Trump Indicators Hong Kong Sanctions Bill, Pivots to Criticizing Biden

WASHINGTON—President Trump said he signed into law a bipartisan sanctions bill to punish Chinese officers over Beijing’s crackdown on Hong Kong, in an hour-prolonged press convention at the White House dominated by criticisms of Joe Biden, his presumptive 2020 election rival.

The law requires sanctions focusing on Chinese officers who crack down on the rights of Hong Kong residents to free speech and aloof assembly, as correctly as the banks that attain substitute with these officers.

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