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As elections approach we are going to see more and more political posturing as the trade deficit continually expands, especially with China.

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One trade official said this:

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“China is moving too slowly on enforcing intellectual property rights and they will send envoys to Beijing next week for talks on the dispute, a trade official said Friday.”  

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“The delegation from the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) will follow up on our request last fall for China to lay out how it is enforcing patents and copyrights. China has viewed the request as inappropriate.” 

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The USTRs top legal expert Jim Mendenhall told reporters that China is 'lacking commitment' on the issue.

In these types of situations there is recourse as the could bring the matter before the World Trade Organisation. In Mendenhall’s words the is seeking an “amicable solution.” 

Two things are happening here. One is that the U.S. is pacifying those who get angry about the trade deficit along with those who are legitimately losing money with pirated goods. 

But the real issue is the coming election. These types of things always come up so that politicians can posture and make it look like their sticking up for American interests. The truth is that there have been a lot of inroads and responses made by to the situation. Picture yourself in a country with about four times the population and try to figure out a way to combat intellectual property fraud in a quick way. It just can’t be done, and all the parties know it.  

I think that it’s unfortunate that we need lower ourselves to this level for political expediency. If measures are put into place for a “quick fix” that will result in a few news stories applauding the Chinese efforts, but not really dealing with the core problem, nothing good will have come of it.   

But if there is a continuing effort that deals with the situation gradually and realistically, this is the type of response that will bring real, lasting results, if that is the real thing that is desired by all the parties involved.