China Foreign ministry calls on US to treat Chinese companies fairly
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(30 Oct 2018) China said Tuesday it hoped foreign governments would treat Chinese companies "reasonably and fairly", after the Trump administration imposed restrictions on technology exports to a state-supported Chinese semiconductor maker, citing national security grounds amid a mounting tariff battle. The controls imposed Monday on Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co. reflect concern Chinese competition could drive American technology suppliers out of business, leaving the military without secure sources of components. President Donald Trump has imposed tariffs of up to 25 percent on 250 billion US dollars of Chinese goods in an effort to pressure Beijing to roll back those plans. Jinhua is completing "substantial production capacity" for integrated circuits, possibly using U.S. technology, which "threatens the long-term economic viability of U.S. suppliers of these essential components of U.S. military systems," said a Commerce Department statement. "We hope the United States will do something that serves the two sides' interest and helps improve mutual trust, instead of the other way around," said a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman, Lu Kang at Tuesday's regular press conference. Lu also said the wife of the former Interpol president who is being detained in China on bribery charges has rejected the arrangement by the Chinese authorities for her to make a phone call with her husband. Grace Meng said she has been contacted by Chinese diplomats, who have told her they're holding a letter from him for her, but she insisted on only agreeing to meet Chinese officials if a lawyer and reporters are present. She says Chinese officials haven't responded since she told them of that condition. "Actually, the relevant Chinese authority has told Meng Hongwei's wife that we can arrange a phone call with Meng if she wants to talk to him," said Lu, "the problem now is that Meng's wife alleged she didn't know his whereabouts while refusing to give him a call." China says Meng Hongwei, 64, is under investigation for graft and possibly other crimes. Meng was China's vice minister of public security while also leading Interpol, and a longtime Communist Party insider with decades of experience in China's sprawling security apparatus. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/89f5b1f385cd34ececd5db06fcf1901d
