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24. We cannot be sure that the system of restraints
currently operated by the Community would be applied
literally to a Community of 10 but at least such
the enlarged
levels should be a starting point for a/Community of 10% It is true that the present EEC totals are below our
the own(for India, Hong Kong and Pakistan, of what UK takes) on a population/volume basis but there are
signs that certain of the 6, eg Germany, in their
negotiations with the ldc's, have adopted a liberal
attitude. There would therefore seem to be no compelling reason why we should not explore with the 6 say in mid- 72 (this would probably also be the time when the
Community would have to begin negotiations on the Article 4 agreements to apply to the 10) the possibilit
of anticipating the pattern of limits for a Community
of 10; and to thereafter negotiate with the leading
1dc suppliers on restraints in 1972. Subject to what
had happened in the GATT study, this could lead to a
textile policy on a multifibre concept, and to a
comprehensive quota system in which there could be
single quota limits for directly competing products.
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