U.S.-China Feud Ensnares Obscure UN Intellectual Property Agency

  • Part of a broader U.S. bid to push back on China’s influence
  • China says the U.S. needs to abandon its ‘Cold War mindset’

     

Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
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The U.S. is working to block China from taking the top post of the United Nations intellectual property agency, in the Trump administration’s latest bid to convince countries of the threat posed by Beijing’s increasing assertiveness and technological prowess.