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China’s Draft Amendments

China’s Draft Amendments to Criminal Law Include U.S. Economic Espionage Act ProvisionChina’s Draft Amendments to Criminal Law Include U.S. Economic Espionage Act Provision

China’s National People’s Congress has released the Criminal Law Amendment (Eleven) (Draft) for comments.  Perhaps because of the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) increased enforcement of the Economic Espionage Act (EEA) targeting China as a beneficiary, the Chinese draft adds a separate provision for foreign-related trade secret theft. Specifically, Article 219 will have a new ...