U.S. President Donald Trump asked his top trade official to consider investigating how China handles intellectual property, adding to the list of trade irritants between the world’s two biggest economies as they work to contain North Korea.
Trump signed an executive memorandum on Monday directing U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to consider investigating China’s IP policies, especially the practice of forcing U.S. companies operating there to transfer technological know-how.
“It’s my duty and responsibility to protect the American workers’ technology and industry from unfair and abusive actions,” Trump said at the White House. “We will stand up to any country that unlawfully forces American companies to transfer their valuable technology as a condition of market access. We will combat the counterfeiting and piracy that destroys American jobs.”
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