff attended a working dinner at the Grand Serail for the launching of "Bader" (literally the beginning of the day in Arabic, refers to a "start-up" company),a partnership between the private sector and the GOL to encourage entrepreneurship. In attendance were about fift [...] | 2006-02-16 08:15:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN LE |
06BEIRUT527 | MGLE01: VEIWS OF A HIGH-LEVEL GOL SKEPTIC OF THE [...] (C) Summary and Background. On February 17, Econoff discussed the GOL's economic reform agenda with the Director General of the Ministry of Finance, Alain Bifani. Bifani was critical of the GOL's economic reform efforts since October 2005, saying that initial optimism and good will had dis [...] | 2006-02-22 11:44:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV LE |
06BEIRUT677 | MGLE01: SYRIAN ACCOUNTS COMFORTABLE IN LEBANESE [...] On March 6, the Daily Star, a Lebanese English daily, reported that Syrian newspapers have claimed in recent editions that USD 3 billion in bank deposits were withdrawn from Lebanese banks by Syrian depositors in recent weeks due to political tensions between Syria and Lebanon. On March 4, t [...] | 2006-03-07 08:43:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV KIPR LE |
06BEIRUT741 | MGLE01: LEBANESE INDUSTRY LAUNCHES PROMOTIONAL [...] On March 8, the Lebanese Industrialists Association (LIA) in conjunction with Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel launched a campaign to promote Lebanese industry. Bumper stickers, billboards and a clever ad campaign aimed at Lebanese youth will send this simple message to the Lebanese: "Love [...] | 2006-03-10 13:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV LE |
06BEIRUT742 | MGLE01: EUROMENA PRIVATE EQUITY FUND LAUNCHED [...] On March 10, the Capital Trust Group, a private equity firm headquartered in London with offices in New York, launched the EuroMena Fund at an official signing ceremony in Beirut. Philippe de Fontaine Vive, the Vice President of the European Investment Bank (EIB),told the gathering that the [...] | 2006-03-10 13:05:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV LE |
06BEIRUT743 | MGLE01: LEBANESE VIEWS OF SYRIA AND IRAN [...] On March 6, the Iranian Bank Saderat public relations department announced that Bank Saderat and the Commercial Bank of Syria (CBS) are to establish a jointly-run bank. Currently, there are no further details as to how Bank Saderat's five branches in Lebanon and the two branches of the Commer [...] | 2006-03-10 13:13:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV KIPR LE SY |
06BEIRUT811 | MGLE01: A BUSINESSMAN'S VIEW OF LEBANESE-IRANIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 15, Econoff met with Mohamed Maktabi, the owner of a chain of high-end Persian carpet stores in Lebanon and the Gulf and a frequent traveler to Tehran, to discuss Lebanese-Iranian commercial relations. Maktabi told us he had noticed "no changes on the ground" regarding [...] | 2006-03-16 09:23:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV LE IR |
06BEIRUT836 | MGLE01: GOL PRESENTS UPDATE ON ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 10, Prime Minister Siniora presided over the GOL's 90-minute presentation of "A Medium-Term Reform Program for Lebanon with International Support" to representatives from nineteen embassies and international organizations. Siniora, Finance Minister Azour, Central Bank [...] | 2006-03-17 13:55:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN LE |
06BEIRUT847 | FINCEN NOTICE ON COMMERCIAL BANK OF SYRIA [...] On March 9, Charge conveyed to Mohamed Baasiri, head of the Special Investigations Commission (SIC) of the Central Bank of Lebanon, reftel talking points and the text of a background paper provided by the Department. These materials were also provided to Walid Alameddine, head of Lebanon's B [...] | 2006-03-17 16:14:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PTER ECON SANC LE SY |
06BEIRUT997 | MGLE01: TWO OBSERVERS FORESEE THE END OF THE [...] (C) Two men, from different sides of Lebanon's political divide told us this week that the national dialogue is over. Ali Hamdan, political advisor to dialogue host, Nabih Berri, believes the talks will continue, inconclusive, until sometime in April as Berri plays out the clock. Akram Sh [...] | 2006-03-29 14:55:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS ECON LE SY |
06BELGRADE1013 | GOS TO PURSUE PHASED PRIVATIZATION OF OIL COMPANY [...] The GOS will move forward on a draft privatization strategy for state-owned oil and gas company Naftna Industrija Srbije (NIS) submitted by adviser Merrill Lynch, according to the head of the privatization steering group. In a recent meeting, Slobodan Sokolovic, Assistant Minister of Energy a [...] | 2006-06-23 14:24:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ENRG ECON EINV SR |
06BELGRADE1147 | MONTENEGRO: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS: JUNE 2006 [...] Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia, the current members of the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA),announced that they expect that Montenegro, together with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova, Macedonia, and Serbia, will join CEFTA by the end of the year. Draft Law on Optical Dis [...] | 2006-07-18 15:02:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KPAO ETRD EINV EAID PGOV MW |
06BELGRADE1257 | GOS ADOPTS PRIVATIZATION STRATEGY FOR NIS [...] (U) On July 20, the Government of Serbia (GOS) approved the privatization strategy of state-owned oil company "Naftna Industrija Srbije" (NIS). The approved strategy was not the preferred option proposed by the privatization advisor consortium Merrill Lynch and Raiffeisen Investment. The appr [...] | 2006-08-09 11:08:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENRG ECON EINV SR |
06BELGRADE1258 | MOBI 63 SOLD FOR EUR 1.513 BILLION [...] On August 1, the largest Norwegian mobile operator Telenor signed the sales agreement with the Government of Serbia (GOS) to buy Serbian mobile operator Mobi 63 (former Mobtel) for EUR 1.513 billion. Telenor won the televised auction organized the day before, competing with Austrian Mobilkom [...] | 2006-08-09 11:08:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EFIN PGOV BTIO KPRV SR |
06BELGRADE1285 | MOU TO GIVE GAZPROM STRATEGIC FOOTHOLD IN SERBIA [...] (SBU) The scheduled signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Government of Serbia (GOS),state-owned gas company Srbijagas and Russian Gazprom- Gazexport on August 8 was postponed by the Russians for technical reasons. This MOU, approved by the GOS on July 27, establishes [...] | 2006-08-15 07:28:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EFIN PGOV EIND SR |
06BELGRADE1466 | FINANCE MINISTER SEEKS MORE PARIS CLUB DEBT RELIEF [...] summary: Finance Minister Dinkic has proposed a major Paris Club debt reduction - unrelated to Kosovo - as one element of his so-called "packet plus," a supplement to the GOS action plan for cooperation with the Hague tribunal. This Dinkic initiative proposes bigger, meatier carrots for Serb [...] | 2006-09-12 12:12:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ENRG SR |
06BELGRADE1765 | SERBIA OFFERS INCENTIVES TO FOREIGN INVESTORS [...] (U) Attracting foreign direct investment is increasingly becoming a priority for the Serbian government. The GOS is developing a range of incentives for investors, including cash grants to investments resulting in significant job creation, as well as tax incentives in the form of credits and [...] | 2006-10-27 08:31:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EINV ECON SR |
06BELGRADE1813 | SERBIA'S ELECTRICITY OFFER TO KOSOVO [...] (SBU) The Working Group on Energy Cooperation met in Belgrade on October 26. As a result of the meeting, Serbia sent a formal proposal of an electricity donation for Kosovo on October 27 to Jolly Dixon, Chairman of the Working Group. The offer, considered to be a donation to avert a potential [...] | 2006-11-03 14:29:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ENRG ECON SR YI UNMIK |
06BELGRADE1814 | SERBIA: TRADE AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING [...] The following information is in response to reftel A request for information on Embassy Belgrade's efforts to monitor agreements and respond to trade barrier complaints. 2. Background: Serbia is not currently a member of WTO or OECD, nor does it have a bilateral investment treaty or a free [...] | 2006-11-03 14:30:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ECON ETRD KIPR SR WTO |
06BELGRADE1877 | SERBIAN FISCAL EXPANSION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Serbia's macroeconomic outlook appears strong as the country moves toward elections. GDP was up 6.7 percent in the first half of 2006, inflation likely will reach only 9 percent, and strong export growth continues, at 27 percent. Record inflows of foreign direct investment, mainl [...] | 2006-11-20 10:07:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN EIND PGOV SR |
06BELGRADE188 | GOS DECLARES IMF VICTORY, LOOKS TO PARIS CLUB [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOS economic team jointly declared victory in completing the final review of its IMF program on February 6 and invited Paris Club action on implementing the final tranche of debt reduction before the next payment falls due. Finance Minister Dinkic also announced an ambitious [...] | 2006-02-09 10:25:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON SR MW |
06BELGRADE1974 | CEFTA - SERBIA SEEKS COMPROMISE ON CIGARETTES; [...] (SBU) In order to break an impasse on the initialing of the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA),the Government of Serbia (GOS) has offered a concession to Croatia on cigarette duties. In a November 30 letter, Serbia's chief negotiator offered to lower the overall level of protectio [...] | 2006-12-06 14:15:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL HR SR |
06BELGRADE2062 | RUSSIA, SERBIA SIGN MOU ON PIPELINE [...] (SBU) The Serbian Government (GOS),state-owned gas company Srbijagas and Russian Gazprom-Gazexport signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Moscow on December 20 that establishes a framework for future cooperation and a possible agreement with Gazprom on extension of the Blue Stream gas p [...] | 2006-12-22 11:20:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EFIN PGOV EIND SR |
06BELGRADE275 | 2006 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO [...] (SBU) While generally agreeing with the description of IPR problems contained in the IIPA Special 301 submission, we do not recommend that Serbia and Montenegro be placed on the Watch List. The IPR environment in Serbia and Montenegro (SAM),although not yet satisfactory, is certainly moving i [...] | 2006-02-22 12:31:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL SR MW KIPR |
06BELGRADE321 | MONTENEGRO: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS: FEBRUARY 2006 [...] (U) The Institute for International Economic Studies (WIIW) in Vienna projects the GDP growth in Montenegro will reach 5.0 percent. GDP growth was 4.0 percent in 2004 and 3.7 percent in 2005. WIIW expects unemployment to plateau at the current level, and inflation to rise slightly to 3.0 perc [...] | 2006-03-02 07:16:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KPAO ETRD EINV EAID PGOV MW SR |
06BELGRADE401 | FINANCE MINISTER ON INVESTMENT ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Polt met with Finance Minister Mladjan Dinkic on March 7 to raise several issues involving U.S. investors and economic policy. Dinkic pledged to be helpful in resolving issues related to U.S. Steel and the gas shortages that are affecting production at the company. H [...] | 2006-03-14 11:10:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ECPS ENRG EINV KIPR SR MW |
06BELGRADE404 | NATURAL GAS CRISIS IN SERBIA HIGHLIGHTS PROBLEMS [...] (U) The recent gas shortage in Serbia highlights both deficiencies in its infrastructure and the perils of relying solely on Russian gas delivered through the Ukrainian pipeline. Both domestic and foreign companies that rely on natural gas supplies were negatively affected, and continued reliab [...] | 2006-03-14 14:16:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EFIN PGOV EIND SR MW |
06BELGRADE41 | Serbia's "Work Ethic" and Social [...] Summary: The concept of a "work ethic" in Serbia is hard to define, but there is noticeable pessimism among Serbia's work force that is a result of a few different factors. First, ethics in general, and work ethics in particular, are affected by the transitional nature of the economy and so [...] | 2006-01-12 16:17:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI PHUM PREL SR |
06BELGRADE522 | SERBIAN POWER STILL A TURNOFF FOR KOSOVO [...] (U) Econoffs met with Assistant Minister of Energy Aleksandar Vlajcic and Head of the International Cooperation Unit Miroslav Kukobat at the Ministry of Energy on March 1 to discuss the recent energy crisis in Kosovo and the problems associated with Serbia's offer to export electricity. explai [...] | 2006-04-03 10:52:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ENRG ECON SR MW YI UNMIK |
06BELGRADE568 | MONTENEGRO: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS: MARCH 2006 [...] (U) Public debt rose 4.5 percent in 2005, to Euros 704.4 million. As a share of GDP, public declined from 45.7 percent in 2004 to 42.7 percent. Seventy-seven percent of the debt was inherited from the former Yugoslavia. For 2006, the Finance Ministry plans to repay Euros 151.6 million of the [...] | 2006-04-12 09:41:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KPAO ETRD EINV EAID PGOV MW SR |
06BELGRADE654 | CENTRAL BANK FIGHTS TO LIMIT CREDIT GROWTH [...] Summary: THE NATIONAL BANK OF SERBIA IS CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO CONFLICTING GOALS: PREVENTING DINAR APPRECIATION, WHICH IT PURSUES BY SELLING DINAR TO BUY UP FOREIGN CURRENCY, AND CURBING THE INFLATIONARY PRESSURE IT CREATES IN THE FIRST STEP. THIS BALANCING ACT HAS PROVED DIFFICULT, AS IT HAS [...] | 2006-04-26 14:37:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV SR MW |
06BELGRADE673 | SERBIAN TELECOMS REGULATOR OFF TO A ROCKY START [...] Two years after the passage of the Serbian Law on Telecommunications, the Republic Telecommunications Agency was established and finally became operational on December 19, 2005. Shortly after its inception, however, the Government of Serbia (GOS) suspended the Agency's license- monitoring fu [...] | 2006-05-03 08:44:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS PGOV EFIN BTIO KPRV KCOR SR MW |
06BELGRADE711 | MONTENEGRO: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS: APRIL 2006 [...] Montenegro's public debt at the end of 2005 amounted to Euros 700 million or 43 percent of gross domestic product (GDP),which according to the Ministry of Finance is below the maximum allowed level in the EU. In 2002, public debt was 88 percent of GDP. According to Maastricht criteria, the to [...] | 2006-05-08 07:11:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KPAO ETRD EINV EAID PGOV MW SR |
06BELGRADE745 | PRESIDENT TADIC COMPLAINS ABOUT, BUT HIDES BEHIND, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Polt met with Serbian President Boris Tadic on May 10 to gauge his mood on the political scene, prospects for Kosovo and the five issues offered one day earlier to the PM: (1) public statements calling for capture of Mladic, (2) sign our SOFA, (3) review the recently p [...] | 2006-05-12 11:27:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EINV PHUM KIRF PGOV AMGT YI SR |
06BELGRADE768 | CENTRAL BANK TIGHTENS - AGAIN [...] SUMMARY: THE NATIONAL BANK OF SERBIA REACTED TO APRIL'S HIGHER INFLATION BY FURTHER TIGHTENING MONETARY POLICY. THE CENTRAL BANK NOT ONLY RAISED THE RESERVE REQUIREMENT ON OVERSEAS BORROWING BY BANKS, BUT IT ALSO FORMALLY IMPOSE LIMITS ON BANKS' RETAIL LENDING, TIED TO THEIR BA [...] | 2006-05-15 15:43:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV SR MW |
06BELGRADE904 | MONTENEGRO: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS: MAY 2006 [...] On June 3, the Parliament of Montenegro adopted a Declaration of Independence, following the May 21 referendum on independence from Serbia. The two economies were already distinct, stemming from Montenegro's adoption of the deutsche mark in 1999, and later the Euro. The distinction is reflecte [...] | 2006-06-07 08:02:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KPAO ETRD EINV EAID PGOV MW |
06BELIZE105 | BELIZE: 30 DAYS OUT - NATIONAL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS [...] In the run up to country-wide municipal elections on March 1, neither of the major political parties appears to have a clear hold on what they consider to be their main constituencies. The Belize City mayoral race looks to be a dead heat. Recent unseasonable heavy rains and road erosion, in [...] | 2006-02-02 15:00:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BH |
06BELIZE198 | BELIZE: RUN-UP TO THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) The ruling Peoples United Party (PUP) recently had manifesto launches in nine municipalities. The Belize City event focused on lower taxes, more jobs and good governance. Some observers have contrasted the PUP's event with the more subdued UDP Plan of Action launch (REF A). Leader of [...] | 2006-03-01 17:10:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KWMN ECON PINR BH |
06BELIZE230 | BELIZE: RELATIONS ESTABLISHED WITH OMAN [...] (U) Belize established diplomatic relations with the Sultanate of Oman on March 3, in New York. Charge d' Affairs, Janine Coye-Felson, of the Belize Mission to the United Nations signed on behalf of Belize. The Government of Belize (GoB) stated that establishment of relations with Oman is a [...] | 2006-03-13 21:19:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR ECON BH |
06BELIZE250 | BELIZE WILL NOT ATTEND OAS CICTE VI [...] (U) Per reftel A, in response to post's inquiry, the Government of Belize (GOB) indicates that it will not send a delegation to the Sixth Regular Session of CICTE in Bogota, Columbia. GOB did send Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ministry of Home Affairs Alan Usher to the conference last [...] | 2006-03-17 20:55:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL ECON MARR MASS CVIS OAS VE BH |
06BELIZE341 | BELIZE: CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] (C) In an effort to shore up his Government's diminished popularity, Prime Minister Said Musa has re-shuffled his Cabinet, reintegrating popular members of the ruling People's United Party (PUP). Whether Musa can restore the PUP's fortunes in time for the next national elections, which must [...] | 2006-04-20 20:17:00 | Embassy Belmopan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR SNAR ECON EFIN EIND EPET BH |
06BELIZE491 | BELIZE: WILL GOB SELL ITS WHALING VOTE? [...] (SBU) In recent weeks media speculation has increased as to how Belize will vote in the upcoming International Whaling Conference (IWC). Belize is a member of the IWC, which is scheduled to meet in June. The Government of Belize (GOB) is in arrears in payment of its dues (REF A),and last ye [...] | 2006-06-06 15:41:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIS PGOV PREL SENV JA TW BH |
06BELIZE844 | BELIZE JOINS CENTRAL AMERICAN BANK FOR ECONOMIC [...] On September 25, local media reported that the GoB - in an effort to access more capital from foreign sources - indicated its intent to join the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI). With over $4.5 billion in assets and an additional $5 billion in cash available to its membe [...] | 2006-09-26 20:08:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN BH |
06BELIZE937 | BELIZE: GOB CONSTRUCTING HOLDING TANKS FOR [...] On October 18, Econ FSN spoke with Zaid Flores, General Manager of the Belize Banana Grower's Association and one of three owners/directors of the Big Creek Port, who confirmed that the Government of Belize (GoB) has contracted the services of the Big Creek Port to handle all on-ground logisti [...] | 2006-10-25 22:05:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PREL SOCI BH |
06BELIZE96 | BELIZE: BIO OF NEW TAIWAN AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary. The Embassy of Taiwan announced the appointment Joseph Ting Shih as the new Ambassador to Belize. Shih comes from the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New Zealand, and is expected to arrive within the next week. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Shih's curriculum vitae is: Educ [...] | 2006-01-31 21:14:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR ECON NZ AIT BH |
06BELIZE971 | GLENN GODFREY MADE ME DO IT! [...] (U) Summary. On the first day of testimony at the resumed Developm Finance Corporation (DFC) investigative hearings, former general manage Roberto Bautista said that changes in policy left the Corporation vulne to significant losses. Lending policies were Qrelaxed,Q and the DFC Bo instructed [...] | 2006-11-01 21:06:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BH |
06BELIZE973 | GLENN GODFREY MADE ME DO IT! [...] (U) Summary. On the first day of testimony at the resumed Development Finance Corporation (DFC) investigative hearings, former general manager Roberto Bautista said that changes in policy left the Corporation vulnerable to significant losses. Lending policies were "relaxed," and the DFC Boar [...] | 2006-11-02 19:42:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BH |
06BELMOPAN66 | BELIZE: PARLIAMENT APPROVES BROV LOAN AND "SUPER BOND" AS [...] Summary: The House of Representatives and the Senate met in emergency sessions on December 8 and 11, respectively, and approved a second USD 25 million loan from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BROV) (ref A) and the issuance of new bonds equivalent to USD 565 million. These two financi [...] | 2006-12-14 21:15:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL SOCI BH |
06BELMOPAN75 | CHAIRMAN OF DFC COMMISSION OF INQUIRY DIES IN CUBA [...] On December 13, local media reported that David Price, Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry charged with investigating the financial dealings of the Development Finance Corporation (DFC),died in Cuba. Price, who suffered from diabetes, flew by air ambulance to Cuba on November 13 to seek tr [...] | 2006-12-18 17:47:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV BH |
06BERLIN1342 | Merkel Previews German EU Presidency Agenda [...] SUMMARY: Chancellor Merkel highlighted energy coordination, deregulation, and research investment as key priorities for Germany's EU Presidency next year in two Berlin speeches on May 9 and May 11. However, she described the politically sensitive issue of the EU Constitution as requiring "f [...] | 2006-05-16 14:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ENRG EFIN PGOV ECON PREL EUN GM |
06BERLIN1354 | LOOKING TO U.S. EXAMPLES -- GERMANY'S MINISTER FOR [...] (SBU) Summary -- German Minister of Education and Research Schavan told the Ambassador she wants to make her first official trip to the U.S. at the end August and also discussed her thoughts on improving Germany's education system, including to integrate immigrant populations and trying to e [...] | 2006-05-17 15:39:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON OEXC PREL TBIO GM |
06BERLIN1495 | GERMAN-IRAN TRADE: CHILL IN THE AIR [...] (C) Summary: Increased international pressure on Iran to halt its uranium enrichment activities may already be affecting Germany's trade with Iran, despite record numbers for 2005. Germany enjoys a substantial trade surplus with Iran, but officials and business people report German businesses [...] | 2006-06-02 14:12:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ETRD ETTC GM MNUC PREL IR |
06BERLIN1672 | STRUCTURAL LIMITS TO INTEGRATING TURKISH [...] SUMMARY. Nearly 50 years since the first wave of Trkish immigrants arrived in Germany, economic inegration remains one of the Turkish immigrant comunity's greatest challenges. Prospects for greter economic integration are dimmed by high unemloyment rates, low education levels, and lack of G [...] | 2006-06-16 14:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ECON ELAB SOCI TU GM |
06BERLIN1806 | GERMAN OFFICIAL REACTIONS TO REACH DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: Discussions with working-level officials at Germany's Chancellery, Ministry of Economics and Ministry of Environment revealed continued support for the EU Council's December 13, 2005 version of REACH, in contrast to meetings U.S. officials had with State Minister Hildegard Mueller [...] | 2006-06-28 15:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON BEXP GM |
06BERLIN1950 | Snapshot of German Economy - Growth Remains Modest [...] (SBU) Summary: Germany remains on track for a mild economic revival this year, with 0.4% GDP growth in the first quarter of 2006 and expectations of 1.8% for the year as a whole. Recent unemployment figures were better than expected after the disappointing start earlier in the year. Busines [...] | 2006-07-11 15:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PREL GM |
06BERLIN2344 | INDUSTRY IMPLICATIONS OF THE REITS DEBATE IN [...] SUMMARY: Germany's Finance Ministry is nearing the completion of a draft law to legalize Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs). The decision to legalize REITs, however, must first receive the approval of Chancellor Angela Merkel's "Coalition" Cabinet, which is deeply divided on the issue. Wh [...] | 2006-08-15 10:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV GM |
06BERLIN2397 | DEMARCHE ON WTO DISPUTE ON CHINA IPR: GERMANY [...] Embassy delivered reftel talking points to Knut Bruenjes, Deputy Director General for Trade Policy, at the Ministry of Economics and Technology, August 11, 2006. Bruenjes said German officials are aware of the seriousness of the IPR violations involving trademarks and copyrights occurring in [...] | 2006-08-18 14:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON ETRD AORC WTRO GM |
06BERLIN2782 | GERMANY'S EU PRESIDENCY - LOOKING AT THE ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) The American Chamber of Commerce EU's meetings on September 13 and 14 with officials responsible for Germany's EU presidential agenda at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Economics and Chancellery provided a comprehensive preview of Germany's EU presidency economic agenda. Ge [...] | 2006-09-20 16:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG GM PGOV PREL EU |
06BERLIN3023 | GERMAN QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE COALITION AGAINST [...] (SBU) Global Affairs Counselor presented Reftel demarche October 17 to Ambassador Hermann Sausen, MFA Commissioner for Environmental and Biopolitical Issues. Drawing on Reftel points, GA Counselor reiterated our interest in Germany becoming a full partner in the Coalition Against Wildlife Tr [...] | 2006-10-17 14:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SENV GM |
06BERLIN3060 | SCENESETTER FOR CEQ CHAIRMAN JAMES L. [...] SUMMARY. Your visit to Germany -- Frankfurt October 23 and Berlin October 26-28 -- provides excellent opportunities to advance U.S.-German cooperation and to refute German public misperceptions about U.S. climate and energy policies. The visit particularly offers opportunities to engage on [...] | 2006-10-20 18:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON ENRG EAIR GM |
06BERLIN3151 | EB/ESC DAS PAUL SIMONS MEETINGS WITH GERMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 20, EB/ESC Deputy Assistant Secretary Paul Simons met with senior German officials at the SIPDIS Foreign Office and the Economic Ministry to discuss issues associated with energy policy as Germany prepares to take over the EU and G-8 presidencies in 2007. Interlocu [...] | 2006-10-30 08:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EU PGOV PREL SENV GM |
06BERLIN3267 | OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVANCE U.S. OBJECTIVES DURING [...] (C) Summary: While debates over constitutional reform will limit Germany's ability to launch major initiatives, Germany's EU presidency presents opportunities for the U.S. and Germany to advance shared objectives and improve coordination. On energy, we have an opportunity to promote closer c [...] | 2006-11-08 16:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ENRG PTER GM EU |
06BERLIN3281 | NO GERMAN PLANS FOR FURTHER IRAQI DEBT RELIEF [...] (SBU) Johannes Kindler, Deputy Director General of the Federal Chancellery, and Rolf Wenzel, Deputy Director General for International Financial and Monetary Policies of the Ministry of Finance, told Embassy officers in separate meetings that Germany was unlikely to forgive further Iraqi debt [...] | 2006-11-09 17:57:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IZ GM |
06BERLIN3422 | ENGAGING GERMANY ON ENERGY AND CLIMATE: CEQ CHAIRMAN?S [...] SUMMARY: White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James L. Connaughton met with senior German officials from the Environment, Economic, and Foreign Affairs Ministries as well as the Bundestag (parliament) and Chancellery to discuss environment and energy policy as Germany prepar [...] | 2006-12-05 08:31:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG ECON EAIR GM |
06BERLIN3442 | ENGAGING GERMANY ON ENERGY AND CLIMATE: CEQ [...] SUMMARY: White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James L. Connaughton met with senior German officials from the Environment, Economic, and Foreign Affairs Ministries as well as the Bundestag (parliament) and Chancellery to discuss environment and energy policy as Germany prepar [...] | 2006-12-07 09:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG ECON EAIR GM |
06BERLIN3452 | GETTING MORE FROM GERMANY ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Germany remains a key partner in Afghanistan and Chancellor Merkel is committed to succeeding, but we need to find new ways to increase German resolve and resources. Post believes the Germans can do more in the near term in many of the key areas Embassy Kabul has identified i [...] | 2006-12-07 18:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS AID ECON AF PK GM |
06BERLIN3477 | A GOOD TWO WEEKS: BOEING COMPLETES OVER $10 [...] (SBU) Summary: Boeing reports it is winning orders from Germany's two largest air carriers, Lufthansa and Air Berlin, worth almost $11 billion. Air Berlin and Boeing announced November 28 they were finalizing a deal for 85 Boeing 737-type aircraft worth $5.1 billion. The order would represen [...] | 2006-12-11 16:57:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ECON ETRD GM |
06BERLIN3478 | NEXT STEPS ON THE TFTP -- GERMAN REACTION [...] (C) Summary: Germany is not contemplating any immediate action in response to the November 22 report of the EU's Article 29 Working Party that concluded that SWIFT violated the EU's Data Privacy Directive by exporting data to the U.S. Nevertheless, German officials believe SWIFT will come un [...] | 2006-12-11 17:08:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER ECON GM |
06BERLIN3503 | S/CRS AMBASSADOR HERBST ENGAGES GERMANY AHEAD OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a series of meetings December 6, S/CRS Coordinator Ambassador John Herbst pushed German officials to incorporate stability and reconstruction (S/R) programming into their 2007 G-8 and EU presidencies. His interlocutors from the Federal Chancellery and Foreign Ministry sug [...] | 2006-12-14 14:20:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID KPKO CM GM XA |
06BERLIN3519 | GERMAN POSITION ON EU EMISSIONS TRADING AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Per action request in reftel, post has discussed points with a broad range of German officials in the Foreign Office, Ministry of Environment, Economic Ministry, Transportation Ministry, and the Bundestag. All contacts noted the Environment Ministry has the lead on this issue [...] | 2006-12-15 17:22:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON SENV GM |
06BERLIN3520 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY PAULSON'S VISIT TO BERLIN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Your December 21 meetings in Berlin with Chancellor Angela Merkel and Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck are an excellent opportunity to push economic reforms and boost German, European and global growth as Germany assumes the leadership of the G-8 and the EU. The Chancellor an [...] | 2006-12-15 17:53:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN PREL GM |
06BERLIN993 | THE GERMAN ECONOMY: MORE GROWTH? [...] (U) SUMMARY: A rise in German business confidence indexes signaled a change of mood about Germany's economic prospects in early 2006. Many linked the boost to Chancellor Merkel's "honeymoon" effect as business groups put high hopes in the new government and a turnaround from Germany's wan 0.9% [...] | 2006-04-12 09:26:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL GM |
06BERN8 | MORITZ LEUENBERGER, NEW PRESIDENT OF THE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-03 16:11:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON SZ |
06BISHKEK1268 | KYRGYZ-UZBEK RELATIONS CONTINUING TO THAW [...] SUMMARY: Continuing the trend of the past two months (Ref C),Kyrgyz-Uzbek relations appear to be slowly warming. Foreign Minister Jekshenkulov reported progress from his August 24-25 trip to Tashkent in the areas of visa reform and border delimitation, and he was hopeful that Uzbekistan would [...] | 2006-08-29 11:26:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG UZ KG |
06BISHKEK1383 | KYRGYZ PRESIDENT OUTLINES DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY IN [...] (SBU) Summary. Kyrgyz President Bakiyev presented his national development strategy to the assembled parliament, diplomatic corps and other dignitaries on September 28. Speaking in Kyrgyz, he stressed the need for all branches and levels of government to work together to attract foreign inv [...] | 2006-09-28 12:05:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EINV KG |
06BISHKEK1450 | BISHKEK SCENESETTER FOR SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM [...] SUMMARY: Your visit offers an opportunity to move our democracy and civil society agenda forward. Following the downturn in our relations this summer, and building on A/S Boucher's August visit, the Kyrgyz are now indicating they may have gone too far, and want to repair relations. Moving a [...] | 2006-10-13 11:02:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON KPAO KG |
06BISHKEK1451 | STRAIGHT TALK FROM LOCAL KYRGYZ IN NARYN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an October 5-6 trip to the coldest region in Kyrgyzstan, Country Desk Officer and Poloff met with various NGO representatives and Naryn government officials about the current state of the region's economy and civil society. Local government officials were candid in voic [...] | 2006-10-13 12:57:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON ETRD PHUM KG |
06BISHKEK1487 | KYRGYZSTAN: DAS FEIGENBAUM'S MEETING WITH FM [...] (C) SUMMARY: SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum and Ambassador Yovanovitch met with Foreign Minister Alimbek Jekshenkulov October 17 in Bishkek. DAS Feigenbaum stressed our multi-dimensional commitment to Central Asia and to Kyrgyzstan. He said that a difficult period over the summer had raised questi [...] | 2006-10-23 06:10:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON KG |
06BISHKEK1568 | AES AND KYRGYZSTAN SIGN MEMORANDUM ON ELECTRIC [...] (U) In a brief November 6 signing ceremony attended by the Ambassador, Kyrgyz Prime Minister Felix Kulov and AES Silk Road President Dale Perry initialed a memorandum of understanding regarding the construction of 500 kilovolt electric transmission lines linking Kyrgyzstan to both Kazakhstan [...] | 2006-11-07 10:33:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PREL KG |
06BISHKEK1588 | KYRGYZ WELCOME REGIONAL ELECTRICITY INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary: During the October 30-31 visit of SCA Senior Advisor Robert Deutsch and SCA RAO Leo Gallagher to Bishkek, Kyrgyz officials expressed support for developing infrastructure to export electricity, reform of the power sector and foreign investment in the Kyrgyz energy sector. However [...] | 2006-11-13 03:21:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PREL KG |
06BISHKEK1692 | KYRGYZ HIPC DEBATE BECOMES POLITICAL HOT POTATO [...] (SBU) Summary: The arrival this week of a World Bank team to Bishkek for 2-3 weeks of technical consultations has focused political and media attention on the HIPC initiative. According to a World Bank insider, Kyrgyz object to energy reforms proposed under the HIPC program, specifically reg [...] | 2006-11-30 11:39:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PREL KG |
06BISHKEK1741 | A TALE OF CORRUPTION IN THE KYRGYZ PRIVATIZATION [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Parliament Speaker Alymbekov revealed to Ambassador aspects of a murky privatization deal for the Kyrgyz tin and tungsten company "ShPU." According to Alymbekov, the government inexplicably selected the lower of two bids for "ShPU," rejecting a much higher bid from a U.S. [...] | 2006-12-11 10:54:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR ECON EINV EMIN KG |
06BISHKEK1750 | KYRGYZ PLEDGE TO JOIN HIPC INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary: World Bank-led discussions with a Kyrgyz negotiating team headed by PM Kulov yielded an agreement December 9 on Kyrgyzstan's accession to the HIPC initiative. The Kyrgyz Government has yet to make any public announcement about the agreement, but the World Bank country manager bel [...] | 2006-12-12 13:59:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL KG |
06BISHKEK1782 | KYRGYZ GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS OF IPR PROTECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Kyrgyzstan's IPR agency chief Roman Omorov recently claimed that the number of confiscations of pirated audio/video products in 2006 should nearly double the 20,000 pirated items confiscated in 2005. Based on analyses by Omorov's staff, nearly 80% of items seized by police for [...] | 2006-12-19 09:32:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON EINV KG |
06BISHKEK1792 | KYRGYZ BUNDLE GAS, POWER AND WATER WITH UZBEKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Kyrgyz-Uzbek negotiators agreed on a $100 per thousand cubic meter rate for Uzbek natural gas for 2007, nearly doubling the current price. In response, the Kyrgyz government announced a 44% hike in natural gas rates for consumers to absorb the price increase. In a related deal [...] | 2006-12-21 07:12:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PREL KG |
06BISHKEK435 | BUSINESS AS USUAL - KYRGYZ PRIVATE SECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although corruption seemed to subside immediately after the March, 2005 overthrow of the Akayev government, local and foreign businesspeople now complain that government corruption is the same as under Akayev, or in some cases worse. Many blame below subsistence-level governmen [...] | 2006-03-30 11:13:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR PGOV PREL KCRM EAID ECON KG |
06BISHKEK502 | VISIT OF SCA ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER TO BISHKEK [...] (C) During a series of meetings on April 11, SCA Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher urged the Kyrgyz Government to move forward on constitutional reform and said that the U.S. is eager to begin the next round of negotiations on Manas Coalition Airbase. He also expressed concern over the Apr [...] | 2006-04-17 08:46:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM KCOR EAID ECON KG |
06BOGOTA10235 | BIOFUELS IN COLOMBIA [...] Summary: To conserve domestic petroleum resources and provide a boost to Colombia's sugar sector, Colombian law mandates that 10/90 ethanol be made available for purchase in Colombia's five largest cities by the end of 2006, and throughout the country by 2012. Colombia's sugar industry produc [...] | 2006-11-02 22:28:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG PREL ECON PGOV CO |
06BOGOTA10317 | U/S BURNS' OCTOBER 25 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT URIBE [...] (U) October 25, 2006; 5:00 pm. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary Nicholas Burns Ambassador William Wood Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon Assistant Secretary Patterson HeideBronke John Creamer (notetaker) Colombia President Alvaro Uribe Minster of Defense Juan Manuel San [...] | 2006-11-07 12:21:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ECON ETRD SNAR CO |
06BOGOTA10462 | SCENESETTER FOR NOVEMBER 13-14 VISIT OF PRESIDENT [...] (C) President Uribe arrives in Washington for November 13-14 meetings with executive and legislative branch officials in the wake of a highly successful visit to Colombia by U/S for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns. Uribe will emphasize the importance to Colombia of ratification of the U.S [...] | 2006-11-09 20:13:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM SNAR EAID ETRD ECON CO |
06BOGOTA10618 | ECOPETROL TO CONSTRUCT PALM OIL BIODIESEL PLANT [...] Ecopetrol announced on November 15,2006 that it intends to build a biodiesel plant in Magdalena Department with an initial investment of USD 23 million. The plant is very close to Ecopetrol's refinery operations at Barrancabermeja, and would begin operations in 2008 (exact date unknown). The p [...] | 2006-11-20 17:49:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG PREL ECON PGOV CO |
