Groups Urge U.S. Fight Against China Foreign Tech Purge

U.S. business groups are seeking immediate action from the Obama administration to reverse “troubling” Chinese security requirements they say will block foreign software, servers and computing equipment from the country.

If fully implemented, the policies threaten the ability of U.S. companies to participate in China’s $465 billion market for information technology products, 17 business groups wrote in a Feb. 4 letter to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and other government officials. The appeal by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, National Foreign Trade Council and U.S. Information Technology Office followed similar correspondence last week to Chinese President Xi Jinping’s cyberspace security panel.