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9.
My conclusion from this talk, and the previous talk I had with Tran in
Geneva, is that we are now in for a really hard battle with the EEC on
Hong Kong and the GSP, with not a great deal of chance of success.
issue is so important, largely (paradoxically) because of the American
market, that it must be fought to the end.
But the
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