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China warns EU of retaliation over cybersecurity rules

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What happened: On April 17, China's commerce ministry (MofCom) submitted substantial comments to the European Commission, warning of retaliation if the EU moves forward with proposed cybersecurity regulations that would exclude Chinese tech products from EU markets. The backstory: EU countries have ...