The United States has long said that intellectual property theft has cost the US economy billions of dollars in revenue and thousands of jobs. China accounts for the most of that theft of trade secrets, according to a report from the Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property. Chinese officials have said that protecting foreign companies’ intellectual property rights is important to China. China’s cybersecurity law went into effect last year, but critics have slammed it as intrusive and trade-inhibiting, and industry groups are concerned over unfair advantages for Chinese companies and trade barriers.”]
Source: https://money.cnn.com/2018/03/23/technology/china-us-trump-tariffs-ip-theft/index.html