Court Decision Empowers US Technology Theft by CCP

Landmark economic espionage case undercuts Trump-era policy to combat trade secret theft by China.

A view of a building where the facilities of U.S. semiconductor giant Micron is located in Shanghai on May 22, 2023. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images

Commentary

It just became much harder for American hi-tech firms to protect their intellectual property (IP).