Daily Mail: Germany accuses the US of 'modern day piracy' for seizing a shipment of medical equipment - as French officials claim they were forced to fight with American buyers for millions of masks on a Chinese tarmac
* The United States allegedly 'confiscated' 200,000 3M masks that Germany had ordered for their medical workers
* Berlin officials blasted the US, with one claiming President Trump is showing 'a lack of solidarity' with other countries caught up in the coronavirus pandemic
* It comes after two French officials alleged that they were outbid by Americans on millions of medical masks in China; the US has denied that allegation
* Trump has been desperately trying to secure medical equipment for American healthcare workers as COVID-19 cases surpassed 250,000 in the US
* However, Germany and France have also been hit hard by the outbreak, with tens of thousands of their citizens also sickened by the contagious virus
The United States has angered Germany and France after allegedly seizing millions of masks set to be shipped to the European nations amid the coronavirus crisis.
On Friday, German officials hit out at America for 'intercepting' 200,000 masks they had ordered from a 3M factory in China.
As 3M is an American-owned company, the US was able to 'confiscate' the shipment of special FFP2 and FFP3 masks which were on their way to healthcare workers battling the COVID-19 outbreak in Berlin.
'We consider that an act of modern piracy,' Berlin's interior minister Andreas Geisel blasted.
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