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All I want from Japan is a continuing close relationship and continuing Japanese investment in our burgeoning economy, and I suspect when the Japanese look around the world at other places where they might want to
invest, the attractions of Hong Kong continue to look
fairly substantial.
MR. BERGER: Many Americans feel very strongly that buying Chinese goods made with prison and child labor
is morally wrong. Levi Strauss is the most recent
American company to voice this concem. How can you
address our concern, in the absence of an MFN threat
against China?
GOVERNOR PATTEN: I think the question almost
answers itself, because you have given examples of
individuals or individual companies making their own
decision and doubtless having some affect as a
consequence.
I think that human rights should be addressed in
their own terms. Let me give you an example. At the
moment three countries, Australia, France, and the United
Kingdom, have established a dialogue with China about
human rights. China takes a particular moral position, of
course, but we put our own arguments and put them pretty
vigorously. I think that it's fair to say that you've
done exactly the same from time to time, and I guess are
doing that at the moment with some consequences.
/So I .....
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