With Sino-American trade tensions escalating, China\u2019s cybersecurity standards could be used as an \u201cinvisible tool\u201d for retaliating against Washington\u2019s tariffs, according to one expert.
Such standards are government-issued operational guidelines that are technically voluntary, but are oftentimes treated as mandatory by foreign firms\u2019 Chinese business partners.
If Asia\u2019s largest economy were to weaponize the listing of standardized practices to hit American companies, the cost would be difficult to quantify, but the move\u2019s effects on foreign firms could outlive current tensions, according a report from a Washington-based think tank.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
With Sino-American trade tensions escalating, China\u2019s cybersecurity standards could be used as an \u201cinvisible tool\u201d for retaliating against Washington\u2019s tariffs, according to one expert.
Such standards are government-issued operational guidelines that are technically voluntary, but are oftentimes treated as mandatory by foreign firms\u2019 Chinese business partners.
If Asia\u2019s largest economy were to weaponize the listing of standardized practices to hit American companies, the cost would be difficult to quantify, but the move\u2019s effects on foreign firms could outlive current tensions, according a report from a Washington-based think tank.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
With Sino-American trade tensions escalating, China\u2019s cybersecurity standards could be used as an \u201cinvisible tool\u201d for retaliating against Washington\u2019s tariffs, according to one expert.
Such standards are government-issued operational guidelines that are technically voluntary, but are oftentimes treated as mandatory by foreign firms\u2019 Chinese business partners.
If Asia\u2019s largest economy were to weaponize the listing of standardized practices to hit American companies, the cost would be difficult to quantify, but the move\u2019s effects on foreign firms could outlive current tensions, according a report from a Washington-based think tank.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
With Sino-American trade tensions escalating, China\u2019s cybersecurity standards could be used as an \u201cinvisible tool\u201d for retaliating against Washington\u2019s tariffs, according to one expert.
Such standards are government-issued operational guidelines that are technically voluntary, but are oftentimes treated as mandatory by foreign firms\u2019 Chinese business partners.
If Asia\u2019s largest economy were to weaponize the listing of standardized practices to hit American companies, the cost would be difficult to quantify, but the move\u2019s effects on foreign firms could outlive current tensions, according a report from a Washington-based think tank.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
With Sino-American trade tensions escalating, China\u2019s cybersecurity standards could be used as an \u201cinvisible tool\u201d for retaliating against Washington\u2019s tariffs, according to one expert.
Such standards are government-issued operational guidelines that are technically voluntary, but are oftentimes treated as mandatory by foreign firms\u2019 Chinese business partners.
If Asia\u2019s largest economy were to weaponize the listing of standardized practices to hit American companies, the cost would be difficult to quantify, but the move\u2019s effects on foreign firms could outlive current tensions, according a report from a Washington-based think tank.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
With Sino-American trade tensions escalating, China\u2019s cybersecurity standards could be used as an \u201cinvisible tool\u201d for retaliating against Washington\u2019s tariffs, according to one expert.
Such standards are government-issued operational guidelines that are technically voluntary, but are oftentimes treated as mandatory by foreign firms\u2019 Chinese business partners.
If Asia\u2019s largest economy were to weaponize the listing of standardized practices to hit American companies, the cost would be difficult to quantify, but the move\u2019s effects on foreign firms could outlive current tensions, according a report from a Washington-based think tank.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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