These arguments are quite false. It is ridiculous to compare the attitude of other capitalist countries to restrictions on Italian wine to their views on items such as steel, cars, textiles and other major industries. Already pressures are mounting for import controls in virtually every other major country - in the United States alone, for example, measures are currently being proposed for import restrictions on steel, cars, aircraft, electronics and other industries which play a major role in the British NEAR THING Even the last Labour Government only just avoided retaliation. Wilson recalls in his memoirs how: 'On the night of Thursday 19 November, I had an emergency, almost panic, call from Patrick Gordon Walker in Geneva. He needed my clearance for a firm assurance that the 15 per cent import surcharge would be reduced in a matter of SHORES. Otherwise the (trade) discussions would break down and country after country would be likely to retaliate against our trade.' Any serious move towards import controls would be simply the prelude to a protectionPhoto: CHRIS DAVIES (Report)
Red Weekly1975Red Weekly No. 123, 30 October 1975
AGAINST THE WILSON
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