Is there going to be air navigation between China and the United States? When will Sino-US relations ease? The latest breaking news is here!
According to the latest news, the U.S. Consulate may gradually resume immigrant visa interviews in late April. It is reported that industry organizations have received interview notices for U.S. family reunion immigration clients, and the interviews are scheduled for late April.
This also indicates that all routine visa interviews at US embassies and consulates will be resumed for the first time since January 31, 2020. According to records, the last batch of clients who participated in immigration interviews and obtained visas date back to the end of December 2019 and early January 2020.
According to foreign media reports, the United States may lift international travel restrictions starting on May 1. Important progress may also be made in the mutual recognition of air travel and vaccine passports between China and the United States without the need for isolation!
China may allow vaccine recipients from various countries to enter the country
In the international On the other hand, China is also communicating diplomatically with other countries bilaterally, and is committed to recognizing vaccines injected by other countries and negotiating vaccine certificates for entry into other countries.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said at the press conference: “Whether it is a Chinese vaccine or a foreign vaccine, as long as it is safe and effective, it is a good vaccine.”
Israel, Thailand and other countries are mutually recognizing vaccine passports with China. Once China and Thailand reach a bilateral agreement, Chinese tourists traveling to Thailand are expected to no longer be quarantined.
It is expected that by August, more than 60 countries will have achieved mutual recognition with China, and in the future, Chinese citizens will have “one code in hand, traveling around the world.”
American Airlines urges lifting of entry restrictions
According to foreign media U.S. airlines and other travel-related businesses are urging the White House to draft a plan within the next five weeks to enhance international travel and lift restrictions imposed early in the COVID-19 pandemic.
More than 24 aviation and travel industry organizations hope that the White House will introduce a policy to exempt inbound travelers who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 from testing requirements. They also want the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to publicly say that it is safe for vaccinated people to travel. At the same time, they urged the White House to actively implement vaccine passports, but the White House expressed opposition.
These measures will accelerate the recovery of the tourism and aviation industries, the organizations said. The tourism industry has been hit hard during the outbreak.
Air travel in the United States has begun to pick up. According to the U.S. Transportation Security Administration, more than 1 million people passed through U.S. airports every day from March 11 to March 28. By March 28, the number exceeded 1.5 million. During the same period in 2020, it was 184,000. Of course, current passenger traffic in 2021 is still lower than in 2019, when daily passenger numbers fluctuated between 2.1 million and 2.6 million.
Organizations calling for an easing of international restrictions include Airlines for America, the U.S. Travel Association and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. They hope the government can complete the draft by May 1 and lift restrictions on international travel, especially between the United States and other regions such as Europe and China.
Data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that nearly 45 million Americans (more than 13% of the U.S. population) have been fully vaccinated.
The White House has not yet responded. However, the CDC minister said in a speech on Monday that corresponding policies are being formulated for vaccinated people.
The trade standoff between China and the United States is an unbearable burden
According to Reuters Boeing on Wednesday urged the U.S. government to separate human rights and other issues from its trade relationship with China, warning that European rival Airbus would benefit if U.S. planemakers were shut out of China.
According to Bloomberg, Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun said at the Aviation Summit hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday (March 31): “We cannot afford to be overwhelmed by this market ( The Chinese market) will be shut out. Our competitors will take advantage of it and restricting trade will not bring any benefit.”
He added: “I hope we can Separate intellectual property, human rights and other things from trade and continue to encourage a free trade environment between these two economic giants. We cannot afford to lose the Chinese market.”
Reuters said that 1/4 of Boeing and Airbus’ orders come from China, and China’s domestic tourism market has surpassed the United States and become the world’s largest.
Under the policies of former U.S. President Trump, the United States and China launched an 18-month trade war, and Boeing faced questions about its Doubts about China’s market share. Bloomberg said that according to data on Boeing’s website, during the Trump administration, Boeing did not receive any orders for the 737 MAX aircraft from China, a crucial market.
Global trade will continue to recover
The World Trade Organization released a report on the 31st saying that last year global trade The performance is better than expected. It is expected that global trade will continue to rebound this year, and global trade in goods will increase by 8.0% and 4.0% respectively this year and next.
According to the annual “Global Trade Data and Outlook” report released by the WTO on the same day, fromRegionally, affected by the large-scale fiscal stimulus policies of the United States, North America will become the main region driving global demand for goods trade in 2021; the volume of exported goods in Asia is expected to increase by 8.4%, becoming the region with the fastest export growth in the world one.
The report shows that due to the impact of the new crown epidemic, global trade in goods fell by 5.3% in 2020, but this performance was better than the 9.2% decline in global trade in goods by the WTO in October last year. Prediction. The WTO believes that factors such as the good news about the COVID-19 vaccine, the fiscal and monetary policies implemented by many economies, and the implementation of effective epidemic control measures by China and other Asian economies to curb economic decline have boosted global trade demand and prevented global trade. into a deeper recession. </p
