The US has "persisted with exorbitant demands, maintained the additional tariffs imposed since the friction began and insisted on including mandatory requirements concerning China's sovereign affairs" in the trade deal with China, according to the white paper.
The US-dollar-denominated bond is the first Belt-and-Road-themed bond to be listed on Luxembourg Stock Exchange after Luxembourg signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with China to cooperate on the Belt and Road Initiative in late March.
The US has requested that the DPRK denuclearize but said it will retain all sanctions against the DPRK in the meantime.
The US economy also showed signs of downside risks due to protracted trade tensions. On Sunday, Goldman Sachs lowered its forecast for US economic growth for the fourth quarter, noting the trade tensions' impact on the economy worsened and the odds that trade tensions would result in economic recession were growing.
The US Senate Finance Committee holds a hearing on steel import tariffs on June 20 in Washington. [Photo/Xinhua]
The UK was a country of honor at the CIIE, and according to British government estimates, the hundreds of British companies that attended the expo jointly secured around 2 billion pounds (.56 billion) worth of orders. There are many other such examples of collaboration, especially in the "golden era" of relations since China's President Xi Jinping's UK state visit in 2015.
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The US currently has around 300 electric buses in the country, two-thirds of which are manufactured by the Shenzhen-based carmaker.
The United States is planning to drastically cut the size of its military forces in Germany, a move that critics believe will benefit Russia.
The UK is set to leave the EU at the end of March 2019, but Parliament has yet to vote on the Brexit deal negotiated by Prime Minister Theresa May and the leaders of the 27 other EU member states.
The US has also placed pressure on allies to boycott the Chinese company. Last week, the UK Digital Secretary Nicky Morgan said the government will decide if it will continue to allow Huawei to build network infrastructure in Britain by the fall.