§ 25. Mr. Stonehouseasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate he has made of the effects on United Kingdom exports of the recent amendment incorporated in the United States Defense Appropriations Act prohibiting the US Defense Department from purchasing equipment containing a specified range of foreign-produced speciality metals.
§ Sir G. HoweInformation available on trade in these metals and on goods containing them does not enable an estimate to be made of the amount of trade frustrated by this provision. But while it remains a part of the United States250W Defense Appropriations Act it poses a serious threat to such exports.