China Trade Deal is a Flop -- Trump Administration in the dark

The U.S. 

Trade Representative's 

skimpy "Fact Sheet" 

for the Phase One 

deal does not 

address the new

December 1 

and January 1 

Chinese rules on

cybersecurity.

When asked 

by Maria Bartiromo

on TV, Larry Kudlow 

knew nothing.

Below, I summarize

my December 3 article
https://el2017.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-trade-war-trump-is-negotiating.html

Any information, data, 

communications, 

trade secrets, or 

technology "protected" 

under the "trade deal", 

will be available to the 

Chinese authorities 

from new December 1, 2019

and January 1, 2020 rules !

On December 1, 2019,

Beijing implemented the 

Multi-Level Protection 

Scheme 2.0, 

issued pursuant 

to the 2016 

Cybersecurity Law.

On January 1,2020,

China's Cryptography Law 

becomes effective.

These measures prohibit 

foreign companies from 

encrypting data so that it 

cannot be read by the 

central government 

and the Communist 

Party of China ! 

Businesses will be required 

to turn over encryption keys. 

Companies will not be able 

to employ virtual 

private networks

to keep data secret, 

and some believe they 

will no longer be allowed 

to use private servers.

These measures 

allow Beijing to take 

all the data and 

communications of 

foreign companies.

Chinese officials 

will be permitted, 

under Chinese law, 

to share all the 

seized information 

with state enterprises. 

China's officials having

encryption keys, and 

access to the China 

computer network 

of a foreign firm, 

will be in a better position 

to penetrate the networks 

of that firm located

outside China. 

Beijing will be in a better 

position to steal data 

stored on foreign networks !