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US Trade - US cable - 2004: LINK ¤ 04AMMAN4582

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• "the US embassy had lobbied - Jordan !"

 

 

 

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• "wanted to become the - No. 1 trade partner !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fast Food - US cable - 2002: LINK ¤ 02AMMAN3009

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• "the fast food company Burger King - was proud - to be unamerican !"

 

 

 

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• "it announced to its customers - that all ingredients served !"

 

 

 

 

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• "were local - or imported from the Arab world - Europe - and Asia !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Aircraft - US cable - 2002: LINK ¤ 02AMMAN5412

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• "the Boeing company - had been in negotiations !"

 

 

 

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• "with Jordanian national carrier - Royal Jordanian Airlines !"

 

 

 

 

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• "for the purchase and leasing - short-haul aircaft - in competition with Airbus !"

 

 

 

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• "presented its final offer - to the airline !"

 

 

 

 

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• "characterized the offer as - "very aggressive"  !"

 

 

 

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• "the offer included a discount of - 39.9% - off the "sticker" price !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Aircraft - US cable - 2004: LINK ¤ 04AMMAN1471

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• "the Jordanian King Abdullah II - told the US embassy !"

 

 

 

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• "that the latest Airbus offer - was better than Boeing's !"

 

 

 

 

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• "the US embassy lobbied Abdullah II - to make a "political" decision !"

 

 

 

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• "to have Royal Jordanian - buy Boeing aircraft !"

 

 

 

 

• "comment US - Abdullah II needed to receive - a high-level phone call !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Phosphate - US cable - 2002: LINK ¤ 02AMMAN3082

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• "the US embassy had lobbied - Jordan for privatization !"

 

 

 

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• "of the Jordan Phosphate Mines Company - JPMC !"

 

 

 

 

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• "Jordan's largest company - and the largest single exporter !"

 

 

 

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• "Jordan was the world's third largest - exporter of phosphate !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Potash - US cable - 2003: LINK ¤ 03AMMAN3826

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• "the US embassy had lobbied - Jordan for privatization !"

 

 

 

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• "of a 26% stake - in the Arab Potash Company - APC !"

 

 

 

 

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• "the world's fifth largest - potash producer !"

 

 

 

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• "the Jordanian government owned - 52.6% of the company !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stone - US cable - 2007: LINK ¤ 07AMMAN3817

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• "exports to the US - from Jordan's stone and marble companies - reached US$ 1.3 million !"

 

 

 

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• "represented one of the few Jordanian goods - besides garments !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Date Palms - US cable - 2007: LINK ¤ 07AMMAN3910

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• "Jordan's Ministry of Agriculture - encourages Jordan Valley farmers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "to substitute conventional farming crops - and methods !"

 

 

 

 

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• "with new cash crops - that use water - more efficiently !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "are more environmentally friendly - and reap greater profits !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "this policy has paid off - date palm farming - now has 2,000 hectares !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red Sea Project - US cable - 2009: LINK ¤ 09AMMAN860

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• "the Red Sea-Dead Sea conveyance - projected to convey !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "ocean water from the Gulf of Aqaba - to the Dead Sea !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "for a proposed seven-year - US$ 10.5 billion project ! - ( with a US$ 15.5 million World Bank - feasibility study )"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Garment - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06AMMAN3551

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• "Minister of Labor Bassem Salem - released the Ministry of Labor's !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "report of its actions - regarding labor practices !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "in the qualifying industrial zone - QIZ - garment companies !"

 

 

 

 

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• "there were problems with QIZ factories' - underpayment !"

 

 

 

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• "overtime hours - and safety and health codes !"

 

 

 

 

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• "the majority of the companies - were sub-contractors !"

 

 

 

 

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• "there must not be overtime - of 60-hours !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "there must not be under-payment of wages - in wage calculations !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

• "there are regulations - for guest workers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - ( with no permits - or failure to renew ! )"

 

 

 

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• "there are social security - requirements !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - ( with registration - or withholding ! )"

 

 

 

 

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• "there are health - and safety codes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

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• "there must not be overcrowded dormitory housing - and there must be hygiene in bathrooms !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Strikes - US cable - 2007: LINK ¤ 07AMMAN4991

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• "Jordan's garment companies - in the qualifying industrial zones - QIZ's !"

 

 

 

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• "have been experiencing strikes - five times a month !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "for example for - salary increases !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - ( Bengali workers ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ECONOMY of JORDAN - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ ECONOMY of JORDAN