Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 May 2009
The Intergovernmental Committee of Ministers engaged in negotiating the proposed free trade area met in Paris, July 24–25, 1958. It was reported that following the session, the chairman of the group, Mr. Reginald Maudling, expressed hope for a definite agreement on most major issues. He stated that if real progress toward an accord were attained, less importance would be attached to the much-discussed proposal to extend to the members of OEEC the 10 percent tariff reductions to be made among the members of the European Economic Community.
1 The New York Times, July 26, 1958; The Times (London), 07 25, 1958Google Scholar; and Council of Europe News, 08 1958 (8th year, No. 8), p. 6Google Scholar.
2 Ibid., November 1958 (8th year, No. 11), p. 5.
3 The New York Times, November 15, 1958; and The Times (London), 12 4, 1958Google Scholar.
4 Ibid., November 15, 1958.
5 The New York Times, November 18, 1958.
6 The Times (London), 07 29, 1958Google Scholar.
7 The New York Times, July 30, 1958.
8 The Times (London), 07 30, 1958Google Scholar.
9 The Times (London), 08 5, 1958Google Scholar.
10 Ibid., July 30, 1958; and Council of Europe News, 08 1958 (8th year, No. 8), p. 6Google Scholar.
11 Ibid., September 1958 (8th year, No. 9), p. 4.
12 The Economist, 12 20, 1958 (Vol. 189, No. 6017), p. 1089Google Scholar; for more detailed information on the common market proposals, see this issue, p. 176.
13 The Times (London), 12 16, 1958Google Scholar.
14 The Economist, 12 20, 1958 (Vol. 189, No. 6017)Google Scholar.
15 The Times (London), 01 16, 1959Google Scholar. See this issue, p. 176–177, for information on the position of the common market countries concerning the free trade area.
16 European Payments Union, Eighth Annual Report of the Managing Board, Financial Year 1957–28, Paris, Organization for European Economic Cooperation, 1958Google Scholar.
17 For information on the termination of EPU, see below.
18 The Times (London), 12 31, 1958Google Scholar; and Council of Europe News, 01 1959 (9th year. No. 1), p. 10Google Scholar.
19 Ibid., June 1958 (8th year, No. 6), p. 3.
20 Ibid., July 1958 (8th year. No. 7), p. 6.
21 The New York Times, November 26, 1958.