US embassy cable - 05ABUDHABI760

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UAE DESIGNATES LEAD NEGOTIATORS FOR FTA

Identifier: 05ABUDHABI760
Wikileaks: View 05ABUDHABI760 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Abu Dhabi
Created: 2005-02-16 12:06:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: ETRD ECON TC
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
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Cable 
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UNCLAS        ABU DHABI 00760

SIPDIS
CXABU:
    ACTION: AMB
    INFO:   DCM MEPI POL ECON

DISSEMINATION: AMB
CHARGE: PROG

APPROVED: AMB:MJSISON
DRAFTED: ECON:EWILLIAMS
CLEARED: DCM:RALBRIGHT, ECON:OJOHN

VZCZCADI286
PP RUEHC RUEHZM RUEHDE RUCPDOC
DE RUEHAD #0760 0471206
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 161206Z FEB 05
FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 8245
INFO RUEHZM/GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE
RUEHDE/AMCONSUL DUBAI 4842
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 000760 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EB 
STATE FOR NEA, NEA/ARPI, NEA/PI 
STATE PASS USTR FOR DOUG BELL 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETRD, ECON, TC 
SUBJECT: UAE DESIGNATES LEAD NEGOTIATORS FOR FTA 
 
REF: ABU DHABI 600 
 
 1. On February 15, Minister of State for Finance and 
Industry Dr. Mohammed Khalfan bin Kharbash chaired the first 
meeting of the UAE FTA negotiating committee.  The committee, 
established by the UAE Cabinet on February 7 (reftel), 
assigned the lead negotiating responsibility for various 
sections of the US-UAE FTA to specific UAE ministries. 
 
2.  The following ministries and authorities will have lead 
negotiating responsibility for different FTA chapters: 
 
--Legal Affairs; Ministry of Justice 
--Services; Ministry of Economy and Planning 
--Investment; Ministry of Finance and Industry 
--Financial Services; Central Bank 
--Financial Services (Insurance); Ministry of Economy and 
Planning 
--Telecommunications/E-Commerce; Telecom Regulatory Authority 
--Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures; Ministry of 
Agriculture and Fisheries 
--Environment; Federal Environment Authority 
--Government Procurement; Ministry of Finance and Industry 
--Technical Barriers to Trade/Standards; Emirates 
Standardization and Metrology Authority (standards portion) 
--Customs/Rules of Origin; Federal Customs Authority 
--Market Access (Industrial and Agricultural); Federal 
Customs Authority 
--Intellectual Property Rights; Ministry of Information and 
Culture 
--Textiles; Ministry of Economy and Planning 
--Labor; Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs 
SISON 

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