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No president has done more to confront China than Trump. After decades of elites viewing China as an economic partner or cowering in fear of challenging the Communist state, Trump has shattered the myth that China could not be confronted without the economy collapsing.
Trump from the beginning An investigation was ordered. President Trump launched a “whole-of-government” strategy to hold China accountable for intellectual property theft, conducting 210 direct actions against China across 10 departments and agencies to force China to the negotiating table and get better terms for American workers.
After four years of President Trump taking a tough stance on the Chinese leadership, any illusions that Main Street, and even Wall Street, could not stand up to China were gone. President Trump knew that China would only hurt itself further if it retaliated. The momentum was undeniable. President Trump left office in 2021, leaving Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in a great position on China. All they had to do was maintain it.
But Biden and Harris have caved in to President Xi Jinping. They have caved in on intellectual property theft, unfair trade scams, and national security.
The Chinese Communist Party has always had a policy of stealing American intellectual property. The Biden-Harris Administration made it easier for China to steal American intellectual property by supporting the TRIPS waiver. The TRIPS waiver eliminated global intellectual property (IP) protections for therapeutics and diagnostics developed by U.S. companies, empowering China to steal American intellectual property and technology. That’s right. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris wanted to make it easier for China to steal from the United States.
And they kept stealing. For the 19th year in a row, U.S. Trade Representative In its annual report, it named China as the top threat to American intellectual property. Special 301 ReportThe USTR estimates that the theft of American intellectual property around the world could cost the country up to $6 million. Billion Each year, China and Hong Kong account for more than 83% of the value of counterfeit goods seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and 85% of the global total of counterfeit goods seized from 2017 to 2019, a 2021 joint U.S. Customs and Border Protection study found. european union.
China has outpaced the United States in developing 37 of 44 key emerging technologies. This includes areas like AI, military, biotechnology, energy, and space exploration. This is rapid advancement in future technologies that could permanently change the global balance of power. But of course, China didn’t get this far because they were better than the United States. No, as we all know, they got there by lying, cheating, and stealing.
Congress is considering several bills to combat Chinese intellectual property theft. Bills such as the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA) and the Promoting and Respecting Economically Important American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act would encourage innovation and protect intellectual property. However, passing bills is not enough if the presidential administration does not enforce them. The United States needs to recognize that other countries in the world are not as benevolent and honest as the United States and adopt a unified approach with its law enforcement, intelligence, and trade authorities.
But how can we expect our allies, let alone our enemies, to respect U.S. intellectual property rights when the Biden-Harris administration does not? In her first campaign for the White House, Kamala Harris pressed the federal government to exercise “march-in rights” to seize U.S. drug patents and license them to other manufacturers. In 2023, Biden proposed using march-in rights to steal patents from U.S. pharmaceutical companies.
Respect from the Chinese government can only be earned through strength. We have seen Kamala Harris take a tough stance as Biden’s border secretary while millions of illegal immigrants flood the border. China is watching her and they do not respect her. They call her ” “Female Obama” They don’t mean it as a compliment.
If the Harris-Biden administration lasts another four years, China will have no more intellectual property to steal.
