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TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1989
"IN ECONOMIC TERMS, IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEE HOW HONG KONG OPEN ECONOMY AND COMPANIES COULD DUMP, GIVEN HONG KONG'S COMPLETELY OUR GENERALLY SMALL COMPANIES.
"AND ONE CANNOT HELP SUSPECTING
THAT
ANTI-DUMPING ACTION IS
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BEING USED AS A PROTECTIONIST WEAPON, HE SAID.
RUNNING THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT'S MULTI-PRONGED STRATEGY, MR SZE SAID HONG KONG'S OVERSEAS OFFICES IN BRUSSELS, GENEVA, LONDON, WASHINGTON AND TOKYO ACCORDED ANTI-DUMPING TOP PRIORITY.
VIGILANCE
THEY WERE MAINTAINING A HIGH DEGREE OF CHANNELLING INFORMATION BACK TO HONG KONG AS THEY RECEIVED IT.
HAS HELD SO FAR TIE TRADE DEPARTMENT
16 MEETINGS WITH AFFECTED COMPANIES TO EXPLAIN PROCEDURES, TO KEEP THEM ABREAST OF LATEST DEVELOPMENTS, AND TO OFFER ADVICE.
"THE DEPARTMENT HAS SET UP A SPECIAL TASK FORCE WITHIN ITS DIVISION TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM," HE ADDED.
AND
ALL
THE
EEC
ONE
MR SZE POINTED OUT THAT THE TRADE DEPARTMENT HAD EMPLOYED
AND ONE LEGAL EXPERT TRADE POLICY ADVISER BASED IN LONDON
IN THE DUMPING FIELD BASED IN BRUSSELS TO ADVISE ON LOBBYING STRATEGY AND THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION'S LEGISLATION AND PROCEDURES.
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"THEIR EXPERTISE HAS CONTRIBUTED GREATLY EFFORTS, HE SAID.
TO
THE GOVERNMENT'S
SAID ALSO
THAT THE
TRADE
DEPARTMENT
BEHALF ON
HAD OF HONG
MADE KONG
MR SZE REPRESENTATIONS TO THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION INDUSTRY.
DEPARTMENT HE NOTED THAT UNDER THE MULTI-PRONGED STRATEGY, THE
ΤΟ EXPLAIN HONG KONG'S ALSO ENGAGED STAFF IN THE OVERSEAS OFFICES
INCLUDING GOVERNMENTS,
THOSE POINT OF VIEW ON ANTI-DUMPING TO OTHER OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY.
"THE
EXAMINING
IN
DETAIL
THE
WITH
THE
TARIFFS
AND
BEEN DEPARTMENT HAS
GREAT OTHERWISE CONFORMITY OR
OF RECENT ANTI-DUMPING ACTIONS INTERNATIONAL TRADE RULES UNDER THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TRADE (GATT),' HE SAID.
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THEM
NOT DIRECTLY REPRESENT THE MR SZE SAID THE GOVERNMENT COULD
AND HE INTERESTS OF
ΤΟ URGED INDIVIDUAL COMPANIES
HAVE A WHOLE-HEARTED COMMITMENT TO DEFEND THEMSELVES.
"THEY WILL THEREBY COMPLEMENT THE GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS WILL COMPLEMENT THEIRS,
THE GOVERNMENT'S
HE SAID.
EFFORTS, AND
OFFICES, HAD THE TRADE DEPARTMENT, TOGETHER WITH THE OVERSEAS
RESOLUTELY AND HONG KONG BEEN DOING THE UTMOST TO DEFEND HONG KONG HAD BEEN
IN FIGHTING DOING MORE
ANY THAN
GOVERNMENTS OTHER ANTI-DUMPING PROCEEDINGS, MR SZE CONCLUDED.
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