Report on China WTO Compliance Shows Mixed Results

http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2005&m=December&x=20051215091640ASesuarK0.7276575&t=livefeeds/wf-latest.html

Report finds serious problems in "intellectual property rights enforcement".
Some sources attribute these problems to china's "incomplete transition" towards a market based economy.
"China has not yet fully embraced the key WTO principles of market access, non-discrimination and national treatment, nor has China fully institutionalized market mechanisms and made its trade regime predictable and transparent," according to the report. I wonder what corporate interest groups might be funding these initiatives, whether its money from groups lobbying for companies losing money to pirated dvds, or groups lobbying for companies with patent infringements, like pharmaceutical or technology companies.

posted by carlos soto on 12/16/2005 12:19:00 AM
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