Are you contesting my statement of fact that R&D is expensive and must be covered? No one develops a product for free, and there must be protections against piracy. Oversea drug marketers rip off the originators of drugs. I have no qualms about free markets. But I do believe piracy must be stopped. The Chinese and others blatantly copy products without trying to invent the products themselves. This is something President Trump is trying to prevent. Competition is good, but piracy is bad.
Do not they get the returns back here? Isn't that part of the problem. They 'choose' to sell overseas. It would be something if they developed here and only sold here. But, they don't they still sell their wares at reduced rates to such countries. That's their choice! They could easily sell only here. Then there wouldn't be such price discovery concerns.
China has long decided they will not obey or recognize our patents. And we have long decided, that we don't care. If it was such of a concern, 'we' would have made it conditions of barrier to enter the WTO or to have trade with. Same with human rights. Nobody cares.
As for the drugs, we are mainly talking about generics and such. Why not allow a drug from india? Or bring back from Canada?