Navarro "China Hid COVID-19 Outbreak... US-China Trade Talks Are Over"

[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] There have been remarks that U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to end the U.S.-China trade negotiations. Despite the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Trump administration intends to end trade talks with China, which did not disclose this information.

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Peter Navarro, Director of the White House Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy, stated in an interview with Fox News on the 22nd (local time), "The U.S.-China trade negotiations are over." He said, "There was a turning point. China came to the U.S. on January 15 this year to sign the Phase One trade agreement, but by then it had already been two months since China knew about the outbreak of COVID-19."

Director Navarro claimed, "At that time, China had already sent thousands of people to the U.S. to spread the virus," and "We only learned about the pandemic after the planes carrying them had departed."

He also compared China's failure to disclose the outbreak to Japan's deceptive peace negotiations just before the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

Navarro said, "Now everyone will know that China lied and that Americans died."

Meanwhile, Navarro identified the three major issues in this year's U.S. presidential election as jobs, China, and law and order. He predicted that the decision to end trade negotiations with China would help President Trump win on these three key issues.

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