Posted on 06/30/2020 9:51:36 AM PDT by BeauBo
The United States warned further measures were on the table to revoke its preferential treatment for Hong Kong, as Beijing imposed a controversial national security law on the city...
The sweeping law would heighten the risk that sensitive US tech exports to the city – including metal alloys, high-powered computers and lasers – would be diverted for use by the Chinese military or the Chinese Ministry of State Security, Ross said...
The US was Hong Kong’s second-largest trading partner in 2019, with trade worth HK$516 billion (US$67 billion), official data showed...
“Further actions to eliminate differential treatment are also being evaluated,” Ross said in a statement, issued late on Monday in the US...
(Sec State Pompeo said) “The United States is reviewing other authorities and will take additional measures to reflect the reality on the ground in Hong Kong.”
(Excerpt) Read more at scmp.com ...
Hopefully, we will see that door closing - this week.
Divorces are painful.
IMO we should never have been exporting sensitive equipment to Hong Kong in the first place.
The ChiComs have been in control there since ‘97. Far too easy for an item to just.....ummm......disappear and find it’s way over the border.
Good. There is no longer a Hong Kong, it’s now all China.
Hong Kong does not process speciality metal alloys, use world-class supercomputing or advanced semiconductors. Its all going to China.
I lost nearly all in the divorce.
It was worth every penny...
Hong Kong SAR go boom
Prayers for the freedom-loving people of Hong Kong.
Yeah. And all Chinese people suffering under their government.
Prayers for the freedom-loving people of Hong Kong.
Can you imagine the nightmare those freedom loving people of Hong Kong feel knowing they are about to be smothered. God have mercy on them.
EMBARGO ALL CHINESE MADE GOODS. PUT AMERICANS BACK TI WORK. KICK NON-CITIZENS OUT OF USA!
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