Between them, China-US exports and US-China exports through Hong Kong accounted for about 9 per cent of the city’s total exports last year. Photo: Roy Issa
Between them, China-US exports and US-China exports through Hong Kong accounted for about 9 per cent of the city’s total exports last year. Photo: Roy Issa

US-China trade war blamed as Trade Development Council cuts Hong Kong export growth forecast to 2 per cent

  • US President Donald Trump still to decide on extra set of tariffs on Chinese imports
  • Research director at Trade Development Council says exchange of levies, plus other sources of global uncertainly, to blame for fall in trade expansion

Between them, China-US exports and US-China exports through Hong Kong accounted for about 9 per cent of the city’s total exports last year. Photo: Roy Issa
Between them, China-US exports and US-China exports through Hong Kong accounted for about 9 per cent of the city’s total exports last year. Photo: Roy Issa
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