US embassy cable - 04LJUBLJANA1081

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SLOVENIA ON REPEAL OF FSC/ETI

Identifier: 04LJUBLJANA1081
Wikileaks: View 04LJUBLJANA1081 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Ljubljana
Created: 2004-12-01 03:15:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: ECON EFIN ETRD SI USTR
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

UNCLAS LJUBLJANA 001081 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
DEPT FOR EUR/NCE, EUR/ERA, EB 
DEPT PLEASE PASS TO USTR/ERRION 
USDOC FOR ITA/SAVICH 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ECON, EFIN, ETRD, SI, USTR 
SUBJECT: SLOVENIA ON REPEAL OF FSC/ETI 
 
REFTEL: STATE 251625 
 
1.  (U) On 30 November Pol/Econ chief met with Dimitrij 
Grcar, State Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs at 
the Ministry of Economy to present reftel points on 
repeal of FSC/ETI.  Grcar knows the case well and 
explained that Slovenia considers it resolved.  He was 
not aware of the latest European Commission position 
but said he would investigate - commenting that he is 
often baffled as to what motivates Brussels on some 
issues. 
 
2.  (U) Grcar took a pragmatic view of the issue.  He 
believes a transition period as such is not necessarily 
an obstacle to closing the WTO dispute, and he is 
strongly in favor of considering this case resolved and 
moving it off the table. 
 
 
ROBERTSON 
 
 
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