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United States has announced that it is ending three bilateral agreements with Hong Kong. It is an agreement related to taxes and extradition of criminals, and seems to be a procedure to completely abolish the special status granted to Hong Kong.

This is Kim Yoon-soo, correspondent in Washington.

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US State Department issued a statement saying it would suspend or end three bilateral agreements between the United States and Hong Kong as of today (20th).

The end of the agreement, the State Department explained, includes the extradition of defectors, the transfer of international prisoners, and a mutual tax exemption on the ship's international operations.

A State Department spokesman said the reason for this was to emphasize the US's deep concern about China's decision to introduce the Hong Kong Security Act to crack down on the freedom of Hong Kong people.


Secretary of State Pompeo also tweeted that the end of the bilateral agreement was due to the CCP, making it clear that it was part of public sanctions.

On the 14th of last month, President Trump signed an executive order for the normalization of Hong Kong, abolishing special treatment for Hong Kong against China's enactment of the Hong Kong Security Act.

Since then, the U.S. government imposed human sanctions on 11 Hong Kong and Chinese officials, including Hong Kong Executive Minister Carrie Ram, and made it mandatory to mark products exported from Hong Kong to the U.S. The pressure continues.

In particular, as President Trump's ``beating China'' is a presidential election strategy to mobilize supporters on anti-China routes, there are many prospects that the level of public pressure will rise as the elections get closer.