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Tariff on China for mishandling virus outbreak 'certainly an option': Trump

US President Donald Trump said China 'mishandled the situation" after the coronavirus outbreak in its Wuhan city, but refrained from giving a definitive answer on retaliatory measures

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US President Donald Trump at The White House | Photo: AP

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US President Donald Trump on Friday reiterated that imposing an additional tariff on China for allegedly mishandling the coronavirus outbreak was "certainly an option". He said China "mishandled the situation" after the coronavirus outbreak in its Wuhan city, but refrained from giving a definitive answer on retaliatory measures against the Asian giant.

Trump was responding to a question about his remarks a day earlier in which he had indicated imposing tariff on China as a punishment for the spread of coronavirus.

"It's certainly an option. It's certainly an option," Trump said but did not give a timeline for this.

"We're going to see