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that this be made. We should also seek to secure a

commitment from the Community that it would in future

reviews of the G3P continue to improve the scheme to

make it more valuable for the poorer developing countries.

LINE TO TAKE

3. We welcome the improvements for the 1975 scheme

that have already been agreed at official level.

We

On the

are particularly pleased about the agreement t continued application in the &K &

zero tarif on imports of jute

The

and coir products. But the improvements so far agreed

are not as extensive as we should he wish. United Kingdom is committed to substantial improvements

in the scheme largely as a means of improving the

situation for those developing countries, particularly

in Asia, for whom the offer of association with the

Community is not open.

There is still time to agree

on further improvements for next year's scheme and we

want as many as possible. We must also look at the

position for future years.

AGRICULTURAL SECTOR

4.

Castor Oil. We wish to see a cut to 4 per cent.

This would be particularly helpful to India and we are prepared to try to ensure that such a reduction is not abused by wealthier third countries, especially Brazil.

We can

[If

as is likely, the Italians refuse].

reluctantly agree to a tariff of 6 per cent provided

that our supplementary demands in the agricultural

sector are agreed.

"Conditional" Products

5. The concessions proposed on items such as tropical

oils and pepper are important to a number of developing

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