BEIJING (AP) – China says the implementation of U.S. bills on Hong Kong human rights will undermine cooperation in important areas. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang made the remarks at a press briefing Thursday in response to a question about whether President Donald Trump’s signing of the legislation will impact ongoing trade talks. Regarding unspecified countermeasures that China has threatened over the bills, Geng said: “What ought to come will come sooner or later.” The bills mandate sanctions on Chinese and Hong Kong officials who carry out human rights abuses in Hong Kong, require an annual review of Hong Kong’s favorable trade status and prohibit the export to Hong Kong police of certain nonlethal munitions. The Chinese territory has been rocked by six months of pro-democracy demonstrations.