Pager on US’ Section 301 Actions are Illegitimate and Misguided, 24 August 2018
US’ Section 301 Actions are Illegitimate and Misguided
On 23rd August, the US Administration imposed yet another set of discriminatory tariffs on China under its Section 301 Trade Act covering US$16 billion of its imports from China. This is in addition to the additional tariffs imposed on 6 July 2018 on US$34 billion of its imports from China. According to the US, these actions are supposedly because of China’s unreasonable or discriminatory practices relating to technology transfer, intellectual property and innovation.
US’ Section 301 actions are illegitimate and misguided. This pager lists the reasons.
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US’ Section 301 Actions are Illegitimate and Misguided
This article was tagged: Dispute Settlement, Innovation, Intellectual Property, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Research and Development (R&D), Tariffs, Technology Transfer, Trade, TRIPS, US Section 301 Trade Act, World Trade Organization (WTO), WTO