MISSOURI V CHINA

 

Listen........ i have been to missouri   ........done the  brewery  .........went up the arch   ........    done the  zoo  ....... and the  river is   fucking cold ........ as  fuck in the winter  .......spent  xmas  there   cold  as  fuck   and    been   to the   artsy ......fartsy district  where   all the    fruit loops  live ...  and     been  all around it      it  is  nicknamed  misery   wonder why ?????.......i personally think its  a  fucking bunghole like most  places  ........but  i will say this i.....if they are  going after china.......for  covid  .....  and   covid relted    bollocks   then    good goody gumdrops  sir !!!!!......yes  sirreeeee!!!!!!.......  bobbby  gee...........    good  egg  sire ......... as  they  say in  UK ,........i do not trust the  chinese........  or  as we  brits  would   say   ........   cuffs  ......cufflinks   ...get it   no ........  then should not  be  here  ..........however  .........good luck  missouri .........

Missouri plans to seize assets to make China pay a $24.5 billion judgment, but can it collect?

JOHN HANNA and SUMMER BALLENTINE

Mon, March 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM EDT·4 min read

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FILE - Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey stands in the governor's office after being sworn in, Jan. 13, 2025, in Jefferson City, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri's attorney general is threatening to seize Chinese assets across the U.S. to collect $24.5 billion awarded in a lawsuit against China stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, but experts were skeptical Monday, with one saying, “Good luck with that.”

China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said this week that it does not recognize a U.S. federal judge's recent ruling siding with Missouri's claim that China hoarded personal protective equipment during the pandemic, harming the state and its residents. China called the lawsuit “absurd” when it was filed in 2020, during the early months of the pandemic, and it did not participate in a brief trial held in Missouri in January.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, a Republican, hailed Friday's ruling from U.S. District Judge Stephen Limbaugh as a “landmark victory” in efforts to hold China, its Communist Party and seven other government or scientific agencies responsible for the costs of the pandemic in the U.S. If China won't pay the award, the state will seize Chinese-owned assets, including farmland, Bailey said.

“Those assets are not required to be within Missouri and can be located anywhere in the United States,” Bailey said in a statement Monday. “While we have not partnered with other states on this particular suit, we encourage others to work to hold the Chinese government accountable and seek justice for victims."