Key Government Documents

U.S. and Hong Kong (2005)

Political Issues

• U.S.-Hong Kong Policy Act and related documents
• Policy Statements
  • U.S. Consulate General Hong Kong
  • White House
  • State Department
  • Others
• House Task Force on the Hong Kong Transition Reports
• Bills Related to Hong Kong
• Treaties and Agreements Related to Hong Kong
• Hong Kong Basic Law Article 23

Human Rights

Economic Issues

Narcotics Control

Trafficking in Persons Report

General Information

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Political Issues

• United States-Hong Kong Policy Act and related documents

• United States-Hong Kong Policy Act Report as of April 1, 2005
• Archive

• Policy Statements

U.S. Consulate General Hong Kong

• HIV/AIDS: A Global Problem With a Global Solution - Op-ed in Sing Tao by James B. Cunningham (12/1/2005)
• Welcoming Remarks, U.S. Consul General James B. Cunningham - U.S. States & Ports Association, "Investing and Doing Business in the U.S.A." Seminar (11/23/2005)
• Hong Kong and the Mainland: New Stage, New Roles - Remarks by James B. Cunningham (11/9/2005)
• U.S.-Hong Kong Economic Relations - Remarks by U.S. Consul General James B. Cunningham (9/29/2005)
• Remarks by U.S. Consul General James B. Cunningham - American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong (9/20/2005)
• Remarks by U.S. Consul General James B. Cunningham at a reception hosted by the U.S. Consulate General, Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Macau (9/15/2005)
• The Meaning of 9/11: Four Years Later - Op-ed in Ming Pao by U.S. Consul General James B. Cunningham (9/11/2005)
• Remarks by U.S. Consul General James B. Cunningham - Opening Ceremony for "Memory of History" Exhibition (8/16/2005)
• Remarks by Acting Consul General Marlene Sakaue, U.S. Independence Day Reception (7/5/2005)
• A Regional Tragedy - Op-ed in Sing Tao Daily by Acting Consul General Marlene Sakaue (5/14/2005)
• Remarks by U.S. Consul General James R. Keith, American Chamber of Commerce Luncheon (4/25/2005)
• The WTO and Beyond: Building on Hong Kong's Strengths - Remarks by U.S. Consul General James R. Keith (3/7/2005)
• Consul General Keith's Remarks to the ImaginAsian Press Conference (2/3/2005)
• Elections in Iraq - Op-ed in Sing Tao Daily by U.S. Consul General James Keith (1/29/2005)
• "The U.S., Hong Kong, and Greater China" - Remarks by U.S. Consul General James R. Keith (1/13/2005)
• U.S. Consul General James R. Keith Remarks to the Press Following Participation in Committee of 100's Greater China Conference (1/13/2005)
• Archive

White House

• President Discuses Economy and Tax Relief in North Carolina (12/5/2005)
• Press Briefing by Steve Hadley, National Security Advisor (11/14/2005)
• The President's Upcoming Trip to Asia - Senior Administration Official, Foreign Press Center Background Briefing (11/10/2005)
• Remarks by the President on the Administration's National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response (11/1/2005)
• White House Daily Briefing (3/7/2005)
• Archive

State Department

• State Department Daily Briefing (12/22/2005)
• State Department Daily Briefing (12/6/2005)
• State Department Daily Briefing (12/5/2005)
• U.S. Accomplishments in APEC in 2005 - Remarks by U.S. Senior Official for APEC Michael Michalak (12/1/2005)
• State Department Daily Briefing (11/29/2005)
• State Department Daily Briefing (11/28/2005)
• The Seventeenth APEC Ministerial Meeting: Joint Statement, 15-16 November 2005 (11/16/2005)
• State Department Daily Briefing (11/14/2005)
• State Department Daily Briefing (10/28/2005)
• State Department Daily Briefing (8/17/2005)
• State Department Daily Briefing (8/8/2005)
• Remarks to the Press - Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick Following Meeting with Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang (7/30/2005)
• Deputy Secretary of State Robert B. Zoellick's Travel to East Asia - Statement by Tom Casey, Acting Spokesman (7/22/2005)
• State Department Daily Briefing (6/21/2005)
• State Department Daily Briefing (5/31/2005)
• U.S. Foreign Policy Priorities and the East Asia-Pacific Region (5/3/2005)
• Press Conference by Ambassador Christopher Hill, Assistant Secretary of State-designate for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Hong Kong International Airport (3/31/2005)
• Brookings Briefing, A Regional Discussion of the Six-Party Process: Challenges and Opportunities in North Korea - Remarks by EAP Acting Assistant Secretary Evans J. R. Revere (3/11/2005)
• State Department Daily Briefing (3/10/2005)
• State Department Daily Briefing (3/4/2005)
• U.S.-Asia Relations: The Next Four Years - Ambassador Marie T. Huhtala, Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Remarks to the Asia Society/Texas Annual Ambassadors' Forum (2/11/2005)
• Archive

