[jerf]

Historically speaking, it is far more likely than in 10-20 years, China will "see the light" and institute much stronger IP laws, once they have more stuff to protect, because your proposal is unstable; if the US starts disrespecting Chinese copyright, the historical outcome is a treaty, not mutual disrespect. If mutual disrespect were the stable outcome, we'd already see that.

[hxa7241]

Well, yes, disavowal is too strong: the USA will just try to reduce (international) IP. The main point is the turnaround.