US: Chinese Internet Filters Impede Trade

Notorious controls on Internet use in China are now being labeled by the United States as barriers to trade. A report on barriers to digital trade released by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative stated that as digital trade expands across the globe, China’s Internet restrictions are a “significant burden” to businesses both in China and abroad. It also states that although China’s Internet filters have been impeding Internet-dependent businesses for more than a decade,...

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