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Trump expected to talk about China and Hong Kong at news conference
U.S. President Donald Trump scheduled a 5 p.m. EDT/2100 GMT news conference on Tuesday that will be related to Hong Kong and China, two administration officials said, as Trump and his administration adopt an increasingly tough stance on Beijing. Tuesday is the deadline for the president to sign legislation approved by the U.S. Congress to penalize banks doing business with Chinese officials who implement Beijing’s draconian new national security law on Hong Kong. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, would not say whether Trump would use the Rose Garden news conference to sign the legislation. Trump ... (full story)