TNAG-0135-FCO40-171-Tariff-preferences-for-developing-countries-1969 — Page 58

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afer ed to in paragraph 6 abire or would affect the issue of compensation, Ms of 1-klar recreu la orilex woziels, 12 those countries which already have PS ved avere fu individual. davalopad zarkretu. The Group consider that there romid he ep varieratonáing or Cest'ommu'n agueront betreen major àcnun countries' Maula da lemoreleing the rights granted to thew by any GATT waiver, they would not plak am Sworɔ be tucon alatents for special tariff treatment except on the group's referred to ia the pondero paragraph. In this way it would be possible to prevent acy posibil complaint was individual donor countries wore making use of che riments of elý internationally agreed last of developing countries to escape taking · un Usir fair shɗra of the "banien" of helping developing countries to increase their export exnings.

35. - Tha Gréng think it wise at this point in their report to stress that they are not proponds that donor countries sit ld not without regard for the views of the developing. coritises. They recognize that it would not be sebible to introduce new arrangements unless the developiic countries were reasonably content with the. Nevertheless, ily coñabiex it ecsential to put their view on record about the status of any special tariff treatment in unambiguous tems,

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26, The Group agreed that as far as mariufcctures and semi-canufactures were concerted, chapters 25-99 of the Brussels: Nolienclatuke shold so the basis for the coverage of at new arrangement, and that any list of exceptions should be as short as possible. 17. As reganla produrotu in the cardhiör shapters of the Brussels Nowenulatur,, the posution was fire complex. For reny developing countries, the greatest importance *'ll be attached to the inolvaion of those prccassed agricultural products in which they have a pişticular interest, and sons of those countries might expect to benefit · latens tritially from the grent of special tariff treatment unless certain.. prosecced agricultural products were included. Again, for many doveloping countries, their trade is concentrated in agricultural and priswy pr`dusis, and the inclusi.cn^ of those producto would also eliminate or reduce differences in' the treatment of developi: g conatzios in developed country markets. But agricultural policies throughout the world, and their effects on market conditions in relation to agricultural products, mˆke it difficult to consider any new arrangement for the se