HC Deb 21 February 1962 vol 654 c62W
Sir L. Plummer

asked the President of the Board of Trade what are now his estimates of the effect on British export trade with the Soviet bloc countries and China of entry by the United Kingdom into the Common Market.

Mr. Erroll

It is too early to try to estimate what effect our entry into the Common Market would have on our exports to the Sovietbloc countries and China. Exports by the present members of the European Economic Community to those countries have, however, increased steadily since the Community was set up.