Intellectual Property Protection In The Sino-U.S. Trade War During Trump

In the history of the US trade war,the intellectual property protection has been used as a weapon for many time.The Sino-U.S.Trade war took place against the backdrop of an economic downturn,a high level of counter-globalization,and a gradual change in the Sino-U.S.Power balance.It was also influenced by the anti-establishmentism and protectionism of Trump administration,with the features of The dispute of Sino-U.S.Intellectual property rights protection focused on U.S.accusations against China,especially within the "Special 301 Report" that America have issued.And the disputes was embodied in the conflict between China and the United States and between the enterprises of them,whose specific aspects was reflected by the 337 investigation.As intellectual property rights are the core competitiveness of the United States,The U.S.not only pursues the leading position of knowledge innovation,but also must maintain its own international leadership on intellectual property protection issues.So that it can use intellectual property protection issues freely to maintain its dominant position in the global value chain,to gain economic advantage and curb competitors' technological catch-up.During the trade war,the United States' accusations of inadequate intellectual property protection in China and Chinese infringement of the intellectual property rights of American companies,reflects the focus disputes over intellectual property protection between China and the United States.These disputes are not only due to the structural contradictions between the two countries,but also closely related to the differences in the knowledge and development level of intellectual property protection caused by differences in the history,strategies and systems of intellectual property protection between China and the United States.Today's international intellectual property protection is faced with real conflicts in regional and global.Thus,blindly emphasizing the unification of global intellectual property protection standards will cause that innovations only gather in countries with innovative capabilities,resultingin the "Matthew effect" of knowledge innovation and intensifying The social and economic imbalance world wide.