06BOGOTA1086 | COLOMBIA: AVIAN FLU CONTINGENCY PLANNING AND [...] (U) As requested in Ref A, post's avian influenza (AI) committee has begun to develop preparedness measures against AI, including AI-specific tripwires. For a comprehensive assessment of Colombia's AI preparedness, see Ref B. ------------------------------ Post Avian Influenza Committee - [...] | 2006-02-06 11:41:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SENV ECON EAGER EAID PREL KFLU PGOV CO |
06BOGOTA11405 | URIBE CONGRESSIONAL COALITION MOVES TOWARDS AN [...] (C) Summary. In November, President Uribe's U Party elected Senator Carlos Garcia as its new president. Garcia is an effective deal maker with an independent streak. Uribe and Garcia succeeded in passing key legislation late in the recent Congressional term. But four dissidents in the U [...] | 2006-12-21 20:39:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV PREF PREL PTER CO |
06BOGOTA1148 | COLOMBIAN SOCIAL SPENDING BUDGET 2006 [...] Summary: The GOC plans to spend COP 46 trillion (approx. USD 20 billion) on social spending in 2006. Since 2002, the Uribe administration has on average increased social spending over 10 percent per year. Social spending accounts for nearly half of the total national budget and represents mor [...] | 2006-02-07 22:00:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN CO |
06BOGOTA1383 | COLOMBIAN CONSTITUTIONAL MANDATE REDUCES SPENDING [...] SUMMARY: The Colombian constitution requires that the central government transfer funds to departments, which are equivalent to states in the U.S. The transfers are the primary source of revenue for the departments, and fund key programs such as education and healthcare. In some departments, [...] | 2006-02-14 16:08:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN CO |
06BOGOTA1584 | COLOMBIAN FIU (MONEY LAUNDERING PREVENTION UNIT): [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-21 14:51:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN CO |
06BOGOTA1858 | POLO'S SAMUEL MORENO ON ELECTORAL POLITICS, [...] (SBU) Summary. Polo DemocraticoAlternativo (Polo) President Samuel Moreno predicted his party would get up to 17 Senate seats in the March 12 congressional elections. He said the Polo would use anti-free trade rhetoric to win votes, and argued that Uribe would have a reduced majority in Cong [...] | 2006-03-01 20:50:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD |
06BOGOTA1870 | COLOMBIA'S ECONOMY: STILL DEFYING GRAVITY [...] (Summary) The Colombian economy demonstrated strong growth in 2005, despite the GOC's limited progress in addressing structural economic issues. GDP growth will be close to 5 percent and IMF targets for the budget, deficit, inflation and reserves were either met or exceeded. Public debt is l [...] | 2006-03-01 21:56:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN CO |
06BOGOTA1948 | YEAR 2006 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: POST RECOMMENDATION [...] Summary. Post recommends that Colombia remain on USTR's Special 301 Watch List for 2006. While data protection for pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals remained in effect, Colombia continued to face high levels of copyright piracy in 2005. Colombia has the legal tools necessary to combat pir [...] | 2006-03-03 21:02:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ECON CO |
06BOGOTA1976 | URIBE HAS CARDS TO PLAY IN MANAGING RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) The March 12 Congressional elections -- in which 166 Representatives and 102 Senators will be elected -- are uncharted political territory. Because there is no mid-term election for correction, the Congress elected next week will last through the almost certain second Uribe Administratio [...] | 2006-03-06 18:20:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON CO |
06BOGOTA2028 | URIBE'S ELECTORAL LEAD DECLINES IN LATEST POLL [...] (U) Summary: A poll in daily El Tiempo revealed an 11 percentage point decline in the intention to vote for President Uribe from December 2005 to February 2006. The poll shows Uribe remains over 30 points ahead of closest rival Horacio Serpa from the Liberal Party, and that he would still w [...] | 2006-03-07 17:33:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON KJUS CO |
06BOGOTA2030 | VALLE GOVERNOR PREDICTS URIBE VICTORY, CRITICIZES [...] (C) Prominent moderate leftist Governor of Valle del Cauca Department, Angelino Garzon, predicted to poloffs that Uribe would win reelection on the first ballot. Garzon will vote for the Polo DemocraticoAlternativo candidate out of loyalty rather than conviction. He criticized national Polo [...] | 2006-03-07 18:38:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ETRD ECON CO |
06BOGOTA2142 | NOTES FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: CUCUTA [...] (C) Summary: Voters in Cucuta, Colombia's fifth largest city and focal point for trade with Venezuela, are calling for job creation, road and infrastructure spending, and better access to health care. A leading Senate candidate, by all accounts, is far outspending rivals and is rumored to h [...] | 2006-03-08 22:41:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ECON CO VE |
06BOGOTA2658 | EARLY OBSERVATIONS REGARDING THE NEXT CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary: Despite the resumption of a lame duck Congressional session that will run through June 20, the composition of the next Congress that takes office on July 20 is already center stage. A hypothetical Uribe II Administration (beginning August 7) would count on majorities in both ho [...] | 2006-03-24 20:34:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PINR CO |
06BOGOTA2804 | The Soft Side of Plan Colombia - Special Social [...] SUMMARY. Since the advent of Plan Colombia in 1999, the GOC has spent over USD one billion on special social and economic development programs to fight narcotrafficking, poverty and violence, and the Uribe administration has committed USD 470 million to these programs in the 2006 budget. A [...] | 2006-03-29 11:37:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN SNAR CO |
06BOGOTA2897 | COLOMBIAN BANKING SECTOR: REVIEW AND PROSPECTS [...] (Summary) 2005 was a year of continued growth and consolidation for the Colombian banking sector, with banks registering a record 2.4 billion USD in profits, an increase of 46 percent over the previous year. Colombia's financial regulatory bodies were also consolidated in 2005 to improve gene [...] | 2006-03-31 17:59:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN |
06BOGOTA2936 | COLOMBIAN TELECOM SECTOR OVERVIEW [...] (Summary) The telecommunications sector is a major contributor to Colombia's recent economic expansion. Telecom sector growth and investment have been substantial in recent years, driven by a sizeable increase in the mobile services market, but Colombia needs to do more to augment internet s [...] | 2006-03-31 22:17:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON ECPS CO |
06BOGOTA4294 | COLOMBIA: 1Q06 LOOKS GOOD [...] Summary. Colombia's 1Q2006 GDP is exptected to grow at more than 5 percent, driven by stronger domestic consumption, increased access to credit, and low inflation. During the first quarter, the Colombian peso depreciated 2 percent relative to the dollar, highlighting the importance of the GOC [...] | 2006-05-16 13:53:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON |
06BOGOTA4754 | COLOMBIA: LOCAL READ OUT ON A/S SHANNON'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Representatives from the Chinese, Japanese and South Korean Embassies in Colombia said Assistant Secretary Shannon's visit to Asia to discuss Latin America was a success. All indicated their governments' willingness to continue the dialogue and look forward to future meetings. The Chin [...] | 2006-05-30 19:18:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | OTRA PREL ETRD ECON CO |
06BOGOTA4854 | COLOMBIA TO SUPPORT U.S. POSITIONS AT OAS GENERAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-01 17:18:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL CO |
06BOGOTA4894 | A/S SHANNON MEETS PRESIDENT URIBE [...] (C) A/S Shannon and Ambassador Wood met with President Uribe on May 26. Shannon emphasized U.S. policy in the region was based on cooperation, not confrontation; promoted democratic institutions and values; and addressed poverty, social exclusion, and inequality. Shannon said European offi [...] | 2006-06-01 20:29:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON ETRD ENRG SNAR CO |
06BOGOTA5067 | LOSSES MOUNT AS COLOMBIA'S COAL STRIKE CONTINUES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-06 22:33:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EMIN EPET CO |
06BOGOTA5177 | REMITTANCE FLOWS TO COLOMBIA [...] SUMMARY. Remittances to Colombia grew five percent in 2005 to USD 3.3 billion, with the majority coming from the U.S. and Spain. While rapid remittance growth assisted the economic recovery following the 1999 crisis, it has slowed considerably since 2003. Remittances equal 2.7 percent of G [...] | 2006-06-08 22:22:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN SNAR CO |
06BOGOTA5330 | COLOMBIA'S STOCK MARKET - BACK WHERE WE STARTED IN [...] Colombia's stock market index (IGBC) has fallen more than 30 percent between May 2 and June 12, 2006. On June 8, the index fell 9.47 percent, and on June 12 trading was halted 15 minutes before the closing bell because of a more than 10 percent loss in the value of the index. Overall, the ind [...] | 2006-06-13 22:24:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV CO |
06BOGOTA5515 | A/S SHANNON MEETS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER BARCO [...] (C) A/S Thomas Shannon and Ambassador Wood met with Foreign Minister Carolina Barco on May 25. They exchanged views on Colombia's increasingly active regional diplomacy, Brazil's attitude toward Bolivia and Venezuela, Chavez's disruptive approach on the world stage, and relations with Chile. [...] | 2006-06-16 22:24:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG ETRD PREL PTER SNAR CO |
06BOGOTA5588 | COLOMBIA: CAPITAL CONTROLS LIFTED [...] After markets closed on June 13, the Ministry of Finance announced the immediate elimination of Colombia's capital control on transitory investment (a tax on foreign capital resident less than one year in country),put in place in 2004 to counter a rapidly appreciating peso. The following day [...] | 2006-06-21 17:57:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN CO |
06BOGOTA5894 | COLOMBIA SCENESETTER FOR CODEL CORNYN, JULY 3-5 [...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes the July 3-5 visit of CODEL Cornyn to Colombia. President Alvaro Uribe was re-elected in May; he is the first president to be re-elected to a second, consecutive term in Colombia,s history. Close bilateral relations between the United States and Colombia are expecte [...] | 2006-06-29 22:50:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SNAR ECON CO |
06BOGOTA6759 | COLOMBIA'S COMPREHENSIVE TAX REFORM [...] SUMMARY: Taking advantage of President Uribe,s decisive electoral victory, the GOC presented its comprehensive tax reform bill to Congress on July 20. The revenue neutral reform includes an overall reduction in the income tax (including reduced marginal rates),offset by a significant expans [...] | 2006-07-26 20:09:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV CO |
06BOGOTA7060 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DAVIS - AUGUST 5-9 [...] (SBU) Post welcomes the August 5-8 visit of CODEL Davis to Colombia. President Alvaro Uribe was re-elected in May; he is the first president to be re-elected to a second, consecutive term in over 100 years. We expect close bilateral relations between the United States and Colombia to continu [...] | 2006-08-03 19:15:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOC ECON CO |
06BOGOTA717 | COLOMBIA 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT [...] The Uribe administration stepped up the economic liberalization begun in the early 1990's and is committed to an open investment regime. Liberalization has progressed furthest in telecommunications, accounting/auditing, energy, and tourism and to a lesser extent, legal services, insurance, dis [...] | 2006-01-26 15:52:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON OPIC KTDB USTR CO |
06BOGOTA8108 | URIBE'S CONGRESSIONAL COALITION FRAGILE, BUT [...] (C) President Uribe begins his second term with a fragile majority in Congress, which will require him to devote substantial time and political capital to domestic politics. Uribe insiders say the next 9-12 months will be critical for his legislative agenda, as jockeying for the 2007 local ele [...] | 2006-09-05 18:06:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ECON ETRD CO |
06BOGOTA910 | GUIDANCE REQUESTED ON COLOMBIAN PRIVATE SECTOR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) There is high interest among the Colombian private sector in assisting the demobilization effort. In the last two weeks, the embassy has attended two meetings on the subject. One meeting on Janu [...] | 2006-01-31 21:46:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI PTER PARM PGOV EAID ECON CO |
06BOGOTA9274 | COLOMBIAN TRADE MINISTER BOTERO ON U.S. TPA, [...] (C) GOC Minister of Trade, Industry and Commerce Jorge Botero told visiting WHA official Matthew Rooney that on October 11 the Andean Community (CAN) will authorize Colombia to regulate beef imports in accord with its commitment to the USG. The Colombians will await resolution of the beef i [...] | 2006-10-06 21:55:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAGR ECON CO |
06BOGOTA9727 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF UNDERSECRETARY FOR [...] (C) Post welcomes the October 24-26 visit to Colombia of U/S for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns and his delegation. Uribe remains the country's dominant political figure, with approval ratings close to 70 percent. His congressional coalition controls both houses of Congress but is incr [...] | 2006-10-19 17:57:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SNAR MARR KCRM PTER EAID ETRD ECON |
06BRAILIA1079 | SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 75 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-02 15:25:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR EAID TIO ECON SOCI XR BR |
06BRASILIA1008 | BRAZIL - FOREIGN EXCHANGE LIBERALIZATION AND MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary: Growing pressure from exporters for some sort of GoB action in the face of the Real's appreciated levels has forced Finance Minister Guido Mantega and Central Bank President Henrique Meirelles to state they will put forward a proposal to liberalize the country's foreign exchange [...] | 2006-05-25 16:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV BR |
06BRASILIA1016 | BRAZIL - SPECULATION ABOUT SPECULATIVE CURRENCY ATTACK [...] (U) Local financial press reported on May 25 that the Real's 4.5% depreciation of the previous day had been the product of a speculative attack by foreign hedge funds. According to leading financial daily Valor Economico and influential economic journalist Miriam Leitao, foreign hedge funds th [...] | 2006-05-26 17:58:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL BR |
06BRASILIA1017 | BRAZIL'S PETROBRAS: NO INTENTION OF TAKING OVER OXY'S [...] (C) In separate meetings on May 23, visiting WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon and the Charge delivered ref A points SIPDIS to President Lula's chief of Staff, Dilma Rousseff, as well as Foreign Ministry Under Secretaries Felicio and Patriota. A/S Shannon stated that Ecuador's dispute [...] | 2006-05-26 17:58:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ECON PREL BR EC |
06BRASILIA1061 | BRAZIL'S MANAUS FREE TRADE ZONE [...] (SBU) Charge, Econoff and Commercial Specialist met with a number of entities in the Manaus Free Zone May 14-16, including Whirlpool Brazil, the Manaus Free Zone Administration (SUFRAMA),the Amazon State Industries Federation (FIEAM) and the Center for Business Development (CIDE),all of which [...] | 2006-06-01 10:01:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAIR EINV ECON PGOV BR |
06BRASILIA1079 | SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 75 [...] The following is the seventy-fifth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expre [...] | 2006-06-02 15:25:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR |
06BRASILIA1080 | PROFILE OF BRAZILIAN INTERNET MARKET 2006 - USAGE EXPANDS, [...] SUMMARY: While overall usage rates remain relatively low - only 14 percent of the population use the internet - Brazilians are increasingly active online, in terms of the total internet user base, and how much time each of these users spends online. Social networking has become the most popular [...] | 2006-06-02 15:27:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS PGOV ECON EINT XM BR |
06BRASILIA1094 | PETROBRAS' CAREFUL STEPS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 26 meeting Petrobras Director of International Affairs Nestor Cervero told the Charge, CG and econoff that three issues occupy most of the discussion in ongoing negotiations with Bolivia -- the degree to which the Bolivian government will increase well-head taxes, how t [...] | 2006-06-02 19:26:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EINV ECON PGOV CH BR BO |
06BRASILIA1151 | BRAZIL'S SOCIAL SECURITY DEFICIT: THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazilian pensioners recently have been subjected to a burdensome requirement to appear in person to reregister with the social security administration (INSS) in order to continue receiving their pension payments. The requirement, problematic for elderly and sometimes infirm re [...] | 2006-06-09 14:03:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV BR |
06BRASILIA1163 | PUBLICATION OF THE PROCEEDINGS ON THE INTERAMERICAN [...] In 2003, OES sponsored and the Regional Environmental Hub organized an event on using remote sensing to help control the spread of infectious diseases. A publication on the proceedings of the Interamerican Workshop on the Use of Remote Sensing to Control Infectious Diseases in the Americas ha [...] | 2006-06-09 17:06:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR |
06BRASILIA117 | CODEL MCCONNELL MEETS BRAZILIAN POLICYMAKERS [...] (SBU) Introduction. During a January 9 stop in Brasilia, a congressional delegation led by Senator Mitch McConnell met with Brazilian government leaders. The meetings were positive and covered a range of issues, including trade, the MINUSTAH peacekeeping mission to Haiti, Venezuela's entry i [...] | 2006-01-19 12:05:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD BR |
06BRASILIA1171 | PETROBRAS ACQUISITION OF PASADENA REFINING SYSTEMS - [...] (SBU) The Mission has received repeated assurances, most prominently during Secretary of Commerce Gutierrez's June 7 meeting with President Lula's Chief of Staff Dilma Rousseff -- who also serves as President of Petrobras' Board of Directors -- that Petrobras has no interest in taking over Occi [...] | 2006-06-12 18:51:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EPET ECON PREL BR |
06BRASILIA1178 | U.S. OIL EXPLORATION/PRODUCTION FIRMS FIND BRAZILIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. During a series of June 5-6 meetings with U.S. firms involved in upstream petroleum sector operations, our interlocutors complained of Brazil's inadequate climae for foreign investment. In separate meetings,Exxon-Mobil, Chevron, and El Paso recounted talesof Brazil's dysfuncti [...] | 2006-06-13 12:12:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EINV ECON PGOV ASEC BR |
06BRASILIA1181 | COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ MEETS WITH BRAZILIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. After Secretary Gutierrez's June 5-6 discussions in Rio de Janeiro at the Association of American Chambers of Commerce of Latin America (AACLA) annual meeting and the bilateral U.S.-Brazil Commerce Exchange Dialogue talks (septels),he traveled to Brasilia for sessions with gove [...] | 2006-06-13 12:15:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KIPR EPET KTFN BEXP BR |
06BRASILIA1192 | AMEMBASSY BRASILIA NOMINATES SAMBAZON FOR THE SECRETARY'S [...] (U) Based upon its innovative approach to development and export, Charge d'Affaires nominates the U.S. small/medium-sized firm SAMBAZON for the Secretary's 2006 Corporate Excellence Award. 2. (U) Begin Text of Award Nomination Established in 2000, SAMBAZON (short for Saving and Managing [...] | 2006-06-14 18:40:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON BEXP ELAB ETRD SENV BR |
06BRASILIA1193 | COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ MEETS WITH BRAZILIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. After Secretary Gutierrez's June 5-6 discussions in Rio de Janeiro at the Association of American Chambers of Commerce of Latin America (AACLA) annual meeting and the bilateral U.S.-Brazil Commercial Dialogue (septels),he traveled to Brasilia for sessions with government polic [...] | 2006-06-14 18:40:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KIPR EINV EPET KTFN BEXP BR |
06BRASILIA1204 | AMEMBASSY BRASILIA NOMINATES CITIGROUP BRAZIL FOR THE [...] (U) Based upon its innovative approach to development and export, Charge d'Affaires nominates the U.S. multinational firm Citigroup Brasil for the Secretary's 2006 Corporate Excellence Award. 2. (U) Begin Text of Award Nomination With over 220,000 checking accounts, US$ 1.5 billion in [...] | 2006-06-16 18:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON BEXP ELAB ETRD BR |
06BRASILIA1231 | The U.S.-Brazil Commercial Dialogue [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 6 in Rio de Janeiro, Secretary of Commerce Gutierrez and Minister of Development, Industry and Trade Furlan launched the U.S.-Brazil Commercial Dialogue. The Dialogue was launched as a follow up on commitments made in the Joint Declaration issued on the occasion of Pre [...] | 2006-06-20 18:50:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KIPR EINV ENRG BEXP BR |
06BRASILIA1237 | BRAZILIAN RESPONSE TO REACH INTERVENTION DEMARCHE [...] Scioff delivered reftel and talking points to Raphael Azeredo and Otavio Trindade of the MFA's Division for Environmental Policy and Sustainable Development on June 16. Azeredo declared that the GoB, possessing a highly developed chemical industry, was immensely concerned with investing in R&D [...] | 2006-06-21 13:18:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD ECON KSCA BR |
06BRASILIA1240 | COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ MEETS WITH PRIVATE SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary. During Secretary Gutierrez's June 4 - 8 policy visit to Brazil, the Secretary and his team - OPIC President Robert Mosbacher Jr., USDOC A/S David Bohigian, State DAS Patrick Duddy, US Patent and Trademark Office Deputy Director Steve Pinkos, Charge Phil Chicola, TDA, Western Hem [...] | 2006-06-21 13:22:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KIPR EINV ENRG BEXP BR |
06BRASILIA1245 | COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ MEETS WITH PRIVATE SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary. During Secretary Gutierrez's June 4 - 8 policy visit to Brazil, the Secretary and his team - OPIC President Robert Mosbacher Jr., USDOC A/S David Bohigian, State DAS Patrick Duddy, US Patent and Trademark Office Deputy Director Steve Pinkos, Charge Phil Chicola, TDA, Western Hem [...] | 2006-06-21 19:00:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KIPR EINV ENRG BEXP BR |
06BRASILIA1251 | BRAZIL: THE FINANCE MINISTRY'S NEW ECONOMIC POLICY [...] (SBU) Finance Minister Guido Mantega named Sergio Gomes de Almeida to be his Secretary for Economic Policy on May 22. Almeida filled the last policy-level vacancy in the Finance Ministry team left after Mantega's late-March appointment. A PhD economist and former executive director of the Ins [...] | 2006-06-22 13:08:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV PINR BR |
06BRASILIA1255 | BRAZIL'S CPI DOS BINGOS ENDS WITHOUT A BANG [...] Summary: The series of Congressional investigations into corruption within President Lula's government came to an anticlimactic end on Monday with the issuance of the final report of the last investigative commission, the CPI dos Bingos. While calling for the indictment of several figures cl [...] | 2006-06-22 16:01:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
06BRASILIA1276 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL CORNYN [...] (SBU) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your planned July 1-3 visit to Foz de Iguacu. Consul General McMullen will greet you in Sao Paulo, and he and his team will brief you on your program. In addition, our DEA Country Attache and our Acting DHS Attache will brief you on t [...] | 2006-06-26 15:14:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON BR |
06BRASILIA1322 | BRAZIL: MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE RESIGNS AFTER TUSSLE OVER [...] (SBU) On June 28, Roberto Rodrigues, the GOB Minister of Agriculture announced his resignation, effective June 30. While Rodrigues first attributed his departure to concerns about the health of his wife, he later indicated to the press that the real reason behind his exit was his inability to [...] | 2006-06-30 18:39:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON PINR BR |
06BRASILIA1366 | BRAZIL: SUBMISSION FOR INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Per instructions in reftel, US Embassy Brasilia is aware of two (2) claims of US persons that may be outstanding against the Government of Brazil (GOB). Claim 1 ------- a. Claimants A and B b. 1999 c. Claimants A and B, along with a Brazilian partner, through a joint [...] | 2006-07-06 18:52:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV KIDE ENRG CASC ECON OPIC PGOV BR |
06BRASILIA142 | PETROBRAS WILL PLAY BALL WITH BOLIVIA OR ELSE [...] (U) The information provided is industry sensitive. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. Banco Pactual energy analyst Pedro Batista, commenting on the recent visit of Evo Morales to Brazil and what it means for Petrobras, told us that the partially privatized Brazilian petroleum [...] | 2006-01-23 19:01:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV ECON PGOV BR |
06BRASILIA1440 | PROSPECTS FOR BRAZIL'S MERCOSUL PRESIDENCY [...] (SBU) Summary. Recently, Econoffs met with Julio Laranjeiras, Counselor for Mercosul at the Ministry of External Relations to discuss Brazil's ambitious and hopeful integration agenda during its 5-month tenure as Mercosul pro tempore president starting August 1. Brazil plans to, among other th [...] | 2006-07-17 15:32:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ETRD PREL ECON BR |
06BRASILIA1455 | SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 77 [...] The following is the seventy-seventh in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views exp [...] | 2006-07-19 09:53:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR |
06BRASILIA146 | BRAZIL - NEW CIVIL AVIATION AGENCY [...] (U) Summary. A September 2005 law in Brazil created the National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC),a civilian regulatory body that will replace the current Department of Civil Aviation (DAC) in the Ministry of Defense by March 2006. ANAC's mission is to regulate and monitor civil aviation as well [...] | 2006-01-24 09:59:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON BR |
06BRASILIA1509 | SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 78 [...] The following is the seventy-eighth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expr [...] | 2006-07-27 13:28:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR |
06BRASILIA1618 | SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 79 [...] The following is the seventy-ninth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expre [...] | 2006-08-09 17:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR |
06BRASILIA1630 | BRAZIL: ECONOMY HELPING LULA'S REELECTION BID [...] (SBU) Summary: Economic factors are boosting President Lula's chances of winning reelection in October 2006. Solid expected GDP growth of about 4% this year combined with higher salaries, lower unemployment and inflation under control, mean that the economic "feel-good" factor going into the [...] | 2006-08-09 19:02:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL EFIN EINV BR |
06BRASILIA1638 | BRAZILIAN NGO FOCUSES ON IMPROVING THE CLIMATE FOR DOING [...] (U) Summary. In a series of recent events, the Brazilian Competitiveness Movement (MBC),a local NGO, has sought to create greater awareness of the barriers to doing business in Brazil and the need to improve the local investment climate. Specifically, MBC has explored the possibility of lin [...] | 2006-08-10 17:10:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD BEXP ECON EIND BR |
06BRASILIA1659 | BRAZIL INTERNAL POLITICS UPDATE, 7-11 AUGUST 2006. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Parliamentary Inquiry Committee (CPI) investigating the so-called "blood suckers" (Sanguessugas) corruption scandal issued a report on August 9 that implicated 69 federal deputies and three federal senators, calling for their removal from politics. The scale of the accusati [...] | 2006-08-11 19:27:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
06BRASILIA1706 | BRAZILIAN INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT REACT TO THREAT TO GSP [...] (SBU) Summary. During recent days, both local policymakers and entrepreneurs have begun to marshal arguments in favor of Brazil retaining eligibility for GSP benefits should that legislation be renewed by the U.S. Congress. Economic and trade officials have raised the issue with the Ambassad [...] | 2006-08-16 18:52:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON BR |
06BRASILIA1725 | BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH CENTRAL [...] (C) Summary: Central Bank President Henrique Meirelles highlighted to the Ambassador during their August 9 introductory meeting the importance he places on achieving formal Central Bank independence, which he sees as a key part of consolidating Brazil's current success in fighting inflation. [...] | 2006-08-18 11:31:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD PREL EINV BR |
06BRASILIA1744 | BRAZIL INTERNAL POLITICS UPDATE, 14-18 AUGUST 2006. [...] (U) SUMMARY. Campaign season is now in full swing across Brazil. The first debate among presidential candidates was held on August 14, but President Lula did not participate, although the others made him the focus of the two hour program. On August 15 candidates began running campaign messa [...] | 2006-08-18 18:50:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
06BRASILIA1770 | PANTANAL REGIONAL MEETING DISCUSSES JOINT MANAGEMENT [...] The European Union (EU) hosted the Campo Grande Regional Symposium (CGRS) on the research agenda for the Upper Paraguay River Basin (UPRB) and the Pantanal, July 27-28 in Campo Grande, Brazil. The Pantanal is the vast floodplain of the Upper Paraguay River Basin and is one of the world's most [...] | 2006-08-22 19:00:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR EAID ECON SOCI TBIO BR |
06BRASILIA1775 | BRAZIL: MOVEMENT ON PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS [...] (SBU) The GoB is close to launching a much-delayed inter-agency review of its first Public-Private Partnership (PPP) proposals for major infrastructure investments. These projects would be reviewed by the Ministers of Planning and Budget (Paulo Bernardo),Finance (Guido Mantega) and the Presid [...] | 2006-08-23 13:18:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL EFIN EINV BR |
06BRASILIA1787 | SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 80 [...] The following is the eightieth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed [...] | 2006-08-24 19:05:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR |
06BRASILIA1798 | BRAZIL INTERNAL POLITICS UPDATE, 21-25 AUGUST 2006. [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Chamber of Deputies began proceedings against 67 of its own that could result in expulsion from Congress and several years' banishment from political life. They were implicated in the "Bloodsuckers" scandal involving rigged ambulance contracts and kickbacks for congressional [...] | 2006-08-25 18:16:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
06BRASILIA1854 | BRAZIL: OAS CULTURAL DIVERSITY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) Please see action request in paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Econoff made reftel points to Marcelo Dantas, Director of the Division of Multilateral Cultural Agreements and Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Dantas told Econoff that he would be "quite frank." According to Dantas, the Braz [...] | 2006-09-01 18:50:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD OAS PREL BR |
06BRASILIA1855 | BRAZIL INTERNAL POLITICS UPDATE, 28 AUGUST - 1 SEPTEMBER [...] (U) SUMMARY. The presidential race entered a new phase this week, as opposition PSDB candidate Geraldo Alckmin began to hit President Lula da Silva hard with negative campaign messages. Alckmin, who has been criticized by some PSDB-PFL coalition figures for demurring in attacks on Lula for th [...] | 2006-09-01 19:23:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
06BRASILIA1857 | Moving Forward the U.S.-Brazil Commercial Dialogue [...] Action Request - paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) On September 1, Marcela Carvalho, the Commercial Dialogue Coordinator for the Ministry of Development, Industry, and Commerce (MDIC),met with Econ Counselor to report on the Ministry's internal meeting on Dialogue issues earlier in the week. Carval [...] | 2006-09-02 14:23:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV BEXP BR |
06BRASILIA1865 | BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER MANTEGA [...] (SBU) Summary: In the Ambassador's August 18 initial call on Finance Minister Guido Mantega, the two discussed Brazil's economy, ethanol, and mechanisms for bilateral economic engagement, including the Treasury-Fazenda Group for Growth meetings. Mantega raised the USG's review of Generalized [...] | 2006-09-05 18:56:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL EFIN EINV BR |
06BRASILIA1866 | BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES REFORM AGENDA WITH FINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In an August 23 meeting with the Ambassador, Ministry of Finance (Fazenda) International Secretary Luiz Pereira made the point that, with the macroeconomic framework for growth in place, it was time for Brazil to focus ever more on the microeconomic reforms and business environm [...] | 2006-09-05 18:57:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL EFIN EINV BR |
06BRASILIA1915 | CIVAIR BRAZIL: MASTER TOP LINHAS AEREAS DESIGNATED AS CARGO [...] Post has received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of External Relations designating Brazilian cargo carrier Master Top Linhas Aereas as a cargo carrier to operate charter cargo flights under the terms of the U.S.-Brazil bilateral aviation agreement. 2. Begin text of note: The Ministry [...] | 2006-09-12 18:46:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON BR |
06BRASILIA1960 | NORTHEAST BRAZIL SOCIALIST LEADER SAYS LULA MUST IMPROVE [...] (SBU) Summary. The success or failure of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's second term will depend on Lula's determination to appoint good people and to achieve a higher economic growth rate, according to Eduardo Campos (protect),national president of the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) [...] | 2006-09-15 18:16:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
06BRASILIA1961 | PERNAMBUCO PMDB LEADER FORESEES DIFFICULT LULA SECOND [...] (SBU) Summary: The re-election of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will be a "tragedy" and his government will perform so badly he may not finish his term of office, according to Pernambuco's former Governor Jarbas Vasconcelos, (strictly protect),a veteran PMDB (Party of the Brazilian Demo [...] | 2006-09-15 18:17:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
06BRASILIA1963 | BRAZILIAN OPPOSITION SAYS ALCKMIN CAMPAIGN IS ON THE RISE [...] (SBU) Summary. Opposition presidential candidate Geraldo Alckmin's national campaign manager said the campaign's strategy of pressing hard for more votes in Bahia while letting Lula take the rest of the northeast still has a chance of forcing a second round and then defeating president Luiz In [...] | 2006-09-15 18:21:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
06BRASILIA1972 | BRAZIL RESPONDS TO BOLIVIA REFINERY SEIZURE [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazilian Minister of Energy Silas Rondeau told the press Thursday September 14 that the Bolivian effective seizure of Petrobras' refineries without compensation was "unacceptable" while President Lula rejected "unilateral" measures. Stating that it needed time to study the Bol [...] | 2006-09-18 18:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET PGOV PREL EINV ECON BR |
06BRASILIA1973 | BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR FURTHER DISCUSSES BIOFUELS WITH DILMA [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Sobel, accompanied by PolCouns and Special Assistant, met with President Lula's Chief of Staff, Minister Dilma Rousseff, on September 12 to discuss biofuels issues. Rousseff said the U.S. and Brazil need to move quickly on biofuels, but first must work through their [...] | 2006-09-18 18:57:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL EFIN EINV BR |
06BRASILIA1992 | BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BIOFUELS AND OTHER TOPICS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Sobel, accompanied by PolCouns and Commercial Counselor, met with Alessandro Teixeira, President of the Brazilian Agency for Industrial Development (ABDI) on September 14 to discuss biofuels issues. The meeting quickly boiled over to cover a range of topics and poten [...] | 2006-09-19 18:47:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL EFIN EINV BR |
06BRASILIA1993 | BRAZIL READY TO RE-ENGAGE ON HIV/AIDS COOPERATION [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Sobel, USAID Mission Director Jennifer Adams and CDC Country Director Suzanne Westman met with GOB Minister of Health Agenor Alvares and the director of the National HIV/AIDS program, Mariangela Simao, to discuss the potential for expanded collaboration in health on Septembe [...] | 2006-09-19 18:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KFLU KHIV SOCI TBIO PGOV BR |
06BRASILIA2003 | Bahia PFL Leaders Combative and Pessimistic [...] (SBU) Summary. Senator Antonio Carlos Magalhaes (ACM)(protect),opposition PFL (Party of the Liberal Front) from Bahia, said Lula will try but fail to form a government of reconciliation if he is re-elected on October 1, and Federal Deputy Jose Carlos Aleluia (protect),PFL from Bahia, says Br [...] | 2006-09-21 10:11:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
06BRASILIA206 | CHARGE ENGAGES SAO PAULO PRIVATE SECTOR ON TRADE [...] (U) This cable contains business proprietary data. 2. (SBU) Summary. During his January 16-18 economic theme meetings in Sao Paulo, Charge discussed a wide variety of trade, financial and investment issues with key private sector officials. Embassy and Consulate representatives met with [...] | 2006-01-27 11:15:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PGOV KIPR ECON PREL PINR BR |
06BRASILIA2069 | SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 81 [...] The following is the eighty-first in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expres [...] | 2006-09-28 16:09:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR |
06BRASILIA2083 | BRAZIL: NEW ONLINE PATENT AND TRADEMARK REGISTRATION [...] Summary: The GoB's National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) has adopted an electronic system designed to reduce bureaucracy in the country's patent and trademark registration process. This new "e-marcas" system, launched on September 1, should enable patent and trademark requesters to [...] | 2006-09-29 18:48:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON EIND EINV ETRD PGOV BR |
06BRASILIA209 | BRAZIL: INTERNAL POLITICAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 23-27 [...] INTRODUCTION. Henceforth, post's regular series reporting on the political scandals affecting Brazilian politics will be expanded to include coverage of key developments in the 2006 election campaign, which is getting under way. In addition to updates on the corruption scandals and investig [...] | 2006-01-28 00:17:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON BR |
06BRASILIA2099 | BRAZIL: SECOND QUARTER GDP GROWTH DISAPPOINTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's economy expanded by a scant 0.5 percent in the second quarter of 2006, a result below most analysts' expectations, due primarily to poor results in industrial production and investment. According to Central Bank survey data, the market now expects 2006 GDP growth barely [...] | 2006-10-02 19:17:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL EFIN EINV BR |
06BRASILIA2103 | BRAZILIAN CUSTOMS MOVING FORWARD ON PLAN TO REFORM AGENCY [...] (SBU) Summary. In a September 27 meeting with DHS and Embassy officers, leadership at Brazilian Customs outlined the challenges they face in modernizing their agency and the strategies they have formulated to accomplish this task. GOB managers seek to reform the culture of their organizatio [...] | 2006-10-03 17:41:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD BEXP ECON EIND BR |
06BRASILIA2150 | SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 82 [...] The following is the eighty-second in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expre [...] | 2006-10-11 14:05:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR |
