An arrangement between India and the United Kingdom was reported on June 9, 1960, in which India agreed to waive, so far as the seven countries of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) were concerned, some of the preferences enjoyed by Indian exports in the United Kingdom, insisting, however, on safeguards to protect Indian goods from EFTA competition. The United Kingdom, in return, promised not to increase the current level of duties on Indian goods, as well as to review the entire pattern of trade, if, at a future date, EFTA were to collaborate with the common market countries.