Others

• Statement by Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns Regarding Resumption of U.S. Beef Trade With Hong Kong (12/29/2005)
• Ship Company to Pay $10.5 Million for Covering Up Oil Pollution (12/19/2005)
• International Visitation to the U.S. Grows Through September (12/15/2005)
• International Visitation to the U.S. Grows Through August (11/10/2005)
• 2005 Report to Congress of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, 109th Congress, First Session, November 2005 (released on 11/9/2005) (PDF file, 1.33 MB)*
• Congressional-Executive Commission on China Annual Report, 2005 (released on 10/11/2005) (PDF file, 648 KB)*
• Prepared Remarks of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales at the National District Attorneys Association Meeting (7/18/2005)
• Report On Foreign Portfolio Holdings Of U.S. Securities At End-June 2004 (6/30/2005)
• Remarks of Jeffrey N. Shane, Under Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of Transportation - Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Aviation Symposium 2005, Phoenix, Arizona, 4/27/2005)
• Remarks by the Honorable Norman Y. Mineta, U.S. Secretary of Transportation, American Chamber of Commerce Luncheon, Island Shangri-la Hotel, Hong Kong, China (4/19/2005)
• U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Karen Tandy - Opening Speech, International Drug Enforcement Conference, Santiago, Chile (4/5/2005)
• Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Karen P. Tandy to Address International Conference on Tackling Drug Abuse (2/22/2005)
• Eight High-ranking Leaders of Southeast Asia's Largest Narcotics Trafficking Organization Indicted by a Federal Grand Jury in Brooklyn, New York (1/24/2005)
• Archive

• House Task Force on the Hong Kong Transition Reports

• Bills Related to Hong Kong

• Treaties and Agreements Related to Hong Kong

• Hong Kong Basic Law Article 23

Human Rights

• International Religious Freedom Report for 2005 - Hong Kong (11/8/2005)
• Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2004 - 2005 - East Asia and Pacific: Hong Kong (3/28/2005)
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2004: Hong Kong (2/28/2005)
• Archive