06BRASILIA2278 | BRAZIL: LULA REAFFIRMS MACROECONOMIC POLICY CONTINUITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Only a day after winning reelection to a second four year term, President Lula was forced by an outburst from his Institutional Relations Minister and PT party stalwart, Tarso Genro, into reaffirming during a series of October 30 television interviews his commitment to his curre [...] | 2006-10-31 17:41:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BR |
06BRASILIA2287 | BRAZIL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION OF [...] (SBU) TSA Regional Attache and Econoffs delivered reftel demarche Monday afternoon to representatives from the Brazilian National Civil Aviation Authority, ANAC, as well as GOB interlocutors from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Brazilian Airports Authority, INFRAERO. 2. (SBU) The [...] | 2006-11-01 14:28:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PTER BR |
06BRASILIA2399 | SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 84 [...] The following is the eighty-fourth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expre [...] | 2006-11-14 20:08:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR |
06BRASILIA2419 | SOUTH AMERICA HUB FY07 WORK PLAN [...] In FY 07, the South America Hub will continue to work both regionally and with individual missions to support USG ESTH priorities within the region. Due to the large number of free trade and environmental cooperation agreements in the region, the Hub will devote considerably more energy and r [...] | 2006-11-17 15:28:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENVQGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR |
06BRASILIA2433 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL GOODLATTE [...] (SBU) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your planned November 26-28 visit to Rio de Janeiro. Deputy Chief of Mission Phil Chicola will greet you in Rio de Janeiro on November 26 prior to your scheduled meetings the next day. We are lining up for you meetings with U.S. agricu [...] | 2006-11-20 18:13:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON BR |
06BRASILIA2448 | Strengthening of Regional Management for the Sustainable [...] The Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) carried out the "First Meeting of National Coordinators for the Project 'Strengthening of Regional Management for the Sustainable Use of Amazonian Biodiversity'" in Brasilia (Brazil) October 25-27, 2006. The following spot report details the ID [...] | 2006-11-21 15:03:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR |
06BRASILIA2449 | BRAZILIAN NGOS CALL GOB FOR TFCA TALK [...] A group of Brazilian NGOs invited the Ministry of the Environment and the Brazilian Treasury for a discussion about including Brazil in the debt conversion/reduction process under the TFCA (Tropical Forest Conservation Act). To date, no formal agreement has been made with the USG under the TFC [...] | 2006-11-21 15:04:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EFIN EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR |
06BRASILIA2490 | BRAZIL'S FISCAL GORDIAN KNOT [...] (SBU) Summary: Fresh from its reelection victory, the Lula Administration has begun to consider the elements of a plan to try to cut through its fiscal Gordian knot: a rigid budgetary system rife with constitutional earmarks and revenue sharing requirements, a large debt service burden, high [...] | 2006-11-27 16:14:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BR |
06BRASILIA2521 | BRAZILIANS BEGIN TO SPEAK OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL "CRISIS" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Brazilian Air Traffic Controllers' continued "work to rule" operation, which reduces the number of aircraft each controller handles to the maximum allowed by International Civil Aviation Organization standards (14),has made flight delays routine in Brazil: on November 27, accord [...] | 2006-11-30 16:46:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR OTRA CASC ECON BR |
06BRASILIA2523 | SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 85 [...] The following is the eighty-fifth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expres [...] | 2006-11-30 17:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR |
06BRASILIA2562 | WHY BRAZIL'S ECONOMY WILL JUST KEEP MUDDLING THROUGH [...] (SBU) Summary: By many measures, Brazil's economy has better fundamentals today than it has had at any point over the last three decades. The 1994 "Plano Real" brought previously unknown macroeconomic stability to Brazil, defeating its traditional inflation nemesis. Fiscal management has pro [...] | 2006-12-07 15:56:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN PREL SOCI BR |
06BRASILIA2583 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY MCMURRAY [...] (SBU) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your planned December 12-13, 2006, visit to Brasilia. Counselor for Environment, Science, Technology and Health Patricia Norman and OES Advisor Lawrence Sperling will greet you upon your arrival in Brasilia December 12. You are scheduled [...] | 2006-12-11 17:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SENV BR |
06BRASILIA2588 | BRAZIL: BIOFUELS COOPERATION: 2ND PREPARATORY MEETING OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Second Preparatory Meeting of the Global Biofuels Forum, held in Rio de Janeiro on 27 and 28 November, achieved consensus on priorities and next steps for the group. Gregory Manuel, Special Advisor to the Secretary and International Energy Coordinator, and Lisa Kubiske, Dire [...] | 2006-12-11 17:38:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV PREL EINV ECON BR |
06BRASILIA2589 | Brazilian Regulatory Agency Contemplates Increasing [...] (SBU) Summary. ANVISA, Brazil's FDA-equivalent, has published new regulations which require importers of medical devices to provide the agency with detailed foreign economic pricing data, along with it product registration or re-registration dossier, as a condition for market access. Compani [...] | 2006-12-11 20:33:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON BR |
06BRASILIA2606 | BRAZIL - REGULATORY AGENCY FORGING AHEAD WITH NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs met December 12 with representatives of Brazil's National Sanitary Vigilance Agency (ANVISA, an FDA-like agency) to clarify the scope of new requirements for commercial and pricing information for approval of medical device sales and urge that the GoB take into account [...] | 2006-12-14 18:41:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON BR |
06BRASILIA2678 | Visit of Professor Jeffrey Sachs to Brazil [...] Summary. During a December 12-13 visit to Brasilia and Sao Paulo, noted economist Jeffrey Sachs met with high-level government policymakers, NGO representatives, and business representatives. In his meetings with Brazilian interlocutors, Sachs stressed that the U.S. and Brazil need to find a [...] | 2006-12-26 15:56:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PREL ECON EAID BR |
06BRASILIA2680 | BRAZILIANS FEAR MORE AIRPORT CHAOS OVER CHRISTMAS WEEKEND [...] (SBU) Summary: Air travelers in Brazil fear a difficult holiday season after inclement weather in southeast Brazil, overbooking by the country's principal carrier-TAM, malfunctions in TAM computers, and unscheduled maintenance required on six TAM airlines aircraft caused generalized flight del [...] | 2006-12-27 10:07:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR OTRA CASC ECON BR |
06BRASILIA271 | INTERFARMA BRIEFS CHARGE ON DIFFICULTIES IN DOING BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary. During a recent trip by Charge to Sao Paulo, officials from Interfarma - the local industry group representing international pharmaeuticals firms - described the challenges member companies face in operating in Brazil. Chief among Interfarma complaints was that the high tax b [...] | 2006-02-07 15:17:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD TBIO ECON BR |
06BRASILIA281 | BRAZIL: FINANCE MINISTRY REACHES OUT TO G-8 EMBASSIES [...] Action Request - paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary. On February 2, the Ministry of Finance's Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, Luiz Pereira, called in Emboffs from the German, French, Italian, Canadian, Japanese, British, Canadian, and U.S. Embassies to brief on the themes that [...] | 2006-02-08 19:26:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN BR |
06BRASILIA327 | CONGRESS, INDUSTRY SEEK TO SEIZE THE INITIATIVE ON REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 8, Senator Fernando Bezerra (PTB-Rio Grande do Norte),leader of the government in the Senate, and President of the Senate, Renan Calheiros (PMDB-Alagoas) introduced a bill which, if passed, would liberalize the country's foreign exchange regime. The proposal was dev [...] | 2006-02-14 19:29:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV BR |
06BRASILIA339 | SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 70 [...] The following is number 70 in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and healh news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed do n [...] | 2006-02-15 19:39:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR |
06BRASILIA361 | BRAZIL RESPONSE TO HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION MEMORANDUM OF [...] (U) During their visit to Brazil in July of 2005, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) representatives expressed interest in deepening ties between Brazilian and American transport authorities. The message was reinforced by Department of Transportation (DOT) Undersecretary for Policy Jeffrey N [...] | 2006-02-21 11:02:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN EWWT ECON BR |
06BRASILIA366 | BRAZIL - THE EVER-RISING REAL AND OTHER MACROECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: The torrent of dollars entering Brazil, fueled primarily by the trade surplus (over $44 billion in 2005) but also by FDI and portfolio investment flows, has created both opportunities and challenges for Brazilian macroeconomic policy management. GoB and private debtors are maki [...] | 2006-02-21 19:58:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV BR |
06BRASILIA367 | BRAZIL'S SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION [...] (U) Per ref A, the following is Embassy Brasilia's input for the Special 301 Review of Brazil. 2. (SBU) Summary. Brazil made significant strides last year in improving the protection of copyrights and intellectual property related to biotechnology - key areas of concern in previous Special [...] | 2006-02-21 20:00:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ECON BR |
06BRASILIA478 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL GRASSLEY [...] (SBU) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your planned March 19-26 visit to Manaus, Santarem, Brasilia, Maringa, and Sao Paulo. I will, unfortunately, be out of the country at that time, but the Acting Deputy Chief of Mission will greet you in Manaus on Sunday evening, March 19 [...] | 2006-03-10 20:07:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PGOV ECON BR |
06BRASILIA497 | NOTIFICATION OF POSTPONEMENT IN N-BUTANOL ANTI-DUMPING [...] Post received a letter from the Department of Trade Defense of the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade notifying the USG that as of March 2, 2006, the conclusion of the anti-dumping investigation of n-Butanol exported to Brazil from South Africa and the U.S. has been postponed [...] | 2006-03-13 18:26:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON BR |
06BRASILIA546 | ICE THINNING UNDER BRAZILIAN FINANCE MINISTER PALOCCI [...] (C) Summary: The Congressional Investigative Commission (CPI) on Bingo Houses, which is conducting hearings into allegations of corruption in the Lula government, heard testimony on March 16 from a gardener/handyman who said Palocci had frequently visited a Brasilia house where several of his [...] | 2006-03-17 18:21:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL BR |
06BRASILIA596 | LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES DISCUSS URBAN AIR QUALITY IN [...] The 1st Bolivian Congress on Urban Air Quality Management, held in Cochabamba March 16-18, brought together students, environmentalists, scientists, academics, and international consultants from several Latin American countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Cuba, Mexico [...] | 2006-03-23 19:27:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BO BR |
06BRASILIA604 | BRAZILIAN FINANCE MINISTER'S FATE TO BE DECIDED THIS WEEK [...] (SBU) Press speculation about the possible resignation of Finance Minister Antonio Palocci resignation is at a fever pitch, with nearly identical story lines stating that Palocci's future as minister is to be decided March 27, reportedly at an planned meeting between Lula and Palocci. The oppo [...] | 2006-03-27 16:40:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BR |
06BRASILIA608 | BRAZIL - AN EARLY LOOK AT ECONOMIC ISSUES IN THE 2006 [...] (C) Summary: In sharp contrast to Brazil's 2002 presidential election, in which Lula da Silva and the leftist Workers' Party (PT) emerged victorious, the 2006 presidential elections carry much less uncertainty about future economic policies. Lula has established a surprisingly strong record of [...] | 2006-03-28 13:25:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PINR PGOV ETRD PREL EFIN BR |
06BRASILIA609 | BRAZILIAN FINANCE MINISTER FIRED, REPLACED BY BNDES [...] (SBU) Summary: President Lula fired Finance Minister Palocci the night of March 27 after evidence came to light implicating Palocci personally in the leak from state-owned bank Caixa Economica Federal (CEF) of the confidential bank statements of handyman Francenildo da Costa. Costa's bank stat [...] | 2006-03-28 16:08:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BR |
06BRASILIA631 | BRAZIL'S NEW AIR REGULATORY AGENCY FACES CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary. The National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) was formally inaugurated in a March 20 ceremony in Brasilia. Emboffs met with ANAC officials March 16 to discuss the agency's plans for the airline industry. Settled are issues like where the agency will be headquartered -- Brasilia -- an [...] | 2006-03-31 10:51:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EINV ECON CASC BR |
06BRASILIA639 | SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 72 [...] The following is the seventy-second in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expr [...] | 2006-03-31 19:26:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR |
06BRASILIA665 | BRAZIL - NEW FINANCE MINISTER'S EARLY CHOICES REASSURE [...] (SBU) Summary. New Finance Minister Guido Mantega has moved cautiously in his early days on the job, reassuring financial markets. His choices for Vice Minister and Treasury Secretary, Bernard Appy and Carlos Kawall, respectively, have been well received. On March 31, Mantega supported a mea [...] | 2006-04-05 18:08:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BR |
06BRASILIA678 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL SPECTER [...] (SBU) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your April 12-15, 2006 visit to Brasilia (DF) and Manaus (AM),Brazil. We look forward to your trip and are arranging meetings and events for you in Brasilia and Manaus. As the Charge d'Affaires, I will meet your party upon arrival and [...] | 2006-04-07 18:57:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AFIN AMGT ASEC PGOV ECON KSCA SENV OTRA DR CO |
06BRASILIA687 | BRAZIL INTERDICTS DOD SATELLITE PIRATERS [...] Action Request - paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) ANATEL regulator Itamar Barreto Paes contacted post on April 7 with a read-out on ANATEL actions to stop the pirating of DOD satellite signals, per Reftel A. First, Brazilian authorities monitored the specific frequency at issue according to the info [...] | 2006-04-10 15:02:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON BR |
06BRASILIA688 | BRAZIL'S NEW AVIATION REGULATOR ASKS FOR INVITE TO [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 2 and 5 for details. 2. (U) During an April 7 lunch with Emboffs, Directors Denise Abreu and Leur Lomanto of the newly created National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) asked that the FAA extend a formal invitation to ANAC representatives for Ma [...] | 2006-04-10 15:02:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EINV ECON CASC BR |
06BRASILIA754 | REINING IN PETROBRAS' PARADE [...] (SBU) Summary. Evo Morales' address at the opening ceremony of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) meeting in Belo Horizonte, along with the Bolivian IDB governor's speech, gave some discomfort to Petrobras' leadership, which is currently in the midst of increasingly tense contract negoti [...] | 2006-04-18 18:57:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV ECON PGOV CH BR |
06BRASILIA786 | BRAZIL/MERCOSUL BILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATING PRIORITIES [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED 2. (U) Introduction and Summary. This cable is intended to provide a brief overview of Mercosul's bilateral trade negotiations. The following information is based primarily on Econoff's conversations with Orlando Leite Ribeiro of the Foreign Ministry's Regional [...] | 2006-04-24 16:40:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON BR |
06BRASILIA790 | BRAZIL AT A FISCAL INFLECTION POINT? [...] (SBU) Summary: The Lula administration heretofore has compiled an impressive record of fiscal rectitude, routinely posting primary budget surpluses well beyond its formal 4.25 percent of GDP target. This performance has allowed the GoB to reduce its net-debt-to-GDP ratio (from 57.2% in 2003 to [...] | 2006-04-24 19:00:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BR |
06BRASILIA800 | BRASILIA HUB PROPOSAL FOR FY 06 AGRICULTURAL BIOTECH [...] Despite the approval of Brazil's Biosafety Law (#11,105 in March 24, 2005),followed by the signing of Presidential Decree (#5,591 on November 22, 2005),which implemented the new law, agricultural biotechnology continues to be a difficult issue in Brazil. Government agencies and consumer group [...] | 2006-04-25 18:50:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SENV ECON TBIO BR |
06BRASILIA835 | BRAZILIAN CAPITAL MARKETS - MORE INITIAL SHARE OFFERINGS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazilian companies, always interested in obtaining access to cheaper capital than that on offer by the banking sector, have been turning more and more to equity offerings on the Sao Paulo stock exchange (BOVESPA). One particular slice of the market, the BOVESPA's "Novo Mercado [...] | 2006-04-28 15:39:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON BR |
06BRASILIA870 | GEF FUNDING CONCERNS AND THE CERRADO [...] SUMMARY: During the Meeting of the Parties of the Commission on Sustainable Development in Curitiba in March, Marina Silva, Brazil's Minister for the Environment, announced the intention of the Government of Brazil to increase legal protection of the Cerrado ecosystem. Part of this new focus [...] | 2006-05-04 18:50:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR EAID ECON SOCI BR |
06BRASILIA875 | BRAZIL - SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT [...] (C) Brazil has a close relationship with Cuba and the GoB does not publicly criticize the Castro regime's human rights policies. President Lula implied criticism of the state of democracy in Cuba during an April 2005 interview in which he told the press that "Brazil can help build a democratic [...] | 2006-05-05 13:19:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL ECON ETRD BR CU |
06BRASILIA902 | BRAZIL BUYS BACK BRADY BONDS [...] (U) Summary: The GOB exercised its option to buy back its Brady bonds on April 18. The operation involved bonds with a total face value of US$6.63 billion, and was part of Brazil's broader effort, taking advantage of the appreciated Real, to put behind it the legacy of its 1980's default. Bra [...] | 2006-05-10 12:42:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV BR |
06BRASILIA952 | BRAZIL: CENTRAL BANK COOPERATION WITH THE BANK OF RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Henrique Meirelles, president of the Brazilian Central Bank (BCB),traveled to Moscow May 10-11 to meet with local monetary authorities. During that visit, Meirelles planned to sign a cooperation agreement with the Bank of Russia (BOR) as officials there are reportedly intereste [...] | 2006-05-15 18:38:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BR |
06BRASILIA954 | SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 74 [...] The following is the seventy-fourth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expr [...] | 2006-05-16 17:08:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR |
06BRASILIA961 | BRAZIL - CENTRAL BANK RESOLUTE IN FACE OF INTEREST RATE [...] (C) Summary: Over the weekend of May 6-7, newly-appointed Finance Minister Guido Mantega made statements to the press which appeared to condition positive relations between the Finance Ministry and the Central Bank (BCB)on continued CB interest rate reductions. The Bank's Monetary Policy Dire [...] | 2006-05-17 16:02:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BR |
06BRASILIA965 | GOB PROVIDES EMERGENCY AID TO SOY FARMERS [...] Summary. The Brazilian federal government announced on May 12 a subsidy of 1 billion Reais (approximately US$470 million) in emergency aid for soybean farmers in the form of price supports. The package seeks to reduce the indebtedness of soy farmers and help improve the generally adverse agric [...] | 2006-05-17 18:24:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR WTRO ETRD ECON BR |
06BRASILIA971 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ [...] (SBU) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your planned June 4-8 visit to Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, and Sao Paulo. I will greet you in Sao Paulo airport on June 4 prior to your active schedule of events at the AACLA meeting in Rio and with Minister of Development, Industry, and C [...] | 2006-05-18 18:25:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON BR |
06BRASILIA993 | DESPITE RECENT RAIDS, BRASILIA'S PIRATE GOODS MARKETPLACE [...] (U) Summary. According to an article published in the May 11 "Correio Brazilense," more than 150,000 products, mostly pirated DVDs and CDs, were apprehended in raids at Brasilia's Feira dos Importados (i.e., the "Import Fair"). The operation mobilized 120 police officers and closed down 95 r [...] | 2006-05-22 17:22:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON BR |
06BRATISLAVA121 | EARLY ELECTIONS NOT EXPECTED TO IMPACT ECONOMY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Parliament's unanimous approval to hold early elections June 17 (vice September) is not expected to have much impact on the economy. Outside of a slight depreciation of the Slovak Koruna following the Christian Democratic Movement's (KDH) defection from the ruling coalition, most [...] | 2006-02-13 15:35:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV LO |
06BRATISLAVA131 | DINNER WITH FICO: SLOVAKIA'S OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador hosted Smer Chairman Robert Fico and Vice Chairman Pavol Paska (who also chairs parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee) at a February 15 dinner, during which Fico and Paska made their predictions about what post-June 17 election Slovakia would look like in terms of f [...] | 2006-02-16 16:18:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM ECON SOCI CVIS LO |
06BRATISLAVA139 | SLOVAKIA CONFIRMS PRESENCE OF AVIAN FLU [...] Agriculture Minister Zsolt Simon confirmed the first two cases of H5N1 avian influenza (AI) in Slovakia on February 21. A falcon found near the Danube River 37 miles southeast of Bratislava and a grebe discovered on the outskirts of the capital both tested positive for AI. The samples have [...] | 2006-02-21 15:30:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU EAGR TBIO FAO WHO ECON LO |
06BRATISLAVA177 | SLOVAK ENERGY SECURITY MEANS NUCLEAR, NOT GAS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-03 15:06:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EAGR LO |
06BRATISLAVA190 | SLOVAK ENERGY SECURITY MEANS NUCLEAR, NOT GAS [...] (SBU) Summary. A March 2 lunch hosted by the Ambassador provided new insights on energy security in Slovakia. Like many of its neighbors, Slovakia is almost completely reliant upon Russia for its gas, oil, and nuclear fuel. However, the GOS believes that it was not significantly affected by [...] | 2006-03-06 15:53:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EAGR LO |
06BRATISLAVA199 | SPECIAL 301: SLOVAKIA PROCURES NEW STORAGE FACILITY [...] Summary - The Ministry of Health (MOH) has found a secure building for the storage of proprietary drug application data on a military base. Econ officers visited the facility on March 8 and were fully satisfied that once it is renovated according to MOH's plans the building will serve as a se [...] | 2006-03-10 15:56:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ECON LO |
06BRATISLAVA301 | LAVROV VISIT REINVIGORATED BILATERAL TALKS ON [...] (C) Summary: The working visit of Russian FM Lavrov to Slovakia focused on renewing dialogue on economic and energy issues. Lavrov expressed the Russian desire to continue supplying oil, gas, and nuclear materials for Slovakia's energy needs. On Belarus, Slovak FM Kukan reportedly was forcef [...] | 2006-04-13 14:25:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON BO RU LO |
06BRATISLAVA302 | HELL NO, WE WON'T SEW: SURGEONS ON STRIKE [...] Summary. On April 6, doctors, nurses, and hospital workers in Bratislava went on strike, demanding that the GOS raise wages by 25 percent and halt the ongoing privatization of hospitals. Within a few days, the strike spread to at least 15 hospitals throughout the country. The doctors, who h [...] | 2006-04-13 15:55:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB PGOV LO |
06BRATISLAVA323 | SPECIAL 301: PARLIAMENT APPROVES PATENT LINKAGE [...] In a very positive step, parliament approved the Amendment to the Medicines Act on April 19 in its third reading without any changes to the original version of the section on patent linkage. This is the version that was reviewed by USG officials and is designed to close the loophole that had [...] | 2006-04-21 11:41:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ECON LO |
06BRATISLAVA331 | SLOVAK ECONOMY GROWING AT RECORD PACE [...] SUMMARY: In the last quarter of 2005, the Slovak economy reached an all time record for economic growth of 7.6 percent, the fastest rate among the four biggest economies that joined the EU on May 1, 2004. A high volume of investments and fast-growing household consumption were the key growth [...] | 2006-04-25 12:10:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD LO |
06BRATISLAVA360 | SLOVAKIA WANTS TO TAKE IT SLOWER IN KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS Rosemary DiCarlo was frank in discussions with the Slovak MFA on Kosovo that the impasse must come to an end soon and that independence is the only real option for Kosovo. MFA Director for CIS and the Balkans Stefan Rozkopal told her Slovakia agrees in general, but believ [...] | 2006-05-05 13:52:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KPAO PGOV YI LO |
06BRATISLAVA375 | NEW GMO LAW LOOKS GOOD, SO FAR [...] (U) Summary: Slovakia adopted new "co-existence" legislation for genetically modified organisms in April 2004, and is now in the process of drawing up regulations to enforce the new law. The law will enable the Ministry of Agriculture to establish conditions for growing genetically modified c [...] | 2006-05-11 09:08:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD SENV TBIO TSPL |
06BRATISLAVA438 | CAMPAIGN ISSUE: HEALTH CARE REFORM - EVERYONE [...] Summary. Health care reform is widely perceived by Slovaks as the Dzurinda government's biggest achilles heel. Privatization has not yet brought about a noticeable improvement in services, investment in health services remains low, and new private insurance schemes are increasingly unpopular [...] | 2006-06-05 09:55:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON SOCI PINR LO |
06BRATISLAVA457 | SMER LACKS DIRECTION ON ECONOMY [...] (C) SUMMARY - The recent release of Smer's official election program sheds little light on what the economic policy would actually look like in a Smer-led coalition government. The party platform is essentially a critique of the reforms instituted over the past eight years, and calls for an o [...] | 2006-06-09 14:25:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR PREL LO KDEM |
06BRATISLAVA461 | EDUCATION, EU FUNDS, AND ELECTIONS [...] Summary. Education has been a quiet issue in this campaign, but will be a primary target for post-election reform and spending initiatives. The GOS has prioritized education and the "knowledge-based economy" both in its 2006 budget and its recently approved 2007-2013 plan for over 11 billion [...] | 2006-06-12 10:04:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON KPAO SCUL LO |
06BRATISLAVA486 | FREE FORUM: HERE TODAY, BUT WHAT ABOUT TOMORROW? [...] (C) Summary: One key unknown of the June 17 elections is whether Zuzana Martinakova's Free Forum (SF) will obtain the necessary five percent of votes to enter parliament. The "one-woman party" has attracted socially liberal voters looking to fill the void left by ANO. Martinakova's message o [...] | 2006-06-16 09:08:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON LO |
06BRATISLAVA489 | CAMPAIGN ATMOSPHERICS [...] Summary. (U) Slovakia has entered the final countdown to elections. Polls open Saturday June 17 at 7:00 AM and close at 10:00 PM (1:00 AM to 4:00 PM EST). The parties are hosting their grand finale campaign programs, the last polls have been released, and the final TV debate has been held. Giv [...] | 2006-06-16 14:46:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON LO |
06BRATISLAVA490 | Tax Reform and the Election [...] Summary. The flat tax is the flagship of the reform agenda that helped the government of Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda quickly turn Slovakia into one of Europe's most attractive destinations for global investment. While admired by investors, Slovakia's flat rates for income, corporate, and [...] | 2006-06-16 15:17:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV LO |
06BRATISLAVA501 | SLOVAK GOV'T AIMS TO REPURCHASE TRANSPETROL [...] (C) Summary - The Slovak government is negotiating with Yukos to re-purchase the 49 percent stake in the oil pipeline that was originally sold to Yukos in 2002. Economic Minister Jirko Malcharek, who has the lead in the negotiations, is attempting to finalize an agreement before the current g [...] | 2006-06-21 16:00:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RS |
06BRATISLAVA529 | SLOVAKIA HAS ITS OWN MOTIVES FOR REPURCHASING [...] (C) Summary: The Slovak government's primary aim in repurchasing the Transpetrol shares from Yukos Finance is to maintain state control in the Slovak oil pipeline. Meciar-era businessmen from eastern Slovakia have claims on 34 percent of Transpetrol shares (two thirds of the government's 51 pe [...] | 2006-06-29 14:22:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RS |
06BRATISLAVA532 | SMER-SNS-HZDS: WHAT DOES IT MEAN? [...] (C) Summary: The "worst case scenario" government of Smer-SNS-HZDS is now a certainty. We can expect many more challenges in advocating U.S. policy goals under a Fico-led government than during Mikulas Dzurinda's tenure, particularly on controversial issues such as the war in Iraq or support [...] | 2006-06-29 18:18:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KPAO EAID LO |
06BRATISLAVA552 | INTRODUCING SLOVAKIA'S NEW CABINET [...] (U) President Gasparovic swore in the new cabinet of the Fico government on July 4. Of the fifteen ministries, ten have gone to Smer, three to SNS, and two to HZDS. The majority of these new ministers are little-known on the Slovak political scene. However, the ones of most active interest [...] | 2006-07-07 15:24:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON LO |
06BRATISLAVA577 | TRANSPETROL DEAL IN LIMBO [...] Summary. The GOS is now in a holding pattern on any prospective Transpetrol deal, as incoming Minister of Economy Lubomir Jahnatek reviews his options. The outgoing Minister of Economy had prepared a GOS buy-back from Yukos of its 49 percent share, and media reports floated that a deal was i [...] | 2006-07-14 12:39:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RS |
06BRATISLAVA589 | SLOVAKIA ECONOMIC ROUNDUP - JULY 18, 2006 [...] (SBU) The Slovak korun has faced intense weakening pressure over the past two weeks due to investor uncertainties about the future direction of GOS economic policies. Prime Minister Robert Fico and Finance Minister-designate Jan Pociatek have clashed in public about economic and fiscal plans, [...] | 2006-07-18 11:45:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV LO |
06BRATISLAVA592 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FORMER PM DZURINDA [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the Ambassador's first meeting with the former PM Mikulas Dzurinda since the June 17 elections, the former PM was confident that his party SDKU would gain strength in the opposition. SDKU plans to play on conflicts between new PM Robert Fico and coalition partner Vladimir M [...] | 2006-07-18 13:51:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KPAO LO |
06BRATISLAVA601 | SLOVAKIA'S POST-ELECTION STATE OF MIND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The June 17 parliamentary elections were characterized by low voter turnout: 54.67 percent. Robert Fico's Smer was the clear winner across Slovakia, taking 29.14 percent and five of Slovakia's eight regions. Mikulas Dzurinda's SDKU only won the Bratislava region, but it was pl [...] | 2006-07-25 12:00:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI LO |
06BRATISLAVA613 | TRANSPETROL: SLOVAKIA FEELS PRESSURE FROM ITS [...] (C) Summary. The new Slovak government feels under increasing pressure to strike a deal with a Russian firm on Transpetrol before Yukos International initiates bankruptcy proceedings, now scheduled to begin on August 10. On July 25, the same day that Yukos creditors decided to commence bankr [...] | 2006-07-28 06:00:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RS |
06BRATISLAVA618 | FM KUBIS: SLOVAKIA FOCUSED ON REGAINING MANAGEMENT [...] (C) At their July 28 meeting, Ambassador Vallee and Minister of Foreign Affairs Jan Kubis discussed next steps for the Slovak government in the Transpetrol situation. Ambassador Vallee emphasized that the impending sale of Yukos shares in Transpetrol needs to be carried out in a transparent ma [...] | 2006-07-28 16:34:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RS |
06BRATISLAVA621 | SLOVAKIA ECONOMIC ROUNDUP - JULY 28, 2006 [...] (U) The following are recent noteworthy events in the Slovak economy: PM'S ADVISOR: REALITY WILL DIFFER FROM ELECTION PLEDGES --------------------------------------------- ---------- 2. (SBU) In anticipation of the GOS release of its economic plan on August 1, Emboff spoke this week with [...] | 2006-07-31 06:11:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV LO |
06BRATISLAVA657 | SLOVAKIA APPEARS TO CHANGE COURSE ON TRANSPETROL. [...] (C) Summary. On August 3-4, Special Advisor Steve Hellman met with high-ranking GOS officials, including Prime Minister Robert Fico and Minister of Economy Lubomir Jahnatek, to discuss the benefits of buying back shares in Transpetrol from Yukos Finance rather than approving a quick sale to Ga [...] | 2006-08-08 13:29:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RS |
06BRATISLAVA666 | PM FICO PRESENTS POLICY AGENDA FOR NEXT FOUR YEARS [...] (SBU) OVERVIEW AND COMMENT. One month after Slovakia's new governing coalition took office, Prime Minister Robert Fico has presented the government's policy statement, a four-year agenda determined by the governing three-party coalition. Bureaucrats had drafted an early version of the govern [...] | 2006-08-09 16:32:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON PHUM LO |
06BRATISLAVA673 | SLOVAKIA TO REPURCHASE TRANSPETROL SHARES FROM [...] (S) Summary - On August 9, Minister of Economy Lubomir Jahnatek reached an agreement with Yukos Finance representatives Steve Theede and Bill Shoff on a deal that allows Slovakia to repurchase the Transpetrol shares from Yukos Finance and thereby obtain greater energy independence. A "share p [...] | 2006-08-10 15:42:00 | Embassy Bratislava | SECRET | ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RS |
06BRATISLAVA703 | FICO IN IRAQ: DEMINERS WILL LEAVE BUT SLOVAKIA MAY [...] This cable contains an action request for Department of State and Department of Defense in paragraph 3 and a guidance request in paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary. PM Robert Fico visited Iraq on August 17. In a press conference after his return, Fico said Slovak deminers had not been active since [...] | 2006-08-18 15:18:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR ECON ETRD IZ LO |
06BRATISLAVA720 | SLOVAKIA REMAINS FOCUSED ON REGAINING TRANSPETROL [...] (S) Summary - The Ministry of Economy continues to pursue a deal to buy back the 49 percent stake in Transpetrol from Netherlands-based Yukos Finance and/or its subsidiary Yukos International. This task was complicated when a Dutch judge appointed Yukos Oil Receiver and Russian Eduard Rebgun a [...] | 2006-08-25 14:33:00 | Embassy Bratislava | SECRET | ENGR ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RS |
06BRATISLAVA802 | SMER PARTY CONGRESS PRODUCES NO SURPRISES: FICO IS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Smer ("Direction"),the leading party in Slovakia's governing coalition, unsurprisingly re-elected the Prime Minister, Robert Fico, as Chairman of the party during the annual party congress on September 30. Two of Fico's closest advisors became Vice Chairmen, replacing two inte [...] | 2006-10-02 15:13:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON PINR IZ LO |
06BRATISLAVA804 | TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: SLOVAKIA [...] Based on data released by the Slovak Statistical Office, Slovakia's total industrial production reached Slovak Koruna (SKK) 1,345 billion (USD 45.6 billion) in 2005 (this applies to enterprises with more than 19 employees). Total textile production accounted for SKK 11,101 million (USD 376 mi [...] | 2006-10-04 06:17:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX LO |
06BRATISLAVA816 | SLOVAKIA PURSUES TRANSPETROL THROUGH MURKY LEGAL [...] (C) Summary - Slovakia's efforts to repurchase the 49 percent stake in Transpetrol have been hampered by legal uncertainties surrounding ownership and the right to sell the shares. Economy Minister Jahnatek has repeatedly tried to meet with Eduard Rebgun, the Yukos Oil receiver who was nomina [...] | 2006-10-06 14:46:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ENGR ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RS |
06BRATISLAVA823 | EU FUNDS: SMER STRENGTHENS ITS POSITION VERSUS SNS [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 8, the GOS cabinet announced its distribution plan for EU funds from 2007-2013. The new government's basic funding priorities appear to remain consistent with EU fund priorities proposed by the previous government, but authority over more than 1.7 billion Euros in "k [...] | 2006-10-11 14:31:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EU KPAO LO PGOV |
06BRATISLAVA839 | SMER SURPRISES WITH MODERATE ECONOMIC POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary - Prime Minister Robert Fico celebrated his first 100 days in office by getting cabinet approval for a budget that is in line with the Euro Maastrict criteria and does not alter the flat tax regime that was put in place by the last government. Fear of a significant drop in the S [...] | 2006-10-13 15:07:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV LO |
06BRATISLAVA870 | SLOVAKS SEEK RUSSIAN DEAL FOR TRANSPETROL STAKE [...] (C) Summary - Frustrated by an inability to strike a deal with either Yukos International or Yukos Finance, Economy Minister Lubomir Jahnatek has begun direct negotiations with the Russian government. The GOS is seeking a deal that would move the 49 percent Transpetrol stake temporarily in the [...] | 2006-10-26 15:10:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RS |
06BRATISLAVA890 | COALITION DYNAMICS IN SLOVAKIA [...] (C) After four months in office, Prime Minister Robert Fico of the Smer party has demonstrated his strong, personalized control the government. Embassy Bratislava provides its analysis and lessons learned so far: -- Fico makes the final decisions in all matters of importance; his increasing [...] | 2006-11-03 09:14:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KJUS SOCI PINR LO |
06BRATISLAVA895 | SLOVAK AID: MORE BUREAUCRACY, LESS DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. The Slovak MFA is preparing to consolidate management and program authority over Slovakia's foreign aid budget before the end of 2006. Full MFA control over development assistance may help the GOS consolidate its aid programs and establish longer-term programs that better meet [...] | 2006-11-06 15:36:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KDEM PGOV PREL ECON LO |
