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by Ryan (Australia) and Hannah (New Zealand).
Sweden said that, as there
seemed to be fairly widespread duty free entry already for a good number of
these products the actual tariff situation in all OECD countries might be
fed in on the Canadian list when it emerged. Goldsmith (summing up
from the Chair) said that it could be left to individual countries to put
these items on their exceptions lists but the Canadians wanted an agreed
list on which no preferences would be given. This would not be possible
before the lists were tabled on March 1st and would need to be discussed
afterwards. The Canadians agreed with this, but it prompted Leary (U.S.)
to question whether there was any agreement that primary products should be
~cluded. He considered that individual donor countries should decide for
themselves on a case by case basis.
Item 6 - Views of Advisory Bodies (TC(68)19).
13. There seemed to be considerable reluctance in the Group to have
meetings with the Business and Industry and the Trade Union Advisory
Committees although it was recognised that this could hardly bę avoided.
It was left to the Trade Committee to decide the best timing for these
meetings.
Item 7 Progress Report to the Trade Committee
14.. It was left that Goldsmith as Chairman would report orally to the
Trade Committee on this meeting of the Group. A short draft report to
go from the Trade Committee to OECD Ministers was also considered and
approved by the Group for forwarding to the Trade Committee.
Item 8 - Other Business
15.
Under this heading the Group considered
(a) rules of origin (raised by Sweden)
(b) working hypotheses (raised by Canada) and
(c) procedure for further work after March 1st (raised by Japan)
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/Rules of Origin