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China urges US to ease high-tech good exports
(AP)
Updated: 2006-06-28 08:36
The Chinese government is urging the United States to ease or even
abolish controls over exports of high-technology goods to China,
following indications Washington is proposing to tighten such
restrictions.
"We hope that the U.S. can take concrete measures to relax or lift its
restrictions on high-tech exports to China, to better address the
imbalance of China-U.S. trade," Jiang Yu, a Chinese Foreign Ministry
spokeswoman, said at a regular press briefing Tuesday.
A report by the Financial Times newspaper Tuesday said the U.S. Commerce
Department was preparing new proposals that would strengthen curbs on
exports of high-technology goods to China.
The paper said a final draft of the restrictions had been presented to
Chinese commerce ministry officials on Friday, and that the proposals
were expected to be published in the coming days.
Jiang's comments Tuesday did not specifically address those reported
proposals.
Chinese officials complain that the restrictions are an unfair trade
barrier, hindering China's access to advanced civilian technology and
contributing to Beijing's ballooning trade surplus with the United
States, which hit a record $202 billion last year.
The controls on exports to China are aimed at preventing transfer of
sensitive technology to China's army. Some critics have said the
restrictions are too broad, putting many items that have no specific
military applications off limits.
Among the goods at issue are advanced communications equipment and
high-speed computers.
U.S. business groups have urged Washington to revamp the export controls
program or risk losing competitiveness on a wide range of products in
major markets like China.
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