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Trade diplomats dismiss deadline for negotiations on GATT
GENEVA, Dec 21: The midJanuary deadline for "substantive" accord on world trade reform proclaimed by President George Bush and European Community leaders Friday was dismissed by senior trade diplomats here on Sunday as "wishful thinking", reports AFP.
British Prime Minister John Major, president of the EC until year-end, met Bush with EC Commission President Jacques Delors in Washington on Friday and said they were committed to achieving "a substantive agreement" in the Uruguay round trade negotiations by mid- January.
They were talking about getting a bilateral understanding, but we are working in a multilateral setting." a veteran participants in the Geneva talks commented. "Others would have a lot of homework to do," he said.
A western delegation head, who did not want to be named, said any talk of clearing the ground for a political consensus on a final package by January 15 was "wishful thinking."
Quite apart from France's fiery rejection of the November 20 compromise text on farm trade agreed by the US and the EC commission, on behalf of the 12-nation community. there were too many unsettled issues involving the Interests of too many countries, he said.
It was "unrealistic" to believe, that other participants in the 108-nation bargaining, in-
cluding Japan, a top trade power, would accept without adjustments a deal hammered out separately by the US and the community.
This couldn't be done 'in just 11 days, even if we work through a weekend." he said.
Arthur Dunkel, Director-General of GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade), told negotiators here on Friday to resume the Geneva talks on January 4. after a year- end recess starting Wednesday.
Warning they were now engaged in "a race against time," he set a further stock-taking session of the Trade
Negotiation Committee (TNC), the GATT body overseeing the negotiations, for January 15.
By then "new players will join the game," And this may not facilitate the process, officials said. The EC will have two new chief negotiators, and. from January 20, the new US administration of President Bill may have its own-team in place.
If he has to ask for a new authority, "heaven knows what strings would be attached," an official said. "We could then be in for another year of talking," according to a senior diplomat.
European sources said delegates would be able to consult
with their governments during the recess on the controversial “legal" text of the US- EC farm compromise, which was belatedly circulated by the GATT last Thursday.
They recognized that, apart from France, many other participants — including Japan, Sotith Korea, India, Canada. Switzerland and some of the nordlc countries — would have “problems" with the present wording of the agriculture text.
“But reforming farm, support and reducing farm export subsidies In just one part of the package." one ambassador emphasized.
"We have still not agreed on market acctss, a key part of the overall Job" delayed by the farm trade quarrel, he said. This implies bilateral bargaining to exchange concessions on tariff cuts for industrial and agricultural goods, and access to service sector markets.
This cannot be done by "snap decisions, it will necessarily take time and sweat," he said.
Negotiators have agreed text of most of the 28 legal accords and codes included into the draft "final act" submitted exactly a year ago by Dunkel in hopes of forcing the pace of the over six-year-old negotiations.
Since then, they have “created a better, more promising basis" for a comprehensive agreement, though many feel It could be more "balanced," insiders say.