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GATT POINT IN THE MACAU NEGOTIATIONS COULD RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE AWKWARDNESS FOR HONG KONG: AND COULD INDEED, ON THE WORST CASE, UNDERMINE WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY ACHIEVED TOGETHEP: MAKING THE GATT ARRANGEMENTS FOR HONG KONG STICK IS STRONGLY IN THE JOINT CHINESE AND BRITISH INTEREST - AND IN THE LONGER TERM MACAU INTEREST AS WELL.

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