§ Trade discussions in Brussels between an official U.K. Delegation representing the Board of Trade and the Treasury and representatives of the Belgian and Luxembourg Governments were concluded on Saturday.
§ The discussions, which were held in a most cordial spirit on both sides, have led to agreement over a wide range of matters affecting the trade between the U.K. and the Belgo-Luxembourg Economic Union.
§ It was mutually agreed that all possible steps should be taken to develop and increase this trade. The two delegations agreed on measures to facilitate substantial exports to the United Kingdom from Belgium and Luxembourg of a wide range of goods including steel products and other metals; flax, textiles, and other consumer goods; fruit. vegetables, and horticultural produce.
203W§ These arrangements, which will be submitted for approval to the respective Governments, should go far to bring into equilibrium the trade between the Belgo-Luxembourg Union with the U.K.
§ Views were also exchanged about the treatment to be accorded to imports of U.K. goods into Belgium and Luxembourg, and the general balance of payment between the sterling and Belgian franc areas.