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between the donor countries by the late summer of 1970 and
it is also possible that some sort of agreement will be
reached with the developing countries. But the scheme is
very unlikely to come into operation before 1972, and will
probably in fact do so later than this date.
56. We should aim to secure the Communities' agreement to
a gradual application of the c.e.t, to exports to the United
Kingdom from Asian Commonwealth countries (as the EEC
Commission have suggested for the developed Commonwealth
countries); and their agreement to review, if it should be
necessary, the position of the Asian Commonwealth countries
in the light of the outcome of the present UNCTAD discussions,
bearing in mind the provisional agreement reached in 1962.
57. We should also aim to negotiate a repetition of the
Community's 1962 offer to bind the c.e.t. on tea at nil.
It is unlikely that they will agree to do so, but having
achieved this once, it would be difficult to avoid pressing
for it again.
58. The implications of the prospective developments over
generalised preferences for our objectives in relation to the
Commonwealth in our negotiations to enter the EEC, are under
study in the Official Committee on Commercial Policy. The
details of the cotton textiles problem will be discussed in
a separate paper.
Conclusions
59. Our negotiating objectives for the Commonwealth can be
summarised as follows:
(a) special arrangements for New Zealand's dairy
producers and developing Commonwealth sugar producers.
These are dealt with elsewhere;
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/(b)