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nvite eorcesponding effort ought to be made by developing countriea,

with centrally planned economies. This should have the effect of providing comparable increased opportunities for the exports of developing countries to their markets.

de the Group considered that this point of view should be pressed on the countries querbion, notion by the unjor developed countries of the West should not be made seymclash on norresponding action by developed countries with oentrally planned

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Ma Comp agreed on the importance of complementary measures by developing nemarcies to promote trade among themselves and in particular of the establishment

rploil integration arrangements and strengthening of existing integration

Lin betreen developing countries and of the creation by the developing countriou of a climate for foreign investment that will promote industrialization and pupil the developing countries to take advantage of the potential trade advantages ercadou by the special tariff treatment. Again, however, they did not believe that toe goul of special tariff treatment could or should be made oonditional on the utepi Lou of such complementary measures by the developing countries themselves. Conclusio

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45. Die Group have had very much in mind the fact that the Second UNCTAD Conference *00 begin in only four months' time and that the question of special tariff treatment for developing countries will inevitably be a major agenda item. They realise that

mirion not represented on the Group, both developed and developing, are hoping that the Group's report will suggest how the stalemate on this subject can be broken. They have accordingly drawn up, and included as Part I of this report, a set of guidelines or principles as a basis for a statement which might be presented to the developing omriss at the Second Conference of UNCTAD.

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