Dive Brief:
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A coalition of U.S.-based businesses have asked President Obama to press Chinese president Xi Jinping on technology protectionism issues during Xi's upcoming visit to the U.S.
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In a letter, business lobbies and sector-focused groups asked Obama to raise issues faced by the technology sector.
- The lobbies pointed to China's "approach to defining its national security interests" as a key concern.
Dive Insight:
The letter asks Obama to achieve an agreement that the two countries will no longer use the "veil of national security" to pass economic policies that restrict competition.
Beijing has recently introduced various measures dictating what kind of products are allowed to be used there. And in July, China's legislature adopted a broad national security law that included measures to tighten cybersecurity for all "key network infrastructure and information systems."
"China has increasingly pursued policies that have adversely affected the ability of U.S. ICT firms (and the companies that rely on them) to do business in China," the groups wrote.
