The United States president said his hard-fought trade deal with Beijing was now of secondary importance to the pandemic.
United States President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened China with new tariffs as he sharpened his rhetoric against Beijing over the coronavirus pandemic, claiming that he had seen evidence linking a Wuhan lab to the infection, AFP reported.
This came a day after the president said he believed China’s handling of the pandemic is proof that Beijing “will do anything they can” to make him lose the upcoming elections in November.
The Republican president, often accused of not acting early enough to prepare the United States for the spread of Covid-19, also said his hard-fought trade deal with China was now of secondary importance to the contagion, according to Reuters. “We signed a trade deal where they’re supposed to buy, and they’ve been buying a lot, actually,” the president told reporters.
