Chinese Counterfeiting and Piracy: Real Dangers to Your Health and Our Economy

Chinese Counterfeiting and Piracy

Real Dangers to Your Health and Our Economy

Peter Navarro

A lot of consumers may find it hard to feel sorry for big, fat-cat corporations like Louis Vuitton or Disney when Chinese pirates and counterfeiters knock off their luxury handbags or first-run movies and then sell them for pennies on the dollar. There are, however, at least two big problems with this Robin Hood attitude.

First, Chinese counterfeiting and piracy are hardly limited to upscale baubles and Hollywood entertainment. Today, if America, Europe, or Japan are making it, China is faking it. Indeed, the list of counterfeit and pirated goods that China dumps on world markets quite literally runs the gamut from A to Z—from auto parts, batteries, condoms, ...