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THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1994

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WE HAVE AGREED THAT A TRADE MINISTERS MEETING SHOULD

ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE

IN INDONESIA IN OCTOBER TO FOCUS ROUND AGREEMENT," MR CHAU SAID.

OF THE WAY. "THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE SUPPORT OF THE MULTILATERAL TRADING SYSTEM,"

BE HELD URUGUAY

THAT APEC CAN ACT IN

INDONESIA HOLDS THE APEC CHAIRMANSHIP THIS YEAR AND

THE TRADE MINISTERS MEETING.

BILATERAL MEETINGS

WILL HOST

WITH ATTENDING A

YESTERDAY

MR CHAL ALSO KELD FOUR CANADA, MEXICO, THE EUROPEAN UNION AND CHINA, AS WELL AS LUNCH HOSTED BY THE MOROCCAN MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

AT HIS MEETINGS WITH CANADA'S MINISTER FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE,

FOR TRADE AND MR ROY MCLAREN AND MEXICO'S SECRETARY

INDUSTRY, MR JAIME SERRA PUCHE, THE DISCUSSIONS FOCUSED ON ISSUES OF MUTUAL CONCERN THE ARISING FROM IMPLEMENTATION OF THE URUGUAY ROUND AGREEMENT AND ON FUTURE DIRECTION OF APEC.

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MULTILATERAL 'AS A FIRM BELIEVER IN THE IMPORTANCE OF A STRONG SYSTEM, WE ARE KEEN TO WORK WITH OTHERS TOWARDS ESTABLISHING THE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION (WTO) ON JANUARY 1, 1999," SAID MR CHAU.

MINISTERIAL "WE HAVE ACHIEVED A MOMENTUM FOR CHANGE WHICH THIS ΤΟ REINFORCE. WE CONFERENCE IS HELPING

SHOULD CAPITALISE ON THE THE GET SENSE OF ENTHUSIASM AND

TRADE

UP ORGANISATION

AND

RUNNING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

WORLD

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WITH AT MR CHAU'S MEETING

MFN

CHINA'S VICE-MINISTER OF FOREIGN TRADE MR GU YONGJIANG, HE TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO REFER TO HONG KONG'S CONCERN OVER U.S. RENEWAL OF CHINA'S

STATUS, THE CONSIDERABLE AND HONG KONG'S DETERMINATION TO INTERESTS AT STAKE FOR HONG KONG, REPRESENT THOSE INTERESTS TO THOSE PARTIES CONCERNED.

ROUND AND

AND TRADE

THEY ALSO DISCUSSED ISSUES ARISING FROM THE URUGUAY ON TARIFFS AGREEMENT CHINA'S WISH TO RESUME ITS GENERAL (GATT) MEMBERSHIP BEFORE THE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION WAS ESTABLISHED, THUS MAKING IT AN ORIGINAL MEMBER OF THE WTO.

MR CHAU SAID HONG KONG WOULD WELCOME THIS.

THE EUROPEAN MR CHAU TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY OF HIS MEETING WITH

KONG'S UNION'S TRADE COMMISSIONER, SIR LEON BRITTAN TO EMPHASISE HONG CONCERN THAT NEW ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE WTO SHOULD NOT BECOME A VEHICLE FOR PROTECTIONISM.

OF

HE ALSO EXPRESSED HONG KONG'S CONCERN OVER FRANCE'S LINKAGE

ΤΟ BECOME HONG KONG'S NEW EXCISE DUTIES WITH HONG KONG'S APPLICATION

OF THE ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND AN OBSERVER DEVELOPMENT (OECD) TRADE SUB-COMMITTEE,

ROUND URUGUAY

TRADE NEGOTIATIONS THE PLENARY SESSION OF THE

MORNING. THE FORMAL COMMITTEE WILL CONTINUE UNTIL TOMORROW (FRIDAY) SIGNING OF THE URUGUAY ROUND FINAL ACT WILI TAKE PLACE THAT AFTERNOON.

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