CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
FM WASHINGTON
TO ROUTINE FCO
TELNO 2338
OF 26234OZ OCTOBER 92
INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG, PEKING, ACTOR
was 091/2
80
172453
MDLIAN 0918
TOP COPY QDIST?
YOUR TELNO 1523 TO HONG KONG: CHINA MEN
1.
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PARA 6 OF TUR ASKED ABOUT CHINESE RE-ACCESSION TO GATT AND CONGRESS. STATE HAVE TOLD US THAT CHINA'S ACCESSION TO GATT WOULD NOT/NOT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. THE JACKSON/VANIK LEGISLATION UNDER WHICH THE PRESIDENT IS REQUIRED TO CERTIFY CHINA'S ENTITLEMENT TO MFN EACH YEAR WOULD REMAIN ON THE BOOKS. (ALTHOUGH JACKSON/VANIK, WHICH TARGETS CENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMIES, IS A RELIC OF THE COLD WAR ERA, STATE SAID THAT, GIVEN THE MOOD IN CONGRESS, ANY ATTEMPT TO REPEAL IT WOULD PROBABLY ONLY RESULT IN REPLACING IT WITH A SIMILAR LEGISLATION DIRECTED SOLELY AT CHINA). STATE SAID THAT IF CHINA ACCEDED TO GATT, THE AMERICANS WOULD ENTER A RESERVATION UNDER ARTICLE 35 TO ENABLE THEM TO WITHHOLD UNCONDITIONAL MFN FROM CHINA.
RENWICK
YYYY
DISTRIBUTION
74
ΜΑΙΝ
73
.MFN AND HONG KONG
HKD
RAD
EASD/ODA
ECONOMIC ADVISERS
PS
ERD
PS/MR GOODLAD
ESED
PS/PUS
FED
SIR J COLES
JOINT DIRECTORATE
MR CROWE
NAD
MR MILES
NEWS D
MR HUM
ADDITIONAL
1
DTI//MR MURRAY OT2/3
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