CHINA-US: US STOPS EXPORTS OF DEFENCE EQUIPMENT AND DUAL-USE TECHNOLOGY TO HONGKONG
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In a statement on June 29, 2020, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the “United States will today end exports of U.S.-origin defense equipment and will take steps toward imposing the same restrictions on U.S. defense and dual-use technologies to Hong Kong as it does for China. The Chinese Communist Party’s decision to eviscerate Hong Kong’s freedoms has forced the Trump Administration to re-evaluate its policies toward the territory.” Pompeo said the decision was necessary to protect U.S. national security. According to the statement, the United States “can no longer distinguish between the export of controlled items to Hong Kong or to mainland China.” “We cannot risk these items falling into the hands of the People’s Liberation Army, whose primary purpose is to uphold the dictatorship of the CCP by any means necessary”.
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