The United States recently required the origin of Hong Kong products exported to the United States should be labeled as "China" starting Sept 25. Currently, the origin of Hong Kong export products is marked as "Hong Kong" as Hong Kong is a separate member of the WTO and enjoys the special status as a separate customs territory under "one country, two systems."
The United Kingdom also performed well in the index, registering an average drop in carbon intensity of 3.7 percent over the past 10 years, the best of all nations studied. In 2017, UK carbon intensity dropped by 4.7 percent, the fourth-best in the G20 behind China, Mexico and Argentina.
The US measure, which was passed by the US Congress in 1996 but has been delayed by every president by six months systematically ever since, will now take effect on May 2 after the US State Department last month extended the exemption by only 30 days.
The USFK said in a statement that six USFK-affiliated individuals were confirmed with COVID-19 after arriving in South Korea between Nov 3 and Nov 10.
The UN deputy head called on people to strive to recover better with the UN Sustainable Development Goals as a universal road map.
The United States should do more to resolve the nuclear crisis on the Korean Peninsula than it has, Chinese Ambassador to the US Cui Tiankai said on Friday.
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The US deployment of anti-missile defense system THAAD in South Korea won't ease tensions or thwart dangers on the peninsula. Instead, it will undermine mutual trust among all parties, Chinese Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai said on Wednesday.
The US Surgeon General first warned of the dangers of smoking in 1964. Since then, smoking has been linked to 87 percent of lung cancer deaths in the US and 32 percent of coronary heart disease deaths and 79 percent of all cases of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
The UN extremely appreciated the fact that China is committed to the PCRS or the Peacekeeping Capability Readiness System, said Lacroix.
The US and Japan reached a trade agreement on tariff concessions in October last year. Some of the members of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, such as Canada, Australia and New Zealand, have expressed interest in joining the pact, raising the prospect of a giant transpacific and transatlantic FTA involving more than 40 countries in Asia, Europe and North America.