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+ INFORMANDOLA CHE GIORNO 15 NOVEMBRE PROF BRZEZINSKI SARASARÀ A ROMA SONO LIETO INVITARLA AT COLAZIONE DI LAVORO IN VIA XXIV MAGGIO 14 ALLE ORE 13 INSIEME ALTRI MEMBRI COMMISSIONE TRILATERALE PER DISCUSSIONE AMICHEVOLE ET INFORMALE SU PROBLEMI COMMISSIONE STOP CORDIALITACORDIALITÀ ++ GIOVANNI AGNELLI ++

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VERAMENTVERAMENTE SPIACENTE CONCOMITANTEI GIORNATE CONFERENZA
ATLANTICA 14-17 NOVEMBRE IMPEDISCANMI ACCETTARE SUO GENTILE INVITO PER GIORNO 14
MI AUGURO CI SIA COMUNQUE PRESTO ALTRA OCCASIONE
PER PARLARE DELLA COMMISSIOENE TRILATERALE ARGOMENTO
CHE MI INTERESSA IN MODO PARTICOLARE VIVA CORDIALITA'CORDIALITÀ

a seguito della riunione informale di Roma con il Prof. Brzezinski (15 novembre 1974), Le trasmettiamo qui unito un esemplare di tutto il materiale fatto circolare in quell'occasione, nell'eventualità che non a tutti i partecipanti sia stato possibile averne copia :

• ordine del giorno della riunione di Washington dell'8-10 dicembre 1974;
• appunto distribuito dall'Amb. Colonna (commenti su un suo ultimo colloquio con il Prof. Kohnstamm);
• "draft of statement regarding recycling proposal", del Prof. Brzezinski;
• comunicato stampa sulla riunione del Comitato dei Capi di Impresa Stati Uniti-CEE, tenutosi a Bruxelles il 30/31 ottobre 1974 sotto la presidenza congiunta di Paul Huvelin, Presidente UNICE, e di Archie K. DaviesDavis, Presidente della Camera di Commercio americana.

Voglia gradire con l'occasione i nostri migliori saluti. FIAT
DIREZIONE STUDI E
RELAZIONI CULTURALI


(Dr.Dottor Ernesto Vellano)

TRILATERAL COMMISSION
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING December 8 - 10, 1974
Washington, D.C.

COMUNICATO STAMPA

LES CONSEQUENCES DE LA CRISE ENERGETIQUE EBRANLENT L'ECONOMIE MONDIALE. LA SITUATION MONETAIRE INTERNATIONALE, LES BALANCES DE PAIEMENT ET LES INVESTISSEMENTS SONT GRAVEMENT AFFECTEES, DES MENACES PESENT SUR LES ECHANGES COMMERCIAUX.

TELLES SONT LES CONCLUSIONS DU COMITE DE CHEFS D'ENTREPRISE ETATS UNIS-CEE DANS SA PREMIERE REUNION A BRUXELLES, SOUS LA PRESIDENCE CONJOINTE DE M. PAUL. HUVELIN, PRESIDENT DE L'UNICE ET M. ARCHIE K. DAVIS, PRESIDENT DE LA US CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

DES SOLUTIONS URGENTES SONT DEMANDEES DANS UN ESPRIT DE SOLIDARIETE EFFECTIVE ET DE COLLABORATION ENTRE GOUVERNEMENTS ET MILIEUX PRIVES DES PAYS PRODUCTEURS ET CONSOMMATEURS DE PETROLE.

EN CE QUI CONCERNE L'ENERGIE, L'ACCENT A ETE MIS SUR L'IMPORTANCE OONSIDERABLE DE LA MISE EN OEUVRE D'UNE POLITIQUE ACTIVE D'ECONOMIES ET LA RECHERCHE DE MOYENS DE SUBSTITUTION. UNE MODIFICATION IMMEDIATE DU COMPORTEMENT DES INDIVIDUS ET LA RECONVERSION , A MOYEN TERME, DE L'INDUSTRIE, TANT DU POINT DE VUE DES SOURCES DE REMPLACEMENT QUE DU POINT DE VUES DES METHODES ET DES PRODUCTIONS PERMETTRAIENT D'OBTENIR UNE REDUCTION DE 15 A 20 POURCENT DE LA CONSOMMATION.

