Trump ends preferential economic treatment for Hong Kong and 'convinced UK to ban Huawei'

Описание: US President Donald Trump has signed an order to end preferential economic treatment for Hong Kong, after China enacted a new security law there.

Hong Kong would be treated "the same as mainland China", Mr Trump said. He also signed a law to impose sanctions on officials who cracked down on rights.

China has strongly criticised the move, vowing to take retaliatory action.

The US president praised the UK's decision to block Huawei from its 5G network - while China's ambassador to the UK said it was "disappointing and wrong".

Mr Trump said: "We convinced many countries, many countries - and I did this myself for the most part - not to use Huawei, because we think it's an unsafe security risk.

"It's a big security risk and I talked many countries out of using it. If they want to do business with us, they can't use it."

The US sees the security law as a threat to the freedoms Hong Kong has enjoyed under a 1984 agreement.

That special status was agreed between China and Hong Kong's former colonial power, the UK, before sovereignty was returned to Beijing in 1997.

The new security law - which outlaws criticism of China's government - is the most sweeping change to the political landscape of Hong Kong since then.

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