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WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (Reuters) – The U.S. authorities expects China to honor its commitments to purchase extra U.S. items underneath a commerce deal signed by the world’s two largest economies in January regardless of the fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak, a senior U.S. official mentioned on Thursday.
The U.S. Treasury official mentioned it was too quickly to make correct forecasts for the impression of the virus on the worldwide economic system, however the base case situation foresees China’s progress dropping within the first quarter after which reboundingsharply. The impression may very well be extra vital if the outbreak worsens, mentioned the official, who requested anonymity.
The Worldwide Financial Fund this week mentioned the epidemic had already disrupted financial progress in China and will derail a “extremely fragile” projected restoration within the world economic system in 2020 if it unfold to different nations.
Requested if the outbreak would require adjustments to the Part 1 commerce take care of China, the official advised reporters, “At this stage, we’re not anticipating adjustments to implementation of Part 1 … We nonetheless anticipate…