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OUR HONG KONG COLLEAGUES THAT THE US HAVE BEEN MUCH EXERCISED AT THE IMPLICATIONS FOR THEM OF THE TOUGHNESS OF THE FIGURES IMPOSED ĐI HONG KONG AS REGARDS THE MTN ANGLE THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT KLARIC HAS SUCCESTED THAT THE US PUSH FOR A PROTOCOL DERIVES AS MUCH FROM THEIR INTENTIONS ON TEXTILE TARIFFS AS
FROM THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL DIFFICULTIES IN MAINTAINING TEXTILE IMPORT CONTROLS IN THE ABSENCE OF AN MEA.
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