Cooperation or Confrontation: An Analysis of Two Trades Conflicts Between the U.S. and China Centered on IPR

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10.2991/assehr.k.210519.180How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Intellectual Property Rights, The United States, China, Trade Conflicts, 301 Investigation, Huawei Company

Abstract

Intellectual property conflicts have affected the U.S. and China’s relationships for several decades. Some have been resolved finally through negotiations and compromises, but some escalated to trade war. This paper will discuss why a potential trade war was avoided at the end of the 20th century but happened in 2018. It uses two cases to analyze the two different situations. By focusing on a series of 301 investigations, especially the ones between 1990 to 1999 and the one in 2018, and looking at the societal level, including two nation’s domestic environments, China’s state policy to SOEs, and the rise of Huawei company, I compare the differences between two situations and explain what causes the opposite results-- peace and decoupling. At the end of the paper, I raise policy recommendations for Chinese enterprises, the Chinese government, and foreign companies that intend to invest in China and some implications for future research.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xin Wang
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/05/20
TI  - Cooperation or Confrontation: An Analysis of Two Trades Conflicts Between the U.S. and China Centered on IPR
BT  - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Humanities and Social Science Research (ICHSSR 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 899
EP  - 905
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210519.180
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210519.180
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