Doug Bereuter: “This bill allows the President to extend certain privileges…”

On the recordJune 17, 1997

This bill allows the President to extend certain privileges, exemptions, and immunities to the Hong Kong economic and trade offices of the United States... This replicates what is in place now for Hong Kong in its current status. The legislation... is necessary to ensure that the Hong Kong civil servants working in the Hong Kong economic and trade offices throughout the United States continue to have the same privileges, exemptions, and immunities after Hong Kong's reversion to China on midnight on June 30, 1997.

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Doug Bereuter

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Discussing a bill related to privileges for Hong Kong economic and trade offices in the U.S. after its reversion to China.

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