The Madrid Protocol: A One-Stop Shop to Secure International Trademark Protection?

For health care companies, investors, management services organizations, provider platforms, and boards, the more important message is more specific: the government is now treating fast-growing reimbursement categories as data-driven, enterprise-risk environments.

Following the May 2026 meeting between President Trump and President Xi Jinping, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced a public comment process intended to help shape the next phase of U.S.-China trade negotiations.

Rather than treating trade-secret misappropriation solely as a commercial dispute, the United States is showing a willingness to use economic sanctions — traditionally reserved for threats such as terrorism and proliferation — to deter and punish large-scale IP theft.