Republicans moot law to sanction China over Covid-19
Lindsay Graham is one of the sponsors of the Covid-19 Accountability Act. – EPA pic, May 13, 2020.
US Republican senators proposed legislation yesterday that would empower President Donald Trump to slap sanctions on China if Beijing does not give a “full accounting” for the coronavirus outbreak. “The Chinese Communist Party must be held accountable for the detrimental role they played in this pandemic,” said Senator Jim Inhofe, one of the sponsors of the “Covid-19 Accountability Act.”
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