Covid-19 not to be called 'Wuhan virus': US and China finally agree

From China's standpoint, the friction also has limited benefits, especially when Beijing is seeking to cast itself around the world as a pandemic benefactor.

The United States and China have finally reached a truce after a vitriolic feud over calling coronavirus as 'Wuhan virus", with the two powers each seeing at least a tactical interest in cooling down.

President Donald Trump, hardly known for his choice of words, has dropped his provocative term "Chinese virus" and held back from criticizing Beijing's response since a telephone call, on March 26 US time, with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. And Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who so insisted on saying "Wuhan virus", has been talking of cooperation.

"We know that this is a global pandemic, and