Trump’s trade policy felt in USTR Special 301 report on IP enforcement

By Nick Robertson ( April 29, 2025, 19:41 GMT | Insight) -- The 2025 Special 301 report from the Office of the US Trade Representative, which lists policy concerns about international intellectual property enforcement, is clearly impacted by the trade-vigilant new Trump administration, with broad changes in language compared to prior publications. The report moved Mexico from the "watch list" to the "priority watch list," underlining concerns about the country’s trademark and copyright enforcement regime. Turkmenistan was dropped from the watch list altogether.The 2025 edition of the Office of the US Trade Representative’s Special 301 report shows the influence of the new Trump administration, with the return of enhanced scrutiny of enforced licensing and a tone that emphasizes trade leverage to encourage US exports....

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Trump’s trade policy felt in USTR Special 301 report on IP enforcement

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