mind taking initiatives of his own on the domestic front. He was hoping to secure the repeal of A.S.P. and he had in mind also measures to provide for financial indemnity and the protection of workers in industries seriously affected by imports. The existing legislation was ineffective and the President hoped that measures of this type would help to remove much of the pressure
for protectionism.
The Prime Minister mentioned the wine gallon. assessment and Mr. Stans said that he thought the U.S.
He was not at Government should look closely at this.
all sure of the justification for this arrangement.
Mr. Stans then turned to textiles, and admitted that,
in the process of pressing for freer international trade, it was something of a difficulty at the same time to argue that there was a need for greater protection
But the fact for the United States textile industry.
was that there nad been a tremendous increase in imports from the Far East of synthetics and wool goods. The U. S. textile industry was not able to adjust sufficiently quickly to meet this expansion of imports. The textile industry was widely spread in the States and there was a particularly important element in the Southern States where serious unemployment problems could arise. He hoped that the United States would find sympathy, advice and some support in relation to their problems on textiles. They would prefer to Find a multilateral solution through GATT similar to the arrangement on cotton textiles. If this proved
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impossible, then there were two alternativos, a bilateral
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