Trump’s executive order revoking Hong Kong’s special status: what is it and who will be affected?
- United States can ban anyone deemed to be undermining freedom in the city from holding property in the country and refuse them and their family entry
- Existing punitive tariffs the US imposed on mainland China will be applied to Hong Kong exports
The executive order suspends or revokes the different and preferential treatment for the city stipulated by the Hong Kong policy act of 1992.
“Hong Kong will now be treated the same as mainland China,” Trump said at a press conference on Tuesday, in response to the security law which came into effect on June 30. “No special privileges, no special economic treatment, and no export of sensitive technologies.”
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In his executive order, Trump went on to say that the decision by Beijing to impose the new law, among other things, “fundamentally undermine Hong Kong’s autonomy, constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat, which has its source in substantial part outside the United States, to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States. I hereby declare a national emergency with respect to that threat”.
Here are the key changes set out by the executive order.
Will there be visa restrictions for Hong Kong passport holders?