China expresses regret at U.S. move to file WTO challenge
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The office of the U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said on Friday that the USTR had filed a request for consultations with China at the WTO to address “discriminatory technology licensing agreements”.
China has been consistent in highly valuing the protection of intellectual property, the ministry said in a statement on its website.
China has taken strong measures to protect the legal rights and interests of both domestic and foreign owners of intellectual property, the ministry said. ■