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could not therefore impose a tariff on them unilaterally.
The negotiations for a waiver of duty f'rce rights would bo
extremely difficult. Even those countries with no
significant direct trade interest might well try to extract
a high práco for giving up the principle of free entry. We might therefore be faced with the following choices:-
(a) having to pay a high price in terms of compensating
trade benefits or loss of our own preferences;
(b) denouncing the trade agreemento;
(c) dropping the proposal to introduco a tariff. (૭)
The difficulties and dangore in each of these cources a30
obvious.
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43. The President's paper recognises the damago which a
change to a bari22 would cause to the Indian industry.
The President therefore envisages the grant of additional ·
aid to India to offcct at least part of the loco,
difficult to chere Mr. Crosland's belief that agrooment to
compsagation in this epocial case need not constitute a
precedent, Other countries affected by the change (0.8 o
Halta) might voll seek compensation in the form of aid.
Wo night also have similar requests for aid 17, in futuO,
cum commodity policy seemed 14kcly adverpoly to affect
a developing country.
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Paragraph 16 of the paper explains that, during the
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