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Opinion
Opinion
Shang-Jin Wei and Xinding Yu
Donald Trump makes China out to be a terrible intellectual property thief. But is it?
- In every year since China joined the WTO, its intellectual property payments have exceeded the average in countries of a comparable income level
- As the pace of innovation in China increases, it will be in its own interest to strengthen intellectual property protections
Updated: 9:00am, 30 Dec, 2019

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Shang-Jin Wei, a former chief economist of the Asian Development Bank, is professor of finance and economics at Columbia University.
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Xinding Yu is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing.