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¶1. (SBU) Summary: The fifth meeting of the U.S.-Turkey Trade and
Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council meeting convened April
12 - 13 in Washington, D.C. The issue-packed agenda included
substantive discussions on agricultural market access, the Doha
Round, the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program, IPR
protection, U.S. anti-dumping cases, Technical Barriers to Trade,
and Joint Production Opportunities. The delegations agreed to
reexamine Turkish import requirements for U.S. livestock products if
the OIE rules that there is no longer a BSE risk and to discuss in
more detail a recent requirement that all distilled spirits in
Turkey be registered and strip stamped. The contacts formed and the
channels of communication opened through the TIFA will encourage
continued dialogue on these issues throughout the coming year. End
summary.
¶2. (SBU) The fifth meeting of the U.S.-Turkey Trade and Investment
Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council convened April 12 - 13 in
Washington, D.C. Assistant USTR for Europe and the Middle East
Shaun Donnelly led the U.S. delegation, which included
representatives from USTR, the Departments of State, Commerce, and
Agriculture and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, as well as
Embassy Ankara. GOT Foreign Trade Deputy Under Secretary Ulker
Guzel led the Turkish delegation, which included representatives
from the Undersecretariat for Foreign Trade (FTU), and the
Ministries of Agriculture, Foreign Affairs, Finance and Culture and
Tourism. The meetings convened for a full day on April 12 followed
by an April 13 morning session for the Turkish delegation to meet
with U.S. company representatives from the agriculture,
pharmaceutical, medical devices, distilled spirits, and financial
services sectors.
Agricultural Market Access
--------------------------
¶3. (SBU) During the discussion on market access in Turkey for U.S.
agricultural products, Robert Curtis from USDA pointed to a recent
collaborative effort to solve an issue related to Turkish imports of
U.S. pet food as an example of the cooperation that results with
each TIFA. Previous positive developments aside, Curtis argued that
the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs' (MARA)
continuing lack of transparency for testing and import regulations,
especially for livestock products, result in a de facto ban on U.S.
products. In addition, he argued that Turkey had not fulfilled its
requirements to notify the WTO Sanitary and Phyto-sanitary (SPS)
Committee of changes to SPS regulations. He noted that the costs
borne by the U.S. exporters to have inspection facilities in the
U.S. inspected by MARA officials were prohibitive. He requested a
list of the import requirements for livestock products and added
that better communication would aid progress on these issues.
¶4. (SBU) Turkish embassy Agriculture Counselor Mehmet Cagil
responded by asserting that Turkey does not import U.S. beef because
of the instances of BSE found in U.S. cattle several years ago. He
added, however, that MARA is awaiting OIE's May 20 - 25 meeting,
during which they anticipate OIE will make a ruling about the
current risk of U.S. products. He suggested that, if the OIE
guidelines permit, MARA would begin issuing import licenses for U.S.
products. He added that Turkey continues to have concerns about
incidences of Avian Influenza in U.S. poultry and must review import
regulations further. Jim Butterworth, a USDA SPS expert, noted that
Turkey's restrictions on U.S. products appear more stringent than
OIE regulations require and added that the EU is importing U.S.
products.
¶5. (SBU) Curtis also raised Turkey's recent increase in soybean
import tariffs from 0 - 10%. Turkish FTU DDG for Multilateral
Affairs, Hasan Yalcin, observed that the increase is within Turkey's
bound tariff rates in the WTO and defended tariff increases as
Turkey's only means of assisting its agriculture sector since it
cannot afford to provide domestic subsidies. AUSTR Donnelly
observed that the goal in the Doha Round is tariff reduction and an
overall restructuring of international agricultural trade policy.
The Turkish side requested assistance in moving Turkey up as an
APHIS priority so that it can be approved to export more fruits and
vegetables to the U.S. The USDA representatives agreed to discuss
this with APHIS.
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Doha/NAMA Textiles Proposal
---------------------------
¶6. (SBU) AUSTR Donnelly stated that Doha is the highest trade
priority of the U.S. and that USTR Schwab encourages the full
participation of developing countries. Doha is vitally important to
the future of world trade. Yalcin encouraged U.S. support for
Turkey's textile proposal put forward during the NAMA discussions.
Turkey believes the proposal provides a balanced approach for the
participation and preservation of textile markets in developing and
developed countries. USTR Chief Textile Negotiator Scott
Quesenberry explained the constraints of Trade Promotion Authority,
which is set to expire on June 30, and some of the sectoral
requirements contained therein, including a provision that the U.S.
seek reciprocal textile market access as part of any agreement. He
applauded Turkey's constructive role to achieve an equitable textile
sectoral and said that that USTR is currently considering several
proposals regarding textiles. A resolution on agriculture at Doha
could mean more progress on NAMA issues such as textiles.
