Senators press China on piracy, counterfeiting

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and Ranking Member Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) are urging China to step up efforts to protect American movies, software and other goods from illegal copying.

The senators timed the release of a new US International Trade Commission report on piracy and counterfeiting in China to coincide with high-level U.S.-China talks taking place in Washington (DC). The report is the first of two the ITC is doing for the Senate Finance Committee. In the second one, due in May, the ITC will try for the first time to estimate the damage done to the U.S. economy by Chinese piracy and counterfeiting.