US sanctions Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam and other government officials under Autonomy Act

Leigh Hansson, Lianjun Li, Eli Rymland-Kelly – Reed Smith LLP www.reedsmith.com Headlines abounded when, on 7 August 2020, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (‘OFAC’) announced the imposition of sanctions on Carrie Lam, the Chief…