To punish China, Trump moves to end Hong Kong privileges

U.S. President Donald Trump ordered his administration to begin the process of eliminating special U.S. treatment for Hong Kong to punish China, but stopped short of an immediate end to the territory's cherished privileges that have helped it remain a global financial center.

Reuters brings you the latest business, finance and breaking news video from around the globe. Our reputation for accuracy and impartiality is unparalleled.

[elr]

Jesus Christ, this year is just one long episode of The Twilight Zone

[al-bot]

Sounds like he is punishing Hong Kong for China's transgressions...

[pandoraswar]

So I'm never getting my wish package am i?

[jasonjiang]

At least people in Hong Kong can "breath"

[duhfaq]

china: I don't understand the words coming out of his mouth.

[joshuabowen]

pfft... could backfire on the American economy... JOKE'S ON YOU WE'RE STILL AT ROCK BOTTOM *dabs profusely*

[zjcffqe]

This is going to hurt the Hong Kong people more that the Chinese mainland.

[tumblrtaekook]

He should be focusing on his own country which is a disaster right now. Mainly in my state, MINNESOTA.

[georgegonzalez]

He doesn’t even care about American People but worry about other Very smart man as you can see????

[MitchellWiggs]

Didn't he tweet that he thanked the president of china for it's hard work and transparency about covid-19? Yeahhh, yeah he

[jameslee]

actually this is punishing Hong Kong, China is being effected not so much.

[homefront]

The title is kind of misleading and just watching this at face value wouldn't give you real context. There is more at play than just Hong Kong no longer being given special treatment.

[jayolli]

You can tell by the comments that no one watched the entire unedited speech

[chopx]

We need to stop worrying about other countries and only worry about ours

[kingX]

Why does this man speak like if he just stole something from you and you can’t get it back.

[VGSoundFX]

We should be focused on our own civil unrest at home, instead of attempts to punish China.

[rsmith]

China has to take Hong Kongs banking. China is bleeding out financially. It's a bad bad move for China...there will always be protest and unrest now from the people and Hong Kongs banking system will crumble without the rest of the world.

[mementomori]

China just announced Minneapolis is on its own.

[amunra]

Mind your own business, your house is currently on fire, you may want to address that first.

[ludakapkina]

He did right thing! Hong Kong lost its freedom, and USA do not want to serve China with old agreement.