§ Mr. Webbasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that representatives of Australia are going to Japan to revive trade in raw wool supplies; and, in view of the threat to our woollen trade of a return to uneconomic 69W competition with the products of low-paid Asiatic workers, if he will ask the Wool Working Party to consider this problem as a matter of urgency.
§ Sir S. CrippsI understand that an official of the Australian Government may shortly visit Japan but I am not aware70W of the purpose of his visit. The industrial policy to be applied to Japan is the subject of discussion on the Far Eastern Commission in Washington between the Allied powers concerned. It would not be appropriate to refer the matter to the Wool Working Party.
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