Key Government Documents

U.S. and Hong Kong (2007)

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

• The Hong Kong Policy Act Report (6/30/2007)
• Archive

• Policy Statements

U.S. Consulate General Hong Kong

• Hong Kong at 10 Years: Prospects for the Future (11/12/2007)
• Consul General James B. Cunningham's Remarks to the Pulitzer Prize Winners' Workshop Sponsored by Hong Kong Baptist University (10/17/2007)
• Consul General James B. Cunningham's Remarks at the 2007 Hong Kong Autism Conference (9/1/2007)
• The Hong Kong S.A.R. at Ten Years - An American Perspective -- Remarks by U.S. Consul General James B. Cunningham to The Better Hong Kong Foundation (6/13/2007)
• Ethical Interdependence - Remarks by James B. Cunningham Consul General of the United States of America in Hong Kong and Macau to Participants in the Dragon Foundation's Global Citizenship Program (6/5/2007)
• Cutting Pollution and Growing the Economy: The American Experience - Remarks by U.S. Consul General James B. Cunningham (5/11/2007)
• The U.S. Shows Environmental Leadership - Op-ed in South China Morning Post by U.S. Consul General James B. Cunningham (2/8/2007)
• Archive

White House

• Press Briefing by Dana Perino and Mark Dybul, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator (11/30/2007)
• Press Briefing by Dana Perino (11/29/2007)
• Archive

State Department

• State Department Daily Briefing (11/28/2007)
• North Korean Human Rights Situation - Christian Whiton, Deputy Special Envoy for Human Rights in North Korea, Remarks at the Hong Kong University Center for Comparative & Public Law, Hong Kong (11/12/2007)
• State Department Daily Briefing (6/27/2007)
• Hong Kong - Falun Gong Practitioner(s) Denied Entry (Taken Question) - State Department Daily Briefing (6/27/2007)
• Scene Setter for the Sixth AGOA Forum - Foreign Press Center Briefing (5/18/2007)
• Media Note - Sea Turtle Conservation and Shrimp Imports (5/3/2007)
• Country Reports on Terrorism - Chapter 2 -- Country Reports: East Asia and Pacific Overview - Hong Kong (4/30/2007)
• Study Abroad: America Welcomes You - Excerpts From Remarks at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Maura Harty (2/12/2007)
• Under Secretary Hughes and American Public Diplomacy Envoy Michelle Kwan to Visit Beijing, Guangzhou, and Hong Kong (January 17 - 25, 2007)
• Media Note: Under Secretary Hughes and American Public Diplomacy Envoy Michelle Kwan to Visit China; Hughes Also to Visit the Philippines (1/12/2007)
• Archive

Others

• Department of Defense Press Briefing With Lieutenant General Carter Ham and Lieutenant General John Sattler From the Pentagon Briefing Room, Arlington, Va. (12/7/2007)
• The Home Depot Recalls Holiday Figurines Due to Lead Paint Hazard - Release #08-122 (12/6/2007) (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)
• U.S.-China Consultative Talks Under Way in Pentagon - American Forces Press Service (12/3/2007)
• Report on U.S. Portfolio Holdings of Foreign Securities, as of December 31, 2006 - Department of the Treasury, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, November 2007 (11/30/2007) (PDF file, 583 KB)*
• Department of Defense News Briefing With Press Secretary Geoff Morrell From the Pentagon (11/28/2007)
• Department of Defense News Briefing With Admiral Keating From the Pentagon Briefing Room, Arlington, Va. (11/27/2007)
• Navy Admiral Timothy J. Keating, Commander of U.S. Pacific Command, Aims to Improve Communication With China After Port Call Rejections (11/27/2007)
• Under Secretary for Domestic Finance Robert K. Steel Remarks Before the American Enterprise Institute - The Department of the Treasury (11/13/2007)
• CKI Recalls Children's Decorating Sets Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard; Sold Exclusively at Toys "R" Us - Release #08-008 (10/4/2007) (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)
• Accused Child Rapist Kenneth Freeman Returned to U.S. From Hong Kong - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (10/18/2007)
• Employment Standards Administration (ESA) News Release: U.S. Labor Department Files Suit Against Houston-Based Grocery Chain to Recover More Than $2 Million Dollars in Overtime Back Wages (10/9/2007)
• CKI Recalls Children's Decorating Sets Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard; Sold Exclusively at Toys "R" Us - Release #08-008 (10/4/2007) (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)
• Nimitz Strike Group Arrives in Hong Kong (8/20/2007)
• Giftco Inc. Recalls Pine Cone Candle Sets Due to Fire Hazard - Release #07-274 (8/15/2007) (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)
• Hong Kong to Scan U.S.-Bound Goods for Radiation as Part of Secure Freight Initiative - U.S. Customs and Border Protection (7/27/2007)
• Coldwater Creek Recalls Sweaters Due to Burn Hazard - Alert #07-563 (7/26/2007) (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)
• AAFES Expands Recall of "Soldier Bear" Toy Sets Due to Lead Poisoning Hazard - Release #07-239 (7/18/2007) (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)
• Prepared Remarks for Alphonso Jackson, Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Speaking Before the American Real Estate Society, Macau, China (7/10/2007)
• 29 Defendants in New York, New Jersey and California Charged With Conspiracy to Smuggle Over 950 Shipments of Merchandise Into the U.S. - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (6/26/2007)
• Commissioner Basham Visits Hong Kong, China to Solidify Trade Security Relations (6/18/2007)
• Globalization and Capital Markets: Implications for Inflation and the Yield Curve - Remarks by Governor Randall S. Kroszner at the Center for Financial Stability (CEF), Buenos Aires, Argentina (5/16/2007)
• Preliminary Report on Foreign Holdings of U.S. Securities at End-June 2006 (3/30/2007) (PDF file, 179 KB)*
• Ronald Reagan Sailors Volunteer 650 Hours During Hong Kong Visit (3/13/2007)
• Sailors, Marine Take on PLA During Friendly Ping-Pong Match (3/13/2007)
• Hackers from India Indicted for Online Brokerage Intrusion Scheme that Victimized Customers and Brokerage Firms (3/12/2007)
• Ship Support Office Helps Reagan Strike Group With Hong Kong COMREL (3/9/2007)
• Hong Kong Man Sentenced to Federal Prison For Attempting To Smuggle Military Weapons Scopes (3/9/2007)
• The USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) Carrier Strike Group (RRSG) Arrives in Hong Kong for Port Visit (3/7/2007)
• Blue Ridge Enjoys Super Bowl Setting in Hong Kong (2/6/2007)
• Blue Ridge Arrives in Hong Kong (2/3/2007)
• 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 2007 - Hong Kong (9/14/2007)
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2006: Hong Kong (3/6/2007)
• Archive

