4.
Certainly there are difficulties in the
way of treating the Group on residual restrictions
of the Committee of Trade and Development as a
sul ble forum at which to raise the French
restrictions.
It is not by any means clear
how active will be French participation in
this Group's examination of restrictions
affecting the developing countries and whether
this will be such that the French would be
prepared to have their restrictions examined,
particularly when, as we see, they have not
notified the Group of the restrictions they
are applying to Hong Kong.
5.
So far as the Industrial Products
alltingh
Committee is concerned, progress shows signs
сайнов cannot dag when there will be a of being very slow although this is certainly
of vir
a body which would eventually have to take
the
notice of French restrictions.
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not be a timely occasion.
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But this might
Thus, although we do not yet see our
way through to the conclusion of the exercise,
you are authorised to make the sort of
reference I have indicated to our considerable
interest in this matter and to the possibility
tuak occasio
amaz
haver to take up in GATT the question that we shall in some way have to approach the
GATT for the removal of these damaging
restrictions.
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