From Bloomberg (link)
China’s actions to shut down factories that make pirated versions of movies and to transfer more copyright infringement cases to criminal courts is falling short of U.S. demands, Bush administration officials said.
U.S. and Chinese trade officials are scheduled to meet April 11 for their annual policy meeting in Washington. In each of the last two meetings, China pledged new crackdowns on violations of intellectual property violations such as pirated music, movies and software, as well as on trademark infringement such as counterfeiting handbags, golf clubs and car parts.
“China needs to be held accountable for its earlier promises,” Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Karan Bhatia told reporters after a Senate hearing in Washington today. “One of the things we have looked for them to do is to crack down on piracy and counterfeiting, and thus far we have not seen that happen, and we’ll be looking for progress” at the April summit.
