CONFIDENTIAL
1.
imports
textile
passed
Jenkins Bill, originally aimed at reducing US
from Fast East producers, including Hong Kong,
House of Representatives on 3 December, having been amended by
mon th to include new restrictions on non-textile
products including footwear and mineral imports.
Sena te last
House vote was 255-161, and thus fell short of
two-thirds majority needed to override a Presidential ve to.
2.
3.
Administration (including the President)
expressed their opposition, both
have many times
protectionist
US
legislation:
most
in public and in private,
in recently
response
to
to
impact
on
Hong Kong economy
B
Mr Brittan, who expressed HMG's and Hong Kong's
of the (unamended)
during his visit to State Dept on 30 October.
concern
about
Jenkins Bill
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