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Coronavirus latest news: PM warns world leaders over protectionism after Trump is accused of face mask 'piracy'

Donald Trump has been accused of "piracy" after the US diverted a shipment of masks - Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images
Donald Trump has been accused of "piracy" after the US diverted a shipment of masks - Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images
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Boris Johnson and Dominic Raab are warning world leaders against "compounding the harm" of coronavirus with "damaging protectionism", after Germany accused Donald Trump's regime of "modern piracy" over the alleged interception of protective medical equipment bound for Berlin.

In an article for The Telegraph, Mr Raab states that international "team-work" is essential to tackle the pandemic, as he reveals that he, the Prime Minister and Liz Truss, the Trade Secretary had been press world leaders to keep trade routes open.

On Friday, Andreas Geisel, Berlin’s interior minister, said that a shipment of face masks from a US-based firm had been “confiscated” in Bangkok and never reached Berlin from China, where they were manufactured.

Mr Geisel said:  “We consider that an act of modern piracy. You don’t treat your transatlantic partners like that.”

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