
On Capitol Hill, China Themes Increasingly Center On Trade Theft, Espionage, IP Violations
How did China become a near peer competitor with the U.S. on everything from computers to AI platforms to space? Theft and IP violations.
FORMER COMMISSIONER, US-CHINA ECONOMIC & SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION
The Honorable Patrick A. Mulloy served five two-year terms on the twelve member, bipartisan, U.S.– China Economic and Security Review Commission (see www.uscc.gov). He presently practices as a trade lawyer and consultant to groups interested in reforming U.S. trade and economic policies including the Coalition for a Prosperous America on whose Advisory Board he serves. He also served on the adjunct faculty at the Catholic University and the George Mason University Law Schools where he taught either International Trade Law or Public International Law for a number of years. He has testified before Congress on international trade and finance matters several times and served as an Assistant Secretary in the Clinton Administration in the Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration. Prior to that he served as General Counsel and Chief International Counsel on the staff of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee. Earlier in his career he served as a trial lawyer in the U.S. Justice Department and a Foreign Service Officer in the U.S. State Department.
Mr. Mulloy received his LL.M from Harvard University Law School, his J.D. (with honors) from the George Washington University Law School, an M.A In International Politics from the University of Notre Dame where he was a University Fellow, and a B.A. (magna cum laude) in Government from King’s College.

How did China become a near peer competitor with the U.S. on everything from computers to AI platforms to space? Theft and IP violations.

Without secure upstream API and 6-APA production, the United States does not have true antibiotic supply security. With the right policy framework and close coordination with European partners, we can rebuild domestic capacity, strengthen allied production, and secure essential medicines for the long term.

Leadership of the House Select Committee on the CCP is convinced China is stealing American AI models. That’s why China has an OpenAI rival, called DeepSeek, and the Europeans have nothing.

The findings reinforce a persistent pattern in global solar trade: when enforcement actions target specific countries, production and shipments shift to new jurisdictions.