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INFO UKMIS GENEVA AND WASHINGTON
ARTICLE 113 COMMITTEE (FULL MEMBERS):
7 OCTOBER: MTNS: SAFEGUARDS
MY IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING TELEGRAM
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1. THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ON THE SAFEGUARDS ISSUE PROMPTED BY
DENMAN (COMMISSION). HE ACKNOWLEDGED THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS FOR
A NUMBER OF MEMBER STATES AND SAID THAT THE COMMISSION COULD
CERTAINLY ENVISAGE INTRODUCTION OF SELECTIVITY BUT WITH THE
ACCOMPANIMENT OF SURVEILLANCE AND OTHER SAFEGUARDS (EG A GUARANTEE
THAT IMPORTS WOULD RETURN TO PREVIOUS LEVELS IN A CERTAIN NUMBER OF YEARS). AMENDMENT OF ARTICLE XIX WOULD BE UNNEGOTIABLE: AND THE
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WERE UNLIKELY TO AGREE TO AN INTERPRETATIVE NOTE
WITHOUT VERY STRINGENT CONDITIONS. HE THOUGHT THE JAPANESE WOULD,
HOWEVER, BE PREPARED TO ENVISAGE A SELECTIVE ARTICLE XIX WITH
SAFEGUARDS a
2. GRAY (UK) UNDERLINED THE COSMETIC AND REAL IMPORTANCE ATTACHED
TO THIS ISSUE IN THE UK. UK MINISTERS HAD CERTAINLY NOT ABANDONED
THE IDEA OF AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE XIX. THIS MIGHT NOT BE
NEGOTIABLE BUT IT WAS CLEARLY NECESSARY TO HAVE THE
POSSIBILITY OF DEFENCE AGAINST SUDDEN LARGE INCREASES IN IMPORTS
ESPECIALLY FROM ASIATIC SOURCES. THE IMMEDIATE REQUIREMENT WAS
AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE TO A SELECTIVE SAFEGUARD ON THE PART OF THE
USA. THEY WOULD PROBABLY SEEK TO RELY ON ORDERLY MARKETING ARRANGE-
MENTS, BUT WHATEVER THE AMERICANS FELT, THE VOLUNTARY RESTRAINT
ARRANGEMENT MIGHT WELL CONTINUE TO PLAY A USEFUL PART. THIS GULF
BETWEEN COMMUNITY AND US THINKING WOULD HAVE TO BE BRIDGED.
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