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Brief No. 3

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CONSULTATIONS WITH HONG KONG

23-25 NOVEMBER, 1970

Textiles - Cotton and Non-Cotton

Summary

Hong Kong's exports (para. 1)

Cotton Textiles

United Kingdom Quantitative Restrictions on imports from Hong Kong para. 2)

Present United Kingdon import quotas and proposed tariff from 1 January, 1972 (para. 3)

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Effects of the change from quota to tariff and Hong Kong's reactions to the proposal (paras. 4-7)

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BEC restrictions on cotton textile imports (paras. 8-9)

International Trade the Long Term Arrangement (para. 10)

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Non Cotton Textiles (Fan Made Fibres and Vool)

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United Kingdom and EEC tariffs on imports from Hong Kong (para. 11)

8) United States/Japan negotiations the US Trade Bill -

proposed GATT study on textiles (paras. 12 - 14)

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Hong Kong and the BBC cotton and non cotton textiles (paras. 15 16)

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