After viewing the Chinese Imports & Food Safety Video, deliberate whether U.S. retailers that utilize products or raw ingredients that are imported from China and that are poorly regulated must be liable in tort for injuries to consumers who are harmed by those products. Response parts 1 and 2 of the following question-
1. Answer part a or part b
a. If U.S. companies should not have a propensity, then they could be legally excused from tort liability. Describe the consequences of such a policy to U.S. consumers.
b. If the U.S. companies must be liable, then those companies would not be legally excused from tort liability. Describe the consequences of such a policy to U.S. businesses.
2. Regardless of your response to part 1 of this question, suppose that U.S. retailers do have legal liability for defective products. What steps could U.S. retailers and manufacturers take, when using products imported from China that would minimize their liability exposure? For example, they could warn consumers about the potential, though speculative, dangers when using products comprised of poorly regulated ingredients or components. Specified your strategy, what challenges would occur for U.S. businesses that applied your strategy?
Guided Response-
Respond to at least two of your fellow students' postings in a substantive manner. Some methods to do this include the following, though you may select a different approach, offering your response is substantive-
Describe the challenges that would exist if your employer (or a fictitious employer) were to adopt your classmate's strategy.