must compete with the industrialized nations for world savinqs and face obstacles that limit their export efforts, are quickly felt. We feel that it would be very useful to make an effort within the United Nations framework to pronote a permanent exchange of information and the co-ordination of international macro-economic policies, guided by the princiPle that in a world that is becoming more integra ted with every passinq day the behaviour of each country affects, to a greater or lesser degree. the economies of all the rest. In this connection, the importance of the rules of the game of international trade for developing countries must be underlined. The need to obtain through exports the hard currency they require to service their debt, finance imports and JVM/24 A/S-18/PV. 4 113 (Mr~ Bernardo Florez, Colombia) nodernize their productive apparatus to make them more competitive has led many developing countries to adopt policies which encourage their participation in world markets. This structural change, which requires great efforts to reorient production, can be successful only to the extent that we can find open doors for our products in the markets of industrialized nations. It is therefore essential to avoid resorting to bilateral arrangements that replace the general principles of trade with procedures designed to control and regulate access to national markets. The endeavour of the developing countries to oompete in world markets could find itself frustrated if, instead of opening their doors, the industrialized nations protected themselves behind a complex maze of restrictions, arrangements ard trade aqreements whose effect would be to nodifv, tacitly and without consensus, the rules of trade which they preach. A greater co-ordination of macro-economic policies and access by the developing countries to the markets of the richer nations will help in relieving 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the challenges faced by developing countries in competing with industrialized nations in the global market, and the importance of international cooperation and coordination to promote trade and economic growth. It highlights the need for developing countries to find open doors for their products in the markets of industrialized nations, and the importance of avoiding bilateral arrangements that undermine the general principles of trade.

**Category**
International trade