HC Deb 16 July 1986 vol 101 c528W
20. Mr. Lawler

the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what action Her Majesty's Government intend to take in the face of the list of tariffs in United Kingdom textile goods outlined in the recent National Economic Development Office report.

Mr. Butcher

In the new GATT round it will be an important objective to secure reductions in tariff and other barriers to exports of textile and other products. In the meantime the Community's mandate for the multi-fibre arrangement negotiations provides for more favourable treatment for those countries which maintain open markets than for those which do not.