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【Hong Kong version of National Security Law】The United States announced that it would stop exporting defense equipment to Hong Kong

2020-07-01T01:23:52.472Z


The "Hong Kong version of the National Security Law" was passed as soon as possible on Tuesday (30th). US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday (29th) that he would stop exporting controlled defense equipment to Hong Kong from today; for both military and civilian use


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Written by: Li Fuyuan

2020-06-30 05:57

Last update date: 2020-06-30 06:00

The "Hong Kong version of the National Security Law" was passed as soon as possible on Tuesday (30th). US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday (29th) that he would stop exporting controlled defense equipment to Hong Kong from today; for military and civilian use Technology, the United States is about to require a license before exporting to Hong Kong.

Pompeo said in a statement: "The Communist Party of China decided to deprive Hong Kong of its freedom, forcing the Trump administration to reassess its policy toward Hong Kong, and the United States was forced to take action to protect national security. We can no longer tell whether the controlled goods are exported to Hong Kong or mainland China. We cannot risk letting these items fall into the hands of the PLA."

Today, the United States is ending exports of @StateDeptPM controlled US origin defense equipment and sensitive @CommerceGov controlled dual-use technologies to Hong Kong. If Beijing now treats Hong Kong as “One Country, One System,” so must we.

— Secretary Pompeo (@SecPompeo) June 29, 2020

Pompeo said that the United States is not willing to take this action, emphasizing that it is a consequence of Beijing authorities’ violation of the "Sino-British Joint Statement". The United States’ actions are only directed against the regime and not the Chinese people; "One system", so the United States must do so.

According to US export control regulations, Mainland China and Hong Kong are considered different destinations. Under certain circumstances, the United States applies a visa exemption to goods destined for Hong Kong, but requires the same firm to re-export the same goods destined for mainland China to hold a US export visa.

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(Comprehensive report)

Hong Kong version of the National Security Act of the United States (Mike Pompeo)

Source: hk1

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