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TEXTILES
1. There are no major outstanding bilateral textile
issues with Hong Kong (apart from the UK's alignment
EEC
with the, GSP of the enlarged EEG
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sehamle see Brief...).
2. The Hong Kong Director of Commerce and Industry
is participating at the GATT Ministeriaļ talks in
Tokyo commencing 12 September. He will speak as a
member of the UK delegation 'bn behalf of Hong Kong".
3. On a similar basis Hong Kong will take part in
the GATT negotiations in Geneva beginning later this
year to discuss what should replace the Long Term
(LTA) Arrangement on Cotton Textiles when it expires at
the end of 1973. It may be replaced by multi-fibre
agreement which Hong Kong would favour as it would.
allow greater flexibility.
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