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PREM19/2109
Economic Policy (G7 Summit - Toronto: Prime Minister's Personal Representative for Economic Summits; briefing for third meeting of Personal Representatives ('Sherpas'), Paris, May 1988) (Part 2)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Jul 21
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 364
Themes: Economic policy - theory and process, Monetary policy, Trade, Foreign policy - theory and process, Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (Western Europe - non-EU), Foreign policy (development, aid, etc), Foreign policy (International organizations)

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Date Value Title
88 Apr 29 Fr Major G7: Nigel Wicks minute to MT ("Toronto Economic Summit: Possible Initiatives") ["obviously a UK initiative must be of clear value in forwarding our national interest, and not just a presentational gimmick"] [released July 2016]
88 May 3 Tu Major G7: Nigel Wicks minute to Howe PS ("Toronto Economic Summit: Possible Initiatives") [MT "believes that we should use the Summit to press for the improvement in the effectiveness of GATT"] [released July 2016]
88 May 4 We Minor G7: No. 10 to Howe PS ("Toronto Economic Summit: Possible Initiatives") [MT concerned that "the present operation of the GATT was that compensation payments for those who broke the rules were not penal"] [released July 2016]
88 May 9 Mo Minor G7: Sylvia Ostry letter to Nigel Wicks (Toronto Summit) [planning for third and fourth Sherpas' meetings] [released July 2016]
88 May 10 Tu Minor G7: Nigel Wicks aide memoire ("Aide Memoire for conversation with Sylvia Ostry") [GATT, agriculture, Eastern Europe, health] [released July 2016]
88 May 11 We Minor G7: John Fretwell record of conversation (Chistoff-Gore-Booth) [political agenda at Toronto] [released July 2016]
88 May 12 Th Minor G7: Nigel Wicks minute to Christopher Roberts ("Toronto Economic Summit: GATT Aspects") [MT "believes that the Summit provides a good occasion to give this subject vigorous push in the right direction"] [released July 2016]
88 May 12 Th Minor G7: Nigel Wicks minute to FCO ("Toronto Economic Summit: Political Issues") ["we should be ready to make clear to the Canadians that we do not agree that the price of securing a good discussion on Middle Eastern terrorism should be our agreement to a discussion on South Africa"] [released July 2016]
88 May 12 Th Minor G7: Rodric Braithwaite minute to Nigel Wicks ("Japanese Human Frontier: Science Programme") [Japanese government should consider feasibility study] [released July 2016]
88 May 13 Fr Major G7: Nigel Wicks record of conversation (Wicks-Ostry) [GATT, agriculture, Eastern Europe, health] [released July 2016]
88 May 16 Mo Minor G7: FCO Economic Relations Department to Nigel Wicks ("Toronto Economic Summit: 3rd Sherpas' Meeting") [Italian papers on commodity price indicator and "micro-policies"] [released July 2016]
88 May 17 Tu Major G7: Christopher Roberts minute to Nigel Wicks ("GATT Round: Dispute Settlement") ["The improvement of procedures for dispute settlement, with agriculture and services, are major priorities for us in the GATT Round"] [released July 2016]
88 May 19 Th Major G7: UKHC New Zealand minute ("June Economic Summit - Toronto. New Zealand Views") ["New Zealand urges the Summit countries to demonstrate at Toronto their determination to tackle the hard questions facing the international economy"] [released July 2016]
88 May 20 Fr Major G7: UK Delegation to OECD telegram to FCO ("OECD Ministerial Meeting: Highlights") ["Clear priority for structural reforms to foster economic growth"] [released July 2016]
88 May 23 Mo Minor G7: Nigel Wicks minute to Rodric Braithwaite ("Third Sherpa Meeting") [communique language on: agriculture, trade, environment, terrorism, drugs, sub-Saharan debt] [released July 2016]
88 May 25 We Major G7: Lawson PS minute to Nigel Wicks ("Toronto Economic Summit") [Lawson "content with the way things are developing on economic topics"] [released July 2016]
88 May 25 We Minor G7: FCO Economic Relations Department to Lawson PS ("Chancellor's Debt Initiative") [US, French, Canadian views] [released July 2016]
88 May 26 Th Minor G7: Rodric Braithwaite minute to Nigel Wicks ("Third Sherpa Meeting") [human science frontier] [released July 2016]
88 May 26 Th Minor G7: Christopher Roberts to Rodric Braithwaite ("Summit Communique: Language on Trade Policy") [non-agricultural trade issues] [released July 2016]
88 May 26 Th Minor G7: Rodric Braithwaite minute to Christopher Roberts ("Toronto Summit: GATT Round Dispute Settlement") [made it clear to other Sherpas that MT "was taking a particular interest in the effectiveness of GATT as an institution"] [released July 2016]