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RESUMED ON 11 JULY TRAN
1. WHEN THE 113 COMMITTEE (TEXTILES)
(COMMISSION) CIRCULATED THE UNOFFICL PAPER IN MIFT WHICH HAD
RESULTED FROM DISCUSSIONS OVER THE WEEKEND WITH CERTAIN
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (NOTABLY MEXICO AND HONG KONG) AND THE
US. 14 THE TEXTILES COMMITTEE THE COMMUNITY HAD EXPLAINED ITS
PROBLEMS WITH THE MFA AND SOUGHT PROPOSALS FOR DEALING WITH THEM
FROM THE EXPORTING COUNTIRES. THIS WAS THE LATTER'S RESPONSE.
AS TRAN SAW IT, IT WOULD FORM PART OF THE SUMMING UP BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TEXTILES COMMITTEE. THE TEXT WAS FAR FROM
SATISFACTORY AND WOULD NEED TO BE THE SUBJECT OF FURTHER
NEGOTIATIONS. BUT HE REGARDED IT AS A SIGN OF GOOD WILL FROM THE DEVELOPING COUNTIRES WHICH HE THOUGHT SHOULD BE FOLLOWED UP, SINCE IF AGREED IT WOULD HELP THE COMMUNITY IN ITS BILATERAL
NEGOTIATIONS. THE ALTERNATIVE WAS SIMPLY TO RESTATE OUR DEMANDS AS
SET OUT IN THE MANDATE. THIS WOULD EFFECTIVELY BRING THE PRESENT
PHASE OF THE NEGOTIATIONS TO A STOP.
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