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 ...
![White House National Security Advisor Susan Rice at the New America Foundations September 9, 2013 in Washington, DC. [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/180133415.jpg?itok=Qk_JTVIX "White House National Security Advisor Susan Rice at the New America Foundations September 9, 2013 in Washington, DC. [Getty Images]")
![Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov give a press conference on November 14, 2013 in the Egyptian capital, Cairo. [bbcimg]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Egypt/russia_egypt.jpg?itok=9cYPzkpV "Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov give a press conference on November 14, 2013 in the Egyptian capital, Cairo. [bbcimg]")
![Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said the Israeli leader had ordered the ministry to put the E1 plan on hold due to the extreme sensitivity. [ibtimes]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Israel/nety.jpg?itok=JApKUKB3 "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said the Israeli leader had ordered the ministry to put the E1 plan on hold due to the extreme sensitivity. [ibtimes]")
![Iran talks have been at the top of the agenda as Kerry travels in the Middle East connecting with regional leaders. [wbur]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/iran/kerry.jpg?itok=KUnBYneh "Iran talks have been at the top of the agenda as Kerry travels in the Middle East connecting with regional leaders. [wbur]")
![PLO's negotiator Muhammad Shtayyeh says that Israel's ongoing settlement building in Palestine "is a clear sign that [the Jewish state] is not interested in reaching an agreement [with us]" (AP)](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/130728_israel_palestine_ap_605.jpg?itok=jeKO27kV "PLO's negotiator Muhammad Shtayyeh says that Israel's ongoing settlement building in Palestine \"is a clear sign that [the Jewish state] is not interested in reaching an agreement [with us]\" (AP)")
![Members of the Syrian National coalition (SNC) attend a meeting of the National Coalition on November 9, 2013, in Istanbul. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria/syria-opposition-geneva2-talks.si.jpg?itok=khyN3Oa7 "Members of the Syrian National coalition (SNC) attend a meeting of the National Coalition on November 9, 2013, in Istanbul. [AFP]")
![“The tenders that were published today [Sunday] ... will not only make the talks harder but would create facts on the ground that will make the two-state solution much harder”.](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/west-bank-israeli_settlements.jpg?itok=Ri5BYVww "“The tenders that were published today [Sunday] ... will not only make the talks harder but would create facts on the ground that will make the two-state solution much harder”.")
