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Turning now to non-cotton textiles, it is necessary to devise arrangements satisfying two criteria, viz: (i) the Government of Hong
King can reach such agreements on non-cotton textiles as they wish with other Governments, and (ii) Her Majesty's Government will not find themselves prejudiced in pursuing their own commercial policies by the fact that they will
be regarded as having jeopardised their own position by authorising the Government of
Hong Kong to reach such agreements.
Although
I hope that, as in the Cotton Textiles Committee, arrangements can be worked out on
the spot whereby the expression of conflicting Conflicting views can usually be avoided ther
er will be occasions on which the representatives/or Hong Kon at International gathering
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Express vidus conflicting rich those of the representatives of the United Kingdom. It is, however, widely known already that on
the issue of non-cotton textiles, Hong Kong
favours different solutions from the United
Kingdom. What I am proposing will, therefore,
be explained on the grounds that it does no
more than reflect the realities of the trading
situation and is indeed the best way in which Her Majesty's Government can exercise their responsibilities for Hong Kong in the interests af the Gelony.
6.
Apart from the international aspects, this delegation of authority will have to be
defensible to the United Kingdom textile
industry. As regards quantitative restrictions, Her Majesty's Government will, therefore, have
to be free to treat Hong Kong in non-cotton textile matters (a) in the same way as they
treat any other supplier of such textiles, and (b) in the same way as any other importer of
such textiles treats imports from Hong Kong
following restraints conceded by Hong Kong,
tas Her Majesty's Government will, of course, act in respect of Hong Kong only in accordance with their normal liberal trading policies, and the obligations both to GAT
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Hong Kong having regard to her particular statue vis-a-vis the United King
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