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China Sanctions Mike Pompeo, 27 Other Trump Officials

January 21, 2021 7:13 am

China, on Wednesday, imposed sanctions against former US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo and 27 other officials of the Trump administration.

The action came 24 hours after Pompeo accused China of genocide against Uighur Muslims.

The announcement was made as Joe Biden took oath of office as President.

China said Pompeo and others had “executed a series of crazy moves, gravely interfered in China’s internal affairs, undermined China’s interests, offended the Chinese people, and seriously disrupted China-US relations”.

Read Also: China Condemns US Sanctions Over Hong Kong Crackdown

Former officials affected are trade chief, Peter Navarro; national security advisers …

U.S. Targets All Chinese Communist Party Members For Possible Travel Ban

U.S. Targets All Chinese Communist Members For Travel Ban

July 16, 2020 5:49 pm

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration is considering banning travel to the United States by all members of the Chinese Communist Party and their families, a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday, a move that would worsen already tense U.S.-China relations.

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Senior officials discussing the matter have begun circulating a draft of a possible presidential order, but deliberations are at an early stage and the issue has not yet been brought to President Donald Trump, the source said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

The discussions, first reported by the New …

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Trump Administration Begins Formal Withdrawal From WHO

July 8, 2020 12:40 pm

The Trump administration has notified Congress and the United Nations that the United States is formally withdrawing from the World Health Organization, multiple officials tell CNN, a move that comes amid a rising number of coronavirus cases throughout the Americas in the last week alone.

Sen. Robert Menendez, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee tweeted the news Tuesday.

“Congress received notification that POTUS officially withdrew the U.S. from the ⁦‪@WHO⁩in the midst of a pandemic. To call Trump’s response to COVID chaotic & incoherent doesn’t do it justice. This won’t protect American lives or interests—it leaves …

Diplomats Believe Joe Biden Will Repair The Damage Done By Trump

Diplomats Believe Biden Will Repair The Damage Done By Trump

July 4, 2020 1:23 pm

Joe Biden’s election as US president in November would restore UK-US relations, repair the diplomatic damage caused by the Trump administration, and boost the prospects of a transatlantic trade deal, according to European diplomats and trade experts.

The transatlantic alliance between the US and its European allies has been under growing strain since Trump’s election in 2016.

The president’s attacks on multilateral institutions such NATO, his attacks on Europe’s rapprochement with Iran, and his decision to pull out of the Paris climate accord have all tested the long-standing “special relationship” with the UK and other European allies.

The damage has …

Federal Judge Appears Skeptical Of Blocking Bolton Book Release

June 20, 2020 2:34 pm

Judge Royce C. Lamberth said there seems to be little he could do to stop the book titled “The Room Where it Happened: A White House Memoir” from being made widely available at this point, with stores across the country set to put it on sale Tuesday.

“The horse, as we used to say in Texas, seems to be out of the barn,” Lamberth said.

“It certainly looks difficult to me about

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