On Trump trademarks, China says it treats applicants equally
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China assesses all applications for trademarks equally in a transparent process, a top Chinese regulator said Friday, after Beijing awarded US President Donald Trump preliminary approval for a trove of trademarks in a move that has drawn scrutiny.
The process by which Trump and a related company were granted provisional approval for 38 trademarks "strictly conforms" to Chinese regulations, said Zhang Mao, chief of China's State Administration for Industry and Commerce.
Critics fear foreign governments might gain leverage from Trump's global portfolio of brands. Democrats in Congress were critical of Trump after The Associated Press reported Wednesday that the potentially valuable trademarks had been granted, raising questions of conflict of interest.
