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### Viewing cable 06BRASILIA786, BRAZIL/MERCOSUL BILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATING PRIORITIES

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    UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 05 BRASILIA 000786

    SIPDIS

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    TAGS: ETRD KIPR ECON BR
    SUBJECT:  BRAZIL/MERCOSUL BILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATING PRIORITIES

    REFS:  (A) 05 Brasilia 3052, B) Pretoria 1331

    BRASILIA 00000786  001.2 OF 005

    ¶1. SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED

    ¶2. (U) Introduction and Summary.  This cable is intended to provide
    a brief overview of Mercosul's bilateral trade negotiations.  The
    following information is based primarily on Econoff's conversations
    with Orlando Leite Ribeiro of the Foreign Ministry's Regional
    Integration Division (who covers negotiations with countries within
    Latin America), and Ernesto Henrique Araujo, head of the Division of
    European Union and Extra-Regional Trade Negotiations (who covers all
    other bilateral and inter-regional negotiations).

    ¶3. (U) In line with its foreign policy tilt toward developing
    countries and desire to reduce reliance on major trading partners,
    Brazil's, and by extension Mercosul's, trade negotiating priorities
    for 2006 continue to reflect an interest in nurturing
    non-traditional export markets of geopolitical value.  Within the
    western hemisphere, Mercosul plans to concentrate its efforts on
    completing an FTA with Cuba, while FTAs with Israel and countries of
    the Gulf Cooperation Council are also on tap for this year,
    according to Brazilian officials.  The GoB continues to express
    optimism that Mercosul-EU trade talks can be wrapped up before
    conclusion of the WTO Doha Development Agenda (DDA) negotiations,
    despite EU rhetoric and action that suggests otherwise.  Unless
    noted, the Mercosul trade negotiations discussed below cover only
    trade in goods.  End Introduction and Summary.

    CLOSE TO HOME - Trade Integration Stalls in Western Hemisphere

    ¶4. (SBU) After Mercosul's push in 2004 to complete FTAs with
    countries of the Andean Community, further regional trade
    integration has slowed.  Mercosul's FTAs with Colombia, Ecuador, and
    Venezuela came into force in February 2005 and with Peru in December
    2005, adding to existing agreements with Bolivia and Chile, but no
    new trade agreements have since been concluded with regional trade
    partners.

    ¶5. (SBU) Cuba:  Started in 2005, Ribeiro identified the conclusion
    of FTA talks with Cuba as a Mercosul and Brazilian priority for
    ¶2006.  Work to consolidate existing trade agreements between Cuba
    and the individual Mercosul members is already complete, paving the
    way for discussions on how to expand them into a full-fledged,
    goods-only, free-trade agreement with the bloc.  Although an FTA is
    a prerequisite for associate membership in Mercosul, Ribeiro voiced
    doubts that negotiations would lead to this for Cuba, suggesting
    that associate membership only makes sense for countries in close
    geographic proximity since associate member discussions focus on
    border and physical integration issues.

    ¶6. (U) Chile:  Mercosul launched discussions with Chile in 2005
    intended to expand the 97 percent product coverage of their existing
    goods-only FTA (Complementary Economic Agreement [ACE] 35) and to
    add services.  Mercosul hopes to have a draft services agreement by
    June and to conclude talks by year-end.  [Note. Brazil's interest in
    expanding Mercosul's existing ACE with associate member Chile is in
    part driven by criticism from Brazil's private sector, led by former
    Ambassador to the U.S. Rubens Barbosa, over erosion of Brazil's
    trade preferences resulting from U.S. FTAs with Chile and other
    Latin American partners.]

    ¶7. (U) Bolivia: Mercosul is looking to expand the product coverage
    of its FTA with Bolivia (ACE 36) up from the current 90 percent.
    Although President Lula has publicly made overtures to Bolivia to

    BRASILIA 00000786  002.2 OF 005

    upgrade from associate to full membership with the bloc, no formal
    invitation had been extended to Bolivia as of mid-April as Mercosul
    continued to deliberate on the issue.

    ¶8. (SBU) Venezuela:  During the Mercosul Summit in December 2005,
    Ministers set a one year deadline for negotiating a program of
    accession to full membership status for Venezuela (ref A).
    According to Ribeiro, negotiations with Venezuela on establishing a
    program for accelerated tariff reductions are tough and slow-going.
    Ribeiro described Venezuelan trade officials as "not very happy,"
    given that the number of Venezuelan tariff lines already consistent
    with Mercosul's Common External Tariff number only in the single
    digits.  Ribeiro noted that the accession program would include a
    timeline for Venezuela's compliance, which could extend to many
    years.

