RESTRICTED
5. AMONG SUPPLIER COUNTRIES MEXICO, EGYPT, MACAO, THAILAND, YUGO- SLAVIA, MALAYSIA, COLOMBIA SAID THEY FAVOURED A RENEWAL OF THE PRESENT MFA WITHOUT CHANGE.
6. THE USA SUPPORTED THE VIEW THAT THE PRESENT MFA WAS THE MOST PRACTICABLE POSSIBLE COMPROMISE BETWEEN THE INTERESTS OF SUPPLIERS AND IMPORTERS AND ALSO FAVOURED RENEWAL WITHOUT CHANGE.' SWITZERLAND
AND JAPAN TOOK THE SAME LINE.
6. INDIA CALLED FOR CHANGES, EITHER IN INTERPRETATION OR IN THE
MFA TEXT, DESIGNED TO FAVOUR SUPPLIERS. PAKISTAN SAID THE
PRESENT MFA FAVOURED IMPORTERS AND PAKISTAN MIGHT BE BETTER OFF
WITHOUT ONE.
7. AUSTRIA, SWEDEN (SPEAKING ALSO FOR NORWAY AND FINLAND),
CANADA AND AUSTRALIA SAID THEY WERE DISSATISFIED WITH THE
OPERATION OF THE PRESENT MFA, CALLED FOR CHANGES DESIGNED TO
PROVIDE THEIR MARKETS WITH BETTER PROTECTION AGAINST DISRUPTIVE
IMPORTS AND EXPRESSED VARYING DEGREES OF SUPPORT FOR THE
COMMUNITY'S LINE.
8. THE MEETING RESUMES P.M. 7 JULY.
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