Coronavirus Special Report: Sen. Marsha Blackburn on China

By Shawn Zeller and Evan Campbell

Posted May 29, 2020 at 12:28pm

Already-strained relations between China and the U.S. have become even tenser during the coronavirus pandemic. CQ Roll Call’s Niels Lesniewski sits down with Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee to discuss what is at stake.

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