China and Hong Kong have a similar agreement such as NAFTA.  What
impacts do these countries legal systems have on trade between the two
countries and international trade?

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Request for Question Clarification by fons-ga on 07 Mar 2003 19:01 PST

I have to agree with politicalguru that confusing both systems only
makes it harder to explain how the relationship between Hong Kong and
Beijing works. When you allow me to leave out the NAFTA connection, I
might be able to explain some of the basics.

Regards,

Fons

IMHO, The agreement cannot be similar, since Hong Kong is not sovreign.

China and Hong Kong have a trade agreement. When I say similar to
NAFTA, I mean they have a trade agreement in order to overcome trade
barriers.  I need to know what impact the legal systems of both China
and HK have on trade between the two, and on international trade in
general.

Is there any chance I could speak to someone by telephone to clarify
my question?  I live in Sunnyvale.
Thank you,
Chad

I'm a business journalist working in China, but I'm unfortunately not
that familiar with the legal side of trade agreements, so I will leave
this open for my fellow researchers.

Fons