The US Treasury Department announced on Dec 10 that it would impose sanctions against vice-chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea's Central Committee Choe Ryong-hae, Minister of State Security Jong Kyong-thaek and Pak Kwang-ho, director of the WPK's Propaganda and Agitation Department, saying the three officials are "linked to serious human rights abuses and censorship".
The UN is strengthening its cooperation with regional organizations such as the three presented at Wednesday's debate — the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the Collective Security Treaty Organization, and the Commonwealth of Independent States, he said.
The US China Innovation and Investment Summit (UCIS) is not only helping US companies to find investment from China, but also attracting Chinese companies to Houston, as evidenced by Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute's decision to create the China-US Bio-Tech Innovation Center (CUBIC) in the heart of Texas Medical Center.
The US is looking forward to carrying out the first rounds of all four high-level dialogues on a series of issues with China as soon as possible, Nauert said.
The United States has seen a prosperous year in 2017, when its crude oil, gasoline, diesel, propane and even liquefied natural gas (LNG) were shipped abroad at a record pace. Its exports are poised to expand further, giving OPEC a headache as the group restrains its own output.
The United States on Tuesday proposed imposing tariffs on 1,300 Chinese-made products worth about billion, focusing on high tech products while seeking to minimize the impact on US consumers, according to Bloomberg.
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The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development said in its latest report that the global economy is likely to contract by 4.3 percent this year and the contraction will leave global output by the end of the year over trillion short of economists' expectations before the COVID-19 pandemic. That contraction and shortfall would be the equivalent of a complete wipeout of the Brazilian, Indian and Mexican economies.
The US Trade Representative's office released late Monday a list of EU products it would tax in anticipation of a ruling by the World Trade Organization this summer.
The US ban on exporting components to China's major telecom manufacturer ZTE could hurt the development of fifth-generation smartphones and plan of building a fast 5G wireless service. [Photo/IC]
The US will also ban ICC judges and prosecutors from entering the country, sanction their funds and "prosecute them in the US criminal system", Bolton will say.