1982 Nov 4 - 1984 May 31
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1397
Trade (Britain’s international trade policies; problems with Spain and Japan; rolling back protectionism; export promotion) (Part 3)
Document type: | File list item |
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Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
Release date: | 2014 Jan 3 |
Classification: | Confidential |
Page count: | 277 |
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84 Apr 2 Mo | Major | Trade: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("ES at 12.00 on Tuesday 3 April: Trade Policy") [declassified Jan 2014] |
84 Mar 7 We | Major | Trade: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Ministerial Steering Committee on Economic Strategy, 11am, 8 March") [trade policy] [declassified Jan 2014] |
82 Dec 1 We | Major | Trade: Cabinet Office briefing for No.10 ("Cabinet: Community Affairs") [GATT Ministerial meeting; Fisheries Council; EC trade with USSR; Environment Council] [declassified Jan 2014] |
83 Aug 3 We | Major | Trade: Cecil Parkinson letter to Geoffrey Howe ("The Renewal of the United States Export Administration Act") ["strategy to counter the use of the... Act to impose controls extraterritorially on companies in this country"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
84 May 30 We | Major | Trade: Chairman of the Arab-British Chamber of Commerce letter to MT (Arab-British Chamber of Commerce: opening of new premises) [invitation as principal guest] [declassified Jan 2014] |
83 Feb 3 Th | Major | Trade: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Lord Cockfield ("Export Credit Consensus") ["line to be taken by the UK in the next round of negotiatons within the EC and the OECD"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
83 Jan 12 We | Major | Trade: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Lord Cockfield ("Support for Capital Goods Export") ["policy issues on export subsidies"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
83 Mar 29 Tu | Major | Trade: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to Lord Cockfield ("Export Credit Subsidies and Risks") [publication of guidelines for ECGD; Cockfield strongly opposes publication in run-up to Election] [declassified Jan 2014] |
83 Nov 25 Fr | Major | Trade: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Trade Policy: Standstill and Rollback") [line to take at Foreign Affairs Council; "rollback is proceeding too slowly"; Tebbit paper] [declassified Jan 2014] |
82 Dec 6 Mo | Major | Trade: Department of Trade briefing for No.10 (meeting with Commissioner Davignon) [Japan; Spain; EC/US relations] [declassified Jan 2014] |
83 Nov 28 Mo | Major | Trade: Howe minute to MT ("Rolling Back Protectionism") [long-term considerations] [declassified Jan 2014] |
83 Sep 2 Fr | Major | Trade: Howe minute to Tom King ("Competition in Liner Shipping: the UNCTAD Liner Code") [action to safeguard competition when UK accedes to the Code] [declassified Jan 2014] |
82 Dec 10 Fr | Major | Trade: John Coles minute to MT (EC Commission meeting with George Shultz) [agriculture; East/West relations; economic & monetary situation] [declassified Jan 2014] |
83 Apr 13 We | Major | Trade: Kenneth Baker minute to MT ("Export Credit Subsidies and Risks") [various issues with Geoffrey Howe proposals] [declassified Jan 2014] |
82 Dec 17 Fr | Major | Trade: Lord Cockfield letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Support for Capital Goods Exports") [request for meeting with Howe & Jenkin to discuss policy options] [declassified Jan 2014] |
82 Nov 24 We | Major | Trade: Lord Cockfield letter to MT ("GATT Ministerial Meeting") [report] [declassified Jan 2014] |
83 Mar 28 Mo | Major | Trade: Lord Cockfield letter to Pym ("The United Nations Convention on a Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences") [action to safeguard competition when UK accedes to the Code] [declassified Jan 2014] |
82 Nov 4 Th | Major | Trade: Lord Cockfield minute to MT (measures to reduce export credit risks and subsidies) ["essential that we get right the balance between financial prudence and the interests of our exporters"; ECGD credit exposure; Mexico] [declassified Jan 2014] |
82 Nov 17 We | Major | Trade: Lord Cockfield PS letter to No.10 ("GATT Ministerials - message from Mr Shultz") ["I enclose a copy of an illustrative list... of what we perceive as protectionist US measures and subsidies"; MT: "A very useful document"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
82 Dec 15 We | Major | Trade: Lord Cockfield PS letter to No.10 ("Trade with Spain") [response to MT request for details of "our problems with Spain and the initiatives which we have taken"] [declassified Jan 2014] |