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INFO TELELETTER JAKARTA, TOKYO, WASHINGTON, WELLINGTON, PEKING, INFO TELELETTER HONG KONG, SEOUL, KUALA LUMPUR,

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INFO TELELETTER BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, SINGAPORE, OTTAWA, BANGKOK, INFO TELELETTER MANILA UKREP BRUSSELS, TAIPEI, BANK OF ENGLAND, INFO TELELETTER HM TREASURY, DTI

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ECONOMIC SECTION

HKD FCO, ECD (E) FCO, FED FCO, SEAD FCO MR RAY EARWICKER, OT4/20 DTI

MR CHRIS MELLISS, HM TREASURY

MR CHRIS ELSTON, BANK OF ENGLAND

ASIA PACIFIC ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION (APEC)

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15 FEE 1993

AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER PROPOSES AN INTEGRATED ASIA-PACIFIC

MARKET.

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2. IN A SPEECH IN SYDNEY ON 8 FEBRUARY (THE FIRST DAY OF THE FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN) THE PRIME MINISTER, MR KEATING, PROPOSED THE CREATION OF AN INTEGRATED ASIA-PACIFIC MARKET INCORPORATING AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND, THE ASEAN COUNTRIES, CHINA, HONG KONG AND TAIWAN, KOREA, JAPAN AND NORTH AMERICA. HE PROPOSED THAT THE COUNTRIES OF THE REGION SHOULD WORK TOWARDS

COMMON STANDARDS OR, FAILING THAT, MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF INDIVIDUAL COUNTRY STANDARDS INCLUDING

HARMONISED STANDARDS FOR MOTOR VEHICLES, TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AND PHARMACEUTICALS

HARMONISATION OR MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF FOOD STANDARDS, CONSUMER ELECTRONICS AND LABELLING

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