16 July 2020Muireann Bolger

China raises stakes with new ‘foreign’ trade secret theft laws

The National People's Congress (NPC) of the People's Republic of China has unveiled amendments to its criminal law regarding trade secret theft, following a surge in US IP suits against Chinese nationals in the US.

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