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FRIDAY, JUNE 23,

1989

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CONSULTATIONS SOUGHT ON EC ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES

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THE TRADE DEPARTMENT IS SEEKING FORMAL BILATERAL EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, UNDER THE AUSPICES WITH THE AGREEMENT

AND ON TARIFFS

THE (GATT), OVER DEFINITIVE ANTI-DUMPING

ON HONG KONG'S

CASSETTE TAFES.

TRADE

DUTIES

CONSULTATIONS

OF THE GENERAL IMPOSITION OF EXPORTS OF VIDEO

ANNOUNCING THIS AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY

TRADE. MR STUART DIRECTOR OF

THE (FRIDAY), SAID HARBINSON,

THE TRADE THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL'S

DEPUTY DEPARTMENT MADE THE DECISION AFTER EXAMINING REGULATION ON THIS SUBJECT.

"ALTHOUGH, AS WE SAID EARLIER,

THE DEFINITIVE

FINDINGS RESULTS. WE OF THE INVESTIGATION,

REPRESENT A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT OVER THE PROVISIONAL REMAIN DEEPLY DISSATISFIED WITH MANY ASPECTS MR HARBINSON SAID.

TO THE GATT EUROPEAN COMMUNITY'S BILATERAL CONSULTATIONS

"THEREFORE, HONG KONG'S PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE YESTERDAY HANDED OVER A NOTE TO THE HEAD OF THE PERMANENT DELEGATION TO THE GATT, ASKING FOR UNDER THE GATT ANTI-DUMPING CODE.

IN PLACE

GENEVA AT

"WE HAVE SUGGESTED THAT THESE TALKS TAKE THE EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY. WE AWAIT THE COMMUNITY'S RESPONSE.

GROUNDS FOR THE

GOVERNMENT'S

MR HARBINSON CITED A NUMBER OF TAKING THIS ACTION. THESE INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING:-

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THE

LACK OF WEIGHT GIVEN INVESTIGATION TO THE OPEN HONG KONG COMPANIES OPERATE.

EUROPEAN IN THE ECONOMIC CONTEXT WITHIN

COMMUNITY WHICH

DISSATISFACTION THAT ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES WILL APPLY BUT ONE HONG KONG MANUFACTURERS OF VIDEO WHICH AMOUNTS TO A FINDING OF GUILT AGAINST A OF HONG KONG INDUSTRY, AND ALSO THAT ANTI-DUMPING

COMPANIES.

DUTIES

TO ALL CASSETTE

TAPES, WHOLE SECTOR RATES OF STILL APPLY то MANY INDIVIDUAL

THE BASING OF A SO-CALLED ANTI-DUMPING DUTY APPLYING MINIMAL EXPORTS TO EUROPE.

EU

HIGH

'RESIDUAL DUTY" ON THE VERY HIGH ΤΟ ONE COMPANY WHICH HAS HAD

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THE APPLICATION OF THIS VERY HIGH "RESIDUAL NEW COMPANIES WHICH MIGHT WISH TO BEGIN EXPORTING TO EUROPE,

THE BUT HAD NOT EXPORTED AT

TIME THAT EUROPEAN INDUSTRY LODGED ITS ORIGINAL COMPLAINT.

DUTY" EVEN TO

LACK OF COMMUNITY'S ASSESSMENT EUROPEAN INDUSTRY.

LOGICAL METHODOLOGY AND

OBJECTIVITY

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OF THE ALLEGATIONS OF INJURY

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