HC Deb 24 February 1966 vol 725 cc137-8W
56. Mr. Dodds-Parker

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will, in concert with Great Britain's European Free Trade Association partners, approach the European Economic Community to seek to negotiate free trade between the two in chemicals, asking for a waiver from the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade as the United States of America and Canada have done for motor vehicles.

Mr. Darling

No. As my right hon. Friend said in reply to the hon. Member on 10th February, we believe, with our E.F.T.A. partners, that the best prospect for a useful reduction in barriers to trade, including trade in chemicals, lies in negotiating a successful conclusion to the Kennedy Round.