Hong Kong formally objects to US demand for 'Made in China' export label

Commerce Secretary Edward Yau said he formally asked the US consulate to relay Hong Kong's request for withdrawal of the new regulations to US trade officials

Hong Kong has filed a formal objection with the United States over its demand for "Made in China" labels on goods exported from the Chinese semi-autonomous city, the commerce secretary said on Wednesday.
 

Washington's move last month followed China's imposition of a national security law on the former British colony and a US

decision to end a special status that had allowed Hong Kong different treatment from the rest of China.
 

Now Hong Kong authorities find themselves in a bind over having had to reject the "Made in China" label at a time when they are cracking down on activists opposing