China, India on US list for intellectual property concerns

ON THE WATCHLIST: China was cause for concern because of online piracy and rising theft of trade secrets as well as rules aimed at fostering the local technology industry at the expense of foreign suppliers, the report found.

WASHINGTON: China and India remain on a US priority watch list for lax rules on copyright, trade secrets and other intellectual property rights violations in an annual review of trading partners published by the US Trade Representative. 

Thirteen countries are on the priority watch list for 2015, including Russia and Ukraine as well as China and India, and another 24 are on a lower-level watch list.