Ms. Evelyn Puxley at the Subcommittee on International Human Rights

On October 16th, 2018. See this statement in context.

October 16th, 2018 / 1:35 p.m.

Director, Greater China Political and Coordination, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development

I think we would be looking at a wide variety of options as the situation develops.

At this point, I wouldn't want to indicate what particular option we might recommend to the minister or the government. We have some of the same measures available to us as in the United States, but I wouldn't want to be drawn on what particular action we might take—sanctions or any other particular action—at the moment.

I think our focus is very much on working multilaterally and bilaterally to raise these issues, and hopefully to see the situation change.

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