U.S.-China tensions over coronavirus have been rising for weeks. The spat took a more serious turn after China adopted a law threatening Hong Kong.
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said Friday his administration would withdraw from the World Health Organization and move to revoke Hong Kong's special trading status.
Trump also said he would formally end the U.S. relationship with the World Health Organization, blasting the multilateral institution as a tool of China. "The Chinese government has continually violated its promises to us and so many other nations," Trump said, reading from a teleprompter and taking no questions from reporters.
China's new law would ban sedition, secession and other forms of subversion by Hong Kong residents against Beijing. It would also allow China's secretive state security agencies to operate in the city, sparking fear about possible arrests of pro-democracy activists.
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