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Re:The US says Chinese spies are targeting Boston for its te... by sureaboutthis on Monday April 08, 2019 @09:11AM (#19604821)
Completely agree but I'd bet that, if this was an article about US spies, there would be hundreds of comments deriding it by now.
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Re:The US says Chinese spies are targeting Boston for its te... by i_am_proteus on Monday April 08, 2019 @09:48AM (#19605142)
If the US government engaged in industrial espionage against a foreign company, whatever US company benefitted could be sued in a US court.

What troubles me (and many others) about the PRC's behavior is the PRC's disregard for IP: US/European/other countries have no recourse.

https://law.stanford.edu/2018/04/10/intellectual-property-ch...

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Re:The US says Chinese spies are targeting Boston for its te... by devoply on Monday April 08, 2019 @10:10AM (#19605341)
In theory yes in reality no. In cases of both China and the USA. Please cite any exceptions of where anything as such went to court. The reason being that it's very difficult to prove that your secrets were stolen. Sure you can sue companies for copying your products, and you can also prevent US and Europe from importing goods from China which have been copied even if you can't get a Chinese court to decide wrongdoing in your favor.
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