TNAG-1492-FCO40-2050-Future-of-Hong-Kong-General-Agreement-on-Tariffs-and-Trade-(-1986 — Page 52

2 May 1986

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Mr Eric Deakins

(Walthamstow):

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the recognition of Hong Kong as a General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade contracting party has been accepted by all General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade members.

No 133W

MR TIM RENTON

Following declarations to the GATT Secretariat by the

United Kingdom and the People's Republic of China on

23 April, the Secretariat informed contracting parties

that Hong Kong had become a contracting party as from

that date. The procedure did not require the approval

of other GATT members.