China, Russia, others on U.S. piracy 'watch list'

May 01, 2007 China and Russia continue to lead the world in copyright theft, the top trade negotiator said Monday when she released an annual report on the state of intellectual property worldwide. U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab named the two nations and 10 others to the "priority watch list" -- a designation that subjects the countries to closer scrutiny and could eventually lead to trade cases before the World Trade Organization. China already is subject to a pair of U.S. actions before the WTO, charging that country with unfairly raising trade barriers and failing to enforce its laws protecting American copyrights and patents.

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