Coronavirus: Trump mulls cutting U.S.-China ties
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he does not want to talk to his Chinese counterpart, and mused about ending the world’s largest trading relationship, amid rising tensions about theSpeaking in an interview with Fox Business Network, Mr Trump said he had a “very good relationship” with Chinese President Xi Jinping, but “right now, I don’t want to speak to him.”Mr Trump, who has sought to blame China for being the source of the pandemic, even as his own handling of the crisis in the U.
The president also complained about China’s alleged attempts to steal U.S. research on coronavirus vaccines and treatments. “The United States condemns attempts by cyberactors and non-traditional collectors affiliated with the People’s Republic of China to steal U.S. intellectual property and data related to COVID-19 research,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement on Thursday, calling on Beijing “to cease this malicious activity.”
Mr Pompeo has continued to pursue a theory that the virus came from a Chinese laboratory, even without presenting any evidence, and experts saying it does not appear to be man-made.
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