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Analysts: Digital provisions in China bill weaker on censorship

June 14, 2021 at 1:51 PM
Proposed digital-trade provisions criticized by consumer and labor groups were pared down in an amendment attached late last month to a wide-ranging China-related Senate bill -- and the revised measures might not go far enough to address censorship as a nontariff barrier to trade, some analysts say. On May 27, after hours of backroom discussions, the Senate approved the Trade Act of 2021 as an amendment to the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act -- a wide-ranging package of legislation crafted...


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