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I'm not really understanding what is going on here and the article doesn't address that:

1 - Why do Germany and Netherlands even store their gold in the USA?

2 - Why shall the USA/FED have any saying about Germany wanting their property back anyway? It's like me having to negotiate with my bank weather I can or not withdrawal my money from there.

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> 1 - Why do Germany and Netherlands even store their gold in the USA?

Today: because it turns out they cannot get it back. Originally because countries did not want that when they were invaded by others that the invader would also run off with the wealth. So keeping it on the other side of the world in a 'neutral' country looked reasonable.

Just google "site:news.ycombinator.com paypal" and you'll read a lot of stories where people need to discuss with an annoying bank to get their money back.

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