The US also revoked its special preferences for a list of World Trade Organization members, including Brazil, India, Indonesia and South Africa.
The US' designation of the DPRK as a state sponsor of terrorism could lay waste to the efforts of China and Russia to bring the DPRK back to the negotiation table. Instead, it could be used by Pyongyang as a pretext to renew its weapons tests, thus restarting the vicious circle of escalating tensions on the peninsula that had seemed in danger of spiraling out of control.
The US government hopes the sanctions, which bar state-owned oil company Petroleos de Venezuela from collecting proceeds from crude sales to US refineries, will pressure Maduro to step down and allow opposition leader and self-proclaimed president Juan Guaido to call elections.
The US trade deficit hit a 9-year high in 2017 to 6 billion. Its trade deficit with China expanded .2 billion to 5.2 billion, according to the Commerce Department.
The United Nations Development Programme launched the Smart Cities and Social Governance: Guide to Participatory Indicator Development report on May 26, outlining how citizens can get involved in shaping the city.
The US government in 2008 listed polar bears as a threatened species because of diminished sea ice brought on by climate warming. That year the Center for Biological Diversity petitioned to do the same for walruses.
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The Tuesday meeting reviewed and adopted a draft guideline on strengthening CPPCC members' sense of mission, a draft revision of the general rules on special committees under the CPPCC National Committee, and a plan (2020-2025) for promoting the application of information and smart technologies in the work of the CPPCC National Committee.
The US leads the world with over 124,000 reported cases. The death count also crossed 2,100, more than double the level from two days ago, according to a latest tally by Johns Hopkins University.
The United States is set to impose 25 percent of tariff on steel imports and 10 percent for aluminum, Trump said after a meeting with business executives.
The US, meanwhile, is also busy arguing with traditional allies such as the European Union, Canada and Mexico in a separate dispute over steel and aluminum.