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COMMITTEE OF PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES (AMBASSADORS): 13 OCTOBER

YOUR TELNO 1893.

MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS

SUMMARY

1. IT WAS AGREED THAT AT THE 18 OCTOBER COUNCIL COMMISSIONER

HAFERKAMP WOULD GIVE A REPORT ON THE POSITION ON THE MTNS WITH

SPECIAL REFERENCE TO TARIFFS, FOLLOWING WHICH THERE WOULD BE AN

EXCHANGE OF VIEWS BY MINISTERS. A DEBATE ON SUBSTANCE SHOULD TAKE PLACE LATER, EITHER AT THE 21/22 NOVEMBER COUNCIL OR AT A SPECIAL JOINT FOREIGN AFFAIRS/TRADE MINISTERS COUNCIL.

DISCUSSION

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LOEFF (COMMISSION) RECALLED THE TIMETABLE FOR THE MTNS WHICH

THE US AND COMMISSION HAD AGREED ON IN PRINCIPLE IN JULY: AND REPORTED ON THE US/COMMISSION WORKING HYPOTHESIS ON TARIFFS AND SUBSEQUENT DISCUSSION IN THE ARTICLE 113 (FULL MEMBERS) COMMITTEE (MY TELNO 5929 REFERSL. HE SAID THAT THE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION WAS WHETHER THE COMMISSION COULD BE AUTHORISED TO CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS

WITH THE US AND OTHER NEGOTIATING PARTNERS ON THE BASIS OF THE

WORKING HYPOTHESIS. THIS WOULD BE WITHOUT COMMITMENT BEFORE AT LEAST JANUARY, BY WHICH TIME IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO ASSESS PROGRESS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE NEGOTIATIONS.

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