I think you misunderstood my statement. What I mean is the USA and China force their laws on smaller trading partners. When the USA tells Vietnam that they ne

I think you misunderstood my statement. What I mean is the USA and China force their laws on smaller trading partners. When the USA tells Vietnam that they need to pass certain IP laws as terms of a trade deal, VN passes those laws. To a degree, this also happens with larger partners, such as Germany, but it's really noticeable with the smaller ones.