Sino-American rivalry fueled by the Covid-19 crisis

The Covid-19 pandemic has led to a rapid deterioration in Sino-US relations. The tension between the two great powers has reached an unprecedented level in recent weeks since the establishment of diplomatic relations between Washington and Beijing in 1979.

The year 2020 had however started with an easing of the commercial rivalry between the United States and China, with the signing in mid-January of a new economic treaty. Negotiated by Trump with his Chinese counterpart after two years of near-trade war, he had to rebalance a relationship that the American president denounced as unfavorable for the United States, by providing for better access to the Chinese market and the end of certain practices of industrial espionage from Beijing. " We are correcting mistakes of the past, " said Trump. Xi Jinping hailed an agreement " beneficial to China, the United States and the world ", " based on equality and mutual respect throughout the

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