Economic Issues

• In the Matter of: Certain Flash Memory Controllers, Drives, Memory Cards, and Media Players and Products Containing Same; Notice of Investigation - United States International Trade Commission (Issued: December 6, 2007) - Federal Register, Vol. 72, No. 238, Notices (12/12/2007) (PDF file, 58 KB)*
• The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) Institutes Section 337 Investigation on Certain Flash Memory Controllers, Drives, Memory Cards, and Media Players and Products Containing Same (12/6/2007)
• In the Matter of Certain Digital Televisions and Certain Products Containing Same and Methods of Using Same; Notice of Investigation - United States International Trade Commission (Issued: November 8, 2007) - Federal Register, Vol. 72, No. 220, Notices (11/15/2007)
• The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) Institutes Section 337 Investigation on Certain Digital Televisions and Certain Products Containing Same and Methods of Using Same (11/8/2007)
• The Year in Trade 2006 (USITC Publication 3927, July 2007) (Released on 8/6/2007) (PDF file, 2.43 MB)*
• Recent Trends in U.S. Services Trade, 2007 Annual Report - U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) Publication 3925, Investigation No. 332-345 (6/28/2007) (PDF file, 5.5 MB)*
• The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) Institutes Section 337 Investigation on Certain Sucralose, Sweeteners Containing Sucralose, and Related Intermediate Compounds Thereof (5/7/2007)
• The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) Institutes Section 337 Investigation on Certain DVD Players and Recorders and Certain Products Containing Same (5/3/2007)
• 2007 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers: Hong Kong (4/2/2007) (PDF file, 38 KB)*
• Accounting for Discrepancies in Bilateral Trade: The Case of China, Hong Kong, and the United States - United States International Trade Commission (April 2007) (PDF file, 278 KB)*
• Doing Business in Hong Kong & Macau: A Country Commercial Guide for U.S. Companies (2/16/2007) (PDF file, 1.24 MB)*
• Subsidies Enforcement Annual Report to the Congress - Joint Report of the Office of the United States Trade Representative and the U.S. Department of Commerce, February 2007 (2/1/2007) (PDF file, 268 KB)*
• Bureau of Industry and Security Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2006 (1/24/2007) (PDF file, 2.5 MB)*
• Trade (Imports, Exports and Trade Balance) With Hong Kong (2007)
• Foreign Trade Figures
• Archive

Narcotics Control

• The 2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report - Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control - Southeast Asia - Hong Kong (3/1/2007)
• The 2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report - Volume II: Money Laundering and Financial Crimes - Country Reports - Hong Kong (3/1/2007)
• Archive

Trafficking in Persons Report

• Trafficking in Persons Report - Country Narratives - Hong Kong (Tier 1) (6/12/2007)
• Archive

General Information

 

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