USTR targets Chinese barriers to digital trade, ‘Made in China 2025’ program in new NTE

The 2017 National Trade Estimate Report features a new set of grievances concerning Chinese “barriers to digital trade” and blasts Beijing’s state-directed “Made in China 2025” plan for seeking to provide domestic companies advantages over foreign ones. The report from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, released annually, also reiterates longstanding complaints the U.S. has raised with China in a number of areas – and more stridently takes issue with so-called “secure and controllable” policies and services trade barriers...