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Trump Toughens Talk and Action on China

Steve Herman

   WHITE HOUSE - Amid rising concerns that Beijing and Washington are
   drifting toward a Cold War, U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday
   declared that China's rise is not a positive development for the United
   States.

   Trump made the remarks in the White House Rose Garden, announcing he
   had signed the Hong Kong Autonomy Act and issued an executive order
   ending preferential trade treatment for Hong Kong.

   "Hong Kong will now be treated the same as mainland China," Trump said
   of the order.

   The act imposes sanctions on people, entities and financial
   institutions connected to China deemed responsible for actions to
   remove autonomy from Hong Kong.

   Responding to a reporter's question, Trump said he has no plans to
   speak to Chinese President Xi Jinping anytime soon.

   The remarks came on the heels of fresh sanctions on China over its
   repression of minorities in Xinjiang and moves by Washington to cut off
   Chinese companies from American technology.

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