Chinese Seek Stronger US Bond, as Trump Weighs Cutting Relations Over COVID-19
A “steady and growing” China-U.S. relationship serves the “fundamental interests” of both countries, said a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Friday when asked about President Donald Trump saying he's weighing cutting relations with China. “We’re not happy about China, I will…
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tell you that,” said Trump at the White House Thursday. “The ink wasn’t dry on a great trade deal, and all of a sudden, the plague comes in from China.” The phase one trade agreement was signed Jan. 15 and took effect a month later (see 2001160022). The Foreign Ministry thinks China and the U.S. “should strengthen cooperation to prevail over the pandemic at an early date, and focus on saving lives, and resuming economic development and production,” said the spokesperson. “This, of course, calls for the U.S. and China working together towards the same goal.”