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> Trump’s unilateral, preemptive trade war... Is it preemptive? I've been hearing about their intellectual property theft issues for over 15 years.

• whenchamenia 7y ago
  Yeah, it seems long overdue. Its easy to hate on the orange man, but this is one of his most solid moves in office imho.
  • murphysbooks 7y ago
    I have always thought the way to go was to mimic their practices. If you have a requirement to partner with a local company majority owner, so do we. If you require IP transfer, so do we. I think this would be more strategic than a broad tariff.
    • merpnderp 7y ago
      I like it. Chinese factories that match US EPA standards can import tariff free.
    • DeonPenny 7y ago
      Problem is they have very little IP. In their economy it's pretty much unwise to invest in IP because someone will still it so why just make a price elastic project instead of creating something new.