U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on Friday defended additional government help for industries such as farming and airlines amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, but signaled little further aid for other sectors such as restaurants.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday announced a new round of about $13 billion pandemic assistance to farmers while the White House separately suggested giving U.S. airlines $25 billion in aid over the next six months to stave off thousands of employee layoffs.
“The reason the White House might be receptive to a stand- alone deal is that it’s not right to punish the airlines differentially because of coronavirus,” Ross told Fox Business Network, adding: “We’ve got to bridge the airlines ... bridge their employees if we can through that period” until there is a COVID-19 vaccine.
He also said while China was buying more U.S. agricultural goods, there was a still a lag and that American farmers were also being hit by the virus, telling the network: “It still is necessary to give the farmers a helping hand through this temporary period.”
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