WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1990
16TH JLG MEETING IN LONDON NEXT WEEK
(WEDNESDAY)
THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE ANNOUNCED THIS MORNING THAT THE 16TH MEETING OF THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT LIAISON ON HONG KONG WILL TAKE PLACE IN LONDON FROM SEPTEMBER 25 TO 28.
THE BRITISH TEAM WILL BE LED BY THE SENIOR ANTHONY GALSWORTHY.
GROUP
REPRESENTATIVE,
MR
SUEN,
THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH TEAM WILL BE MR MICHAEL
HONG KONG; MR DOUG MARTIN, AFFAIRS, SECRETARY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL
SINO-BRITISH COUNSELLOR, OFFICE OF THE BRITISH SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE,
HONG KONG MR
HEAD, PAUL, ALAN JOINT LIAISON GROUP, DEPARTMENT, FCO; AND MR WILLIAM EHRMAN, POLITICAL ADVISER, HONG KONG.
KONG; HONG
COMMENTS ON PASSAGE OF TEXTILE BILL IN U.S.
THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF TRADE, (WEDNESDAY) HE
WAS
DISAPPOINTED
FOOTWEAR BILL HAD
BEEN
PASSED
T.H.
CHAU,
SAID TODAY APPAREL AND HOUSE OF STATES
OF URUGUAY ROUND
ON TARIFFS AND
MR
TEXTILE, THE THAT
BY
UNITED THE TIME WHEN THE MULTILATERAL TRADE TALKS UNDER THE GENERAL AGREEMENT TRADE WAS ENTERING THE FINAL STAGE.
REPRESENTATIVES PARTICULARLY AT A
VOTES, THE BILL WAS PASSED YESTERDAY BY A MARGIN OF 271 TO 149
OVERRIDE A PRESIDENTIAL LESS THAN THE TWO THIRDS MAJORITY NEEDED TO VETO.
י!
"THE WORLD LOOKS TO THE U.S. AND OTHER MAJOR FOR LEADERSHIP, MR CHAU SAID.
TRADING PARTNERS
THE U.S. CONGRESS "IT IS THEREFORE DOUBLY DISAPPOINTING THAT HAS AT THIS TIME PASSED PROTECTIONIST LEGISLATION WHICH WILL HAVE
BILATERAL AND MULTILATERAL EFFECT OF ABROGATING THE UNITED STATES' OBLIGATIONS.
THE
ALTHOUGH THE
KONG HONG
GOVERNMENT
WAS
AT THE DISMAYED
HOUSE, MR CHAU UNITED STATES TRADE WAS U.S. ADMINISTRATION
SIZEABLE MARGIN BY WHICH THE BILL PASSED THROUGH THE SAID IT WAS CLEAR FROM RECENT STATEMENTS BY THE REPRESENTATIVE, MRS CARLA HILLS, FIRMLY OPPOSED TO THE BILL.
THAT THE
MR CHAU ALSO NOTED THAT PRESIDENT BUSH HAD RECENTLY HE WOULD VETO IT.
HE ADDED THAT FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS.
SAID THAT
THE TRADE DEPARTMENT WAS CLOSELY MONITORING