31.   The US government estimates that US businesses lose more than one billion dollars annually from Chinese piracy of CDs and computer software.

32.   The US software and entertainment industries estimate global losses resulting from Chinese piracy last year at more than two billion dollars.

33.   Trade relations between China and the United States have twice been threatened with sanctions and counter-sanctions over Chinese piracy of US intellectual property rights.

34.   US firms estimate losses from Chinese piracy last year at more than two billion dollars.

35.   US software and entertainment industries estimate global losses resulting from Chinese piracy last year at more than two billion dollars.

36.   Washington estimates that US firms lose more than billion dollars annually through Chinese copyright piracy.

37.   The announcements followed two days of talks in Beijing that failed to resolve a longstanding dispute over what US officials describe as rampant Chinese piracy of US intellectual property.