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4. The US has notified us of the investigation in question
in accordance with an OECD recommendation and a UK/US
bilateral agreement. Since Hong Kong is party to neither of these, the US might well argue that it was under no obligation to notify us in this case.
5. Although the Protection of Trading Interests Act 1980 has been extended to Hong Kong, it is the Department of Trade and Industry's understanding that the final decision as to its invocation in Hong Kong rests with the Secretary of State.
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Erica Ng told me that you have no less than fourteen companies registered in Hong Kong under the name of VTECH so from a practical point of view we cannot write to the company until we have their address. The US Embassy here have undertaken to ask the Department of Justice for more information about VTECH. In the meantime we would be grateful if you would not take any further action. If it is eventually decided that a letter should go to VTECH and that it should go from the Hong Kong Government rather than from the Department of Trade and Industry, the Department of Trade and Industry would still wish to provide the draft. For this reason the form of words given above should not be taken as a final text that might be sent to VTECH.
I hope this is helpful.
Yours
sincerely
Annadèle Bouch.
Annadele Bouch Hong Kong Department
Bourton.Dec20
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