    ¶9. (U) Peru, Colombia, Ecuador: Prompted by concern over dislocation
    of Brazilian suppliers in the Andean market, according to press
    reports, Foreign Minister Amorim has already informally alerted
    these countries that Mercosul intends to invoke a provision of the
    bloc's Economic Complementary Agreements (ACE 58 and 59) negotiated
    under ALADI rules, which would obligate these countries to extend to
    Mercosul the same concessions provided to the United States through
    bilateral FTAs.  After eliminating import tariffs for US products,
    the FTA partner would reportedly have 90 days in which to negotiate
    the elimination of barriers to Mercosul products.  Reports suggest
    that the economic impact of such a move could be significant given
    the asymmetric nature of the ACEs, which currently provide for a
    very gradual reduction in Andean tariffs for Mercosul products.

    ¶10. (SBU) Mexico: Despite plans at the beginning of 2005 to
    negotiate a comprehensive FTA (goods only) between the bloc and
    Mexico, Ribeiro said Mexico chose not to move forward.  Instead,
    Mexico has repeatedly pressed Mercosul to grant it associate
    membership without first having the necessary FTA in place.  The GoM
    argued that its auto agreement with the bloc, its FTA with Uruguay
    and its partial trade agreements with the other three Mercosul
    partners should be sufficient.  According to Ribeiro, Mexico again
    during the December 2005 Mercosul Summit made the pitch for granting
    it associate membership without a comprehensive FTA, but was
    rebuffed once more.  Speculating that Mexico might have concluded
    that an FTA would worsen its trade deficit with the bloc, Rebeiro
    stated that the GoB is unwilling to make an exception for Mexico
    that would set a bad precedent for future negotiations.

    ¶11. (SBU) CARICOM:  Free-trade negotiations continue with countries
    of CARICOM, but without urgency.  Although Ribeiro characterized the
    negotiations as "not complicated" and predicted a substantially
    asymmetric agreement in CARICOM's favor, there is no deadline for
    talks and CARICOM is setting the pace.

    ¶12. (SBU) SICA:  Negotiations with the System for Central American
    Integration (SICA) countries are on-hold.  Ribeiro claimed that
    despite having signed a work program for negotiations with SICA
    foreign ministers in late 2004, SICA trade ministers had different
    priorities, such as implementing the CAFTA-DR agreement with the US
    and more recently preparing to launch free-trade talks with the EU.

    ¶13. (SBU) Dominican Republic and Panama:  There are separate work
    programs for FTA talks with the Dominican Republic and Panama, which
    are proceeding at a measured pace, with usually two meetings
    scheduled per year.

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    ¶14. (U) Outside the region, Mercosul is attempting to keep the
    Mercosul-EU negotiations alive, deepen its strategic trade
    relationship with India and the Southern African Customs Union
    (SACU), and make new trade inroads in the Middle East through
    negotiations with Israel and countries of the Gulf Cooperation
    Council.

    ¶15. (SBU) European Union:  Like one of Brazil's popular telenovelas,
    the saga of Mercosul-EU FTA negotiations goes on.  The GoB once
    again set itself up for a fall when on the eve of talks in Brussels
    in early March, it announced with much fanfare that the negotiations
    had "restarted," with both sides expected to bring fresh proposals
    to the table.  Less than a week later, press accounts talked of the
    door being slammed (again) in Mercosul's face.  The negative
    assessment of progress made during the Brussels meeting was
    reinforced by the Foreign Ministry's IPR Chief, who admitted to
    Econoff that the EU had brought IPR negotiations back to square one
    by reneging on its offer to relent on its Geographical Indications
    demands and negotiate something along the line of the US-EU Wine
    Agreement.

    ¶16. (SBU) Extra-Regional Negotiations Chief Ernesto Araujo gave a
    more positive spin to the meeting.  He downplayed the notion that
    the meeting was convened to "restart" the negotiations, pointing out
    thatMinisters had agreed to the meeting, and its new format, late
    last year.  By "new format," Araujo was referring to the decision to
    focus discussion on three major negotiation components -- services,
    agriculture, and flexibilities (asymmetric treatment for Mercosul).
    The idea, according to Araujo, was to address these most difficult
    issues by crafting a proposal in the form of a comprehensive package
    of trade-offs, rather than as a one-sided offer of concessions,
    which has been the traditional approach.

    ¶17. (SBU) While the EU did not offer any new proposals, Araujo was
    upbeat about the prospect that Mercosul's own "packaged" offer,
    which identifies the concessions it seeks in agriculture for the
    concessions it is willing to make in services, might move the
    negotiations forward.  Furthermore, Araujo claimed that as a result
    of bilateral meetings in late March, Foreign Minister Amorim was
    able to move EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson off his well-publicized
    position that the Mercosul-EU negotiations could not conclude until
    after the WTO Doha negotiations.  [Note. This is in contrast to
    comments made to Econoff in early April by EU Trade Officer-Brasilia
    that the bilateral negotiations with Mercosul are not an EU priority
    and will not be completed ahead of Doha.]

