US files formal trade case on China's intellectual property protection
14/8/2007 17:04
The United States yesterday requested the World Trade Organization (WTO)
to establish a dispute settlement panel regarding so-called China's deficiencies
in intellectual property protection.
"The United States and China have tried,
through formal consultations over the last three months, to resolve differences
arising from US concerns about inadequate protection of intellectual property
rights in China," said USTR Spokesman Sean Spicer.
"That dialogue has not
generated solutions to the issues we have raised, so we are asking the WTO to
form a panel to settle this dispute," he added.
"We will pursue this legal
dispute in the WTO and will continue to work with China bilaterally on other
important IPR issues," he said.
The US initiated the dispute over so-called
China's deficiencies in intellectual property protection by requesting
consultations with China on April 10, 2007.
Under WTO rules, the WTO Dispute
Settlement Body (DSB) will consider the US request for the establishment of a
panel at its next meeting on August 31.
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