Chinese patent infringement solvable under the WTO – Turns the aff
Bacchus 23 James Bacchus was a founding judge and was twice the chairman of the Appellate Body of the WTO. He is a former Member of the Congress of the United States and a former international trade negotiator for the United States “The World Trade Organization: Myths versus Reality” CATO Institute. 9-26-2023 https://www.cato.org/publications/world-trade-organization-myths-versus-reality
China’s economic rise poses a unique challenge to the world trading system, but WTO dispute settlement has more potential to address China’s practices than most U.S. politicians and pundits understand. Indeed, the United States could today file a lengthy list of legal challenges to an array of Chinese trade practices under existing WTO rules, including on intellectual property protection and enforcement; trade secrets protection; forced technology transfer; and subsidies.