meeting with the Indian Prime Minister as recently
as 1 November that there would be no change in our
position until after we went into the FC.
Hong
Kong
14. In September 497
My Rippon teld Hopping
that "he foresaw no danger of Hong Kong having to
face both tariffs and quotas before British entry
into the EEC".
Pakistan
15.
Although the Pakistanis will not stand to lose
so much by the imposition of tariffs and quotas,
they will nevertheless be dissatisfied at our
repeated changes in policy and they are very likely
to register a vigorous protest.
1
SUMMATION
The outcome of the proposed policy w be that
we shall be accused
faith;
and justly of breaches of
dram
that in following a protectionist policy
At Annex Cis a selection of statement to
Hong Kong. The kay
G{(me then bot
was that made
by Mr. Rippor
who raid in
September 1970
of increased protecti
we shall be in breach of both the spirit of the LTA
and the letter of the GATT; that by bowing to the
demands of Lancashire we shall be adding to the
present undesirable trends towards protectionism;
and that we shall be under heavy fire not only in
the Cotton Textiles Committee but also at the UNCTAD
meeting next April.
Pecommendation
17. I therefore recommend that the FCO should
have both
strongly resist the proposal to retain quotas
and tariffs in 1972 on the grounds that:
(a) we are bowing to unjustified pressure
from Lancashire;
(b)
to make such a major switch in policy
can only be made when market disruption
is proven;
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