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Cotton Textiles (Geneva Agreement)

Volume 650: debated on Thursday 7 December 1961

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asked the President of the Board of Trade whether Great Britain has yet decided to accept the short-term arrangements regarding international trade in cotton textiles agreed in Geneva in July.

Yes. We shall notify the Executive Secretary of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade as soon as possible of our acceptance on behalf of the United Kingdom and the Colony of Hong Kong. Acceptance in respect of Hong Kong will be subject to certain understandings on the operation of these arrangements.