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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

"Baracktrema obamai", a new species of parasite is named after Barack Obama.
2016-09-12

The President of the United States Barack Obama announces that the U.S. will send an additional 250 troops to fight ISIL in Syria.
2016-04-25

Canada's prime-minister elect Justin Trudeau informs U.S. President Barack Obama that Canada will be withdrawing fighter jets from both Iraq and Syria, effectively ending Canada's military participation in the war on the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
2015-10-20

President Barack Obama has sufficient support in the United States Senate to uphold a veto of the proposed congressional vote of disapproval of the nuclear deal with Iran.
2015-09-2

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

U.S. president Barack Obama and Chinese president Xi Jinping begin a two-day meeting of Sino-American relations.
2013-06-7

U.S. President Barack Obama puts pressure on Republicans to accept a deal aimed at avoiding a tax and spending "fiscal cliff", as the end-of-year deadline looms.
2012-12-30

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

President of the United States Barack Obama signs finance reforms into law, overhauling the country's Wall Street Financial District.
2010-07-21