President Trump Demands Retribution, China’s Xi Jinping Urges Cooperation In Dueling UN Speeches – By Marcy Kreiter (IB Times) / Sept 22 2020
- U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the world cannot afford a U.S.-China cold war
- Trump demands China be held accountable for the coronavirus pandemic
- Xi said the pandemic should remind nations of the need to work together
Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned of a “clash of civilizations” while U.S. President Trump said China must be held “accountable” for the spread of coronavirus in dueling speeches Tuesday before an almost entirely virtual 75th U.N. General Assembly meeting.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed alarm over the U.S.-China rift, saying the world is “moving in a very dangerous direction.”
“Our world cannot afford a future where the two largest economies split the globe in a Great Fracture — each with its own trade and financial rules and internet and artificial intelligence capacities,” Guterres said in a rare in-person address.
Trump delivered a combative address where he said the U.S. will not be force to do anything against its own interests and demanded the world body take action against Beijing for its mishandling of the coronavirus outbreak early on.
“The United Nations must hold China accountable for their actions,” Trump said after listing China’s missteps.
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