The US government provided pecan growers subsidies equal to 6 an acre to help them recover from losses due to trade friction. But that was far from enough.
The US and Australia are ranked second and third with .3 billion and .3 billion respectively.
The US and Japan are negotiating a trade deal.
The United States unveiled its new Africa strategy last month based on "America First" principles. US National Security Adviser John Bolton said the strategy has been designed to counter the financial and political influence of China and Russia.
The United States dropped the "Little Boy" bomb over Hiroshima on Aug 6, 1945, and "Fat Man" over Nagasaki three days later, killing nearly 214,000 people and leaving tens of thousands injured.
The US national Christmas tree, symbol of a country's seasonal cheer, instead stood as an icon of a government in paralysis, as the partial shutdown stretched into the holiday with an array of federal services frozen, about 800,000 public servants either idled or about to be and the disruption to the broader public bound to grow when the quiet spell ends later this week.
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The United States deployment of the anti-missile defense system in South Korea will undermine mutual trust among all parties, rather than ease tensions or thwart dangers on the peninsula, China's Ambassador to the US, Cui Tiankai, said on Wednesday.
The US government began a bailout of the American auto industry in 2008 under President George W. Bush with billion in aid to General Motors Co, Chrysler and their lending units. Then President Barack Obama added about billion to the total.
The United Kingdom is well positioned to seize opportunities stemming from China's consumption upgrade, a minister from the China's embassy in the UK said at an event in London on Wednesday.
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