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Department
Hong Kong & Indian Ocean
HONG KONG'S GATT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ENLARGED EEC
FOLLOWING THE UK'S ACCESSION
1. A meeting was held at the FCO on 27 April 1972 to
discuss Hong Kong's GATT relationship with the enlarged
EEC following the UK's accession on 1 January 1973.
The position in the Cotton Textile Committee (CTC) of
the GATT was also considered. The following attended:-
Hong Kong Government
Mr E O Laird (In the chair)
Mr C P Haddon-Cave JP (Financial Secretary) Mr D Sellers
FCO
Mr K M Wilford (for part of
the meeting)
Mr R B Crowson HKD
Mr M A Goodfellow HKD Mr K F X Burns TPD
Mr K W Hazle Comin D
DTI
Miss J E Elliott
(CRE I)
Mr J V Hagestadt
Background
2. Hong Kong's rights and obligations under the GATT derived through the UK's signature under the pro- visions of Articles XXVI: 5(a) and Article XXIV: 1 (texts at Annex 1) and 2).
3. The position at present was that Hong Kong had no GATT relationship with the UK as Administering Power
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