US request WTO to stop counterfeiting in China
14 08 2007WASHINGTON — China is one of the world’s largest producers of counterfeit products, ranging from designer clothes, to pirated films and music, to luggage. Many of the goods find their way into Europe and are knowingly bought as fakes by shoppers at markets and from street vendors.
The United States on Monday requested the World Trade Organization (WTO) to establish a dispute settlement panel regarding so-called China’s deficiencies in intellectual property protection. The US has been threatening a WTO complaint against China since 2005.  The two countries have been in talks for four months, since the US first launched its challenge.
The US now wants the WTO’s Dispute Settlement Body to intervene. It is hoping that China will be forced to adopt a more aggressive prosecution of those who are pirating copyrighted or trademarked materials.Â
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6945173.stm
