The U.S. and many other nations have become increasingly critical of China amid the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic.
This spurred Trump to add tariffs to hundreds of billions of Chinese goods starting in mid-2018, which led China to respond in kind. The situation escalated into a trade war that analysts have estimated cost the U.S. hundreds of thousands of jobs and forced American importers to shell out billions more than they would have to pay tariffs. But that situation appeared to be resolving in mid-January, with the signing of a new phase one trade agreement.
Now as the U.S. has become the nation in the world with the highest number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, as well the highest number of deaths, the Trump administration has faced criticism at home for its handling of the crisis. The president largely dismissed the seriousness of the virus through February, even suggesting that it would simply"disappear.
China has faced significant international criticism of its handling of the virus, particularly due to the fact that Chinese officials initially covered up the outbreak, even detaining doctors who raised alarms about the growing outbreak in Wuhan.that a CIA report has assessed that China threatened the World Health Organization in January, urging it not to declare a global health emergency.
"Some people in the US failed to fight the epidemic themselves and failed the trust of the American people. But they have not made reflections of how to improve their work," Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijia said on Thursday, the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post"We urge the US to stop slandering and discrediting China, stop promoting relevant bills, and playing this nonsense blame game.
This article has been updated to include Newsweek reporting on a CIA report regarding China and the WHO.
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