You're confusing two very different things: 1 - Stealing technology from one country and using it within your own country to increase your competitiveness. 2

You're confusing two very different things: 1 - Stealing technology from one country and using it within your own country to increase your competitiveness. 2 - Stealing technology from one country and using it to build a competitive advantage for your firms in that first country (or any other country not your own). The first, depending one which treaties your country is a part of, may not even be considered stealing. The second clearly is.