https://www.scmp.com/rss/503208/feed Xinding Yu is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com As 2020 approaches, US tariffs on Chinese goods have reached levels not seen since the US Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930, which played a key role in exacerbating the Great Depression. A key complaint of US President Donald Trump is China’s failure to respect intellectual property rights. Trump and his trade advisers regularly accuse China of stealing US inventions, designs, and other forms of intellectual property without compensation. Many in the media repeat these allegations as a matter of... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3043708/donald-trump-makes-china-out-be-terrible-intellectual-property?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3043708/donald-trump-makes-china-out-be-terrible-intellectual-property?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Dec 2019 01:00:11 +0000