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STATEMENTS BY BAKER: HUMAN RIGHTS
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BAKER TOLD THE PRESS THAT MUCH OF HIS TIME HAD BEEN SPENT ON HUMAN RIGHTS. HE SAID THAT THE PRINCIPLES OF AN MOU ON PRISON LABOUR HAD BEEN AGREED. THE CHINESE HAD PROVIDED DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE 800 PEOPLE NAMED IN A LIST HANDED OVER IN JUNE 1991. THE CHINESE HAD SPECIFIED THOSE WHO HAD BEEN CONVICTED, WERE STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION, HAD BEEN RELEASED OR COULD NOT BE IDENTIFIED. THE CHINESE HAD UNDERTAKEN NOT TO BLOCK EXIT VISAS FOR ANYONE AGAINST WHOM NO CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS WERE OUTSTANDING. (WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE MAIN US CONCERN WAS WITH INTELLECTUALS AND THE FAMILIES OF DISSIDENTS). DISCUSSIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS WERE TO CONTINUE BETWEEN A SPECIALLY DESIGNATED CHINESE OFFICIAL AND SCHIFTER.
NPT AND MTCR
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BAKER SPOKE ON THE NPT IN SIMILAR TERMS TO WU JIANMIN. ON MTCR, BAKER SAID THAT THE CHINESE HAD MADE A CLEAR COMMITMENT PROVIDING THEIR CONDITIONS WERE MET. THESE WERE THAT THE US SHOULD NOT BLOCK THE GRANTING OF SATELLITE LICENCES OR THE SALE OF HIGH SPEED COMPUTERS. IT SHOULD ALSO LIFT SANCTIONS AGAINST THE CHINA GREAT WALL COMPANY AND THE CHINA PRECISION MACHINERY IMPORT AND EXPORT CORPORATION (CPMIEC). BAKER UNDERSTOOD THAT M9 AND M11 SALES WOULD FALL WITHIN MTCR GUIDE-LINES. (BARTHOLOMEW DID NOT LEAVE UNTIL 18 NOVEMBER BUT, IN THE EVENT, HAD NO FURTHER TALKS BEFORE HE LEFT.)
GATT
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BAKER SAID HE HAD TOLD THE CHINESE THAT THE US SUPPORTED CHINA'S APPLICATION TO RESUME MEMBERSHIP OF THE GATT AND ALSO TAIWAN'S BID TO JOIN AS A SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY. THE US COUNSELLOR HAS EXPLAINED TO US THAT BAKER HAD BEEN CONSTRAINED BY THE NEED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH PRESIDENT BUSH'S LETTER TO SENATOR BAUCUS IN WHICH BUSH UNDERTOOK TO SUPPORT TAIWAN'S EFFORTS TO JOIN GATT. KEYSER SAID THAT BAKER HAD TOLD THE CHINESE THAT TAIWAN, ALREADY MET THE GATT CRITERIA AS FAR AS THE US WERE AWARE. TAIWAN'S ENTRY SHOULD NOT BE BLOCKED BECAUSE CHINA DID NOT MEET THOSE CRITERIA. THE CHINESE SHOULD THEMSELVES SOLVE THE PROBLEM BY WORKING RAPIDLY TO INTRODUCE THE NECESSARY MEASURES TO BE ELIGIBLE TO REJOIN GATT.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR)
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