China, in his words · 2016 campaign · № 31
Pledged to stop China's 'outrageous theft of intellectual property' and 'illegal product dumping'
“This includes stopping China's outrageous theft of intellectual property, along with their illegal product dumping, and their devastating currency manipulation. They are the greatest that ever came about; they are the greatest currency manipulators ever!”
- Said
- , Address accepting the presidential nomination, Republican National Convention, Cleveland, Ohio
- Subject
- intellectual property theft
- Threat
- Economic threat
- Topic
- Trade & tariffs
- Era
- 2016 campaign
What the record showed
The 'phase one' agreement he signed with China, implemented on February 14, 2020, left U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods averaging 19.3 percent, according to the Peterson Institute for International Economics. The institute's Chad Bown wrote that the deal included Chinese commitments to respect intellectual property, and that China bought 58 percent of the U.S. exports it had committed to purchase and none of the additional $200 billion.