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Ivanka announced in July she was shutting her fashion line to
focus on her role as an informal White House adviser, where she
is working on advancing working women.
Since Trump's surprise November 2016 election, his family has
faced criticism that its portfolio of real estate and consumer
goods businesses, which lean heavily on the Trump name,
conflicts with its Washington roles.
The group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
made the findings about the new China trademarks in a Monday
statement, and said it was the largest number of new Chinese
trademarks her company has received in a single month since her
father took office.
The latest China trademarks cover things like shoes and jewelry,
but also more offbeat items like voting machines and nursing
homes, according to a search of records on the Chinese State
Administration for Industry and Commerce's Trademark office.
The trademarks were applied for in 2016.
Intellectual property lawyers say trademark applications are
often very broad to give the applicant the most comprehensive
protection for their brand.
The Chinese government has previously denied anything untoward
in granting her company the trademarks.
China and the United States are currently locked in a trade war,
though both countries have taken steps to cool the temperature
ahead of an expected meeting between the U.S. and Chinese
presidents on the sidelines of the G20 summit starting later
this month in Argentina.
(Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Nick Macfie)
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