Apple CEO Tim Cook Should Register as Chinese Agent: Experts

Apple CEO Tim Cook Should Register as Chinese Agent: Experts
Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during the opening ceremony of the 4th World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, Zhejiang Province, China, on Dec. 3, 2017. AFP/Getty Images
Andrew Thornebrooke
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Apple CEO Tim Cook and other corporate leaders should be required to register as foreign agents because of their ties with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), according to expert testimony received by an influential congressional advisory body.

“When Tim Cook comes to testify before Congress, he testifies as the head of an American multinational,” said Clyde Prestowitz, president of the Washington-based Economic Strategy Institute. “No. He should be compelled to testify as a foreign agent. He is much more an agent of Beijing than he is of Washington.

Andrew Thornebrooke
Andrew Thornebrooke
National Security Correspondent
Andrew Thornebrooke is a national security correspondent for The Epoch Times covering China-related issues with a focus on defense, military affairs, and national security. He holds a master's in military history from Norwich University.
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