Hong Kong Post suspends goods mail services to US due to ‘bullying’ tariffs

HONG KONG – Hong Kong Post said connected Wednesday it had suspended equipment message services by oversea to nan United States and will suspend its aerial mail postal work for items containing equipment from April 27 owed to “bullying” US tariffs.

When sending items to nan United States, Hong Kong people “should beryllium prepared to salary exorbitant and unreasonable fees owed to nan US’s unreasonable and bullying acts,” Hong Kong Post said successful a statement.

Other postal items containing documents only without equipment would not beryllium affected.

Hong Kong Post said connected Wednesday that it suspended goods’ message services by oversea to nan United States. REUTERS

“The US is unreasonable, bullying and imposing tariffs abusively. Hong Kong post will decidedly not cod immoderate alleged tariffs connected behalf of nan U.S.,” it said.

Hong Kong, a typical administrative region of China, has been subjected to nan aforesaid tariffs arsenic China, according to a US authorities notice.

The Hong Kong Post said it suspended services owed to “bullying” US tariffs. REUTERS

The erstwhile British colony has agelong been known arsenic a free and unfastened trading hub, but China’s imposition on Hong Kong of a sweeping nationalist information rule successful 2020 drew disapproval from nan U.S. and led it to extremity nan financial hub’s typical position nether US law.

Hong Kong Post said its suspension was owed to nan US government’s elimination of nan “de minimus” exemption and nan summation successful tariffs for postal items from Hong Kong containing equipment to nan U.S. from May 2.