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The Governor was not prepared to accept the

arguments put forward against making a request for the

exclusion of textiles and footwear from the EEC offer

for all beneficiaries and it was agreed that the

Governor's proposal would be put to Ministers for a

decision.

Ministers have now considered this matter and

have decided that, for the reasons given during the

Consultations and because there would be no hope of

the EEC accepting such a recommendation, we should not

urge the EEC to exclude textiles and shoes altogether

from its offer of Generalised Preferences.

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