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CompTIA Travels to China with USITO to Discuss Future of Trade

Oct 23, 2018

CompTIA’s Executive Vice President of Advocacy Elizabeth Hyman and Stefanie Holland, Director of International Government & Regulatory Affairs, traveled to China to participate in the annual Fall Board Meeting of the U.S. Information Technology Office (USITO) in Beijing.

CompTIA’s Executive Vice President of Advocacy Elizabeth Hyman and Stefanie Holland, Director of International Government & Regulatory Affairs, traveled to China to participate in the annual Fall Board Meeting of the U.S. Information Technology Office (USITO) in Beijing Oct. 22-24.

CompTIA, the world’s leading technology association, is a parent association of USITO and a member of its Executive Committee.

Hyman and Holland will take part in meetings with other members of USITO as well as individual meetings with CompTIA members in Beijing and Shanghai.

“One the most pressing issues facing the technology industry in the U.S. are the new tariffs on products from China,” said Holland. “This is creating a no-win situation for American technology companies who are unable to take on the additional costs without making tough decisions that could potentially include moving manufacturing overseas, cutting U.S. jobs and raising prices.”

In addition to tariffs, other major issues to be discussed during the meetings in China this week include cross-border data flow, cybersecurity, industrial subsidies, and intellectual property protection.

“Tariffs on technology products will not stop China’s intellectual property theft practices and they are not good for business,” said Hyman. “We continue to encourage Congress to develop a comprehensive strategic policy that can effectively address those challenge. We urge lawmakers and the Trump Administration to continue to negotiate with China while collaborating with our allies who face the same challenges.”

CompTIA will also host a Global Trade Seminar in Shanghai on Oct. 30 and again in Beijing on Nov. 1.

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