06BRATISLAVA911 | PUTIN TO SLOVAKIA - WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO OWN AN [...] (C) Summary - Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a blunt message on the future of the Transpetrol pipeline to Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic when the two met in Moscow on November 6th. In response to Gasparovic's assertion that the Slovak's preferred option is a GOS buyback of the 49 per [...] | 2006-11-16 15:49:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RS |
06BRATISLAVA913 | NOVEMBER 16 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] The following are recent noteworthy events in the Slovak economy: SLOVAK ECONOMY EXPANDS AT HISTORIC PACE --------------------------------------- 2. The Slovak economy grew by a real annual rate of 9.8 percent in the third quarter, its fastest-ever expansion, up from 6.7 percent in the [...] | 2006-11-20 07:32:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV LO |
06BRATISLAVA914 | PREVIEW OF MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN SLOVAKIA: [...] (SBU) Slovakia's nation-wide municipal elections have traditionally reflected local issues and political alliances. Ruling parties and opposition parties on ocassion ally to back the same candidate. However, observers expect that PM Robert Fico's record high popularity may have an impact local [...] | 2006-11-20 11:09:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI LO |
06BRATISLAVA917 | SLOVAKS KEEP OPTIONS OPEN ON TRANSPETROL SALE [...] (C) Summary - The Slovak government replaced the two Transpetrol board members and five supervisory board members, who were appointed by the previous administration, with its own nominees at the November 21 shareholders meetings. No other changes took place at the meeting. Minister Jahnatek [...] | 2006-11-21 15:48:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RS |
06BRATISLAVA927 | TRANSPETROL NOMINEES AND COALITION DYNAMICS [...] (C) Summary - The appointments made to the boards of Transpetrol at the November 20 shareholders meetings have been roundly criticized not only by the opposition parties, but by Prime Minister Fico as well. The most controversial nominees, Julius Rezes and Sergej Zapotocky, have strong ties t [...] | 2006-11-28 12:57:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PGOV PREL KJUS LO |
06BRATISLAVA946 | WHAT DOES A GUY HAVE TO DO GET FIRED AROUND HERE? [...] (U) Summary. Slovakia's Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs is busy preparing new legislation to overhaul its labor code in early 2007. Business interests are happy with the current law and concerned about forthcoming changes, especially since the drafter of the new proposal, MOL State Secre [...] | 2006-12-07 08:16:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB LO |
06BRATISLAVA963 | SLOVAKIA AMONG WORLD'S FASTEST GROWING ECONOMIES [...] SUMMARY: Slovakia's economy rose by a record 9.8 percent year-on-year during the third quarter, up from 6.7 percent in the previous three months, the Statistical Office reported. The growth at one of the fastest rates worldwide was driven mainly by consumer goods and investments. Robust econo [...] | 2006-12-13 13:09:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD LO |
06BRATISLAVA964 | PRIME MINISTER'S PARTY CELEBRATES ITSELF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On December 9, Prime Minister and Chairman of the Smer party Robert Fico addressed the party faithful with a speech highlighting the achievements of the past six months. After focusing on fulfilled domestic campaign promises which "turn the wheel of governance towards the peop [...] | 2006-12-13 13:53:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI LO |
06BRATISLAVA966 | AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 13 MEETING WITH PRIME [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Fico told the Ambassador December 13 that: --he will travel to Afghanistan in January and announce that Slovak troops will move to Kandahar, --he is in firm control of the government; and coalition partners Meciar and Slota are just sideshows, and --he is determine [...] | 2006-12-14 17:12:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL POLG ECON ENRG AF LO |
06BRATISLAVA972 | RUSSIANS WAITING FOR CLOCK TO RUN OUT ON [...] (C) Summary - The Slovak government has made little progress towards its stated objectives of regaining control of the Transpetrol pipeline since the November 20 shareholders meeting. Economy ministry representatives have not communicated with either the Yukos Finance officials or the Moscow [...] | 2006-12-18 14:32:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RS |
06BRATISLAVA978 | SLOVAKIA SUPPORTIVE OF TFTP [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (C) On December 19, Emboff met with Martin Barto, Vice Governor of the Central Bank of Slovakia for Banking Supervision, to discuss the SWIFT program. The meeting focused primarily on the Faull letter from the European Commission, since [...] | 2006-12-21 14:11:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER ECON EU LO |
06BRIDGETOWN1057 | MOTTLEYNOMICS - THE RETURN OF THE STATE? [...] (C) Summary: Barbados Deputy Prime Minister Mia Mottley recently announced a plan for massive government investment in the ailing furniture and garment industries. She touted the idea as a way to reduce Barbados' persistent trade deficit and slow the outflow of foreign exchange. Her proposa [...] | 2006-06-16 20:45:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND PGOV EFIN PINR BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1128 | BARBADOS 2005 ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] Summary: The Barbados economy performed well in 2005. GDP growth, inflation, and unemployment registered 4.1, 5.1, and 8.5 percent, respectively. Construction drove growth, making up for a drop in tourism. The fiscal deficit (2.9 percent of GDP) and the national debt (88 percent of GDP) ha [...] | 2006-06-30 16:18:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR EIND EINV ELAB ETRD PINR BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1165 | ST. VINCENT AIRPORT PLANS RELY ON FOREIGN AID AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The ambitious plan put forward by the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (GOSV) to expand two of the nation's existing airports and construct a major new international airport will rely on substantial foreign aid and runs the risk of miring the country in debt. These [...] | 2006-07-07 13:06:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAIR ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CU MY TW |
06BRIDGETOWN1201 | CARIBBEAN DEVELOPMENT BANK STAFFING DATA [...] This cable is an update to Ref A in reponse to the requests in Refs B and C. 2. Because the U.S. is not a member of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB),Post had difficulty obtaining detailed staffing data for the organization. The CDB finally sent the Embassy the requested information [...] | 2006-07-12 17:13:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER ECON EAID XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1236 | OECS 25TH ANNIVERSARY: PITY PARTY OF NINE [...] (C) Summary: Leaders of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) met in St. Kitts June 21-23 to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the organization's founding. The event could have provided an opportunity for participants to extol the advances made since the signing of the [...] | 2006-07-14 21:45:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON ETRD PGOV PREL PINR SC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1297 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HUNKER AND FELDSTEIN [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to Paula A. Hunker and Steven J. Feldstein, special Assistants in the Office of the Under Secretary for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs, to travel to Bridgetown, Barbados, from July 28-29, for the purpose of attending the UN H [...] | 2006-07-25 12:57:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA UN ETRD ECON BB |
06BRIDGETOWN1540 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. COAST GUARD'S FLAG [...] Per reftel instructions, notification of performance prior to publication of the 2005 Port State Control Report was delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1141, St. Vincent #1142) on August 31, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post will r [...] | 2006-09-01 18:53:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | AFSI ATRN ECON ELTN ETRD EWWT PREL PTER VC AC |
06BRIDGETOWN1623 | PROFILE OF BARBADOS OPPOSITION LEADER DAVID [...] (C) Summary: In a September 11 meeting with PolOff, leader of the opposition Democratic Labour Party (DLP) David Thompson sought to portray his party as the party of the "common man," who will rise up in the next election to defeat the Barbados Labour Party (BLP),which has ignored his inter [...] | 2006-09-14 20:20:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON ELAB SMIG BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1696 | EARLY LOOK AT THE NEXT BARBADOS ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Peter Wickham, a political insider and a well-connected political consultant based in Barbados (ref B),gives the opposition Democratic Labour Party (DLP) a good chance of winning the next election, expected in the second half of 2007. The Barbados Labour Party (BLP) could fall [...] | 2006-09-22 20:48:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON ELAB BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN178 | BARBADOS BUDGET - PM PLEDGES TAX CUTS AND ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary: Barbados Prime Minister Owen Arthur presented his government's 2006 economic and financial policies in a January 16 speech to parliament. PM Arthur pledged to lower energy costs, cut taxes, boost pensions, and prop up manufacturing. Most of the budget seems practical and will [...] | 2006-01-27 18:12:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EIND ECPS SENV ENRG PINR BB |
06BRIDGETOWN1835 | BARBADOS' LABOR AND POLITICS: A HISTORICAL [...] SUMMARY: The stable democratic history of Barbados has been characterized by occasional periods of upheaval predicated by a lack of political, social and economic parity. The Social Partnership, first established in 1993, was created to thwart the then-downward spiraling economy and provide [...] | 2006-10-17 15:21:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV ECON PREL PHUM BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1836 | BARBADOS' LABOR RELATIONS TODAY [...] (U) Summary: In the four decades since independence, Barbados has enjoyed a relatively calm industrial relations environment, with successive governments focused on ensuring social stability by promoting economic progress of all socio-economic groups. The history of Barbados is intertwined [...] | 2006-10-17 15:21:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON PGOV PREL BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1879 | BARBADOS: EARLY ELECTIONS RUMORED [...] (C) Summary: Although Barbados' next parliamentary election is not constitutionally due until 2008, rumors are swirling in the media and among the political commentariat that Prime Minister Owen Arthur is considering calling early elections, perhaps even this fall. If he does decide to call [...] | 2006-10-26 10:28:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1898 | AMBASSADOR KRAMER'S FAREWELL TOUR: DOMINICA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 18, Ambassador Kramer paid farewell courtesy calls on the President, Acting Prime Minister and Acting Foreign Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica. With both the President and the Acting Prime Minister, the Ambassador discussed goals for economic development in Do [...] | 2006-10-27 17:24:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAGR ECON ENRG EPET EIND UNSC |
06BRIDGETOWN1902 | BARBADOS PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION CAMPAIGN: [...] (C) Summary: Barbados' next parliamentary elections will likely be decided by pocketbook issues and the voters' judgment of which party is best prepared to address their concerns over the cost of living, economy, and unemployment. Even though a recent poll gave his government poor marks on it [...] | 2006-10-27 17:53:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1933 | BARBADOS LABOUR PARTY CONFERENCE: PROMISING [...] (U) Summary: The ruling Barbados Labour Party (BLP) met over the weekend for their annual conference. Prime Minister Owen Arthur did not announce the date for the next general election, as some had expected. He did, however, promise to run again and to deliver another big BLP victory. The [...] | 2006-11-02 19:05:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1934 | DOMINICA: A NEW ATTEMPT AT OFFSHORE FINANCIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dominica plans to resurrect both its economic citizenship program and its offshore financial services sector. Both programs previously left scars on Dominica's reputation, and so the government is emphasizing that it will implement these programs with appropriate regulation and [...] | 2006-11-02 19:13:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL DO XL |
06BRIDGETOWN1961 | U.S. INTERESTS IN ST. LUCIAN ELECTIONS: FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The most pertinent issues for the United States in the upcoming St. Lucian elections are foreign relations, crime, and the economy. The ruling St. Lucian Labor Party (SLP) is expected to hold on to power, and therefore, significant change in St. Lucia's policies is unlikely. Ho [...] | 2006-11-08 13:57:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV ENRG SOCI KCRM VE |
06BRIDGETOWN2083 | AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S INTRODUCTORY VISIT TO [...] (U) See action request para 11. 2. (C) Summary: On November 16-17, 2006, Ambassador Ourisman visited Antigua and Barbuda to present her credentials. She conducted an initial round of meetings with Antiguan officials, including the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Perma [...] | 2006-11-28 11:07:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | AC ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PINR PREL XL EINV CASC |
06BRIDGETOWN2084 | AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S INTRODUCTORY VISIT TO ST. [...] (U) Summary: On November 14-15, 2006, Ambassador Ourisman visited St. Kitts and Nevis to present her credentials. She conducted an initial round of meetings with Kittitian and Nevisian officials, including the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, who identified trade and U.S. assistance as ke [...] | 2006-11-28 11:41:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR ETRD ECON EAID CMGT SC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2176 | BARBADOS' ECONOMY: A PERSPECTIVE FROM THE FINANCE [...] (C) Summary: With the economy becoming a central issue in the early stages of Barbados' parliamentary campaign (reftel),Prime Minister Arthur's government is under increasing pressure to defend its record management. In a recent meeting, Minister of State in the Finance Ministry Clyde Masc [...] | 2006-12-11 16:38:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL PINR BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2180 | OCTOGENARIAN SIR JOHN COMPTON RETURNED TO THE HELM IN ST. [...] (U) The opposition United Workers Party (UWP) unexpectedly dominated the December 11 St. Lucia parliamentary elections with an 11-6 win. This electoral upset returns 80-year-old Sir John Compton to the Prime Minister's seat for his seventh term in the position (Compton previously served 1964-7 [...] | 2006-12-12 16:09:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON KCRM ST XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2202 | ST. LUCIAN ELECTIONS: THE WHO, THE HOW, AND THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sir John Compton was sworn in as Prime Minister of St. Lucia on December 15 after his United Workers Party (UWP) defeated the ruling St. Lucia Labor Party (SLP) in December 11 elections. Leonard "Spider" Montoute has been selected to become Deputy PM. Reasons for opposition UWP [...] | 2006-12-18 12:12:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EAGR EPET SNAR ST |
06BRIDGETOWN2203 | BARBADOS LABOR: A DEAL, A RIFT, AND A SURPRISE [...] (U) Summary: The week of December 10 proved to be an eventful one for Barbados' labor unions. On Tuesday, December 12, the National Unon of Public Workers (NUPW) reached a new two-year wage agreement with the government that will give public employees a 10 percent salary increase for the pe [...] | 2006-12-18 12:12:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON PGOV PREL BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2224 | AMERICAS COMPETITIVENESS FORUM: SUGGESTED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-20 16:54:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ELAB ECON SOCI KSUM XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2228 | BARBADOS LABOR: A DEAL, A TEMPEST, AND A SURPRISE [...] (U) Summary: The week of December 10 proved to be an eventful one for Barbados' labor unions. On Tuesday, December 12, the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) reached a new two-year wage agreement with the government that will give public employees a 10 percent salary increase for 2007- [...] | 2006-12-20 20:03:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON PGOV PREL PINR BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2233 | BARBADOS' ECONOMY: A PERSPECTIVE FROM THE CENTRAL [...] (C) Summary: Barbados' economy continues to grow at a steady pace and is projected to expand by 3.4 percent in 2006. However, a recent meeting with Central Bank of Barbados (CBB) Senior Director for Research revealed the CBB's concerns over the economy's medium to long-term health. Barba [...] | 2006-12-22 18:22:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN2236 | ST. LUCIAN ELECTIONS: THE WHO, THE HOW, AND THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sir John Compton was sworn in as Prime Minister of St. Lucia on December 15 after his United Workers Party (UWP) defeated the ruling St. Lucia Labor Party (SLP) in December 11 elections. Leonard "Spider" Montoute has been selected to become Deputy PM. Reasons for opposition UWP [...] | 2006-12-22 19:18:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EAGR EPET SNAR ST |
06BRIDGETOWN458 | DELIVERED: GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS: FOR GI WINES [...] Embassy Bridgetown delivered the demarche on Geographical Indications (GI): Support for the Joint Proposals on the Multilateral System for GI Wines and Spirits, to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Governments of Antigua and Barbuda (Diplomatic No. 301),Barbados (Diplomatic No. 302),Dom [...] | 2006-03-14 19:25:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON ETRD WTRO XL |
06BRIDGETOWN587 | FORMER ANTIGUAN DIPLOMAT EXPRESSES VIEWS ON [...] (C) Summary: Sir Ronald Sanders, a prominent former Antiguan diplomat, paid a courtesy call on Ambassador Kramer to share his well-informed views. Sanders expressed the following opinions: Caribbean Ambassadors in Washington spend too much time at the OAS and not enough time engaging the U [...] | 2006-04-05 17:49:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL ETRD EINV PINR XL AC |
06BRIDGETOWN588 | FORMER ANTIGUAN DIPLOMAT EXPRESSES VIEWS ON [...] (C) Summary: Sir Ronald Sanders, a prominent former Antiguan diplomat, paid a courtesy call on Ambassador Kramer to share his well-informed views. Sanders expressed the following opinions: Caribbean Ambassadors in Washington spend too much time at the OAS and not enough time engaging the U [...] | 2006-04-05 17:49:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL ETRD EINV PINR XL AC |
06BRIDGETOWN654 | ST. KITTS SUGAR TRANSITION - JOBS AVAILABLE, [...] (SBU) Summary: According to the St. Kitts Sugar Transition Team, there are around 700 former sugar workers still unemployed and about 600 available hotel jobs. (Note: St. Kitts ended its centuries-old sugar industry in 2005, after decades of financial losses at the state-run sugar company. [...] | 2006-04-19 14:01:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ELAB ECON PREL PGOV KPAO SC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN87 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR ST. KITTS AND NEVIS AI [...] The following is in response to questions posed by reftel. -------------------------- Preparedness/Communication -------------------------- 2. Does the government have a preparedness plan/strategy for preventing avian flu from becoming a pandemic and containing a pandemic once it occurs [...] | 2006-01-13 17:27:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON PREL SENV TBIO SC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN994 | STAFFING DATA REQUEST [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-09 21:02:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER ECON BB XL |
06BRUSSELS1095 | BELGIAN STEWPOT: March 17, 2006 [...] (U) Although Belgium has one of the highest per capita income levels of the EU ($35,749 in 2005),Belgian households still struggle to balance their budgets, due to high prices for some basics. Electricity prices, for example, are near 30 percent above those of France. A recent survey compa [...] | 2006-03-30 13:07:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EWWT EAIR BE |
06BRUSSELS1569 | BELGIAN STEWPOT: May 8, 2006 [...] Advice for Belgian Investors Facing Iran Uncertainty 2-3. Belgian firms Seek Profit Overseas 4-6. Belgian workers more productive, but more expensive 7. Turning the Black Economy White 8. Rich Belgium Still has Poverty 9. Flemish Trade Balance in the Red 10. Self Check-Out Arrive [...] | 2006-05-10 12:43:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EWWT EAIR BE |
06BRUSSELS1876 | BELGIAN STEWPOT: June 6, 2006 [...] Introduction 2. Upbeat Forecast from Planning Office 3. Belgian Savings Rate Drops 4. Big Future for Walloon Airports 5. Antwerp Port Container Traffic Booming 6. Belgian Competitiveness Weakening 7-8. American Financial Router Expanding 9. WANTED: Pan-European Pension Fu [...] | 2006-06-07 12:29:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EWWT EAIR TBIO BE |
06BRUSSELS2199 | BELGIAN STEWPOT: June 26, 2006 [...] (U) In May, EU Information Society Commissioner Viviane Reding levied a general criticism at European countries for lagging behind on implementing fast new technologies. The commissioner lamented Europe's slow take-up of new high-speed communications technologies such as broadband internet, te [...] | 2006-06-27 13:10:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EAID EWWT EAIR BE |
06BRUSSELS2926 | BELGIAN STEWPOT: August 29, 2006 [...] (U) According to statistics issued in July by the Survey of Current Business, the value of the stock of U.S. Foreign Direct Investment in Belgium rose by over $6 billion in 2005. U.S. investment in Belgium reached $36.73 billion in value, ranking Belgium ninth within the EU-25. The increase [...] | 2006-08-29 15:04:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EWWT EIND BE |
06BRUSSELS3403 | BELGIAN STEWPOT: October 5, 2006 [...] (U) Progress on rebalancing Belgium?s 2006 budget and proposing an FY 2007 budget has been slowed by the municipal elections to be held October 8. The government claimed remarkably quick progress in filling the holes created by an accounting snafu and over-estimation of tax revenues (ref [...] | 2006-10-06 16:12:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EIND ELTN BE |
06BRUSSELS3715 | BELGIUM,S 2007 FEDERAL BUDGET: OLD TRICKS HARDER [...] (SBU) Belgium,s Federal Budget for FY2007 is a mosaic of political compromises, with social benefits for the political left and law and order spending and fiscal conservatism for the political right, funded with a mix of new revenue enhancements. To ensure balanced books, the budget projects [...] | 2006-11-03 14:38:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV BE |
06BRUSSELS3748 | BELGIAN STEWPOT: November 7, 2006 [...] Sustainable Development Week 2-3. NIKE Expands, Gets Green Approval Seal 4. GDP Growth Exceeds Forecast 5. Belgian "Peace Corps" Volunteers Chosen 6. World's Biggest Diamond sold in Antwerp 7. Northwest: New Brussels-Detroit Flight 8. By Their Snacks You Shall Know Them 9. Ri [...] | 2006-11-07 15:47:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EIND ELTN BE |
06BRUSSELS3836 | HIGH BELGIAN UNEMPLOYMENT PERSISTS [...] (U) Summary. Belgian unemployment remains high on average by national standards, 8.6 percent, and rose in the past year despite good EU and global economic growth rates. The French-speaking regions of Wallonia and Brussels register over 19 and 21 percent unemployment respectively, reflecting [...] | 2006-11-16 07:30:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB BE |
06BRUSSELS4049 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PM'S KEY RIVAL FLEMISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Belgium's politics were thrown into a cocked hat this week when Yves Leterme, Minister-President of Belgium's Flanders region and by many accounts the heir apparent to be Prime Minister next year, withdrew his alliance with a controversial right-wing nationalist, thus losing as m [...] | 2006-12-06 17:01:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON BE |
06BRUSSELS4149 | Money Talks - Economic Factors in Belgium?s [...] (SBU) Summary. Belgium?s federal-regional negotiations in spring-summer 2007 on the division of political competencies will have major economic implications. If the federal government cedes responsibilities to the regions, regional demands for direct taxing authority and fiscal autonomy will [...] | 2006-12-15 11:58:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD BE |
06BRUSSELS450 | EU, UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS COMMENT ON ACTION PLAN, [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings, Ukrainian and EU officials discussed the status of the EU-Ukraine Action Plan and negotiations on a visa facilitation regime and readmission agreement. Ukrainian embassy officials said their priorities with the EU in 2006 are to: 1) launch consultations on [...] | 2006-02-09 16:19:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CVIS ECON UP XH IR USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS456 | COMMISSION ARGUES FOR LIFTING CURBS ON [...] SUMMARY. The EU Commission released its analysis of the impact of workers from Central and Eastern European countries on the labor markets of the "old" member states. The report listed arguments against restrictions to the free movement of workers imposed in 2004 by most of the "old" EU me [...] | 2006-02-10 06:05:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS472 | MESSAGE ON LATIN AMERICA RESONATES WITH EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his recent visit to Brussels, WHA A/S Shannon's message that the U.S. was seeking partners in promoting the Summit of the Americas agenda for the hemisphere resonated strongly with EU officials, including EU HighRep Javier Solana. On Venezuela, the EU said it would continu [...] | 2006-02-10 17:16:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD EAID VE BL CU POGV EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS791 | LEVERAGING EU ASSISTANCE FOR US FOREIGN POLICY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Bush's historic visit to Brussels in February 2005 has been followed by increased US-European cooperation on a range of political and security issues. An important component of that cooperation is greater synergy between US and EU approaches to development and humani [...] | 2006-03-08 10:55:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON KDEM PREF PREL KMCA EUN UN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS928 | GAERC: WAITING ON HAMAS GOVERNMENT, LIKELY TO [...] (C) A Commission official told us March 17 that she expects no movement on WTO and heavy criticism of Belarus to dominate the March 20 GAERC. EU Foreign Ministers will review how to handle Hamas, given rumors that Hamas could name the personnel it wants in a government over the March 18-19 w [...] | 2006-03-17 13:52:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KPAL BO ZL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BUCHAREST1035 | ROMANIA: AMBASSADOR AND PM DISCUSS ENERGY, ECONOMY AND ADOPTIONS [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Romanian Prime Minister Calin-Popescu Tariceanu on June 22 to discuss the state of our bilateral economic relationship and the future of international adoptions. Tariceanu reiterated a request made by letter the previous day for U.S. assistance in strategic planning on e [...] | 2006-06-23 15:30:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PHUM CASC RO |
06BUCHAREST1106 | AMID INTERNAL DIVISIONS, OPPOSITION SOCIAL [...] (C) Summary. The center-left opposition Social Democratic Party (PSD) reaffirmed July 7 its call for a "timetable" for the withdrawal of Romanian forces from Iraq but underscored the party's commitment to consultation with the U.S. and other allies regarding a possible withdrawal. PSD officia [...] | 2006-07-10 16:22:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ECON MARR MOPS RO IZ |
06BUCHAREST111 | FORMER PM NASTASE FACES CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS IN [...] (C) Summary. Former PM Adrian Nastase, whose reputation for shady dealing was already well-established with the Romanian public, is now caught in a political scandal that threatens both his political career and has set off more fierce infighting within the Social Democratic Party (PSD),Roma [...] | 2006-01-20 17:55:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM SOCI ECON RO |
06BUCHAREST1126 | NEW MOD STATE SECRETARY'S MODEST VISION FOR [...] (C) Summary. During a July 11 meeting, the newly appointed MOD State Secretary, Corneliu Dobrotoiu reaffirmed the "centrality" of the U.S.-Romania strategic relationship but insisted that budgetary limitations would force Romania to reexamine its defense commitments. He singled out overseas [...] | 2006-07-13 15:37:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI ECON MOPS MARR NATO RO |
06BUCHAREST1133 | BYSTROE CANAL: ROMANIA WELCOMES UN FINDINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: Romania welcomed the unanimous findings released by a special UN Inquiry Commission noting the negative trans-boundary impact of Ukraine's dredging in Bystroe Canal. Romanian officials now expect Ukraine to initiate public and cross-border consultations on this sensitive environ [...] | 2006-07-14 15:18:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PBTS SENV UP RO |
06BUCHAREST1176 | YOUR JULY 27 MEETING WITH ROMANIAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. President Traian Basescu's July 27-28 trip to Washington, including his meeting with you at the White House, offers an opportunity to reaffirm U.S. appreciation for Romania's contributions in Iraq, Afghanistan, and more broadly the Global War on Terror. Basescu has anchored his [...] | 2006-07-24 16:29:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM ECON PINR IZ RO |
06BUCHAREST1233 | DEFORESTATION CONTINUES IN ROMANIA [...] SUMMARY. Poverty, corruption, a mismanaged land restitution process, and inadequate governmental resources and regulatory oversight have contributed to widespread and rapid deforestation in Romania since the 1989 revolution. Many Romanians experienced firsthand the consequences of deforestati [...] | 2006-08-03 16:15:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SENV ECON OIIP SOCI HU RO |
06BUCHAREST1298 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LANTOS VISIT TO ROMANIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Bucharest warmly welcomes your visit to Romania. Romania has been a staunch ally, providing troops in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Balkans. President Traian Basescu has championed a strong strategic partnership with the United States, maintaining an outward-looking tr [...] | 2006-08-18 17:10:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP PREL ECON RO |
06BUCHAREST1309 | IRAN "CONFISCATES" ROMANIAN OIL RIG IN APPARENT [...] (SBU) Romanian press reported on August 22 that an Iranian naval vessel reportedly fired upon and then seized the Orizont, a Romanian-owned oilrig in Iranian waters in the Salman field near the Kish islands. The rig, owned by the Romanian firm Grup Servicii Petroliere (Oil Services Group),ha [...] | 2006-08-22 16:58:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ECON ENRG EPET PGOV IR RO |
06BUCHAREST1330 | ROMANIAN, IRANIAN PRESIDENTS AGREE: OILRIG INCIDENT IS COMMERCIAL DISPUTE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 22, Iranian authorities boarded and seized a Romanian-owned oilrig involved in a commercial dispute (see reftel). The rig's owner, Grup Servicii Petroliere (GSP),controlled by controversial business figure Sorin Ovidiu Vantu, allegedly intended to remove the rig from Iranian [...] | 2006-08-24 16:07:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ECON ENRG EPET PGOV IR RO |
06BUCHAREST1694 | RAFO REFINERY – A TROJAN HORSE FOR RUSSIAN MAFIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The RAFO oil refinery is embroiled in a web of corruption, money laundering, fraud and criminal charges involving shady entities in Romania, Russia, Ukraine and Bulgaria. Russian-Israeli organized crime figures Mikhail Cernoy and Iakov Goldovskiy are believed to be behind the purchase [...] | 2006-11-07 15:37:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | ENRG ECON PREL RO |
06BUCHAREST1797 | ROMANIA - ENERGY SCANDAL UNFURLING, AMCIT HELD ON [...] (U) SUMMARY. An unfolding energy-related scandal is causing turmoil among Romania's political and economic elites, with allegations of corruption and influence peddling hitting two government ministers, among others. The accusations come with the approach of winter and amid political attacks [...] | 2006-11-29 16:03:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG PGOV KCOR CACS ECON PREL RO |
06BUCHAREST1804 | ROMANIA REQUESTS NEGOTIATIONS TO REPLACE BILATERAL TRADE [...] (U) This cable is an action request. See paragraph four. 2. (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials met with Econoffs on November 27 to formally request negotiations on a replacement to the current bilateral Agreement on Trade Relations (BTA). The MFA is proposing that the current BTA, [...] | 2006-12-04 05:40:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR PREL RO |
06BUCHAREST1808 | STABILITY PACT MEETINGS IN BUCHAREST FOCUS ON [...] (SBU) The November 15-16 meetings in Bucharest of the Stability Pact for South East Europe saw continued progress toward shifting the Pact's program of regional cooperation initiatives to the responsibility of regional governments under the umbrella of the South East Europe Cooperation Proces [...] | 2006-12-04 13:43:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ETRD EUN PREL BK BU GR HR MD MI |
06BUCHAREST1838 | MINISTERIAL MUSICAL CHAIRS: IT'S ALL ABOUT THE [...] (C) Summary: The latest round of Romanian government (GOR) ministerial changes have increased the turmoil in the ruling coalition and demonstrated yet again that control of public funding (including from the EU) is a core concern for party leaders. The fight for political leverage over the mo [...] | 2006-12-08 17:26:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV RO |
06BUCHAREST1839 | LIBERAL DEPUTY ON PATRICIU SALE OF ROMPETROL [...] (C) In a 12/8 conversation with Poloff, National Liberal Party (PNL) deputy and youth leader Cristian Adomnitei explained that Rompetrol Chairman and leading PNL figure Dinu Patriciu, was in advanced negotiations to sell a 20 percent stake in Romania's Rompetrol to Russia's Gazprom. Adomnitei [...] | 2006-12-08 17:54:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KCOR ENRG RO |
06BUCHAREST1874 | ROMANIA: 2006 COUNTRY TERRORISM REPORT [...] This report provides Embassy Bucharest,s submission for the 2006 Country Reports on Terrorism. 2. Summary: Romania continued to be a staunch ally in the global war against terrorism, providing a full range of political, diplomatic, and military support for U.S. goals to combat internation [...] | 2006-12-18 13:09:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PGOV PREL MOPS ECON NATO RO |
06BUCHAREST208 | ROMANIA: DEMARCHE ON RUSSIA-UKRAINE GAS [...] (C) On February 2, EmbOffs delivered reftel talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for Enlarged Europe Razvan Rusu. Rusu agreed that transparency is needed in the Russia-Ukraine gas deal. However, he stated that this issue should be part of a comprehensive approach to [...] | 2006-02-07 09:35:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON UP RS RO |
06BUCHAREST239 | ROMANIAN SENATE DEALS SETBACK TO ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: A controversial vote by the Romanian Senate February 9 to strip the National Anticorruption Department (DNA) of its authority to prosecute MPs has created a potential roadblock to GOR efforts against high-profile corruption cases, at the very time the EU is scrutinizing those effo [...] | 2006-02-11 10:03:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM SOCI ECON SIPDIS RO |
06BUCHAREST278 | ROMANIA SEEKS "POSITIVE POLITICAL SIGNAL" FROM [...] U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragrap 11. 2. (C) Last summer, Romania proposed a "Back Sea Forum for Dialogue and Partnership Summi" as a launching pad for a process of dialogue ad partnership among Black Sea states, the U.S. an the E.U. (Refs) The proposed forum focuses on "o [...] | 2006-02-16 16:00:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD ENRG SENV PTER EPET TU |
06BUCHAREST287 | ROMANIAN AND UKRAINIAN VIEWS ON PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: Romanian MFA officials expressed cautious optimism that the new bilateral commission set up by President Traian Basescu and Ukrainian President Yushchenko could yield concrete results in resolving historic problems between the two countries such as competing territorial claims ove [...] | 2006-02-17 16:43:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PBTS MD UP RO |
06BUCHAREST289 | ROMANIA'S ANTI-CORRUPTION BATTLE HEATS UP -- [...] (C) Summary: The National Anti-corruption Department (DNA) formally indicted former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase February 16 on bribery and corruption charges. Although the DNA has not showed its full hand, some of the charges relate to a suspicious property purchase in central Bucharest at [...] | 2006-02-17 18:10:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM SOCI ECON RO |
06BUCHAREST359 | TRANSYLVANIA REGIONAL GOVERNMENT, FOURTH QUARTER [...] (U) Summary: This cable summarizes recent newsworthy regional and local controversies in the last quarter of 2005. Common themes during this period included local government corruption and stormy relations between members of the governing alliance at the local level, sometimes counterbalance [...] | 2006-03-01 15:40:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EINV SOCI RO |
06BUCHAREST436 | BASESCU PREDICTS CALM ETHNIC HUNGARIAN "AUTONOMY [...] (C) Summary. President Traian Basescu predicted to the Ambassador during a March 13 meeting that a planned March 15 "autonomy declaration" organized by a fringe ethnic Hungarian group would be a relatively low-key event. He characterized it as the product of a power struggle between the main [...] | 2006-03-14 17:36:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ECON ENRG EINV MARR HU RO |
06BUCHAREST447 | DAS PEKALA'S VISIT TO ROMANIA HIGHLIGHTS BLACK SEA [...] (C) Summary. DAS Mark Pekala had a productive, upbeat series of meetings during his March 6-8 visit to Bucharest. He expressed strong USG support for Romania's June 5 "Black Sea Forum," (Ref C) and told Romanian officials the U.S. would be represented at an appropriate senior level. His Rom [...] | 2006-03-15 16:26:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PHUM PREL RO SOCI |
06BUCHAREST519 | WHAT ROMANIA CAN DO TO PROMOTE STABILITY, SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. Romania's desire to play an active role in the Black Sea region could, if properly channeled and supported by the U.S., the U.K. and like-minded partners, further our goals for the region and beyond. Bucharest could play a positive role in promoting regional efforts to strengthen [...] | 2006-03-24 18:00:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ECON ENRG ASEC PTER KCRM |
06BUCHAREST813 | ROMANIA RECEIVES CONDITIONAL GREEN LIGHT FOR [...] (C) Summary: The European Commission (EC) gave a conditional green light May 16 for Romania's accession to the EU on schedule on January 1, 2007. Although the EC did not specifically recommend a date in its monitoring report on Romania, local EU contacts and media observers note that the ove [...] | 2006-05-16 18:43:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EFIN PHUM SOCI CASC KDEM |
06BUCHAREST902 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR J.D. CROUCH'S VISIT TO ROMANIA [...] (C) Summary. Embassy Bucharest warmly welcomes your upcoming visit to Bucharest. Your participation at the June 5 "Black Sea Forum for Dialogue and Partnership Summit" is a tangible sign of USG support for Romania's aspirations to promote regional efforts to strengthen democratic institutions, dive [...] | 2006-05-31 17:57:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | ECON ETRD MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PHUM PREL RO |
06BUDAPEST1929 | BUDAPEST DEMONSTRATIONS: ENTER STAGE RIGHT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-22 16:10:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM ECON ASEC CASC HU |
