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Robert E. Lighthizer: “We have a very serious problem of losing our intellectual property, which is really the biggest single advantage of the…”

On the recordMarch 20, 2018
We have a very serious problem of losing our intellectual property, which is really the biggest single advantage of the American economy
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Robert E. Lighthizer

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Discussing the loss of intellectual property to China as a major economic issue.

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