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DESKBY UKREP BRUSSELS 25083OZ JUN
FM UKMIS GENEVA 24134OZ JUN 85
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 250 OF 24 JUNE 1985
INFO IMMEDIATE DESKBY UKREP BRUSSELS
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, REKING, WASHINGTON
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YOUR TELNOS 885 AND 886: HONG KONG'S FUTURE POSITION IN GATT,
MFA AND MTNS
1. APART FROM THE MFA WE BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD ALSO BE DESIRABLE TO MAKE CLEAR TO THE CHINESE AND TO THE GATT SECRETARIAT THAT HONG KONG WILL CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE FULLY BOTH IN THE GENERAL AGREEMENT AND IN THOSE MTN CODES TO WHICH THE UK HAS ACCEDED ON HONG KONG'S BEHALF (E ALL EXCEPT THE INTERNATIONAL DANRY AGREEMENT, THE BOVINE MEAT AGREEMENT AND THE CIVIL AIRCRAFT AGREEMENT). (THE GATT SECRETARIAT VIEW IS THAT, ONCE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACTING PARTY, HONG KONG WILL AUTOMATICALLY ACCEDE TO MTN CODES TO WHICH THE UK HAS
ACCEDED ON ITS BEHALF (OUR TELNO 142 REFERS)).
2. THIS MIGHT BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN THE TEXT OF THE REVISED PAPER MERELY BY ADDING TO PARAGRAPH 1(:1) THE WORDS '', 'INCLUDING -
CERTAIN MTN AGREEMENTS''.
3.
ALTHOUGH NOT ESSENTIAL IT MIGHT NONETHELESS BE DESIRABLE TO UNDERLINE THIS POINT BY ADDING THE FOLLOWING WORDS TO THE DRAFT HONG KONG DECLARATION (YOUR TELNO 782 PARAGRAPH 1(B))
AND DESIRES TO CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE ON PRESENT TERMS IN THE MTN CODES OTHER THAN THE INTERNATIONAL DAIRY AGREEMENT, THE BOVINĖ MEAT AGREEMENT AND THE CIVIL AIRCRAFT AGREEMENT
MFA
4.
YOUR TELNO 886 PARAGRAPH 13. SINCE THE MFA HIS OPEN FOR ACCEPTANCE BY NON CONTRACTING PARTIES OF THE GATT WE SUGGEST OMISSION OF THE FIRST SENTENCE (WE WOULD NOT WISH TO AMEND THE WORDING TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT NON CONTRACTING
PARTIES MAY ACCEDE).
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