Trump announced late Friday night his intention to nominate Jay Clayton, chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, to replace Berman, who served as the attorney for the Southern District of New York from 2018.
Trump is scheduled to meet the DPRK's top leader Kim Jong Un on June 12 in Singapore.
Trump, in a series of tweets, said the task force may "add or subtract people" but will remain in place and focus on safely bringing the hardest-hit country out of its economic lockdown, as well as on finding a vaccine and other treatments for COVID-19. Just a day earlier, the president had said the panel would be broken up.
Trump, a Republican, has made stemming illegal immigration a signature issue of his presidency. He has been frustrated by a surge through Mexico of Central American migrants seeking asylum in the United States.
Trump said Pyongyang's pursuit of nuclear missiles could "very soon" threaten the US homeland and vowed to continue a campaign of maximum pressure to prevent that from happening.
Tu Haiming, a member of the Shanghai People's Political Consultative Conference, said as more urban agglomerations emerge in the world, the Yangtze River Delta region must compete globally as a team as it strives to become a world center for modern service and advanced manufacturing industries and an important gateway in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Trumps remarks came on the heels of the DPRK's release of three detained U.S. citizens, who came back with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo early Thursday after his visit to Pyongyang in preparation for the Trump-Kim summit.
Trump had said on Wednesday Hong Kong will "no longer be a successful exchange" after losing its special economic status, but Lui said he disagreed with that doomsday talk.
Trucks wait to clear customs and quarantine at Manzhouli. [Photo/CHINA DAILY]
Trump, who has long said he would like better relations with Russia, grudgingly accepted the new sanctions, which also include Iran and DPRK. The bill had enough support in Congress to override a presidential veto.