TNAG-0132-FCO40-168-Tariff-preferences-for-developing-countries-1969 — Page 23

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Chairman at that stage.

This was,

in any case, a task for the Trade

Committee rather than the Group.

Conclusion

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This meeting did not take the main issues very much further forward

indeud, it was not expected to do so as

as far as OECD was concerned;

everyone is waiting on the tabling of the lists on 1st March.

However, some progress was made on procedural matters and some of the

discussions in the corridors were useful.

In particular the EEC

it is becoming clearer that

position now appears to be hardening up;

they will go ahead with their own scheme regardless of the positions of

other prospective donor countries and that this will involve a liberal

use of tariff quotas and almost certainly the exclusion of Hong Kong as

a beneficiary. I am naturally commenting on this in my further

memorandum referred to in paragraph 2 above..

DJCJ/mms

Distribution:

Director, Hong Kong (3 copies)

A.L.; A.B.; A.W.

Mr. Goldsmith (U.K. delegation to TDB)

Mr. Kemnis (Board of Trade)

Mr. Fall (UKKIS, Geneva)

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