in principle should be taken to reintroduce duty-free quotas an
respect of any supplier whose exports to us are limited by virtue of
our adherence to the Community's Article 4 agreements.
7. The arguments which appear, at the end of paragraph 7 of
AS(71)35, to rua counter to this view seem to Mr sood to be contra-
dictory. The admission of duty-free textiles in 1973 would not put
our own textile firms in any worse position than they are now. Whatever
investment decisions they have made can have been taken in an atmosphere
of certainty only as regards 1972 und 1973. The real answer to the
problem is for us to secure free circulation of all textiles within
the enlarged Community, and we should have a very good chance of getting
our way on this in the Community's discussions on future textile policy,
which must inevitably take place in 1373 in preparation for renegotiation
of the Long Term Agreement.
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