Citing China Threat, Business Groups, Experts Push Biden Administration for Digital Policy

Citing China Threat, Business Groups, Experts Push Biden Administration for Digital Policy
A smartphone with the Huawei and 5G network logo is seen on a PC motherboard in this illustration picture taken on Jan. 29, 2020. Dado Ruvic/Reuters
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WASHINGTON—The Biden administration needs to develop an aggressive, coherent digital policy to counter China’s growing technological power, industry groups and former U.S. officials say.

The White House should increase broadband access in the United States, help U.S. companies sell abroad, and take the lead on global data and technology policy worldwide—or risk U.S. tech companies being overtaken by Beijing, they say.