U.S.-E.E.C. farm trade settled?
. NZPA-Reuter Washington. The United States and the; European Common Market; have agreed to end squabbles; over farm produce which; have plagued trade relations; between them for more than; a decade. Informed sources said yes-1 terday that agreement had: been reached during meetings I in Washington between the! .(new E.E.C. Farm Commis-i ijsioner (Mr Finn Olav Gunde-j lach) and United States Cab-| I inet members. They said that Mr Gunde-i lach felt that his offer of a( trade truce was shared and] welcomed by the Americans.) But he had warned them that): the controversial Common) Agriculture Policy of the): nine-nation community would)
not be abandoned or radically Ichanged and was “not a sub-, ject for negotiation.” i The sources said that no (effort had been made at the' meeting to deal with current (trade disputes between the: (two sides. I The latest problem had] (been caused by retaliatory! (action by the United States (against European brandy itn-' 'ports after the E.E.C. had (been accused of not keeping; |'a promise to grant easier (access for American turkey (portions, 1 Mr Gundelach had reminded the Americans that] [while American exports of; |farm products to the Com-' imon Market had been increas-l (ing, E.E.C. agriculture ship-i Intents to the United States! 'had dropped. I
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