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The new waivers will take effect on May 19 and expire on May 18, 2021

Sales declined but losses narrowed in a sign the industry's biggest global market is recovering

President Trump said on Monday that he has no interest in renegotiating Phase One of the China trade deal following media reports out of Beijing.

Trump's team tells the Thrift Savings Plan to dump all assets invested in Chinese stocks.

The U.S. sent nearly 17,500 tons of pork to mainland China in the week ending on April 30.

The alert, from the FBI and Department of Homeland Security, is expected to accuse Beijing of working to steal from American institutions' intellectual property and health information related to coronavirus vaccines and treatment through hacking and other illicit means and may come within days, according to a person familiar with the matter.

More than 200 people were arrested during anti-government protests in Hong Kong on Sunday night, police said, as authorities seek to prevent a revival of last year's massive demonstrations, including through the application of anti-social gathering regulations intended to contain the coronavirus outbreak.

Direct investment includes mergers, acquisitions and investments in things like offices and factories

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro told "Sunday Morning Futures" that China "hid the virus from the world behind the shield of the World Health Organization."

The U.S. will have to address "structural issues" in its relationship with China post-coronavirus, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said.

Smithfield was bought by bought by WH Group for nearly $5 billion in 2013.

The president said he has yet to make a decision on the future of a trade deal between the two nations.

The cloud service provider increased the size of the deal to 30 million shares on Friday

The discussion in a telephone call comes amid escalating tension between the countries

Millions of the surgical masks already arrived, but the company missed an April 30 deadline outlined in the contract for certification of the N95 masks.

Overseas shipments in April rose 3.5% from a year earlier

As the coronavirus has surpassed 3.7 million cases worldwide, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is imploring the Chinese government to provide more information on how the pandemic originated.

China has needed U.S. pork since much of its pig population was destroyed by an African swine fever epidemic. 

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday renewed his aggressive criticism of China over its handling of the coronavirus, saying it could have saved hundreds of thousands of lives and spared the world an economic downturn if it had been more transparent.

China is sending astronauts into space as part of its plan to complete work on the country's space station by 2022.