### Comment:
[https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/china-takes-big-step-toward-protecting-intellectual-property-rights-of-foreign-businesses](https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/china-takes-big-step-toward-protecting-intellectual-property-rights-of-foreign-businesses)  
  
 I think you forget what prompted this whole thing to begin with. The only thing we really care about is IP theft, tariffs are just bargaining chips that will go away once that's resolved.

### REPLY:
You are day dreaming if you think anything substantive has changed on IP, most of that has been shelved for “Phase 1”. Even the US delegation have said as much.

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