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There was clearly no possibility of reaching general agree- ment on (i) above in view of the opposing views of the Americans and Japanese on one side and the EEC on the other. It was, therefore, agreed to remit this subject to the Trade Committee for decision. Apart from the EEC there was general agreement that (ii) would be insufficient
or not individual lists were submitted.
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whether
On (iii), the EEC agreed only with considerable reluctance to discuss Part I at all and were clearly determined to submit their own lists to UNCTAD, subject to the approval of the Council of Ministers on 17 October, on the grounds that the larger the common OECD submission, the more difficult it would be for them to do so(& any political credit in UNCTAD from appearing ahead of other developed countries would also be reduced). Everyone else, for varying reasons, however,
favourod. this course.
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5. Consideration of Part I was further complicated by the fact that each individual donor was concerned that the more attractive features of their sc emes should be fairly ref- lected (if not emphasised) in the common submission to UNCTAD. Problems arose also in connection with primary products and agricultural products in chapters 25 to 99 of the BTN, where donors who had excluded such items on principle sought to generalise this decision in order not to have to specify these products in their exceptions lists.
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The eventual text while in many respects less full than we would have wished, will nevertheless be more substantial
than was at one time feared.
It will be completed by the
Secretariat and finally agreed at a further, meeting of the
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