Jack Chiu, on the other hand, points out that another scary feature of the EEA is that it is "broad" in scope, so that "theft" and "trade secrets" can be interpreted in numerous ways. It is not like trademark law, or patent law, or laws to prevent pirating which have narrowly defined applications.
邱政德則指出，「經濟間諜法」另一個可怕之處，是它的範圍「極端寬廣」，條文中所謂的「機密」和「竊取」，可以涵括任何形式、任何方式，不像商標法、專利法或商品仿冒法案等，有特定而具體的適法範圍。