TNAG-0341-FCO40-377-Effects-on-Hong-Kong-of-long-term-policy-for-textiles-in-int-1972 — Page 153

Registry No. HKK 6/8

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M A Goodfellow

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Hong Kong & Indian Ocean

HONG KONG'S GATT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ENLARGED EEC

FOLLOWING THE UK'S ACCESSION

1.

A meeting was held at the FCO on 27 April 1972 to

discuss Hong Kong's GATT relationship with the enlarged

EEC following the UK's accession on 1 January 1973.

The position in the Cotton Textile Committee (CTC) of

the GATT was also considered. The following attended:-

Hong Kong Government

Mr E O Laird

(In the chair)

Mr C P Haddon-Cave JP (Financial Secretary) Mr D Sellers

FCO

Start and

Mr K M Wilford (for part of

the meeting)

Mr R R Crowson ID Mr M A Goodfellow HKD Mr K F X Burns TID Mr K W Hazle Comm D

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DTI

Miss J E Elliott

(CRE I)

Mr J V Hagestadt

Background

2.

Hong Kong's rights and obligations under the

GATT derived through the UK's signature under the pro-

visions of Articles XXVI: 5(a) and Article XXIV: 1

(texts at Annex 1 and 2).

3. The position at present was that Hong Kong had no

GATT relationship with the UK as Administering Power

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/but did