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US says sanctions on Hong Kong, mainland officials will not change soon
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the US let a Hong Kong national emergency declaration expire after it determined circumstances had changed.
The SCMP reports that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said there will be no change to remaining US sanctions targeting 39 Hong Kong and mainland Chinese officials in the near future, despite the issue being raised in a meeting with Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
Rubio also said President Donald Trump allowed a national emergency declaration on Hong Kong to expire last week after concluding that circumstances had changed, though he did not provide further details.
Trump had issued Executive Order 13936 in July 2020, declaring a national emergency after Beijing imposed the national security law on Hong Kong following months of anti-government protests.