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June 01, 2020 Business and Market Discussion / View from the mainland
President Trump has directed his administration to begin the process of eliminating policy exemptions that give Hong Kong different and special treatment from mainland China, following Beijing’s decision to implement national security laws on the terri...
32 min
May 29, 2020 Business and Market Discussion / View from Australia
China’s National People’s Congress has approved the proposal to impose national security legislation on Hong Kong. The resolution will now be passed to the NPC Standing Committee, China’s top legislative body, to craft the bill in detail over the cours...
32 min
May 28, 2020 Business and Market Discussion
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has certified to Congress that Hong Kong no longer maintains a high degree of autonomy from China and therefore no longer merits special treatment under US law. The US Congress could now revoke Hong Kong's special trad...
32 min
May 27, 2020 Business and Market Discussion
Beijing’s proposed resolution for a national security law for Hong Kong was unexpectedly expanded yesterday to bring organisations as well as individuals under its ambit. The law was understood to originally prohibit behaviour by individuals that e...
32 min
May 26, 2020 Business and Market Discussion / View from Japan
Hong Kong’s exports fell for a second straight month in April. Exports dropped 3.7% from a year earlier, to HK$310billion (US$39.9bn) beating analysts’ forecasts. Imports fell 6.7% to HK$333 billion (US$42.9bn) for a 17th straight month of declines. T...
32 min
May 25, 2020 Business and Market Discussion / View from the mainland
Hong Kong stocks have plunged in their biggest one-day fall in almost five years after China said it will introduce national security law in the territory. The White House said on Sunday that the US will likely impose sanctions on China if the law i...
32 min
May 22, 2020 Business and Market Discussion / View from Australia
Beijing will move ahead with introducing national security legislation here in Hong Kong, bypassing the local legislature. A spokesman of the National People's Congress said at a press conference yesterday evening that the proposal would strengthen "e...
32 min
May 21, 2020 Business and Market Discussion / Discussion with the Secretary for Labour and Welfare
Lawmakers in the US Senate have passed a bill that will toughen oversight of foreign companies listed on US stock exchanges and force them to submit to US audit standards. The bill which is largely targeted at Chinese companies would also require liste...
32 min
May 20, 2020 Business and Market Discussion
The unemployment rate in Hong Kong increased from 4.2% in the January to March period to 5.2% in February to April 2020, the highest in over a decade. The food and beverage sector was the hardest hit, with the unemployment rate surging to 12%.
US Trea...
32 min
May 19, 2020 Business and Market Discussion
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will tell Congress tomorrow that the US central bank is committed to using its “full range of tools” to offset the economic damage caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
France and Germany have agreed to back a plan ...
32 min

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