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Mr. Moonman
asked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will publish in the Official Reportthe names of the countries with which Her Majesty's Government have a technical or trade agreement.
Mr. Meacher,
pursuant to his reply [Official Report,11th December 1978 ; Vol. 960, c. 39],gave the following information:The United Kingdom has agreements covering trade questions with the following countries:
- Afghanistan
- Argentina
- Bolivia
- Burma
- Colombia
- Costa
- Rica
- Czechoslovakia
- Finland
- Greece
- Haiti
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Iran
- Japan
- Liberia
- Morocco
- Muscat and Oman
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- Norway
- Peru
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Soviet
- Union
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- United States
- Venezuela
- Yugoslavia
There are technical agreements with
- Argentina
- Bulgaria
- China
- Cuba
- Czechoslovakia
- German Democratic Republic
- Hungary
- Poland
- Romania
- Soviet Union
- Venezuela
- Yugoslavia
In addition, a large number of developing countries receive technical, co-operation as part of the overseas aid programme. Agreements or memoranda covering terms and conditions are sometimes, but not always, concluded with these countries.