Generalized System of Preferences
---------------------------------
¶7. (SBU) USTR's director of the GSP program, Marideth Sandler,
described the discussions among U.S. policymakers which preceded the
most recent renewal of the GSP program and described the program's
importance for both foreign and domestic industries. The two sides
discussed the outlook for the competitive need limit waiver (CNL)
that Turkey currently has for gold jewelry and the strong likelihood
that it will be revoked in 2 years. The Turkish delegation was
provided with a one-page overview of the program designed to educate
exporters who may not already be taking advantage of the benefits
and encouraged to work with exporters to find new products within
the GSP-qualified categories that Turkey could export to the U.S.
Intellectual Property Rights
----------------------------
¶8. (SBU) USTR director for Intellectual Property, Jennifer Choe
Groves, noted the Turkish government's improvements in enforcement
and data protection for pharmaceuticals. She added that USTR
sincerely wants to see Turkey's position on the Special 301 Priority
Watch List improve and believes that this is in Turkey's control to
achieve. She reiterated points previously delivered during the
Advance Special 301 review (refs A and B), including U.S. interest
in the outcome of the generic drug applications filed prior to the
January 1, 2005 start of Turkey's new data exclusivity law, the need
for a stronger patent linkage system to prevent copies of
pharmaceutical products with valid patents from receiving marketing
approval, enforcement and prosecution of book piracy, and the use of
certified software by Turkish government agencies.
¶9. (SBU) On the pharmaceutical issue, Turkish FTU representatives
argued that there are 12-15 generic applications filed prior to
January 1, 2005, which are still pending before the Turkish Ministry
of Health (MOH) and which are reportedly completed. They explained
that the remainder of the applications have not been completed by
the generics companies and therefore cannot be acted upon at this
time. Turkish law does not have a time limit by which pending
applications must be completed and reviewed so these applications
could be pending indefinitely.
¶10. (SBU) On the issue of patent linkage, there are presently no
plans to change the existing legislation to create a different
patent linkage system. Turkish representatives argued that, because
such a system is not an international or EU requirement, they do not
see a compelling reason to add linkage to their current system. In
the Turkish system, a company applying for marketing approval of a
pharmaceutical product must prove as part of the application process
that there are no existing patents and Turkish judges have the
ability to immediately stop the sales of a disputed product. USTR
responded that the U.S. would prefer a system that publicized the
applications in the national gazette, thus making it more
transparent, and provided the patent-holder with recourse prior to
the issuance of marketing approval.
¶11. (SBU) Addressing the enforcement and prosecution of book piracy,
Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MOCT) Director General
Selahattin Ertas provided statistics (reported in ref B) showing a
dramatic decrease in street sales. He acknowledged that court
proceedings were too long but noted that the number of specialized
IPR courts, judges and prosecutors has increased, and these judges
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and prosecutors as well as Ministry officials are participating in a
number of twinning projects with the EU to train judges, prosecutors
and law enforcement officials. A database for published goods
should be completed by the end of 2007, which will require
registration of goods by rights holders, a point that concerned USTR
and EEB/IPE representatives.
¶12. (SBU) Regarding government use of pirated software in Turkey,
the Turkish delegation regretted not having statistics available.
Each agency is responsible for enforcing the Prime Ministerial
decree prohibiting such use, which is still in force. They added
that Microsoft is active in the Turkish market and recently began a
new certification program. To the delegation's knowledge, the use
of pirated software by the GOT is not a significant problem.
Iron and Steel Anti-Dumping
---------------------------
¶13. (SBU) The Turkish delegation reiterated the views of Foreign
Trade Minister Tuzmen in his letter to Commerce Secretary Gutierrez
hoping that the U.S. will not take into consideration as part of its
anti-dumping case against Turkey a finding of the Turkish
Competition Authority on a domestic anti-trust suit. Katja
Kravetsky, Special Assistant to the Commerce Deputy Assistant
Secretary for AD/CVC Operations, responded that they are still
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conducting this investigation and must look at this report to ensure
the reliability of the Turkish respondents, whose responses were due
by April 11. Kravetsky said they would be looking into the issue
and the companies' responses provided to the questionnaire on the
issue when the investigators visit the Turkish companies. Turkish
officials added that the anti-trust finding was for the period 2000
- 2004 while the anti-dumping case covers the period from 2005 -
¶2006. According to Turkish officials, the Turkish Competition
Authority issued another report in 2006, finding no collusion in the
iron and steel sector. Kravetsky replied that the Turkish companies
should make sure that this information is submitted on the
administrative record of the proceeding.
