CONFIDENTIAL
FM UKMIS GENEVA
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 239
OF 071744Z MAY 1986
INFO PRIORITY UKREP BRUSSELS, WASHINGTON, UKDEL GECD PARIS,
MONTEVIDEO
INTERNATIONAL TRADE & FRAME AGRICULTURE
GATT NEW ROUND: PREPARATORY COMMITTEE 5-7 MAY
SUMMARY
1.
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RECEIVED IN MELİSTRY
12 MAY 1986
PREPCOM MADE STEADY PROGRESS IN ITS PHASE 2 EXAMINATION OF
SUBJECTS FOR THE NEW ROUND. MAIN AREAS OF CONTROVERSY WERE
AGRICULTURE AND SUBSIDIES WHERE AUSTRALIA TABLED NEW TEXTS AND LED
ATTACK ON THE COMMUNITY.
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2.
SERVICES, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND INVESTMENT ISSUES PASSED
OFF WITH INDIA AND BRAZIL REHEARSING ROUTINE OBJECTIONS.
3.
OTHER SUBJECTS EXAMINED INCLUDED DISPUTE SETTLEMENT, QRS AND
NTMS, TROPICAL PRODUCTS, TARIFFS, MTN CODES, DOMESTICALLY PROHIBITED GOODS, TEXTILES, NATURAL RESOURCES, EXCHANGE RATES, JAPAN, ARTICLES XVII, XXIV AND XXVIII, PARTICIPATION, MODALITIES AND FUNCTIONING OF GATT SYSTEM. NOTIFICATION AND SURVEILLANCE, COMPENSATORY TRADE, RBP'S, MONETARY/FINANCE LINK, PARTICIPATION, COMMODITY PRICES, WORKER RIGHTS.
4. URUGUAY MADE A STAEMENT CONFIRMING ADEQUACY OF FACILITIES AT
PUNTA DEL ESTE, APPARENTLY TO ALLAY THE REPORTS THAT THE MINISTERIAL
WOULD BE MOVED TO MONTEVIDEO.
DETAIL
EC COORDINATION
5. COORDINATION CONSIDERED AGRICULTURE, TROPICAL PRODUCTS, DISPUTE SETTLEMENT AND TARIFFS. FURTHER INTRANSIGENT FOOT-DRAGGING
BY FRANCE ON AGRICULTURE WAS COUNTERED BY MADELIN (UK), DENMARK AND
TRAN (COMMISSION). TRAN URGED THAT WHILE DEFENDING THE CAP THE EC
SHOULD RECOGNISE THAT NEGOTIATIONS OFFERED THE POSSIBILITY OF A
GLOBAL SOLUTION BY ALL CPS TO THE CORE DIFFICULTY OF SURPLUSES. THE EC SHOULD AVOID UNNECESSARY REITERATION OF THE INVIOLABILITY OF THE
CAP.
6. THE UK CALL FOR A CONSTRUCTIVE EC APPROACH ON TROPICAL PRODUCTS
AND DISPUTE SETTLEMENT RECEIVED SOME SUPPORT (FRG, NETHERLANDS). TRAN, WHILE AGREEING ON THE NEED FOR A POSITIVE SIGNAL, WARNED THAT
FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS UNDERLYING DISPUTE SETTLEMENT, NOTABLY
AGRICULTURE, COULD NOT EASILY BE RESOLVED. FRG SUPPORTED BY UK AND
FRANCE ACCEPTED THAT INTERNAL TAXES ON TROPICAL PRODUCTS SHOULD BE
INCLUDED IN THE NEGOTIATION
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