Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian (click here) criticized a Senate bill that would allow President Donald Trump to sanction China over the coronavirus outbreak and claimed Republicans were using it to deflect blame.
Asked about the bill during Wednesday's briefing, Zhao told reporters the proposed legislation, which pushes for investigations based on the "presumption of guilt," was "highly immoral" and a way to "shirk responsibility for the U.S. fumbling response to China." He advised politicians to focus on the outbreak instead of "racking their brains to distract attention and deflect responsibility."
Senator Lindsey Graham introduced the legislation, formally titled the COVID-19 Accountability Act, on Tuesday. It would authorize Trump to impose sanctions on China if the country fails to "provide a full accounting of the events leading up to the outbreak" of the new coronavirus....
The US-China policy has always been about the people. China's population is DEPENDENT on the USA. We know for a fact infant formula produced in China was highly inadequate for the infants. Chinese parents were working and dedicating a large amount of their income to purchasing imported USA infant formula. The trade wars have imperiled the Chinese people, including infants.
I think the USA has given up it's right to demand any investigation because the people best able to conduct it were removed from China. The USA investigators worked to prevent these tragedies. They were removed and now Trump wants them to run an investigation to the cause of the virus.
Sorry, this is a no brainer. If the people removed from China were called to Congress to provide information as to the reasons for this virus to manifest and then find it's way into the global distribution; they would be able to provide the information without an investigation and with one arm tied behind their back. This is no secret and Trump will be unable to deflect his role in it.
The value of U.S. agricultural and related exports to China has more than tripled over the last 10 years, reaching a record $29.6 billion in FY 2014 before declining slightly in FY 2015.
Due to China's severe cropland shortage and inexpensive labor force, U.S. exports to the country have traditionally been dominated by land-intensive bulk commodities that China then processes for domestic consumption or export. More recently, China's booming demand for luxury items and ready-to-eat foods has created new opportunities for the United States, particularly for exporters of intermediate products such as oils, fats, flour, meal, and sweeteners, and consumer-oriented products such as processed foods, meats, dairy, eggs, tree nuts, and wine and beer. U.S. exports of bulk, intermediate, and agricultural-related products, such as forest and fish products, have each increased approximately 250 percent since 2006. Exports of consumer-oriented products grew 150 percent over the same period....
...The size of the agricultural trade relationship for both the United States and China, as well as U.S. agricultural exports' support for China's food security through trade, provides incentives for both sides to address these issues....
Questions? There is no need for an investigation. The cause screams out loud!
2016
Parent Preferences for Baby Formula in China (click here) and Potential Implications for US Dairy Products Export
The export crisis in USA agriculture is not simply the restaurant business. The dairy industry has been one of the stable aspects of agriculture. The grain and produce farmers are more or less dependent on future prices, not dairy farmers.
ANY SANCTIONS BETTER NOT INCLUDE FOOD EVER AGAIN!!!!!!!!!
April 21, 2020
Some years it’s the weather. (click here) Some years it’s the market, but right now the agriculture and specifically, the dairy industry is dealing with COVID-19 just like everyone else.
The issue isn’t necessarily the virus, instead it has to do with demand....
