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U.S., China Agree Not To Support Cyber Theft Of Intellectual Property

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, September 25th, 2015

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U.S., China Agree Not To Support Cyber Theft Of Intellectual Property

President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Friday reached agreement in several areas related to cyber security, including prohibiting both countries’ governments from cyber-enabled theft of intellectual property.A White House fact sheet on a range of agreements between the two countries says “neither country’s government will conduct or knowingly support cyber-enabled theft of intellectual property, including trade secrets or other confidential business information, with the intent of providing competitive advantages to companies or commercial sectors.”Rep. Jim Langevin…

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