China’s poor handling of the early stage of the COVID-19 crisis greatly inflamed anti‐​China sentiments in the United States in a counterproductive way. Wanting to “make China pay” is an understandable impulse, but launching a full‐​scale economic or legal war would likely have dangerous consequences. In the Cato Daily Podcast, Doug Bandow and Simon Lester discuss why push‐​back against China is best done with multilateral backing in a nonpolitical setting.

• “The Trouble with ‘Make China Pay’ over Coronavirus,” Podcast featuring Doug Bandow, Simon Lester, and Caleb O. Brown
• “Chinese-U.S. Relations after the COVID-19 Pandemic,” Cato Event, May 27, 2020
• “Is The Jones Act a Help or Hindrance in Confronting China?,” by Colin Grabow

Policymakers should not assume government has all the answers in dealing with the economic crisis brought on by COVID-19. Business leaders and workers have valuable insights that government leaders should seek when assessing the benefits and costs of lockdowns. To ensure containment efforts are proportionate and do minimal damage to the American people, policymakers must base them on solid epidemiological information and commit to lifting them upon reaching prespecified targets.

• “Elective Doesn’t Mean Non‐​Essential. Skip Sweeping Coronavirus Bans, Let Doctors Decide”, by Jeffrey A. Singer
• “Are the Lockdown Orders Constitutional?”, by Walter Olson.
• “Epidemiological Models Can’t Tell States When to Open or How”, by Alan Reynolds