The United States has revoked Hong Kong's special trading status, with threats to sanction officials tasked with drafting or enforcing the National Security Law. The United Kingdom has proposed a path to citizenship for Hong Kong's British National (Overseas) passport holders. It also suspended its extradition agreement with the city.
The US Treasury imposed sanctions on 17 individuals over their alleged roles in the killing of Khashoggi last week, following US State Department's decision in late October to revoke 21 Saudi suspects' visas.
The US government, unlike those in Europe and many Asian nations, has been criticized for doing a poor job in helping people adversely affected in the globalization process.
The UNCTAD said that prospects for the full year's FDI flows remain in line with earlier projections of a 5-10 percent increase. The rebound of flows in developed economies is likely to hold. Developing countries are expected to remain stable, with growth centering on Southeast Asia.
The United States is displaying its double standards as it interferes in the internal affairs of other countries despite being unable to deal with problems related to racism on its own shores, a Russian political observer has said.
The US exported more than 37 million metric tons of scrap commodities valued at .5 billion to 155 countries last year. China accounted for almost one-third of that total, about .2 billion.
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The UN signed an agreement with China to promote the sustainable development of the BRI. The World Resources Institute has urged China to share its own climate mitigation experiences with other emerging economies and help other Belt and Road countries make their financial systems green.
The United States has recorded more than 9,944,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases and over 237,400 deaths as of Sunday afternoon, according to the real-time count kept by Johns Hopkins University.
The United States would reconsider its withdrawal if Russia, which denies violating the treaty, came into compliance with the agreement, which bans both nations from stationing short- and intermediate-range land-based missiles in Europe.
The US economy will grow at 2.7 percent in 2018 and 2.4 percent in 2019, higher than previous projections of 2.5 percent and 2.1 percent, respectively, according to the Fed's forecasts released on Wednesday.