Two Minutes in Trade - USTR Issues Intellectual Property Rights Protection Report

Published: May 3, 2021, 12:55 p.m.

USTR Special 301 report on global protection of U.S. intellectual property contains a litany of offenses against U.S. IP. 32 countries are targeted as the greatest offenders, China chief among them. But the report also reveals that, in the context of COVID-19, IPR may need to be liberalized to ensure maximum access to vaccines worldwide.