DANS LE DOMAINE ECONOMIQUE ET MONETAIRE, LES ACTIONS PRIMORDIALES A DEVELOPPER CONCERNENT :

• LA LUTTE CONTRE L'INFLATION,
• LA RECHERCHE DE L'EQUILIBRE MONETAIRE
• ELEMENTS FONDAMENTAUX D'UN RECYCLAGE DES CAPITAUX,
• UNE COOPERATION ETROITE AVEC LES PAYS PRODUCTEURS DE PETROLE VISANT TANT LEUR INDUSTRIALISATION QUE DES ACTIONS COMMUNES DONT LES PAYS LES PLUS DEMUNIS SERAIENT LES BENEFICIAIRES.

EN MATIERE DE COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL, LES DEUX DELEGATIONS ONT JUGE INDISPENSABLE LA MISE EN OEUVRE DE NOUVELLES "REGLES DU JEU" ASSURANT A TOUS LE LIBRE ACCES AUX RESSOURCES DE BASE DANS LE CADRE D'UNE NOUVELLE GESTION DE CELLES-CI.

ENFIN, LA LIBERTE DES INVESTISSEMENTS INTERNATIONAUX DANS LES LIMITES COMPATIBLES AVEC LE RESPECT DE LA SOUVERAINETE DES ETATS, A ETE RECONNUE COMME L'UNE DES CLEFS PERMETTANT LA SOLUTION DES GRANDES PROBLEMES QUI VIENNENT D'ETRE EVOQUES.

LES DEUX DELEGATIONS OUT DECIDE DE PORTER LEURS CONCLUSIONS A LA CONNAISSANCE DUS GOUVERNEMENTS ET D'EN INFORMER L'OPINION PUBLIQUE, LA PARTICIPATION CONJUGUEE DE TOUS POUVANT SEULE CREER LE CLIMAT DE SOLIDARIETE ET DE CONFIANCE INDISPENSABLE

Rapporto congiunto sui lavori della Conferenza

THE E.C. - US BUSINESSMEN'S COUNCIL HELD ITS INAUGURAL MEETING IN BRUSSELBRUSSELS ON OCTOBER 30-31, 1974, UNDER THE CO-CHAIRMANSHIP OF PAUL HUVELIN, PRESIDENT, UNION OF INDUSTRIAL FEDERATIONS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (UNICE), AND ARCHIE K.DAVIS, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD (RET.), WACHOVIA BANK AND TRUST COMPANY.

THE COUNCIL'S FIRST MEETING FOCUSED ON THE CURRENT WORLD ENERGY SITUATION AND THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE, MONETARY AND INVESTMENT CONSEQUENCES FACING ALL DEVELOPED, RESOURCE-RICH AND RESOURCE-POOR NATIONS.

ALLAALL PARTICIPANTS VIEWED WITH GREAT IMPORTANCE RECENT DEVELOPEMENT THAT ARE CAUSING ACUTE CONDITIONS OF INFLATION, RECESSION, BALANCE OF PAYMENTS DISEQUILIBRIA AND OTHER SOCIO-ECONOMIC HARDSHIPS. THEY SHARED A SENSE OF URGENCY ON THE NEED FOR A MULTI-FACETED APPROACH BY THEIR GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESS COMMUNITIES AND PUBLICS IN ORDER TO RESPOND EFFECTIVELY TO THE CHALLENGES POSED.

THE COUNCIL CONSIDERS OP UTMOST IMPORTANCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MEASURES AIMED AT COMBATTING INFLATION, TO RESTORE THE ECONOMIC HEALTH OF NATIONS AND PREVENT A RISE OF NATIONALISM.

