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GERMANY has rattled China after joining the UK, France and the US in a rare attack, after Berlin called out Beijing's responsibility for the global pandemic and even issued a £130bn invoice.
Germany has sparked outrage in China after a major newspaper put together a £130bn invoice that Beijing "owes" Berlin following the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Germany has followed France, the UK and the US in directing its coronavirus anger at China, where the virus originated. Recent attacks come amid findings that Beijing appeared to cover up the true scale of the crisis, as the source of the outbreak remains a mystery.
The list includes a 27 billion charge for lost tourism revenue, up to 7.2 billion for the German film industry, a million euros an hour for German airline Lufthansa and 50 billion for German small businesses.
Bild calculated that this amounts to 1,784 (£1,550) per person if Germany's GDP falls by 4.2 percent, under the title "What China owes us."
China responded by claiming the invoice "stirs up xenophobia and nationalism".
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1271028/Angela-Merkel-Germany-China-coronavirus-blame-Wuhan-Xi-Jinping-Trump-latest?fbclid=IwAR1VZzABJ_4MlMwr4svZtb9tiDwkD8KctowP9E9b9inyeoOygzavwXHUZk4
alittlelark
(18,890 posts)Laelth
(32,017 posts)And we will fight to the death to insure that oil is ALWAYS traded in USD.
USD wins. So long as oil is traded in USD, it will remain the supreme global reserve currency.
What you see in this OP is a stunt ... nothing more and nothing less.
-Laelth
marble falls
(57,136 posts)the so called Boxer Rebellion.
Lock him up.
(6,937 posts)... but this one is ongoing.
Conservatives will want to cut all safety nets to pay these bills.
China effed up. They'll have to pay.
marble falls
(57,136 posts)EarthFirst
(2,901 posts)TexasTowelie
(112,321 posts)sending a bill. Clickbait headline.
Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth
Orangepeel
(13,933 posts)Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)And a newspaper is not Germany. Reading comprehension helps. Read the OP again.
Orangepeel
(13,933 posts)but the person who wrote that headline, not so much
dalton99a
(81,543 posts)COVID-19 and Allocating Responsibility for Pandemics
March 31, 2020 03:41:30 pm
JURIST Guest Columnist Matiangai Sirleaf, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and a leading scholar in global public health law, discusses international responsibility in the context of epidemic and pandemic diseases.