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MEMORANDUM FOR EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

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HONG KONG'S FUTURE POSITION IN THE GENERAL. AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE AND THE CUSTOMS CO-OPERATION COUNCIL

Introduction

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Administrative Region (SAR) shall be a separate

customs territory and that the SAR may

participate in relevant international

organisations and international trade agreements.

2.

Paragraph 4 of Annex II to the Joint

Declaration lists, among the matters for early

consideration by the Sino-British Joint Liaison

Group (JLG), action to be taken by the two

Governments

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to enable the Hong Kong SAR to

maintain its economic relations as

a separate customs territory, and

in particular to ensure the

maintenance of Hong Kong's participation

in the General Agreement on Tariffs

and Trade, the Multifibre Arrangement

and other international arrangements;

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