"I think the TRIPS waiver is a bad policy."
"I really believe that that idea of the whole-of-Government when it comes to enforcement, when it comes to commerce, that we need to sit down and stop playing checkers and start playing Go."
"I want to hear from someone who thinks that TRIPS waivers are a good idea."
"a strong, reliable, and predictable IP right is paramount to incentivizing U.S. innovation and creativity."
"the most notable threat, of course, is the Chinese Communist Party."
"I can tell you that the lack of certainty and the risk of having your IP rights stripped has an absolute chilling effect on businesses."
"I think if you were to eliminate those, you would open a wide door of intellectual property theft."
"Tarullo was never complimentary of Senate bill 2155. He was implementing Dodd-Frank when we were doing it."
"I think that is going to be very helpful, because in my opinion I agree with former Fed Tarullo that he sees this as a regulatory lapse."
"It would seem to me that you would need to tell the negotiating partner that these agreements may only be valid for 18 months, depending upon the outcome of the presidential election, or 6 years."
"TPP was on the brink of being signed, which I think would have been far superior to the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework."