Ignore US laws, China banks toldby Terezz Cai
Bu Xiangrui, general counsel of the China Banking Association, said mainland banks - according to Chinese law - should not obey judgments of American courts, and mainland banks are frequently affected by the "long-arm jurisdiction" of the United States, which obviously violates various Chinese laws and regulations.
His remarks came after a US judge found three large Chinese banks, namely China Merchants Bank (3968), Bank of Communications (3328), and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, in contempt for refusing to comply with subpoenas in an investigation into North Korean sanction violations.
DBS Bank (Hong Kong) said it is unlikely the United States would cut off the three banks' access to the US dollar business, a punishment too severe to implement.
Ken Shih, a Hong Kong and mainland banking and insurance sector analyst, noted that
even HSBC, which was connected to the Huawei controversy, was not subjected to such severe punishment.He said the risks of potential US sanctions on the three banks are minimal, as it is unlikely the United States would wage a "finance war" amid China's opening up of its financial sector.
He said
CMB's US dollar assets might account for 5 percent of its total assets, while both Bank of Communications and Shanghai Pudong Development might have 10 percent of their assets denominated in the US dollars.
As for the CMB's share plunge, he said that part of the slump is because the bank's share had risen significantly this year, so the negative news would obviously impact the shares.
Source: The Standard
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