If confirmed, I would seek to use all appropriate trade tools to ensure that U.S. rights holders have a full and fair opportunity to use and profit from their intellectual property rights.
Lighthizer emphasizes the importance of protecting U.S. intellectual property rights.
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The President wants Chinese investment, just like he wants everybody else's investment.
I think they have been victims, as much as anybody in America, of what goes on in China.
So I agree with you that China is a bad actor, and that we cannot let their devious behavior go unchecked.
But I have real concerns with the way the Administration has approached the problem, creating and escalating a trade war that has caused harm to many businesses.