Sentences with phrase «leaders traded threats»

Those economic restrictions were intensified during a febrile 2017, when the U.S. and North Korean leaders traded threats while Kim pushed his nation to the verge of being able to fire a nuclear - tipped missile at the U.S. mainland.

Not exact matches

Trudeau credited the co-ordinated efforts of business, labour and political leaders for securing an exemption for Canadian steel and aluminum from the recent threat of U.S. trade duties.

The Aerospace Industries Association, a trade organization for the aerospace and defense industry, recognizes this challenge: the AIA's Commission on the Future of the U.S. Aerospace Industry recommends «that the nation immediately reverse the decline in, and promote the growth of, a scientifically and technologically trained U.S. aerospace workforce,» adding that «the breakdown of America's intellectual and industrial capacity is a threat to national security and our capability to continue as a world leader.»

David Cameron has warned that Nigel Farage presents a «threat» to the wellbeing of the British economy because the Ukip leader wants to «give up» on Britain's role as an outward trading nation.

«Illegal wildlife trade is a major threat to biodiversity worldwide,» says Project leader Associate Professor Phill Cassey.

What prompted Russian leaders to ratify Kyoto was the prospect of making good money from emissions trading, rather than conviction that man - made climate change is a real phenomenon and a threat to society.

Just in case you had trouble sleeping after Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump traded threats about each ruler's «nuclear button,» the North Korean supreme leader also said something uncharacteristically optimistic in his New Year's Day speech.