THE US TRADE EXPANSION PROGRAM AT THE GATT CONFERENCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00429A001300030028-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 2, 2002
• Sequence Number: 28
• Publication Date: May 29, 1963
• Content Type: MF

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Anstotsnt tr t w for C ar t
a Trade XzPansion Pr'
tells
the ( rr
1. Prior to the j r tut t the GATT s ie"
: t i in n * ot midnight 21 MAY0 the 09 and the
Aarkat reached the aWoomeat trade and tart- ft iici wish
i mm vi el r . -. to t in the. .i teruati - j + a ? aee pt
everted a c clesda icb would a tm certainly have obaken ~tl
.t, ana 'd ttb it, the pro t for *a effective .t Inn t c
partnership. The ar tmally acceptable far is f+ , havevol,
only after the elovan-th-hour had *, a bli.,a that tom*
a s ix issues b' - settled, and l t t t i f
t"my tit t a it' sd is
'! :'0 ' uud to already aur,
,. indicated in y z~ t"t may. the critical ie !'
A vv the cowl is t t eu the US desire firm n e-
- i, liD * t e refit i txri. i t i.
y WDM Such o v i -l t1 Q -'acr t t i
ar
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p
formula s the
all bV
tion I and equal
" ? i k k of effic,c epltiog. vor, 'here t -re r
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n tariff, . '~ ple,
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raises- -aa ll an the : ro is plain-mill w d out wit
trade raa otiatin ttee '.sash ba
iht amount a a e zit that th x
.. t I d in" is sampted to ear;
a(may be st
MOD. Market - tt to a
"te el i to :i any way Irora
- ? ? i ter was %
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pl *I v*1 Zinewr cuts,," By t , ., the,
t 1 It - a ' ` -i. a dor "li tl!ar,, a t tic
d to push for working party
*ad "ony other** pro. ls,
with the " l ' 00080d >
and U tariff sche 4la r,
Kai, 0 s alt 1 "War out ,oul k lcaav, the with scab.
protaetlon on theoe i.t4"M on Whieb tsriUts or*
except i elly huh, while depriving the rxC ot bar as .
effect t 'ir ret4vatlaa . As seen the s as low tar .f way
as prof ti.ve *a 0 to ~s and the ei t ant eriteri
in the t of both on the flaw of trade.
4. To attempt, to soy at this cote :ia aide has
btIhe t
eter * t sx aaaa sto p -tntl the fast O the
that no ni ters a a r reed tth to
64aalp linear cut tariffs, gaaa:lifi to a Q
as yet to dec. It to the task of the
eamultUo both to "vise the
tariffs and to decide the exteiA to
` ly. Altheu& US officials have said
de has been r+ ? t+a , it is difficult to imagine
scat t:' rules ICU old not be-or r
pis and m ire a greater and thftletwe
tariffs in the capper brackets
x1ftizes and a s bo t
to WAIMISO the I t
tt on flow,
ritie are
t o tiade aerie - ?
td is tbat there will a
a:tb will be equals : ,-t
fin it 01111 be, Baal,
knife, which will but
at every effort should made t increase the
unities of less-developed aoaratri,
do this failed to win ap roval- .lac e
of the i C and its: sazociat04 States
tisatia. a tin the agreement to Inc.1%
~ r lea - , the "real '
a r .e negotiations aar u l i e
further col: - - its intaal
rea p e t, it i s difficult to judge.
deny l intern t ion 1
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char t-t xto of tba'~us a*t
va s a last weak or the . tat a Witt of west Gera ny' agr .-
t minister tba t : to " rt principle" O , aid to any
t "Ch 8 suppo : nr , ' e for gra ina R
Tbc bitter battle at a a n-ctvv in o t. tic i the
c Sphere of they it tr; Atlvit is tessiom which exist 18o;
ut~ the liticaal sad military level, and it is an op" question
whether UIS tacti at the T` meeting were 11 ai~laat
coin-
c44"- them. It is of a aarse easy to overlook the fact that
Potition too* to the it e rna tia . al market pla , to
s r aainin MI to the l.anuaj e that is understood, Moreover,
there is as body of opinion which holds that it was and r+ zmi i
tr Gaulle"aa o ?tive to creat au autarkic a ity, both
litical. If so, 1l&ai?tear may be. correct cl. -
'r as he does that the a act was "very helpful is
Ching the result achieved.,` f&a er, it is also. easy to
look. the exteaait to hiel" the image of the s rp Yankee
trader has gain European a er a s e, t r observers t lien e
that w& policy did not take adequately into amt t poltti 1
ear. on ic realities within the, that it .a rigid a e Y
'Pc, a r,*4 (See London Lc Oaiaia t, 25 '!BY 1903, p. 1 O) ,, 004 t yat
ii.fie i ility nearly a lld L kid th ".'.' in support of the
-0a r Preach position. uoretwer, is sa it t "r+a ult
~4 ., 4ia ve d"4 ,, the fact to that n i. t ;er the U r4 a this c a :-e
r i s..r
r a e was able to taoi to it z i iti Without
faampA ahr a r and possibly more i tan.t t o ti .
in, any c se* it i y , c as i; vvo'. to be half o as
the personal GpAc4 a as the under ., t: i -s
Ala t, l prior to the a apt recd a' t
t - itt t very nearly broke, up v ;
ac+ Is 1- t. t ` .A. Me S Interest to r s aO :u
are gb:.~, b t aitaatie l Ay. itl
i. vzrap if a a l l .s . should lad tta ll.k r :.
0 OW--riv-OPT t" t za also be asked i w4car ~v
war xx ot2 to the as h.ie t t`
or tiara, vee wasting it too frequently .t e at
of leaser to ort e? A ca w t a point is tt tr n + effort *1
fast year to r rv? the, 1i?-' market, in S ur , for poultry-;
which, however valuab:+1 t the pax t ei years,, to ale s is
as ia3 to lost a t>aar+a a:c:anal a dvaz*. , :;r $ t,:E:4
; ,.~a? dr Vhetlker,, in deal. t. g v t-ri, tt x: , we have ;rte Saab
, otn e~y,r. is edd by tile ?jjI ;a to a.n11'_" "~r lea ~~" y~t aatq of tit, too
~ .~~g 7
A>"4~ 'S.~`?F~a.0.p'i4L X~ ead 6-%fA~9i' ,*.'i A~:'.b to SiY ab i 4wc bZ.'~ the KM1x'tF'Vti,e 4 4e i$ s, gv~, .*YudrY Y. q
Arc- w semi an well or. t.. hi of r-fi: aasive sr ral;t.. t:i . ?
In eyes, Jr':anee has a rged from the Geneva s o t tar as the
- ":rhvrd, the hero. Yet, however protev.,,t.jot4jVt acs
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i O R 1 to an "" grain .icy
i
WI M D "Al, S A'"" . i Or' I
eg
it watt aC4
a ore
ardently *d a ..t by
I
I
basic L s. T
GATT of a PUS f jLy
there $ I t'tle prespoet of early
X we farm Policies Will
t e Er fo
deadline for Weexwut
the COMAOU 997h"Ot t an enterpries
:. next 'e.trr, er, d
25X1A
A 28 W a r r cable from t h W i i to the EC, h e
r ot1 that VVC '' ; sane
ry SUlu. A-rt;
wtutloa of the g ef"Sp.
2 above 10 "fu
or
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