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P 101138Z MAR 06
FM AMEMBASSY DAKAR
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4539
INFO RUEHBP/AMEMBASSY BAMAKO PRIORITY 0692
RUEHCO/AMEMBASSY COTONOU PRIORITY 1195
RUEHNJ/AMEMBASSY NDJAMENA PRIORITY 0617
RUEHOU/AMEMBASSY OUAGADOUGOU PRIORITY 1711
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA PRIORITY 0700

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STATE FOR EB/TPP/ABT, AF/EPS AND AF/W 
STATE PLS PASS USTR FOR AF - WILLIAM JACKSON 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETRD EAGR SG
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE TO SENEGAL ON LATEST WTO COTTON PROPOSAL 
 
REF: STATE 033793 
 
¶1.  (SBU) On March 7, Senior Commercial Officer raised the 
Cotton-4,s latest World Trade Organization (WTO) proposal 
(reftel) with Minister of Commerce Mamadou Diop Decroix. 
Decroix said he had discussed the proposal with 
representatives of the Cotton-4 in Ouagadougou and that 
Senegal fully supports the proposal.  Moreover, Decroix 
insisted that the proposal did not represent a step backward 
from what had been agreed at Hong Kong.  The Minister also 
highlighted Senegal,s support for an early end to U.S. 
subsidies. 
 
¶2.  (U) On March 9, when Charge and Senior Commercial Officer 
met with Minister Decroix on the margins of the very well 
attended &American Chamber of Commerce in Senegal,s8 
public launch, Decroix said he looked forward to discussing 
cotton during his upcoming trip to Geneva. 
JACKSON