Just over a year ago, the former U.S. president Donald Trump  claimed the U.S. and China had reached a transformative deal that would reset relations after a trade deal.

But relations sank to a new low as Trump blamed China without evidence for the COVID-19 pandemic.

And the outcome of that deal is now under scrutiny, CGTN’s Owen Fairclough reports.

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