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Hong Kong also believe that if Britain
joins the EEC, the Community will insist on
the application of the Common Commercial
Policy on cotton textiles which will involve
quota restrictions and that it may well be that
Britain will find it necessary to impose new
quota restrictions as well as the tariff before
the EEC's Common Commercial Policy is applied.
Hong Kong therefore would like to have the
implementation of the tariff postponed until
the outcome of Britain's application to join
the EEC is known',
6. The Hong Kong Government officials were
told at the consultations in November 1970
that the present Government had reaffirmed the
previous Government's policy and it also
accepted the implementation date of 1 January
1972 for the tariff on cotton textiles.
It is
unlikely that any change in this decision
could be made to assist Hong Kong, especially
as the tariff affects also imports from other
Commonwealth countries who would naturally
expect any delay in imposition of the tariff
to be applied to them also.
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