Washington: According to International media report, the United States is planning out a strategy to retaliate against China for its mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic.
US President Donald Trump has time and again attacked China, accusing it for withholding information about the virus and allowing it to swipe the world.
Washington Post reported that senior officials in the White House have discussed limiting China’s sovereign immunity. Trump has also indicated that he is thinking about “levying extreme penalties” on China.
On Monday, Trump said that US will be seeking hundreds of billions of dollars in damages from China, adding that he is considering additional measures to punish Beijing.
“We can do something much easier than that. We have ways of doing things a lot easier than that,” Trump said in response to a question about demanding financial compensation from Beijing.
The coronavirus has severely affected the US with a record of 1 million cases and at least 63,000 deaths.
Meanwhile, China’s foreign ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said, “The U.S. should know that their enemy is the virus, not China. They should focus on containment at home and international cooperation, instead of smearing China and shifting the blame onto China.”
