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COMMISSION WOULD ENSURE MAXIMUM PUBLICITY SO THE THE
DOMESTIC INTERESTS OF MEMBER STATES WOULD BE LEFT IN NO DOUBT ABOUT THE COMMUNITY'S INTENTIONS.
3. AT THE 7+7, TWO DOCUMENTS WERE ON THE TABLE:
(1) THE COMMISSION/US/JAPAN DOCUMENT DESCRIBED ABOVE AND (2) A TEXT PRESUMABLY PREPARED BY THE HARD CORE'' EXPORTING COUNTRIES. THIS SECOND TEXT CAME AS A SURPRISE TO THE COMMISSION WHO REJECTED IT COMPLETELY AS IT STILL TALKED ABOUT A CONSENSUS FOR RENEWAL WITHOUT CHANGE WITH NO CONDITIONS, MADE NO REFER- ENCE TO 'REASONABLE DEPARTURES' FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THE MEA, AND BANNED THE USE OF MEASURES OUT SIDE THE MFA. THE TWO SIDES WERE SO FAR APART THAT THERE WAS VERY LITTLY DISCUSSION.
THE US URGED FURTHER EFFORTS TO COME TOGETHER. LONG SUPPORTED THIS AND SAID HE WOULD CONSIDER CONVENING THE TEXTILES COMMITTEE ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
4. AT A SHORT COMMUNITY POST MORTEM, TRAN SAID HE PROPOSED TO LEAVE TO THE AMERICANS THE TASK OF EITHER PERSUADING THE HARD CORE TO JOIN THE MAJORITY OF EXPORTING COUNTRIES WHO
ACCEPTED THE TRIPARTITE TEXT OR OF ISOLATING THE HARD CORE (BRAZIL AND INDIA WITH EGYPT BEGINNING TO WAVER) COMPLETELY.
5. A FURTHER CO-ORDINATION HAS BEEN ARRANGED FOR 2 30PM ON FRIDAY 22 JULY TO BE FOLLOWED (PROBABLY) BY ANOTHER 7+7.
THERE WILL THUS BE NOT MEETING OF THE TEXTILES COMMITTEE TODAY.
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