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Viewing cable 07BOGOTA7998, USTR SCHWAB-LED CODEL DISCUSSES COLOMBIA TRADE

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07BOGOTA7998 2007-11-08 21:10 2011-08-30 01:44 CONFIDENTIAL Embassy Bogota
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INFO RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA 7858
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BOGOTA 007998 
 
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SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
USTR FOR MCARRILLO STATE FOR WHA/EPSC AND EEB/TPP/BTA 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/07/2017 
TAGS: ETRD PGOV PREL ECON OVIP USTR USDA CO
SUBJECT: USTR SCHWAB-LED CODEL DISCUSSES COLOMBIA TRADE 
PROMOTION AGREEMENT WITH PRESIDENT URIBE 
 
Classified By: AMBASSADOR WILLIAM R. BROWNFIELD FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) & ( 
D) 
 
1. (U) Sunday, November 3, 2007;  8:00 - 10:00 a.m. 
 
2. (U) Participants: 
 
U.S. 
USTR Ambassador Susan Schwab 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture Chuck Conner 
Ambassador William R. Brownfield 
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) 
Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-AK) 
Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) 
Rep. John Tanner (D-TN) 
Rep. Roger Wicker (R-MS) 
Rep. Dennis Cardoza (D-CA) 
Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) 
Demetrios Marantis - Majority Trade Counsel, SFC 
Robert Holifield - Office of Sen. Lincoln 
Jen Olson - Office of Sen. Graham 
Jonathan Hale - Office of Sen. Cantwell 
Kevin Kramp - House Ag Committee 
David Burns, Office of Rep. Tanner 
AUSTR Everett Eissenstat 
AUSTR Sean Spicer 
DAUSTR Andy Olson 
USDA Deputy U/S Ellen Terpstra 
USDA A/S Linda Strachen 
USDA Communications Director Terri Teuber 
Economic Counselor Larry Gumbiner 
Deputy Economic Counselor William Popp (notetaker) 
 
Colombia 
President Alvaro Uribe 
Minister of Defense, Juan Manuel Santos 
Minister of Trade, Luis Plata 
Colombian Ambassador to the U.S. Carolina Barco 
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Camilo Reyes 
Vice Minister of Agriculture Fernando Arbelaez 
National Reintegration Program Director Frank Pearl 
Special Envoy for FTA, Sandra Suarez 
Secretary to the President, Alicia Arango 
 
SIPDIS 
MFA Coordinator for North America, Patricia Cortes 
Trade Ministry Advisor Santiago Ospina 
 
3. (C) SUMMARY: USTR Ambassador Schwab, Acting USDA Secretary 
Conner and Members of Congress met with President Uribe 
regarding the importance of the U.S.-Colombian Trade 
Promotion Agreement (CTPA) to Colombia's economic and 
political development.  Schwab and Conner both praised 
Colombia's progress, reiterated President Bush's commitment 
to the CTPA, and noted that the USG continues to encourage 
Members of Congress to visit Colombia and see the progress 
for themselves.  President Uribe outlined Colombia's advances 
on security, counternarcotics, human rights and poverty 
reduction.  He reiterated his government's commitment to 
eliminating impunity and asked that the U.S. Congress not 
delay approving the CTPA, which he said Colombia needs to 
consolidate its gains.  Members of Congress congratulated the 
Uribe Administration on its successes and inquired about 
local union opposition to the CTPA, progress on prosecutions 
of labor violence, reintegration efforts, and public 
security.  END SUMMARY 
 
Not Paradise, But Getting Better 
-------------------------------- 
 
4. (C) President Uribe explained that Colombia has made 
significant progress, with USG assistance, in reducing 
violence, establishing state authority in large areas of the 
country, and increasing economic opportunity.  Noting that 
previous Congressional delegations had suggested the GOC make 
a dramatic movement to demonstrate improvements, the 
President hailed the October 28 local and departmental 
elections as a tangible indicator of the GOC's progress in 
dismantling paramilitary and guerrilla influence.  The 
President described the low level of violence and the large 
increase in the number of candidates participating (87,000 in 
2007 vs. 45,000 in 2000) as proof that Colombia has 
successfully recovered state authority throughout the 
country.  He characterized the CTPA as vital to economically 
and politically reinforcing these gains. 
 
