President Donald Trump’s latest volley against China focuses on complaints that U.S. companies are being forced to hand over their technologies and intellectual property as the price for doing business in the Asian nation.
The administration is wary of forced technology transfers, which touch on several issues involving Chinese economic regulations and contract law. Many U.S. companies begrudgingly accept the restrictions as the condition for gaining access to the vast Chinese market, despite concerns about the potential impact on their intellectual property.
Among the concerns is a Chinese practice requiring foreign companies to enter into joint ventures with a local ...
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