TNAG-2468-FCO40-3592-Most-favoured-nation-status-for-China-Hong-Kong-interests-1992 — Page 142

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KONG AT OUR EXPENSE, SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY NOTED THAT

AT AN OPEN MEETING OF THE TRADE SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WHICH TOOK PLACE ON 23 JUNE 1992 IN WASHINGTON, WHEN CHINA'S MEN STATUS WAS BEING DISCUSSED, A CERTAIN CONGRESSMAN HAD SAID THAT, AT A RECENT MEETING WITH SOME MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT IN LONDON, HE HAD BEEN TOLD THAT MFN REVOCATION WOULD DEAL A DEVASTATING BLOW TO HONG

KONG'S ECONOMY AND BUSINESS CONFIDENCE.

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