TNAG-0145-FCO40-181-Exports-of-textiles-to-United-States-of-America-1969 — Page 116

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In some cases the press in foreign countries in-

timated all we were doing was carrying out a political

campaign pledge and having done that, the whole matter

would subside.

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We did our best to disabuse them of that possi-

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QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, did these countries

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raise with you varriers or obstacles to trade within the

United States that they would like to see lifted and if

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So,

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can you identify them?

SECRETARY STANS: Yes. In many countries there

were protests about barriers to trade in the United States

other than tariffs. One we heard about in the first ten

minutes of every meeting in Europe was the American selling

7 price clause.

There were also complaints about certain technical

requirements imposed by the American Government on imports

but generally speaking, we took the position that there

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were a lot more barriers to our exports to other countries

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than there were barriers by the United States on imports

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from other countries, and I think that is certainly definitely

the case.

QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, in your discussion of

non-tariff barriers you included border taxes. You recently

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said the United States does not believe changes should be