Cablegate: Peru Position On Wto Issues Unclear

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UNCLAS LIMA 005081

SIPDIS

DEPT FOR WHA/AND, WHA/EPSC, EB/TPP
COMMERCE FOR 4331/MAC/WH/MCAMERON

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETRD PE WTO
SUBJECT: Peru Position on WTO Issues Unclear

REF: A) STATE 207068 B) STATE 204611 C) STATE 199791

D) STATE 199861

(SBU) We delivered reftel demarches to Ministry of Foreign
Trade and Tourism (Mincetur) Vice Minister Pablo de la Flor
and Victoria Elmore, WTO Advisor. Ms. Elmore thanked us for
the information but noted that the GOP continues to focus
all of its efforts on the continuing U.S.-Andean Free Trade
Agreement (FTA) negotiations. We do not expect officials to
be prepared to discuss WTO issues until after December 7.
We will remain in contact with our Mincetur interlocutors to
ascertain Peru's position before the WTO Ministerial in Hong
Kong.

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