The move came hours after New York senator Chuck Schumer called on federal authorities to revoke the operating permits.

Although Donald Trump has paused some tariffs, China was the outlier, as he has kept in place 145 tariffs on the world’s second-largest economy.

US President Donald Trump bitterly attacked 60 Minutes shortly after the CBS programme broadcast stories on Ukraine and Greenland. He said the network was out of control and should “pay a big price” ...