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TEXTILES COMMITTEE 3 APRIL
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- 4 APR 1978
WK OFFICER
PA
No 125.~
NO. SI
1. AT A VERY BRIEF MEETING OF THE TEXTILES COMMITTEE THE CHAIRMAN (LONG) SAID THAT HE UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE WAS A CONSENSUS THAT FOR THE
REST OF 1978 THE EIGHT MEMBERS OF THE TEXTILE SURVEILLANCE BODY SHOUD
BE DESIGNATED BY THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES :-
COLOMBIA, EEC, FINLAND, INDIA,JAPAN, KOREA, THAILAND AND UNITED STATES.
2. THIS HAVING BEEN AGREED WEM CON, CANADA SAID THAT IT ASSUMED THAT
IN THE EVENT OF ITS ACCESSION IT WOULD BE ACCORDED SIMILAR
FACILITIES FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE TSB TO THOSE ENJOYED BY
OTHER MAJOR IMPORTERS AND CALLED FOR A CORRESPONDINGLY
FLEXIBLE APPROACH. SWEDEN RECALLED THE NORDICS' STATEMENT IN THE
TEXTILES COMMITTEE IN DECEMBER THAT THEY WOULD DECIDE ON THE
QUESTION OF ADHERENCE TO THE NEW MFA IN THE LIGHT OF THE RESULTS
CF THEIR BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS, AND THE GREATER FLEXIBILITY PROMISED TO BE SHOWN IN OPERATION OF THE MEA. ON THIS BASIS FINLAND HAD ALREADY ACCEPTED., SWEDEN INTENDED TO ACCEDE ON COMPLETION OF DOMESTIC CONSTITUTIONAL PROCEDURES, BUT NORWAY WAS NOT YET IN A POSITION TO DECIDE PENDING THE CONCLUSION OF HER OUTSTANDING BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS (INCLUDING NOTABLY THOUGH THIS WAS NOT SPELT OUT, WITH HONG KONG).
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