TNAG-0152-FCO40-188-Exports-of-cotton-textiles-to-Canada-1969 — Page 24

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the Textile Advisory Board and issued a notice to

ers

exports suspending trade in pyester/polynosic shirts

without res renee te up. Te are also without the

kind of infolalion shich we told Jordan we should

need to have in making up our minds what should be

done in cacco of this sort

Burt. The Swedial. negotiations

that the 0:00 I r

vestraint was a good deal

we let olin had been made out and you will recall that

it us only our in ervention that prevented them from

getting restraints on blouses and women's underwe.r,

the are far from convinced that the Canadians

have a case for imposing restrictions on your trade.

Their production has suffered to nothing like the

x ent of the Sredes or, for that matter, the U.K.

The Gunadi m fl ues show that imports of ven shirts

from long long jetually fell Ly well over 20 per cont

in 1908. Impor from Japan increased by roll over

20 per cent.

5. We assume that you were not a are of what was o id

in June and 1 am sure that on furthe: consideration you

will agree that it would not be right for Jordan to g

further than was indicated in paragraph 4 of our

t

te egr 13. We have told you that we will do our

best to reach a decision as soon as possible, but

given that the Canadians themselves were not keen to have such an early meeting as you had suggested, we

are quite a certain that the position can be held

for some time yet without detriment to liong long'

trade. The fact is that Canadian imports of shirts

I canticut. from long long in the first live months of this year Sunchange.

vee not 1 that much hi her than the annual rate