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Article: NATIONAL BRIEFING
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- April 26, 2008
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The Bush administration is accusing China, Russia and seven other
nations of not protecting American producers of movies, computer
software and other copyrighted material from widespread piracy.
The administration placed the nine countries on a "priority watch
list" that will subject them to extra scrutiny and could eventually
lead to economic sanctions -- if the administration decides to
pursue complaints before the World Trade Organization.
In addition to China and Russia, the other seven countries
targeted are Argentina, Chile, India, Israel, Pakistan, Thailand and
Venezuela.
The administration named an additional 31 countries to a lower-
level watch list, indicating that it ...