06BUDAPEST1953 | BUDAPEST DEMONSTRATIONS: FIDESZ OUT FOR A SPIN [...] (U) Addressing an "emergency session" of diplomatic and business community leaders at the Budapest Atlantic Forum September 26, former FM Janos Martonyi and MP Zsolt Nemeth presented FIDESZ's views on the demonstrations. 2. (SBU) Martonyi cast the "Gyurcsany tape" in the context of the go [...] | 2006-09-26 13:43:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ECON HU |
06BUDAPEST2048 | POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE: FIDESZ CALLS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Addressing the diplomatic community October 9, FIDESZ leader Viktor Orban underscored his demand for Prime Minister Gyurcsany's departure as "the only key to stability" in Hungary. The present government, he asserted, is "paralyzed" and lacks the political credibility to under [...] | 2006-10-11 05:58:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ECON HU |
06BUDAPEST2236 | ON THE CONTRARY: FIDESZ OFFERS OPPOSITION WITHOUT [...] (C) Ambassador Foley's November 2 meeting with Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Zsolt Nemeth highlights the inability of FIDESZ to match its ideological zeal with a detailed policy agenda in the ongoing confrontation with the Gyurcsany government. Divide and Destroy ... 2. [...] | 2006-11-03 11:57:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON HU |
06BUDAPEST2269 | HUNGARY'S PARTIES PREPARE FOR A WINTER OF [...] (S) Summary: Conflict between and within Hungary's political parties continues even as the likelihood of large-scale public demonstrations declines. In a meeting with the Ambassador November 7, opposition FIDESZ party leader Viktor Orban alleged that the Gyurcsany government is enforcing par [...] | 2006-11-09 08:41:00 | Embassy Budapest | SECRET | PGOV KDEM ECON HU |
06BUDAPEST2322 | "NO ILLUSIONS" ON REFORM FROM FORMER PM HORN [...] (C) Meeting with Ambassador Foley November 16, former PM and MSZP MP Gyula Horn wasted no time in addressing the challenge of implementing the Gyurcsany government's convergence program. He asked us facetiously "not to say reform - because everyone will think we're talking about more cutback [...] | 2006-11-16 15:08:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KDEM HU |
06BUDAPEST2382 | MSZP INSIDER'S OUTLOOK: LABOR MINISTER KISS ON [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Labor and Social Welfare (and MSZP Party Vice-President) Peter Kiss told Ambassador Foley November 27 that the government is "sentenced to success" on reform and will work in consultation with civic organizations and political opponents. Frequently mentioned as a succ [...] | 2006-11-28 12:01:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KDEM HU |
06BUDAPEST2419 | ROUGH EDGES: FIDESZ MODERATE LOOKS TO HUNGARY'S [...] (C) FIDESZ moderate MP Lajos Kosa made his debut on the diplomatic circuit at a lunch hosted by Ambassador Foley for key colleagues November 29. A founding member of the party and the popular Mayor of Debrecen, Kosa's reputation for straight talk (and often off-color humor) have made him a l [...] | 2006-12-04 09:32:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ECON HU |
06BUDAPEST2517 | OUTGOING SZDSZ LEADER PREDICTS RENEWED PROTESTS, [...] (U) Outgoing SZDSZ party president Gabor Kuncze shared his thoughts on the future of his own party, the governing coalition, and the Gyurcsany government with Ambassador Foley at an ambassadors' lunch in his honor December 20. WHITHER THE SZDSZ ... OR IS THAT WITHER THE SZDSZ? 2. (C) Loo [...] | 2006-12-21 14:50:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM HU ECON |
06BUDAPEST570 | HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: FORMER FM SAYS FIDESZ WILL [...] (C) FIDESZ will win the elections, said Viktor Orban's former Foreign Minister Janos Martonyi on March 20, citing the FIDESZ victories in two local by-elections over the weekend. Martonyi said chilly FIDESZ relations with Washington will improve, because his party is "very committed to the tr [...] | 2006-03-21 15:50:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI ECON PINR HU |
06BUDAPEST748 | HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: SZDSZ BEATS EXPECTATIONS IN [...] (SBU) On April 9, the liberal Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ) made a strong showing in the first round of Hungary's national elections, exceeding both current expectations and its 2002 performance. As a result, it appears poised to remain in government alongside its current partner, the Hu [...] | 2006-04-11 14:23:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SOCI ECON PINR HU |
06BUENOSAIRES1028 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 1.0 percent m-o-m in April, slightly above market expectations of 0.9 percent, following a 1.2 percent m- o-m increase in March. Last month's increase brought inflation to 3.9 percent in the first four months of the year, compared to a 4.5 percent inc [...] | 2006-05-08 15:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1088 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] In a press conference on May 9, Minister of Labor Carlos Tomada and Minister of Economy Felisa Miceli announced that the GOA will increase the minimum pension from ARP 390 per month to ARP 470, a 21 percent increase. This will be the Kirchner Administration's eighth increase in the minimum [...] | 2006-05-12 19:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1091 | AMBASSADOR RAISES BUSINESS ADVOCACY ISSUES WITH [...] (SBU) The Ambassador called on Minister of Planning Julio De Vido on May 9 to discuss business advocacy cases. The Ambassador began the meeting by thanking De Vido for his help in improving the relationship between the two governments, especially during the January visit of Assistant Secretar [...] | 2006-05-12 21:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EINV ENRG EAGR AR BL |
06BUENOSAIRES1130 | AEROLINEAS ARGENTINAS, UNIONS SIGN SALARY AGREEMENT [...] Senior managers of Spanish-owned Aerolineas Argentinas and leaders of the unions representing the airline's pilots (APLA) and mechanics (APTA) signed an agreement on pay increases on May 15. Representatives of the airline have agreed: to increase pilots' and mechanics' base salary by 19 perc [...] | 2006-05-17 15:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ELAB ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1132 | APRIL 2006 INFLATION UPDATE AND PREDICTIONS [...] The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 1.0 percent in April, bringing the 12-month inflation rate to 11.7 percent. Average nominal salaries increased 0.9 percent in March and the purchasing power of salaried workers in March was 5.3 percent higher than in March 2005. The poverty rate fell to [...] | 2006-05-17 18:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ETRD ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1154 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] On May 11, the GOA sold USD 239 million of Boden 2012 (a USD-denominated bond maturing in 2012),for a market value of USD 200 million, to the Government of Venezuela (GOV). The GOA sold the bonds at market prices that translate into a yield of 7.59 percent. With this purchase, the GOV will [...] | 2006-05-22 12:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES117 | MINISTER DEVIDO DISCUSSES BOLIVIA AND THE GOA'S [...] (C) Minister of Planning Julio DeVido received Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon on January 12. A/S Shannon and DeVido SIPDIS discussed recent developments in Bolivia and the need to engage with the new Evo Morales government. DeVido argued that it is important to help Morales consolidate h [...] | 2006-01-17 20:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ENRG EINV EFIN ETRD AR BO VE |
06BUENOSAIRES118 | MINISTER MICELI DISCUSSES ECONOMIC POLICY AND LATIN AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT WITH A/S SHANNON REF: 05 BUENOS AIRES 3122 Classified By: Ambassador Lino Gutierrez for reasons 1.4 (B) and (D) ------- Summary ------- [...] (C) WHA Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon called on Minister of Economy Felisa Miceli during his visit to Buenos Aires on January 12. Miceli said she had worked for former Minister of Economy Roberto Lavagna for many years and that her presence is a continuation of what the GOA has been doing sin [...] | 2006-01-17 20:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN ENRG EINV EAGR AR BL |
06BUENOSAIRES1184 | EMBASSY SUCCESS ON BEHALF OF EXPRESS MAIL COMPANIES [...] (U) Argentina's Director General of Customs (DGC) has suspended implementation of a resolution, Resolution 2021, that would have amended the regulatory framework governing international express mail deliveries. Post organized the April 28 meeting between the DGC and representatives of Argent [...] | 2006-05-24 19:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD AR |
06BUENOSAIRES119 | MINISTER DE VIDO DISCUSSES ECONOMIC AND ENERGY [...] (SBU) Minister of Planning Julio DeVido received CODEL McConnell on January 11. DeVido noted that the GOA and the U.S. Embassy had a constant dialogue and that they worked together to monitor the status of U.S. companies in Argentina. DeVido said he was optimistic about the future of the Ar [...] | 2006-01-17 21:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EINV ENRG EFIN AR BL VE |
06BUENOSAIRES1211 | ARGENTINA'S SHARE OF FDI INFLOWS HAS DECLINED [...] Argentina received 1.4 percent of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to developing countries in 2005, and 5.9 percent of FDI inflows to Latin America. Both of these shares are well below Argentina's average FDI share during 1992-2000. Even if FDI from the 1990s privatizations is exclude [...] | 2006-05-31 15:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ETRD ALOWAR |
06BUENOSAIRES1223 | BCRA Meets its Monetary Target, but Is Not [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The average M2 level during the first quarter was close to the lower end of the Central Bank's (BCRA's) Monetary Program target. Still, M2 increased 26 percent y-o-y, and would have increa [...] | 2006-06-01 19:56:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1270 | ARGENTINA OFFERS MORE FLIGHTS TO U.S. CARRIERS [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified and not for internet distribution. This is an action request: see paragraph 6. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) Econoffs met with Under Secretary of Transportation for Commercial Aviation Ricardo Cirielli on May 19 as a follow-up discussion o [...] | 2006-06-06 17:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1279 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] After numerous delays, the GOA and GOB technical delegations reached a preliminary agreement on a gas price range of USD 4.5-5.5 per million cubic meters imported to Argentina. The presidents of both countries are scheduled to meet the second week of June to agree on the final price, which w [...] | 2006-06-07 13:14:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1288 | MEETING READOUT WITH GOA ON TIG INSURANCE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified and not for internet distribution. 2. (U) The DCM and Econoff (notetaker) met with Secretary of Economy for Legal and Administrative Affairs Estela Palomeque, and Advisors to the Secretary Carlos Arganaraz and Beatriz Pallares on June 7 to di [...] | 2006-06-07 20:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1312 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The presidents of Bolivia and Argentina are scheduled to meet next week to reach an agreement on the price of Bolivian gas exports to Argentina. No specific date was announced, however. There have been technical level negotiations between the two governments, but difficulties in reaching an [...] | 2006-06-12 14:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1352 | ARGENTINA-BOLIVIA NATURAL GAS NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE [...] Minister of Planning Julio De Vido and Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera ended their 7-hour negotiating session on June 12 without reaching an agreement on the price that Argentina would pay for Bolivian natural gas. De Vido entered the session against the backdrop of public statem [...] | 2006-06-15 11:56:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1353 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] On June 9, the GOA sold USD 243 million of Boden 2012 (a USD-denominated bond maturing in 2012) sold to the Government of Venezuela (GOV). The bonds have a market value of USD 200 million. This is the GOV's sixth purchase this year of GOA bonds, and brings its total 2006 purchases to USD 1.7 [...] | 2006-06-15 13:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1362 | 2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] The following report outlines new and ongoing investment disputes between the GOA and US investors, updating Post,s 2004 Investment Disputes Report (reftel C) and its 2005 update (reftel B). Post is aware of 21 disputes involving 19 claimants against the GOA, of which 12 are active. Since [...] | 2006-06-16 14:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV KIDE PREL OPIC AR |
06BUENOSAIRES140 | ARGENTINA, BOLIVIA DISCUSS BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP [...] (U) President Kirchner met with Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales on January 17 in Buenos Aires. The Morales visit to Argentina followed a series of meetings that he had conducted with leaders in Venezuela, Brazil, Cuba, France, Spain, South Africa and China. Morales stated in a brief pre [...] | 2006-01-19 17:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG AR BL |
06BUENOSAIRES1424 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] On June 29, the presidents of Bolivia and Argentina are scheduled to announce an agreement on natural gas exports, but several new issues have arisen. Bolivia is standing firm on its condition that Argentina cannot re-export gas to Chile (Bolivia refuses to sell gas to Chile, seeking to recov [...] | 2006-06-26 12:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1434 | The Argentine/Uruguay Pulp Mill Imbroglio: [...] Sensitive but Unclassified, Not for Internet Distribution 2. (SBU) Summary: Argentina's strong stand against the construction of two pulp mills on the Uruguayan side of a river that borders an Argentine eco-tourism area, has given environmental activists an opening to press for increased e [...] | 2006-06-26 17:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PGOV ECON PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1442 | EMBASSY SUPPORTS PROPOSED IDB LOAN TO ARGENTINA FOR REMOTE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Embassy Buenos Aires supports the proposed USD 50 million IDB loan to Argentina for a remote sensing satellite as being in the US national interest and as being an appropriate loan for the IDB. Far from be [...] | 2006-06-27 17:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID TSPA AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1460 | ARGENTINA SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL CORNYN [...] (U) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina on July 3. Your visit comes at a time of considerable ferment in the Argentine political and economic arenas. On October 23, 2005 President Kirchner won a resounding victory in mid-term l [...] | 2006-06-29 14:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON PARM AR SNAR |
06BUENOSAIRES1481 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] On June 29, Argentina and Bolivia finally reached an agreement on Bolivian gas exports to Argentina. The agreement was signed by Argentine President Nestor Kirchner and Bolivian President Evo Morales, and provides for an increase in the volume of gas exported to Argentina. The price will inc [...] | 2006-07-03 13:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1486 | MORALES IN ARGENTINA TO SIGN GAS, IMMIGRATION [...] (U) Bolivian President Evo Morales visited to Argentina on June 29 to sign agreements with President Kirchner on the price and volume of natural gas deliveries from Bolivia and agreements on immigration and bridge construction. Kirchner did not sign an agreement on coca leaf imports to Argent [...] | 2006-07-03 20:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETRD ECON AR BL |
06BUENOSAIRES154 | ARGENTINA: LABOR SECRETARY CHAO MEETINGS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 11, U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine Chao paid a courtesy call on Argentine Labor Minister Carlos Tomada. Secretary Chao took the opportunity to speak about the benefits of free trade, noting that free trade was the best way for Argentina to achieve the goals of continued [...] | 2006-01-20 14:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON PARM AR SNAR |
06BUENOSAIRES1550 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 0.5 percent m-o-m in June, below market expectations of 0.7 percent, and follows an identical increase in May. The better-than-expected result is due mainly to reduced pressure on food prices, which represent almost one-third of the Index. Last month' [...] | 2006-07-12 20:14:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1566 | ARGENTINA'S "SO-SO" MERCOSUR PRESIDENCY COMING TO [...] (C) Summary: As Argentina's pro temp Mercosur presidency comes to an end, it can claim success in its top priority, bringing Venezuela into the Mercosur fold, but it failed to make much progress on any other fronts. An MFA official characterized the Argentine presidency as "so-so." Argentina [...] | 2006-07-14 20:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL PINR AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1567 | U.S. CITIZEN'S LAND THREATENED WITH EXPROPRIATION [...] The senate in the Argentine province of Catamarca unanimously approved a bill July 13 expropriating 53,603 hectares of privately-held land, a large part of which is owned by U.S. citizen Peter McBride. The bill must still be approved by the provincial lower house and signed by governor Eduar [...] | 2006-07-14 20:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1571 | FISCAL SITUATION IN PROVINCES DETERIORATING [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Lino Gutierrez for reasons 1.4 b and d. 2. (C) Summary: Provincial finances are deterioriating, with the provincial contribution to the consolidated surplus this year projected to be zero. The worsening state of provincial finances is mainly the result of sp [...] | 2006-07-14 21:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1573 | JUNE 2006 INFLATION UPDATE AND PREDICTIONS [...] The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.5 percent in June, bringing the 12-month inflation rate to 11 percent. Average nominal salaries increased 1.5 percent in May and the purchasing power of salaried workers in May 2006 was 5.2 percent higher than in May 2005. According to the BCRA's last s [...] | 2006-07-17 12:43:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ETRD ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1605 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] The new price agreement between the GOA and the Government of Bolivia will go into effect on July 15, increasing the price of natural gas from USD 3.20 to USD 5 per million cubic meters through the end of 2006. In this context, Chilean Energy and Mining Minister Karen Poniachik met with Argen [...] | 2006-07-19 19:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES161 | PRESIDENT KIRCHNER SUPPORTS URUGUAY'S RIGHT TO [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified, not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) President Nestor Kirchner made a statement to the press on January 19 during his state visit to Brasilia that he would not oppose Uruguay's negotiation of a free trade agreement with the U.S. "If Argent [...] | 2006-01-20 20:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PREL AR BL VE CI |
06BUENOSAIRES1624 | K,OMICS REVISITED: KIRCHNER,S ECONOMIC POLICIES [...] (C) Summary: During the first three years of his mandate, President Kirchner's rhetoric on economics was worse than his bite. Despite sometimes inflammatory, nationalist rhetoric, attacks on the IMF, oil companies, bondholders, various business sectors and orthodox economists, Kirchner did li [...] | 2006-07-21 14:56:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV ENRG ETRD EFIN AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1630 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] According to local media, the GOV will buy approximately USD 600 million of Boden 2012 bonds from the GOA through the end of the month. This will represent the largest purchase by the GOV in such a short period. Along with USD 1.4 billion deposited by the GOA in the Banco Nacion, it will be [...] | 2006-07-21 20:43:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1631 | CASTRO ATTENDS MERCOSUR SUMMIT IN ARGENTINA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 30th Mercosur heads of state summit took place in Cordoba, Argentina July 20-21. The summit marked Venezuela's debut as a full member of Mercosur. However, the arrival of Cuban leader Fidel Castro has overshadowed all other aspects of the gathering. Castro, Venezuelan pre [...] | 2006-07-21 21:22:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES164 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The peso appreciated 0.3 percent versus the USD during the week to close at 3.05 ARP/USD, one cent below last Friday's close. This week's appreciation is mainly attributed to higher dollar sales by exporters, accompanied by the Central Bank's constant intervention in the FX market to prevent [...] | 2006-01-20 22:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1656 | ARGENTINE AGRICULTURE PRODUCERS STRIKE TO PROTEST [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Argentina's agricultural producers mounted a four-day strike to protest the GOA's policies toward the sector, which include export taxes and market manipulation. Strikers described their act [...] | 2006-07-25 21:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1665 | MERCOSUR SUMMIT IN CORDOBA: MORE QUESTIONS THAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MERCOSUR summit, which took place July 20-21 in Cordoba, left more questions than answers about the future of the regional organization. The impact of Venezuela joining the union, how to better treat the smaller members of the bloc, whether MERCOSUR can return to a primarily e [...] | 2006-07-26 20:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1698 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] On July 25, the GOA raised the gas export tax from 20 percent to 45 percent. The GOA decided to increase levies on exports to mitigate the effect of the price agreement reached with Bolivia, which increased the price of imported natural gas from USD 3.20 to USD 5 per million cubic meters thro [...] | 2006-07-31 20:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1769 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] On July 28, the GOA published a resolution authorizing the issuance of USD 482 million worth of Boden 2012 bonds to Venezuela, although the bond placement was made secretly on July 17. With this new issuance, Boden 2012 stock has reached USD 15.1 billion, of which more than one-quarter was so [...] | 2006-08-07 20:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1835 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] On August 8, Argentine President Nestor Kirchner reacted negatively to the announcement that Argentina could lose benefits from the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program. The GSP grants duty-free treatment to US imports of goods from developing countries, including Argentina. Accor [...] | 2006-08-15 18:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1880 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] The GOA's monthly economic activity index, viewed as a reliable leading indicator of GDP, came out was up 8.2 percent y-o-y in June -- below the BCRA market survey forecast of 8.5 percent. Nonetheless, this continues the recovery since April, which showed the weakest growth rate (+6.3 percent) [...] | 2006-08-23 13:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1888 | ARGENTINA TO EXPAND NUCLEAR POWER SECTOR, RESTART [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentina plans an expansion of its nuclear energy infrastructure, including a return of its uranium enrichment program, according to MFA Director General for International Security Issues Ambassador Elsa Kelly. Planning Minister Julio De Vido is expected to lay out the plans d [...] | 2006-08-23 19:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP ENRG IAEA OTRA PREL ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1905 | GOA FOREIGN MINISTRY KEEN ON EVENTUAL OECD [...] (C) The GoA participates actively in OECD affairs as an observer state and its Foreign Ministry is keen to have Argentina considered for eventual full membership status. Accepting that OECD accession is a long term play, the Foreign Ministry sees its still pending request for an OECD review of [...] | 2006-08-24 19:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON OECD AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1906 | ARGENTINA CONFIRMS PLANS TO EXPAND NUCLEAR POWER [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) President Nestor Kirchner presided over a ceremony August 23 at which Planning Minister Julio De Vido announced that Argentina was going to expand its nuclear power program and reactivate a dormant ura [...] | 2006-08-24 20:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ENRG IAEA OTRA PREL ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1943 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] Argentina announced that it would expand its nuclear power program and reactivate a dormant uranium enrichment facility. The announcement described four pillars upon which Argentina's enhanced nuclear energy capabilities would rest: The GOA plans to finish construction of the approximately 70 [...] | 2006-08-29 18:53:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1985 | GSP GRADUATION FOR ARGENTINA? - JUST ANOTHER BRICK [...] (SBU) A possible Argentine graduation from the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program will certainly hurt both specific production sectors, including leather and food products and some underdeveloped provinces where U.S. GSP export production is concentrated, including Santa Fe, Chub [...] | 2006-09-01 23:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1993 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] On August 17 the BCRA announced it will work to encourage banks to boost mortgage lending and ease applicant paperwork in an effort to address rising rents. This initiative follows Secretary of Internal Trade Guillermo Moreno's proposal to "reactivate" the mortgage loan market through an "inc [...] | 2006-09-05 20:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES20 | ARGENTINA SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL MCCONNELL [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina on January 10-12. Your visit comes at a time of considerable ferment in the Argentine political and economic arenas. On October 23, President Kirchner won a resounding victory in mid-term [...] | 2006-01-04 18:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PARM AR SNAR |
06BUENOSAIRES2038 | U.S. NO VOTE ON IDB SATELLITE LOAN: EMBASSY [...] (U) Post delivered reftel talking points to Foreign Ministry North America Director Ambassador Vicente Espeche Gil, to Ministry of Economy Director for International Organization Projects Gerardo Hita and to the Foreign Ministry's CONAE (NASA-equivalent) Executive Director Conrado Varotto. Pr [...] | 2006-09-08 10:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD AR |
06BUENOSAIRES204 | NO DEBT RELIEF FOR CUBA YET [...] (C) Summary: Despite a GOA debt restructuring offer in 2003 and a partial rescheduling agreement announced in 2004, Cuba's USD 2 billion debt to Argentina has not been reduced, nor have the two governments reached any lasting agreement on how to treat it. Cuba's debt was transferred to the bo [...] | 2006-01-27 19:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENIV CU AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2061 | ARGENTINE FOREIGN TRADE SECRETARY: WHY URUGUAY [...] (C) Charge paid a courtesy call on Ambassador Alfredo Chiaradia, Secretary of External Trade in the Argentine MFA, on August 29. The conversation ranged over prospects to re-energize the Doha Round (not optimistic),the possibility of Argentina joining the FTAA (even less so),and USTR's GSP [...] | 2006-09-11 10:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFTA ECIN ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2080 | FINANCE SECRERTARY SEEKS EARLY RESOLUTION WITH [...] (C) During a September 11 courtesy call, Argentine Finance Secretary Alfredo Mac Laughlin requested Charge's help in arranging a bilat with Treasury Secretary Paulson at the IMF/World Bank meeting in Singapore. The GOA will propose a small IMF quota increase for Mercosur members during the S [...] | 2006-09-13 10:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES209 | ARGENTINA NOT LIKELY TO SUPPORT USG'S ICAO SEC-GEN [...] Per Reftel A, Econoff met with Under Secretary of Transportation for Commercial Aviation Ricardo Cirielli to discuss the support for the USG's candidate for Secretary General of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Cirielli told Econoff that Argentina probably would not supp [...] | 2006-01-27 19:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2120 | KIRCHNER PROMOTES INVESTMENT IN ARGENTINA DURING [...] (SBU) President Kirchner travels to New York for the UNGA with the stated objective of enticing U.S. companies to invest in Argentina, even as local press plays up the chilly bilateral relationship. Kirchner has a limited official schedule -) including meetings with UNSG Kofi Annan and Italia [...] | 2006-09-18 16:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN ENRG PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES213 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The peso depreciated 0.7 percent versus the USD this week, closing at 3.07 ARP/USD. This week's depreciation is mainly explained by higher dollar demand by banks as well as greater Central Bank (BCRA) intervention in the FX market, where it purchased USD 200 million and EUR 10 million in the [...] | 2006-01-30 10:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2139 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] The GOA announced that GDP grew 7.9 percent yoy in the second quarter of 2006 -- slightly above the central bank (BCRA) consensus forecast of 7.8 percent -- and 8.3 percent yoy in the first half of 2006. Growth derived primarily from strong domestic demand - primarily increased investment an [...] | 2006-09-19 22:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2191 | GOA PRICE CONTROLS STRATEGIES - EDUCATION AS EXEMPLAR [...] (SBU) Private school fees remain a politically sensitive barometer in greater Buenos Aires and GoA efforts to "manage" tuition expenses offer an instructive insight into the Kirchner administration's approach to controlling inflation. Private school tuition fees have already jumped 24 percent [...] | 2006-09-26 17:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ELAB ETRD ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2199 | OTA FIT: FINANCIAL INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES (FIT) [...] (U) ACTION REQUESTED -- PARAGRAPH 5. 2. (SBU) AS PART OF A USG/GOVERNMENT OF CHILE BILATERAL INITIATIVE, THE U.S. TREASURY OFFICE OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (OTA) IS OFFERING A ONE-WEEK FINANCIAL INVESTIGATIONS TECHNIQUES (FIT) COURSE IN SANTIAGO, CHILE, OCTOBER 23 ) OCTOBER 27. IN ORDER TO M [...] | 2006-09-26 19:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL KTFN AR BL PE |
06BUENOSAIRES22 | ARGENTINA PAYS OFF ITS IMF DEBT [...] President Nestor Kirchner announced on December 15 that the GOA would pay its remaining debt totalling nearly USD 10 billion to the International Monetary Fund shortly after the new year (reftel). Economy Minister Felisa Miceli and Central Bank President Martin Redrado announced on January 3 [...] | 2006-01-04 20:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL EINV AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2202 | ARGENTINA'S PRICE CONTROL CZAR - A TRUE BELIEVER [...] (C) GoA Secretary of Domestic Trade Guillermo Moreno, President Kirchner's designated price control enforcer, justifies a GoA mix of export tariffs, export controls and strong-arm populist price controls as a means to correct monopolistic behavior and oligopolisitic collusion in Argentina's sm [...] | 2006-09-27 10:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2240 | ECONOMY MINISTER MICELI'S VIEWS ON IDB, PARIS [...] (C) Minister of Economy Felisa Miceli told Charge September 27 that President Kirchner's visit to the U.S. showcased Argentina's rapid normalization and increasing opportunities for investors. She questioned the logic of recent U.S. votes in the IDB, but accepted Secretary Paulson's explanati [...] | 2006-10-02 17:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES228 | ARGENTINA: FINAL NEGOTIATIONS ON STRATEGIC [...] (U) ESTHOFF delivered demarche points in reftel to Argentine MFA Environmental Counselor Miguel Hildmann, and, in a separate meeting, to Ministry of Health (MOH)Secretariat of the Environment officials Pablo Issaly and Lorenzo Videla on January 27, 2006. Both Hildmann and Issaly attended the [...] | 2006-01-30 21:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ECON ETRD PGOV PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2292 | AUSTR EISSENSTAT VISIT TO ARGENTINA [...] (SBU) Assistant United States Trade Representative Everett Eissenstat met October 4 with Foreign Ministry Secretary of International Economic Relations Chiaradia to review WTO, GSP, and regional trade issues, including the U.S. bilateral dialogue with Mercosur member Uruguay. Chiaradia stresse [...] | 2006-10-12 10:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON UR AR |
06BUENOSAIRES23 | ARGENTINA SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL MCCONNELL [...] (U) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina on January 10-12. Your visit comes at a time of considerable ferment in the Argentine political and economic arenas. On October 23, President Kirchner won a resounding victory in mid-term [...] | 2006-01-04 21:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON PARM AR SNAR |
06BUENOSAIRES2386 | CORDOBA GOVERNOR DE LA SOTA: ARGENTINA'S FREE MARKET [...] (SBU) Cordoba Governor Jose Manuel de la Sota, in a dinner with the Charge, portrayed himself as a champion of free market orthodoxy standing up to a Kirchner administration riding roughshod over market disciplines and contractual sanctity. He questioned the values of a politically and sociall [...] | 2006-10-20 19:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2445 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL WEEKLY (OCTOBER [...] Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review for the week ending October 27, 2006. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and SIPDIS charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact EconOff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov to b [...] | 2006-10-30 19:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2486 | ARGENTINE CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT PLEAS FOR [...] (C) Argentine Central Bank (BCRA) President Martin Redrado urged patience with his sequencing of reforms during an October 20 meeting with Charge, claiming that a program of gradual monetary tightening was impacting inflation and some delay was warranted before Argentina returns to a fully flo [...] | 2006-11-03 21:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON KTFN AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2509 | AMBASSADOR WAYNE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Argentine Foreign Minister Taiana used Ambassador Wayne's presentation of credentials to stress his desire for good cooperation and open dialogue with the U.S. In his 45 minute private meeting with Wayne, Taiana stressed that the U.S. is a "friend" of Argentina and that Argentina [...] | 2006-11-07 21:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2540 | LATEST ON ARGENTINA'S PLANS TO NEGOTIATE PARIS [...] (SBU) In advance of the Paris Club Tour d'Horizon on November 15, 2006, Post provides the following status report on Argentina's pursuit of a deal on its $7.2 billion debt to Paris Club creditors. GoA Finance Secretary Mac Laughlin wrote the President of the Paris Club November 9 officially c [...] | 2006-11-14 09:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2556 | PLANNING MINISTER DE VIDO CALLS FOR CLOSER [...] (C) Argentina's powerful Planning Minister, Julio De Vido, urged the Ambassador November 14 to use their direct relationship as the means to resolve bilateral economic issues. De Vido emphasized the importance of U.S. investment and said he anticipates a number of large U.S. energy sector inv [...] | 2006-11-16 09:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ENRG EINV BEXP AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2576 | ECONOMY MINISTER MICELI SEEKS SUPPORT ON GSP, [...] (C) During the Ambassador's November 14 courtesy call, Economic Minister Felisa Miceli welcomed the possibility to reengage on economic and trade issues and lobbied for Treasury Secretary Paulson to visit Argentina. In response to Miceli's request for support on maintaining Argentine GSP privi [...] | 2006-11-17 15:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ENRG EINV BEXP AR |
06BUENOSAIRES258 | ARGENTINA REACHES SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENT WITH BRAZIL [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Argentina and Brazil arrived at a bilateral safeguards agreement February 1. The widely publicized agreement is the result of over a year of negotiations, and is a political t [...] | 2006-02-03 15:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2588 | AMCHAM BOARD OF DIRECTORS LUNCHEON IN HONOR OF AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HOSTED A LUNCHEON IN HONOR OF AMBASSADOR WAYNE TO WELCOME HIM TO ARGENTINA AND BRIEF HIM ON THE BUSINESS CLIMATE AND THE CONTRIBUTION U.S. COMPANIES HAVE HISTORICALLY MADE AND CONTINUE TO MAKE IN ARGENTI [...] | 2006-11-20 16:14:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KTEX AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2594 | DUKE ENERGY BETS ON GROWING ARGENTINE ELECTRICITY [...] (SBU) Duke Energy plans to upgrade and expand its two hydro and gas-fired electricity generating plants in Neuquen province and possibly make new generating capacity acquisitions in the domestic market. In a call on Ambassador Wayne, Duke executives explained that they see the Argentine elect [...] | 2006-11-20 19:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2597 | AMBASSADOR WAYNE'S NOVEMBER 20 MEETING WITH VICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met November 20 with Argentine Vice President Daniel Scioli, his assistant Minister Ricardo Lagorio, and his brother Jose Antonio Scioli, Director of the Corporacion Antigua Puerto Madero. In the 45-minute meeting, Scioli said that he is a "friend" of the U.S. who [...] | 2006-11-20 21:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2598 | ARGENTINA PETROLEUM ROUNDTABLE: U.S. PLAYERS [...] (C) Representatives of U.S. upstream and downstream hydrocarbon players Apache, Chevron, Esso, Occidental and Pan-American briefed Ambassador on regulatory, tax and labor issues they face. Key concerns include (1) the immediate impact of an oilfield work stoppage that threatens to disrupt nat [...] | 2006-11-20 21:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON OECD AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2629 | UNESCO DEMARCHE ON CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS - GOA [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to Martin Romero, Secretary of Embassy in the Foreign Ministry's Directorate of SIPDIS International Organisms (DIOIN). According to Romero, Argentina is proceeding with the ratification process for the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion o [...] | 2006-11-28 18:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2636 | ARGENTINA SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL GOODLATTE [...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina November 29-December 3. As one of the world,s major agricultural producers and exporters, Argentina,s policies in this sector have an important impact on U.S. agriculture. You will have the [...] | 2006-11-28 20:53:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON PARM SNAR AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2647 | ARGENTINA'S FINANCIAL SERVICE PLAYERS ON CAPITAL MARKETS, [...] (SBU) Senior Argentine financial sector representatives outlined to Ambassador their concerns about lagging development of domestic capital markets. While optimistic about Argentina's medium term growth prospects, they questioned whether existing channels of financial intermediation can sustai [...] | 2006-11-29 15:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2667 | AMBASSADOR WAYNE VISITS ARGENTINA'S AGROINDUSTRIAL CAPITAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR WAYNE TRAVELED TO ARGENTINA'S AGROINDUSTRIAL CAPITAL OF ROSARIO FOR HIS FIRST TRIP OUTSIDE OF THE CAPITAL. ACCOMPANIED BY THE COMMERCIAL ECONOMIC AND AGRICULTURAL COUNSELORS, THE INFORMATION OFFICER AND THE SENIOR FSN COMMERCIAL SPECIALIST, THE AMBASSADOR MET WITH THE [...] | 2006-11-30 19:43:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AR BESP ECON ETRD |
