A warning that severe setbacks to Israel’s economy would result from the country’s exclusion from trade relations with the European Common Market was issued here today by Rabbi Irving Miller, chairman of the American Lionist Council, who returned from Israel, where he conferred with leaders of Government and industry.
Noting that such a setback would “not only increase tensions in the Middle East but would also react unfavorably upon the position of the free world in Asia and Africa,” Rabbi Miller expressed regret that the negotiations between Israel and leaders of the European Economic Community countries had thus far “not been too encouraging.”
He pointed out that almost 65 percent of Israel’s foreign trade is involved in the negotiations for some type of association with the European Economic Community which includes France .Italy, West Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
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