 
The Stakes 
---------- 
 
5. (C) President Uribe stated that "we are winning (against 
illegal armed groups), but we have not won yet".  He added 
that while the CTPA may not hold great economic significance 
for the U.S., the agreement remains very important to 
fostering private investment in Colombia.  Only through such 
increased investment and business activity can Colombia 
continue to reduce the poverty that fuels coca cultivation 
and insurgency.  Politically, President Uribe said the 
agreement was important for both countries.  He stressed 
Colombia's position as the United States' closet ally in the 
region and its willingness to work closely with the U.S. 
despite trends in the region pushing back against pluralism 
and economic liberalization.  The President noted that 
failure to pass the CTPA would put the GOC in the awkward 
position of explaining to Colombians and others in the region 
why the U.S. entered into free trade agreements with other 
nations but not with Colombia. 
 
6. (C) Representative Goodlatte asked whether Venezuela's 
interference in the region would increase.  President Uribe 
noted that Colombia's long border with Venezuela and its 
growing trade relationship required the GOC to handle its 
relationship with Venezuela carefully.  The President said 
that he has frank private conversations with President Chavez 
to encourage Venezuela to uphold democratic values and 
cooperate more closely with Colombia against illegal armed 
groups.  In public, however, he speaks cautiously to avoid 
direct conflict.  The President indicated that a CTPA failure 
will make it more difficult to defend the democratic values 
and cooperation with the U.S. that Colombia now represents in 
the region. 
 
Union Opposition and Efforts to Reduce Impunity 
--------------------------------------------- -- 
 
7. (C)  In response to a question from Representative Wicker 
about labor union opposition to the CTPA, President Uribe 
said he meets every six weeks with union leaders to discuss 
their concerns on labor issues as well as the CTPA.  He 
explained that public sector unions opposed the CTPA for 
political purposes due to their resistance to Uribe 
administration efforts to reform public sector companies.  He 
pointed out that private sector unions expressed much more 
support as they had a direct interest in increasing 
investment to expand employment and restructure failing 
industries. 
 
8. (C) Senator Cantwell noted the high number of unsolved 
cases of violence against labor leaders and encouraged the 
GOC to take all steps possible to eliminate impunity.  She 
said slow progress on prosecutions fueled the belief that 
some in Colombia do not want to see justice served. 
President Uribe responded that the overall number of 
homicides in Colombia, including against union members, fell 
from almost 35,000 in 2002 to 17,400 in 2006 and that the GOC 
expected a further five percent decrease in 2007.  He 
emphasized that his administration had committed to doing 
even more to bring down this rate.  For example, despite 
fiscal constraints, the GOC continued to increase the number 
of unionists, journalists, and human rights activists in the 
national protection program, at a cost of over USD 40 million 
in 2007.  Likewise, under the new accusatory criminal justice 
system, prosecutions now move more rapidly.  The President 
said the GOC would begin providing regular monthly updates on 
prosecutions to the U.S. Congress. 
 
9. (C) President Uribe also pointed out that his 
administration, unlike previous ones, had not given blanket 
amnesty to paramilitaries or guerrillas but rather required 
confession, reparation and justice with prison sentences and 
disbarment from public office.  He contrasted this approach 
with the pardons previous administrations gave to M-19 
guerrillas in the 1980s and 1990s that allowed some of them 
to now serve in the Colombian congress.  The President added 
that the GOC had extradited almost 700 narcotics traffickers 
and criminals to the United States in the last five years 
versus only 60 prior to his administration. 
 
Progress on Reintegration and Public Security 
 
--------------------------------------------- 
 
10. (C) Senator Lincoln praised efforts in Medellin to 
reintegrate displaced and demobilized persons and asked about 
GOC plans to replicate the efforts nationwide.  The President 
said the GOC had demobilized 46,000 former illegal combatants 
to date and continues integrating displaced persons as well. 
However, finding employment remains difficult.  National 
Reintegration Director Frank Pearl said that of the 19,000 
demobilized combatants now employed, 74 percent worked in the 
informal economy.  He stressed that the CTPA institutes the 
best way to encourage the investment needed to create formal 
sector jobs and economic opportunity for these vulnerable 
populations. 
 
11. (C) Rep. Tanner suggested that the GOC redouble efforts 
to convey in Washington its progress in expanding state 
presence and public security in Colombia.  President Uribe 
welcomed the suggestion and highlighted GOC increases in 
security spending as well as its progress in reducing 
narcotics cultivation.  However, he said Colombia's vast 
areas, difficult terrain, and long delays in receiving 
military equipment purchased from the U.S. complicated 
efforts to completely eliminate the threat posed by 
narco-terrorists. 
 
12. (U) Ambassador Schwab, Secretary Conner and the 
Congressional delegation have not cleared this message. 
Brownfield