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2 million square yards each and allow limited transfers between the quotas;
if either country is not prepared to introduce export restraint measures we should act unilaterally to restrict imports.
we should suspend the issue of import licences for polyester/cotton textiles from these two countries at the same as we request consultations with them.
we should be authorised to consult with/restrain
on exactly the same lines any other low-cost supplier where import licence applications reach the level of 2m sq yds in a period of six months.
CT Division
9 August 1973
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