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LORD CAITHNESS' VISIT TO HONG KONG

Anti dumping measures against small screen TV's for Hong

Kong

POINTS TO MAKE (IF RAISED)

UK opposed Commission's proposal for provisional duties against small screen TV's for Hong Kong.

We argued that we could not see how an open economy like

Hong Kong could be guilty of dumping. We also pointed to

the consumer interest.

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Unfortunately there was not sufficient support for our

view.

(FOR HKG ONLY)

Long term solution must be work for fairer anti dumping

rules in GATT, in the Uruguay Round and beyond.

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