06BUENOSAIRES2669 | ARGENTINA AT THE SANTA CRUZ MINISTERIAL ON [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) The Embassy made reftel points November 29 to GOA Undersecretary of Environment and delegation head Bruno Carpinetti and to MFA Counselor Ana Bianchi, another member of Argentina's delegation to the [...] | 2006-11-30 20:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON SENV EFIN PHUM OAS USTR AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2683 | GROWING RESISTENCE TO GOA PRICE, EXPORT CONTROLS: AGRARIAN [...] (SBU) GoA price control czar Internal Commerce Secretary Guillermo Moreno is encountering increasing resistance to his efforts to tamp down headline consumer inflation rates via expanded export controls on beef, wheat and corn and via pressure on wholesalers and retailers to observe publicize [...] | 2006-12-04 14:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2695 | ARGENTINA'S VIEWS ON THE POTENTIAL INCLUSION OF [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Embassy officers made Ref A points to officials from Argentina's foreign ministry and transportation secretariat November 30. After first saying that Argentina would not take a position on the issue ( [...] | 2006-12-06 13:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON SENV AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2723 | CODEL GOODLATTE MEETINGS WITH ARGENTINE OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CODEL Goodlatte November 30 meetings in Argentina included discussions with senior officials at the GoA Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Economy, and the Argentine Lower House of Congress, as well as with U.S. company representatives at the American Chamber of Commerc [...] | 2006-12-11 14:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL EAGR AR OREP ETRD |
06BUENOSAIRES2726 | CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON MONETARY POLICY, GROWTH, TERROR [...] (SBU) Central Bank Governor Martin Redrado, in a December 5 lunch with the Ambassador, invited a dialogue with USG on GoA monetary policy which he called conservative, slightly contractionary and generally misunderstood. Now, five years after Argentina's economic crisis, Redrado said Argentina [...] | 2006-12-11 18:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES273 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The peso depreciated 0.3 percent versus the USD this week, closing at 3.08 ARP/USD - one cent lower than last Friday's close. This week's depreciation is mainly attributed to higher dollar demand by banks and Central Bank (BCRA) intervention in the FX market, and comes in spite of higher USD [...] | 2006-02-06 15:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2792 | Ambassador Wayne Meets with President of OAS Private [...] Summary: On December 12, Ambassador Anthony Wayne met with the President of the OAS Private Sector of the Americas (PAS) group and a delegation of PAS members from Argentina. They spoke about their desire to reinvigorate a trade dialogue and to foster corporate social responsibility. PAS me [...] | 2006-12-20 14:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KTEX AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2795 | PLANNING MINISTER DE VIDO ON U.S.-ARGENTINE [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador met with Minister of Planning Julio De Vido to discuss a wide range of issues. Minister De Vido, who is President Kirchner's top minister and one of his closest advisors, asserted that U.S.-Argentine relations were in a very good situation. De Vido said U.S.-Argent [...] | 2006-12-20 19:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | BEXP ECON EAIR PTER ETRD CIVAIR AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2798 | A SURPLUS 2007 BUDGET DESIGNED TO BOLSTER KIRCHNER [...] (SBU) The Argentine Senate approved the 2007 National Budget December 13, 2006, in the face of opposition criticism over its growth and inflation assumptions, the continuation of "superpowers" that allow the GoA to make future fiscal decisions without Congressional authorization, and the lack [...] | 2006-12-20 20:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2808 | AMBASSADOR HOSTS ELECTRICITY, GAS SECTOR U.S. INVESTOR [...] (SBU) Country managers of U.S. players in Argentina's electricity and natural gas sectors met with Ambassador to review constraints imposed by GoA regulations, uncertain natural gas supplies for generation, and frozen retail electricity and gas tariffs. Participants representing AES, CMS, Duke, [...] | 2006-12-21 20:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON ETRD AR |
06BUENOSAIRES300 | The 2006 Monetary Program Unlikely to Help [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Central Bank (BCRA) President Martin Redrado presented the BCRA's 2006 monetary program on December 29. It will maintain a moderately contractive monetary policy, with a small increase in [...] | 2006-02-08 16:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES333 | JANUARY 2006 INFLATION UPDATE AND PREDICTIONS [...] The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 1.3 percent in January. This brings the 12-month inflation rate to 12.1 percent. Average nominal salaries increased 1.2 percent in December and the purchasing power of salaried workers in December 2005 was 7.1 percent higher than in December 2004. Offici [...] | 2006-02-10 13:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ETRD ALOWAR |
06BUENOSAIRES340 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The peso remained flat versus the USD this week, closing at 3.08 ARP/USD. Earlier in the week, the peso depreciated one cent to 3.09 ARP/USD after the Central Bank (BCRA) purchased USD 93 million in the FX market on February 7 and 8. Then the BCRA dropped out of the FX market, allowing the [...] | 2006-02-13 10:33:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES346 | LABOR PROTEST TURNS VIOLENT IN PRESIDENT'S HOME [...] SUMMARY: A two-week protest by dissident elements of the oil and gas workers union in President Nestor Kirchner's home province of Santa Cruz turned deadly on February 8 when a police officer was killed in the town of Las Heras, Santa Cruz and 15 others were wounded. This is the first death [...] | 2006-02-13 15:21:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV PINS ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES36 | ARGENTINA SCENE-SETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina January 11-12. Your visit comes at a critical time for Argentina's relations with its neighbors, especially Bolivia. As a result of Kirchner's resounding victory in October 23 legislativ [...] | 2006-01-06 19:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PARM AR SNAR |
06BUENOSAIRES369 | FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE HITS ARGENTINA AGAIN [...] Argentina has recently confirmed an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). Seventy animals on one ranch in the northeastern province of Corrientes were diagnosed with the disease. Argentina's National Service for Agrifood Quality (SENASA) subsequently destroyed the entire herd of approxi [...] | 2006-02-15 17:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES406 | ARGENTINA'S 2006 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] Argentine entities responsible for upholding IPR failed to translate the momentum from a strong 2004 into tangible successes in 2005. U.S. pharmaceutical companies are still waiting for commercially valuable patents; CD and DVD piracy rates appear to be rising, despite Argentina's economic r [...] | 2006-02-17 20:43:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES408 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The peso remained flat versus the USD this week, closing at 3.08 ARP/USD. Earlier in the week, the peso depreciated one cent to 3.09 ARP/USD after the Central Bank (BCRA) purchased USD 64 million in the FX market on February 14. Then the BCRA kept up its active intervention by purchasing a [...] | 2006-02-21 12:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES419 | NEW INSIGHTS INTO INCOME DISTRIBUTION IN [...] Third quarter INDEC figures show that the average per capita income of the ten percent of families with the highest incomes in Argentina was 34 times higher than that of the ten percent of families with the lowest incomes. That difference in average incomes is the highest since the 2002 cris [...] | 2006-02-22 20:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD AR |
06BUENOSAIRES442 | ARGENTINA'S 2005 MINING REPORT [...] Secretary of Mining Jorge Mayoral paid a courtesy call on the Ambassador to present an overview of mining activity in Argentina from the onset of the economic crisis of 2002 to the present. Mayoral highlighted the growth in the number of exploration projects and drew attention to investment [...] | 2006-02-24 15:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN EINV ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES459 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The peso remained flat versus the USD this week, closing at 3.08 ARP/USD. Earlier in the week, the peso depreciated one cent to 3.09 ARP/USD after the Central Bank (BCRA) purchased USD 92 million in the FX market on February 21. The BCRA then kept up its active intervention by purchasing a [...] | 2006-02-27 16:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES470 | ANOTHER AEROLINEAS ARGENTINAS STRIKE REMAINS A [...] (C) The threat that the November 2005 strike will repeat itself on or after March 1 remains a distinct possibility. The pilots' and mechanics' unions entered salary negotiations with the national flag carrier on December 2, 2005, at the conclusion of a 9-day strike. Under the GOA-brokered se [...] | 2006-02-28 13:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES480 | DEMARCHE ON ARGENTINA IDB ABSTENTION [...] (SBU) Per Ref A instruction, I called on MFA Director for Political Affairs Ambassador Luis Cappagli (the number three official in the MFA) at 10:45 a.m. local time (8:45 a.m. Washington time) on March 1. Foreign Minister Taiana was at the Congress for President Kirchner,s speech at the openi [...] | 2006-03-01 16:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN AR |
06BUENOSAIRES498 | MINISTRY OF ECONOMY'S SECRETARY OF TECHNICAL [...] (C) The DCM paid a courtesy call on new Ministry of Economy Secretary for Technical Coordination Carlos Salas on February 24, to ask about the GOA's economic policy plans for the coming year. Salas responded that he was not an economist, but expressed optimism that the economy would continue [...] | 2006-03-03 14:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG AR |
06BUENOSAIRES499 | PRESIDENT KIRCHNER DELIVERS STATE OF THE NATION [...] (SBU) Kirchner delivered a state of the nation speech to congress on March 1st. He began the speech by repeating many of the themes that he has mentioned in earlier speeches, such as Argentina's continuing struggle to emerge from "hell." He claimed that Argentina has now entered a process of [...] | 2006-03-03 14:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG AR |
06BUENOSAIRES515 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The peso remained flat versus the USD this week, closing at 3.08 ARP/USD. The peso depreciated one cent to 3.09 ARP/USD early in the week, after the Central Bank (BCRA) purchased USD 29 million in the FX market on February 27. By mid-week, strong investment inflows to purchase domestic stoc [...] | 2006-03-06 11:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES560 | GOA SUSPENDS BEEF EXPORTS AS AN INFLATION-FIGHTING [...] (C) The GOA announced a 180-day suspension of beef exports in an effort to stem price increases. Exports to the EU that go toward fulfilling the Hilton Quota and those governed by bilateral agreements will not be affected. The suspension, described by a Cargill Argentina executive as "brutal, [...] | 2006-03-10 14:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ETRD ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES592 | FEBRUARY 2006 INFLATION UPDATE AND [...] The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.4 percent in February. This brings the 12-month inflation rate to 11.5 percent. Food and Beverages, and Medical and Health Care Services were the two CPI components with the highest monthly price rise in February, even though the GOA had launched price [...] | 2006-03-14 12:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ETRD ALOWAR |
06BUENOSAIRES601 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The peso depreciated versus the USD this week, closing at 3.10 ARP/USD, reaching its lowest value in three years. The peso's fall this week resulted from higher dollar demand by banks, who want to dollarize their portfolios in expectation of higher U.S. interest rates, and the Central Bank's [...] | 2006-03-15 14:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES611 | ARGENTINA SCENESETTER FOR CODEL GRASSLEY [...] (C) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina on March 23-26. Your visit comes as President Nestor Kirchner continues to consolidate his resounding victory in mid-term legislative elections last October 23. Based on these results, Kirchner has tightened his [...] | 2006-03-15 19:01:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAGR PARM SNAR AR |
06BUENOSAIRES635 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] GDP increased 9.1 percent y-o-y in the fourth quarter of 2005 - well above the BCRA consensus forecast of 8.4 percent - bringing annual GDP growth for 2005 to 9.2 percent. Growth was mainly driven by investment and strong consumer spending. Investment increased 27 percent y-o-y in the fourt [...] | 2006-03-20 17:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES666 | Argentina: Environmental Challenges in Argentina's [...] Summary: ESTHOFF and Brasilia Regional Environmental Officer (REO) traveled to Chaco and Santiago del Estero provinces in Argentina's environmentally sensitive Grand Chaco area from March 6 - 9 to visit national and provincial parks and to examine deforestation and the ecological challenges [...] | 2006-03-21 17:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON EAGR KSCA AR |
06BUENOSAIRES677 | CONVERSATION WITH CARLOS ZANNINI [...] (C) Summary: DCM, accompanied by PolCouns, met on March 20 with Carlos Zannini, the Secretary for Legal and Technical Affairs in the Casa Rosada. This was our first face to face meeting with Zannini since last November's Summit of the Americas. Zannini is widely considered to be the i [...] | 2006-03-22 18:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PTER AR |
06BUENOSAIRES705 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR UNDERGOES DRAMATIC [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, not for internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) Argentina's telecommunications industry has gone through a great deal of change since its initial liberalization in 1989. The consolidation following the economic crisis in 2001-200 [...] | 2006-03-27 12:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES706 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The GOA announced a primary fiscal surplus of ARP 1.9 billion in February, above market expectations of ARP 1.6 billion. This brings the accumulated fiscal surplus for the first two months of 2006 to ARP 3.5 billion. This better-than-expected February result is mainly the result of strong r [...] | 2006-03-27 14:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES727 | ARGENTINA'S TOURISM SECTOR CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, not for internet distribution ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) Argentina received a record number of 3.7 million foreign tourists in 2005, a twelve percent rise over 2004. Argentina's tourist sector was the third most important source of foreign exchange [...] | 2006-03-29 12:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES748 | BRIDGING ARGENTINA'S DIGITAL DIVIDE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) Argentina's IT industry is the third largest in Latin America. Argentina's IT industry enjoys many advantages and is growing quickly. IT companies expect continued rapid growth and are inv [...] | 2006-03-31 18:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND AR |
06BUENOSAIRES753 | CODEL GRASSLEY DISCUSSES TRADE AND AGRICULTURE IN [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA),Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, led a delegation to Argentina March 23-26 for discussions related to trade and agriculture with GOA off [...] | 2006-04-03 11:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EAGR PARM SNAR AR |
06BUENOSAIRES758 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] On March 31, the GOA issued a resolution strengthening restrictions on beef export. The resolution includes exports of processed beef and cattle in the previous 180-day beef export ban. The aim of this measure is to increase local supply and avoid further increases in domestic beef prices. [...] | 2006-04-03 19:22:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES800 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 1.2 percent m-o-m in March, well above market expectations of 1 percent following a 0.4 percent m-o-m increase in February. Last month's increase brought inflation to 2.9 percent in the first quarter of the year, compared to a 4 percent increase in th [...] | 2006-04-10 12:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES852 | POVERTY DECLINING AT AN EVER-DECREASING RATE [...] According to a recent National Bureau of Statistics and Census (INDEC) report, the percentage of people living below the poverty line was 33.8 percent in the 28 most important urban areas of Argentina during the second half of 2005. The percentage of people living below the destitution line [...] | 2006-04-13 19:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ETRD ALOWAR |
06BUENOSAIRES854 | FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION CHAIRMAN'S VISIT TO [...] Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) Chairman Steven Blust met with GOA officials and industry representatives during his April 4-7 visit to Buenos Aires. Chairman Blust gave a presentation on the FMC's role in regulating maritime affairs to the Industrial Union of Argentina (UIA),the Chamber o [...] | 2006-04-13 20:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EWWT AR |
06BUENOSAIRES859 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] Supermarket representatives warned this week that their agreements to keep prices unchanged on 200 basic goods may not be possible if their costs increase as a result of the wage negotiations with the commercial employees union. The union is asking for a 28 percent wage increase but reported [...] | 2006-04-17 13:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES862 | GOA Will Easily Cover its Financial Needs in [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The GOA will have no difficulty meeting its USD 11 billion in financing needs in 2006. Under a conservative set of assumptions, the GOA will have resources of USD 12.3 billion from its fiv [...] | 2006-04-17 15:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES912 | MARCH 2006 INFLATION UPDATE AND PREDICTIONS [...] The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 1.2 percent in March. This brings the 12-month inflation rate to 11.1 percent. Clothing, Education, and Food and Beverages were the three CPI components with the highest monthly price rises in March, increasing 9.5 percent, 6.1 percent and 1.5 percent, re [...] | 2006-04-24 11:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ETRD ALOWAR |
06BUENOSAIRES932 | ARGENTINA REQUESTS EXPANDED FAA ASSISTANCE WITH [...] Senior FAA officials visited Buenos Aires April 18-21 to meet with the Air Regions Command (ARC),an Air Force command that is the country's civil aviation authority (CAA). The focus of the visit was a review of the ARC's progress six months after the October 2005 announcement of Argentina's [...] | 2006-04-26 12:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES966 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] In its second quarter inflation report, the BCRA increased its 2006 growth forecast from 6 percent to "above 7 percent" based on the strong economic performance during the first two months of the year and the statistical carry-over effect from 2005. According to the report, the continued stre [...] | 2006-04-28 20:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES984 | ARGENTINA PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR REACTION TO [...] (C) Bolivian President Evo Morales nationalized the country's oil and gas reserves by decree on May 1. The decree fulfilled one of Morales' most prominent campaign pledges, but the scope and speed of the decision came as a shock to Argentine officials and business representatives alike. GOA [...] | 2006-05-02 21:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON AR BL |
06CAIRO1144 | EGYPT AND AFRICA: BACKGROUND NOTES FOR U.S.-EGYPT [...] (U) Assistant Secretary Frazer, your bilateral discussions February 24 with Egyptian MFA Assistant Minister for African Affairs Mohamed Higazy in Washington will offer an excellent chance to determine how Egypt and the U.S. may be able to cooperate to address regional conflicts like Darfur an [...] | 2006-02-23 12:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EG SU |
06CAIRO1178 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY GUTIERREZ VISIT TO EGYPT [...] (SBU) Mr. Secretary, you will be the first Secretary of Commerce to visit Egypt since 1999. The business climate has changed significantly since then, especially with the installation in July 2004 of Ahmed Nazif as Prime Minister and a coterie of reform-minded ministers in economic ministrie [...] | 2006-02-26 13:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PGOV PREL EG |
06CAIRO125 | TACKLING CORRUPTION IN EGYPT [...] (C) The issue of corruption took on a higher profile in Egypt in late 2005, after a dearth of high profile cases in recent years. In December, a significant case with political implications emerged at the Egyptian TV and Radio Union, a cabinet shuffle resulted in the unexpected dismissal of s [...] | 2006-01-08 14:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KDEM EG |
06CAIRO1262 | EGYPT: 2006 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Over the past year, the Government of Egypt has made progress in strengthening its intellectual property rights (IPR) regime. It issued the final set of implementing regulations for its 2002 IPR law, established new offices to license copyrighted materials, and cleared up a backlog of [...] | 2006-02-28 13:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR EG USTR |
06CAIRO1288 | GOE OFFERS TENDER DOCUMENT FOR THIRD MOBILE [...] (SBU) The GOE's National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) on February 19 made available instructions for bidders on the proposed third mobile telephone licence (reftel). According to press reports, as of February 27, 17 companies had purchased the tender document, or the "Networ [...] | 2006-03-01 10:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT EINV ETRD EG KGIT |
06CAIRO1474 | EGYPTIAN RETAIL CHAIN PRIVATIZATION GENERATES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Nazif administration,s proposed sale of the Omar Effendi Company - a major retail chain founded in 1856 - to a private investor is generating intense debate over the company,s proper valuation. Conditions the administration has set, especially for the purpose of avoiding [...] | 2006-03-09 13:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EIND EG |
06CAIRO1493 | PRIVATIZING SUGAR MAY BE BITTER IN THE SHORT TERM [...] (SBU) The Egyptian Ministry of Investment (MOI) recently announced plans to sell 36% of Delta Sugar, a joint venture company, in an initial public offering (IPO). Announcement of the sale follows an earlier announcement that another public sector sugar producer, El Nobareyah, would be put up [...] | 2006-03-11 12:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EIND EG |
06CAIRO1838 | GOE MAKES SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS ON FINANCIAL SECTOR [...] (SBU) The GOE made substantial progress in financial sector reform in 2005 and is nearing completion of many of the benchmarks in the DSP-II Financial Sector MOU, signed in March 2005. Post and the USAID Mission estimate the GOE will have met all of the benchmarks for the first three policy [...] | 2006-03-26 14:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EG |
06CAIRO1883 | EGYPT: FLASH AIRLINES CRASH REPORT RELEASE: NO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-27 14:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAIR ECON EG |
06CAIRO1925 | WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM IN SHARM EL SHEIKH [...] (U) This cable is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) Embassy Cairo is preparing for the upcoming World Economic Forum on the Middle East, to be held in Sharm El Sheikh May 20-22, 2006. Given the heavy demand for suitable hotel space in Sharm during the summit as well as ot [...] | 2006-03-29 09:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD OVIP EG WEF |
06CAIRO2064 | EGYPT FERRY DISASTER: ABSENT OWNER'S IMMUNITY [...] (C) The investigation into the early February sinking of the "Al Salam 98" passenger ferry in the Red Sea is ongoing, although preliminary GOE statements are assigning culpability to the still-missing captain. Egypt's upper chamber of parliament lifted ferry owner Mamdouh Ismail's parliamentar [...] | 2006-04-04 13:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EWWT MARR EG |
06CAIRO2165 | SENIOR ADVISOR FOR AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY [...] (SBU) State Department Senior Advisor for Agricultural Biotechnology Madelyn Spirnak visited Egypt the week of February 12-18 to speak at the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA),to advocate in favor of a supportive regulatory framework for agricultural bi [...] | 2006-04-10 11:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON EFIN EINV TBIO EG |
06CAIRO270 | CAIRO AIWG REVIEWS MISSION AND GOE PREPAREDNESS [...] (U) Summary: The Cairo Avian Influenza Working Group (AIWG) met January 12, 2006, to assess mission preparedness, review its tripwires, and evaluate recent interactions with the Government of Egypt (GOE) on avian influenza (AI) preparedness and other related issues. End summary. 2. (SB [...] | 2006-01-18 17:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO ECON PREL SOCI EG WHO KSTH |
06CAIRO2966 | IRAQ: ARAB LEAGUE INVITES USG PARTICIPATION IN [...] (U) Post received a note verbale (text below) from the Arab League May 17, inviting U.S. participation for the opening session of the "Iraqi National Accord Conference" slated to be convened June 21, 2006 in Baghdad. The League asks that the Embassy provide it with the name(s) of those repre [...] | 2006-05-17 13:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EG IQ |
06CAIRO2991 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY SNOW [...] (C) We look forward to welcoming you to Sharm El Sheikh. You come at a tense time for Egypt. The Mubarak regime has come under criticism for its heavy-handed response to demonstrations supporting jailed opposition leader Ayman Nour and judges who criticized corruption in the last election. Th [...] | 2006-05-18 12:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID ETRD EG SU IS KPAL |
06CAIRO3119 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY,S MAY 20 MEETING WITH [...] (U) Classified by Economic and Political Counselor John Desrocher, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) May 20, 2006; 11:45AM; Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 3. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Ricciardone NEA DAS Scott Carpenter D Executive Assistant Mike Matera D Se [...] | 2006-05-25 08:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PTER KPAL IS XF |
06CAIRO3227 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY,S MAY 21 MEETING WITH [...] (U) Classified by: Minister-Counselor Michael H. Corbin, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) MAY 21, 2006; 12:45; Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 3. (C) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary NEA DAS Scott Carpenter D Executive Assistant Mike Matera D Senior Advisor Rich Mills D Special [...] | 2006-05-29 14:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KDEM LE |
06CAIRO3268 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 21 MEETING WITH TURKISH [...] (U) Classified by: Economic and Political Counselor John Desrocher, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) May 21, 2006; 9:30AM; Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 3. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary NEA DAS Scott Carpenter D Executive Assistant Mike Matera D Senior Advisor Rich Mills [...] | 2006-05-30 13:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECON MOPS TU SU IR IZ EG |
06CAIRO3271 | EGYPT: WEF IN SHARM EL SHEIKH PUTS EGYPT IN A [...] (C) Summary. Egypt managed to successfully host its first regional World Economic Forum (WEF) from May 20-22 in the shiny new Sharm el Sheikh International Congress Center without significant public glitches. The most newsworthy events were the meeting between Palestinian President Abu Maze [...] | 2006-05-30 15:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EG |
06CAIRO3349 | PALESTINIAN FUNDING MECHANISM: EGYPT AND ARAB [...] (C) On May 30, drawing from ref A talking points, post described USG thinking on creation of a temporary funding mechanism for assistance to the Palestinian people to MFA Palestinian Affairs Director Randa Labib and Arab League Cabinet Chief of Staff Hesham Youssef May 31. Both parties were [...] | 2006-06-01 14:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EFIN ECON EAID KPAL EG IS |
06CAIRO3435 | GOE RESPONDS TO DEMARCHE ON ICANN MANAGEMENT OF [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-05 12:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EINT ETRD ETTC EG |
06CAIRO35 | THE EGYPTIAN ECONOMY IN 2006 - CAN EGYPT SUSTAIN [...] (C) As noted in reftel, the Mubarak regime has clearly recognized the need for wholesale economic reform to avert a serious deterioration in employment prospects and living standards for Egypt's burgeoning population and to keep Egypt afloat in the global economy. Gamal Mubarak's Policy Secr [...] | 2006-01-03 09:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PREL EG |
06CAIRO3704 | EGYPT: MAY 2006 MONTHLY ECONOMIC REPORT [...] In this edition: The People's Assembly passes new economic legislation, and reform of tax administration continues. Public sector wages are increased, as the GOE opens a debate on petroleum subsidies and the future of the petroleum sector. The GOE gets closer to settlement of some non-perfo [...] | 2006-06-14 08:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT SENV EG |
06CAIRO3746 | NAZIF SLOWS DOWN EGYPT'S PRIVATIZATION PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Stock market volatility, mounting political opposition, and sectoral sensitivities are obliging the Nazif administration to reconsider the rapid pace of privatization that has been its hallmark for almost two years. The GOE is attempting a variety of countermeasures to enable the contin [...] | 2006-06-15 13:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EG |
06CAIRO4034 | FOLLOW-UP TO EGYPT: ACTION ON DOHA ROUND DEMARCHES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-29 06:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD WTRO ECON EG |
06CAIRO4142 | EGYPT: ETISALAT CONSORTIUM WINS THIRD MOBILE [...] (U) Emirati telecommunications corporation Etisalat, in partnership with the Egyptian Post Office, the Commercial International Bank of Egypt (CIB),and the National Bank of Egypt, on July 4 won the auction for Egypt's third mobile license, pledging to pay a whopping LE 16.7 billion (USD 2.91 [...] | 2006-07-05 11:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT EINV ETRD EG KCOR KGIT |
06CAIRO4168 | EGYPT PREPARING TO HOST IRAQI OFFICIALS; FORMAL [...] (C) During the July 4 Embassy reception, poloff discussed Iraqi-Egyptian relations with Iraqi Embassy diplomatic attache, Amir Abbas (protect). Asked about upcoming senior visits between Cairo and Baghdad, Abbas shared that he was working with contacts at the Egyptian General Intelligence Se [...] | 2006-07-05 14:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EFIN ECON EG IZ |
06CAIRO4169 | EGYPTIAN VIEWS ON US-EGYPT STRATEGIC DIALOGUE [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: On July 5, Ambassador, DCM, and EconCouns met with Minister for Foreign Affairs Aboul Gheit to discuss preparations for the US-Egyptian Strategic Dialogue meetings in Washington. Aboul Gheit had met the previous day with the Prime Minister and other cabinet memb [...] | 2006-07-05 15:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD PHUM EG |
06CAIRO4334 | EGYPTIAN COMMENTS ON STRATEGIC DIALOGUE PLANNING [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the meeting between A/S Welch and Elliott Abrams and Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit, arrangements for the upcoming July 18 Strategic Dialogue were discussed. Aboul Gheit expressed his preference for a press event at the start of the meeting to a press conference a [...] | 2006-07-12 15:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EAID EG |
06CAIRO4377 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF ENERGY BODMAN VISIT [...] (C) The U.S. Mission in Egypt warmly welcomes your visit to Cairo. It provides us the opportunity to enhance the investment climate and opportunities for U.S. corporations operating in Egypt's vital petroleum sector. Your meetings with Minister of Finance Yousef Boutros Ghali and Minister of [...] | 2006-07-13 16:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PGOV EG |
06CAIRO4518 | EGYPT: IMMINENT INCREASE IN GASOLINE PRICE? [...] (C) The Egyptian Cabinet has apparently approved an increase in the heavily-subsidized gasoline price, although specifics regarding the extent of the increase were not given. The Minister of Petroleum believes an announcement could come within days, although fears over domestic turbulence ami [...] | 2006-07-20 14:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PGOV EG |
06CAIRO4596 | EGYPT INCREASES FUEL PRICES; PUBLIC REACTION MUTED [...] (SBU) Egypt made a small dent in its burdensome fuel subsidies on July 21 with price increases across a range of fuel products. The increases will be welcomed by multinational fuel retailers who have been operating on non-existent margins. Price gouging in the across the economy for derivati [...] | 2006-07-27 09:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PGOV EG |
06CAIRO478 | GOVERNMENT OF EGYPT INDICATES INTEREST IN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-26 15:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EG UNGA |
06CAIRO4876 | EGYPT: GOE ANNOUNCES SHORT LIST OF BUYERS FOR BANK OF [...] (U) On August 2 the GOE announced a short-list of prospective buyers for the state-owned Bank of Alexandria (BOA). Final bids are due from the six short-listed entities by the end of September. GOE contacts have provided various estimates of when the BOA sale will be completed, but post esti [...] | 2006-08-08 13:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EG |
06CAIRO5001 | EGYPT: FINANCIAL SECTOR MOU UPDATE, PART I [...] (SBU) Since the last update on the status of the Financial Sector MOU (Ref A),the GOE has met all of the benchmarks for disbursement of USD 25 million in DSP-II funds tied to Policy Item 1 - Central Bank Management. The GOE has indicated that it expects to complete, by September 2006, all of [...] | 2006-08-14 11:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EG |
06CAIRO5019 | UPDATING BILATERAL ASSISTANCE TO EGYPT: EGYPTIAN [...] (C) Ambassador, USAID Mission Director and Washington visitors met on August 2 with GOE Minister of International Cooperation Fayza Aboulnaga and other GOE ministers and officials regarding proposals to update the management of U.S. bilateral foreign assistance to Egypt. Aboulnaga labeled as [...] | 2006-08-14 12:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAID EG |
06CAIRO5031 | ISRAELI EMBASSY ON STATUS OF RELATIONS WITH EGYPT [...] (C) Israeli Embassy Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Israel Tikochinski called on the DCM August 13 to discuss the status of Israel-Egypt relations. The GOI is pleased overall, he reported, with the GOE's bilateral response to the recent crises in Gaza and Lebanon. Nevertheless, according to Tikochin [...] | 2006-08-14 15:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ECON MEPN KPAL EG IS LE |
06CAIRO5169 | EGYPT: FINANCIAL SECTOR MOU UPDATE, PART II [...] (SBU) Reftel reported GOE progress in meeting benchmarks for the first three policy items of the Financial Sector MOU. Following is post's assessment of GOE progress on the remaining policy items in the MOU. In a boost to the GOE's overall real estate sector reform program (key benchmarks fo [...] | 2006-08-17 15:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EG |
06CAIRO5287 | EGYPT: THIRD MOBILE LICENSE AGREEMENT SIGNED [...] (U) Summary: The National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (NTRA) recently signed a licensing agreement with Egyptian-Emirati consortium Etisalat for operation of Egypt's third mobile phone system. Etisalat paid LE 16.7 billion ($2.9 billion) for the license, a sum that will have a sig [...] | 2006-08-23 13:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT EINV ETRD EG KCOR KGIT |
06CAIRO5337 | CBE GOVERNOR EL OKDAH PROPOSES "AUDIT" SOLUTION [...] (U) URGENT ACTION REQUEST: See para 5. 2. (SBU) In an animated discussion with Central Bank Governor El Okdah, the Ambassador and USAID Mission Director Ellis repeated the U.S. position, already conveyed in a letter from the Ambassador to the Minister of Finance, regarding use of the term [...] | 2006-08-24 15:39:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EG |
06CAIRO5392 | CBE GOVERNOR EL OKDAH UPDATES AMBASSADOR ON GOE FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: In addition to the request for a DVC reported in Ref. A, CBE Governor El Okdah provided the Ambassador and USAID Mission Director Ellis an overview of the current status of GOE financial sector reform efforts during their August 23 meeting. EL Okdah noted that privatization of [...] | 2006-08-29 13:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN ETRD EINV EG |
06CAIRO5461 | EGYPT: CONGRESSIONAL EARMARK AGAINST PRESIDENT'S 2007 [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) The Senate version of the 2007 Foreign Operations Bill contains language restricting the President's budget request and discretion in using it. If left unchanged, these restrictions will make it difficult to meet the goal of negotiating an [...] | 2006-08-31 15:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN EG |
06CAIRO553 | EGYPT: DEMARCHE ON FINAL NEGOTIATIONS ON STRATEGIC [...] (SBU) Summary. A GOE participant in the SAICM process reports that the GOE is supportive of U.S. positions regarding precaution, scope, a savings clause, and the Global Plan of Action. However, post does not expect the GOE delegation to vigorously promote these positions during the February [...] | 2006-01-30 15:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ETRD ECON PREL PGOV |
06CAIRO562 | FY 2006 FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH [...] (SBU) Summary. Post proposes a two-fold program that targets both regulators and the Egyptian public to build on past and current public outreach programs and focus on breaking the regulatory logjam that currently impedes the introduction of biotech products in Egypt. End Summary. 2. (S [...] | 2006-01-30 16:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO |
06CAIRO565 | PRIME MINISTER NAZIF OUTLINES GOE GOALS BEFORE [...] (SBU) Summary: Presenting the GOE's overall policy and legislative agenda for the current legislative session, Prime Minister Nazif addressed parliament on January 30. The Prime Minister's remarks covered seven pillars, five of which concerned economic and development matters, a sixth covering [...] | 2006-01-30 16:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EG |
06CAIRO5779 | EGYPT: QUARTERLY ECONOMIC REPORT [...] In this edition: The Central Bank intervenes to raise interest rates, parliament decreases stamp taxes and considers a single Treasury account, while the GOE increases cooperation with China. Industry organizations sign a cooperative agreement with major banks to finance new factories. Egypt [...] | 2006-09-14 10:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT EG |
06CAIRO5942 | EGYPT: EIGHTH ANNUAL EUROMONEY CONFERENCE SEPT. 11-12 [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Nazif kicked off Egypt's eighth Euromoney conference September 11-12, highlighting improvements in Egypt's economy and laying out his government's plans for the coming five years. His upbeat assessment was echoed by the economic ministers in the Cabinet, who each [...] | 2006-09-21 11:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EG |
06CAIRO6022 | BANK OF ALEXANDRIA: BIDS DELAYED UNTIL OCTOBER 7 [...] (SBU) Egyptian press reported on September 24 that the deadline for submission of offers from the six short-listed bidders for Bank of Alexandria had been delayed from September 28 to October 7. During a meeting that same day, Minister of Investment Mohieldin told the Ambassador that the deadl [...] | 2006-09-25 16:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN EINV EG |
