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AUSTRALIA: /CHINA: Per AAP: "A Morrison government senator has called for

Australia to slap tariffs on Chinese imports and consider seizing state-owned

assets in retaliation for coronavirus. Former Turnbull government minister

Concetta Fierravanti-Wells has escalated her demands for Beijing to pay

reparations for the deadly pandemic. She believes the blunt tool of tariffs,

which Beijing has imposed on Australian barley, should be used against the

Chinese Communist Party. "Of course, this would further impact on the

relationship, but judging by the ongoing threats by the CCP to Australia across

many areas it clearly doesn't give a damn," Senator Fierravanti-Wells told

parliament on Wednesday. Under her reparations plan, Chinese state-owned assets

including the Darwin port could be liquidated or seized before being refloated

or sold. She believes Australia should break the port lease because of China's

aggression in the South China Sea. Australia should also look at stopping

repayment of Chinese-owned sovereign debt."