US Trade Agency Keeps China on Priority Watch List Over Intellectual Property

โ€˜China should provide a level playing field for IP protection and enforcement,’ the U.S. trade representative said in a report.

China remains on the priority watch list of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), the agency announced on April 29, saying that the countryโ€™s pace of addressing IP protection and enforcement โ€œremained slowโ€ in 2024.

USTRโ€™s annual report now lists eight countries on its priority watch list for IP violations and concerns, after moving Mexico to the list from its watch list. The lists are compiled annually based on research and analysis of more than 100 trading partners.

โ€œAmericans take great pride as the worldโ€™s leading innovators and creators,โ€ U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said in a statement.

โ€œOur trading partners must address the concerns identified in the Special 301 Report and stop those stealing the intellectual property of hard-working businesses and individuals.

โ€œPresident [Donald] Trump has a track record of empowering our innovators and workers, and this comprehensive report is a basis for the United States to take trade enforcement action against those not playing fairly.โ€

Communist China has been on the priority watch list for most years since the Special 301 Report was first issued in 1989. This year, the USTR said there are โ€œserious concernsโ€ about several longstanding issues, including technology transfer, trade secrets, counterfeiting, online piracy, copyright law, patent and related policies, bad-faith trademarks, and geographical indications.

โ€œChina should provide a level playing field for IP protection and enforcement, refrain from requiring or pressuring technology transfer to Chinese companies at all levels of government, open Chinaโ€™s market to foreign investment, and embrace open, market-oriented policies,โ€ the report reads.

USTR said the phase-one trade agreement, signed in January 2020 during the previous Trump administration, included several Chinese commitments, such as trademarks, copyrights, and pharmaceutical-related IP.

โ€œChina has failed to implement or only partially implemented a number of these commitments,โ€ the report reads. โ€œThe United States continues to closely monitor Chinaโ€™s progress in implementing its commitments under the Phase One Agreement.โ€

In the report, USTR noted that China continues to be the โ€œworldโ€™s leading source of counterfeit and pirated goods,โ€ citing data from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

Byย Frank Fang

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