WASHINGTON, July 17 (Reuters) - A senior Trump administration official on Thursday said they could not comment on reports that a Wells Fargo WFC.N banker was blocked from leaving China, citing privacy considerations.
The official said that Beijing has long imposed exit bans on U.S. citizens without a transparent process to resolve such issues.
"The Chinese government has, for many years, imposed exit bans on U.S. citizens and other foreign nationals in China, often without a clear and transparent judicial process for resolution," the official said. "We are unable to comment further due to Privacy Act considerations."
(Reporting by Trevor Hunnicutt and Steve Holland, Editing by Franklin Paul)
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