After the US House of Representatives passed the new bill, after the privileges of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office were required to evaluate and cancel the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, Qiu Yinghua, director of the Hong Kong Commerce and Economic Development Agency, criticized this to be bad, and called on the US government to make a wise decision to avoid damage to the two places.Economic and trade relations.
综合香港电台和星岛日报报道，丘应桦星期六（12月2日）出席香港电台节目星期六问责时说，香港14个经贸办一直依据一贯的做法，在商贸、文化、Educate all aspects of communication with the US government and civil society groups."If they are really unreasonable to deal with our foreign economics and trade, the worst result is actually the disadvantage of others."
Qiu Yinghua said that the trade surplus of the United States and Hong Kong has exceeded 280 billion US dollars in the past 10 years (373.4 billion yuan), there are currently 1,200 US companies invested in Hong Kong.If the situation develops to the most extreme situation, the governments of the two places will lose their official counterparts and affect the trade of the United States in Hong Kong.
He said that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government will find ways to assist Hong Kong business community to do business with the United States, waiting for things to make a clear and next action, but he calls on the US government to make wise decisions to avoid affecting the commercial relations between the two parties.
The US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Commission was revised on Wednesday (November 29) and passed the certification bill of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office. It is required that US President will no longer enjoy the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Hong Kong.Privileges and exemptions.If the administrative organs believe that the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office should no longer enjoy diplomatic privileges, these offices must end operation within 180 days.
