Originally Posted by
bedelman
Mwenenzi, do you have any authority (law, regulation, staff policy statement, etc.) for the proposition that US law and regulation does not apply to a ticket bought elsewhere for travel to/from/via the US? I believe you're mistaken. I see no such statement anywhere in applicable DOT rules. Indeed, I see statements precisely the opposite.
That is simply that the US cannot apply such laws extra territorially; the DOT has no legal authority to make laws in Hong Kong