Confidential
HKK 12211
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
DEST
INDEX
1 1 APR 1986
(Translation)
Speaking Note
o Ten
ABπ
On Hong Kong's Relationship With the GATT
It is stipulated in the Joint Declaration on the
question of Hong Kong, which was signed by the
of
the People's Republic of China and the
Government of the United
Government
Kingdom in Beijing on 19
December 1984, and in Annex I to that Declaration:
on
the People's Republic of China shall, upon the
resumption of the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong
1 July 1997, establish the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region will retain
the status of
territory, will decide on its own its economic and trade
"Hong
free port a
and
a separate
customs.
policies and may on its own,
Kong,
China",
using the name of
maintain and develop relations
and
conclude and implement agreements with states, regions
and relevant
international organizations in
the
economic, trade and other fields, and may participate in
international organizations and accede to
relevant
international
trade
agreements such
ì
as the General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
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