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6.

In practice the Long Term Arrangement has not worked out as

originally intended for the developing countries.

Instead of

providing growth outlets for their production, subject only to the

invocation of the Arrangement where imports were causing market

disruption, developed countries have tended to use the Arrangement as

an instrument of restriction; .g. the U.S. practice of coming to

"mutually acceptable" agreements under Article 4 as an alternative to

the imposition of unilateral restraints under Article 3; the

administration of import controls by the E.E.C. itself rather than by

the exporting oountry concerned. The U.K. system of global and

country quotas has also had a similar effect.

following countries:

7. The Long Term Arrangement has been accepted by the following countries:

Australia

Austria

Canada

Denmark

E.E.C.

Finland

Greece

Colombia

Korea

Mexico

Norway

Pakistan

Portugal (Metropolitan only) Republic of China

Spain

Sweden

India Israel

Turkey

U.A.R.

Jamaica

Japan

U.K. (including Hong Kong) United States