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From Pirates To Partners: Protecting Intellectual Property In China In The Twenty-First Century, Peter K. Yu
From Pirates To Partners: Protecting Intellectual Property In China In The Twenty-First Century, Peter K. Yu
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During the late 1980s and early 1990s, the United States repeatedly threatened China with a series of economic sanctions, trade wars, non-renewal of most-favored-nation status, and opposition to entry into the World Trade Organization. Such threats eventually led to compromises by the Chinese government and the signing of intellectual property agreements in 1992, 1995, and 1996. Despite these agreements, intellectual property piracy remains rampant in China.
Although China initially had serious concerns about the United States's threats of trade sanctions, the constant use of such threats by the U.S. government has led China to change its reaction and approach. By …