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PRINCIPAL COMPETITORS. WE CANNOT ACCEPT A SITUATION WHERE WE ARE
REQUIRED TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ONE OF OUR DEPENDENCIES. WE SHALL
THEREFORE BE PRESSING RESOLUTELY FOR THE INCLUSION OF HONG KONG'S
FOOTWEAR AND TEXTILES EXPORTS IN THE GSP FROM 1975 ONWARDS AND WE SHALL ALSO BE ANXIOUS TO ENSURE THAT HONG KONG'S INTERESTS ARE NOT
FURTHER JE APORDISED BY OTHER MODIFICATIONS IN THE STRUCUTRE
OF THE GSP, E G A TWO-TIER BUTOIR.
3. PROVIDED YOU SEE NO OBJECTION, YOU SHOULD ALSO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REFER TO OUR DISAPPOINTMENT AT THE LIMITED NATURE OF
THE COMMISSION'S PROPOSALS FOR MID-YEAR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR OF THE GSP AND REAFFIRM OUR VIEW THAT THESE SHOULD COME INTO EFFECT BY 1 SEPTEMBER (MY TELEGRAMS NO 394 AND 456).
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