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PROPOSED EEC-HONG KONG NEGOTIATIONS FOR RESTRAINTS ON
TRADE IN NON-COTTON TEXTILES.
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1.
A meeting has been arranged for the afternoon of
22 January, in Brussels, of the group of experts on texti
matters, to discuss the Council document S/27/73 (COLER 6)
of 9 January 1973 proposing immediate negotiations with
Hong Kong for voluntary restraints on/exports to the
banzig
Community of a wide range of non-cotton textiles.
understand that this request by the Commission for a
negotiating mandate is the direct result of pressure by tro
German Government; further, we understand that Gesamt tezli
and the Ministry of Economic Affairs have agreed a
supplementary list of textile products which they would
like to see added to the Commission's list, and are also