Secretary Pompeo At a Press Availability

The U.S. has long been the destination of choice for international students, and we are pleased that many international students who had planned to study this fall in the U.S. may still have the opportunity to do so.

The U.S. condemns Beijing’s repeated failure to live up to its obligations under the Sino-British Joint Declaration and these latest assaults on the rights and freedoms of the people of Hong Kong.

This sanctions regime marks the beginning of a new era for UK sanctions policy and cooperation between our two democracies. The UK Global Human Rights sanctions regime will give the UK a powerful new economic tool to promote accountability for human rights abuse on a global scale.