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at the details of the agreement in the light of changes both in

the international and the British arrangements governing trade in

these products.

2827.

We should also accept the basic arrangement provisionally

agreed for jute goods i.e. that we should gradually go over

from our present regime for jute imports to the common external

tariff, which we should progressively apply. Again, modifica-

tions of detail would be needed to take account of changes since

1962 in our own import regime.

2928.

We should seek to revive the provision for the negotiation

of comprehensive trade agreements as it stands, with of course

an appropriate new target date for the conclusion of the

agreements.

30 29.

We should need to work out now transitional periods for the

application of the c.e.t. to cotton goods, jute goods and the

generality of manufactured goods and processed foodstuff.

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should be generous to take account of the fact that these are

developing countries, and will also need to fit in with what is

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negotiated for transitional periods generally. (Sep pat

3138.

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(We did not reach agreement on our requests for zero duties

on certain industrial products

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East India kips, hand knotted

carpets and coir mats and matting

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and on certain tropical

products, namely coffee, cocoa, pepper, desicated coconut,

vegetable oils, lemongrass oil and tobacco.)

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