not
with
end depending territories, in only wet details of
measures by third countries directly affecting
also
their specific interests, but with the necessary
general information and advice about trade
and economi developments in the world as a
whole on which they can base their patir
external trade policies.
Here the case of
Hong Kong is particularly relevant. Not only
do we have a responsibility to let the Hong Kong
government know about the changes in trade
policies of third countries which may directly
flow
affect the volume and fluidity of her exports in her most important ́e vital markets
to the country concerned, but, in view of the
overwhelming effect the Hong Kong's interests
largest
as one of the World's biggest exporters are so
varied and wide, we must also pass on information
about other developments wherever they take
interests are
place, irrespective of whether Hong Kongsi/ substantially involved
directly affected or not. Only in this way can
Hong Kong formulate a general external trade
policy.
3. In the days of the Colonial Office it was
the direct respondibility of its Economic
Relations Department to watch the interests of
dependent territories in this set of context,
but it is not now possible to identify a single
department that might take on this function in-
fact there is no obvious machinery any longer
Nevertheless it is still our
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responsibility to see that our dependent
/territories
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