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4. DAVIGNON SAID IT HAD ALSO BEEN PART OF THE COMMISSION'S TACTICS TO MAKE ENOUGH PROGRESS TO SHOW THOSE COUNTRIES WHICH HAD BEEN REL- UCTANT TO TAKE PART THAT IT WAS IN THEIR INTEREST TO DO SO. THIS HAD PAID OFF E.G. WITH THE SOUTH KOREANS WHO WERE NOW KEEN TO GET INTO NEGOTIATION.
5. IN ANSWER TO MY REMARKS ABOUT BRAZIL, DAVIGNON REPEATED THE FAM- ILAR ARGUMENT ABOUT THE WIDER IMPORTANCE OF BRAZIL'S INFLUENCE IN THE TRADE FIELD.
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