Prince.Skeletor
Don’t Be Like He-Man
The Trump administration on Friday labeled 36 countries as inadequately protecting U.S. intellectual property rights, keeping China on a priority watch list and adding Canada over concerns about its border controls and pharmaceutical practices.
The so-called "Special 301 Report on Intellectual Property Rights" calls out China for its "coercive technology transfer practices" and "trade secret theft, rampant online piracy, and counterfeit manufacturing."
It was the 14th straight year that China was placed on the "Priority Watch List."
The biggest surprise in Friday's report was the decision to move Canada from the lower-level "Watch List" to the same priority list as China. USTR cited Canada's "poor border enforcement," especially for counterfeit goods shipped through America's northern neighbor, and concerns about intellectual property protections for pharmaceuticals.
U.S. pharmaceutical companies have long complained that generic versions of drugs still under U.S. patent protection flood in from Canada at much cheaper prices.
Ottawa(Ottawa is Canada's Washington) is pledging to create an independent body to oversee patent and trademark issues, "which will ensure that professional and ethical standards are maintained."
U.S. keeps China, puts Canada on IP priority watch list
Donald trump just really seriously did something that will greatly affect Canadians!!!!!
I'm actually in Canada often, I'm fact I'm there right now as I type this.
My job makes me travel a lot, and whenever I'm in Canada if I need to go buy prescription medicine the druggist always ask "do you want the original or the generic form?"
I ask "What's the difference", they say "Nothing".
They don't just keep generic on the shelf, they always, as in 100% of the time, ask if you want it in the original form or in the generic form.
On top of being able to buy the generic form if you are a Canadian citizen then that generic form is also covered by their medicare system, so a Canadian would usually only pay less than 10$.
The Trump administration may just have done something real bad for Canadians....
The so-called "Special 301 Report on Intellectual Property Rights" calls out China for its "coercive technology transfer practices" and "trade secret theft, rampant online piracy, and counterfeit manufacturing."
It was the 14th straight year that China was placed on the "Priority Watch List."
The biggest surprise in Friday's report was the decision to move Canada from the lower-level "Watch List" to the same priority list as China. USTR cited Canada's "poor border enforcement," especially for counterfeit goods shipped through America's northern neighbor, and concerns about intellectual property protections for pharmaceuticals.
U.S. pharmaceutical companies have long complained that generic versions of drugs still under U.S. patent protection flood in from Canada at much cheaper prices.
Ottawa(Ottawa is Canada's Washington) is pledging to create an independent body to oversee patent and trademark issues, "which will ensure that professional and ethical standards are maintained."
U.S. keeps China, puts Canada on IP priority watch list
Donald trump just really seriously did something that will greatly affect Canadians!!!!!
I'm actually in Canada often, I'm fact I'm there right now as I type this.
My job makes me travel a lot, and whenever I'm in Canada if I need to go buy prescription medicine the druggist always ask "do you want the original or the generic form?"
I ask "What's the difference", they say "Nothing".
They don't just keep generic on the shelf, they always, as in 100% of the time, ask if you want it in the original form or in the generic form.
On top of being able to buy the generic form if you are a Canadian citizen then that generic form is also covered by their medicare system, so a Canadian would usually only pay less than 10$.
The Trump administration may just have done something real bad for Canadians....