CONFIDENTIAL
HICC 012/4
RECOVIDE
L7 MAY 1993
DESK C INDEX
RECISTRY
Action Taken
CONFIDENTIAL
FM UKREP BRUSSELS
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 999
OF 0617OOZ MAY 93
AND TO PRIORITY PEKING
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, JLG HONG KONG
43
ра
44
035103
MDLIAN 1350
PEKING TELNO 611 TO FCO: CHINESE DISCRIMINATION
SUMMARY
1.
CONFIRMATION THAT SIR LEON BRITTAN SOUGHT AND RECEIVED ASSURANCES FROM MINISTER WU YI DURING THE EC/CHINA JOINT COMMITTEE THAT EC COMPANIES WOULD NOT BE SUBJECTED TO DISCRIMINATION BY CHINA.
DETAIL
2. MADELIN (BRITTAN CABINET) HAS NOW CONFIRMED THAT IN THE MARGINS OF THE EC/CHINA JOINT COMMITTEE HELD IN BRUSSELS 28 AND 29 APRIL CALDERTON'S LETTER TO MS CONROY, ECD (E) REFERS), SIR LEON BRITTAN TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS CONCERN TO THE CHINESE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN TRADE AND ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION, MS WU YI, ABOUT APPARENT DISCRIMINATION BY CHINA AGAINST
COMPANIES OF
MORE THAN ONE MEMBER STATE'' (I.E. UK AND FRANCE). MS WU YI TOOK NOTE OF THESE CONCERNS. THE JOINT PRESS RELEASE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE CALREADY FAXED TO FCO AND PEKING) WAS AMENDED TO CONFIRM THAT CHINA AND THE COMMUNITY WILL APPLY TO EACH OTHER THE PRINCIPLE OF NON-DISCRIMINATION, AS REFERRED TO IN THE EC/CHINA TRADE AND CO-OPERATION AGREEMENT''
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PLEASE ADVANCE CARY, ECD(E), HD/HKD, REARDON, ITP/DTI, HILTON, ECFAD, ODA
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