Describes the problems of the former U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky encountered while negotiating a trade agreement with China to improve its domestic intellectual property rights. After a brief description of past experience with Barshefsky trade negotiations, this case deals with the history of US-China trade relations and analyzes the strategy Ambassador Barshefsky in a coalition in the United States and abroad. "Hide
by James K. Sebenius, Rebecca Hulse Source: Harvard Business School 16 pages. Publication Date: March 29, 2001. Prod. #: 801421-PDF-ENG