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U.S. Seeks Review of Chinese Piracy Enforcement

An AP newswire article by Martin Crutsinger, via The Washington Post, reports that:

The Bush administration, under pressure to deal with a soaring trade deficit with China, asked the Chinese government Wednesday to outline what it's doing to reduce the piracy of American movies, computer programs and other copyrighted material.

The formal request for details on China's enforcement efforts was made through the Geneva-based World Trade Organization and could be a precursor to WTO-authorized economic sanctions if the United States uses the information in a trade case against China. Japan and Switzerland filed similar information requests.

posted by Fergie @ 10/26/2005 10:02:00 AM