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Pompeo urges full transparency on coronavirus in call with top Chinese diplomat

Pompeo urges full transparency on coronavirus in call with top Chinese diplomat

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday pressed China’s top diplomat on the need for full transparency and information sharing as Washington ramped up its pressure on Beijing over the coronavirus outbreak.

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, speaks as Chinese Communist Party Office of Foreign Affairs Director Yang Jiechi listens as the two countries hold a joint news conference after participating in a second diplomatic and security meeting at the U.S. Department of State, Washington, U.S., November 9, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis

Tensions between the world’s top two economies over the global pandemic, which has now infected more than 2 million people, have escalated again, as President Donald Trump has pulled U.S. funding for the World Health Organization (WHO), accusing it of being “China-centric.”

Pompeo, a China hawk, has also said the United Nations organization

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