us-china trade war escalates, by martine bulard (le monde diplomatique
‘Farmers’, agriculture secretary Sonny Perdue said, ‘cannot pay their bills with simple patriotism’ (16). ..…
‘Farmers’, agriculture secretary Sonny Perdue said, ‘cannot pay their bills with simple patriotism’ (16). ..…
The other 90 percent of the states’ budgets comes in the form of federal government transfers. 3 A former head of our secretary of the Treasury’s Unit for Coordination with the States claims that municipalities account for only 1.1 percent of Mexico’s tax revenues. . . ..…
As the latest report of the Secretary-General dramatically shows, “In times of armed conflict, throughout the world, millions of people, children foremost among them, have inadequate access to or have been denied assistance that is essential for their survival and wellbeing”1. ..…
IG also said the department's guidance requires certain steps before relocating employees, such as cost-benefit analysis, and USDA said those provisions are waived if the relocation is initiated by the secretary. . ..…
series of high-level discussions took place August and September 1986 followed by meeting between President Reagan and General Secretary Gorbachev Reykjavik, Iceland, October 1986, none of. ..…
The next in line has already resigned and Secretary of Justice Wanda Vázquez, who is in line after that, does not want the job. ..…
Puerto Rico's constitution says that the secretary of state has to be approved by both House and Senate, is next in line if the governor steps down. ... Pierluisi has would step down and hand the governorship to the secretary, the in line under the constitution.. ..…
Secretary General says Lok Sabha has passed AAI Bill, agreed to amendments made by Rajya Sabha to Motor Vehicles Bill, and National Medical Commission Bill.. ..…
By tolling their bells for one minute on, Magness invite Episcopal churches to take part in action to remember and honor the first enslaved Africans. ..…
While Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stood down and provided no support to the beleaguered officers of CIA and State Department, it was left to unit of former officers from the regime of Muammar Qaddafi that evacuated them to safety. ... Again reinforcing the reality that the..…
“July has rewritten climate history, with dozens of new temperature records at local, national and global levels,” World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Secretary-General Petteri Taalas said in a statement a few days ago. . ... This is not your grandfather’s summer,” UN..…
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Australia for Australia- United States Ministerial summit, he, unsurprisingly, attacked China once again on the issues of the South China Sea and Belt and Road Initiative... ..…
The law's opponents submitted more than 227,000 signatures on referendum petition to Secretary of State's Office on Thursday, far more than the 124,632 needed to get the question on the ballot. The runner-up was the initiative that got about 212,300 signatures to put Amendment 75 on the ballot,..…
Defense Secretary Mark Esper said last month that leaving the INF treaty would free the U.S. military 'to deal with not just Russia, but China.' . ..…
The comments by Esper on his first overseas trip as U.S secretary threaten to inflame already heightened tensions between Washington and Beijing as they wage escalating trade war.. ... Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday decried decades of bad behavior from China that have hampered..…
“Persian Gulf security is our security and we have to respond to their attacks and destabilizing actions in order to maintain security,” the Secretary of the Iranian Expediency Council (EC) said, adding, “We want free shipping and security in the Persian Gulf.” . ... Shortly after the two..…
In agreement with him were Admirals Nimitz and Halsey, and Generals MacArthur, King, LeMay, and Arnold, and Under Secretary of Navy Ralph Bard. Secretary of Navy James Forrestal wrote in his diary that Byrnes was most anxious to get Japanese affair over with before Russians got in.. ..…
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo thinks the struggle with Huawei Technologies Company is ideological—either “Western values” or communist values will rule the internet, he says—while Kiron Skinner, the director of policy planning at the State Department, views the China rivalry, strangely, as a..…
Apart from that he spent a year as Foreign Secretary, where he has had at best mixed reviews. ..…
Department of Agriculture provided loans to business owners during Obama Administration, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack arranged for the checks to display the source —. ..…
Held detailed consultations on the trilateral basis as well as with the representatives of the Office of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. ..…
UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued report on Friday, July 26, 2019, noting that Saudi-led coalition has killed 729 in 2018 in Yemen war, deciding to blacklist the coalition for the year for child-killing crimes. ..…
Secretary General Antonio Guterres, through a tweet, expressed anguish at the situation, saying: 'A record number of children were killed and maimed in conflict last year. ..…
Defense Secretary and Director of Central Intelligence Leon Panetta who served in multiple Democratic administrations strongly criticized President Barack Obama’s failure to strike Syria after previously drawing a “red line” against the use of chemical weapons in 2013. ..…
This comment from Trump is not surprising, coming a couple weeks after United States Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin promoted a crackdown on cryptocurrencies because they, like the internet, can be used to help accomplish bad, or at least government disapproved, purposes. ..…