The United States is facing challenges in its pursuit to rein in China's economic policies . On Sept. 20, the Financial Times reported that U.S. officials had approached their European and Japanese counterparts to convince them to join their broad push against China's intellectual property (IP) and technology transfer policies . Despite concerns about China's technology strategies and IP theft, the United States found the Japanese and EU officials unwilling to pursue any action against China. The reluctance by Japanese and European officials to join the U.S. effort could be a response to the way U.S. President Donald Trump approached the trade investigation into China's policies — rather than a response to the investigation itself. Last month, the Trump administration opened an investigation examining Chinese technology transfer and IP policies, choosing as its investigative tool the controversial Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974.