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AL

PORTA CE WE ATTACH TO THE

11 TH REST OF THE WORLD. I AM

T AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES WASD THAT THERE IS LIKELY

ECO PUNITY AND WORLD PRICES

CC

3. FINALLY, I WANT TO STRESS

OMMUNITY'S TRADING RELATIONSHIP

WELL AWARE THAT WORLD PRICES FOR ARE MUCH HIGHER THAN THEY HAVE IT

TO BE A CLOSER RELATIONSHIP BET

THAN IN THE PAST. WE HAVE, THE E THAT, WHATEVER THE FUTURE MOVEMEN NOT BECOME AN INSTRUMENT OF EXC-SCAVA PRECTIONISM. THE

IMPROVEMENTS I HAVE ALREADY INDICATED WOULD DO MUCH TO ENSURE THAT:

AND TO PROVIDE FOR A BETTER BALA CTURE THE INTERESTS OF

TU OPPORTUNITY NOW TO SEE

MAD PRICES, THE CAP DOES

E .

PRODUCERS, CONSUMERS AND TAXPAYER IS THE COMMUNITY. I AM SURE THAT THERE IS ROOM FOR IMPROVED TEES OF ACCESS FOR MANY KINDS OF THIRD COUNTRY FOODSTUFFS MORE OF "HICH WE DO NOT EVEN

PRODUCE WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF CS MENA Y PREFERENCE AND WITHOUT DETRIMENT TO COMMUNITY PRODUCERS, THE NEED TO SEE, THEREFORE, A CLEAR COMMITMENT TO A,OSITIVE APPROACH IN THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS HOW IN PROGRESS. WE SHALL BE PUTTING FORWARD OUR VIEWS WHEN THE COMMENTY RESUMES CONSIDERATION OF THE POSITION IT SHOULD TAKE IN THESE MEDIATIONS. MORE SPECIFICALLY, WE ALSO NEED SATISFAC: ARRANGEMENTS FOR COMMONWEALTH SUCAR, CH OVDE FOR ADEQUATE ACCESS LINKED TO ASSURANCES OF THLY AT PRI ITS FLY AND REALISTICALLY RELATED TO THE CATURITY'S ON PRICE STRUCTURE. SIMILARLY WE WILL NEED SATIS OWN ND CURTISANG ARRANGEMENTS

FOR N

THE „LAIN OF THE WAGANG

TREA.!

Y A

ISH TO BRING FORWARD

SAGED IN PROTOCOL 18 OF THE YOR. AS REGARDS SUGAR, WE

SF ACCESS ON FAIR TERMS FOR

TO THE CUR TUR LY COMMITTED TO TIL N

AT LEAST 1.4 MILLION TONS FROM THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH AFTER THE CSA EXPLA20. NË SHALL OUR VIENS ON SUGAR IN THE CONTEXT OL THE P

AND IN THE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE

REGIME.

UNITY IS

E PUTTING FORWARD

DCOL 22 NEGOTIATIONS

TERMAL SUGAR

A CARLY EXAMINATION

wet ADEQUATE SOLUTIONS.

WE ATTACH THE GREATEST IMPORTANCE

OF ALL THESE MATTERS WITH A VIEW to

1 AM STRENGTHENED IN SEEKING THIS BY BY BELIEF THAT EVERYTHING I HAVE SUGGESTED IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE

CAP AND WITH THE TREATIES, AND WOULD PROVE BENEFICIAL TO

EVERYONE IN THE ENLARGED COMMUNITY.

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