[20210402]LSB10488_取消香港优惠贸易地位：法律框架和影响.pdf

CRS Legal Sidebar Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Legal SidebarLegal Sidebari i Revoking Hong Kongs Preferential Trade Status: Legal Framework and Implications Updated April 2, 2021 On July 14, 2020, then-President Donald Trump issued an executive order finding the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Hong Kong) “no longer sufficiently autonomous to justify differential treatment in relation to the Peoples Republic of China” (China) with regard to specific laws listed in the Order, and suspending differential application of those laws to Hong Kong. One of the relevant laws, 19 U.S.C. 1304, sets out how products from other territories must be marked to indicate their country of origin. In response to the Executive Order, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a notice requiring all goods previously marked with “Hong Kong” to indicate “China” as their country of origin. Since this action, Hong Kong has initiated a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute against the United States, arguing the new marking requirements violate several WTO agreements. On March 31, 2021, President Joe Bidens Administration indicated that it intends to maintain the suspension of