Security News > 2021 > March > China Slams US Plan to Expel Phone Carriers in Tech Clash
China's government on Thursday called on Washington to drop efforts to expel three state-owned Chinese phone companies from the United States in a new clash over technology and security.
The United States should "Stop the wrong practice of generalizing the concept of national security and politicizing economic issues" and "Stop abusing state power to unreasonably suppress Chinese enterprises," said a ministry spokesman, Zhao Lijian.
The latest action targets China Unicom Americas, a unit of China Unicom Ltd.; Pacific Networks Corp. and ComNet LLC, a unit of Pacific Networks.
National security officials "Advise that traffic on these networks 'remains subject to exploitation, influence, and control by the Chinese government,'" Carr said.
Earlier, state-owned China Mobile Ltd. was blocked in 2019 from entering the U.S. market on security grounds.
Trump also blocked access to most U.S. technology for telecom equipment giant Huawei Technologies Ltd. and some other Chinese tech companies.
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