Trump hammers China over coronavirus as US health secretary heads to Taiwan

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WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - US President Donald Trump on Thursday (Aug 6) intensified his attacks on China for its handling of the novel coronavirus outbreak that has killed over 700,000 people worldwide, as his health secretary headed to Taiwan for a visit sure to irk Beijing.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Thursday intensified his attacks on China for its handling of the novel coronavirus outbreak that has killed over 700,000 people worldwide, as his health secretary headed to Taiwan for a visit sure to irk Beijing.

The Republican president, who is trailing Democrat Joe Biden in national polls ahead of the Nov 3 election, said it was a"disgrace" that Beijing had limited the spread of the virus at home but allowed it to reach the rest of the world. Biden on Wednesday said a Phase 1 US-trade deal signed in January by the world's two largest economies was"failing" after Commerce Department data showed the US-China trade deficit widened 5 per cent to US$28.4 billion in June.

 

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