§ 13. Mr. Deakinsasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations he has made to the European Economic Community about its protectionist agricultural trading policy.
§ Mr. Anthony GrantNone, Sir.
§ Mr. DeakinsIs the hon. Gentleman not aware that the common agricultural policy has been one of the principal causes of the growth of protectionism in world trade and that our entry will do 19 nothing to solve that problem—the more so as we have accepted an unsatisfactory common agricultural policy as the price of entry and will have no chance of changing it once we have gone in?
§ Mr. GrantNo. I should make clear that the arrangements of the Community, including its common agricultural policy, have been examined in G.A.T.T. and also that, although we have indicated that as members of the Community we should accept the common agricultural policy, we should have our own voice in determining what shape that policy should take in future years.
§ Mr. BlakerIs it not a fact that after the Kennedy Round reductions next year, the average level of tariffs in the Community will be considerably lower than those of the United States or of this country?