The US blamed national security concerns for the new tariffs. It initially gave the EU a temporary exemption while it tried to persuade Europe’s steel producers to cut production. The US says restrictions on imports are needed because of global overcapacity, something it largely blames on China. The EU is the world’s second-largest steel producer, after China, and employs around 320,000 people. China has already been hit with US tariffs and has responded with tariffs of its own against US imports.
The US solar energy industry has decried the Trump decision as killing American jobs. Many US lawmakers have also voiced their opposition.
The United States claims that 36 of its trading partners, including China, Canada and Russia, are "inadequately protecting its intellectual property rights" and will push more countries to unite and retaliate with trade protectionism, economists said on Sunday.
The US military said Ahmed Muhammed Haza al-Darbi's transfer to Saudi Arabia reduced the detainee population to 40 from 41. He was the first prisoner to leave the US detention center in Cuba since Jan 19, 2017 - the day before Trump was inaugurated.
The US, however, has continued to step up the pressure, including last weekend when Vice-President Mike Pence urged allies at the Munich conference to turn their backs on the company.
The Under Secretary General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo, said in her briefing to the council that the situation in Venezuela has been "an alarming escalation of tensions," and the humanitarian crisis is scaling up.
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The US Secret Service says media reports that it has intercepted a suspicious package bound for the White House "are incorrect." The law enforcement agency tasked with protecting the president and other dignitaries says it has intercepted two packages in Washington and New York. The packages were respectively addressed to the residences of former President Barack Obama in Washington and Hillary Clinton in Chappaqua, N.Y.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced the addition of Writing-on-Stone/áísínai'pi as the province of Alberta's sixth World Heritage Site, during the 43rd session of its World Heritage Committee in Baku, Azerbaijan on July 10.
The United States is working on an exascale supercomputer, but its prototype will not appear until 2023. Japan is building a machine that can make 130 quadrillion calculations per second, which could surpass Sunway TaihuLight.
The U.S. Treasury said in a statement that it has slapped sanctions on Evrofinance Mosnarbank, a Moscow-based bank which "has materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for" Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA), a Venezuelan state-owned oil company that was added to America's blacklist in January.