US embassy cable - 05VIENNA2940

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FOOD AID AND THE WTO: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE

Identifier: 05VIENNA2940
Wikileaks: View 05VIENNA2940 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Vienna
Created: 2005-09-01 14:14:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: EAGR AU WTO AID
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 VIENNA 002940 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR JANET SHANNON 
DEPT PLEASE PASS TO USAID (DALE SKORIC) 
DEPT OF AGRICUTLURE FOR FAS (ELIZABETH AUTRY) 
ROME FOR FODAG 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAGR, AU, WTO, AID 
SUBJECT: FOOD AID AND THE WTO: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE 
 
REF: STATE 155973 
 
1.  On August 25-26, Post conveyed reftel nonpaper on 
proposed reform recommendations for the FAO's Consultative 
Subcommittee on Surplus Disposal (CSSD) to Gabriella 
Habermayer, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Multilateral 
Trade Division; to Friedrich Huemer, Head of the Ministry of 
Agriculture's International Trade Division; and to Franz 
Hoerlberger, the MFA's point-of contact for FAO issues.  In 
an August 31 follow-up discussion with Econ Unit Chief, 
Habermayer agreed that the WTO was not the proper form to 
monitor food aid disciplines.  Habermayer added that, in 
principle, the GoA supported a reform of the CSSD, but she 
questioned whether it was feasible to reform the moribund 
CSSD thoroughly.  Nevertheless, Habermayer said the GoA would 
support a convocation of a working group, under the auspices 
of the FAO, to evaluate CSSD reform proposals. 
Brown 

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