Statement comes with Trump expected to announce U.S. government’s response to China’s national-security law for Hong Kong
Riot police guard a protester as a second reading of a controversial national anthem law takes place in Central district, Hong Kong, Wednesday, May 27, 2020.Hong Kong’s government warned Washington that withdrawing its special U.S. status, which has underpinned the city as a global financial hub, could be a “double-edged sword” and urged the United States to stop interfering in internal affairs.
It added that from 2009 to 2018, the U.S. trade surplus with Hong Kong was the biggest among all its trading partners, totalling $297 billion of merchandise and 1,300 U.S. firms are based in the city. The U.S. Department of State said in a report on Thursday it could “no longer certify that Hong Kong continues to warrant treatment” from Beijing.
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