Authors:

  • Jack Goldsmith

Excerpt

Correction/Update: China Did Accept the American Formulation in the Cyber Deal. Jack Goldsmith, September 27, 2015, Opinion. "On Friday I read the transcript of the translation of President’s Xi’s remarks with President Obama to leave a possible gap in what China and the United States agreed to in the announced cyber deal on Friday. In the English transcript Xi reiterated that China opposed the theft of commercial secrets but seemed to fall short of agreeing with the American formulation of the norm as not stealing 'with the intent of providing competitive advantages to companies or commercial sectors.'  However, the well-informed Adam Segal..." Link