Economic Issues

• Remarks by U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman - Closing Press Briefing (12/19/2005)
• Transcript of Tele-News Conference With Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns Regarding the WTO Ministerial in Hong Kong, Washington D.C. (12/19/2005)
• Johanns Promotes U.S. Agriculture Trade Issues With Ministers at World Trade Organization Meeting (12/19/2005)
• Remarks by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns - U.S. Agricultural Trade Coalition Conference (12/15/2005)
• Remarks by U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman, 12/15/2005)
• U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman - Opening Statement, WTO Plenary Session (12/14/2005)
• Briefing by USAID Administrator Andrew Natsios and Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Karan Bhatia (12/14/2005)
• Briefing by Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Peter Allgeier - Core Negotiation Areas (12/14/2005)
• Remarks by U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman - Helping Countries Trade: "The Aid for Trade Agenda" (12/13/2005)
• Remarks by U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns - Joint Press Conference (12/12/2005)
• Remarks by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns - Press Conference (12/12/2005)
• Transcript of News Conference with Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns and United States Trade Representative, Ambassador Rob Portman - Washington, D.C. (12/9/2005)
• United States Welcomes Negotiations Leading to Positive Outcome on Enhancing Access to Medicines (12/6/2005)
• Statement from USTR Spokeswoman Christin Baker regarding Doha Development Round (12/3/2005)
• USTR Portman Applauds G-7 Commitment to Ambitious Doha Round Lauds $4 billion in "Aid for Trade" to Developing Countries (12/3/2005)
• Joint Press Conference on Trade Talks with Senior Officials from the US, EU, India, Brazil, Japan, Australia (12/3/2005)
• USTR Rob Portman's Press Conference at U.S. Mission to the UN, Geneva (11/22/2005)
• USTR Round the World Tour Lays Groundwork for Consensus in Doha Talks and Bilateral Relationships (11/17/2005)
• Transcript of Media Availability of USTR Portman at the APEC 2005 Press Conference (11/16/2005) (PDF file, 31 KB)*
• China-U.S. Relations: Trade, Diplomacy and Research - Remarks by Ambassador Rob Portman, United States Trade Representative (11/14/2005) (PDF file, 53.3 KB)*
• Media Availability of USTR Portman and USDA Secretary Johanns on the Doha Global Trade Talks (11/9/2005)
• Transcript of Conference Call with U.S. Trade Representative, Ambassador Rob Portman And Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns Regarding Current Trade Negotiations (11/9/2005) (PDF file, 38 KB)*
• Statement of Ambassador Peter Allgeier Deputy United States Trade Representative Before the International Trade Subcommittee of the Senate Finance Committee (10/27/2005) (PDF file, 52  KB)*
• Opening Remarks of USTR Rob Portman at the American Business Coalition for Doha (10/25/2005) (PDF file, 41  KB)*
• Transcript of Media Availability of U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman & U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns (10/11/2005)
• USTR Portman Announces New USTR Staff (9/16/2005)
• Transcript of Media Availability of U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman & EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson (9/15/2005)
• Commerce Announces a Continued Rise in International Visitation to the U.S. During First Half of 2005 (9/12/2005)
• The Year In Trade 2004: Operation of the Trade Agreements Program, Publication 3779, July 2005 (Released: 8/5/2005) (PDF file, 2.47 MB)*
• Special 301 Report - Executive Summary (4/29/2005)
• Special 301 Report - Positive List of Developments: May 2004 - April 2005 (4/29/2005)
• U.S. Advances Global Outreach to STOP! Trade in Fakes (4/11/2005)
• 2005 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers: Hong Kong (3/30/2004) (by U.S. Trade Representative) (PDF file, 67.4 KB)*
• The 2005 Trade Policy Agenda and 2004 Annual Report of the President of the United States on the Trade Agreements Program - I. 2005 Trade Policy Agenda (3/1/2005)
• The 2005 Trade Policy Agenda and 2004 Annual Report of the President of the United States on the Trade Agreements Program - II. The World Trade Organization (3/1/2005)
• The 2005 Trade Policy Agenda and 2004 Annual Report of the President of the United States on the Trade Agreements Program - III. Bilateral and Regional Negotiations, Hong Kong (3/1/2005)
• The 2005 Trade Policy Agenda and 2004 Annual Report of the President of the United States on the Trade Agreements Program - V. Trade Enforcement Activities (3/1/2005)
• Ambassador Peter Allgeier, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative - Press Briefing, U.S. Mission to the United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland (2/16/2005)
• Statement of Deputy USTR Peter F. Allgeier, WTO Trade Negotiations Committee, Geneva (2/14/2005)
• Doing Business In Hong Kong & Macau: A Country Commercial Guide for U.S. Companies (2/4/2005) (PDF file, 1.12 MB)*
• 2005 Investment Climate Statement -- Hong Kong (February 2005)
• Trade (Imports, Exports and Trade Balance) With Hong Kong (2005)
• Foreign Trade Figures
• Archive

Narcotics Control

• The 2005 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report - Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control - Southeast Asia - Hong Kong (3/4/2005)
• The 2005 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report - Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control - U.S. Government Assistance (3/4/2005)
• The 2005 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report - Volume II: Money Laundering and Financial Crimes - Country Reports - Hong Kong (3/4/2005)
• Archive

Trafficking in Persons Report

• Trafficking in Persons Report - V. Country Narratives: Hong Kong (6/3/2005)
• Archive

General Information

• The United States and China: Hong Kong (by International Information Program)
• Background Notes: Hong Kong (by Department of State)
• Consular Information Sheet - Hong Kong (by Department of State)
• International Parental Child Abduction - Hong Kong (by Department of State)
• Judicial Assistance - Hong Kong, S.A.R., China (by Department of State)
• Hong Kong Reciprocity Schedule (by Department of State)
• CIA - The World Fact Book -- Hong Kong

 

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