Beijing Accuses The U.S. Of 'Inciting Countries To Demand Covid-19 Compensation From China

An investigation into the handling of the virus was agreed at a virtual meeting of the World Health Assembly, in which leaders including Xi Jinping, Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron took part

Daily Mail: Beijing accuses America of 'inciting countries to demand compensation from China' for coronavirus after hitting Australia with huge tariffs as payback for Covid-19 inquiry calls

* China has accused the US of pressuring other countries into demanding compensation for coronavirus
* It comes amid an escalating economic war over a pandemic which has shuttered the global economy
* China has already put an 80 per cent tariff on Australian barley after country led calls for an investigation
* Australia has refused to rule out appealing to the WTO over the move, which China denies is punishment

China has accused the US of inciting other countries to demand compensation over coronavirus as an economic blame-game over the pandemic escalated today.

Beijing vehemently pushed back against suggestions that it should bear financial responsibility for unleashing a virus which has forced countries into lockdown and wiped trillions of dollars off the world economy.

Instead, officials used state newspaper People's Daily to try to pin the blame for spreading the virus internationally on the US - having previously pedalled conspiracy theories that American troops could be the source.

China has already slapped an 80 per cent tariff on Australian barley exports after the country called for a probe into the virus's origin - widely believed to be a Wuhan market - as a war of words turned into a war of wallets.

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WNU Editor: China knows the lawyers are coming, and they these lawyers do not need the U.S. to prod them on. And while the plaintiffs may not collect in China, there are a lot of Chinese government owned companies operating around the world.