US President Donald Trump’s “America First Investment Policy” directive, addressed to 15 of his top officials, including the Secretary of State and US State Representative, which was released by the White House on Friday, targets “certain foreign adversaries” on the investment front, such as the People’s Republic of China (PRC) including its two special administrative regions – Hong Kong and Macau.
The directive states that “for the purposes of this memorandum, the term ‘foreign adversaries’ includes the PRC, including the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Macau Special Administrative Region; the Republic of Cuba; the Islamic Republic of Iran; the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; the Russian Federation; and the regime of Venezuelan politician Nicolás Maduro”.
