The United States government's bid to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from the United Kingdom on espionage charges began on Monday with a preliminary court hearing in London.
The US Federal Reserve predicted on Wednesday that it would keep interest rates close to zero until at least the end of 2022, as the US would take years to bring joblessness back down to the levels before the COVID-19 pandemic and the US economy may contract by 6.5 percent this year, according to the economic projections on the Fed's website.
The US Senate Finance Committee holds a hearing on steel import tariffs on June 20 in Washington. [Photo/Xinhua]
The United States will send a delegation to China to discuss specific issues regarding agricultural and energy exports, according to a joint statement issued by the two sides on Saturday.
The US blamed national security concerns for the new tariffs. It initially gave the EU a temporary exemption while it tried to persuade Europe’s steel producers to cut production. The US says restrictions on imports are needed because of global overcapacity, something it largely blames on China. The EU is the world’s second-largest steel producer, after China, and employs around 320,000 people. China has already been hit with US tariffs and has responded with tariffs of its own against US imports.
The US should have a clear understanding of the situation and immediately stops interfering with China's internal affairs. It needs to focus on maintaining the China and US relations and do more to boost trust and cooperation between the two countries. Also, China and US need to enhance counter-terrorism cooperation and safeguard peace and stability in the world and in the region, it said.
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The United States on April 3 announced tariffs on a proposed list of Chinese goods worth billion. The list was authorized by the US Trade Representative's office, which in August 2017 initiated an unfounded investigation under the Section 301 of the US Trade Act of 1974 to probe China's intellectual property and technology transfer practices.
The United States Department of Agriculture estimated that 56.5 million tons of pork are consumed in China every year.
The United States has recorded more than 9.37 million confirmed COVID-19 cases and over 232,000 deaths as of Tuesday afternoon, according to the real-time count kept by Johns Hopkins University.
The UAE is one of his stops in a regional tour aimed at reassuring allies after a shock December announcement by US President Donald Trump that US troops would be withdrawn from Syria.