Paul1405,

Everyone knows the WHO is in the pocket of China. The US knows it and that is why it won't fund the WHO.

Xi is just using delaying tactics and has no intention of letting an independent group conduct investigations inside China. When the pandemic is eventually brought under control Xi will just say "What investigation?"

You have as much chance of getting Xi to allow an independent investigation in China as you have of getting China to relinquish it's annexation of the South China Sea or stop putting long range missiles into North Korea (the other Cuba).

Mr O, I'm not defending China, "Everyone knows the WHO is in the pocket of China" Well, that is Trumps narrow interpretation, and he's welcome to it. It's my opinion that the WHO has to some degree cow-tailed to China, over coronavirus. Is there evidence that the WHO was overwhelmingly biased in favour of China, no. I can't see that the reaction requires the Trump response, given much of Trumps indignation is political, rather than factual. Where is the much touted evidence that the virus was manufactured in a Chinese laboratory. We can only wait and see what comes of this.

Bloomberg reporting that China will target other Australian exports.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-19/china-mulls-targeting-australian-wine-dairy-on-coronavirus-spat

China has no problem with the supply of barley, the United States is prepared to sell them all the barley they want, duty free, thanks to the yanks and their trade agreement! Suck that one in!

Yes Paul, international trade and politics is complex.

The US must ensure that it works with partners more, albeit it has its own obvious national interest.

Next ten years are going to be interesting for Australia.

An article I read yesterday said that our trade after China with the next
four countries was equal to China.
That surely means that a sales campaign should be able to peel a useful
amount of trade away from China.
The thing is you need real salesmen.