THE CONFEREES UNANIMOUSLY RECOGNIZED THE NEED FOR SOLIDARITY, COOPERATION AND VIGOROUS ACTION ON THE FOGLOWINGFOLLOWING PRIORITY STEPS THAT MUST BE TAKEN :

• MAJOR OIL CONSUMING NATIONS MUST IMPLEMENT AMBITIOUS PROGRAMS TO REDUCE THEIR. CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY AND OTHER CRITICAL RAW MATERIALS AND PROMPTLY DEVELOP SUBSTITUTE ALTERNATIVE FUELS. IN THIS CONNECTION, THE COUNCIL AGREED TO ESTABLISH A JOINT E.C.-US. WORKING GROUP TO STUDY AND DEVELOP MEANS OF CONSERVING ENERGY RESOURCES AND ACCELERATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES.
• IN COOPERATION WITH OIL-EXPORTING COUNTRIES, THE MAJOR OIL-CONSUMING NATIONS MUST DEVELOP EFFECTIVE MEANS OF RECYCLING EXCESS RESERVES TO HELP RESTORE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY STABILITY POSSIBLY THROUGH AN OIL FACILITY INVOLVING THE PARTICIPATION OF OIL-EXPORTING COUNTRIES % ENCOURAGING CLOSE COOPERATION ON THE INDUSTRIALISATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEEDS OF OIL-EXPORTING COUNTRIES % AND ALLEVIATING THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC PLIGHT OF RESOURCES-POOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES BY GENERATING THE NECESSARY CAPITAL RESOURCES FOR THEIR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

THE COUNCIL AGREED TO MANDATE THE TRIPARTITE TASK FORCE OF AMERICAN, EUROPEAN AND JAPANESE BUSINESS LEADERS THAT HAS BEEN SEEKING TO DEVELOP RELATIONS WITH MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICAN COUNTRIES TO PURSUE ITS STUDIES AND QUADRILATERAL PROJECT THAT ARE LINKED TO THESE INTERRELATED PROBLEMS.

• THE COUNCIL AGREED ON THE NEED FOR INTERNATIONAL "RULES OF THE GAME'' TO PROVIDE FAIR ACCESS TO SUPPLIES OF RAW MATERIALS AND A FOR A MORE RATIONAL MANAGEMENT OF WORLD RESOURCES. THE COUNCIL AGREED TO ESTABLISH A JOINT E.C.-US. WORKING GROUP TO DEVELOP A POSSIBLE SET OF RULES FOR DEALING WITH THE EXERCISE AND CONTROL OF SUPPLY ACCESS.
• THE COUNCIL AGREED THAT EXISTING DIRECT OBSTACLES TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE U.S. AND THE E.C. SHOULD BE REDUCED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE OR REMOVED, AND THAT AN ''OPEN DOOR'' ATTITUDE TOWARD PRODUCTIVE INVESTMENT SHOULD BE MAINTAINED. AT THE SAME TIME, THE PARTICIPANTS RECOGNIZED THAT STATES' SOVEREIGNTY MUST BE RESPECTED. THE E.C. AND U.S. BUSINESS COMMUNITIES URGE GOVERNMENT AND LABOR IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES TO HELP CREATE BASICALLY HEALTHY ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN ORDER TO LOWER MORE INDIRECT OBSTACLES TO INVESTMENT.

SPECIFICALLY WITH RESPECT TO OIL-EXPORTING COUNTRIES POSSESSING HUGE ACCUMULATIONS OF CAPITAL RESOURCES, THE COUNCIL AGREED THAT THE E.C. - AND U.S. GOVERNMENTS SHOULD PURSUE POLICIES WHICH WILL REASSURE POTENTIAL INVESTORS IN THE RESERVE-RICH COUNTRIES THAT THESE INVESTMENTS CAN BE APPEALING BUSINESS VENTURES, AND WILL NOT BE VULNERABLE TO SEVERE INFLATION, MONETARY UNCERTAINTIES, DISORDER IN FINANCIAL MARKETS OR NATIONALIZATION BY THE RECIPIENT COUNTRY. THE E.C. AND U.S. SHOULD SEEK SOLIDARITY AND COOPERATION IN THEIR INVESTMENT NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE OIL-EXPORTING NATIONS, EMPHASIZING THE INTERDEPENDENCE AND MUTUALITY OF INTEREST BETWEEN THE INVESTOR AND THE INVESTMENT RECIPIENT.

FINALLY, THE COUNCII AGREED IN PRINCIPLE TO CONVENE ITS NEXT JOINT MEETING IN WASHINGTON, D.C., IN THE FALL OF 1975.