The United States will lose tens of thousands of job opportunities, while hundreds of related US enterprises will also be affected, he said.
The United Nations agency has in the past pushed to exterminate infectious diseases, but now it's aiming to erase a hazard linked to chronic illness.
The US House of Representatives passed a Senate bill on Wednesday, which requires the secretary of state to certify each year whether the Hong Kong Special Administration Region continues to be treated differently than the Chinese mainland in commerce and other areas, depending on its assessment of Hong Kong's human rights and law enforcement situations. The bill will take effect once US President Donald Trump signs it into law.
The UNESCO World Heritage site was used as a filming location in the Harry Potter films, a franchise that is popular in China. In the movies, the cathedral plays the part of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
The United States is mulling measures to bolster its economy against the impact of the novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak, as the number of infections surges past 1,000 and dozens of universities such as Harvard are canceling in-person classes and turning to instruction online.
The US economy expanded at an annual rate of 1.9 percent in the third quarter of the year, slightly lower than the 2-percent growth rate in the second quarter, the Commerce Department reported earlier on Wednesday. This marks a further deceleration from the first quarter's 3.1 percent growth rate.
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The USGS cautioned that "additional such explosions are expected and could be more powerful".
The United States has been concerned about the trade deficit in goods with China, while China runs a deficit in bilateral services trade, which reflects the different trade structures of the two countries, he noted.
The US stock markets had a very long and unprecedented bull run for the past 11 years. The S&P 500 index rose 4.6 times from December 2008 to February of this year. During last year alone, it rose almost 20 percent, but the epidemic has wiped out more than two years of increases.
The UN should assume a coordinated role in promoting the formation of a global, united anti-terrorism front, he added.