The US economy risks suffering “permanent damage” the longer the lockdown to contain the COVID-19 pandemic drags on, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Tuesday. American families and businesses are suffering amid the nationwide shutdowns, Mnuchin told a Senate committee, but reopening the economy will need to be done with ...
Last week, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned China that the United States could change its view of Hong Kong’s status in light of what it sees as interference with a free press. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian slammed on Friday US comments on Hong Kong, saying that ...