IPPro Issue 002
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Intellectual Property<br />
Worldwide<br />
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US-China trade war intensifies<br />
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China has filed a complaint with the World<br />
Trade Organization (WTO) over US tariffs on<br />
inconsistent with Article I.1, and Article II.1(a)<br />
and (b) of the General Agreement on Tariffs<br />
by denying foreign patent holders, including<br />
US companies, basic patent rights to stop<br />
Chinese goods that were imposed last month.<br />
and Trade, and article 23 of the Dispute<br />
Chinese entities from using the technology<br />
According to its complaint, the measures<br />
Settlement Understanding.<br />
after a licensing contract ends.<br />
exerted by the US appear to be “inconsistent<br />
with the relevant provisions of the WTO’s<br />
Last month, alongside $50 billion in tariffs<br />
The move sparked fears of a trade war, which<br />
covered agreements”.<br />
imposed on China, the US filed a complaint at<br />
are slowly being realised, as China proposes<br />
the WTO to “address China’s unfair technology<br />
its own retaliatory tariffs, and US President<br />
Specifically, China claims that the tariffs would<br />
practices that run counter to WTO rules”. The<br />
Donald Trump considers $100 billion in new<br />
be in excess of the US’ bound rates and are<br />
US said that China was breaking WTO rules<br />
tariffs against China in the coming weeks.<br />
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