{"id":233293,"date":"2026-04-20T08:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/20\/china-threatens-eu-firms-over-cybersecurity-plans-targeting-chinese-companies\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T08:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T12:20:12","slug":"china-threatens-eu-firms-over-cybersecurity-plans-targeting-chinese-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/20\/china-threatens-eu-firms-over-cybersecurity-plans-targeting-chinese-companies\/","title":{"rendered":"China threatens EU firms over cybersecurity plans targeting Chinese companies"},"content":{"rendered":"

China threatens EU firms over cybersecurity plans targeting Chinese companies<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-04-20 08:01:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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China will hit EU firms with reciprocal measures if the bloc targets Chinese firms as planned under its proposed cybersecurity regulations<\/span>, Beijing has warned.In a 30-page document submitted to the European Commission on Friday, China\u2019s commerce ministry explicitly warned that broad retaliation was on the table if firms such as Huawei<\/span> and ZTE<\/span> were penalised by the law, which was announced in January but is still in draft form.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the EU designates China as a \u2018country posing cybersecurity concerns\u2019 or lists Chinese entities as \u2018high risk suppliers\u2019 to phase out equipment manufactured by Chinese businesses in a compulsory manner and exclude Chinese products and services from the EU market, China can launch relevant investigations into the EU or EU businesses, and take reciprocal measures,\u201d stated a submission from the ministry in response to the commission\u2019s request for feedback.<\/p>\n

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The sweeping new cybersecurity act would, if adopted, create a framework that would compel EU members to remove firms identified as a security risk from their 5G networks \u2013 a measure that has so far only been recommended \u2013 within three years of coming into force.<\/p>\n

It marks the first time Brussels has attempted to make removal mandatory and could be the tip of the iceberg for Chinese firms such as Huawei and ZTE.<\/p>\n

Under the act, the EU can designate an entire country as a \u201ccybersecurity threat\u201d. This would then see companies from that country excluded from sectors across the 27-member union, starting with telecommunications but then extending into a raft of hi-tech industries and critical infrastructure.<\/p>\n

In future, designated companies could be considered off limits in sensitive sectors, including connected vehicles, electricity and water supply and storage, cloud computing, medical devices,…<\/p>\n

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