RESTRICTED
LIBERAL APPROACH BUT HE ANTICIPATED DIFFICULTIES WITH OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS ON THIS PARTICULAR ASPECT. PONTOPPIDAN
EXPRESSED SURPRISE ABOUT HONG KONG SCEPTICISM OF THE COMMISSION'S LATEST PROPOSALS BUT BOTH HE AND AGERUP AGREED THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO GIVE FURTHER THOUGHT TO THE SUBJECT IN THE LIGHT
OF OUR REPRESENTATIONS,
4.
ÏT WAS IN FACT CLEAR THAT THE DANES HAVE NOT YET MADE UP
THEIR MINDS ON THEIR ATTITUDE TO CHANGES IN THE GPS. PONTOPPIDAN
MADE THE POINT SEVERAL TIMES THAT THE MATTER WOULD NOT BE
DISCUSSED AGAIN IN BRUSSELS UNTIL SEPTEMBER IMPLYING THAT THE
DAMES HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO COME TO A VIEW.
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MARSHALL CLOSED BY THANKING THE DANISH GOVERNMENT FOR
SUPPORT IN BRUSSELS ON MANY ISSUES AND EXPRESSED THE HOPE
FOR SIMILAR HELP WHEN THE TIME CAME FOR DISCUSSING CHANGES
IN THE GSP.
6, IN A SHORT SEPARATE SESSION A LARGE AMOUNT OF PAPER
INCLUDING SPEAKING NOTES, INDUSTRY PROFILES, STATISTICS ETC VAS LEFT WITH PONTOPPIDAN WHO SEEMED EAGER TO HAVE IT ALL.
7.
DODGE AND TSAO SEEMED FULLY SATISFIED WITH THE OUTCOME
OF THE DISCUSSIONS. THEY THOUGHT THEIR INTERVENTION WITH
THE DANES HAD BEEN TIMELY AND WORTHWHILE AND A USEFUL REHEARSAL
FOR THE LONG AND PROBABLY TOUGHER ROUND AHEAD OF THEM,
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