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Viewing cable 07WELLINGTON509, NEW ZEALAND'S MINISTER OF TRADE, PHIL GOFF

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07WELLINGTON509 2007-07-11 05:19 2011-04-28 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Wellington
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FM AMEMBASSY WELLINGTON
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 4463
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 WELLINGTON 000509 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
EAP/ANP, EB, INR, PACOM FOR J01E/J2/J233/J5/SJFHQ, STATE 
PASS TO USTR, USPTO, COMMERCE FOR ITA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ECON ETRD KIPR PREL NZ
SUBJECT: NEW ZEALAND'S MINISTER OF TRADE, PHIL GOFF 
EXPLORES POSSIBILITY OF REGIONAL FREE TRADE AREA WITH 
VISITING U.S. DELEGATION IN NZ FOR TIFA TALKS 
 
1). (SBU) SUMMARY: New Zealand's Minister of Trade, Phil Goff 
met briefly with the U.S. TIFA delegation on Tuesday, July 7, 
in his office to solicit their assessment of the TIFA talks 
and discuss the status of trade promotion authority 
legislation in the U.S. Congress.  Minister Goff had 
discussed the status of U.S. Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) 
legislation extensively during his May Washington trip and in 
meetings with USTR Schwab in Cairns last week. Minister Goff 
explored options which may advance a U.S.-New Zealand's Free 
Trade Agreement (FTA). He expressed interest in considering 
the New Zealand's Trans-Pacific Strategic Partnership (P4) 
Agreement as a foundation for a broader regional free trade 
area. Discussions also focused on the specifics of resistance 
in the U.S. domestic markets to competition from NZ 
agricultural products. 
 
2). (SBU) New Zealand Trade Minister Phil Goff met July 10 
with  Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Barbara Weisel, 
James Murphy and Cathleen Enright of USTR, along with Ariadne 
Benissa of Commerce Dept., Khalaika Meardry of USDA, 
Wellington DCM David Keegan, and Acting Pol/Econ Chief Tom 
Walsh. Weisel told Minister Goff that the TIFA talks were 
going well and more in-depth than initially expected. The 
Minister again expressed his wish to secure an FTA and raised 
the possibility of using New Zealand's concluded 
Trans-Pacific Strategic Partnership ("P-4") Agreement as a 
means toward this end and possibly as a path toward achieving 
a broader regional trade agreement. Weisel explained a 
regional agreement could be achieved through one of three 
paths: 1) negotiations de novo, 2) harmonizing current trade 
agreements, or 3) building on extant regional FTA clusters. 
This prompted Minister Goff to suggest possibly building on 
"P-4" which is a free trade area consisting of NZ, Chile, 
Singapore and Brunei to provide the required architecture for 
an expanded trade arrangement between NZ and the United 
States. 
 
3). (SBU) Weisel explained that the TIFA discussions had 
provided an opportunity to discuss in more detail other 
third-party FTAs being negotiated by both countries, 
including the P-4 agreement. While USG internal review has 
revealed that the P-4 agreement is broadly similar to the 
U.S. FTAs with Singapore and Chile, Weisel also noted that, 
in its current form, it would not meet the requirements of 
U.S. Trade Promotion Authority (TPA). She noted shortfalls in 
many chapters, including the significant differences between 
the intellectual property (IP) chapters of U.S. FTAs and the 
P-4 Agreement. (Note: in TIFA talks, New Zealand emphasized 
that it was open to amending the P-4 Agreement if a 
"significant trading partner" were interested in acceding to 
the Agreement. End note). Goff proffered that an ideal 
solution would combine the P4 plus NAFTA plus Australia. He 
stressed this approach because, he opined, an APEC FTA is 
unlikely to occur any time soon. 
 
4). (SBU) The discussions then shifted from the possibilities 
of broader regional free trade architecture to the specific 
issues causing resistance from U.S. agricultural interests to 
an FTA with NZ. USTR's James Murphy explained the U.S. dairy 
lobby was concerned about perceived competition from NZ 
farmers and the unsettled political climate underlying 
efforts to secure TPA (What does this last part refer to?). 
Goff asked why a similar set of concerns about dairy and 
agriculture didn't prevent the U.S. - Australia FTA from 
going forward. Barbara Weisel explained that one of the key 
differences between the Australia and New Zealand markets was 
the positive influence of the significant off-setting 
industries not present in the NZ economy. While Minister Goff 
stressed the need to fight against protectionist proclivities 
particularly in light of the negative effect these forces 
have had on achieving Doha goals, he agreed with the U.S. 
delegation that the TIFA talks continue to be an opportunity 
to move forward by targeting work on mutually beneficial 
areas. 
 
 
WELLINGTON 00000509  002 OF 002 
 
 
5). (SBU) Following this meeting, Minister Goff addressed the 
Action Asia Summit in Auckland where he expounded on a two 
prong approach to advancing free trade, i.e., "Plan A" and 
"Plan B." (A copy of his speech notes will be sent separately 
by email to State and USTR.) The Plan A approach - a 
successful Doha Round outcome - the details of which he 
expounded last week at the APEC meeting of Trade Ministers in 
Cairns. At the meeting, Goff called for "a commitment by all 
21 member economies - responsible for 50 percent of world 
trade - to engage actively and constructively with 
Negotiating Group Chairs to seek a final agreement (for 
Doha)." If, however, this is not possible his Plan B approach 
envisions a grouping of "progressive economies including the 
U.S., Canada, Mexico, Australia, the P-4 countries , Korea 
and others which could reach a high quality Free Trade 
Agreement." Goff realistically stated that, "this option 
(Plan B) has not yet been tested but could be explored if 
avenues such as the Doha Round do not come to fruition." The 
Minister was actively testing the viability of Plan B in his 
conversation with the TIFA delegation (see para. 4). 
 
KEEGAN