Editorial | Hong Kong’s free-port status may help buffer city from worst of trade war

Editorial | Hong Kong’s free-port status may help buffer city from worst of trade war

Stock markets continue to fuel global economic foreboding following President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on the United States’ trading partners. All eyes yesterday were on mainland and Hong Kong markets that had been closed for a long weekend since Trump’s announcement. The Hang Seng Index closed down 3,021 points or 13.22 per cent, the biggest…

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