Trade access idea queried
Wellington reporter A continuing political presence in Europe to keep New Zealand’s case before E.E.C. officials and Agriculture Ministers, could be counter-productive, said the Minister of Overseas Trade,
Mr Cooper. “If instead of being there six monthly (as at present) a New Zealand person knocked on the door every three or four weeks, they (the Community) might say that not only was the New
Zealand Minister a damn nuisance, but the whole issue was a nuisance. “They might get rid of it entirely by taking some measures that would be quite unpalatable to New Zealand,” Mr Cooper said. A former Cabinet Minister, Mr D. F. Quigley, has been an advocate of a political presence in Europe to take the load of New Zealand’s case off the shoulders of British Ministers who have their own interests to
represent. There was clearly a political will in the E.E.C. to work with New Zealand in getting its products into Europe, Mr Cooper said. “If it wasn’t New Zealand they were dealing with, there would be no doubt that they would feel better off without us in there.” The E.E.C. had strong politicians, able to over-rule the attitudes of some bureaucrats, Mr Cooper said.
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