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this problem (referred to as cumulative disruption) by having recourse to Article XIX of the GATT. since this would have to be annlied to all suppliers (including USA and other developed countries) and the risk of retaliation would be serious. They therefore propose to deal with it by amending the MFA to make it possible to impose 'clobal quotas' on imports from developing countries which would be administered by the importing countries.
5. If this proposal were adopted in the EEC mandate, it would be totally unacceptable to the developing
countries because
a) it would represent a further substantial
derogation from their GATT rights;
b)
c)
it would be directly discriminatory against them since the quota would not apply to imports from developed counties or from signatories of free trade agreements. (In this connection it should be noted that of U.X's 1976 textile imports, 45 came from other 33C member states and 19 from EPPA: of U.X's 1976 clothing imports, 24% came from other 50 member states and 11 from 3721.)
if there were to be control by importing countries of all textile exports from low-cost suppliers, the importing countries could play off the low-cost suppliers against each other without regard to the existing patterns of trade and their individual economic needs.
There are clear indications that these points are recognised by certain EBC member states who are opposing the introduction of this concert.
6.
Indayation of rowth rates of immort quotes to the leval
much in flie domestic market end of i-mont
peontration.
It is the basic principle of the KFA that an exporting country is entitled to some growth in the level of annual chobes for products covered by restraint agreements made under the HFA. However, this owth may be lower than the 6 per annum which is usually quoted by the advocates of modification of the MTA. For instance, under the current 300/ textile
mont, growth in exports to UF. is restricted to a mere 0.5 in the seven most sensitive categories under restraint. In the US/ acroenent, growth in xorts of woolen products is restricted an annual rate of 1.
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Other ensurents against, this concept ere
a)
growth in quotas does not necessarily imply growth in actual trade. For instance, exports to U81 Aronned by 4 in 1974/75 from the 1273/74 level in spite of a 6.25% growth
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