One of Hong Kong’s largest business chambers has abruptly postponed a trip to the United States next week following a top Beijing official’s denouncement of US President Donald Trump’s tariff war on Chinese imports, which the White House said could reach as high as 245 per cent.
Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce CEO Patrick Yeung Wai-tim told the Post on Thursday that the delegation of 10 to 20 members and leaders would not depart for Dallas on April 24 as scheduled due to the fast-changing geopolitical situation.
It would have been the chamber’s first visit to the US in seven years.
“We were talking about going ahead with the delegation [on Wednesday], but subsequently after listening to the views of our members, we decided it was not the right time to go,” Yeung said.
Xia, Beijing’s top official overseeing Hong Kong affairs, warned on Tuesday that the US “isn’t after our tariffs, it is after our very survival”.
