Trump signs bill to defend human rights in Hong Kong in a powerful act that is likely to put an additional strain on relations with China

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• President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, taking a powerful stand against China in defending Hong Kong human rights. 
• Both the House and Senate passed their own versions of the bill last week and sent both sets of bills off to the president's desk for signature. 
• "I signed these bills out of respect for President Xi, China, and the people Hong Kong," Trump said in a statement. 
• But he added that certain provisions in the bill would "interfere with the exercise of the President's constitutional authority to state the foreign policy of the US."
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President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, taking a powerful stand in defending Hong Kong that is likely to put a strain on relations with China. 

Both the House and Senate passed their own versions of the bill last week; the Senate version, which was passed in both houses then headed to the president for signature.

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