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Viewing cable 07SINGAPORE1828, NEXT STEPS ON ASEAN-U.S. TRADE COOPERATION

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07SINGAPORE1828 2007-10-02 02:04 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Singapore
VZCZCXRO3822
RR RUEHCHI RUEHDT RUEHHM RUEHNH
DE RUEHGP #1828/01 2750204
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 020204Z OCT 07
FM AMEMBASSY SINGAPORE
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4140
INFO RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC
RUEAWJA/DEPT OF JUSTICE WASHDC
RUEAORC/US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION WASHINGTON DC
RUCNASE/ASEAN MEMBER COLLECTIVE
RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING 2631
RUEHBY/AMEMBASSY CANBERRA 1970
RUEHUL/AMEMBASSY SEOUL 4091
RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO 5690
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 SINGAPORE 001828 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
SENSITIVE 
 
STATE PASS USTR FOR BWEISEL, DBELL, VESPINEL 
COMMERCE FOR JBAKER 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETRD EINV KIPR ECON SN
SUBJECT: NEXT STEPS ON ASEAN-U.S. TRADE COOPERATION 
 
 
1.  (SBU) Summary:  ASEAN countries are on track to achieve their 
specific trade-related objectives in time for the November Summit in 
Singapore, GOS officials told visiting Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade 
Representative Doug Bell.  They expressed confidence that an 
enhanced trade dispute resolution mechanism will help "enforce" 
ASEAN's agenda for economic integration.  For next steps under the 
ASEAN-U.S. Trade and Investment Arrangement (TIFA), the GOS asked 
USTR to conduct an investment survey and to facilitate capacity 
building initiatives related to intellectual property and 
competition policy.  They cautioned that USTR's desire to begin work 
on services liberalization is too ambitious for some ASEAN members, 
but asked for more information about what sectors might be involved. 
 They suggested that in tandem with development of a TIFA work plan, 
both sides should think about deliverables for the planned 
U.S.-ASEAN 30th Anniversary Summit Dialogue to be hosted by the 
President in Texas.  DAUSTR Bell also raised ASEAN participation in 
the Multi-Chip Integrated Circuit Agreement.  End summary. 
 
2.  (U) DAUSTR Bell focused on ASEAN-U.S. trade cooperation as well 
as implementation of the U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA) 
during his initial visit to Singapore September 11-12.  In addition 
to his discussions with GOS officials from the Ministry for Trade 
and Industry (MTI), the Ministry for Environment and Water Resources 
(MEWR), the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA), and the Energy 
Market Authority (EMA), he also met with Verizon Business, Island 
Power (Intergen), Citibank, Hewlett Packard, United Parcel Service, 
the Singapore Association of Pharmaceutical Industries (SAPI), the 
American Chamber of Commerce, and representatives from intellectual 
property business associations.  His discussions about the FTA are 
reported septel. 
 
Towards ASEAN Economic Integration 
---------------------------------- 
 
3.  (SBU) Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) Senior Deputy 
Director (Trade Division - ASEAN and SEOM) Sulaimah Mahmood told 
DAUSTR Bell that ASEAN countries are on track after recent meetings 
in Manila to achieve stated trade-related objectives in time for the 
November Summit in Singapore.  Now that the ASEAN Economic Ministers 
(AEM) had endorsed the Economic Community blueprint for 2015, ASEAN 
needs to focus on the four "pillars" that call on members to develop 
a single market, increase competitiveness, enhance technical 
awareness and capacity building, and pursue further trade 
liberalization with ASEAN partners through FTAs and TIFAs. 
 
4.  (SBU) Mahmood noted that the Leaders' Declaration at the 
November Summit will be legally binding and include timelines and 
priority areas for 2008-2015.  In addition to an Action Plan, ASEAN 
is considering the use of quarterly updates or "scorecards" to flag 
areas of difficulty that certain countries might encounter in 
implementing their trade-related commitments.  An enhanced trade 
dispute resolution mechanism, adopted last year, will help "enforce" 
the agenda for economic integration, she claimed. 
 
Next Steps for the ASEAN-U.S. TIFA 
---------------------------------- 
 
5.  (SBU) On new initiatives under the ASEAN-U.S. Trade and 
Investment Framework Arrangement (TIFA), Mahmood expressed her hope 
that USTR would conduct an Investment Survey similar to the kind it 
had compiled to prepare for implementation of the ASEAN Single 
Window customs initiative.  DAUSTR Bell suggested that an Investment 
Survey might be an excellent initiative for the TIFA Business 
Roundtable to work and report on.  Mahmood expressed interest in 
this approach.  She also asked USTR to facilitate capacity building 
to improve ASEAN's awareness about IPR protection and competition 
policy.  DAUSTR Bell said that USTR is willing to consider these 
proposals. 
 
6.  (SBU) In response to USTR's desire to begin work on services 
liberalization, MTI Deputy Director (Trade Division - ASEAN) Venetta 
Miranda reiterated concerns conveyed to AUSTR Weisel during her May 
2007 visit to Singapore that a services liberalization agenda might 
be too ambitious for some ASEAN members; they are already operating 
under a tight deadline to develop a list of targeted barriers before 
November 2009, she said.  Senior Deputy Director Mahmood requested 
more details about the services sectors USTR thinks should be 
involved and expressed interest in USTR's help to conduct an 
"inventory" of services barriers as a way to build capacity in this 
area. 
 
SINGAPORE 00001828  002 OF 002 
 
 
 
7.  (SBU) DAUSTR Bell noted that that USTR wants to conclude a work 
plan with ASEAN's TIFA Council.  USTR Schwab's intention to visit 
Singapore during the November ASEAN Summit offered a good 
opportunity to set a date for the first TIFA Council meeting and 
obtain Ministerial agreement on the work plan, he said.  Senior 
Deputy Director Mahmood thought that timing might be too ambitious 
but acknowledged the need for a work plan; she suggested that late 
November might work.  Mahmood noted that, as both sides develop a 
TIFA work plan, they should think about deliverables for the planned 
U.S.- ASEAN 30th Anniversary Summit Dialogue to be hosted by 
President Bush in Texas. 
 
Multi-Chip Integrated Circuit Agreement 
--------------------------------------- 
 
8.  (SBU) Mahmood said that Singapore is still considering our 
request that it join the Multi-Chip Integrated Circuit Agreement. 
She cautioned that Singapore's participation could be complicated by 
the lack of other ASEAN signatories.  DAUSTR Bell noted that we are 
approaching this as an ASEAN-wide effort and that we would like to 
pursue it under the TIFA. 
 
9.  (U)  DAUSTR Bell cleared this message. 
 
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