(WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration moved Wednesday to block Chinese airlines from flying to the U.S. in an escalation of trade and travel tensions between the two countries. The Transportation Department said it would suspend passenger flights of four Chinese airlines to and from the United States starting June 16. The decision was a response to China’s failure to let United Airlines and Delta Air Lines resume flights this week to China, which were suspended earlier this year in response to the coronavirus pandemic that started in China’s Wuhan province. The Transportation Department said that China was violating an agreement between the two countries covering flights by each other’s airlines. “The Department will continue to engage our Chinese counterparts so both U.S.

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