china trade imbalance

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Outline of essay:
Expand on these points-
U.S. blames China over its protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights
-U.S in dispute with WTO panel’s requirement that China reform elements of its intellectual property laws
-China’s violation of the TRIPs Agreement and the GATS
U.S. threats of trade sanctions against Chinese products helped produce trade agreements in January 1992 and February 1995 that pledged China to improve its IPR enforcement regime and expand market access for IPR-related products.

U.S. and IPR industry officials have charged that IPR piracy in China remains rampant and is costing U.S. firms $2.3 billion in lost trade annually.

-US Trade Representative requested establishment of a WTO dispute resolution panel to deal with its case challenging alleged deficiencies in Chinese intellectual property law
-United States is seeking to eliminate deficiencies that give pirates and counterfeiters in China a safe harbor to avoid criminal liability.
-The United States is also seeking to improve enforcement procedures at China’s border
-PROTECTION OF U.S. IPR: SPECIAL 301

-1974 Trade Act, referred to as Special 301, is one of the primary U.S. trade statutes used to protect U.S. IPR in foreign markets.
-provision allows U.S. trade representative to initiate investigations against China for failing to comply with IPR regulations
-Safeguard ( the solution)
expand on these points.
-relate how the safeguard provision is a solution to balancing trade with China and U.S. And relate Intellectual Property rights to safeguarding as well*****
-Many characteristics of this new “China safeguard” are at odds with core WTO principles and established instruments of administered import protection available to members.
-By means of the US-China Safeguard Provision (“Safeguard Provision”), the US has contracted with China to allow the US to institute restrictions on Chinese imports.
Talk about how

Relate all this to US JOB MARKET IS AFFECTED BY CHINa and the PROBLEM which is listed below.
. THE PROBLEM -Through the loss of jobs and the manipulation of currency we as a nation are unable to naturally, and self-sustainably recover our economy. This however is not a one sided issue, we are addicted to cheap consumer products as the Chinese were once reliant on opium; this addiction is hobbling our current economy. The idea that more is better is depleting our middle class, more so our entire manufacturing industry. Ethically speaking, China must realize that cheap labor is not promoting fair competition, and although it is developing countries at an increased rate it is ruining the economic balance of our country as well as the other countries involved.

Included in essay:*****
-at least 4 sources
-At least 8 endnotes from books or scholar articles.
-Statistics and data are required relating to the topic
-a bibliography is required too