EC CONCERN OVER EASTERN EUROPEAN TRADE PACTS WITH FINLAND

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78S01932A000100100005-2
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 6, 1999
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: October 3, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUBJECT: EC CONCERN OVER EASTERN EUROPEAN TRADE PACTS WITH
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DURING FUTURE US NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE SOVIETS ON MOST-
FAVORED-NATION TREATMENT, EC COMMISSION OFFICIALS WANT THE US
TO RAISE SEVERAL DEVELOPMENTS THAT THE COMMUNITY FEELS COULD HURT
US TRADE AND UNDERMINE GATT.
THE COMMISSION IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE NEW CZECH-FINNISH
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT AND CONTINUING SOVIET PRESSURES ON FINLAND
FOR TRADE CONCESSIONS. IF GATT SHOULD APPROVE THE CZECH-FINNISH
AGREEMENT, THE COMMISSION IS WORRIED THAT THE CZECHS--AND PRE-
SUM;AFLY OTHER EAST EUROPEANS--WILL BE COMING TO THE EC TO SUGGEST
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SIMILAR FREE TRADE AREA ARRANGEMENTS. FROM THE EC'S POINT OF VIER,
FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS WITH CENTRALLY PLANNED, STATE-TRADING
COUNTRIES ARE "NONSENSE."
ALTHOUGH NOT WANTING TO ACCEPT SUCH AN AGREEMENT AS CONSISTENT
WITH GATT, THE EC IS RELUCTANT TO CAUSE TROUBLES FOR FINLAND WHICH
THE COMMISSION RECOGNIZES IS UNDER SOVIET POLITICAL PRESSURE.
THE EC IS THEREFORE REQUESTING THE US TO BROACH THE ISSUE TOM THE
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