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Wednesday, February 19th 2020 - 06:49 UTC
China lifts tariffs on 696 products imported from the US, including farm and energy products

China said on Tuesday it would accept applications for new tariff exemptions for 696 products imported from the United States including key agricultural and energy products such as pork, beef, soybeans, liquefied natural gas and crude oil.
Wednesday, February 19th 2020 - 06:35 UTC
Bayer to appeal Missouri court award of US$ 265m to a US peach grower

German chemical giant Bayer is to appeal against a Missouri court's award of US$ 265m (£203m) to a US peach grower who blamed a herbicide for crop damage. Farmer Bill Bader sued Bayer and BASF, alleging that dicamba weed-killer drifted onto his orchard from nearby fields, destroying them.
Monday, February 17th 2020 - 07:45 UTC
US calls for the immediate release of Guaidó's uncle detained on “preposterous charges” by the Maduro regime

The US State Department on Saturday condemned the detention in Venezuela of an uncle of opposition leader Juan Guaido, saying the man was being held on “preposterous charges.”
Monday, February 17th 2020 - 07:13 UTC
Pompeo confident the West is winning and will prevail over Russian and Chinese “empire desires”

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo defended on Saturday his nation's global role despite misgivings in Europe, vowing that Western values would prevail over Russian and Chinese desires for “empire”.
Monday, February 17th 2020 - 07:00 UTC
US influenza season, the worst in ten years and particularly severe with children, according to CDC

The number of children dying from influenza in the United States is higher at this point in the flu season than it has been in 10 years, and the virus is gaining momentum, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said.
Saturday, February 15th 2020 - 07:54 UTC
Trump launches the aircraft trade dispute with the European Union

The U.S. government on Friday said it would increase tariffs on aircraft imported from the European Union to 15% from 10%, ratcheting up pressure on Brussels in a nearly 16-year transatlantic dispute over aircraft subsidies.
Friday, February 14th 2020 - 09:55 UTC
British forces during Falklands' war benefited from CIA Crypto AG decoded messages

The Royal Navy, RAF, and British Army benefited from the CIA's secret ownership of a code-making machine company during the Falklands' War, a new investigation has claimed.
Friday, February 14th 2020 - 08:22 UTC
US criticizes lack of transparency from China over the coronavirus outbreak

The United States feels let down by a lack of transparency from China over the coronavirus crisis, a senior White House official said on Thursday. “We are a little disappointed that we haven't been invited in and we're a little disappointed in the lack of transparency coming from the Chinese,” Larry Kudlow, the director of President Donald Trump's Economic Council, told reporters.
Thursday, February 13th 2020 - 10:10 UTC
Bolsonaro-Alberto Fernandez summit and “cordial embrace” in Montevideo next March first

Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has proposed a meeting with his Argentine peer Alberto Fernandez on March first in Montevideo when Uruguayan president-elect Luis Lacalle Pou takes office. The information was announced by Argentine foreign minister Felipe Solá, after meeting president Bolsonaro for fifty minutes at his office in Brasilia.
Wednesday, February 12th 2020 - 09:19 UTC
Trump has a top Treasury official as candidate for the IMF No. 2 job

President Donald Trump’s administration is considering nominating a top U.S. Treasury official for the No. 2 job at the International Monetary Fund in Washington, according to people familiar with the matter.