Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday she was not too bothered about U.S. sanctions against her but the Chinese-ruled city will complain to the World Trade Organization (WTO) about a new U.S. requirement on Hong Kong-made products.
FILE PHOTO: Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, wearing a face mask following the coronavirus disease outbreak, attends a news conference in Hong Kong, China July 31, 2020. REUTERS/Lam Yik
The legislation punishes anything China considers secession, subversion, terrorism or collusion with foreign forces with up to life in prison and has drawn criticism from Western countries that worry the law will end the freedoms promised when the former British colony returned to Chinese rule in 1997.
The U.S. government has also required goods made in the former British colony for export to the United States to be labelled as made in China after Sept. 25. Beijing and Lam’s government have defended the national security law as necessary for the city’s stability and prosperity, and they said imposing it was China’s legitimate right.
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