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Viewing cable 09PANAMA227, PANAMA TO SIGN FTA WITH CANADA; SIGNING AT SOTA

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09PANAMA227 2009-03-18 17:03 2011-05-31 00:00 CONFIDENTIAL Embassy Panama 
VZCZCXYZ0000
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHZP #0227 0771703
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
R 181703Z MAR 09
FM AMEMBASSY PANAMA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 3157
INFO RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY BOGOTA 2781
RUEHOT/AMEMBASSY OTTAWA 0246
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC
RULSDMK/DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHDC
RHMFISS/JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC
RHEHAAA/WHITE HOUSE WASHDC
RHMFISS/CDR USSOUTHCOM MIAMI FL
 
C O N F I D E N T I A L PANAMA 000227 
 
SIPDIS 
 
WHSR PLEASE PASS TO USTR 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/17/2019 
TAGS: ECON ETRD PM PREL
SUBJECT: PANAMA TO SIGN FTA WITH CANADA; SIGNING AT SOTA 
 
Classified By: DCM David Gilmour for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 
 
1.  (C) Panama will conclude negotiations on a free trade 
treaty with Canada this week, Minister of Commerce and 
Industry Gisela Alvarez de Porras told the Ambassador on 
March 17.  The GOP hopes to sign the treaty with Canada 
during the Summit of the Americas, continued Porras. 
 
2.  (U) Panama currently has bilateral free trade agreements 
in place with El Salvador, Costa Rica, Taiwan, Chile and 
Singapore. The GOP has also concluded negotiations on free 
trade agreements with Honduras and Guatemala, which are 
awaiting ratification by their respective legislatures. 
Also, the GOP is currently negotiating free trade agreements 
with Nicaragua and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).  Panama 
cooperates with the Secretariat of Central American 
Integration (SIECA) as a non-voting member in order to 
participate in SIECA's free trade negotiations with the 
European Union. 
STEPHENSON