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Intellectual Property – America’s Edge Versus China

By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, June 05 2025

In the growing geopolitical faceoff between China and the United States, we possess a potent and pivotal advantage over the long run: private property rights. In our market-based system, individuals generally possess the natural right to enjoy and profit from the fruits of their labor, whereas in China individuals remain subservient to the communist state. And in our increasingly information-based global economy, intellectual property (IP) rights – patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets – constitute a particularly important advantage for the…

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