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TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1993
For me, of course, there is one other special
Some people say that they would like to
consideration.
help Hong Kong and help to protect our modest political
aspirations by linking MFN renewal to the political
development of Hong Kong. They say they would like to go
further than Senator McConnell's U.S. Hong Kong act which
shows a benign interest in our prosperity and stability
and they use MFN as a tool to try to secure our way of
life.
I just say today, as I've said in Hong Kong, I
hope anybody who thinks that would actually be helpful
will take it from the Governor of Hong Kong that it
certainly wouldn't. I hope that anybody who's tempted to
do that, won't. And I say to everyone with all the force
at my commend, though without in any way abasing my
enthusiasm for the United States, that you certainly can't
help Hong Kong by hurting our economy.
And MFN does help us substantially, just as it
helps the fastest growing regions in China, ag I was
saying. What helps us helps China, and what hurts China
hurts us, Economists have made lots of predictions about
the impact on us of ending MFN. You can argue about
precisely what those consequences would be, but nobody can
doubt that it would deal us a pretty heavy blow.
/ I'm not