06CAIRO6035 | GOOGLE'S VIEWS ON EGYPT'S ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT, [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 14, Google,s Regional Manager for the Middle East and North Africa Sherif Iskander gave econoff an overview of Google,s business in the region and opined optimistically about the improvement of Egypt,s business environment and economy, though with some reservations [...] | 2006-09-26 08:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT EINV ETRD KCOR KGIT PHUM EG CH |
06CAIRO6196 | AVIAN FLU CASES REEMERGE IN EGYPT AFTER SUMMER LULL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several new cases of H5N1 avian influenza (AI) emerged in backyard poultry farms in August and September, following a relative lull in outbreaks in the early summer. Both the Ministers of Health and Agriculture expressed concern about recent outbreaks. The re-emergence of live [...] | 2006-10-03 15:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KSTH KFLU ECON PREL WHO EG |
06CAIRO6326 | FIRST HUMAN CASE OF AI IN FIVE MONTHS REPORTED IN EGYPT [...] (U) On October 10, World Health Organization (WHO) officials in Cairo confirmed the first case of H5N1 Avian influenza in a human since May, bringing the total number of human cases this year to fifteen, six of which were fatal. According to WHO statistics, Egypt has had the second highest num [...] | 2006-10-11 15:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KSTH KFLU ECON PREL WHO EG |
06CAIRO6425 | FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORM: INSURANCE SECTOR [...] (SBU) Econoff met with Mahmoud Abdallah, head of the new Egyptian Holding Company for Insurance, to discuss insurance sector reform. Although the Ministry of Investment (MOI) planned to privatize only one of the four public insurance companies, Abdallah convinced Minister of Investment Mohiel [...] | 2006-10-17 09:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EG |
06CAIRO6444 | ITALY'S SAN PAOLO WINS BANK OF ALEXANDRIA AUCTION [...] (U) The Italian Gruppo SanPaolo IMI, Italy's third largest bank, won the auction for Bank of Alexandria (BOA) for a total price of $1.6 billion. SanPaolo will purchase 80 percent of BOA's shares, with 5 percent reserved for BOA employees and the remaining 15 percent floated on the Cairo/Alexa [...] | 2006-10-17 15:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EINV EFIN EG |
06CAIRO6501 | BANK OF ALEXANDRIA DEAL TO BE SIGNED OCTOBER 31 [...] (SBU) GOE officials told econoff that the contract for sale of 80 percent of the shares of Bank of Alexandria (BOA) to the Italian bank SanPaolo IMI would be signed on October 31. The terms of the contract require Sanpaolo to deposit the $1.6 billion cost of the purchase into an escrow accoun [...] | 2006-10-22 15:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EINV EFIN EG |
06CAIRO6524 | EGYPT: MONTHLY ECONOMIC REPORT [...] (U) IN THIS EDITION: Ramadan begins, and consumer prices rise. Egypt's credit rating remains unchanged, but interest rates for farmers decrease. The Ministry of Investment drafts changes to the investment law, as on-line trading and a new stock index are launched. Egypt's Minister of Enviro [...] | 2006-10-23 16:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT EG |
06CAIRO6636 | EGYPT: INFLATION ON THE RISE [...] (U) Inflation began creeping back into Egypt's economy in late spring, as food prices rose in response to an outbreak of bird flu. Prices rose further in late July, when the GOE reduced its massive energy subsidy. Higher fuel costs affected prices across the board, leading the GOE to intervene [...] | 2006-11-01 14:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG EG |
06CAIRO6653 | BANK OF ALEXANDRIA SALE CONTRACT SIGNED [...] (U) The contract for sale of 80 percent of the shares of Bank of Alexandria (BOA) to the Italian bank Sanpaolo IMI was signed on October 31 by the Chairman of Sanpaolo, Enrico Salza, and Minister of Finance Youssef Boutros Ghali. Sanpaolo deposited the $1.6 billion cost of the purchase into a [...] | 2006-11-01 15:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EINV EFIN EG |
06CAIRO6666 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES QIZ, RAIL EQUIPMENT SALES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an October 30 call on Minister of Trade and Investment Rachid, Ambassador pressed for favorable GOE consideration of US-produced rail equipment and raised the issue of Egypt's continued ban on US poultry part exports. Rashid asked for an expansion of QIZs to Upper Egypt i [...] | 2006-11-02 12:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON EFIN EAID IS CH EG |
06CAIRO6799 | VOTING BEGINS IN EGYPT'S CONTENTIOUS LABOR UNION [...] (SBU) THE LABOR UNION VOTE IS THE FIRST NATIONAL-LEVEL TEST FOR THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD (MB) FOLLOWING THEIR STRONG SHOWING IN 2005'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. WHILE SOME ACCUSE THEM OF BEING WEAK ON "BREAD-AND-BUTTER" WORKER ISSUES, THEIR PARLIAMENTARY SUCCESS AND EFFECTIVE GRASSROOTS ORGANIZIN [...] | 2006-11-08 14:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB ECON KISL EG |
06CAIRO680 | CONTROVERSY OVER SALE OF EGYPTIAN AMERICAN BANK [...] (SBU) Calyon Bank of Egypt recently purchased all of the GOE's shares in Egyptian American Bank (EAB),taking a controlling interest in the small but profitable bank. Shareholders immediately protested the sale, claiming that it was not sufficiently transparent, and that the price per share p [...] | 2006-02-05 12:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EG |
06CAIRO6800 | ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT NOT OBSERVED BY EGYPT [...] (U) THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE. PLEASE HANDLE ACCORDINGLY. 2. (SBU) EMBOFF RAISED REFTEL DEMARCHE WITH STAFF AT THE ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARIAT AND THE EGYPTIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, STRESSING USG VIEWS TOWARD THE AL'S ISRAEL BOYCOTT. ACCORDING TO CONTACTS AT THE MFA, EGYPT IS AWARE THA [...] | 2006-11-08 15:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN MEPN ARABL KPAL EG |
06CAIRO6823 | DIRECTOR OF US FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TOBIAS' MEETING [...] (SBU) On October 30, Egyptian Minister of International Cooperation Fayza Aboul Naga hosted Director of US Foreign Assistance Randall Tobias at lunch to discuss the future of U.S. economic assistance. The Egyptian Ministers of Education, Health, Energy and Housing, as well as the Ambassador, [...] | 2006-11-09 15:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EAID PREL EG |
06CAIRO6824 | INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ -- DEBT RELIEF [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-09 15:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL IZ EG |
06CAIRO6825 | IRAQ: ENCOURAGING ADDITIONAL EGYPTIAN AND ARAB [...] (S) EGYPT'S ENGAGEMENT ON IRAQ, BOTH BILATERALLY AND MULTILATERALLY, IS QUIET BUT CONSISTENT. PER REFTELS, EGYPT IS IN FREQUENT COMMUNICATION WITH IRAQI GOVERNMENT LEADERS, HOSTS HIGH-LEVEL IRAQI DELEGATIONS, AND WILL DEEPEN BILATERAL TIES AS THE SECURITY SITUATION IN IRAQ PERMITS. EGYPT MA [...] | 2006-11-09 16:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER EFIN ECON EG IZ |
06CAIRO6859 | OPIC: DAMIETTA PORT PROJECT [...] (SBU) The Ambassador and Nancy Rivera, OPIC Director of Structured Finance, met with Minister of Transportation Mansour to discuss the Damietta port project. Rivera explained that in order for OPIC to help finance the project, the GOE would need to amend the concession contract. The contract [...] | 2006-11-14 12:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EG |
06CAIRO6888 | CBE GOVERNOR ON BANK OF ALEXANDRIA, FINANCIAL SECTOR MOU [...] (SBU) The Ambassador, USAID Mission Director Ken Ellis and econoff met recently with Central Bank Governor El Okdah, Deputy Governor Tarek Amer, Sub Governor Tarek Kandil and Minister of International Cooperation Fayza Aboul Naga. El Okdah touted the privatization of Bank of Alexandria (BOA),[...] | 2006-11-16 15:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN ETRD EINV EG |
06CAIRO689 | EGYPT FERRY DISASTER UPDATE [...] (SBU) Despite some recent rescues, hopes are fading for the approximately 830 passengers still missing after the sinking of the Egyptian passenger ferry "Al Salam Boccacio 98" during its transit from Dubah, Saudi Arabia to Safaga, Egypt. Embassy Cairo has been in close contact with GOE counte [...] | 2006-02-05 16:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EWWT MARR EG |
06CAIRO6894 | EGYPTIAN GAS, TEXTILE EXPORTS NARROWING TRADE GAP [...] (U) SUMMARY: ALTHOUGH U.S. EXPORTS TO EGYPT ARE RISING THIS YEAR, BARRIERS TO TRADE ARE LOWERING, AND NEW SECTORS ARE OPENING TO U.S. PRODUCTS, THE U.S. TRADE SURPLUS WITH EGYPT HAS BEEN SHRINKING SINCE 2000, PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF RISING U.S. IMPORTS OF EGYPTIAN NATURAL GAS AND DECLINING EGYPT [...] | 2006-11-19 05:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON ETRD FCSCEG EG |
06CAIRO6936 | CASH TO HAMAS CROSSES RAFAH BORDER [...] (C) LOCAL SOURCES TOLD EMBOFFS ON NOVEMBER 20 THAT TWO HAMAS MINISTERS HAD SUCCESSFULLY TRANSPORTED OVER FOUR MILLION DOLLARS INTO THE GAZA STRIP VIA EGYPT'S RAFAH CROSSING DURING THE PREVIOUS WEEK, DESPITE SENIOR-LEVEL GOE ASSERTIONS TO THE CONTRARY (REF A). EGYPTIAN INTELLIGENCE CHIEF OMAR [...] | 2006-11-21 15:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MEPN EFIN ECON KPAL EG IS |
06CAIRO6980 | EGYPT: OMAR EFFENDI SALE SHOWS PRIVATIZATION [...] (C) Summary: The successful sale of government-owned retail chain Omar Effendi is a triumph for the GoE privatization program, overcoming public opposition and accusations of undervaluing a national icon. However, opponents of privatization from across the political spectrum criticized the sa [...] | 2006-11-27 10:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV EIND EG |
06CAIRO7059 | FINAL BANK OF ALEXANDRIA SALE PENDING CBE APPROVAL [...] (U) Econoff met with Mahmoud Abdel Latif, Chairman of Bank of Alexandria (BOA) to discuss the final steps in BOA's sale to Italy's Intesa-SanPaolo Group. Abdel Latif has already begun referring to BOA as "Alexandria-SanPaolo," which will likely become the bank's new name. If the name is not [...] | 2006-12-05 16:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN EG |
06CAIRO713 | ANGER IN EGYPT OVER DANISH CARTOONS EXPRESSED [...] (SBU) Egyptians are peacefully expressing their outrage over Danish cartoons of the Prophet Mohamed, which is finding expression through various official and private channels. Businesses and consumers are boycotting Danish products, and the government is publicly condemning the cartoons in a [...] | 2006-02-06 15:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL PGOV ECON ASEC EG DE |
06CAIRO7133 | OCTOBER - NOVEMBER ECONOMIC REPORT [...] IN THIS EDITION: MACROECONOMIC: 2. INFLATION: Highest rate in two years 3. MONETARY POLICY: Interest rate increase 4. FDI: $7.5-8b by year-end? 5. FDI: One-stop Shops 6. CAPITAL MARKETS: Enhanced regulatory regime 7. UNEMPLOYMENT: Survey shows unemployment down 8. MO [...] | 2006-12-13 14:39:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT EG |
06CAIRO7150 | BANK OF ALEXANDRIA (BOA): FINAL SALE EXECUTED [...] (U) BOA Vice Chair Fatma Lotfi confirmed to econoff that the final sale of the bank was executed on the Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchange (CASE) on December 12. The CASE website indicated that 128 million shares traded on December 12 at LE 71.99/share ($12.60),for a total value of LE 9.2 b [...] | 2006-12-14 18:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EFIN EINV EG |
06CAIRO7190 | GRAFT, BRIBES, AND SWEETHEART DEALS: THE RISE (AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Corruption in Egypt, long a concern of investors, opposition politicians and average Egyptians trying to keep on the good side of shady officials, is receiving renewed attention from civil society activists, media commentators, the Egyptian government and even the Arab League. [...] | 2006-12-20 07:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | ECON KCOR KDEM PGOV PINR PREL EG |
06CAIRO7206 | EGYPT PROPOSES STRENGTHENED TIES BETWEEN UN [...] (SBU) MFA Assistant Minister for African Affairs, Ambassador Massoum Marzouk, convoked the Charge on December 19 to describe Egypt's proposal to strengthen institutional linkages between the African Union's Peace and Security Council (PSC) and the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). The [...] | 2006-12-21 07:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC UNGA ECON EFIN EG |
06CAIRO7218 | EGYPT SNAPSHOT: VIOLENCE SURROUNDS CLOSURE OF FISH [...] (SBU) Summary: Citing public health concerns, GOE officials recently ordered police in the northern Delta to remove thousands of fish-rearing cages from the Nile, prompting clashes that led to the deaths of three fishermen and the injury of thirty more. While scientists, environmentalists, [...] | 2006-12-21 13:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON EFIS SOCI TBIO PHUM PGOV ELAB EG |
06CAIRO7219 | EGYPTIAN QIZ EXPORTS CONTINUE TO RISE, LABOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: TWO YEARS AFTER THE SIGNING OF THE QUALIFIED INDUSTRIAL ZONE (QIZ) AGREEMENT BY EGYPT, ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES, EGYPTIAN QIZ EXPORTS ARE CONTINUING TO RISE SHARPLY. FACTORY OWNERS ARE SCRAMBLING TO FIND ENOUGH WORKERS TO STAFF THEIR NEW PRODUCTION LINES, EVEN AS THEY MOVE [...] | 2006-12-21 14:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON ELAB EG |
06CAIRO7249 | EGYPT: THREE NEW HUMAN AVIAN INFLUENZA CASES [...] (SBU) Officials from the Central Public Health Lab at the Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) and NAMRU-3 confirmed on December 24 two new cases of H5N1 and a probable third in a family in the northern governorate of Gharbia, the most recent human cases since October (reftel). All three [...] | 2006-12-28 09:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KSTH KFLU ECON PREL WHO EG |
06CAIRO7256 | EGYPT LABOR STRIKES FORCE GOE CONCESSIONS [...] (SBU) Seeming to catch the GOE off-guard, a major strike crippled one of Egypt's largest textile companies this month, successfully extracted financial concessions from the company and GOE, and encouraged spillover strikes. While the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) was happy to jump on the workers' b [...] | 2006-12-28 13:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV EG |
06CAIRO776 | GOE ANNOUNCES ICT INITIATIVES, TIMELINE FOR MOBILE [...] (U) At the tenth annual Cairo Information and Communications Technology (ICT) trade fair on February 5, Minister of Communications and Information Technology Dr. Tarek Kamel made several announcements of note: - The GOE would issue the long-awaited Request For Proposals (RFP) to license [...] | 2006-02-09 13:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT EINV ETRD EG KGIT |
06CAIRO798 | FERRY DISASTER: RIPPLES HITTING CAIRO [...] (C) The emerging picture of negligence on the part of the "Al Salam 98" crew and ownership, coupled with a GOE response perceived as ineffective, has caused tempers to flare among victims' families. Opposition politicians and press are casting the tragedy as an indicator of GOE corruption and [...] | 2006-02-09 16:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EWWT MARR EG |
06CAIRO835 | BANKING SECTOR UPDATE: U.S. INVESTMENT FIRM [...] (U) Ripplewood Holdings, a New York based investment company, recently led a group of investment firms in the purchase of all of the public shares in Commercial International Bank (CIB),the largest joint venture (JV) bank in Egypt. The Ripplewood-led consortium purchased 18.7% of CIB, which [...] | 2006-02-12 14:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID EG |
06CAIRO90 | EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT APPROVES GENERIC COPY OF U.S. [...] (SBU) Representatives of Eli Lilly met with trade officer January 4 to provide information on a recently approved and marketed Egyptian generic copy of one of its innovator drugs. According to Lilly, sometime in December 2005, the Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) gave approval to Ape [...] | 2006-01-05 15:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD EG USTR |
06CALCUTTA103 | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS STILL STRUGGLING TO RECOVER FROM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over a year after suffering the tsunami disaster of December 2004, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands still have not fully recovered. The GOI's substantial mobilization of assistance, while initially laudable, has now resulted in a culture of dependency in which the population ap [...] | 2006-03-02 12:32:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID SENV PGOV SOCI TPHY XD IN |
06CALCUTTA137 | BIHAR GOVERNMENT STRUGGLES TO ERADICATE POLIO AND FACES [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 23 CG had introductory meetings with recently elected Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his senior officials to discuss the new state government's economic development, public health and security initiatives. Kumar and other contacts expressed a strong interest in [...] | 2006-04-03 10:02:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON SOCI ASEC KHIV IN |
06CALCUTTA173 | INDIAN HIMALAYAN STATE SIKKIM SLOWLY OPENING FOR TRADE AND [...] (SBU)Summary: From April 13-19 CG visited the Himalayan state of Sikkim to assess its political, social and economic issues. An independent kingdom until its annexation by India in 1975, Sikkim offers an interesting contrast to its neighbors, Bhutan, Nepal and Tibet, with which it shares many [...] | 2006-04-28 11:25:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SENV SOCI ETRD IN CH |
06CALCUTTA201 | TREASURY U/S ADAMS MEETS WEST BENGAL FINANCE MINISTER AND [...] (U) Summary: May 2-3, 2006 U.S. Department of the Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs Mr. Timothy D. Adams visited Calcutta as part of his trip to India for the Asian Development Bank's Annual meeting in Hyderabad. During his time in Calcutta, U/S Adams met with West Bengal F [...] | 2006-05-12 12:51:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EINV ECON SOCI ETRD IN |
06CALCUTTA211 | U.S. CORPORATIONS BEGIN EAST INDIA'S RURAL CONNECTIVITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: To bridge the digital divide between the India's high-tech urban centers and its vast rural hinterland, Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft) is working with the GOI and state governments to establish Internet Technology (IT) connectivity in 100,000 villages around the country. Pil [...] | 2006-05-18 12:37:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EINV SOCI PHUM IN |
06CALCUTTA306 | NORTHEAST INDIAN STATE MEGHALAYA STRUGGLES WITH SOCIAL AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: July 7-8, 2006 ConGen visited the Northeast state of Meghalaya to meet senior government officials and to attend a regional conference on trafficking in persons in the capital, Shillong. Meghalaya's persistent insurgency problem appears to have moderated, with the two dominant [...] | 2006-07-18 09:28:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ECON KWMN EMIN ASEC IN BG |
06CALCUTTA386 | CHARGE PYATT MEETS W. BENGAL COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 29, Charge met with Government of West Bengal (GOWB) Minister for Commerce and Industry Nirupama Sen to discuss Communist Party of India - Marxist's (CPM) views on economic development in the state and CPM policy perspectives at the state and national level. Sen was [...] | 2006-08-31 09:56:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD IN PREL EAGR EIND ECON |
06CALCUTTA411 | COMMUNIST WEST BENGAL OPENS FOR BUSINESS BUT A LAND BATTLE [...] (U) SUMMARY: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has received a vote of confidence from industry in recent months with the announcements of various large investments totaling several billion dollars. Foreign and domestic corporations have publicized plans to construct new fac [...] | 2006-09-13 07:13:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD IN ECON |
06CALCUTTA412 | COMMUNIST WEST BENGAL OPENS FOR BUSINESS BUT A LAND BATTLE [...] (U) SUMMARY: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has received a vote of confidence from industry in recent months with the announcements of various large investments totaling several billion dollars. Foreign and domestic corporations have publicized plans to construct new fac [...] | 2006-09-13 07:14:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD IN ECON |
06CALCUTTA423 | CPM POLITBURO PLANS MORE OPPOSITION TO ECONOMIC REFORMS [...] (SBU) Summary: September 12-13, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) Politburo met in Calcutta to discuss its progress since the party`s 18th Congress in 2005 and aspects of the GOI`s economic reforms that the CPM intends to oppose. The CPM Politburo plans to force a change in the Spec [...] | 2006-09-18 12:48:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV ETRD IN |
06CALCUTTA442 | POVERTY IN THE EAST INDIAN STATE OF BIHAR FOSTERS INFECTIOUS [...] SUMMARY: September 6-7, ConGen visited the East Indian state of Bihar to assess its public health issues. Bihar, India's poorest state, presently has 19 polio infections this year, second only to its neighbor Uttar Pradesh (UP),which has 291 cases as of September 25. Local officials with t [...] | 2006-09-26 11:50:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ECON KHIV SOCI KGLB KSCI IN |
06CALCUTTA453 | TATA MOTORS TO GET LAND IN WEST BENGAL COME WHAT MAY, SAYS [...] SUMMARY: On October 4, 2006, an all-party meeting convened by West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya failed to reach a consensus on the land acquisition policy for the Tata Motors Car Factory in Singur. With the leading opposition All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) boycotting the [...] | 2006-10-09 08:12:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD IN ECON EIND |
06CALCUTTA454 | STATEWIDE STRIKE IN WEST BENGAL EXTENDS THE HOLIDAY WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 9, the All-India Trinamul Congress (AITC),the state's main opposition party, called a 12-hour general strike, forcing closed most business and government offices in West Bengal. The strike was called to protest the West Bengal's government's acquisition of fertile [...] | 2006-10-10 12:27:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EINV PGOV IN |
06CALCUTTA463 | DHAKA POL/ECON COUNSELOR DUNDAS MCCULLOUGH INTERACTS WITH [...] (U) Summary: On October 5, Embassy Dhaka Pol/Econ Counselor Dundas McCullough visited Calcutta to assess Indian perspectives on security and infiltration of terrorists from Bangladesh into India and for an overview of India's economic relationship with Bangladesh. The prevailing sentiment in [...] | 2006-10-16 13:08:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS ECON IN BG NP PTER |
06CALCUTTA464 | INDIA'S LOOK EAST ECONOMIC POLICY - JUST LOOKING, NOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: India continues to adopt a contradictory attitude in its trade relations with its Eastern neighbors, claiming to seek more bilateral trade agreements but placing severe limits and barriers to those agreements to make them essentially meaningless. The opening on July 1 of Indo-C [...] | 2006-10-17 11:52:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV WTRO EIND IN NP BG |
06CALCUTTA495 | INDIA'S COMMUNISTS LOBBY FOR CHINA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In anticipation of Chinese President Hu Jintao's November 20-24 visit to India, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) has been pressuring the GOI to conduct a more conciliatory foreign policy towards China. In its September Central Committee meeting, the CPM criticized the r [...] | 2006-11-01 12:35:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON CH ETRD ENRG PBTS IN PGOV PREL |
06CALCUTTA525 | LAUNCH OF AN IT WORKERS UNION BRINGS OUT THE SPLIT IN THE [...] SUMMARY: On November 14, IT workers formed West Bengal's (WB) first IT workers union. Its creation has exposed fault lines within the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPM) and the Left over the role of labor and industrialization. The reforms-oriented Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattachar [...] | 2006-11-16 09:20:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ELAB ETRD IN |
06CALCUTTA540 | STRIKE CALLED IN WEST BENGAL AS OPPOSITION DESTROYS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 1, West Bengal regional political party Trinamul Congress (TC) organized a12-hour general strike in the state, disrupting commercial activity and resulting in some violent incidents. One government official was killed and four people reportedly injured by crude bom [...] | 2006-12-01 13:32:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IN EINV ECON ASEC |
06CALCUTTA556 | GOVERNANCE, DEVELOPMENT, AND NAXALISM IN BIHAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After one year in office, expectations remain high for Bihar's Janata Dal United (JDU)-led government. During a December 4-6 visit to Bihar, state officials, journalists, and NGOs told Poloff, however, that the new state government has to start from scratch after fifteen years [...] | 2006-12-15 08:40:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ECON PREL SOCI IN |
06CALCUTTA558 | ANOTHER STRIKE HURTS WEST BENGAL [...] (U) Summary: On December 14 the 24-hour all India bandh (strike) called by the Center for Indian Trade Unions (CITU) against the economic policies of the Central government brought the entire state of West Bengal to a grinding halt. Flights and trains to and from Calcutta were cancelled and [...] | 2006-12-15 13:27:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI EINV ETRD ASEC IN |
06CALCUTTA574 | ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS EXPERT IDENTIFIES AREAS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) Ecologist and Regulatory Program Manager Wade L. Eakle visited Calcutta November 1-7, 2006. Eakle met senior Government of West Bengal (GOWB) officials representing the different agencies involved in wetlands management and administration to explo [...] | 2006-12-28 09:52:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON IN |
06CALCUTTA578 | WEST BENGAL: MAMATA STARTS EATING AGAIN, BUT POT STILL [...] (SBU) Summary: At midnight on December 28, Trinamul Congress leader Mamata Banerjee ended her 25-day fast to protest construction of a Tata car factory in the rural West Bengal district of Singur. Banerjee's health had been declining and two days earlier she had been put on oxygen. This e [...] | 2006-12-29 13:39:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR PGOV PHUM IN |
06CALCUTTA66 | MINERAL RICH JHARKHAND SUFFERS INSURGENCY AND POVERTY [...] (SBU) February 5-8, CG visited the Eastern Indian state of Jharkhand to assess the economic development, security, religious freedom and the political situation. A new state, established only in 2000, Jharkhand is still experiencing serious growing pains. The National Democratic Alliance (ND [...] | 2006-02-14 12:20:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ASEC EIND EMIN SOCI PHUM IN |
06CANBERRA1244 | PM HOWARD STEPS OUT TOWARD THE 2007 ELECTIONS [...] (C/NF) With his declaration July 31 that he would seek a fifth term in office effectively ending months of speculation about his intentions (ref A),Prime Minister John Howard can now focus on the national elections that must be held in 2007. A renowned morning power-walker, Howard has good [...] | 2006-08-17 04:29:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ECON AS |
06CANBERRA1574 | INTEREST RATES MORE IMPORTANT POLITICALLY THAN [...] (C/NF) Interest rates will be a key political issue for the 2007 federal elections, according to a number of observers Embassy poloffs met with during a visit to Sydney. The consensus was that changes to the industrial relations laws will be at most a contributing factor. So far, the impact o [...] | 2006-10-05 07:28:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ELAB ECON AS |
06CARACAS1067 | GIVING MONEY DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE: CHAVEZ' [...] (C) On April 8, the National Assembly passed the Law on Community Councils (Ley de Consejos Comunales),significantly modifying the allocation of municipal government funds by placing Community Councils at the center of municipal governance. The measure effectively reduces the clout of mayor [...] | 2006-04-21 19:15:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON PGOV VE |
06CARACAS1209 | CHAVEZ' "BOLIVARIAN" BUSINESS MODELS: THE TRIUMPH [...] (SBU) As part of his "XXI-Century Socialism" project, President Chavez has chosen to reward business models that conform to his political vision via financial incentives and preferential treatment. The BRV has supported the creation of thousands of cooperatives, which have largely failed to [...] | 2006-05-05 19:38:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON VE |
06CARACAS1215 | HOW VENEZUELANS OBTAIN FOREIGN CURRENCY IN THE [...] (SBU) Average Venezuelans have found a variety of ways, beyond the official Foreign Exchange Administration Commission (CADIVI),to convert Bolivars to foreign currency. Options include trading Bolivar-denominated bonds for foreign currency-denominated bonds, purchasing dollar-denominated BR [...] | 2006-05-05 19:59:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV VE |
06CARACAS1263 | CARACAS-LA GUAIRA BYPASS ROAD CLOSED AGAIN [...] (SBU) On May 8, after heavy rains, a landslide blocked the newly-constructed Bridge Bypass Road (BBR) built to link Caracas to the main air and sea ports. The 2.5 km road, opened in late February as an alternate route after the closure and collapse of the highway bridge, has steep pitching a [...] | 2006-05-10 19:12:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR ETRD KDEM PGOV ASEC VE |
06CARACAS1276 | BRAZIL STILL INTERESTED IN TUCANO SALES, PROPOSES [...] Actions requested - see para 12. Summary ------- 2. (C) Brazilian Ambassador Joao Carlos da Sousa Gomes, acting on instructions, proposed that we trade licensing for U.S. components in the Tucano aircraft for Brazilian support for Sumate with the BRV. That sounds like a bad trade to [...] | 2006-05-11 19:24:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET PREL PTER BL BR IR VE UN CU |
06CARACAS1291 | BOLIVARIAN SPENDING UNSUSTAINABLE BELOW USD [...] (C) SUMMARY. Milton Guzman, the Vice President of Research with the Banco de Venezuela Santander Investment Group, said that if the Venezuelan oil basket price dropped to USD 40 per barrel (from the current USD 60.29 per barrel for April 2006),the current levels of BRV central government sp [...] | 2006-05-12 18:36:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV VE |
06CARACAS1293 | UPDATE ON CARACAS-LA GUAIRA BRIDGE BYPASS ROAD [...] (SBU) Traffic on the Bridge Bypass Road built to link Caracas to the main air and sea ports has resumed on both lanes for heavy and light traffic, with some intermittent closures. The Ministry of Infrastructure (MINFRA) has announced possible closures from 10PM-4AM to reinforce the steep pit [...] | 2006-05-12 20:21:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR ETRD KDEM PGOV ASEC VE |
06CARACAS1397 | VENEZUELAN CATTLEMAN'S ASSOCIATION: VIEWS ON [...] (C) On May 10, Econoffs met with Genaro Mendez, President of the Venezuela's Cattleman's Association (Fedenaga). Mendez has been outspoken against the BRV on rural expropriations, criticizing the National Land Institute's (INTI) support of land invasions. Fedenaga has chosen to fight the BRV [...] | 2006-05-17 16:56:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV VE |
06CARACAS1426 | BCV'S ABILITY TO DEFEND BOLIVAR WEAKENED [...] (SBU) After delaying the issuance of its financial statements for a month, the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) finally published its March 2006 financial statement showing cumulative 2006 first quarter losses of USD 136 million. These losses are mainly due to the increasing cost of BCV's effo [...] | 2006-05-18 14:54:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON PGOV VE |
06CARACAS1680 | AMBASSADOR VISITS CHAVEZ'S HOME STATE [...] (C) The Ambassador traveled to Barinas on May 18, visiting two USAID projects and a radio station, and meeting with the local bishop and civic leaders. Surprisingly, no untoward incidents marred the visit of the Ambassador to the heart of chavismo, Chavez's home state. The Ambassador reques [...] | 2006-06-08 16:00:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC ECON EAGR EIND VE |
06CARACAS1739 | CENTRAL BANK DIRECTOR'S VIEWS ON ECONOMIC AND [...] (C) Central Bank (BCV) Director Armando Leon told EconOffs May 31 that, despite first quarter BCV cumulative operational losses of USD 136 million, the BCV would end May and June 2006 without losses, and was working with the Finance Ministry to mitigate anticipated BCV financial losses in July [...] | 2006-06-13 18:43:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV VE |
06CARACAS1777 | VISIT TO VENEZUELAN CATTLE FARM AND ECOLOGICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. On June 7-8, EconOffs visited Hato Pinero and Hato Paraima, large cattle ranches in Cojedes state. Hato Pinero, also an ecological preserve, has been under threat of expropriation but has not been occupied by squatters. Hato Paraima has squatters on over 60 percent of the proper [...] | 2006-06-16 16:10:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV SENV VE |
06CARACAS1778 | BRV INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DRAFT LAW AND THE [...] (U) As part of an ongoing effort by the BRV to promote open-source software (OSS) as a "revolutionary" alternative to profit-driven commercial software, the National Assembly has proposed a draft Information Technology Law. The legislation would require government entitites at all levels (pl [...] | 2006-06-16 16:18:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR VE |
06CARACAS1897 | MERCAL: THE BRV'S MOST POPULAR MISSION [...] (U) Since its inception in 2003, the government-owned and subsidized food chain, Mercal, has grown exponentially. It now holds nearly half of the market share for domestic food. At a 92 percent public approval rate, it ranks as the most popular BRV mission, even penetrating into the upper-midd [...] | 2006-06-23 17:42:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR PGOV VE |
06CARACAS1898 | MEETING WITH OUSTED FX COMMISSION PRESIDENT AND [...] (C) Econoffs met with ousted Foreign Exchange Commission (CADIVI) President Mary Espinoza de Robles (protect) June 19. Espinoza said she "resigned" her position June 7 because the CADIVI Board continued to impose random requirements (not supported by law or regulation) on foreign currency req [...] | 2006-06-23 17:58:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON PGOV VE |
06CARACAS1995 | CO-MANAGEMENT IN VENEZUELA: THE CRACKS ARE [...] (SBU) In early 2005, President Chavez hailed "co-management" (a management model that distributes company ownership among the government, workers and/or original owners) as a powerful initiative to make the economy more "human" and "productive." Sixteen months later, a single successful BRV [...] | 2006-06-30 21:07:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON VE |
06CARACAS2044 | NOTES FROM THE BARRIO: INSIDE CARACAS' POOR [...] (SBU) On July 1, EconOff visited the Caracas barrio (improverished neighborhood) of San Juan, alongside AmiSucre, an NGO that provides specialist medical care to marginalized communities. The popularity of these medical services highlighted the need for this type of care -- and the inadequa [...] | 2006-07-10 15:46:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON VE |
06CARACAS2047 | THE BRV'S PROPOSED MINING SECTOR REFORM: CHAVEZ [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 20, 2006, the Ministry of Basic Industries and Mines (MIBAM) proposed legislation in the National Assembly to reform Venezuela's mining laws and thereby empower the BRV to increase its control over the mining sector. Modeled on its reform of the petroleum sector, the bill [...] | 2006-07-10 15:47:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EMIN EINV EIND VE |
06CARACAS2227 | REFINERY FIRE FUELS RUMORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A fire broke out at the Amuay Refinery, part of the Paraguana Refining Complex, the world's largest refinery, on July 17. Experts state the fire will result in a gasoline production curtailment of 100 to 120 thousand barrels per day and that it will take four to five months to re [...] | 2006-07-27 14:41:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET ENIV VE |
06CARACAS2244 | "TAN BARATO, DAME DOS" (SO CHEAP, GIVE ME TWO): [...] (U) SUMMARY: Record high petroleum prices have handed Venezuela strong economic growth and a sharp increase in national income. BRV fiscal and economic policies are incentivizing Venezuelans to direct this newfound wealth toward credit-financed consumption, in general, and consumption of impo [...] | 2006-07-28 18:34:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON VE |
06CARACAS2268 | PDVSA PUMMELS JBIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The PDVSA board scuttled a major gas project in March when it rejected project financing by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC),Japan's version of EXIM. The decision severely embarrassed JBIC and it is not clear if it will be willing to finance Venezuelan projects [...] | 2006-08-01 13:23:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET ENIV VE |
06CARACAS2295 | AVIAN INFLUENZA IN VENEZUELA: DIALOGUE, OUTREACH, [...] (U) On July 19, the Economic Section held an Avian Influenza Seminar in the Embassy, which drew over 20 participants from the poultry processing sector and the Ministry of Agriculture (MAT). The Seminar provided a forum to better understand the BRV's plans for Avian Influenza as well as to h [...] | 2006-08-03 17:10:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU TBIO EAGR ECON VE |
06CARACAS2297 | PDVSA'S FOUNDATION CONTINUES TO ROT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Repairs at the Amuay refinery appear to be dragging as investigators look for evidence of sabotage. Crude destined originally for Amuay is being shipped to China. Production of roofing flux has stopped as a result of the fire, which could have a significant impact on the U.S. co [...] | 2006-08-03 20:56:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE |
06CARACAS2431 | CITGO SELLS LYONDELL REFINERY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez announced that PDVSA's wholly owned U.S. subsidiary Citgo was selling its interest in Houston's Lyondell-Citgo Refinery to partner Lyondell Chemical Company. The sale comes as no surprise and is the result of a long running dispute between the two [...] | 2006-08-15 21:21:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE |
06CARACAS2489 | INSIDE BARRIO ADENTRO: THE BRV'S PRIMARY HEALTH [...] (SBU) Mision Barrio Adentro ("Inside the Neighborhood") is a network of BRV-sponsored primary health care modules largely staffed by Cuban medical personnel. Current statistics and financial information about this BRV program are very difficult to obtain. Venezuelan physicians' groups alleg [...] | 2006-08-21 20:16:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON VE |
06CARACAS2535 | THE FENCE CONTINUES TIGHTENING AROUND THE PRIVATE [...] (SBU) Two pieces of draconian draft legislation currently in the National Assembly - the Anti-Monopoly and Public Services Draft Laws - manifest the BRV's intention to further restrict and control the private sector. The draft Anti-Monopoly Law proposes replacing the existing anti-trust regu [...] | 2006-08-24 21:19:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV VE |
06CARACAS2623 | BRV RELEASES NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND FINANCIALS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The BRV,s National Development Fund (FONDEN) published a financial statement for the first time since its inception 11 months ago. Coupled with a recent presentation by Finance Minister Merentes, the documents show that Fonden has received USD 14.9 billion in combined Central Bank [...] | 2006-08-30 20:49:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV VE |
06CARACAS2624 | PAR FOR THE COURSE: MAYOR OF CARACAS EXPROPRIATES [...] (SBU) During an open session of the Metropolitan Council of Planning and Public Policy held in Caracas on August 22, Mayor Juan Barreto announced that he was going to issue expropriation decrees for all three golf courses in the Caracas metropolitan area and use the terrain to build 25,000 f [...] | 2006-08-30 20:59:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV VE |
06CARACAS2626 | SPECIAL COORDINATOR FOR VENEZUELA MCCARTHY'S [...] (C) Summary. Special Coordinator for Venezuela McCarthy and Charge called August 28 on MFA Vice Minister for North America Mary Pili Hernandez. McCarthy pressed the BRV for counter-narcotics and counterterrorism cooperation and urged the BRV to promote continued strong bilateral commercial t [...] | 2006-08-30 21:33:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR ECON PGOV AMGT VE |
06CARACAS2656 | BRV BOGIES: GOLF COURSE EXPROPRIATIONS CAUSE A STIR [...] (SBU) Summary: Opposition is mounting to the expropriation decrees issued by Caracas Mayor Juan Barreto for the Valle Arriba Golf Club and the Caracas Country Club. A Caracas municipal councilman, Carlos Ciordia, published maps on his website showing that the decrees also encompass areas arou [...] | 2006-09-01 21:19:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV VE |
