In recent years, America holds more and more dissatisfaction with China's efforts on intellectual property rights (IPRs) protection. As a result, America frequently resorted to "Special 301" term and demanded full and effective IPR protection from China in the manner of trade sanction threat. It is, therefore, of widespread and profound significance for China to get an insight into "Special 301" term and develop an analysis on its essence, together with its application procedures for a good position in Sino-U.S. IPRs negotiation. In response, this thesis engaged in a deep probing into the essence of "Special 301" term, the underlying economic and political reasons of Sino-U.S. IPR negotiation as well as its impacts on bilateral trade. Furthermore, the strategic alternatives available for China are presented to settle Sino-U.S. disputes over IPRs, which can't be overemphasized. Finally, several pieces of advice are put forward for a pragmatic purpose through comparison of IPRs protection among America, Japan and China. |