Comment: China's Hong Kong security laws could lead to 'complete decoupling' from US, writes Stephen Bartholomeusz
The "Made in China" security laws imposed on Hong Kong are creating new flashpoints between China and the US that threaten to worsen an already tense and deteriorating relationship between the two economic super powers.
Combined with congressional and bi-partisan legislation signed by Donald Trump last week that would impose sanctions on Chinese officials and companies seen responsible for the treatment of Uighur Muslims in the Xinjiang region, the prospect of an escalation of hostilities appears very real.The two countries have also slapped travel bans on each other in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Bloomberg this week reported that at the end of May, China had purchased only about 19 per cent of the $US170 billion-plus of Chinese products it has to buy to meet its commitments to lift US purchases by $US200 billion by the end of next year, compared to the levels spent in 2017.
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