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TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELNO 6489 OF 27TH OCTOBER 1977
INFO ROUTINE BRASILIA, COLOMBO,
INFO SAVING MANILA, ISLAMABAD, BOGOTA.
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MULTIFIBRE ARRANGEMENT
NO 3 (26 OCTOBER).
A. SUMMARY.
BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS: PROGRESS REPORT
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1. THE COMMISSION, AFTER FURTHER ATTEMPTS TO PERSUADE THE COMMITTEE TO ADJUST THE GLOBAL CEILINGS ON COTTON YARN AND COTTON CLOTH, SAID
THAT THEY WOULD COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR A NEW MANDATE ON
THESE PRODUCTS. THEY WERE PRESSED BY MEMBER STATES TO FURNISH A FIRM AND QUANTIFIED STATEMENT OF WHAT INCREASES SHOULD, IN THEIR VIEW, BE MADE TO THE GLOBAL CEILING TO OBTAIN A MARGIN NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS WITH THE MAIN NEGOTIATING PARTNERS. THE COMMISSION PROPOSED PARTICULARLY LARGE DEVIATIONS IN THE CASE OF BRAZIL, AND ANNOUNCED THEIR INTENTION OF TAKING THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH COLUMBIA AND THE PHILIPPINES, NEGOTIATIONS WITH
SRI LANKA ARE BREAKING DOWN.
B. ARTICLE 113 COMMITTEE, WEDNESDAY 26 OCTOBER.
(1) COTTON YARN AND CLOTH.
2. WE SAID THAT THE GLOBAL CEILINGS IN S/1509 WERE THE MOST IMPORTANT FIGURES IN THE MANDATE AGREED BY THE COUNCIL, THERE WAS AN OVERRIDING NEED TO ACHIEVE STABILISATION AND THIS PART OF THE COMMISSION'S MANDATE SHOULD BE GIVEN PRIORITY OVER ANY OTHER CONSIDERATION, INCLUDING THE DESIRE TO REACH EARLY AGREEMENT WITH THE NEGOTIATING PARTNERS. IF, AS THE COMMISSION WERE NOW SAYING, THE
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