the proposed course; and
Some
and other international
the objections to imposing a tariff on Commonwealth- imports.The Hong Kong arguments were,alebars, used.
redraft- As a result the Board of Trade are preparing a new paper
which should reflect both sides of the case more fairly.
57
The Commercial Policy But this new paper will be going to a Ministerial.
at ministerial level
e us
Committee/next week, with considerable impytanee behind
it from the President of the Board of Trade and I under-
stand that the recommendation will still be that the
Textile Council's proposal should be accepted,
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but
other department's wild be free to put voi then conven
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papers if they wishes
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Textile Cornil's
proposal and will open "negotiations" wicz Commencreal 12
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of only a
a
View
to it's implementation. In the case
few Commonwealth countries
to be withdrawn depend on
(e.g. Incha, Canada) and
21
negotiations
do the preferences
contractual obligations
waned
the word
be an appropriate description of
exchanges envisaged
would be a
the (maluding Hong Kong) For most of them]" "discussions
more appropriate term.
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