Disagreeing With Krugman: Is China Stealing Knowledge?

I would agree with pretty much all of Paul Krugman's criticisms of Donald Trump's trade war with China, but I would strongly disagree with one of his criticisms of China. He tells readers:

"In some ways, China really is a bad actor in the global economy. In particular, it has pretty much thumbed its nose at international rules on intellectual property rights, grabbing foreign technology without proper payment."

The issue here is who set the rules and what is proper payment.

The problem is tha...

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Published on April 05, 2018 15:39
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