https://www.marketplace.org/2020/01/15/theft-of-farming-secrets-is-backdrop-for-u-s-china-trade-deal/

https://www.marketplace.org/2019/09/17/taco-tuesday-trademark-taco-johns/

1. What is the trade secret at issue in the farming story? Is this a form of IP?
2. Why are the U.S. and China involved in IP disputes?
3. What is the "Taco Tuesday" dispute about? How does it concern intellectual property?
4. Make an argument in favor of IP protection generally and patents specifically.