U.S. Lets Hong Kong Emergency Declaration Lapse, Lifting some Sanctions as Trump Order Stays
The move removes some sanctions on 39 people while keeping Hong Kong’s special trading status revoked, officials said.
- On Saturday, the United States allowed a national emergency declaration over Hong Kong to expire, lifting some sanctions while maintaining the executive order that revoked the city's special trading status.
- President Donald Trump signed the original executive order in 2020 to counter Beijing's national security law, which critics claim has eroded Western-style civil liberties promised for 50 years after the handover.
- Although 48 individuals were removed from one sanctions list, the Treasury Department confirmed 39 of them, including John Lee and Carrie Lam, remain sanctioned under the Hong Kong Autonomy Act.
- China's Commerce Ministry and the Hong Kong government welcomed the move, calling it a "positive shift in the U.S. policy" and an important step in fulfilling bilateral trade commitments made in Madrid last year.
- This policy adjustment follows Trump's May 14 meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, marking a potential warming in relations ahead of Xi's anticipated visit to the United States later this year.
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