The US-China trade war was temporarily closed by the signing of the US-China Economic andTrade Agreement (Phase I). However, the US-China relationship continues to deteriorate along with thecoronavirus pandemic. The passage of the Hong Kong National Security Law increased the possibility of theUS's imposing financial sanctions on China. The confrontations between the US and China extends from trade toinvestment and financial areas. The US administration is rolling out financial de-coupling and financial sanctionstowards China to implement its foreign policy. The US financial sanctions have a wide range of toolkits and areasymmetric to the countries which are sanctioned. In response to the US financial sanctions' asymmetry, thesanctioned countries need to make sanctions symmetric so as to counter the effects of de-coupling.