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US Interests - US cable - 2003: LINK ¤ 03ZAGREB1296

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• "last year was not a good year - for the relationship - of Croatia !"

 

 

 

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• "with the US embassy - on issue after issue - whether intellectual property rights !"

 

 

 

 

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• "or the proposed Article 98 - agreement - the Croatian government - not only !"

 

 

 

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• "had failed to deliver - but had antagonized the US embassy - in the process !"

 

 

 

 

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• "US ambassador - pressed FM Picula - and senior Croatian government officials !"

 

 

 

 

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• "the US embassy wrote - Croatia trotted out - by shopworn arguments !"

 

 

 

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• "and Croatia claimed - a unique stabilizing role - in the region !"

 

 

 

 

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• "Croatia - puts its relationship - with the EU - ahead of the US !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "the US embassy wrote - of serious consequences !"

 

 

 

 

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• "when Croatia - puts the US embassy to the second echelon - it would do the same !"

 

 

 

 

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• "the US embassy wrote - that for it - Croatia was not indispensable !"

 

 

 

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• "to stability in the region - and Croatia must not take for granted !"

 

 

 

 

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• "the substantial financial - and political assistance !"

 

 

 

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• "military assistance - and backing for Nato !"

 

 

 

 

• "there must be more benefit - for the US embassy - in this relationship !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

Companies - US cable - 2004: LINK ¤ 04ZAGREB1297

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• "the World Bank - and the International Monetary Fund - IMF !"

 

 

 

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• "had lobbied - the Croatian government !"

 

 

 

 

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• "for privatization of - 1,100 - companies !"

 

 

 

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• "with the assistance of - USAID-funded advisors ! - ( US aid agency ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

 

International Monetary Fund - US cable - 2005: LINK ¤ 05ZAGREB973

 

• "the IMF mission - in Croatia - had lobbied for - structural reforms !"

 

 

 

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• "in the absence - of any real leverage - on Croatia !"

 

 

 

 

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• "the IMF believed - that keeping the - standby arrangement - in place !"

 

 

 

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• "was the best way - for behavior - the IMF would like to see !"

 

 

 

 

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• "the US embassy lobbied - for budget cuts - of the Croatian government !"

 

 

 

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• "Sanader pledged - that finance minister Suker - would announce a package !"

 

 

 

 

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• "the status - of the Croatian economy - like growth !"

 

 

 

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• "and the continued willingness - of the markets - to lend the !"

 

 

 

 

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• "Croatian government - money - foreign debt was high - but stabilized !"

 

 

 

 

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• "there were - no economic reasons - for structural reforms !"

 

 

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• "which the IMF mission - in Croatia - would had wanted !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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IMF Stand-by Arrangement - US cable - 2005: LINK ¤ 05ZAGREB1829

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• "IMF - wanted to extend its - US$ 142.8 million - stand-by arrangement !"

 

 

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• "it believed - that it could exert - greater influence - on the Croatian government !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

US Security - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06ZAGREB1039

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• "President Mesic's office - had examined the draft !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "of the US embassy - "security cooperation agreement"  !"

 

 

 

 

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• "and passed a - counterproposal - for discussion !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "for the US embassy - there were a number - of sticking points - in it !"

 

 

 

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• "such as - the reference - to a court !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "authorized by - "the UN - or the UN Security Council"  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "as well as the reference - to charges - being filed - in domestic courts !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

• "the US embassy wrote - it could not live with that - "compromise"  !"

 

 

 

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• "and it was surprised - that the President Mesic's office - made such suggestions !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment - US cable - 2010: LINK ¤ 10ZAGREB34

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• "the US embassy had lobbied - the Croatian government !"

 

 

 

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• "open to - foreign investment - equal treatment !"

 

 

 

 

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• "to foreign - and domestic investors - for all types of business !"

 

 

 

 

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• "the US embassy had lobbied - Croatian bilateral investment treaty - BIT !"

 

 

 

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• "covered investments - better of national treatment !"

 

 

 

 

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• "or most-favored-nation treatment - MFN - specified performance requirements !"

 

 

 

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• "would not be imposed - or enforced - against covered investments !"

 

 

 

 

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• "investment disputes - with the host government !"

 

 

 

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• "would be brought by investors - to binding international arbitration !"

 

 

 

 

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• "the US embassy looked at - foreign investors !"

 

 

 

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• "Barr Pharmaceuticals - Deutsche Telekom - MOL !"

 

 

 

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• "Lactalis - Banca Commerciale Italiana - Unicredito Italiano !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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