The US government in 2008 listed polar bears as a threatened species because of diminished sea ice brought on by climate warming. That year the Center for Biological Diversity petitioned to do the same for walruses.
The US and China agreed to a trade truce at the G20 meeting on Dec 1, and have put any more tariffs on hold. Also, President Trump and President Xi Jinping had a productive phone call last weekend.
The US Commerce Department imposed a seven-year ban on US companies selling equipment and software to ZTE after finding that the Chinese company violated sanctions by selling equipment to Iran.
The United States led consumer spending on Chinese games during this period, while Southeast Asia reported the highest number of downloads of Chinese games.
The US State Department did not confirm the Venezuelan government's account, reiterating only that its priority remains the safety of its personnel and that it has no plans to close the embassy.
The US Department of Agriculture announced private sales of 1.13 million tons of US soybeans to China on Thursday.
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The Ukrainian parliament supported a bill earlier this week imposing a martial law in certain regions for 30 days starting from Wednesday due to the tensions with Russia in the Sea of Azov.
The US has put sustained pressure on the UK to boycott the Chinese company due to concerns over cybersecurity. On the other hand, the UK government has long been aware that a full ban on Huawei would delay the roll-out of 5G networks by years at great cost to the economy.
The United States began imposing harsher measures to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus as cases numbers rise sharply, with 3,774 confirmed infections and 69 fatalities as of Sunday night, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.
The US 2016 sales figure of 17.5 million units was a record for that market, but not a volume figure the US is forecast to be able to sustain, according to Stephanie Brinley, a senior automotive analyst at IHS Markit. On the other hand, she said China is a market with significant opportunity for continued growth. Last year, the Chinese sold 27.5 million units.