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The paper is concerned with the \(n\)-fold version of Grothendieck's ``Problème des topologies'' which states: Is for locally spaces \(E\) and \(F\) every bounded subset of \(E \widehat{\bigotimes}_{\pi} F\) contained in the closed absolutely convex hull of a set the form \(B_1\bigotimes B_2\) where \(B_1\) is a bounded subset of \(E\) and \(B_2\) is a bounded subset of \(F\)? If this is the case then the pair \((E,F)\) is said to have the \((BB)\)-property. \textit{S. Dineen} [Math. Scand. 74, No. 2, 215-236 (1994; Zbl 0870.46029)] has given the definition for the \(n\)-fold (symmetric) version of \((BB)\)-property. That means the locally convex spaces \(E\) has the \((BB)_n\)-property (\((BB)_{n,s}\), respectively) for a given natural number \(n \geq 2,\) if every bounded subset \(B\) in the completed projective tensor product \(\widehat{\bigotimes}_{n,\pi} E \) (in the completed symmetric projective tensor product \(\widehat{\bigotimes}_{n, \pi,s} E\), respectively) is contained in the closed absolutely convex hull \(\overline{\Gamma}(\widehat{\bigotimes}_{n} C)\) (\(\overline{\Gamma}\widehat{\bigotimes}_{n,s} C\), respectively) for some bounded subset \(C\) of \(E.\) Every Banach space has \((BB)_n\)-property for all \(n.\) \textit{J. M. Ansemil} and \textit{J. Taskinen} [Arch. Math.54, No. 1, 61-64 (1990; Zbl 0711.46032)] have given an example of Fréchet space without the \((BB)_{2,s}\)-property. The authors prove that every locally convex space with the \((BB)_n\)-property has the \((BB)_{n,s}\)-property and has the \((BB)_{n-1}\)-property. The authors also give a first example of Fréchet space \(E\) which has \((BB)_2\)-property but not the \((BB)_{3,s}\)-property.