HK Leader Warns US Companies Will Suffer If Trade Offices Shut

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(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong’s leader warned that American businesses will suffer if Washington adopts a bill to shut the city’s US trade offices, as the city’s ...

-- Hong Kong’s leader warned that American businesses will suffer if Washington adopts a bill to shut the city’s US trade offices, as the city’s relationship frays with the world’s largest economy.Chief Executive John Lee on Tuesday repeated China’s threat of retaliation if the US pushes ahead with an act that would close the finance hub’s three Economic and Trade Offices in America. The US could take such action if it no longer deems the former British colony sufficiently autonomous from China.

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