FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1984
TEXTAB TO HEAR MACLEOD REPORT
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THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE, MR HAMISH MACLEOD, RETURNED TO HONG KONG THIS (FRIDAY) MORNING FROM GENEVA WHERE HE HAD ATTENDED THE EMERGENCY MEETING OF THE TEXTILES COMMITTEE OF THE GATT TO DISCUSS THE U.S. RULES OF ORIGIN ON TEXTILE EXPORTS TO AMERICA.
MR MACLEOD WILL MAKE A REPORT TO A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE TEXTILES ADVISORY BOARD (TEXTAB) TOMORROW (SATURDAY) MORNING, IT WILL BE THE BOARD'S 500TH MEETING SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN APRIL 1969.
SPEAKING TO THE PRESS SHORTLY AFTER HIS ARRIVAL, MR MACLEOD SAID, +WE ARE RATHER PLEASED WITH THE OUTCOME OF THE TEXTILES COMMITTEE MEETING IN GENEVA. THINK WE GOT PROBABLY THE BEST RESULT WE COULD HAVE HOPED FOR AND I THINK THE MESSAGE FED BACK TO WASHINGTON IS VERY, VERY CLEAR AND I WILL SAY A BIT MORE TOMORROW.+
ASKED IF THE AMERICANS WERE GOING TO CHANGE THEIR MINDS ABOUT THE NEW REGULATIONS, MR MACLEOD REPLIED, I DON'T KNOW.+
MR MACLEOD WAS THEN ASKED WHETHER ALL THE EFFORTS MADE BY HIM AND THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES HAD FAILED BECAUSE THE UNITED STATES CUSTOMS ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT THEY WOULD GO AHEAD WITH IMPLEMENTING THE NEW RULES.
HE REPLIED, +NO, I AM QUITE SURE THAT THIS IS NOT THE END OF THE STORY.+
AS REGARDS A QUESTION ON A REPORT THAT U.S. RETAILERS HAD FAILED TO OBTAIN A DELAY IN A U.S. COURT BECAUSE A DECISION HAD BEEN RESERVED, MR MACLEOD SAID, +WE HAVE YET TO HEAR PRECISELY WHAT HAPPENED. I DON'T THINK IT'S QUITE AS CLEAR AS THAT. BUT I'LL SAY MORE TOMORROW.+
ASKED IF HE THOUGHT MORE WOULD HAVE TO COME AFTER THE AMERICAN ELECTION, MR MACLEOD SAID: +WELL I HOPE IT WON'T BE AFTER THE ELECTION THAT IS IN NOVEMBER.+
INVITATION CONFIRMED
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THE GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY (FRIDAY) CONFIRMED THAT AN INVITATION HAD BEEN RECEIVED FROM MR XU JIATUN, DIRECTOR OF THE NEW CHINA NEWS AGENCY, TO ATTEND THE CELEBRATIONS IN PEKING ON THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD ACCEPTED THE INVITATION BUT HAD YET TO DECIDE WHO WOULD ATTEND THE CELEBRATIONS.
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