§ 9. Mr. Neil Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on progress in the talks with the United States Government on extraterritoriality.
§ Mr. ChannonBoth my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and I have made recent visits to Washington during which we have emphasised to the US Administration our serious concern about this problem. Both Governments, despite our important differences of principle, are anxious to find practical means of preventing or resolving disputes arising from US claims to extraterritorial jurisdiction in a number of fields, including export controls and anti-trust, and talks between officials are proceeding on this. Some useful progress has been made, but it is too soon to predict the final outcome.