Coronavirus: Germany and France accuse US of taking face masks as international tensions rise
of taking face masks already ordered by Europe as the pandemic continued to cause rising international tensions. Politicians in Berlin and Paris both said America had been using unfair means to undermine their own attempts to secure personal protective equipment. Andreas Geisel, Germany’s interior minister, claimed the US had confiscated 200,000 masks ordered from a US producer as they transited through Thailand. “We view this as an act of modern piracy,” he said on Friday. “You cannot act in such a way among transatlantic partners. Such ...
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