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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addressed a slew of issues lingering over the United States and China, ranging from strained trade relations to national security threats to the upcoming presidential election. Pompeo said the Trump administration is open to talks with Beijing. Yet he added that the U.S. would maintain its tough stance.

18:53 - President Donald Trump was abruptly evacuated from a press briefing on coronavirus on Monday evening just minutes after he began speaking following a shooting outside of the White House. “There was an actual shooting, and somebody has been taken to the hospital. I don’t know the condition of the person,” Trump said after he returned to the White House briefing room shortly afterward. “It was the suspect that was shot,” Trump added. He said that no one else was injured, but that it was his understanding that the suspect had been armed.

The U.S. economy suffered its worst period ever in the second quarter, with GDP falling a historic 32.9%. Neither the Great Depression nor the Great Recession nor any other slump over the past two centuries have ever caused such a sharp drain on the economy

14/07 - 18:38 - President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he signed legislation to impose sanctions on China in response to its interference with Hong Kong’s autonomy. Trump also said in the White House Rose Garden that he signed an executive order ending the preferential treatment that Hong Kong has long enjoyed. The Trump administration has previously blamed China for the unfolding health crisis caused by the coronavirus, and it has criticized Beijing for its illegal territorial claims in the South China Sea.

The International Monetary Fund said Asia’s economy is expected to contract by 1.6% this year — a downgrade from its previous forecast of no growth in April. “Asia cannot be an exception” when the whole world is suffering from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, said Changyong Rhee, director of the Asia and Pacific department at IMF.

The U.S. is playing catch-up to China’s growing political and economic influence in Southeast Asia, and that gap is expected to grow wider in the next decade, according to a report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

10:42 - President Donald Trump’s administration is banning Chinese airlines from flying to the United States starting in mid-June as Beijing hasn’t permitted U.S. carriers to resume flights there. Delta and United are seeking to resume flights to China after suspending service earlier this year because of the coronavirus.

17:06 - The nation's top infectious disease expert said Friday that an aggressive investment into the development and production of a vaccine against the coronavirus might make it possible to distribute millions of doses as the year comes to a close.

Shares in Asia were higher on Friday, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 gaining more than 2%. The Reserve Bank of Australia on Friday released its statement on monetary policy, where it highlighted that global GDP is “expected to fall sharply in the first half of 2020.”