WeChat QR Code

Home>News Center

US and China clash over 'technology transfer' at the WTO

2018-05-30 09:37:26       source:CNBC

May 30, 2018


Chinese and U.S. envoys sparred at the World Trade Organization on Monday over U.S. President Donald Trump's claims that China steals American ideas, the subject of two lawsuits and a White House plan to slap huge punitive tariffs on Chinese goods.


U.S. Ambassador Dennis Shea said "forced technology transfer" was often an unwritten rule for companies trying to access China's burgeoning marketplace, especially if they were partnering with a state-owned or state-directed Chinese firm.


China's licensing and administrative rules forced foreign firms to share technology if they wanted to do business, while government officials could exploit vague investment rules to impose technology transfer requirements, he said.


Read more:

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/29/us-and-china-clash-over-technology-transfer-at-the-wto.html