US Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin said in an announcement that "Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is taking immediate action to implement the President's decision."
US President Donald Trump, in a speech at an auto parts manufacturer in Warren, Michigan, on Thursday said he believed the virus was "under control".
US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said on Tuesday that the United States will deploy about 750 troops immediately to the Middle East, a move taken hours after demonstrators stormed the US Embassy in Iraq.
Uli Gwinner, president for the Asia-Pacific regional operations of Steelcase Inc. [Photo provided to China Daily]
US stocks fell in mid-day trading Tuesday, erasing early opening gains and raising questions about the market's recovery following Monday's 2000-point drop, the largest one-day decline since the 2008 financial crisis.
US Vice President Mike Pence receives the COVID-19 vaccine at the White House in Washington, US, December 18, 2020. [Photo/Agencies]
seo优化排名怎么做
US stocks plunged on Thursday to the Trump administration's announcement of new tariffs on Chinese imports, and various business and trade organizations said that while they shared the administration's concern over intellectual property and trade practices in China, the tariffs could be a costly remedy.
US health officials have heightened their alert against the novel coronavirus, calling on US citizens to increase their readiness and brace for an "inevitable" run-up in the number of infections in the country.
US media said that the outcomes have raised grave questions about Trump's judgment, given that since Trump's election, his national security adviser, personal lawyer, campaign chairman, deputy campaign manager and a foreign policy aide have all admitted or been convicted of crimes.
US intelligence services detected radar being turned on, and satellites picked up infrared blips of two missile launches quickly followed by another blip of an explosion. Apparently, only one missile hit the plane, according to US media reports.