States are behaving like petty gangsters when it comes to securing #PPE supplies: "US buyers waving wads of cash managed to wrest control of a consignment of masks as it was about to be dispatched from China to [...] France" #COVID19 #coronavirus #pandemic https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/02/global-battle-coronavirus-equipment-masks-tests">https://www.theguardian.com/world/202...

The #USA has been at it again, this time time hijacking shipments of #PPE destined for #Germany #COVID19 #coronavirus - https://twitter.com/danieldrepper/status/1246077614504148994">https://twitter.com/danieldre...

And there& #39;s more #COVID19 #coronavirus piracy - #DHL diverted a massive shipment of #PPE to the #USA *after* it had landed in #Quebec... https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2020/04/03/des-masques-pour-le-quebec-detournes">https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2020/04/0...

Can any #internationallaw folks out there tell me what the legal status of this kind of activity by the #USA / US companies is?

And of course, now #Trump has also stopped #3M in teh #USA from exporting #PPE to #Canada https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/3m-says-trump-halting-mask-exports-to-canada-has-significant-humanitarian-implications-1.4881032">https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/...