The UN body is expecting to see a gradual recovery in China's pig stocks this year, with domestic supplies still not enough for the national demand. Pork imports are expected to continue, given that domestic prices are high and international prices are rather low, the FAO said.
The US, of course, has shattered its own promises under the deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, which was meant to offer economic relief to Iran and is still backed by European powers.
The United States was China's top trading partner, doing 386 billion pounds worth of trade in goods with China in 2016.
The United States and Russia already have similar dedicated military cemeteries in place. The US Department of Veterans Affairs' National Cemetery Administration said its 136 veteran cemeteries in 40 states received more than 5.4 million visitors last year.
The US exported 97 million short tons (MMst) of coal in 2017, a 61 percent increase over the 2016 level, as exports to Asia more than doubled from 15.7 MMst in 2016 to 32.8 MMst in 2017, including about 3.2 MMst to China, according to the US Energy Information Administration.
The US government has blocked a string of Chinese acquisitions over national security. It derailed the planned partnership that would have seen AT&T sell Chinese telecom equipment giant Huawei's smartphones in the US market last month. This was followed by some US lawmakers' call for AT&T to cut commercial ties with Huawei and to reject plans by operator China Mobile to enter the US market.
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The US Senate on Dec 2 passed the Republican bill on a party-line vote whose main feature was a drastic tax cut for corporations - reducing tax rates from 35 percent to 20 percent, the lowest level in three decades.
The United States corporate tax reduction could provide an opportunity for Chinese companies to increase their market share and even become top leaders of their sectors in China, considering that their US competitors may adjust business strategies in China, EY experts said on Monday.
The US' first exascale supercomputer will be delivered by 2021, while the European Union and Japan have announced their completion by around 2020.
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, or UN-Habitat, and the Wuhan Land Use and Urban Spatial Planning Research Center started the greenway project to promote urban public spaces in China. It was focused on turning the largest urban lake in China into an integrated and people-friendly green space in the center of metropolitan Wuhan.