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CCP Initiative

A new program within the U.S. Department of Justice specifically created to counter threats from the Chinese Communist Party, focusing on economic espionage, intellectual property theft, and technology transfer.

Intellectual Property

Creations of the mind, such as inventions, literary and artistic works, designs, symbols, names, and images used in commerce. It is protected by law, for example, by patents, copyrights, and trademarks.

Trade Secret Theft

Illegally obtaining or disclosing confidential business information, such as formulas, practices, designs, instruments, patterns, or compilations of information, that gives a business an economic advantage over its competitors.

Economic Espionage

The illegal targeting or acquisition of confidential proprietary information (trade secrets) by foreign governments, or their agents, for the purpose of advancing their own economic competitiveness.

Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)

An interagency committee that reviews foreign investments in the U.S. to determine their impact on national security.

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977

A U.S. law that prohibits American companies and individuals from bribing foreign officials to gain or retain business.