US Trade Agency Keeps China on Priority Watch List Over Intellectual Property

China remains on the priority watch list of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), the agency announced on April 29, saying that the country’s pace of addressing IP protection and enforcement “remained slow” in 2024.
USTR’s annual report now lists eight countries on its priority watch list for IP violations and concerns, after moving Mexico to the list from its watch list. The lists are compiled annually based on research and analysis of more than 100 trading partners.
“Americans take great pride as the world’s leading innovators and creators,” U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said in a statement….