As coronavirus strains US-China relations, ensuring ‘phase one’ trade deal works is crucial

The past six months in US-China relations have been difficult on many fronts and the Covid-19 crisis, rather than forging a common purpose, has made them worse. Here’s where things stand.On the US side, President Donald Trump has suggested, without evidence, that the virus escaped from a government lab in Wuhan. This comes as Chinese investment in the US is under greater scrutiny by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US and the Commerce Department’s review of US technology exports with…

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