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7.
In
[DEFENSIVE] (If it is argued that imports from
developed countries should also be subject to restraint)
some cases they are, eg Spain, Portugal. Key criteria is
whether suppliers are judged to be disruptive, or have the
potential to become so, across a wide range of products. There
are other examples of action being taken on an ad hoc basis,
eg against US synthetic fibres in 1980 when the dollar was particularly weak. Since then it has strengthened, and imports from the US are declining.
8.
[DEFENSIVE] (If there is discussion of post-1986
Too early to speculate about this.
arrangements)
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