TNAG-0244-FCO40-280-Exports-of-textiles-from-Hong-Kong-to-USA-1970 — Page 51

by specific limits results in the setting up of category by

category ceilings and, in this regard, the proposal does not

substantially differ from proposals calling for comprehensive

restrictions.

This point is greatly to be regretted, inasmuch as the

Government of Japan has consistently taken the position that

comprehensive restrictions are wholly unacceptable.

(2): The proposal represents some improvement over the

December proposal in that specific limits were somewhat increased.

Yet, total export limits for 1970 under the proposal amount to

less than the actual level of exports in 1969. This is contrary

to the views expressed by the United States representatives on

frequent occasions, including those expressed by Secretary of

Commerce Stans on the occasion of his visit to Japan last year,

to the effect that the Government of the United States does not

seek to roll back the level of past exports

(3) The proposal calls for an agreement effective for a

long and fixed term of 5 years. This is in conflict with the

Japanese position that export restraints should be considered

as provisional measures undertaken for the sake of expediency

until such time as the United States Government Ma

to resort to Article 19 of the GATT.

in a position

The basic views of the Government of Japan concerning ways.

!