TNAG-0149-FCO40-185-Cotton-textiles-to-France-1969 — Page 135

4.

Certainly there are difficulties in the

way of treating the Group on residual restrictions

of the Committee of Trade and Development as a

sul ble forum at which to raise the French

restrictions.

It is not by any means clear

how active will be French participation in

this Group's examination of restrictions

affecting the developing countries and whether

this will be such that the French would be

prepared to have their restrictions examined,

particularly when, as we see, they have not

notified the Group of the restrictions they

are applying to Hong Kong.

5.

So far as the Industrial Products

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Committee is concerned, progress shows signs

сайнов cannot dag when there will be a of being very slow although this is certainly

of vir

a body which would eventually have to take

the

notice of French restrictions.

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not be a timely occasion.

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But this might

Thus, although we do not yet see our

way through to the conclusion of the exercise,

you are authorised to make the sort of

reference I have indicated to our considerable

interest in this matter and to the possibility

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haver to take up in GATT the question that we shall in some way have to approach the

GATT for the removal of these damaging

restrictions.

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