China said on Thursday it will halve punitive tariffs on $75 billion in US imports from February 14, a month after Beijing and Washington signed a truce in their long-running trade war. The reduction will apply to levies of five percent and 10 percent that were imposed on more than 1,700 items in September, according to the State Council Tariff Commission. Products that had been hit by the 10 percent ...
![Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting on December 8, 2013 in Jerusalem, Israel. [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/iran/454261147.jpg?itok=dTd6h6ZT "Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting on December 8, 2013 in Jerusalem, Israel. [Getty Images]")
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![The US Naval ship the Cape Ray [not pictured] is being equipped with hydrolysis equipment so that it can destroy Syria's chemical weapons at sea. [US naval ships sail in the Mediterranean Sea. AFP/File]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/US_navy_afp.jpg?itok=F3o4bhsz "The US Naval ship the Cape Ray [not pictured] is being equipped with hydrolysis equipment so that it can destroy Syria's chemical weapons at sea. [US naval ships sail in the Mediterranean Sea. AFP/File]")
