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including tariff /poking quote)
12.
The President of the Board of Trade
carries a similar responsibility for the United Kingdom's external commercial relations and
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Boliey. He would no doubt regard it as his ultimate responsibility to decide whether any territory for which HMG is responsible should be allowed to pursue a course divergent from, and possibly prejudicial to, HMG's commercial policy objectives.
13.
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The Board of Trade will concentrate on overseas trade and export PM's briefy
promotion, including the many activities which contribute invisible earnings to the balance of payments. Thus, in addition to its responsibilities for external commercial policy including tariff policy) and export policy and services, the Board of Trade will fetain responsibility for civil aviation, shipping, tourism, hotels and insurance.
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constitutional responsibility for deciding what Hong Kong should do rests primarily with the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary.
is considered that this constitutional fact
must determine the way in which such conflicts
are resolved, subject of course to the right
of the President of the Board of Trade to
raise the matter in Cabinet if he considers
the issue to be of such importance that he cannot accept the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary's decision.
Possible Changes in Existing Arrangements
15. On the assumption that formal devolution of authority (particularly of a far-reaching, autonomous character) is regarded as unnecessary (if not undesirable) and that an acceptable formula can be found for the
settlement of conflicts of interest that must
arise under existing arrangements, it is necessary to consider whether :
(a)
These arrangements for the exercise
by Hong Kong in practice of a measure
of authority should be extended and/or improved.
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(b)
To what extent, short of a formal
16.
definition of that authority, the
statement agreed in August may need
amendment.
The case for giving Hong Kong the widest
possible measure of authority in practice
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