In my econometric course, when talking about zero conditional mean in the context of simple linear regression $E[U \mid X]=0$, it says $\operatorname{Cov}(X,U) = E[XU]=0$ on lecture slides.
Why is $\operatorname{Cov}(X,U) = E[XU]=0$?
X is the independent variable; U is the error term.
As @SangchulLee commented, if you have zero conditional mean then you consequently have zero covariance.