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'We need to avoid Cold War between China and US'

The UN Secretary General António Guterres has warned against a schism between the world's the two largest economies - the US and China.

He told Hardtalk's Zeinab Badawi there was a danger the US and China would shape two separate worlds with separate economies with different trade rules, different internets and different geo-political and military strategies.

What was needed was one global economy with a set of rules that everyone respects in order to help deal with the coronavirus pandemic, climate change and other challenges facing humankind, he explained.

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