China Goes After US Over More Than $1 Billion Owed To The UN

May 16, 2020 7:27 am

UNITED NATIONS (AP) – China is going after the United States over more than $1 billion that the Trump administration owes the United Nations in unpaid dues for its regular operating budget and arrears for its separate budget for peacekeeping operations. The unusual singling out of the U.S. by China’s U.N. mission comes as President Donald Trump continues to accuse Beijing of not being open about the coronavirus when cases were initially reported in December and early January. A U.S. Mission spokesperson said Friday that China “is eager to distract attention from its cover-up and mismanagement of the COVID-19 crisis.”