“The goal [of writing] is to get to the place where your usual judgy mind has been quietened, your easy opinions get reduced and you’re in a kind of holy state of not knowing anything.”
— George Saunders
Picking a Side
On July 14, 2020, President Trump signed the Hong Kong Autonomy Act into law. This law provides a foil to the Hong Kong National Security Law by imposing economic sanctions, not just on individuals and entities, but also on the financial institutions transacting with them. As this geopolitical tug-of-war continues to play out, how should financial institutions, which for decades have profited from international trade with mainland China, frame their responses?
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