General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Article XII)

HC Deb 28 June 1960 vol 625 c98W

54. Mr. Russell

asked the President of the Board of Trade which countries, besides the United Kingdom, have renounced further use of the balance of payments waiver under Article XII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.

Mr. Erroll

Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Sweden have, like the United Kingdom, ceased to claim balance of payments justification for restrictions under Article XII of the General Agreement, and Ghana and the Federation of Malaya have recently ceased to invoke the corresponding provisions of Article XVIII.