'If China a developing country, make US one too' says US Prez Donald Trump

If China is considered a developing country, make United States, too, a developing one, US President Donald Trump said on Friday, alleging that Beijing has taken advant of his country. Naming India and China, he reiterated that two countries get 'big advants' for being 'developing nations'.

"China has been unbelievably taken advant of us and or countries. You kw, for instance, y are considered a developing nation. I said well n make us a developing nation too,” Trump told reporters at his daily White House news conference on coronavirus. “y get big advants because y are a developing nation. India, a developing nation. United States is a big developed nation. Well, we have plenty of development to do,” he said.

Reiterating that United States was taken advant of by World Trade Organization, Trump said Chinese ecomy started booming after it joined WTO with help of US. “If you look at history of China, it was only since y went into WTO that y became a rocket ship with ir ecomy. y were flatlined for years and years,” he said.

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“Frankly, for many, many decades. And it was only when y came into WTO that y became a rocket ship because y took advant of all -- I'm t even blaming m. I'm saying how stupid were people that stood here and allowed it to happen,” he said. Trump Administration will w allow that to happen, he said. “If y don't treat us fairly, will leave. But w we're starting to win cases,” he said.

Alleging that China has taken advant of United States for 30 years, he said, China has taken advant of US through WTO and using rules that are unfair to United States. "y should have never been allowed it, this should have never been allowed to happen", he added. “When China joined and was allowed to join under those circumstances WTO, that was a very bad day for United States because y have rules and regulations that were far different and far easier than our rules and regulations,” he said.

“Plus. y took advant of m down to last. China took advant of m like few people would even think to take advant of m and again y are considered right a developing nation,” he added. United States, he rued, is t considered a developing nation. “ were given advants (for being a developing nation). For many years China has ripped off United States. n I came along and right w, as you kw, China is paying 25 percent," said Trump, adding that US is w gaining "billions and billions and billions of dollars in tariffs from China”.

US is t paying, he asserted. “t every country is China but China would devalue ir currency and y would also pour out money and y essentially were paying most of those tariffs t us,” he said.

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(With PTI inputs)