China continues to be under fire of sharp attacks and accusations of hiding the truth about the coronavirus. The US President Donald trump said he has little doubt that Beijing has entered a world in confusion about the scope and risk of disease, before it has grown into a global pandemic. Experts have predicted possible actions of States against China in the US is owned by China 1 trillion 100 billion dollars in the receipts of the Federal Treasury.
In an interview with Fox News recorded in the scenery of the Washington Lincoln Memorial Donald trump said that in his opinion, the “error” in China was the cause of the spread of the pandemic coronavirus.
“Personally, I think they made a terrible mistake and didn’t want to admit it,” says trump.
These words of the head of the White house sounded a few hours after U.S. Secretary of state Mike Pompeo said that a “significant amount of evidence” that the virus appeared in the Chinese laboratory in Wuhan.
“This is not the first case when the world is exposed to viruses as a result of failures in the Chinese lab,” said Pompeo in the program “This Week” on ABC.
“My opinion – they were wrong – sounded his version of responsibility of China for the pandemic trump. They tried to hide it, tried to extinguish. It’s like a fire. You know, it really is like trying to extinguish the fire. They are unable to extinguish the fire.”
evidence of the allegations, the President of trump is not presented, but reported that the us government is the report to be “very convincing”. Earlier during one of his briefings trump gave to understand that if you had seen some evidence of the laboratory origin, coronavirus, but from the details abstained.
whatever it was, only one statement perfect Chinese authorities error Donald trump did not stop, turning to the charge, Beijing’s actions that contributed to the spread of coronavirus across the planet: “They really did a bad thing towards the world, as it did not allow people to enter China, but they did not prevent people to leave China and travel around the world. I think they were concerned about this issue – very concerned. They let it infiltrate into our country to other countries. This was never supposed to happen. This virus should not have spread around the world.”
Raised the American President in his interview and the issue of the potential economic penalties to China, though not in direct, but rather indirect connection with coronavirus story. Trump has threatened to terminate the first phase of trade deals with China (according to the agreement, the United States has reduced the number of tariffs on Chinese goods, and Chinese orderedtrying to purchase American goods, including selskohozproduktsii), if Beijing does not fulfill its promise to buy American goods and services by $200 billion more. Many people assume that the purchasing power of China is much undermined by the pandemic coronavirus, which led to the first recession in the country since 1987.
“They took advantage of our country. Now they have to buy, and if they won’t buy, we will stop the deal, said trump. – Very simple”.
meanwhile, according to the American press, in the political elite discussed various ways of punishing China because of the pandemic. In particular, it discusses how the repeal of “sovereign immunity” for the PRC that will allow you to apply against this country for lawsuits caused by a coronavirus damage. Were discussed also the possibility of partial refusal of the United States from its debt obligations to China. However, experts are rather skeptical about the possibility and effectiveness of such measures.
on Thursday, the national US intelligence said that according to her, the coronavirus has not been artificially created, was neither anthropogenic nor genetically modified, but the intelligence community continues to investigate whether the emergence of infection caused by an accident in Wuhan lab. However, on Friday there is the intelligence report of the Ministry of internal security, which States that Chinese authorities “deliberately concealed the seriousness” of infection.
according to the Associated Press, the document says that China is hiding information about the coronavirus to stock up on medical supplies and protective equipment. It is alleged that the Chinese deliberately increased import and reduced export of medical supplies, in particular masks, surgical gowns and gloves. However, the accuracy of the data at least needs careful study. Meanwhile, China has informed who of an outbreak of the disease on December 31, and with the U.S. centers for disease control, the Chinese side contacted 3 January, publicly, about the new coronavirus was reported on 8 January.
As you know, China categorically rejects the assertion that the virus comes from a research center in Wuhan. Despite the fact that scientists have a consensus that the account of the creation of the virus in laboratory conditions is extremely unlikely, the attention attracts the naysayers Wuhan Institute of Virology, located near the market, where, it is said, arose the outbreak of coronavirus. Thus, according to the Associated Press, in the past, the United States funded research conducted at the center, recently confirmed former acting CIA Director Michael Morell.
EXPERT OPINION
Gennady chuphrin, academician, member of the Directorate of PMMMO ran: “I Believe that the Western allegations are without any evidence base. And why were they quite clear. The fact that the United States has been unable to cope with the spread of the pandemic. And this raises serious political issues, especially on the eve of the presidential election. The U.S. government must convince the electorate that those in power are people who are trying to be active to defeat the pandemic, and also to determine its cause.
China has been able to take effective defense. I think Washington will be very difficult to prove their accusations, while in Beijing, where he is too ambitious domestic program, are not going to capitulate to the West.
Rather, she and the other side will now be showcased around the world and its population that they are very worried about the causes of the pandemic. However, this conflict is unlikely to go really far. It is unlikely the sides will be solved to some extraordinary steps. It is not in the interests of either Washington or Beijing.
Washington has a number of mechanisms of pressure on China. For example, the increase in customs duties on high-tech goods produced in China. The United States will try to inflict maximum painful blow to China, while not going over a certain threshold.
China may respond to the action directed at undermining the dollar. According to some reports, China is ready to take some steps aimed not only at strengthening of the yuan, but also on a weakening dollar. This could be a painful blow to U.S. interests. Whether China steps in this direction will be clear in the near future. I think it is a course that can stand up to Beijing to meet the economic measures of Washington.”
Yuri Tavrovsky, a scientist-orientalist, head of the Center “Russian dream and the Chinese dream” Izborsk club: “First of all I should say that much confidence in the words of American officials at the moment. Still not forgotten the statements of Secretary of state Colin Powell, who showed a vial with a strange substance and said it was the Iraqi biological weapons. This has led to all known events, and then it turned out that no weapon was not in sight.
Now Secretary of state Pompeo makes statements that are unsubstantiated. It is necessary to wait for some more solid evidence. And while accusations against China, nothing is proved they cannot be taken seriously. It’s all just another level of the propaganda war waged by America and her satellite countries in the fight against China. Due to the fact that Beijing seem to wins the war against coronavirus and that more importantly, China is winning the fight for postepidemic period of development of the world economy. Therefore, the United States and intensified in unproven verbal war.
In the United States and some other Western countries, has already begun drawing up accounts as damages caused by “Chinese virus” to these countries. There we are talking about trillions of dollars. Theoretically, they can seize Chinese property, which is in their hands. For example, in America are owned by China 1 trillion 100 billion dollars in the receipts of the Federal Treasury. In addition, in the US there are certain businesses owned by the PRC.
Beijing, in turn, can respond as symmetrically and asymmetrically. A symmetrical response would mean the arrest of all American assets in China. There are plenty of companies that belong to Americans.
in addition, there may be a variety of asymmetrical actions and the most different forms, including military steps in the South China, East China and Yellow seas.
In General I think that the Chinese are going to work towards peaceful settlement of the problem, but Westerners will tend to exacerbate the situation. But in the end all this will be overcome, no serious international crisis will not happen. In the hot phase of this “cold war” will not”.
