Until I read about actual punishments being handed out, I'm skeptical that China will actually enforce rules on intellectual property theft.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_parties_to_internation...
And I clicked on "I Accept" on hundreds of EULAs. That doesn't mean I'm going to abide by the terms I "agreed" to.
Because of its manufacturing sector, China can sign onto whatever it wants and still not enforce the rules. What are the other signatories going to do? Make iPhones in Brussels?
I agree with you that it won't foster a positive IP system. In China, instead, it will create more avenues for graft and retribution.
No such thing exists in any country.
> Or they'd have to list every system and show why it's not positive.
Again, I asked for a citation, not original work. If no one has found a good IP law system (for some value of "good") then surely some economist or IP law specialist has written a paper surveying the landscape, right? If this were not the case, it would be extraordinary!
All the great western powers became so based on "stolen" intellectual property, including a great deal from China. It makes no sense for China or any other developing country to commit to such a regime until they're doing it as an equal partner.
All the great western powers also believe that two wrongs don't make a right.
Trump pushing China like this is one of the better points things about his presidency (obviously opinion only). I really hope he doesn't put down his cards based on a few unlikely to be enforced points (or generally limited value) so he can tweet how he made a deal and how great he is.
That fact that expropriation of wealth from countries and regions that already have less is the status quo economically, doesn't make it any less obscene or immoral.