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China announces that its ivory trade is now illegal. In 2015, Mainland Chinese President Xi Jinping and then-U.S. President Barack Obama announced "near-complete" ivory bans for each country. America's ivory ban went into effect in June 2016.
2017-12-31

General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Xi Jinping concludes a two-day "high-level dialogue" with party leaders from 120 countries. The program he announces includes the full funding by the Communist Party of China of 15,000 visits from foreign party leaders over the next five years "to deepen exchanges".
2017-12-3

United States Army soldier Chelsea Manning is released from prison after serving seven years. Manning was sentenced by a U.S. military court to 35 years in prison, but her sentence was commuted by President Barack Obama.
2017-05-17

U.S. President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau jointly ban offshore oil drilling in the Arctic Ocean and parts of the Atlantic coast.
2016-12-20

President-elect of the United States Donald Trump meets with President Barack Obama for the first time at the White House.
2016-11-10

President of the United States Barack Obama bans the provision of some military-type equipment to local police departments and restricts access to other types of equipment following recent tensions between police and minority communities.
2015-05-18

Chinese leader Xi Jinping and President of the United States Barack Obama reach a deal to limit greenhouse gases.
2014-11-12

US president Barack Obama and Chinese president Xi Jinping finish up their two day summit by discussing cyber espionage.
2013-06-8

The Vice-President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping meets with the President of the United States Barack Obama during a visit to the United States.
2012-02-14

China says that relations will be undermined if U.S. President Barack Obama meets the Dalai Lama.
2010-02-2