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C. Objectives to safeguard essential Commonwealth Interests
Preliminary Note
19. Some of the difficulties which will arise for certain
Commonwealth countries have been alleviated by tariff reductions
agreed in the Kennedy Round; and will be further eased by the special arrangements (e.g. association) which we hope to make
for them and which are dealt with in this section.
The proposed
scheme for generalised preferences for developing countries
would also ease the problems of UK entry to the EEC for Commonwealth
exporters.
20. For the purposes of identifying negotiating objectives for
individual Commonwealth countries, they have been divided in this
section of the brief into four categories:
(a) those for whom we should seek the gradual application
of the c.e.t. and levies over whatever transitional
periods may be negotiated;
(b) those for whom association is appropriate and for
whom we should wish to see it obtained;
(c) those for whom we should wish to achieve special
arrangements; and
(a) those whose intercst may be best protected by a
favourable outcome for them of the proposed generalised
preferences scheme.
(a) Gradual application of c.e.t. and levies
21. This will cover New Zealand, Canada, Australia, the
former High Commission Territories, and those members of the
Commonwealth Preference Area not members of the Commonwealth
(South Africa and Burma).
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