Trump Signs Law to Sanction Chinese Officials, Banks Over Hong Kong Abuses

Trump Signs Law to Sanction Chinese Officials, Banks Over Hong Kong Abuses
President Donald Trump delivers a press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on July 14, 2020. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images
Cathy He
Updated:

U.S. President Donald Trump on July 14 signed into law a bill that would impose sanctions on Chinese officials and entities responsible for extinguishing Hong Kong’s freedoms, as well as banks that do business with them.

He also signed an executive order to end the United States’ preferential treatment of Hong Kong. The measures, Trump said, were enacted to “hold China accountable for its oppressive actions against the people of Hong Kong.”

Cathy He
Cathy He
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Cathy He is the politics editor at the Washington D.C. bureau. She was previously an editor for U.S.-China and a reporter covering U.S.-China relations.
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