Cablegate: France - Trade Agreement Compliance and Monitoring

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Lucia A Keegan 10/03/2006 09:44:12 AM From DB/Inbox: Lucia A Keegan

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UNCLAS SENSITIVE PARIS 06554

SIPDIS
cxparis:
ACTION: ECON
INFO: ESCI FCS POL ENGO SCIO ORA LABO DCM AMB AGR
TRDO ECNO UNESCO ECSO SCI

DISSEMINATION: ECONOUT /1
CHARGE: PROG

APPROVED: ECON:TWHITE
DRAFTED: ECON:JHENNESSEY-NILA
CLEARED: ECON:SDWYER

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RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC
RUEHRC/DEPT OF AGRICULTURE WASHDC

UNCLAS PARIS 006554

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PLEASE PASS TO USTR, BRUCE HIRSH

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON EINV ETRD ELAB PREL EUN FR
SUBJECT: FRANCE - TRADE AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING

REF: STATE 152063

1. (SBU) In response to reftel request, post has created an
interagency team on trade-related issues. The team includes
representatives from the Economic Section, Foreign Commercial
Services/U.S. Department of Commerce, and Agriculture. It will
work closely with officers posted in France's two Consulate
Generals and five American Presence Posts (APPs). This interagency
team will meet regularly to discuss relevant and high priority
trade issues in France, and provide guidance to Embassy leadership.
Establishment of the team codifies informal practices that have
been
in place for some time.

2. (SBU) Point of contact to coordinate post compliance
reporting:
John Hennessey-Niland, Trade Officer, Hennessey-NilandJ@state.gov,
phone: 33-1-4312-2222.

3. (SBU) In addition to the activities of post Trade Monitoring
and
Compliance Committee, relevant Embassy sections work closely with
U.S
industry representatives and Washington agencies to expand market
access.
USDA representatives at post report regularly on trade policy
concerns
through USDA Global Agriculture Information Network (GAIN) and
the
annual Trade Policy Monitoring Report (TPMR). FCS communicates
regularly
with the DOC/ITA Market Access and Compliance Division and the
Manufacturing and Services Division, and coordinates its activities
with relevant staff at Embassy Paris.
Post notes that trade relations between the United States and France
fall
under the competence of the European Union and not the French
Government.

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