COTTON FABRICS
26,600 TONNES
16,700 TONNES
TROUSERS
55.3 M. (TH
NO INTERVAL
LIMITS ON
SHORTS.)
WOVEN SHIRTS
65 M.
50.7 M. (WITH
NO INTERNAL
LIMITS ON
SHORTS.)
56 M.
13,000 TONNES
42.9 M. TROUSERS
(PLUS SOMETHING
FOR SHORTS.)
40.5 M.
+
+
8. SINCE WE DO NOT KNOW WHETHER OUR INTENTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE QUITE CLEQR TO THE MEMBER STATES, WE THOUGHT IT ONLY RIGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNEW BEFOREHAND. THE FIGURES IN THE PREVIOUS PARAGRAPH DO, I BELIEVE, SHOW THAT WE HAVE NO CHOICE.
THE
9. I AM SORRY TIME IS SO SHORT. WE DID NOT ENVISALE CONCLUDING BEFORE THE END OF THIS WEEK AND WE DO NOT EVEN HAVE COMPLETE COMMUNITY FIGURES YET. HOWEVER, THIS MORNING MILLS CAME UNDER INTENSE PRESSURE FROM TRAN TO AGREE TO HOLD THE FINAL FORMAL SESSION AT 9 AM. TOMORROW. WE HAVE NOTED HIS WISH TO DO SO AND WILL TRY TO GET EVERYTHING WRAPPED UP BY THEN, BUT HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THAT WE ARE NOT PREPARED TO INITIAL AN INCOMPLETE DOCUMENT NOR TO ACCEPT 9 AM. TOMORROW AS ANY SORT OF A DEADLINE. SITUATION HAD ALREADY BEEN COMPLICATED BYLA COMPLETELY NEW SUGGESTION THAT CERTAIN QUOTAS FOR FRANCE IN GROUP 1 AND IN PARTICULAR COTTON FABRICS - BE REDUCED EACH YEAR DURING THE LIFE OF THE AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE MORE ADDITIONAL ROOM FOR ACP COUNTRIES. THIS SORT OF THING PUTS THE WHOLE PACKAGE IN DOUBT AGAIN AND MAY WELL LEAD TO ANOTHER SUSPENSION, WHICH WOULD MEAN WE COULD NOT MEET AGAIN UNTIL AFTER NEXT MONDAY'S TEXTILES COMMITTEE MEETING.
ENDS.
CORRECTION:
PARA 9, 9TH LINE: AFTER COMPLICATED BY PLEASE ADD:
THE UNRESOLVED QUESTION OF SUB-LIMITS ON FABRICS (ON WHICH
I TELEPHONED THOMPSON, HKD, THIS MORNING) AND IS NOW FURTHER COMPLICATED BY'
(TEXT THEN CONTINUES
...
'A COMPLETELY
NEW SITUATION')
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