As Sturgis Sobin mentioned, protecting intellectual property rights was among the reasons for drafting the Economic Espionage Act, but the main goal was to "establish fair rules for global manufacturing."
正如索賓點出的，在「經濟間諜法」的立法原意中，智慧財產權的保護是其次，「建立一套公平的全球產業遊戲規則」才是首要目的。