Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed concern Wednesday in regards to the remedy of American firms and different international enterprises in China amid experiences of raids on U.S. companies, saying they don’t seem to be being handled the identical manner as Chinese companies all over the world.
“With regard to the treatment of some of our companies and other companies in China, I’ve seen those reports (of raids), and we obviously have concerns,” Blinken stated throughout a press convention with Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares on the State Department.
Blinken was responding to a query about experiences of U.S. firms working in China being raided by police below the nation’s new counterespionage legislation, which accuses them of espionage for sharing information with the U.S.
“One of our general concerns-and it’s a concern shared by many allies and partners-is the way some of our enterprises are treated in China, certainly treated in a way that’s not reciprocal to the way that many Chinese enterprises are treated, businesses are treated, around the world,” he stated.
Blinken emphasised that the actions that China takes relating to international companies working within the nation will tremendously affect its capability to create a optimistic business atmosphere that pulls international funding.
According to a number of experiences earlier this week, Chinese state safety authorities carried out raids on a number of places of work of the worldwide consulting agency Capvision.
The firm’s workplace in Suzhou was raided, with workers being interrogated and workplace gadgets searched, as reported by a Jiangsu provincial tv station.
CNN has reported that in latest weeks, Chinese officers have interviewed workers on the Shanghai workplace of American consulting agency Bain & Company and closed the Beijing workplace of American company due diligence firm Mintz Group.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
