{"id":24866,"date":"2018-05-25T08:50:11","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T12:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/?p=24866"},"modified":"2018-05-29T16:26:21","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T20:26:21","slug":"stephen-moore-trade-deals-must-protect-intellectual-property-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/24866\/stephen-moore-trade-deals-must-protect-intellectual-property-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Moore:  Trade Deals Must Protect Intellectual Property Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CFIF recently highlighted the importance of strengthening intellectual property rights as part of ongoing trade negotiations in a piece entitled <a href=\"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/index.php\/commentary\/54-state-of-affairs\/4059-intellectual-property-nafta-renegotiation-priority-1\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Intellectual Property:\u00a0 NAFTA Renegotiation Priority #1.&#8221;<\/a> Days later, Senator Pat Toomey (R &#8211; Pennsylvania) <a href=\"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/24845\/sen-pat-toomey-protect-ip-in-nafta-renegotiation\/\" target=\"_blank\">echoed that call<\/a> in his <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> commentary.<\/p>\n<p>This week, celebrated economist Stephen Moore added his voice in a brilliant commentary entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/stephenmoore\/2018\/05\/22\/trade-deals-must-protect-intellectual-property-rights-n2482929\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Trade Deals Must Protect Intellectual Property Rights&#8221;<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>American investments, ingenuity and entrepreneurship have made intellectual property one of our nation&#8217;s most important assets.\u00a0 IP-intensive industries, including software, biotechnology and entertainment, now support nearly one-third of all U.S. jobs.\u00a0 But too often, our foreign trading partners take unfair advantage of our IP innovations to enrich themselves at our expense.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Moore proceeds to highlight the pharmaceutical sector as one particularly abused by foreign governments, and notes the enormous cost of IP theft to the U.S. economy by nations like China, then stresses the ominous danger if we fail to act:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Intellectual property is every bit as vital to our economy &#8211; if not more so &#8211; than steel or aluminum.\u00a0 \u00a0 America leads the world in computer software;\u00a0 drugs;\u00a0 artificial intelligence;\u00a0 patents;\u00a0 trademarks;\u00a0 and music, entertainment and other creative industries.\u00a0 But how long can that last when competitor nations are ripping off our entrepreneurial companies to the tune of half a trillion dollars a year?&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s an excellent piece worth the read, and a welcome call from someone to whom the White House listens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CFIF recently highlighted the importance of strengthening intellectual property rights as part of ongoing trade negotiations in a piece entitled &#8220;Intellectual Property:\u00a0 NAFTA Renegotiation Priority #1.&#8221; Days later, Senator Pat Toomey (R &#8211; Pennsylvania) echoed that call in his Wall Street Journal commentary. 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