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On Sunday, the United States Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, came out and said there Evidence that the coronavirus outbreak may have originated from a laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan. In an interview with ABC broadcaster “This Week,” he says there is “substantial evidence” that the virus outbreak comes from there, but that the US intelligence services have not confirmed the case.
The play may be part of the American electoral movement. This is according to Jan Hallenberg, an American expert and research leader at the Stockholm Institute for Foreign Policy.
“The Republican Party and, not least, the Trump administration are seriously considering making China the great enemy of the United States presidential election,” Jan Hallenberg told TT.
“The market fears a new trade war”
Trump supporters are looking for something new to fight for now that the economy is in crisis, Trump considers himself tougher against China than Democratic candidate Joe Biden. China could become an external enemy that brings Trump supporters together.
However, there is growing dissatisfaction with China among Democrats, according to Hallenberg.
“But the stock market collapsed last Friday, the market fears a new trade war and bad relations with China,” says Hallenberg, noting that a deteriorating world economy is also affecting the American economy.
BALANCED
Statements by the United States about China regarding the coronavirus have provoked strong reactions from the Chinese, where the issue is very sensitive.
– The country is also on a balance sheet. President Xi Jinping is short, but the spokespeople struggle and say the accusations are a lie, Hallenberg says.
According to the WHO, the corona virus has been spread from animals to humans. The origin of the outbreak dates back to a market in Wuhan, but it’s unclear how it shot from wild animals to humans.
