Trump says China has fooled the world, now wants compensation – NRK Urix – Foreign documentaries and news

– China released this virus because it made a “terrible mistake”. But now they won’t admit it and will try to cover up what happened, United States President Donald Trump said during a virtual meeting in the United States capital Washington DC on Sunday.

Trump claims he has seen clear evidence that the virus escaped from a research laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan by mistake.

Now it is demanding large sums of money in compensation from China for tens of thousands of Americans who have died from covid-19.

Hidden virus to store medical equipment.

United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also says that the United States intelligence services have collected “substantial evidence” that the virus originally came from a research laboratory in Wuhan. But there is no reason to believe that the Chinese authorities deliberately let him out.

Nor does it say it is man-made.

With the support of American intelligence, Pompeo says China increased imports and reduced sales of mouthwash, protective suits, and other medical equipment as soon as they learned of the crown outbreak.

At the same time, Chinese authorities withheld information about the new disease from other countries.

– China’s behavior led to the spread of the disease to the rest of the world. Now they have to be held accountable, says Pompeo.

– An attack on international opening.

A secret report by intelligence agencies in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States, the so-called “Five Eyes” intelligence alliance, also concludes that China withheld the news of the outbreak and the severity of the situation. .

– This is an attack on international openness, it has created a great danger for other countries and has cost the lives of tens of thousands of people, according to the report..

Australian newspaper Saturday Telegraph obtained a copy and was the first to share the content.

The report claims that Chinese authorities have destroyed evidence of the virus’s origin, both in the laboratory and in the animal market in Wuhan City. Also mentioned is a study by scientists at the South China University of Technology, which was published on February 6. The study concludes that the coronavirus comes from a laboratory in Wuhan. This research study was subsequently withdrawn by the Chinese authorities.

China threatens Australia with trade boycott

Not only does the President of the United States, Trump, threaten customs tariffs or stop trade when he is not happy with his international partners. China does the same.

After Australia proposed an independent international investigation into the origin of the coronavirus, the Chinese have struggled a lot. They threaten to restrict trade with Australia. Which can be very affected because China buys a third of everything that Australia exports.

Chinese newspapers and websites have recently been full of articles about how abhorrent the Australian proposal is, and Australia is demeaningly described as “chewing gum under the sole of China’s shoe.”

Increased distrust of China in Europe.

Also in many European countries there are problems with how the Chinese authorities dealt with the crown crisis at first.

“China’s mistrust has grown dramatically lately,” Chinese expert Angela Stanzel of the German Institute for Security and International Relations told The New York Times newspaper.

Both in Germany and the UK they are now debating how smart it is to depend on both China for the import of medicines and other socially critical goods. In both countries, it has been open to Chinese Huawei to expand parts of the new 5G telecommunications network. Now you are not so sure.

Several countries also complain that the Chinese authorities demand thanks, especially from Chinese President Xi Jinping, as a condition of obtaining necessary medical supplies.

China strikes back with video

Chinese authorities have mobilized their entire foreign service to support allegations that they initially withheld information about the virus outbreak. Many diplomats are actively trying to explain how effectively China stopped the virus in its own country and how much they help the rest of the world with medical devices.

At the same time, there is a large amount of propaganda aimed at both the domestic and foreign public. The Chinese state news agency made a video of Lego figures harassing Trump and the United States:

Chinese authorities accuse US President Trump of blaming China in an effort to escape internal criticism for responding too late to pandemic warnings.

Economic punishment against China could affect the United States

In the United States, both Trump and other Republican politicians have suggested that one can “freeze” the US debt to China and not pay interest on it as an economic penalty. China has purchased US debt in the form of government bonds for the net sum of $ 11 billion.

If the United States does, it can go back quickly. So the rest of the world can lose confidence in United States government bonds and demand higher returns to buy those debt securities. Right now, the United States needs reassurance in the bond market.

The National Bank plans to issue new government bonds for NOK 30 billion to cover the huge expenses of keeping people and businesses afloat during the crisis.

Another suggestion is that the United States should increase tariffs on Chinese products once again. Stock exchanges in the United States and the rest of the world have already reacted very negatively. Which, in turn, could intensify the economic crisis after the crown crisis.

Trump previously bragged about how good the U.S. economy has been during his presidential term. Now he expects a rapid reopening of society and economic recovery. But a new trade war with China could, on the contrary, ruin the American economy and, therefore, Trump’s chances of re-election in November.