BIZCHINA / General
Washington complaints 'will hurt trade ties'
By Xie Chuanjiao (China Daily)
Updated: 2007-04-25 08:45
US complaints to the World Trade Organization over alleged commercial
piracy in China could hurt relations on trade issues, the top envoy on
trade with Washington warned yesterday.
Chinese Vice-Premier Wu Yi delivers a speech at the China High-level
Forum on IPR Protection 2007 held in Beijing, April 24, 2007 [Xinhua]
"It will seriously undermine bilateral cooperation on intellectual
property rights (IPR) under the Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade
framework, and damage the existing cooperative ties on market access for
publications," Vice-Premier Wu Yi said at the China High-level Forum on
IPR Protection 2007.
"It is the first time a WTO member has lodged two complaints
simultaneously against another member and it will have a very negative
impact."
She added that the Chinese government will proactively respond to the US
move in line with WTO rules and "see it through to the end".
This has been Beijing's strongest response since Washington launched two
complaints in early April at the WTO claiming that China was not doing
enough to punish illegal copiers of films and music, and that its
restrictions on entertainment imports violated trade rules.
In seven special crackdowns on IPR infringements last year police filed
863 cases and arrested 988 suspects, while the courts handled 6,441 IPR
cases.
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