“Fresh off winning a landmark lawsuit, Missouri is moving quickly to seize Chinese-owned farmland and other assets in a bid to collect its landmark $24 billion civil judgment against Beijing for harm caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Attorney General Andrew Bailey told Just the News.
“Missouri will start to identify and begin going to court to have court orders issued to seize those assets to make good on that judgment,” Bailey said on the "John Solomon Reports" podcast this week.
Earlier this month, U.S. District Court Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr declared that China’s communist government was liable for covering up the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and had engaged in “monopolistic actions” by hoarding protective equipment (PPE). He ruled Beijing should reimburse Missouri $24 billion for harm it inflicted on the state’s residents.
https://justthenews.com/government/security/missouri-moving-seize-china-owned-farmland-assets-collect-landmark-24-billion
“China was misleading the
Missouri moving to seize China-owned farmland, assets to collect landmark $24 billion judgment | Just The News
Missouri's Attorney General Andrew Bailey says the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act provides a methodology for seizing and selling assets to collect on judgement against foreign powers.
https://justthenews.com/government/security/missouri-moving-seize-china-owned-farmland-assets-collect-landmark-24-billion
