US President Donald Trump announced on March 8 that the United States would impose import duties of 25 percent and 10 percent respectively on imported steel and aluminum products due to how they endangered "national security". On March 22, the United States said it would provisionally exempt the EU, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico and South Korea, and that the exemption period would end on May 1.
US President Donald Trump has called off talks on a new stimulus plan for the coronavirus-ravaged US economy until after the November election, sending Wall Street plunging and upending recent progress made in the long-delayed negotiations.
US Senator Kamala Harris of California dropped out of the Democratic presidential race on Tuesday, ending a campaign to become the first black woman to win the US presidency as she told supporters she lacked the money needed to fully finance a competitive campaign.
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin revealed in a following press conference on Monday that the new order will freeze billions of additional dollars in Iranian assets.
US consumers have started to see higher prices for recreational vehicles, soda, beer and other goods.
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US Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota said "Donald Trump is taking us pell mell toward another war", in reference to the recent confrontation with Iran after the US killed Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani in a drone strike at the Baghdad airport on Jan 3.
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper speaks during an event at the Concert Noble in Brussels, Belgium on Oct 24, 2019. [Photo/Agencies]
US President Donald Trump talks to business owners on Tuesday as he tours Kenosha, Wisconsin. The city has seen demonstrations after a police officer shot black man Jacob Blake. EVAN VUCCI/ASSOCIATED PRESS
US public health officials are calling on drugmakers to release detailed information on the side effects of their coronavirus vaccines after participants in trials complained of high fever, body aches, headaches and exhaustion.