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IP stakeholders in China, Japan, India make the most of Trump trade war

By MLex Staff ( May 2, 2025, 13:01 GMT | Comment) -- Since reclaiming the Oval Office, US President Donald Trump has made trade a priority, hiking tariffs on Chinese goods by triple digits. While most other countries won a reprieve in the form of an across-the-board 10 percent "reciprocal" tariff, the White House has threatened that even that relief could be temporary. Because the valuation of intellectual property directly impacts the cost of goods, the intangible assets sector could feel the effects of the burgeoning trade war acutely. In this first of a two-part series, the MLex IP team looks at how IP stakeholders in Japan, India and China are responding to the escalation of tariffs and what unintended consequences — some good, others bad — could flow from the global tumult....

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