The importance of the opening at Brussels today of the long-awaited negotiations between Israel and the European Economic Community for a link between Israel and the European Common Market was underscored here today by the attention given the Brussels talks in The Times of London and the Financial Times.
“Britain’s stake in the negotiations,” the Times of London stated, “is reflected in the trade figures. The United Kingdom exports to Israel last year were over 27, 000, 000 pounds sterling ($75, 600, 000) and imports were 17, 750, 000 pounds sterling ($33, 700, 000). ” Britain, the newspaper noted, ranked only behind the United States as an importer from Israel and only behind West Germany as a supplier to Israel.
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