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Trump claims evidence ties Chinese lab to virus
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US President Donald Trump claimed he has seen evidence the new coronavirus originated in a Chinese lab, as he threatened tariffs on Beijing over its role in the global pandemic.
However, his assertion was immediately undermined by his intelligence chief and by his top diplomat, who said: "We don't know precisely where it began." Mr Trump is making Beijing's handling of the outbreak a major issue for his November re-election campaign.
When asked about reports that he could cancel US debt obligations to China, Mr Trump said he could "do it differently" and act in "more of a forthright manner". "I could do the same thing but even for more money, just putting on tariffs," he said. "We signed a trade deal where they're supposed to buy, and
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