COMPORTHWAITE hindered whether the emmal of kanffs would not be stimulus enough.
CAREY!?) said it had a great chance to compete, both before
the Ear & aftr.
joming
CONFURTHWAITE commented that this was giving it
preferential, not equal, treatment!
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LAMB said one must not assume that the LTA for Cotton Textiles would last for ears and that by Sept. 1973 qurtas would be on thei
way out.
CARLY" Saw Cotton Textiles declining & favour of ? for this reason it was desirable to put them
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m.f's ? for
M.M.
on
the jame
basis.
COMPERTHWAITE believed that quotas would continue
unless tariffs rive so
In
answer to a
high as to become prohibitive
query from HADOUN-LAVE on
the relative
Countries
restritiverers of the proposed tauff & the present quitas, CARLY said that imports from decloning were expected to rive.
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COMPERTHWAITE remarked that it would wist HK £5 million paramon to maintain her present wlume I [exports to the UK?]. The present situation moked in HK's fame, & this would be fast with the introduction of the tariff.
On the questing CONSULTATIONS he said HK desired these whether UK entered the EEC or not. MR. BOTTOMLEY agred they should be held in good time. Haveer, as only Minikes could affin ther willingness, he suggested that the HK side put in a formal request. SIRDAD agreed this was up to HK to decide, & said he would be suppeting a
suitable date.
A
draft Communiqué was circulated & various amendments I suggested for isoul on 25 December.
CONSULTATIONS
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