HC Deb 19 January 1981 vol 997 c14W
40. Mr. Hardy

asked the Secretary of State for Trade which British industries currently face disadvantage as a result of differences between tariffs placed against manufactured imports by other developed countries and lower tariffs levied by the United Kingdom on similar imported products.

Mr. Parkinson

Various other developed countries have tariffs higher than the levels in the European Community's common customs tariff against products manufactured by a number of British industries. Conversely the CCT is higher than other developed countries' tariffs against many British exports. The tariff cuts agreed in the Tokyo round of multilateral trade negotiations will reduce many of these disparities.