MR ROYLE'S PROPOSED ANSWER
We have put our Community partners on notice
that we shall press most resolutely for the
inclusion of Hong Kong's textiles and footwear
in the EEC Generalised Scheme of Preferences
from 1975.
MR DAVIES' REVISED PROPOSED ANSWER
We have been in close touch with the Hong Kong
Government about their expectations from the
Community's GFS. I have made it clear to the
Community that in 1974 we shall be pressing/for
pressing
Resolute
further concessions in favour of Hong Kong,
including textiles and footwear, in addition to
the improvements in the new Community GPS which
take effect this year.
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