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PROPOSED EEC-HONG KONG NEGOTIATIONS FOR RESTRAINTS ON

TRADE IN NON-COTTON TEXTILES.

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1.

A meeting has been arranged for the afternoon of

22 January, in Brussels, of the group of experts on texti

matters, to discuss the Council document S/27/73 (COLER 6)

of 9 January 1973 proposing immediate negotiations with

Hong Kong for voluntary restraints on/exports to the

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Community of a wide range of non-cotton textiles.

understand that this request by the Commission for a

negotiating mandate is the direct result of pressure by tro

German Government; further, we understand that Gesamt tezli

and the Ministry of Economic Affairs have agreed a

supplementary list of textile products which they would

like to see added to the Commission's list, and are also