06CARACAS2667 | STRATEGIC ASSOCIATION MIGRATION: THE GAME'S AFOOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: After months of speculation, the BRV has contacted international oil companies (IOCs) with stakes in the Faja strategic associations to begin negotiations on migrating the associations to joint ventures in which PDVSA holds a majority stake. Although the BRV has spoken with indi [...] | 2006-09-06 12:06:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE |
06CARACAS2708 | BRV SPENDING GROWING BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS SECRET [...] (U) From 1999 to 2006, BRV central government expenditures in dollar terms increased 95 percent and BRV central government spending as a percentage of GDP increased from 25 to 37 percent (including off-budget spending). In bolivar terms, BRV spending increased 700 percent from 1999 to 2006. [...] | 2006-09-07 15:33:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PGOV ECON VE |
06CARACAS2718 | BRV SPENDING GROWING BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS [...] (U) From 1999 to 2006, BRV central government expenditures in dollar terms increased 95 percent and BRV central government spending as a percentage of GDP increased from 25 to 37 percent (including off-budget spending). In bolivar terms, BRV spending increased 700 percent from 1999 to 2006. [...] | 2006-09-07 20:45:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV ECON VE |
06CARACAS2736 | IMPLICATIONS OF VENEZUELA'S LEAVING THE CAN AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: Venezuela's April withdrawal from the Andean Community (CAN)and subsequent July Mercosur accession has cast much of Venezuela's trade law into limbo, while its agreement to open the country's doors to Brazilian and Argentine imports by 2012 raised alarms among local manufacturers [...] | 2006-09-08 15:33:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EPET BEXP VE |
06CARACAS2825 | BITS AND PIECES FROM THE HYDROCARBON SECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDVSA's books continue to be in complete disarray due to problems with tax authorities and the state petrochemical company. The BRV is pressing PDVSA to act as a central bank. PDVSA's recent shabby treatment of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has come back to [...] | 2006-09-15 19:35:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE |
06CARACAS2831 | INFLATION GOING UP, UP, AND AWAY IN THE BRV [...] (SBU) Inflation rose 2.2 percent in August, reaching a total of 10.4 percent for 2006 and implying an annual rate exceeding 15 percent. The BRV is now incapable of meeting its inflation target for 2006 of 10 percent and recent statements by Chavez and senior BRV officials demonstrate that the [...] | 2006-09-15 21:21:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV VE |
06CARACAS2881 | CNPC'S VIEWS ON THE VENEZUELAN HYDROCARBON SECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: CNPC executives are frustrated with the migration of their former Operating Service Agreement (OSA) fields to joint ventures. They do not believe that CNPC is receiving any special treatment from the BRV and argued instead that they are in worse shape than a major American compa [...] | 2006-09-20 14:00:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE |
06CARACAS2900 | CHAVEZ HOSTSAHMADINEJAD: BRV FORGING EVER CLOSER [...] (C Summary. President Chavez hosted Iranian Presidet Ahmadinejad for a September 17-18 red carpet vsit to Venezuela, a follow-on to Chavez' July 29August 1 state visit to Iran. The two leaders reortedly signed 34, mostly commercial, accords aspart of a "strategic alliance" against American m [...] | 2006-09-21 17:40:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON VE IR |
06CARACAS298 | CHAVEZ CELEBRATES SEVEN YEARS IN POWER, GOES FOR [...] (C) In a six-hour presentation celebrating his seventh year in office on February 2, President Hugo Chavez enjoyed musical performances, conferred several awards, summarized his administration's accomplishments, announced the expulsion of the US Naval Attache, warned the Embassy against futur [...] | 2006-02-06 19:15:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ECON ELAB SOCI VE |
06CARACAS2980 | GOLF COURSE EXPROPRIATION UPDATE [...] (C) One month after Caracas Municipal Mayor Barreto's expropriation decree, the two golf courses affected are preparing to submit their legal defense. The directors of the Valle Arriba Golf Club and the Caracas Country Club are confident the BRV will not move on the decrees until after the e [...] | 2006-09-29 19:56:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EINV PGOV VE |
06CARACAS3041 | PDVSA RELEASES 2005 FINANCIALS [...] (U) SUMMARY: PDVSA released its 2005 financial results on October 3. According to a presentation by PDVSA President and Minister of Energy and Petroleum (MEP) Rafael Ramirez, PDVSA had worldwide revenues of USD 85.73 billion in 2005 and USD 6.483 billion in profits. These results shed a lit [...] | 2006-10-06 20:58:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE |
06CARACAS3042 | VENEZUELAN IMPORTS SURGING AS ECONOMIC POLICIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With implicit BRV blessing, the Commission for the Administration of Foreign Exchange (CADIVI) has significantly increased foreign exchange authorizations in recent weeks, much of which have gone to fuel the on-going import binge in Venezuela. These purchases seem to contradi [...] | 2006-10-06 21:12:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
06CARACAS3082 | MEETING WITH VENEZUELAN CIVAIR AUTHORITIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 10, Econoffs met with the president and representatives of the National Civil Aviation Institute (INAC) to discuss various pending aviation issues. The group discussed formalizing a Federal Air Marshals program in Venezuela, rumors about Caracas-Tehran-Damascus flight [...] | 2006-10-13 13:15:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON VE |
06CARACAS3131 | MEP PRESENTS TERMS FOR STRATEGIC ASSOCIATION [...] (C/NF) Chevron Latin America Upstream President Ali Moshiri (strictly protect throughout) and ExxonMobil Venezuela (XM) President Tim Cutt (strictly protect throughout) paid separate calls on the Ambassador the week of September 29 to update him on the upcoming forced migration of the Faja st [...] | 2006-10-17 20:09:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET VE |
06CARACAS3224 | RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE HYDROCARBON SECTOR [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: ConocoPhillips received a term sheet on the strategic association migration at roughly the same time as Exxon Mobil and Chevron. The Ministry of Energy and Petroleum (MEP) has made it clear that it does not want state owned oil company PDVSA to operate the strategic associati [...] | 2006-10-26 20:14:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE |
06CARACAS3231 | AMBASSADOR VISITS ANZOATEGUI STATE [...] SUMMARY: (U) With an eye to highlight USG-related activities and institutions in eastern Venezuela, Ambassador Brownfield visited the state of Anzoategui on October 19-20, 2006. When BRV meddling prohibited visits to U.S. business plants in the Jose industrial complex, he met with Exxon Mobi [...] | 2006-10-27 17:28:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON VE |
06CARACAS3257 | CHAVEZ' DOLLAR DIPLOMACY: SPREADING WEALTH AND [...] (C) Since 2005, President Chavez has verbally pledged over USD 90 billion for bilateral agreements, regional initiatives, government contracts, binational funds, donations, investments and joint ventures involving foreign countries. The total figure is approximately one third of combined GDP [...] | 2006-10-31 18:54:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EAID PREL VE IR |
06CARACAS3296 | COMPETING ECONOMIC PLANS: CHAVEZ AND ROSALES [...] (U) Consensus opposition candidate Manuel Rosales released his "Proposal for Change toward a New Social Democracy" on October 25. This platform details his populist economic plans for distributing the country's oil wealth to the neediest through "Mi Negra" debit cards, respect for private pro [...] | 2006-11-02 15:53:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON PGOV PREL VE |
06CARACAS3311 | CHEVRON'S CRYSTAL BALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Econ Counselor and Petroleum Attache (Petatt) met with Chevron Latin America President Ali Moshiri (strictly protect throughout) on October 31 to discuss a variety of issues in the hydrocarbon sector. Moshiri believes the BRV will face serious problems in 2008 as a result of a de [...] | 2006-11-06 13:17:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE |
06CARACAS3316 | BRV RELEASES 2007 NATIONAL BUDGET [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Minister of Finance delivered the proposed 2007 budget for Venezuela to the National Assembly (AN) on October 17, 2006. The budget calls for spending 115.2 trillion Bolivars (USD 53.6 billion) in 2007. The proposal assumes an exchange rate of 2150 Bs/USD, an average oil exp [...] | 2006-11-06 20:29:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN VE |
06CARACAS3345 | THE VENEZUELA-IRAN ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP [...] (SBU) In the last two years, Venezuela and Iran have signed at least 61 agreements, respective presidents have visited each other at least four times, and trade between both countries has increased exponentially in percentage terms. However, the number of joint ventures in operation on the g [...] | 2006-11-08 12:59:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL EFIN VE IR |
06CARACAS335 | CARACAS URBAN EXPROPRIATIONS SPURS WAVE OF [...] (SBU) After the Mayor of Caracas announced the expropriation of thirteen (mostly vacant or under construction) residential buildings on Jan 5 to provide housing for those displaced by heavy rains, a wave of illegal occupations swept through the city. The occupations were aided directly by po [...] | 2006-02-09 16:12:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV VE |
06CARACAS3374 | VENEZUELA LAUNCHES UNREALISTIC ETHANOL PLAN AGAIN [...] (SBU) On October 26, PDVSA unveiled their Ethanol Agro-Energy Development Project, designed to produce over 10 million barrels of ethanol per year by 2012. The plan differs very little from previous PDVSA ethanol plans in scope, but incorporates new social development models. The ethanol wi [...] | 2006-11-13 14:49:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE |
06CARACAS3375 | BRV TO ISSUE BONOS DEL SUR [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Finance (MF) announced the imminent issuance of the long-awaited "Bonos del Sur" on November 7. The bonds, issued jointly by Venezuela and Argentina, will be worth USD 1 billion and are expected to start trading the week of November 13. The bonds will likely be [...] | 2006-11-13 15:28:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN VE |
06CARACAS3402 | SERVICE COMPANIES FACE A NEW GAME: JOINT VENTURES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The BRV and PDVSA have announced in very vague terms that it expects service companies to enter into joint ventures in order to provide goods and services to PDVSA. It appears that the joint ventures will be limited to individual downstream projects at this point, but service com [...] | 2006-11-15 14:14:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE |
06CARACAS3411 | SAVING FOR A RAINY DAY? BRV ACCUMULATES CASH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy estimates are that the BRV currently has between USD 40 and 50 billion in available funds, apart from the USD 35 billion in foreign exchange reserves, distributed between the Central Bank (BCV) and private and public sector banks. These funds represent "excess" oil rev [...] | 2006-11-15 19:52:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN VE |
06CARACAS3414 | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY FROM THE REVOLUTIONARY [...] (SBU) The BRV's Autonomous Intellectual Property Service (SAPI) held a conference on November 3-4 to discuss intellectual property from the ALBA (Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas) perspective. The event brought together government officials, Cuban regime panelists, and members of left [...] | 2006-11-16 12:15:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD WIPO VE |
06CARACAS3434 | PARALLEL RATE SPIKES AS DEMAND FOR DOLLARS GROWS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The recently-issued Bonos del Sur (see reftel A) were being re-sold in Venezuela at a rate in excess of 3400Bs/USD this week as Venezuelans are increasingly demanding dollars. The demand is driven by continued excess liquidity, problems with the Commission for the Administration [...] | 2006-11-20 15:30:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN VE |
06CARACAS3500 | STOCKING UP FOR THE HOLIDAYS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Economic inefficiencies, coupled with retrograde government policies, future uncertainty, and record-high consumer spending are making shortages an increasing part of life in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Recent weeks have seen recurring shortages of sugar and milk and m [...] | 2006-11-30 15:21:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR VE |
06CARACAS3505 | AN OVERVIEW OF THE BRV'S 24 MISSIONS [...] (SBU) According to the Ministry of Finance, since 2003, President Chavez has spent USD 12.9 billion to create 24 "missions" - government funded social programs - in a variety of areas. The first missions focused on basic needs of the poorest sectors of society. Chavez then took advantage of [...] | 2006-11-30 21:28:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON VE |
06CARACAS3529 | CHEVRON'S TAKE ON VENEZUELA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The BRV is serious about maintaining OPEC production cuts. PDVSA owes Chevron USD 800 million in operating expenses for the Boscan field and seems incapable of paying operators of the joint ventures in a systematic way. Chevron has met with Rosales advisors and given advice on hy [...] | 2006-12-03 18:07:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE |
06CARACAS3548 | VIEWS ON BARRIO ADENTRO FROM CUBAN DOCTORS [...] (C) Since August 2006, when DHS created the Significant Public Benefit Parole for Cuban Medical Personnel Program, over 80 Cuban doctors have applied for parole in Caracas. Over half filled out an anonymous, completely voluntary, written survey answering questions about Barrio Adentro (BA),t [...] | 2006-12-05 17:29:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON VE |
06CARACAS3558 | WORKING FOR THE MAN IN MARACAIBO [...] (C) SUMMARY: International oil company (IOC) executives paint a uniformly dismal picture of life as a partner with PDVSA in western Venezuela. Production at joint venture fields appears to be falling as costs escalate rapidly, private companies refuse to invest due to a lack of reimbursemen [...] | 2006-12-07 15:21:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE |
06CARACAS3559 | MIXED BAG FOR SERVICE COMPANIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Service company representatives in western Venezuela present a mixed picture when it comes to dealing with PDVSA. Companies that provide services report payment problems and administrative arrangements straight from the pages of Kafka. However, equipment companies frequently be [...] | 2006-12-07 17:26:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE |
06CARACAS3561 | BRAZILIAN FIRMS SAMBA ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Venezuelan-Brazilian trade is expected to reach USD 4 billion this year, representing a 60 percent increase over 2005. This increase is consistent with Venezuela's import boom and with the growing relationship between the two countries. Brazilian firms also seem to be winning [...] | 2006-12-07 18:52:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD VE |
06CARACAS3617 | NO PLANES, SOME TRAINS AND MANY, MANY AUTOMOBILES [...] (U) Caracas roads and highways are congested like never before, leading to massive gridlock and huge productivity losses. A result of insufficient infrastructure and over a 100 percent increase in car sales during the past two years, the plight of Caracas residents seems unlikely to be resolve [...] | 2006-12-13 19:44:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SOCI VE |
06CARACAS3652 | CAF PRESIDENT DISCUSSES INSTITUTION'S GROWING ROLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The President for the Andean Development Corporation (CAF) Enrique Garcia detailed recent successes and plans for the future at a meeting with Econoffs on December 13. Garcia noted the significant increase in CAF funding and its prominent development role in Latin America. Garcia [...] | 2006-12-19 20:19:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN VE |
06CARACAS3653 | VENEZUELA: THE BEST IS YET TO COME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two days after the Presidential election, the BRV instituted several changes to customs and currency control regulations. The measures included a 15 percent luxury tariff, price controls on construction materials, and changes to the list of goods which qualify for foreign exch [...] | 2006-12-19 21:27:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN VE |
06CARACAS3667 | MEETING WITH VENEZUELAN DEVELOPMENT BANK PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) At a November 29 meeting with EconCouns, Vice Minister of Finance and President of the Bank for Economic and Social Development (BANDES) Edgar Behrens outlined BANDES's operations in Venezuela and abroad and detailed future plans to fund the development of Venezuela through promoting coo [...] | 2006-12-21 18:48:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN VE |
06CARACAS3671 | THE DO-NOTHING NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF 2006 POISED TO [...] (C) Summary. The National Assembly, although composed entirely of pro-Chavez party members after the opposition boycotted the December 2005 parliamentary election, passed little important legislation in 2006. Among the more memorable National Assembly "Bolivarian accomplishments" of 2006 are [...] | 2006-12-21 20:15:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PHUM PREL VE |
06CARACAS444 | VENEZUELA WAKES UP AND SMELLS THE COFFEE [...] (U) After the BRV doubled the price roasters had to pay farmers for raw coffee beans, and fixed the price of ground coffee below cost, a nationwide shortage of ground coffee took effect in late December 2005. Roasters refused to sell their product at a loss and hoarded it in an attempt to pr [...] | 2006-02-16 20:56:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR VE |
06CARACAS459 | CARACAS BRIDGE CLOSURE: WEEK SIX [...] (SBU) Six weeks after the Caracas-La Guaira bridge closure, transportation remains cumbersome and important sectors of the greater Caracas-area economy continue to be affected. BRV plans for a February 26 opening of the bypass road will not restore pre-closure traffic volume. U.S. airlines [...] | 2006-02-17 20:53:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELTN EAIR ETRD KDEM PGOV ASECVE VE |
06CARACAS485 | THE CENTRAL BANK: THE BRV'S ELEPHANT BRIGADE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Central Bank (BCV) Director Domingo Felipe Maza Zavala told Econoffs February 15 that the BCV's primary role these days is to mitigate/accommodate the monetary affects of the BRV's "enormous" fiscal expenditures. The always understated and professorial Maza maintained that the [...] | 2006-02-22 19:10:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV VE |
06CARACAS632 | BRV DEBT MANAGEMENT STRATEGY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Since Chavez assumed office in 1999, BRV debt stock increased 70 percent, to USD 46.6 billion at the end of 2005. In 2005, debt stock grew by USD 5.4 billion, despite an estimated 2005 total central government fiscal surplus of approximately USD 3 billion. Despite the increase [...] | 2006-03-08 20:50:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV VE |
06CARACAS633 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR US DELEGATION TO [...] The Embassy grants country clearances for the visit to Venezuela of T. March Bell, Mark Mittelhauser, Pedro Moreno, Stacy D. Williams, and Carla Menares Bury from Monday, March 13 through Saturday, March 18. This approval is granted on the condition that the travelers will be utilizing an off [...] | 2006-03-08 20:52:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAGR ECON KCRM KFRD OAS AMGT APER VE |
06CARACAS659 | CORRUPTION IN BRV ARGENTINE BONDS TRANSACTIONS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. On March 3, 2006, Nelson Ortiz, the Caracas Stock Exchange (BVC) President, outlined the BRV mechanism undertaken for the purchase and re-sale of Argentine bonds. The BRV has reportedly sold USD 1.1 billion, of a reported USD 2.8 billion in Argentine bonds originally purchase [...] | 2006-03-10 18:33:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON PGOV VE |
06CARACAS704 | VENEZUELA MACROECONOMIC UPDATE [...] (SBU) Venezuela,s strong economic growth performance will most certainly continue through 2006 given the continued high oil price scenario and profligate BRV spending this election year, which is fueling a consumption boom. We also expect the state to continue to consolidate its role in th [...] | 2006-03-16 12:03:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
06CARACAS742 | CARACAS-LA GUAIRA BRIDGE COLLAPSES [...] (SBU) On March 19, the closed bridge linking Caracas and its international air and sea ports collapsed. Chavez and the Ministry of Infrastructure (MINFRA) both stated that the BRV had knowledge of the imminent collapse and were planning to demolish the bridge, but that they didn't release thi [...] | 2006-03-21 15:19:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR ETRD KDEM PGOV ASEC VE |
06CARACAS808 | VENEZUELAN URBAN AND RURAL EXPROPRIATIONS CONTINUE [...] (SBU) On March 6, President Chavez signed a Presidential Decree declaring a "housing emergency." The decree makes it easier to import construction materials and allows for further expropriations, stating only that they will occur "without violation of the law." The BRV has fallen short of pro [...] | 2006-03-27 15:42:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV VE |
06CARACAS854 | BOLIVARIAN DOLLAR DIPLOMACY [...] (U) SUMMARY: During the past year President Chavez has undertaken an extensive dollar-diplomacy campaign to win friends and influence countries in the region and beyond. Two recent studies, drawn from Chavez' announcements, place BRV public commitments of support (donations, discounts, gover [...] | 2006-03-29 16:52:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PREL VE |
06CARACAS944 | VENEZUELA URBAN AND RURAL EXPROPRIATIONS CONTINUE [...] (SBU) Threats of rural land expropriations continue in Venezuela. The private agricultural landholders are suffering, as squatters occupy and destroy land under the complicit eye of authorities. The National Assembly also passed legislation allowing seizure of agricultural stockpiles in cas [...] | 2006-04-06 20:59:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV VE |
06CASABLANCA1233 | MOROCCANS PROTEST HIGH PRICES WITH LOW TURN-OUT [...] (U) Summary: As Ramadan began in late September, so did protests in Casablanca and other major cities against the rise in prices of basic commodities. However, levels of participation were lower than organizers had hoped. This was due in part to the fact that the GOM gained union acceptance [...] | 2006-10-31 10:39:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KDEM MO |
06CASABLANCA1298 | MOROCCAN NGO FOR CIVIC EDUCATION, DEMOCRACY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Forum for Citizenship is an NGO that promotes democratic principles, civic education, and open political dialogue. While its efforts have been successful, particularly in creating clubs to educate youth about democracy, it counts among its challenges regional instability and [...] | 2006-11-17 13:50:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PHUM PGOV PREL MO |
06CASABLANCA1325 | MOROCCAN BANKS ON REGIONAL GROWTH, REFORM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent series of meetings with Morocco's three national banks showed that while they have distinct personalities, they share a strong interest in expanding to francophone Africa and other countries in the Maghreb. They also agree that the economic climate in Morocco has improv [...] | 2006-12-20 08:54:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KDEM MO |
06CASABLANCA142 | MOROCCAN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS: OVERCOMING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Morocco's numerous professional associations have had limited effectiveness in lobbying for their collective interests and promoting social change and reform. Some observers cite conflict between so-called "old guard" associations holding back the reform efforts of newer groups [...] | 2006-02-02 17:26:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ETRD MO |
06CASABLANCA236 | MOROCCO MACROECONOMIC UPDATE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Official Government of Morocco (GOM) figures confirm positive yet low economic growth in 2005. GOM officials cite high energy prices, an adverse agricultural season and unfavorable developments in the textiles sector as contributing to restrained economic growth. Unexpectedly, [...] | 2006-03-03 11:46:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ETRD MO |
06CASABLANCA367 | TAKING THE TEMPERATURE OF THE CASABLANCA BUSINESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Conversations with members of Casablanca's business community reveal an underlying discord between the economic priorities of the Government (and Palace) and the expectations of Casablanca's businessmen and entrepreneurs. While most business professionals we spoke with support t [...] | 2006-04-07 15:43:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EIND ENIV PGOV MO |
06CASABLANCA418 | YNNA HOLDINGS: A MULTI-NATIONAL MANAGED BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ynna Holdings -- one of Morocco's largest and most successful privately owned industrial and financial groups -- is a family-owned multi-national with business practices strongly influenced by Islamic principles. Ynna-owned supermarkets and hotels sell neither alcohol nor tobac [...] | 2006-04-27 13:19:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EIND MO |
06CASABLANCA523 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES AML, SME LENDING WITH THREE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Ambassador Riley met with the Chairmen of three of Casablanca's largest banks -- Moroccan-owned BMCE Bank Group, government controlled Banque Centrale Populaire and French-owned Soci,t, Generale -- on April 26th to discuss compliance with pending Government of [...] | 2006-05-19 09:27:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KTFN MO |
06CASABLANCA630 | MORROCO BANKING ASSOCIATION INFORMATION FOR [...] (U) As requested in reftel, please find below the contact information for the Moroccan banking association (Groupement Professionel des Banques du Maroc- GPBM). The current president of GPBM is Mr. Othman Benjelloun, the Chairman and CEO of BMCE bank. Post looks forward to participating in [...] | 2006-06-08 15:15:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KTFN ECON EFIN ETTC PREL MO |
06CASABLANCA637 | THE PALACE AND MOROCCO'S BUSINESS ASSOCIATION: [...] (C) Summary: In demonstration of the palace's reach in business affairs, Morocco's oldest and largest professional business association will soon inaugurate a new president after an ostensibly free election. Since only one candidate, Moulay Hafid Elalamy, registered in time to run he is ass [...] | 2006-06-12 09:08:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ENIV ETRD MO PGOV |
06CASABLANCA773 | IT'S THE ISLAMISTS, NOT THE POLISARIO! CASABLANCA [...] (C) Summary: Conversations with Casablanca business and financial elites reveal different priorities and perspectives than political elites on the issue of the Western Sahara. Whereas government contacts emphasize resolution of the Western Sahara conflict as a national priority, Casablanca b [...] | 2006-07-06 17:32:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PBTS PGOV MO |
06CASABLANCA850 | MOROCCO MACROECONOMIC UPDATE JUNE 2006 [...] Summary: The Centre Marocain de Conjoncture (CMC),an independent Moroccan research center, forecasts a 7.1 percent growth rate for the Moroccan economy in 2006, up significantly from Government of Morocco (GOM) forecasts of 5.4 percent earlier this year. The increase is attributed to an espe [...] | 2006-07-21 14:36:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ETRD EAGR MO |
06CASABLANCA851 | ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING LAW TAKES SIGNIFICANT STEP [...] (U) On July 20th, the Ministerial Council presided over by King Mohammed VI approved Morocco's long-awaited draft Anti-Money Laundering (AML) legislation. The royally-approved draft law can now be presented to Parliament when it convenes in the second week of October. Both the upper and lo [...] | 2006-07-21 14:40:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KTFN PTER MO |
06CASABLANCA883 | HACKING ISRAEL AND PIRATING MOVIES: TALES FROM THE MOROCCAN [...] (C) Summary: The black market still thrives in Casablanca despite the Intellectual Property Right (IPR) provisions of various bilateral and multilateral agreements to which Morocco is a party. Although there are occasional high profile arrests and confiscations of pirated goods by GOM author [...] | 2006-08-01 09:25:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV MO |
06CHENGDU1250 | FEDERAL RESERVE LOOKS AT SOUTHWEST CHINA DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. A Federal Reserve delegation visited Chengdu from November 28-30. According to local government leaders, the economies of Sichuan and Chengdu will continue to grow rapidly, although environmental protection is a concern. Representatives of smaller U.S. businesses operating in [...] | 2006-12-08 05:34:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV SENV CH |
06CHENGDU1252 | HHS SECRETARY SEES SOUTHWEST CHINA HEALTH CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael O. Leavitt visited rural health-care providers in Sichuan Province and met with Central Government and Provincial health authorities on southwest China's health-care challenges. While touring the small village of Yujian, about tw [...] | 2006-12-12 11:18:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI ECON ELAB PGOV SCUL SENV TBIO CH |
06CHENGDU1256 | TAR PARTY SECRETARY TRIES TO PRESSURE NGOS [...] (C) Summary: Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) in the Tibetan Autonomous Regions (TAR) could be facing increasing difficulties, according to a scholar from the Tibet Academy of Social Science. The scholar described an internal document authored by TAR Party Secretary Zhang Qingli which d [...] | 2006-12-14 06:41:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAID ECON PGOV CH |
06CHENNAI1105 | PROPOSED VAT ON IMPORTS MAY SHRINK MARKET FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Fruit dealers in south India expect U.S. apple imports to shrink by 30% to 50% if a proposed Value Added Tax (VAT) on imports is levied. Commercial Tax Commissioners in southern states oppose the imposition of VAT on imports because they fear a loss of tax revenue and potential a [...] | 2006-05-30 10:56:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV IN |
06CHENNAI1176 | CORRECTIONS TO CHENNAI 01105 - VAT ON IMPORTED [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post has learned that trade sources quoted in Reftel were misinformed and that a VAT on imports of fresh fruits and vegetables, reported as a possibility in Reftel, is extremely unlikely. A Government of Karnataka tax official has confirmed that the imposition of a VAT on importe [...] | 2006-06-07 02:49:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV IN |
06CHENNAI1187 | IBM ANNOUNCES $6 BILLION INVESTMENT IN INDIA [...] (U) During a June 6 visit to Bangalore, India's IT hub, IBM Chairman and CEO Sam Palmisano announced the company's plan to invest $6 billion over a three year period in India. An IBM press release quotes the chairman as saying, "India and other emerging economies are an increasingly important [...] | 2006-06-08 04:08:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EIND IN |
06CHENNAI1192 | MOTOROLA ANNOUNCES $30 MILLION FACTORY NEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-09 04:29:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EIND PGOV IN |
06CHENNAI1200 | ST-CMS ENERGY PLANS TO PURSUE ARBITRATION IN ITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. company ST-CMS Energy plans to immediately begin arbitration proceedings to seek to resolve its dispute with the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) over the final capital costs of its 250 megawatt power plant in Neyaveli, Tamil Nadu. This case is an unresolved legacy issu [...] | 2006-06-09 11:36:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ENRG ECON PGOV IN |
06CHENNAI1421 | HIGH COSTS HIT BANGALORE'S HIGH [...] (U) SUMMARY: Escalating labor and fixed costs have prompted two U.S. high technology companies, Apple Computer and Pervasive Software, to close their recently opened Bangalore operations. A shortage of qualified talent at a reasonable cost is cited as the principal reason for the closures. S [...] | 2006-07-07 12:19:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV PGOV IN |
06CHENNAI1660 | TAMIL NADU TO ADOPT VAT FROM JANUARY 2007 [...] (U) Summary: U.S. companies have welcomed the Tamil Nadu government's announcement that it will adopt Value Added Tax (VAT) from January 2007. The companies remain apprehensive of the rules that will govern implementation, however. State officials assert that rule formulation will be consultat [...] | 2006-07-27 08:01:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV IN |
06CHENNAI2227 | KARNATAKA PROPOSES TO AMEND ANTI-PIRACY LAW [...] Summary: Following in the footsteps of their Tamil Nadu counterparts, the Karnataka police propose to amend an existing law intended to fight street crime to include video piracy. The ineffectiveness of the existing anti-piracy law in Karnataka prompted the local Kannada language film industry [...] | 2006-09-29 09:05:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PGOV KIPR IN |
06CHENNAI2554 | TAMIL NADU: ECONOMIC GROWTH, BUT IRRITANTS REMAIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The growing FDI inflow into Tamil Nadu, particularly in the manufacturing sector, the support the state receives from the Center due to the synergic political arrangement between the DMK and the Congress parties, the bipartisan support for economic development available in the st [...] | 2006-11-09 11:40:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ETRD ECON EINV ENRG IN |
06CHENNAI2564 | UPDATE ON U.S. POWER PRODUCERS' DISPUTES IN TAMIL NADU [...] (SBU) Summary: This message provides an update on the long-standing disputes, often called "legacy issues," between three U.S. independent powers producers (IPPs) and the Government of Tamil Nadu (GoTN). In a letter to post received November 8, the GoTN asserted that it is awaiting a directive [...] | 2006-11-17 11:35:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ENRG ECON EFIN PREL PGOV IN |
06CHENNAI2571 | IBM INVESTS BIG IN INDIA: HUMAN RESOURCES [...] (U) Summary: Riding the crest of a $6 billion investment, IBM India plans to expand its Bangalore research and development (R&D) operations and in doing so will unleash a new human capital thrust in already talent-hungry south India. The company anticipates its Indian workforce will triple i [...] | 2006-11-22 07:27:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EINT IN |
06CHENNAI2580 | D/USTR AMBASSADOR BHATIA VISIT TO CHENNAI [...] (SBU) Ambassador Karan Bhatia's visit to Chennai was a full morning to evening schedule on November 29. He spoke with Chennai-based business people and journalists on a range of topics. At the Ford Factory, the issue of excise tax concessions for small cars, piqued his interest. With members [...] | 2006-12-04 05:33:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PGOV IN |
06CHENNAI2607 | U/S BURNS IN HYDERABAD: A NEW CONSULATE, MORE [...] (SBU) Summary: A busy series of December 9 meetings and a wide-ranging &windshield tour8 provided Under Secretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns a quick but thorough introduction to one of India,s leading boom towns and the planned site for the fifth U.S. post in India. While hi-tech dr [...] | 2006-12-14 10:02:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AMGT ABLD CMGT ECON KISL IN |
06CHENNAI757 | SECRETARY SPELLINGS AND CODEL ENZI VISIT TO THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: During the first India stop on what they billed as their "The World Is Flat Tour," Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings and CODEL Enzi, consisting of Senator Michael Enzi (R-Wyoming),Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tennessee),and Senator Johnny Isakson (R- Georgia),visited the [...] | 2006-04-20 09:35:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP OREP PREL SCUL ECON IN |
06CHENNAI846 | BOOM TIMES FOR SOUTH INDIAN COTTON MILLS [...] SUMMARY: (U) The cotton textile industry in south India is in the midst of a boom as international demand continues to grow for all categories of Indian cotton products. The spurt in demand, attributed to low production costs, internationally acceptable levels of quality and the removal of qu [...] | 2006-05-02 10:20:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EAGR EIND IN |
06CHIANGMAI18 | UNIVERSITIES JUMP ON CHINESE STUDIES BANDWAGON [...] Summary. Exchanges between Chinese universities and their counterparts in northern Thailand have become so commonplace that some local Thai university presidents complain about their frequent trips to Yunnan and other provinces to sign memoranda of understanding. Official Thai government enc [...] | 2006-01-18 09:39:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SCUL ECON KPAO TH CH |
06CHIANGMAI189 | AIRPORT EXPANSION UNPREPARED FOR EARLY TAKE-OFF [...] (SBU) Summary. Chiang Mai International Airport rushed to inaugurate a new international passenger terminal October 27, reportedly to be ready for the grand opening of the Royal Flora horticultural exposition on November 1. The hasty opening put immigration controls back on manual operati [...] | 2006-10-31 08:25:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ASEC TH |
06CHIANGMAI208 | BREAKFAST IN NAN, DINNER IN DIEN BIEN PHU [...] Summary: Nan, a remote northern province that suffered through some of the fiercest fighting during Thailand's communist insurgency in the 1960s and 1970s, now aims to become northern Thailand's "door to Indochina". Situated on the shortest route between Hanoi and Bangkok, local officials [...] | 2006-11-30 06:26:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON LA VM TH |
06CHIANGMAI217 | PROSPECTS OF INCREASED CHINA TRADE BRING BOTH ANTICIPATION [...] Summary. The scheduled late-2007 completion of the final section of a highway between Kunming and Bangkok will open a new, faster route for trade with southern China. Two other routes, one via the Mekong River and another by road through Burma, are less attractive alternatives. Plans f [...] | 2006-12-12 11:18:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV CH TH |
06CHIANGMAI93 | GOLDEN TRIANGLE TO BECOME GOLDEN GATEWAY [...] Summary. Northern Thailand's physical proximity to southern China has led the eight provinces of upper northern Thailand to promote the region as the "Golden Gate of Trade to the World." Although the area is still better known as the "Golden Triangle" of opium fame, new river, air and land ro [...] | 2006-06-20 00:52:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV ETTC TH |
06COLOMBO1012 | SRI LANKA'S HIGH SUICIDE RATES: A PERSISTENT PUBLIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite broad awareness of Sri Lanka's high suicide rate, several factors inhibit the Sri Lankan government's ability to address this public health problem. Suicide and deliberate self-harm (DSH) pose a financial burden on Sri Lanka's healthcare and police and negatively affect [...] | 2006-06-15 11:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PGOV TBIO EAGR ECON CE |
06COLOMBO1032 | IMPENDING CHANGE IN GOVERNOR HOLDS PROSPECT FOR [...] (C) Summary: The unexpected resignation of Central Bank Governor Sunil Mendis, and the still unofficial announcement that he will be replaced by Senior Presidential Economic Advisor Nivard Cabraal, marks an opportunity for a weakened Central Bank to reassert its independence from Treasury Secr [...] | 2006-06-20 09:07:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV CE |
06COLOMBO1038 | A POSSIBLE WAY OUT OF THE FUEL CRISIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON JUNE 11, THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA (GSL) RAISED THE PRICE OF FUEL FOR THE SECOND TIME IN EIGHT WEEKS AND ANNOUNCED PLANS TO LIBERALIZE FUEL PRICES. THE PRICE HIKE ANNOUNCEMENT CAME AS ABOUT A THIRD OF THE STATIONS IN SRI LANKA, RUN BY THE INDIAN OWNED LANKA INDIAN OIL C [...] | 2006-06-21 03:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ENRG ECON CE |
06COLOMBO1052 | INITIAL FIRST QUARTER GDP STATS MAY BE MISLEADING [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Department of Census and Statistics (DCS),an agency coming within the Ministry of Finance and Planning, has released quarterly Gross Domestic Product (GDP) data for the first quarter of 2006. According to these statistics, GDP in the first quarter of 2006 was 7 percent mor [...] | 2006-06-26 12:16:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON CE |