Aussie Senator Calls for Tariffs on Imports from China in ‘Plan for Reparations’

Liberal Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (right) during Senate Business in the Senate at Parliament House on June 17, 2020 in Canberra, Australia. Fierravanti-Wells has called for Australia to slap tariffs on Chinese imports and consider seizing state-owned assets in retaliation for the CCP virus and has escalated her demands for Beijing to pay reparations for the deadly pandemic. Sam Mooy/Getty Images

A Liberal Senator has outlined details of her demands to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to pay Australia reparations for the economic damage caused by the outbreak of the CCP virus pandemic. Her plans include new tariffs on Chinese imports and potentially seizing assets owned by Chinese state-owned entities.

On June 16, Concetta Fierravanti-Wells outlined her “plan for reparations” in a speech to the Senate, saying: “No Australian has been left untouched by the negligent actions of the CCP. Therefore, it is just that China pays compensation.”