Australia is refusing to join the United States and amend its free trade agreement with Hong Kong after Washington terminated its special status | ErykBagshaw
Australia is refusing to join the United States and amend its free trade agreement with Hong Kong after Washington terminated its special status, penalised officials and designated the former British colony as wholly part of China.
"We continue to monitor developments in Hong Kong so as to act in accordance with Australia’s values and interests," he said.The Greens and the crossbench are considering whether to launch a Senate inquiry into the deal amid concerns it amounts to an implicit approval of Beijing's new national security laws, which criminalise actions that undermine the Chinese state with sentences of up to life in prison.
The US measures follow weeks of rising diplomatic tension over the political and commercial future of the semi-autonomous region.The New York Times
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