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TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELNO 341 OF 08 JULY
INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP BRUSSELS.
OUR TELNO 338 OF 07 JULY.
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GATT TEXTILES COMMITTEE DISCUSSION ON 07 JULY
THE MFA
SUMMARY
1.
RENEWAL OF
THE TEXTILES COMMITTEE RESUMED ITS DISCUSSION OF THE RENEWAL
OF THE MFA ON 27 JULY. THIS CONSISTED FOR THE MOST PART OF A REPETITION BY EXPORTING COUNTRIES OF THEIR DESIRE DESPITE
DISSATISFACTION WITH THE MFA TO RENEW IT WITHOUT AMENDMENT SINCE
THIS WAS THE ONLY REALISTIC COMPROMISE. FOR THE COMMUNITY TRAN
REPEATED THAT IT WOULD BE POLITICALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO ADHERE TO THE COMITMENTS IMPLIED BY A RENEWAL WITHOUT CLEAR
ACCEPTANCE BY OTHER PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES OF THE COMMUNITY'S
RE UIREMENTS.
REPORT
2. SPAIN SPOKE AGAIN THE EEC'S REQUESTS AND STRESSED THE
NEED FOR RESTRICTIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE EEC/SPAIN BILATERAL
AGREEMENT TO BE IN FULL CONFORMITY WITH THE NFA AND SUBJECT TO
SCRUTINY BY THE TSD. HONG KONG, MEXICO, BRAZIL AND OTHERS ATTACKED
THE COMMUNITY'S STAND ON EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF IMPORT
OPPORTUNITES SINCE IT CLEARLY INTENDED TO CONTINUE TO RESTRICT
IMPORTS FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ONLY AND NOT THOSE FROM DEVELOPED
COUNTRIES. EXPORTING COUNTRIES ALSO ATTACKED THE COMMUNITY'S
CASE ON THE GROUNDS THAT IT DID NOT DEMONSTRATE A CAUSAL LINK
BETWEEN IMPORTS AND THE ECONOMIC SITUATION OF THE DOMESTIC INDUSTRY, AND THEY CONTINUED TO REJECT THE CONCEPT OF CUMULATIVE
MARKET DISRUPTION. THE NORDICS REPLIED TO THIS WITH A DESCRIPTION
OF THE REALITY OF CUMULATIVE MARKET DISRUPTION IN SCANDINAVIA.
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