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A major oil exporter, Venezuela's fiscal crisis has been worsened by a political impasse with the opposition.
The UN Security Council has told rivals President Salva Kiir and Vice-President Riek Machar to rein in their forces.
Both India and China are trying to expand presence in East Africa's second-biggest economy.
The world's youngest independent nation has seen civil war for much of its 5 years in existence.
Chinese Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng has welcomed the adoption of the G20 trade growth strategy on Sunday. Trade Ministers from the group of 20 nations wrapped up a two-day meeting
Food, cigarette and liquor prices increased 3.7 percent year on year in June, slowing from 4.7 percent in May.
China's Commerce Ministry said last month that it is deeply concerned about protectionism in the US steel sector.
For the past few months, the US economy had been adding an average 143,000 new payroll jobs every month compared to an average above 200,000 for much of 2015.
The UN estimates that Southeast Asia's trade in heroin and methamphetamine was worth $31 billion in 2013.
