HONG KONG — A senior U.S. Treasury authentic visited Hong Kong final week to fulfill with authorities officials sooner than a most likely scurry to Beijing by Secretary of Dispute Antony Blinken, in step with of us mindful of the topic.

Robert Kaproth, deputy assistant secretary of the Treasury for Asia, met on Friday with non-public and public sector representatives to discuss macroeconomic and monetary traits in Hong Kong and the mainland, in step with the sources. The authentic also met with enterprise groups akin to the Asia Securities Exchange and Financial Markets Affiliation, a regional monetary physique.