The vice president further accused the World Health Organization of being China's 'willing partner' in its reported concealment of COVID-19 information.
on a Central Intelligence Agency assessment finding that earlier this year China threatened to cut off WHO's access to the country for its coronavirus investigation if the organization declared a global health emergency.
Republican Senator Josh Hawley introduced legislation in April that would strip China of much of the civil immunity it receives under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, which protects foreign governments from most U.S. lawsuits, such as those seeking accountability for the COVID-19 pandemic. Other prominent lawmakers have spoken out against China's handling of the crisis, such as Republican Senator Marco Rubio, now the chairman of the Intelligence Committee, who said China's"failure" to be transparent"has cost the lives of people around the world."
In recent weeks, President Donald Trump's evident frustrations with China have appeared to boil over. In mid-May, the president threatened to"cut off the whole relationship" with China, complaining about the nature of global supply chains amid a worldwide pandemic.
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