After India's FDI move, Trump warns China if it was 'knowingly responsible' for Covid

Amid worldwide Covid crisis, US President Donald Trump has warned China of consequences if it was "knowingly responsible" for spre of novel coronavirus pandemic. Speaking at White House press briefing on Saturday, Trump said that death rate of China is higher than that of US, 'but no one is reporting it.' Alleging 'non-transparency and initial non-cooperation', Trump expressed his disappointment over China on handling of coronavirus disease, ding that  relationship with country was very good before outbreak of virus. 

"If y were knowingly responsible, yeah, n re should be consequences," he told reporters at a White House news conference on Saturday. "You're talking about, you know, potentially lives like nobody's seen since 1917. relationship was good when we were signing that, but n, all of a sudden, you hear about this. So, it's a big difference. You know, question was asked would you be angry at China. Well, answer very well might be a very resounding, yes, but it depends," Trump said.

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president underlined that re was a big difference between a mistake that got out of control or something is done deliberately. "In eir event, y should have let us go in. You know, we asked to go in very early and y didn't want us in. I think y knew it was something b and I think y were embarrassed," Trump said.

Meanwhile, on April 19, India amended Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy to ensure no hostile takeover of firms facing stress due to ongoing COVID-19 lockdown. According to amendment, neighbouring countries - including China, Nepal, Banglesh, Pakistan will require government approval for investing in Indian companies. 

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Trump h warned of consequences

Earlier on April 14, when asked about consequences for China, a visibly irked Trump asked reporter as to how she knows re "won't be consequences for China." Trump went on to say that China will find out consequences as and when it happens. US President has openly blamed China for coronavirus pandemic and has reused  term “Chinese virus.” “ world is paying a very big price for that y did,” Trump h said in early March, referring to his claim that Chinese officials did not fully share information sooner about coronavirus outbreak after it began in China. He has also halt US funding to World Health Organization blaming it to be '"very much sided" towards China.

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United States till Sunday reported a total number of 738,792 cases 39,014 deaths. New York City remains most affected by coronavirus.  novel Coronavirus, which has brought entire world to a halt, first originated in China in December last year, has till now killed over 160,755 people worldwide.

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