The U.S. government is "furious at what China has done in recent days, weeks, and months," and President Donald Trump will present ideas for holding the Asian nation accountable for its actions concerning the coronavirus pandemic and with its aggressions against Hong Kong, Taiwan, and other countries, National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow said Friday.
"China has behaved very badly (with a) lack of information, lack of transparency, lack of cooperation regarding the virus and with the World Health Organization, did a lot of damage," Kudlow said on Fox News' "Fox and Friends." "We know the origin was in China, and if they had told the truth perhaps things would have been a lot easier for the rest of the world, where tragically, tragically, hundreds of thousands of people have been killed."
And with Hong Kong, China is violating the 50-year-old treaty signed by Margaret Thatcher in the late 1980s that was to keep it as a free-market-oriented democratic system, said Kudlow.
"China's now violating that by taking over national security," said Kudlow, adding that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has stated that Hong Kong has no more autonomy from China.
Meanwhile, Fox Business' Maria Bartiromo reported Friday that according to her sources, Trump's announcement on China, scheduled for later in the day, will be "big" and will mark an "important change in terms of policy."
"I would say we may see sanctions on individuals from the Communist Party and we could see something about the Phase One trade deal," said Bartiromo on Fox News' "America's Newsroom. "Let's not forget the power grab that Chinese economists are doing right now," Bartiromo said. "If they are trying to overreach in Hong Kong. There are forces right now on the ground, face to face."
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