Hong Kong’s largest business chamber has postponed a planned trip to the United States next week amid the escalating US-China trade war, while Cathay Pacific Airways has cancelled a ceremony to mark the inaugural flight of its new Dallas service, which the delegation was originally going to take.
The New People’s Party, led by Executive Council convenor Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee, has also postponed a trip to the US.
Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce CEO Patrick Yeung Wai-tim said on Thursday that the delegation of 10 to 20 members and leaders would not depart for Dallas on April 24 as scheduled because of 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 told the Post.
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”.
