President Trump says the U.S. intends to revoke Hong Kong's special customs status. He also says the U.S. is severing its ties with the WHO.
President Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have faulted Beijing's power grab in Hong Kong, which came despite earlier commitments to maintain"two systems."Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images
Washington intends to revoke Hong Kong's special customs status, impose some sanctions on officials in the mainland and Hong Kong governments, and take other steps, Trump said.The precise details or their implications weren't immediately clear; for example, Trump said he was directing a study of the"differing practices" involved with Chinese and American companies in financial markets, arguing that U.S. investors deserved what he called"fair" treatment.
The president has gone back and forth about how strongly he blames Beijing. Earlier in the pandemic, he alluded to the coronavirus as"the Chinese virus," then softened his language, and now has resumed direct condemnations of Chinese authorities.Trump put the pandemic into the context of years of what he called bad practices and bad treatment by China, including its theft of hundreds of billions of dollars' worth of American intellectual property.
The United States has been the single biggest funder of the W.H.O. and the breach announced by Trump raises questions about how it may be able to move forward.over the governance of Hong Kong despite earlier commitments by Beijing to maintain"two systems" — one for the mainland and one for Hong Kong.
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