File
Country
Refs
Italy (cont'd)
CONTIDENTIAL
Action Taken to
inform Hong Kong
By Originator
91 B (No.404) Routine to 22/4/69
Hong Kong
Switzerland (Berne)
87 B (No.82) 21/4/69
Not to Hong
Kong, but
Saving to
UKM18, Geneva.
By F. C.O.
REMARKS
Italians however unconvinced that this concession would work in practice. Conference proposal rejected.
Not Repeated
CONFIDENTIAL
Meeting between Stans, Jolles and Weitnauer/
Swiss gained favourable impression of US party. US did not envisage delib- erate breach of GATT but Swiss warned that "if once principle of non- discrimination were breached they would find it difficult to resist other pro- tectionist pressures" "Moreover any proposal to discriminate against Taiwan and Korea would amount to
"negative preference" against Idc's (US appeared to count Hong Kong in withis Japan as "developed countries") US made clear that they do not intend to "roll back" present level of textile imports; their fear was that massive increase of recent past would continue if not checked. No suggestion of Article XIX criteria being relaxed.
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