> Supposing that the claims about IP theft are true, then the Americans should have presented some proof and they should have applied sanctions many years ago,

> Supposing that the claims about IP theft are true, then the Americans should have presented some proof and they should have applied sanctions many years ago, because if there was any IP theft there was much more of it 10 years ago then now. So just because there was more theft 10 years ago, we should not do anything about it ? 10 Years ago, the commercial product based on those theft was not damaging anyone in the US, because the quality was so low, and only chinese really could buy it. Today is different, the quality has increased and they very much plan on selling them outside of china. Just because you have cheated for the last 20 years, does not means you should be allowed to do so for the next 20, china wants to go global (no one forced them), so they should play by the same rules than everyone else.