Cablegate: Wto/Agriculture Proposal: Increasing Pressure On

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FM AMEMBASSY RABAT
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 1953
INFO RUCNWTO/WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION COLLECTIVE
RUEHCL/AMCONSUL CASABLANCA 0829
RUEHRC/DEPT OF AGRICULTURE WASHDC
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC

UNCLAS RABAT 002244

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STATE FOR EB/TPP/MTA, EB/TPP/ABT, AND NEA/MAG
USTR FOR DWOSKIN AND HAFEMEISTER
USTR ALSO FOR BELL
USDA/FAS FOR ROBERTS AND YOUNG

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETRD EAGR WTRO MO
SUBJECT: WTO/AGRICULTURE PROPOSAL: INCREASING PRESSURE ON
THE EU

REF: A. SECSTATE 199861
B. RABAT 2184

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1. (SBU) On October 31, Emboffs delivered reftel talking
points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Division Chief for
Multilateral Economic Cooperation Zakia El Midaoui, to Khalid
Sayeh of the Foreign Trade Ministry, and to Hassan Serghini,
Director of Planning and Economic Affairs at the Moroccan
Ministry of Agriculture. As in earlier discussions (ref B),
Moroccan MFA and trade officials agreed that EU proposals "do
not go far enough," and blame the French for blocking serious
EU engagement on agriculture. Moroccan officials did not
offer to put pressure on the Commission or EU members to
offer a more forward leaning position.

RILEY

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