Yesterday, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) initiated the second review of the Section 301 tariffs originally imposed on Chinese imports during the first Trump administration, and subsequently reviewed, extended, and modified during the Biden administration.

Last week, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released its Special 301 report "on the adequacy and effectiveness of U.S. trading partners’ protection and enforcement of intellectual property (IP) rights," repeating many of its long-standing complaints about Chinese policies and practices in this area.

Last month, a federal judge in Chicago fined Chinese telecommunications company Hytera Communications Corp. Ltd US$50 million for "criminally conspiring to steal proprietary technology from Illinois-based Motorola Solutions, Inc."

A Senate Judiciary Committee hearing last week on "Stealth Stealing: China’s Ongoing Theft of U.S. Innovation" heard testimony from witnesses with different views on the issue of allegations regarding Chinese theft of American intellectual property.

China has claimed full implementation of the ruling in the China - Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (DS611) dispute by withdrawing a policy it claims it never maintained. In reaction, the EU is maintaining a "wait-and-see" approach, with the dispute entering a monitoring phase.

China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) reported a 66% rise in its international workload over the last five years, a dramatic increase in the judiciary's international workload over the 14th Five-Year Plan period. In its annual work report, it emphasized a "dual-track" strategy:

At a meeting of the WTO's Dispute Settlement Body today, a panel was established to hear an EU complaint against China on royalty rates for standard essential patents.