WASHINGTON — Less than two weeks ahead of a China-U.S. summit, the U.S. trade representative accused Beijing of failing to change economic policies that threaten America’s industry.
“China has not fundamentally altered its unfair, unreasonable and market-distorting practices,” U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said in a news release.
The trade representative’s office Tuesday released a 50-page report on Chinese trade practices, an update on a March study that alleged Beijing used various techniques to coerce U.S. firms to hand over leading-edge technology. The Trump administration has used the March report as the basis for levying tariffs on $250 billion of Chinese goods, about half of what Beijing sends to the U.S. annually.
In the new report, the trade representative’s office says China continues to use unfair practices to illicitly obtain U.S. technology, including cybertheft, espionage and government pressure.
An expanded version of this report appears on WSJ.com.
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