Peter Navarro, White House Trade Adviser, said that the suspicion that China lied about COVID-19 is more important than what may or may not happen about the trade deal according to a recently published article.


Trade Deal of China and the United States

Early this year, China and the United States signed a trade deal that is expected to bring significant changes to the economic relationship between the two largest economies in the world. 

In their agreement, China committed to buy worth $200 billion of American goods and services by 2021. The deal includes purchasing agricultural products, airplanes, pharmaceuticals, oils, and gas. Moreover, the United States should produce and supply high-quality, competitively priced goods and services to satisfy the demands of Chinese consumers.

Additionally, part of the landmark trade agreement signed in January is the commitment from Beijing to halt intellectual property theft, refrain from currency manipulation, cooperate in the financial services, and to buy American goods over the next two years.


Interview with Peter Navarro About the Trade Agreement 

White House Trade Adviser Peter Navarro responded to the question raised by the host in "America's Newsroom" if he is seeing any sign from China that they will not follow the trade deal that they signed in January. 

He said no and added that U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue are closely monitoring the developments of the agreement. However, Navarro said that at this time, the suspicions that China lied about COVID-19 are more important than the trade deal.

Navarro said: "What's important for the American people, though, to understand very clearly is that China lied, people died, as the now slogan says, and it's absolutely correct."


How China Lied to the World About COVID-19 According to Navarro

COVID-19 was believed to have originated in a wet market in Wuhan, China. There are also some conspiracy theories about the virus. Further, the speculation even gets intense after China rejected the call of an international organization to investigate the origin of the virus.

During the interview, Navarro said: "There is this bigger issue that China spawned the virus, and they hid the virus for about six weeks, which allowed that virus to escape Wuhan and infect the world, and then during that time, China hoarded an enormous amount of personal protective gear," 

Navarro also added that before the virus worsens, China went around the world and had vacuum around 2 billion masks to prepare its country for a pandemic. 

He asserted that this issue is more important that China needs to resolve and not about what may or may not happen about the trade agreement they signed in January. 


The Investigation Into the Origin of the Virus 

It can be recounted that President Donald Trump told the media reporters last week that he has seen evidence suggesting that the virus originated from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

At present, an investigation is being conducted to know if the pandemic was a result of a Wuhan laboratory. If this is proven to be true, then it would contradict the broad consensus that the virus originated in a wet market in Wuhan.

Meanwhile, Navarro asked the following questions: "It's what did China know? When did they know it? Did the communist party bleach the wet market to hide something? Did they make scientists disappear from those labs in Wuhan to hide something?"  


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