Obama, Xi Reach ‘Common Understanding’ on Curbing Cyber Espionage

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Obama, Xi Reach ‘Common Understanding’ on Curbing Cyber Espionage

By CircleID Reporter
September 25, 2015, 9:27 pm PDT Views: 4,836 Add Comment

President Obama announced today that he has reached a “common understanding” with Chinese President Xi Jinping on curbing economic cyber espionage, but threatened to impose U.S. sanctions on Chinese hackers who persist with cyber crimes. Speaking after White House talks during Xi’s first U.S. state visit, Obama quickly homed in on the thorniest dispute between the world’s two biggest economies - growing U.S. complaints about Chinese hacking of government and corporate databases, and the suspicion in Washington that Beijing is sometimes behind it.

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