Pompeo warns Silicon Valley on China ahead of trade pact

Washington (AFP) Jan 14, 2020

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday warned Silicon Valley not to bolster China's "Orwellian" state, two days before the world's two largest economies sign a partial trade deal. Speaking to a tech-heavy crowd in San Francisco, Pompeo trumpeted the "phase one" deal to tame a two-year trade war but told businesses that they needed to do more. "We need to make sure American technolog