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ANNEXE B
CONSULTATIONS IN WHITEHALL ON IMPLICATIONS
FOR HONG KONG OF U.K. MEMBERSHIP OF E.E.C.
1.
2.
Check List
(Hong Kong)
Treatment of U.K's application by the Community.
Foreign Secretary's statement to W.E.U.
3. Present Whitehall view as to. UK's tactics.
4.
5.
6.
Has the question of Hong Kong yet been raised?
Hong Kong's stake in U.K. and E.E.C. markets.
Consequences for Hong Kong of full U.K. membership:
(a) in constitutional/GATT terms;
(7)
loss of Commonwealth preference in U.K.;
(c)
loss of Commonwealth preference in other
markets;
(a) reverse preferences in U.K. in favour of
the Six;
(e) duty free entry for U.K. products in the
Community;
(f) alignment of U.K. import policy for cotton
textiles with the Community's policy (as now
being developed);
(g) (possibly) more extensive market sharing
agreements by British and Europear countries
(manufacturers and retailers) to shut out
imports.
Possibilities open to Hong Kong:
7.
(a)
associate status;
(b) Morocco-type protocol;
(0)
covered by general décalage (inc. reduction
of U.K. tariffs vis-à-vis the Six);
(a) declaration of intent by H.M.G. (c.f. 6(a) above)
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