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UNCLAS DUBLIN 001782 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETRD EFIN USTR
SUBJECT: IRISH RESPONSE TO FSC/ETI REPEAL DEMARCHE 
 
REF: A. STATE 251625 
 
     ¶B. WILSON-EU TRADE OFFICERS 12/8 E-MAIL 
 
¶1.  On December 9, post delivered reftels' talking points to 
Tony Joyce, Senior Trade Negotiator in the Department of 
Enterprise, Trade, and Employment (DETE).  Joyce noted the 
GOI's view that it had been reasonable for the Commission to 
seek WTO confirmation that the FSC/ETI repeal included in the 
American Jobs Creation Act was WTO-compliant.  He added that 
the GOI was "unhappy" with the Commission's proposal to 
reinstate sanctions automatically in the event that the WTO 
panel did not find full compliance.  Ireland would have 
preferred the suspension of sanctions, with the option of 
revisiting the sanctions option if the WTO panel did not find 
compliance.  Joyce noted that the GOI had voiced this 
position in discussions that followed the Commission's 
briefing to Member States this past week in Brussels 
regarding the draft Council regulation on the FSC/ETI issue. 
He said that Ireland was aware of the U.S. Congress' 
sensitivities to the Commission's approach, but was waiting 
to see the position that a majority of Member States would 
take on the draft regulation.  Joyce added that the 
Commission had valued the grandfathering benefits included in 
the FSC/ETI repeal "conspicuously" above the USD 75 million 
per year cited in ref B, though he could not recall the 
Commission's exact estimate. 
KENNY