Hong Kong exports to US will be labeled ‘made in China’

Hong Kong exporters to the United States will no longer be able to label their goods as “Made in Hong Kong” after Washington cancelled the city’s special trading status in protest at Beijing’s sweeping new security law.

The US Customs and Border Protection agency said in a notice on its website on Tuesday that all exports from Hong Kong must in future indicate their origin as China.

The notice was posted Tuesday and reportedly goes into effect in 45 days.

The move comes following a new round of sanctions from both the U.S. and China over the weekend, with the Treasury Department naming Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam and others as targets for U.S. sanctions, while several GOP lawmakers were targeted in response for Chinese sanctions.

China’s government has accused the Trump administration of trying to harm Chinese businesses with unfair regulations and sanctions, while the U.S. has maintained that Chinese firms, particularly those in the tech sector such as Huawei, routinely work with the Chinese military.