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DSR 11C
disadvantages of China's participation in the GATT,
rather than opposition to her joining, is the course to
is clear
pursue not least because it appears that a determined
Chinese application could not in any event be resisted.
7. This is not an urgent issue: there are no plans for
discussion in the near future at the Article 113
Committee and the Chinese will no doubt want to
consider their experience as observers a little longer,
before deciding how hard to press for eventual
membership. I should be happy in due course to attend a
meeting to discuss this further, if you think that this Perhaps has would be the affropriate forum. would be useful. But that might wait until we have a
clearer idea of Chinese intentions.
There is no evidence
that the Commission are keen to ventilate the matter
nor indeed that other Member States are as focussed on
the matter as we.. All this suggests that we may be able
to afford to react to developments rather than force the
pace.