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regional countries before taking a firm decision
on how active we should be on the matter.
should now set about finding this out.
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We
If a consensus in the Community does favour
Chinese accession, we should join others (not take
the lead) in insisting on tough transitional
provisions to prevent disruptive surges in Chinese
exports from damaging sensitive sectors of
Community industry. But we should of course make
sure our own industrial interests are taken care
of.
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