Senators Request Treasury Briefing on Hong Kong Sanctions
Two senators asked the Treasury Department for an “immediate briefing” on steps the agency is taking to identify foreign banks doing business with sanctioned Chinese officials under the Hong Kong Autonomy Act. Sens. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., and Pat Toomey,…
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R-Pa., in their June 8 letter, also requested a briefing on Treasury efforts to target those banks through “evidentiary sanctions packages that can withstand scrutiny” in U.S. courts. In its latest report to Congress, required under the HKAA, Treasury said it hasn’t found evidence of any foreign banks facilitating “significant transactions” for the sanctioned officials (see 2105180032).