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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!

ти

(??)

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

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.

العلام

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

-FINIS

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