'There's a whole menu of potential things that he [Trump] could do,' U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said while appearing on the Fox Business Network. 'And I'm sure they're working right now on how to refine the thinking and come up with something that's an appropriate response.'
According to the BBC, about 300 protestors were arrested by police on Wednesday in the city. The news outlet reported that the protesters were planned to gather outside of the Legislative Council building in Hong Kong's Central District, but they were met by riot police and blocked off by water-filled barriers. Instead, protesters took to the streets blocking traffic near the Causeway Bay, as well as the Mongkok District.
The protesters were rallying against the proposed national security law in Hong Kong, that would ban treason, sedition and secession, as well as a proposed national anthem bill, that would criminalize insulting it. On May 21, Trump said that if China passed the national security law, the U.S. would"address that issue strongly" and on Tuesday, the president doubled down, telling reporters during a White House briefing that"We're doing something now.
"The State Department is required by the Hong Kong Policy Act to assess the autonomy of the territory from China. After careful study of developments over the reporting period, I certified to Congress today that Hong Kong does not continue to warrant treatment under United States laws in the same manner as U.S. laws were applied to Hong Kong before July 1997," Pompeo said in a statement.
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