    ¶18. (SBU) India and SACU:  As noted in previous reporting (ref B),
    neither the Mercosul-SACU nor Mercosul-India partial, trade
    preference agreements signed in December 2004 and March 2005,
    respectively, have entered into force.  However, that has not held
    back Mercosul in seeking to upgrade or deepen the agreements,
    according to Araujo.  Laying out the bigger picture, Araujo
    explained that Mercosul will work this year with SACU (principally
    South Africa) and India to expand their initial, partial agreements,
    while a separate working group will explore possible negotiation of
    a trilateral free-trade agreement.  While there is a lot of
    enthusiasm for the idea of a trilateral FTA, Araujo cautioned that a
    final decision will depend on what the working group produces by the
    end of the year.  Araujo denied press reports that the potential
    trilateral agreement would include IPR provisions, stating that the
    GoB is not interested in negotiating TRIPS plus provisions with
    anyone.  Likewise, on services and investment, he said talks in
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    access commitments; he gave examples of allowing code-sharing as a
    way of affecting air services without a GATS type negotiation.

    ¶19. (SBU) On the bilateral side, talks are underway with SACU to add
    a couple thousand, more commercially relevant products to the
    partial agreement by mid-year.  Mercosul also hopes to conclude a
    separate agreement on the automotive sector in the same timeframe.
    Araujo said talks with India are proving more difficult due to
    India's sensitivity in the agricultural sector, but work is
    continuing to expand the initial agreement.  In all these
    discussions, Araujo declined to provide product specific details.

    ¶20. (SBU) Israel:  Araujo said Mercosul negotiations on a goods-only
    FTA with Israel should wrap up by June.  Israel was not interested
    in including services or investment components in the agreement,
    according to Araujo.

    ¶21. (SBU) Gulf Cooperation Council (CCG):  Building on momentum
    created during the South American-Arab Summit in Brasilia in March
    2005, Mercosul launched FTA negotiations covering goods, services
    and investment with countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (Saudi
    Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and United Arab Emirates) last
    November.  Araujo predicted a relatively straightforward negotiation
    given the complementary nature of the Mercosul and GCC economies
    and, in particular, the lack of agricultural sensitivities in the
    GCC countries.  Negotiations are expected to conclude by year-end.

    ¶22. (SBU) Egypt and Morocco:  Araujo described the separate partial,
    trade preference talks with these two countries as going slowly,
    with neither side pressing to move quickly.

    ¶23. (U) South Korea: A feasibility study on potential free-trade
    negotiations is due to be completed by year-end.

    COMMENT

    ¶24. (SBU) GoB officials point to increased trade diversification in
    2005 as vindication of the GoB's policy of prioritizing trade within
    the region and with strategic, non-traditional trade partners.  In
    2005, Brazilian exports to ALADI (Latin American Integration
    Association) members, including its Mercosul partners, grew by 29.1%
    to reach $25.4 billion, or 21.5% of Brazil's total exports, and
    exceeding exports to the United States ($22.5 billion).  Export
    growth to Brazil's strategic non-traditional markets, such as South
    Africa (32.2%), India (74.5%), and the countries of the Gulf
    Cooperation Council (31.6%) also easily outstripped the overall
    export growth rate of 22.6%, even without new trade agreements yet
    being in-force.  When pressed, however, trade officials concede that
    these impressive growth rates are calculated off extremely low
    starting points.

    ¶25. (SBU) For instance, in 2005, even with substantial growth, only
    1.2% of Brazil's exports were destined for South Africa; 1.0% for
    India and 2.1% for the Gulf Cooperation Council countries.  Exports
    to Israel and Cuba each received only about 0.2% of Brazil's exports
    last year.  While exports to Brazil's main traditional markets of
    the EU and United States showed less robust growth of 9.7% and 12.1%
    respectively in 2005, they still absorbed 22.4% and 19.2% of
    Brazil's exports.

    ¶26. (SBU) While no one is arguing that increasing exports to
    non-traditional markets is a negative development, current trade
    figures will not be sufficient to quell private sector criticism
    that large potential gains with Brazil's more economically

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    significant trading partners are being sacrificed as a result of
    current GoB priorities.  Nonetheless, given the entrenched
    perspective on this issue within President Lula's administration, we
    only foresee a change in GoB trade priorities and policy should
    presidential elections in October result in a change of government.

    MINIMIZE CONSIDERED.

    LINEHAN

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