Rep. Karen Bass, California Democrat and chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on Africa, global health and global human rights, stressed that, moving forward, U.S. policy toward Africa should be more about trade and investment, less about aid.
President Joe Biden believes China is hiding information about the COVID-19 origin, while a GOP task force leader urges the Chinese government to be punished economically.
“I do think it’s more likely than not that it emerged out of a lab, most likely accidentally,” said Mr. McCaul, the ranking Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. “This is the worst cover-up in human history that we’ve seen, resulting in 3.5 million deaths and economic devastation around the globe.”
“Time and time again we’re seeing this cover-up” by China, Mr. McCaul said.
In his own statement last week, President Biden said the U.S. and its allies will press China for a clear accounting of what happened in Wuhan.
“The United States will also keep working with like-minded partners around the world to press China to participate in a full, transparent, evidence-based international investigation and to provide access to all relevant data and evidence,” Mr. Biden said in a statement.
On India getting vaccines from the US, Jaishankar said there are ongoing conversations on various aspects of vaccines, ranging from regulatory aspects to legal and commercial ones