Beijing will retaliate if the United States Congress passes legislation seeking sanctions against China for the coronavirus pandemic, the country's speaker of parliament said Thursday.
Tensions between global superpowers have skyrocketed in recent weeks as they have exchanged verbal blows on the disease.
Washington has criticized Beijing for its initial handling of the virus, which emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan late last year before spreading worldwide.
US President Donald Trump intensified the rhetoric on Wednesday by tweeting that China was responsible for "mass murder worldwide."
Republican senators proposed legislation last week that would empower Trump to impose sanctions on China if Beijing does not "fully account" for the outbreak.
"We strongly oppose these bills, and we will strongly respond and take countermeasures based on the deliberation of these bills," spokesman Zhang Yesui said at a press conference on the eve of the annual session of the National People's Congress.
From NDTV News
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