"The Chinese side's stance against imposing additional tariffs is also consistent and clear," foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said.
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"The Chinese side's stance against imposing additional tariffs is also consistent and clear," foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said.
China's rise in all areas of power has been identified for years by the US as its main threat, and was behind Barack Obama's strategic Asia-Pacific pivot.
President Donald Trump's two months back in the White House have been marked by soaring friction between Washington and its European allies.
A senior aide to the Ukrainian leader told AFP the besieged country needed a "serious" contribution from Europe, not just peacekeepers.
The President said that the price of the contract could not be revealed for security reasons.
Trump and his billionaire advisor Musk have already dismantled several other government agencies, effectively crippling them by slashing programs and employees.
The highly anticipated, more than 90-minute conversation failed to produce the breakthrough that Trump has been pushing for since his return to the White House in January.
The media funding freeze affects many US outlets like Voice of America.
The Lavrov-Rubio call came hours after the UK hosted a virtual summit on Ukraine.
Bukele said the United States would "pay a very low fee" to El Salvador but did not specify the amount.
He described the media outlets as "political arms of the Democrat party. And in my opinion they're really corrupt and they're illegal. What they do is illegal."
Schumer argued that a shutdown would have allowed Musk and Trump to "destroy vital government services at a significantly faster rate than they can right now."
AFP has a number of long-running contracts to provide text, photo and video services to USAGM outlets.
"I think we need to talk to our American colleagues... Maybe have a phone call with President Trump and discuss this with him," he told reporters.
"The only thing that makes sense is for Canada to become our cherished Fifty First State," Trump wrote.
President Trump has long dismissed climate change as a "scam" and his second administration has begun enacting sweeping staff cuts at NOAA.
Trump halted military aid and intelligence sharing with Kyiv, but that resumed after the truce proposal was agreed on Tuesday.
The department had around 4,100 employees when Trump took office.
"We'll take this offer now to the Russians and we hope they'll say yes to peace. The ball is now in their court”.
"Fund science, not billionaires" and "America was built on science," read some of the signs brandished at the Washington protest.