Hong Kong products targeted in US Pres. Donald Trump’s new China tariffs, says Washington
Hong Kong Free Press
US President Donald Trump’s new China tariffs, effective Tuesday, also target Hong Kong products, the US government has said.
On Saturday, President Trump announced an additional 10 per cent levy on all goods from China, on top of the duties they already endure.
The new tariffs include Hong Kong products, according to a note issued by the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Monday.
See also: US postal service suspends inbound parcels from Hong Kong and China amid tariff war
The note stated that “articles that are the product of China, include products of Hong Kong in accordance with Executive Order 13936 on Hong Kong Normalization.”
It refers to the executive order Trump signed in July 2020, during his first term in the White House, shortly after Beijing imposed a national security law in Hong Kong in June 2020.
The US had treated Hong Kong separately from mainland China in matters of trade and economy since 1992, but Trump’s order suspended the city’s special status.
HKFP has reached out to the CBP and the Hong Kong government for comment.
China retaliated on Tuesday, announcing it would impose 15 per cent tariffs on imports of coal and liquefied natural gas from the US and a separate 10 per cent levy on other products including crude oil and agricultural machinery.
In December, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairperson introduced a bill that would end Hong Kong’s special status under US law.
Previously, the US House of Representatives passed a bill in September which could see the closure of Hong Kong’s trade missions in the country.
Beijing inserted national security legislation directly into Hong Kong’s mini-constitution in June 2020 following a year of pro-democracy protests and unrest. It criminalised subversion, secession, collusion with foreign forces and terrorist acts – broadly defined to include disruption to transport and other infrastructure. The move gave police sweeping new powers and led to hundreds of arrests amid new legal precedents, while dozens of civil society groups disappeared. The authorities say it restored stability and peace to the city, rejecting criticism from trade partners, the UN and NGOs.
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