The United States and Canada failed to meet the Friday deadline imposed by the Trump administration to revamp the NAFTA trade agreement as major differences remain in bilateral talks.
The US economy is now in its 121st consecutive month of growth, a record. Employment is at record levels, including among blacks and Hispanics.
The US has suffered a spate of devastating mass shootings in the past three years, including one at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, which left 49 people dead in 2016; a shooting at the Fort Lauderdale airport in 2017 in which five people were killed, and the killing of 59 concertgoers in Las Vegas by Stephen Paddock, who fired repeatedly from his hotel room overlooking the concert in October 2017.
The US had not listened to China's call for talks and negotiations to resolve bilateral trade issues, and instead went ahead with unilateral measures by imposing Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs in the name of national security and proposing Section 301 tariffs on 0 billion in Chinese imports.
The UN Security Council on Aug 14 rejected a bid by the US to extend the arms embargo on Iran. The US was supported only by the Dominican Republic within the 15-member body, with 11 abstentions and two opposing votes from China and Russia.
The US startup has not wasted any time since it entered the Chinese mainland in late April. It premiered its beef substitutes to much fanfare through a partnership with coffee chain Starbucks and followed that with a collaboration with Yum China in June. Thanks to the team-up, the company rolled out its meatless meat at selected KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell outlets in a number of Chinese cities for a limited time. The same month, it inked an agreement with imported food distributor Sinodis, giving its products access to a network of 4,500 restaurant chains, hotels, and caterers.
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The UK market has been an important country in Huawei's global strategic layout. Huawei has continuously increased its investment in the UK since it established its first office in the UK in 2001.
The US State Department has set Nov. 4 as the deadline for international oil buyers to stop all their oil purchases from Iran. Otherwise they will face US punishments.
The US Commerce Department said on Wednesday that it would put Huawei on the "Entity List", which prohibits US firms from selling it technology without government approval. The department has accused Huawei of acting "contrary to US national security or foreign policy interest".
The US, China and Germany had the most leading science and technology clusters, the report noted, while Shenzhen-Hong Kong and Beijing were among the global top five clusters.