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Agreement is that other Member State of the
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Community will take a greater proportion of the growth of Hong Kong textile exports than in the past and the United Kingdom correspondingly less. The average rate of growth for the Community as a whole is 7. For the United Kingdom it is 2% with growth rater as low as 1% for the most sensitive items.
POSSIBLE IMPOSITION OF IMPORT CONTROLS ON TEXTILES FROM HONG KONG
12. Textile Imports from Hong Kong into this country are already subject to control under the EEC/Hong Kong Textiles Agreement. Her Majesty's' Government's general views on import controls were explained to the House by my right honourable Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 17 December 1975.
REFRESENTATIONS FROM THE TLATILE INDUSTRY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
13.
[If pressed] As my right honourable Friend the
Chancellor of the Exchequer said on 17 December 1975 on the general question of import restrictions, we are prepared to consider imposing temporary controls on imports in cases where sectors of industry, which would be perfectly viable in normal times, are threatened with extinction by excessive imports during
the recession.
UK CONTROL OF HONG KONG'S TRADING JOLICILA
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It has been accepted that in the conduct of its external commercial relations, the Hong Kong Government
must act in the best interests of the local population.". In doing so, however, it keeps in close consultation with Her Majesty's Government.
FUTURE OF HONG KONG AND CHINESE ATTITUDE
THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG
15. Her Majesty's Government has every confidence in the continuing development of Hong Kong and will
continue to administer it in the interests of those
who have chosen to live there.
THE END OF THE NEW TERRITORIES LEADE IN 1997
1997 is still quite a long way ahead and a
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