Distilled Spirits
-----------------
¶14. (SBU) Commerce's Director for Central and Southeastern Europe,
Jonathan Kimball, raised discriminatory taxation of imported whiskey
in comparison to domestically produced Turkish raki, which Commerce
believes is a direct substitute, a practice that may violate GATT
Article 3, Paragraph 2. Mehmet Erkan from the Turkish Ministry of
Finance explained Turkey's distilled spirit taxation system, which
allows for the imposition of two types of taxes - a special
consumption tax or a minimum specific tax rate per liter of alcohol.
Kimball noted that U.S. industry's concern is that the minimum
specific tax - which is lower for Turkish raki than for whiskey,
rum, vodka etc. - is the tax most often levied on distilled spirits.
Kimball also encouraged passage of the draft legislation that would
shorten the timeframe for obtaining a distilled spirit import
license and increase the transparency of the process.
¶15. (SBU) Kimball raised a new issue concerning a March 15 notice
from the Ministry of Finance that as of June 19, 2007, all distilled
spirits in Turkey will require a registered strip stamp, ostensibly
to combat counterfeits (dangerous to the public's health) from
entering the market. Erkan explained that the GOT considers this a
service rather than taxation because the government will not receive
any payment from the strip stamps, which a private contractor will
apply to imported spirits. Turkish companies producing spirits will
apply the stamps at their factories. Kimball noted, however, that
the new system appears to violate GATT Article 3, Paragraph 3,
requiring national treatment because importers are required to pay
six times as much as domestic producers for their stamps. Erkan
replied that the cost was necessary to offset the costs of building
and operating the private facilities in which imported spirits will
be stamped. Kimball asked if the Ministry of Finance would be
willing to discuss the effect of the system directly with U.S.
distilled spirits exporters and cautioned that trade could be
disrupted before the problems are resolved. Erkan agreed to meet
with interested U.S. companies when he returns to Ankara. Deputy
U/S Guzel promised a speedy response to the letter about strip
stamps signed by A/USTR Donnelly and Commerce A/S Bohigian and to
discuss this issue at greater length internally.
"Joint Production Opportunities"
--------------------------------
¶16. (SBU) The Joint Production Opportunities (JPO) agenda item, a
ANKARA 00001017 004.2 OF 004
concept theorized by EEB A/S Sullivan and Turkish officials during
the recent Economic Partnership Commission (EPC) meeting, elicited
curiosity from the Turkish officials. FTU Representatives argued
that any such initiative should be private sector driven and opined
that the concept was being championed by TOBB because of its
lingering interest in the QIZ concept, which the GOT is no longer
pushing. USTR's Director for Middle East Affairs Ned Saums
described the QIZ program and discussed both why it is not feasible
to consider expanding it to include Turkey and why it is not
applicable to the Erez industrial zone in Gaza where Turkish
companies have established production. There was some general
discussion of how U.S. and Turkish firms should cooperate more on
agriculture by using U.S. technology and expertise to process food
in Turkey for sale in Turkey and the region. AUSTR Donnelly closed
by observing that any discussions related to Turkish firms' desire
for preferences should be treated very carefully given the political
sensitivity of these issues.
WTO Rice Case
-------------
¶17. (SBU) FTU DDG Hasan Yalcin raised the ongoing case challenging
Turkey's rice import procedures that the U.S. brought before the WTO
Dispute Settlement Body (DSB). He expressed the Turkish view that
they had done what was requested by the U.S. to rectify the problems
faced by U.S. exporters and, therefore, they believe there is no
need to continue with the case at the DSB. AUSTR Donnelly responded
that the U.S. does not believe that the GOT has been ready to enter
into an agreement that would lay to rest the concerns of U.S.
producers and warrant the dropping of the case. He noted that the
interim DSB report is due to be released to the two sides on May 3 -
4, but promised to communicate Turkey's concerns to U.S. officials
involved in the case for consideration.
Dialogue Deepens Understanding
------------------------------
¶18. (SBU) Comment: Both sides praised the government and private
sector meetings for their level of detail and constructive tone.
Each side came well-prepared to discuss several long-standing issues
of concern. While no substantive solutions were found, contacts
were made and the lines of communication were opened in such a way
that less formal discussion can continue throughout the coming year,
helping lead to positive results. End comment.
WILSON