US Trade Representative launches IPR investigation into China

Published August 18, 2017 9:34pm ET



President Trump’s lead trade negotiator on Friday launched an investigation into whether China’s intellectual property practices unfairly restrict U.S. trade with that country.

The move by U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer came just four days after Trump signed a memo asking him to consider such a step.

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