Pursuing Politics Through Legal Means: US Efforts To Hold China Responsible For COVID-19 – Analysis

By Jacques deLisle*

(FPRI) — Attempts in the United States to use legal means to hold the People’s Republic of China responsible for its role in novel coronavirus-linked harms are legally flawed and politically fraught. So far, they have taken several forms, each problematic in its own way—often a case of bad lawmaking...