China must play by international rules. This was announced by US President-elect Joe Biden, speaking about possible retaliatory actions against China with respect to the coronavirus, its response, and concealment of respective information.

Biden said he will not immediately lift tariffs on Chinese imports set by incumbent US President Donald Trump.

According to him, his goal is to make China understand that there are international rules it has to abide by.

As per Biden, their objective is not to punish China for the COVID-19 virus, and it is about establishing international norms that it must act on.