WTO rules against US in Hong Kong labelling disputeThree-person panel finds US-China tensions do not justify the unfavourable treatment of the financial hub.The WTO ruling on Wednesday addressed a decision by former US President Donald Trump’s administration to revoke special trading privileges for the Chinese-ruled city.Trump made the decision – which meant goods made in the city could no longer be stamped “Made in Hong Kong” – after Beijing imposed a sweeping security law on the financial hub in 2020 to stamp out dissent.A three-person WTO panel found that the US violated an obligation towards Hong Kong by giving it less favourable treatment than other WTO members in terms of marks of origin on its products.The ruling drew a sharp rebuke from Washington on Wednesday, with US Trade Representative spokesman Adam Hodge saying the country “strongly rejects the flawed interpretation and conclusions” of the panel report."