U.S. Officially Notifies Hong Kong It Has Ended Three Agreements: State Department
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. State Department said it notified Hong Kong on Wednesday that Washington has suspended or terminated three bilateral agreements with the semi-autonomous city following China's imposition of a sweeping national security law.
The ending of the agreements follows U.S. President Donald Trump's order last month to end Hong Kong’s special status under U.S. law to punish China for what he called “oppressive actions” against the former British colony.
The State Department said in a statement the agreements ended covered "the surrender of fugitive offenders, the transfer of sentenced persons, and reciprocal tax exemptions on income derived from the international operation of ships."
"These steps underscore our deep concern regarding Beijing's decision to impose the National Security Law, which has crushed the freedoms of the people of Hong Kong," State Department Spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said.
美國正式通知香港已終止三項協議：國務院路透社
2020年8月19日
下午1:27更新ET
美國國務院星期三通知香港，在中國實施全面的國家安全法後，華盛頓已經暫停或終止了與半自治城市的三項雙邊協議。
協議的終止是在美國總統唐納德·特朗普（Donald Trump）上個月下令終止香港在美國法律下的特殊地位的命令之後，以懲罰中國為他所謂的對前英國殖民地的“壓迫行動”。
國務院在一份聲明中說，已達成的協議包括“移交逃犯，移交被判刑的人以及對船舶國際經營所得收入的相互免稅”。
美國國務院發言人摩根·奧爾塔古斯說：“這些步驟突顯了我們對北京實施《國家安全法》的決定的深切關注，該法破壞了香港人民的自由。”
Trump signed an executive order last month that he said would end the preferential economic treatment for the city following the imposition of the draconian new national security law.
The legislation punishes anything China considers secession, subversion, terrorism or collusion with foreign forces with up to life in prison and has drawn criticism from Western countries that worry the law will end the freedoms promised when the former British colony returned to Chinese rule in 1997.
Analysts have said U.S.-China ties have deteriorated to their worst level in decades.
Washington this month imposed sanctions on Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam and other current and former Hong Kong and mainland officials whom Washington accuses of curtailing political freedom in the financial hub.
The U.S. government has also required goods made in the former British colony for export to the United States to be labelled as made in China after Sept. 25.
(Reporting by Daphne Psaledakis; Editing by Susan Heavey and Marguerita Choy)
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