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EC/ASEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING, LUXEMBOURG, 30/31 MAY
AND 1 JUNE
REGIONAL ECONOMIC COOPERATION
OBJECTIVES
To encourage countries in the Asia-Pacific region to continue to pursue open economic policies by:-
(i)
(ii)
expressing support for regional organisations, like APEC and PECC, which encourage open markets;
discouraging any move towards inward looking trade blocs; (iii) encouraging efforts to find a way of admitting Hong Kong
to APEC.
POINTS TO MAKE
Welcome Hong Kong's admission into PECC at the recent
meeting in Singapore
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believe that Hong Kong will make a
valuable contribution to the work and objectives of PECC.
Hope that Hong Kong might soon be admitted to APEC thank
ASEAN members for efforts made so far.
(If, as likely, EAEG is raised) welcome initiatives that encourage open markets and regional and global trade links. These need to complement the work of existing organisations
such as APEC and PECC.
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