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Section 13, Bran. Pakistan complained of the low level of imports of bran into Austria from LDCs. The Austrians replied that their centrols were non-discriminatory.
Section 15, Mineral products. Japan promised to pass on Korea's request for liberalisation of natural graphite and tungsten ores.
Section 18, Leather. Japan informed Pakistan that she operated global quotas for leather and did not have any country quotas. The restrictions were needed for social reasons to protect small industries in the non-modernised part of the economy.
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Section 20, Textiles (my intervention below).. M ⚫ther delegation bothered to raise MMF wool (not even Korea). India was not too happy with the jute situation in either the C or the U.K. and established that France and Germany were not liberalising heavy sacking.
Section 21, Footwear. Pakistan made her usual complaint about the small size of imports from LDCs inte France and Japan compared with imports from developed countries. The French replied that no requests for licences for imports from LDCs were refused. The pattern of trade was established more by marketing factors, consumer taste, etc. Japanese repeated their explanation given on leather products (Section 18).
Section 22 In reply to Pakistan en restrictions in France on porcelain artides (69.11), the Trench replied that the restrictions were required to protect an old industry that needed restructuring. They claimed that no licences were refused for imports from LDCs.
Section 23. France explained that spoons and forks
(ex 82.14) were liberalised but not knives under 82.09. (they are both now liberalised to Hong Kong).
Section 24. I pointed out that the French restrictions on torches and batteries from Hong Kong, when notified, would go in this section. The French repeated their promise to notify these items.
France/Hong Kong
Before the meeting began I aproached the French delegation (Mlle. Guyot in Colmant's absence) to point out that, followin the informal trade talks in Hong Kong conducted by Collin, I had been instructed to ask that certain items, restricted in France from Hong Kong and not yet notified to the GATT, should be notified; and also to point cut the discriminatory nature of the restrictions on Hong Kong. Mlle. Guyot replied that Collin had gone on leave on returning from Hong Kong and had a parently not yet reported (they are both from the inistry of Finance and conomic Affairs). However, she said that the French would be prepared to notify the items on the Hong Kong list not already notified.
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