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The China-U.S. Intellectual Property Rights Dispute: Background and Implications for China-U.S. Economic Relations

The United States has pressed China over the past several years to improve its protection of U.S. intellectual property rights (IPR) and to afford greater market access to intellectual property-related products, such as computer software, compact disks (CDs), and audio-visual products. U.S. threats of trade sanctions against Chinese products helped produce trade agreements in January 1992 and February 1995 that pledged China to improve its IPR enforcement regime and expand market access for IPR… more

Date: May 24, 1996

Creator: Morrison, Wayne M.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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China's Most-Favored-Nation Status: U.S. Wheat Exports

By June 3, 1994, President Clinton must determine whether or not to recommend to Congress a one-year extension of his Jackson-Vanik waiver authority, in effect extending most-favored-nation (MFN)[1] trading status to China for anothe year. The media are reporting that the President has not yet decided whether he will ask for an extension, and that he may also be deliberating over whether or not to attach conditions to a recommendation for approval.

Date: May 24, 1994

Creator: Ek, Carl & Epstein, Susan B.