Secretary of State Pompeo also told CNBC that 'every company's gotta make its own set of decisions' on how it deals with China in light of Beijing's efforts to stifle criticism abroad.
"But what we've seen over the last few weeks publicly, but we've known now for an awfully long time, is that the long arm of Beijing is reaching out into these companies, stealing their intellectual property, forcing technology transfer, making it very difficult to, in fact, make a profit in China for many, many companies," Pompeo said.
A single tweet in early October from Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey — which read "Fight for Freedom. Stand for Hong Kong" — triggered a backlash from China, a major market for the NBA.that the U.S. company was failing to stand for American values. Pompeo said that "from a foreign policy perspective, we think it's completely inappropriate for China to attack U.S. businesses whose employees or customers exercise their fundamental freedoms here in the United States."
He added: "We just think that makes no sense. And we'd encourage every company to make — take a good, close look ensuring that the kinds of things, the reciprocity that President [Donald] Trump has been demanding from China, actually takes place."
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