27 avr. 2018 - (12) USTR Special 301 Report released

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April 27, 2018, The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) released its annual Special 301 Report, which identifies trading partners that deemed “do not adequately or effectively protect and enforce intellectual property (IP) rights or otherwise deny market access to U.S. innovators and creators that rely on protection of their IP rights.” In the report, USTR identified 36 countries on the Priority Watch List or Watch List, up from 34 in 2017. China is on the Priority Watch List for the 14th consecutive year. USTR expressed concerns about China’s “Longstanding and new IP concerns merit increased attention, including China’s coercive technology transfer practices, a range of impediments to effective IP enforcement, and widespread infringing activity—including trade secret theft, rampant online piracy, and counterfeit manufacturing.”