President Donald Trump is now ready to tackle another campaign promise: get tough on trade with China. To this end, the President will be calling for an investigation into allegations that the Asian nation violated U.S. intellectual property rights and forced technology transfers, according to news reports on Friday. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer will likely open the investigation against China under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, which will be used to investigate China’s behavior on intellectual property rights. Trump had been delaying the move at the urging of United Nations and State Department officials who did...
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