Navarro ‘Groundless and Absurd’ for Declaring Trade Deal Dead, Say Chinese
White House Trade Adviser Peter Navarro's remarks that the U.S.-China phase one trade deal was “over” were “just groundless and absurd,” responded a Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson Tuesday. “He’s always full of lies and has zero credibility.” The “turning…
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point” that derailed the agreement came after Chinese officials traveled to Washington to sign the phase one deal Jan. 15, “a full two months after they knew the virus was out and about,” Navarro told Fox News Monday. “The China Trade Deal is fully intact,” tweeted President Donald Trump hours later. “Hopefully they will continue to live up to the terms of the Agreement!”