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SPARI ADDED THAT LAVENANT, THE SENIOR FRENCH TEXTILE EXPERT,
HAD TOLD HIM PRIVATELY THAT FRANCE WOULD ACCEPT THE COMMISSION'S
PROPOSALS TO GO BEYOND THE MANDATE ON COTTON YARN AND COTTON CLOTH,
AND WOULD ENDORSE THE PROPOSAL TO RENEW THE MEA. LAVENANT'S FIRM
VIEW WAS THAT IT WAS BETTER FOR THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY TO RENEW THE
MFA ON THE TERMS PROPOSED THAN TO RESORT TO UNILATERAL MEASURES
WHICH COULD IN ANY CASE NOT COVER ALL PRODUCTS NOR ALL COUNTRIES.
ACCORDING TO LAVENANT THIS WAS ALSO THE VIEW OF COMITEXTIL.
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