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MDLIAN 9336
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INFO PRIORITY UKDEL OECD, PEKING
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2. DURING A CALL BY DAVIES (HEAD OF FED) ON TARUI, DIRECTOR OF THE MFA'S CHINA DIVISION ON 9 MARCH, TARUI SAID THAT AT THE NEXT SESSION OF THE ECSS, MATSUURA, THE JAPANESE DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER, WOULD PROPOSE THAT CONSIDERATION BE GIVEN TO THE EVENTUAL ESTABLISHMENT OF AN OECD DIALOGUE WITH CHINA. IT WAS IMPORTANT TO GET CHINA MORE CLOSELY INVOLVED IN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ORGANISATIONS AND TO ENCOURAGE THE CONSOLIDATION OF A REFORMIST ECONOMIC STANCE. IN THE MEDIUM TERM THE OECD SHOULD THEREFORE CONSIDER INVITING THE CHINESE TO COME AND TALK THEIR ABOUT ECONOMIC POLICY. AS A FIRST STEP IN THIS DIRECTION THE OECD MIGHT UNDERTAKE A DETAILED STUDY OF THE CHINESE ECONOMY.
3. DAVIES WAS GRATEFUL FOR THE FOREWARNING. WE WOULD NEED TO CONSIDER THIS PROPOSAL. SPEAKING PERSONALLY, HE AGREED THAT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A DIALOGUE WITH OECD MIGHT BE A GOOD WAY OF ANCHORING CHINA MORE FIRMLY IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.
IT WOULD BE USEFUL IF THE AGENDA COULD COVER ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS AND THE IMPACT ON ECD MEMBRS OF THE EXPORT ORIENTED CHARACTER OF CHINA'S ECONOMIC STRATEGY. HOWEVER THE OECD FACED PRACTICAL RESOURCE PROBLEMS BECAUSE OF A PROLIFERATION OF NEW DIALOGUE PARTNERS AND OTHER EXTERNAL COMMITMENTS. ADDING CHINA TO THE LIST OF DIALOGUE PARTNERS WOULD ONLY CAUSE ADDITIONAL RESOURCE PROBLEMS. TARUI SAID THAT JAPAN RECOGNISED THE CONSTRAINTS BUT REGARDED CHINA AS SO IMPORTANT THAT THE MATTER NOW NEEDED SERIOUS DISCUSSION WITHIN OECD.
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