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WOULD LEAVE THEM WITHOUT REMEDY AGAINST THE EMERGENCE OF

DAMAGING IMPORTS IN OTHER TEXTILE CATEGORIES. I BELIEVE IT

WOULD BE REALISTIC, THEREFORE, TO HOLD OUT THE PROSPECT OF EVOLVING A SYSTEM WHICH MET THE TWO ESSENTIAL PRINCIPLES,

NAMELY:

(A) GAVE IMPORTING COUNTRIES TIMELY SAFEGUARDS AGAINST THE

THJEAT OF DISRUPTIVE IMPORTS IN SPECIFIC CATEGORIES:

AND

(B)

OFFERED EXPORTERS PROTECTION AGAINST ARBITRARY ACTION

UPON THE UNILATERAL JUDGEMENT OF AN IMPORTING COUNTRY.

I RECOGNISE THAT THIS IS WHAT ARTICLE XIX OF GATT ALREADY AIMS B1!

TO PROVIDE AND THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY IT MIGHT NOT BE

POSSIBLE TO DEVISE PROCEDURES SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT FROM

THESE. AS THE AMERICANS HAVE REPEATEDLY REJECTED THE IDEA

OF RECOURSE TO ARTICLE XIX, HOWEVER, IT IS NECESSARY TO GIVE

AT LEAST THE APPEARANCE OF COMING UP WITH SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

F.C.0. PASS ROUTINE UKMIS GENEVA, HONG KONG AND TOKYO.

MR. FREEMAN.

would

agree wish This, & accen than something with than CAN XIX IS

жина

GRS

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SENT AT 15147/23 FEB A.Ă.

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