In a wide-ranging speech that detailed various efforts by China to expand its influence and global economic power, Attorney General Bill Barr described the country as the United States' 'top geopolitical adversary.'
February 6, 2020, 6:01 PMCliff Owen/AP
Attorney General William Barr gives the keynote address to the Center for Strategic and International Studies, CSIS China Initiative Conference on Feb. 6, 2020, in Washington. "For the first time in history, the United States is not leading the next technological era," Barr said in response.U.S. diplomats and national security officials have recently made appeals to countries like France and the U.K. to not use technology from the Chinese company Huawei in their core tech networks, such as 5G high speed internet.
FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before the House Judiciary Committee at Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 5, 2020.The conference included a range of officials from the Justice Department and FBI, who warned American companies and universities to be wary of efforts by the Chinese government to expand its influence in the U.S.
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