India among six nations on USTR priority watch list for Intellectual Property Rights concerns - What does it mean?
The US Trade Representative (USTR) has placed India on its Priority Watch List for Intellectual Property Rights concerns, along with five other countries. The list is part of the USTR's Special 301 Report on Intellectual Property Protection and Enforcement 2026.
The US Trade Representative (USTR) has released its Special 301 Report on Intellectual Property Protection and Enforcement 2026, placing India on the Priority Watch List along with Chile, China, Indonesia, Russia, and Venezuela. The list identifies countries with inadequate and ineffective protection and enforcement of intellectual property (IP) rights. Vietnam has been identified as a Priority Foreign Country (PFC) for the first time in 13 years due to its failure to provide adequate IP rights protection. The USTR will engage intensively with the countries on the Priority Watch List to address IP-related issues. Argentina and Mexico have been moved from the Priority Watch List to the Watch List due to improvements in their IP policies. A total of 19 trading partners are on the Watch List, including the European Union, Argentina, and Mexico.
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