Biden And Trump Battle Over Who Is ‘Weak On China’ – By Asma Khalid (NPR) / April 22 2020
“Nobody has been tougher on China than me,” President Trump proclaimed at Tuesday’s coronavirus briefing.
When the Trump administration has been criticized for how it has handled the coronavirus outbreak, the president has been inclined at times to blame the Chinese and then accuse his Democratic opponent Joe Biden of being “weak on China.”
Biden’s campaign has been trying to turn that argument back on Trump, seeing lots of material to work with as the president has touted an improved trading relationship with China.
A side effect of the coronavirus outbreak is that China has become a powerful election year issue. Who’s “tough on China” has taken on a broader political meaning, with a fight not just about longstanding trade and labor concerns, but also a global health pandemic originating in that country and whether the U.S. response was adequate.
A recent ad from a super PAC supporting Trump plays menacing music as a narrator warns the audience that “for 40 years Joe Biden has been wrong about China.”
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