Secretary of State Mike Pompeo isn’t the only Western official who gets on Beijing’s nerves. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has riled China by calling for a global inquiry into the origins of the coronavirus. Beijing has responded by suspending beef imports from four large Australian slaughterhouses and threatening steep tariffs on barley. Mr. Morrison rightly says that an independent inquiry into Covid-19 is “entirely sensible and reasonable.” Australia’s plan has been to push for the inquiry at the annual May 18-19...

Source: Wall Street Journal May 12, 2020 23:26 UTC