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23.
The Ministers had agreed that Japan should be pressed to
accept and comply with import targets, as an indicator of their readiness to open their market.
24.
As regards the European Community the Ministers had also agreed on the desirability of completing the internal market.
Mr Brittan had explained British concerns over vehicle
emissions, which would be discussed at the meeting of the
Environment Council on 28 November.
25.
There was agreement that enough concessions had been made to the Chinese in the Guangdong negotiations.
26. There was satisfaction with work so far on Eureka and
agreement that the momentum should be kept up.
27. In the field of electronics, Mme Cresson proposed that
there should be regular Anglo-French meetings at industrial
level, as the French already had with the Germans. Co-operation between British Telecom and CIT/Alcatel looked like producing interesting results. The two sides should try to strengthen co-operation in electronics, for example through
the Plessey/Alcatel/Italtel/Siemens project. This could
result in support for the wide band project in Eureka.
28.
Mme Cresson said that Community countries should give
priority to buying Airbus. New projects (TAG/11) were coming forward. She noted that British Airways had last year bought
Boeings and intended to buy more.
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29. Mr Pattie reported that his discussions with M. Curien
had been under four headings.
30. The Hanover meeting on Eureka had been positive and the
"chair" was now with the UK. They had agreed on the need for
a task force as a clearing house for projects. The British
side had noted the French and German views on where it should
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