same Aide Memoire, in the context this time of compensation,
to our will wigused to causidee some modificatio
for the condition categones there was reference to "existing arrangements". The existence
of the Heads of Agreement has indeed been recognised all along
to be able and continues to be recognised. I should like to give you☎
say categorical assurance that this recent request for restrictions
may in fact which you have accepted was exceptional and will even prove to be uniques
But while I shall be surprised if it does not prove
such to be both, the furthest I can go is to say that only in the same
sort of exceptional circumstances shall we again make a request
of this nature.
4. The fact is that the categorisation provisions of the
Agreement are not, we believe, unduly onerous; it is not altogether
surprising that the scope which they allow for concentration on
exports of particular types of textiles (given the generous share
of the market reserved for Hong Kong within the limitations
applicable to "restrained" countries as a whole) should have revolted
in a request for modification in respect of one of them.
Su
5. The Heads of Agreement and the arrangements which have been
made with the other "restrained" suppliers are intended collectively
to avoid further disruption of the British market. The course of
these negotiations has demonstrated that the term "disruption"
surprising has a strong subjective element. But it is hardly a matter for
dispute, given the extent, unique in the world, to which our
consumption of cotton textiles is met by imports with the
consequent and run-down in our domestic production, that we have should have been able to dammstrate think it had ruffled
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our industry
suffered and indeed tolerated an unparallelled degree of market
disruption.
A
It is arguable that in the care of the British
textile industry, we have had to cope less with "disruption" than
"decimation"
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