Day: July 6, 2018

China accused the U.S. of starting the biggest trade war in history BEIJING, 6 Aug — RIA Novosti. In Beijing criticized Washington’s decision to impose duties on Chinese goods. “The United States violated WTO rules and initiated the largest in the economic history of a trade war”, — reads the statement of the Ministry of Commerce of China. It is noted that Beijing will not “strike first”, but forced to take countermeasures. In addition, the Ministry intends “to notify the WTO on the situation” and “together with all countries to ensure the protection of the system of multilateral free trade”. Trade relations between the US and China In early April, the U.S. released a list of the 1.3 thousand Chinese products, against which can impose import duties as a response to the violation by China of intellectual property rights for American products. In response, China’s state Council decided on the

Trump has made a forecast for a meeting with Putin WASHINGTON, 6 Aug — RIA Novosti. The US President Donald trump said ahead of the meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, “everything will be fine” and that “good relations with Russia is not bad, but good”. The broadcast led the Fox News channel. Meeting in Helsinki Earlier it became known that Putin and trump will meet on 16 July in Helsinki. In the Kremlin reported that at the summit the leaders of the two countries intend to discuss prospects of further development of bilateral relations, topical issues of the international agenda. This will be the first full meeting of Putin and trump without reference to the summits. A year ago, they first met in Hamburg on the sidelines of the G20, then briefly spoke in Vietnam in November 2017 at the APEC summit. See also: The Kremlin

Trump accepted the resignation of the head of the environmental Agency accused of waste WASHINGTON, July 5. /TASS/ — the US President noted that Scott Pruitt “has done an outstanding job.” The US President Donald trump on Thursday accepted the resignation of the head of the American Agency for environmental protection Scott Pruitt that the us media are regularly accused of waste of budget. The corresponding message of the American leader posted on Twitter. I accepted the resignation of Scott Pruett as head of the Agency for the protection of the environment. At the Agency, Scott has done an outstanding job, and I will always be grateful to him for that.Donald Trepresent USA He stressed that Monday to perform the duties of the head of the Agency, part of the Federal government, will be Deputy Pruitt Andrew Wheeler. Earlier, CNN reported that, the Minister personally asked trump to appoint him

Speaker of the state Duma of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin © Sergey Bobylev/TASS MOSCOW, 5 July. /TASS/. The state Duma published data on the pensions of deputies in order to prevent speculation on this topic on various resources. This was stated on Thursday, the speaker of the lower house of Parliament, Vyacheslav Volodin, concluding plenary session.

The Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on international Affairs Konstantin Kosachev © Sergei Savostyanov/TASS MOSCOW, July 6. /TASS/. The Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on international Affairs Konstantin Kosachev considers that the Russian-American inter-parliamentary dialogue thawed. This opinion was expressed by the MP, the newspaper “Izvestia”, commenting on the recent visit of representatives of the Congress of the USA to Russia.

Trump confirmed that duties on Chinese goods will come into force at midnight on Friday WASHINGTON, July 6. /TASS/ — the White house previously announced that due to “unfair” trade practices of Beijing and Washington will impose a 25% duty in respect of goods from China worth $50 billion. The US President Donald trump on Thursday confirmed that a fee in the amount of $34 billion for Chinese goods will come into force in the night of Friday (7:00 am Friday GMT). He told reporters on Board the presidential plane on the way to Montana, where he will speak to his supporters. The words of the policy cited by the press pool of the White house. “$34 [billion] and then another $16 [billion] in two weeks, and then, as you know, we [the duties on] $200 billion that are pending, and then after the $200 billion we have $300 billion