'We're working with our friends in Australia, in India, in Japan, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, and Vietnam to share information and best practices as we begin to move the global economy forward,' said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday.
The Secretary of State highlighted India's recent decision to lift its ban on exporting hydroxychloroquine—the anti-malaria medication that some believe could be used to treat those infected with COVID-19—as an example of this ongoing partnership. India lifted the ban earlier this month after President Donald Trump spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. At a previous White House press briefing, Trump had threatened retaliation if the export ban remained in place.
Although the U.S. has received a significant amount of health care equipment from China throughout the pandemic, Pompeo excluded the country from his discussion of international trade coalitions. He cited a lack of transparency from its government amid the outbreak and mentioned that"this virus began in Wuhan" multiple times, a referencing to the Chinese city where the outbreak began. However, when a reporter inquired directly about plans to restructure U.S.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a White House coronavirus news briefing on April 8. This week, Pompeo discussed strengthened coordination between the United States and various world leaders in an effort to restart the global economy."There'll be a time for this. We'll get that timing right.
The White House's talk of supply chain restructuring came several weeks after Japan took preliminary steps to move manufacturing operations out of China using funds allocated through its economic stimulus package, issued in response to the pandemic. On Wednesday,reported that Trump's administration was divided in its views about implementing similar shifts in production from China to the U.S.
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