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Trump signs bill punishing China for crackdown in Hong Kong, bowing to overwhelming pressure in Congress


November 28, 2019

WASHINGTON — Despite threatening a veto five days earlier, President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed into law a measure denouncing the crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. The measure sailed through Congress with unanimous support in the Senate and only one no vote in the House, but Trump had cited implications for trade talks with China as a reason …

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