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BRIEF FOR CALL ON DIRECTOR OF TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS.

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS

OBJECTIVES

1) To encourage in every way possible the Hong Kong industry

to negotiate a voluntary restraint agreement for exports of

TVS to the UK with the UK industry, giving strong support to

the RIC/BREMA approaches. It is essential that development

of Hong Kong manufacture of more consumer electronic goods

including monochrome TV and colour TV should not result in

disruptive imports into the UK.

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To indicate the importance that HMG attaches to ensuring

that consignments of consumer goods exported from Hong Kong

to the UK are of geniune Hong Kong manufacture and not merely

re-packed or re-shipped from other Eastern countries.

POINTS TO MAKE

HMG is committed to ensuring the survival of the UK consumer

electronics goods manufacturing sector. VRAS are seen as the

best way of achieving this. HMG is giving strong support to

the industry in all its negotiations with Far Eastern producers

but the whole concept depends upon new producers entering into

such VKAS and that there should be no short circuiting of agreed

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