- Missouri became on Tuesday the first U.S. state to sue the Chinese government over its handling of the coronavirus, saying that China’s response to the outbreak that originated in the city of Wuhan brought devastating economic losses to the state.
The civil lawsuit, filed in federal court by Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, alleges negligence, among other claims. It says Missouri and its residents suffered possibly tens of billions of dollars in economic damages, and seeks cash compensation. But he and other senior U.S. officials have also referred to it as the “Chinese virus” and in recent days have ramped up their rhetoric.International law experts told Reuters that efforts in U.S. courts to hold China liable for the virus would probably fail.
“We are seeing a lot of people on the political right focus on the China issue to cover up for the U.S. government’s own errors,” Ginsburg said.
Good job Missouri. Suing China is the right move. I bet they bow down to America and send us trillions of dollars now. They're probably crying themselves to sleep on their big pillas at night.
never been a better time for lawyers...
Lawyers need jobs too. We will do a lot of work and get absolutely nothing out of it. Just like many
Too many things U.S. need to be sued for sure.
What a sad and pathetic sign of us inferiority toward china!
What a waste of fucking time
I think they probably get a better chance to sue Trump instead. This guy has $$$
Here I thought you couldn't sue a country due to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976, '...a foreign state shall be immune from the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States and of the States...'
Dumb people never heard of Sovereign Immunity? You sure you want to go down this route? A lot of other nations are watching....and waiting to sue US for all the past damages we unleashed on them...😱😨😰😱
Desperate and tone-deaf political stunts will multiply over the coming months, unfortunately.
The United States launched the Iraq War, destroyed Iraq ’s infrastructure, robbed oil, and killed millions of civilians. Iraq should claim compensation from the United States.
Typical robber logic. Like a dog that returns to its vomit Is a fool who repeats his folly.
While your at it Missouri, sue trump too.
Is that a belated April's Fool Day joke? Suing China is absurd, senseless and useless because there is no tribunal on Earth that is habilitated to judge that.
How unfortunate. Days are traded between people, this time the pandemic emerged or surfaced in China, the entire globe is dealing with the situation shoulder to shoulder as the threat is against humankind.
Businesses & Individuals globally who lost revenue due to Chinese Corona Virus PANDEMIC & now turning into a global financial crisis should demand for financial compensation-monetary remittances from Chinese embassies/consulates or straight from the Chinese government itself 🇨🇳
Try squeezing shit out of a small fish butthole! Good luck.
Be careful, folks! Don't get dragged into a world war— on top of a corona pandemic! All governments work for the same agenda! Certainly not for our benefit— as this crisis shows. For more details see my manuscriptabout child abuse organised by governments & employers:
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They might want to ad Trump admin..its fair to blame China, but also our own Giverment as well.
Joke from the failure state
Iraq is all like, 'Wait, you can do this? Because we'd like to sue America and George W. Bush for launching an illegal war based on a lie against our country which destroyed our infrastructure, stole our oil, and killed over 100,000 of our citizens.'
This is going to open a whole can of worms if it goes through... As the world watches...
Good move! unleash your dog, shifting the blame, protect the incompetent king Trump
Get over it and take care of your people is all I have to say! Are you suing Trump for All the negative first responses? He’s in charge ! We don’t have president XI ? Get a cure &stop The I blame China . Covidiots!
We have over a trillion dollars of debt with China. This should clear some of it off the books.
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Can China counter sue for H1N1 and 08 financial collapse caused by US big banks and corruption?
Can I sue Trump for being a knob.
Second world war started in Germany which was forced to pay astronomical war reparations.
😂😂😂😂😂
This will be as effective as shooting at a hurricane.
Just wait for that Appeal to the 9th circuit
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