The United Nations estimates the global population may hit 9.7 billion in 2050 from the present 7.7 billion. However, a wide discrepancy among subregions is apparent across the world.
The USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier will set anchor in Vietnam's coastal city Da Nang on Monday, the first time a US aircraft carrier has visited the country since the end of the Vietnam War in 1975.
The US and Mexico trade about .7 billion in goods daily, according to the US Chamber of Commerce, which said closing the border would be "an unmitigated economic debacle" that would threaten 5 million American jobs.
The United States is the world's most developed country. Yet instead of making contributions to global cooperation against the pandemic, Washington's arrogance and ignorance has let the American people pay a heavy price, and is posing an unprecedented threat to global public health security.
The USTR will determine "whether to investigate any of China's laws, policies, practices, or actions" that "may be harming American intellectual property rights, innovation or technology development" under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, according to the memorandum released by the White House.
The US President Donald Trump has brought back isolationism and says he aims to put America first. Last month, he also decided to pull out of the Paris Agreement on climate change. These changes add challenges to the current trend of globalization.
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The US side argues that the import of cheap steel is pushing its military-related industries toward decline, and therefore putting US national security at risk. The World Trade Organization, however, recognizes such an argument only in limited cases, such as when a country is in the midst of a military contingency.
The US Chamber of Commerce said Trump's action cut against US interests. "Cutting the WHO's funding during the COVID-19 pandemic is not in US interests given the organization's critical role assisting other countries — particularly in the developing world — in their response," the group's executive Vice-President Myron Brilliant said.
The UAE will work closely with Chinese institutions and platforms, such as CISMEF, to assist SMEs to develop better, he added.
The US debut is part of CAEG's "Image China" cultural exchange initiative. Launched in 2009, the program has presented works across the globe and aims to present traditional Chinese culture and contemporary performing arts to the world.