US/EEC Trade Negotiations
Documents from 13 December 1962 to 12 February 1966Identity Statement
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Paper
Carr, Mary
Content and Structure
File consisting of documents relating to CAP, GATT and economic relations between US and EEC, includes: information on Britain's acceptance of the CAP, the Trade Expansion Act (TEA) and its relationship to current European problems,- letter to George Ball, Under Sec. of State from Tuthill regarding conversation, (memorandum enclosed), with Walter Hallstein, President of EEC Commission asking him to water down Commission enthusiasm for the TEA,- details of American negotiations with Hallstein regarding lack of policy and direction in Commission regarding GATT negotiations,- letter to Robert Schaetzel, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Atlantic Affairs from Tuthill, regarding the belief that Community could not work effectively on the basis of monthly meetings of the Coucil of Ministers,- letter from Tuthill to Mike Blumenthal, US mission to GATT regarding US request for reasonable access to European Markets,- memorandum written by Tuthill and Max Kohnstamm with agreement of Jean Monnet, on US and EEC policy on agriculture,- material on trade, agriculture, Kennedy Round of negotiations and GATT,details of Common Market crisis over CAP negotiations, and French opposition to certain aspects of the CAP and the Community's policy on subsidies,- material sent by Tuthill to Department of State on General Charles de Gaulle's belief that Commission had too many powers, his desire to avoid majority voting on matters of national importance, his press conference disregarding solemn treaty obligations
telegram to Secretary of State from Tuthill reporting on appraisal of Community reactions to Charles de Gaulle's press conference, (1965) and the consensus that Charles de Gaulle had gone too far
memoranda of conversations on crisis with Walter Hallstein, Jean Monnet and Max Kohnstamm.
Conditions of Access and Use
English
Textual
Allied Materials
The originals are held in various Archives and Presidential Libraries in the USA