The US side needs to verify the KCNA's report, she said. "We've received no formal or even informal notification of anything."
The US Commerce Department said Tuesday that retail sales in February declined a seasonally adjusted 0.5 percent. Economists had expected sales at stores, restaurants and e-commerce websites to increase 0.1 percent.
The US Federal Reserve’s announcement on Wednesday to leave interest rates at current levels while being “patient” about future increases is expected to steady the nation’s economy.
The US government has increased additional tariffs from 10 percent to 25 percent on 200 billion US dollars' worth of Chinese goods arriving in the United States since June 15. It also threatened to raise tariffs on some additional 300 billion dollars' worth of Chinese imports.
The US government has announced tightened enforcement of duties against subsidies earlier this year.
The United Kingdom's departure from the European Union could open a door for China to widen its scientific research collaboration with Britain, according to a Chinese diplomat in London.
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The United States is in a feud with Turkey over the latter's purchase of Russian S-400 air defense system.
The US-based ISM is a non-profit supply management association providing information and training for professionals and organizations.
The US Labor Department's report, issued the first Friday of the month, is compiled using a survey of company payrolls conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. ADP's report relies on its clients' payroll data to calculate employment trends in the private sector. It therefore has a narrower base.
The United States is becoming the "biggest destroyer" of the international order, and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization should work to ensure that power politics doesn't drag the world back to "the law of the jungle", Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday in Moscow.