1.
WE ARE NOT THEREFORE IN FACT PRESSING FOR ANY
TARIFF PREFERENCES AT ALL,
PROVIDED NONE ARE GIVEN TO
OUR CLOSE COMPETITORS.
IF ALL TARIFF PREFERENCES
WERE TO. BE REMOVED FOR ALL PRESENT BENEFICIARIES IN ANY
ONE SECTOR WE WOULD NOT BE THE ONES TO COMPLAIN. QUITE
SIMPLY WE MERELY WANT FULL EQUALITY OF TRADING OPPORTUNITY.
14. I WOULD LIKE IF I MAY AT THIS POINT TO PROVIDE
YOU WITH SOME HARD EVIDENCE IN TERMS OF TRADE DIVERSION ETC.
IN JUSTIFICATION OF OUR REQUESTS. :
15. I AM CONFIDENT THAT YOU WILL BE CONVINCED THAT
YOUR COUNTRY HAS NOTHING TO FEAR FROM THE REMOVAL OF
THE ELEMENTS OF DISCRIMINATION THAT CURRENTLY EXIST~~
AGAINST HONG KONG.
8.