That last one is a dangerous argument, imho. There're versions of that argument applied to labour laws, environmental laws, corporate law... It's often made by

That last one is a dangerous argument, imho. There're versions of that argument applied to labour laws, environmental laws, corporate law... It's often made by the radical EU-left. Yanis Varoufakis, most notably. Unless you play by the same rules, free trade is unfair. That argument is extremist, imo. It creates a dichotomy between trade or sovereignty. Want your own environmental laws, liability laws, pension schemes, oh&s rules? No trade for you. It leads to both conflict, and the extension of the massive and very problematic trade agreements into every every facet of legislation. IP laws can stay local. I agree on the middle point. Whatever the case for china making its own IP laws, they need to follow their own rule of law. Hacking/stealing is not justifiable. Deciding that pharma patents are not valid in China is.