Protecting U.S. intellectual property against theft by China is at the center of current trade disputes between the two countries, as U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports officially commenced on July 6. China quickly imposed tit-for-tat-tariffs on $34 billion worth of American imports.
On the same day the trade tariffs began, a Chinese company was punished for putting hundreds of U.S. workers out of their jobs after stealing trade secrets from a U.S. company.
