White House Director of Economic Policy Larry Kudlow addresses reporters Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018, in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of White House, on the upcoming G-20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Official White House Photo by Keegan Barber)
Former economic advisor to President Trump, Lawrence Kudlow, explains in The New York Sun that China is a flawed trading partner for the United States, thanks to the communist country’s intellectual property theft, forced transfer of technologies, and “empty pledges.” Kudlow discusses his time working on the China negotiating team headed by Bob Lighthizer in Trump’s first administration. He writes:
Our team leader was the brilliant Bob Lighthizer, who served as the U.S. Trade Representative and taught me so much about unfair trading practices, especially with China, but frankly with the rest of the world as well.
And Mr. Lighthizer also taught me how important it was to protect America’s advanced technology entrepreneurs and their knowledge and their intellectual property.
He produced a book on this that was also an incredible eye opener for me to see how China was the world leader in intellectual property theft.
And the world leader in forced technology transfers.
What so many people don’t understand is that nearly all American companies operating in China are actually run by the Chinese, because boards were controlled by them by 51 percent to 49 percent, or worse.
Those were the rules set down by the Chinese Communist Party.
President Trump took aim specifically at China in a post about his tariff plans this weekend. He posted:
US Trade Representative, Ambassador Jamieson Greer, spoke to Face the Nation about why tensions between the U.S. and China:
.@USTradeRep: “President Trump has a global program to try to reshore American manufacturing and address the trade deficit. It’s a global issue. The only reason we’re really in this position right now is because China chose to retaliate.” pic.twitter.com/CWZYGC8phZ
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