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Special 301 Report

May 4 , 2020 1424 days 840 0
  • The United States Trade Representative (USTR) has released its Annual Special 301 Report recently.  
  • It identifies trade barriers to United States companies and products due to the intellectual property laws.
  • The Report includes a list of “Priority Foreign Countries”, that are judged to have inadequate intellectual property laws. 
  • The report also contains a "Priority Watch List" and a "Watch List".
  • India continues to be on the ‘Priority Watch List’ for lack of adequate intellectual property (IP) rights protection and enforcement.
  • The other countries placed on the list include Argentina, Algeria, Chile, Russia, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and Ukraine.
  • The countries that were removed from the list are Canada, Kuwait and Thailand.

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