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Trump vows to curb economic ties with China, fears of a coronavirus resurgence become reality, and stimulus stalemate continues in Washington.

President Donald Trump said he is going to "end" U.S. reliance on China and threatened to punish any American company that creates jobs overseas. In his speech at the White House, during which he also leveled charges against his opponent Joe Biden, Trump suggested that he was open up to a complete decoupling of the world's two largest economies. While there were no concrete measures announced, and trade relations between the countries remain stable for now, the administration is said to be considering a ban on imports from China containing cotton from the Xinjiang region in response to Beijing’s alleged repression of the Uighur Muslim minority group.