The US has pressured the UK to ban Huawei participation in 5G upgrades, due to what the US says are security concerns. The UK government was expected to reach a determination on whether it would join the Huawei boycott last month but the Conservative Party leadership contest delayed the decision.
The UK economy has benefited from increased air traffic from China in recent years. Hainan Airlines launched a direct route between Beijing and Manchester, in Northern England, in June last year.
The United States has abundant oil and gas resources which China is short of, Hofmeister said, and the fast growth of the Chinese economy needs energy and "that offers a good business opportunity for the US energy sector, especially for natural gas."
The UN-Habitat chief, who is scheduled to travel to Guangzhou, southern China, to attend the global observation of 2017 World Cities Day on Oct 31, said he looks forward to enhanced relations between the UN agency and China.
The United States formally withdrew from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty with Russia on Aug 2, which was signed by the former Soviet Union and the United States back in 1987.
The US government's decision to add 33 Chinese technology companies and institutions to its "Entity List" will hurt the interests of the suppliers in the United States and impede international technology cooperation, especially with the novel coronavirus pandemic triggering a global economic downturn, experts said.
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The US Defense Department's Nuclear Posture Review, released on Feb 2, outlines the Pentagon's plans to expand its nuclear capabilities to deter others. It claimed that China's "lack of transparency regarding the scope and scale of its nuclear modernization program raises questions regarding its future intent".
The US apple industry achieved full access to the Chinese market in 2015, it said, adding that since then, apple exports have grown to 2.5 million boxes per year and China is the apple industry's sixth largest export market.
The US sanctions will not only harm the China-US relations and the common interests of the two countries, but also bring substantial damages to US businesses and people, he noted.
The US, Japan, Italy, France and Germany were the top exporters of the waste, according to a report published in 2016 by the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation.