[…] "Part of our intent is to determine what information the Chinese government has available on intellectual property enforcement and how they can most easily present it to us."

[…] Turkewitz said his experience with foreign governments, artist groups and international organizations in Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe has shown him that piracy and the absence of copyright protection have "destroyed" financial incentives for the creation and distribution of local cultural materials in countries around the globe, from the Middle East to parts of Asia.

[…] Pakistan has engaged in a number of additional actions to improve its intellectual property rights (IPR) regime. The government announced new regulations to fight IPR theft, and established the "Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan" to coordinate enforcement actions, with notable results. Pakistan has also initiated the process to accede to World Intellectual Property (WIPO) Internet treaties, the World Copyright Treaty, and the World Performance and Phonogram Treaty.

[…] Sonderby, an assistant U.S. attorney, has specialized in intellectual property cases at the U.S. Attorney's Offices in San Jose and Sacramento, California. For the last two years he served as head of the Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property Unit in the Northern District of California, leading a team of prosecutors who were specially trained to handle high-technology and intellectual property offenses.

[…] The U.S. government had expected that a high-level bilateral initiative launched in December 2003, the Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT), would hasten China's progress in meeting its WTO commitments and facilitate the resolution of stubborn disputes. The initiative showed promise in April 2004, when senior officials from the two countries were able to resolve several potential disputes over compliance issues.

[…] The U.S. private sector has claimed that China and Russia are the two countries with the most rampant intellectual property piracy and counterfeiting. U.S. industries most affected by these activities include software and movie producers.

[…] While it might be a stretch -- okay, it definitely is a stretch -- to connect Marco Polo to intellectual property rights... his service in the Court of the Great Khan is a good model for a modern partnership between China and the United States -- a partnership that bridges cultural and geographic distances to achieve common goals for our citizens and our economies.

[…] "I believe the problem is not so much the deficit per se, but what the deficit represents," Portman said. "If the U.S. Congress and the American people believed that the current trade deficit with China were the result of fair and open market processes, I genuinely believe it would not get the attention it receives today." However, he continued, "Americans today are greatly concerned about China's role in the world economy and, in particular, whether China is playing by the rules."