USA LAUNCHES TRADE THREATS AGAINST CHINA OVER IP THEFT CLAIMS
April 1st, 2018
THE USA has threatened to impose 25% duties on China-made exports of parts for offshore oil and natural gas, drilling and production platforms, including for boring and sinking machinery, to protest against alleged Chinese thefts of American intellectual property.
These oil and gas sector technologies have been included on a draft US Trade Representative (USTR) list of China-made goods that would attract these duties - https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4430282/Office-of-the-United-States-Trade-Representative.pdf. This will be subject to public ...
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