Friday, April 5, 2019

Why China's Intellectual Property Theft Is a Concern for National Security

These types of efforts are anything but novel at this point, and the danger they pose to American national security remains high.

This rampant theft of intellectual property is not without its economic costs.

Previous estimates suggest that intellectual property theft, including by China, costs the United States billions every year in potential revenue lost, placing strains on U.S. companies and hampering innovation and growth.

The theft of new technologies goes beyond the oft-reported economic concerns and presents a potentially larger national security issue.

The United States must continue to take the dangers posed by cyberattacks and intellectual property theft seriously.

Encouraging U.S. companies and institutions to identify and secure vulnerabilities in their computer networks is an important step, but the U.S. must also develop and employ more direct deterrents against those actors that engage in cybertheft toward U.S. entities.

It remains clear that China's continuing theft of intellectual property creates economic and security risks that the U.S. cannot afford to leave unmitigated.


https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/04/04/why-chinas-intellectual-property-theft-is-a-concern-for-national-security/

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