Mr Willy De Clercq a informé Mr Clayton YEUTTER, US Trade Representative, que la Communauté va demander aux Etats-Unis l'ouverture de consultations au titre de l'Article XXIII,1 du GATT sur l'application de la dérogation (waiver) dont les Etats- Unis bénéficient depuis 1955 dans le cadre du GATT et sur la base de laquelle ils limitent leurs importations de certains produits agricoles.
Mr Willy De Clercq, Member of the Commission with special responsibility for trade, told his United States counterpart, Mr Clayton Yeutter, that the Community was going to request consultations under Article XXIII(1) of the General Agreement on the application of the waiver that the United States has enjoyed since 1955 enabling it to restrict imports of certain agricultural products.