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My Hong KongHong Kong products are synonymous with quality, a Made in China label is not going to make people forget that
- US President Donald Trump has missed his mark with latest punitive action in US-China trade war, and Washington has obviously forgotten about Hong Kong’s unique identity
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I haven’t seen the “Made in Hong Kong” tag make headlines for quite some years, at least not until this week, when Washington ordered all Hong Kong exports to the United States to be relabelled as “Made in China” from September 25.
It’s a move to punish China in the latest escalation of the trade war between the two nations, and one of US President Donald Trump’s punitive measures in response to a range of grievances he has against Beijing.
Hong Kong has unfortunately become the inevitable collateral damage in this trade war.
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But the actual impact of the new rule on Hong Kong’s trade or economy is expected to be relatively low. It’s no secret that the vast majority of these “Made in Hong Kong” shipments to the US consist of re-exports from the mainland, and there are figures to prove it.
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Hong Kong rejects US rule for ‘Made in China’ labels
Hong Kong rejects US rule for ‘Made in China’ labels
According to the Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department, of the HK$304 billion (US$39 billion) worth of exports to the US last year, only 1.2 per cent were domestic exports.
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