Hong Kong leader John Lee said on Tuesday (April 8) the city would sign more free trade pacts to diversify its risk amid a global trade war triggered by what he called "ruthless" U.S. tariffs that he said were disrupting the world economic and trade order.<br /><br />The latest additional U.S. tariffs of 34 percent that were imposed on China also apply to Hong Kong. <br /><br />This coupled with an earlier 20 percent tariff, means combined U.S. tariffs on Hong Kong goods are now 54 percent, Lee said.<br /><br />WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news<br />SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar<br />LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline
