US Lacks Capability to Counter China’s IP Theft, Anti-Competitive Behavior: Expert

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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is engaged in anti-competitive and anti-free market practices on a global scale, according to experts, who said that the United States lacked adequate non-security-related tools to defend its interests. “Core Chinese practices, such as forced technology transfer, restrictive market access, and industrial subsidies, have been a concern for U.S. policymakers since before China’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO),” said Emily Kilcrease, senior fellow and Center for a New American Security, a security-focused think tank. “Yet, twenty years on, China has intensified rather than modified these practices and has failed to live up to its WTO accession promise of moving towards a free market economy. It has expanded its nonmarket playbook to include cyber theft of intellectual property (IP), talent acquisition, exploitation of the open U.S. academic environment, and economic coercion.” ...

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