At times, however, we must use the sanction authority granted to us for worst case offenders.
China is a prime example.
These helped us to win a bilateral IP agreement in 1995 and further action in 1996. Our follow-up work since has been to ensure that all relevant Chinese agencies including trade, customs, judiciary, police and senior political officials are involved. Today, China has an improved system that protects U.S. copyrights much more effectively than ever before. Enforcement of intellectual property rights has become part of China's nationwide anti-crime campaign, involving the Chinese police and court system in fighting piracy. Production of pirated copyrighted works has dropped dramatically.