The US has ignited the largest trade war in economic history, as additional tariffs on Chinese goods violate World Trade Organization rules and represent a typical "trade bully", posing a grave threat to the global industrial value chain, according to a statement by the Ministry of Commerce.
The UN said Tuesday that Cyclone Idai has affected almost 3 million people in southern Africa, with almost 500,000 driven from their homes.
The United Nations Development Programme signed memorandums of understanding on Wednesday in Beijing with the State Information Center and Tsinghua University to strengthen research capacity for the report, a special edition that marks the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening-up and the 20th anniversary of the report's localization in China.
The US Drug Enforcement Administration hailed China's action.
The US has proposed billion new tariffs on 1,300 Chinese products. In response, China last Wednesday announced additional tariffs of up to 25 percent on 106 products worth billion imported from the US, such as cars.
The US Consumer News and Business Channel website quoted economists as saying that the Chinese economy is improving and there may be "impressive" growth in China's economic development.
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The US has not taken a side so far. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauertsaid on July 18 that the US is concerned about the ongoing situation there, saying both sides should work together to try to come up with some better sort of arrangement for peace.
The US government said on Monday that it will give Huawei another 90 days to buy from US suppliers. The move, an extension of the license through mid-November, is expected to allow the Chinese tech giant to serve its existing telecom customers and smartphone users.
The US on Wednesday reported nearly 56,000 new coronavirus cases, the highest one-day tally in four days, and 1,499 deaths, its highest daily count since May 27, when there were 1,518, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
The United States has not heard anything directly from Pyongyang or Seoul that would change the arrangements, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert told a briefing in Washington.