US House panel chair: wider Chinese iPhone ban aims to quash Apple’s market access

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A man holds an iPhone 14 as Apple Inc's new models go on sale at an Apple store in Beijing, China, September 16, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Sept 7 (Reuters) - A wider ban on China state employees from using Apple's (AAPL.O) iPhones is not surprising and seeks to limit a Western company's market access, the chairman of the U.S. House panel on China told Reuters on Thursday. "This is textbook Chinese Communist Party (CCP) behavior - promote PRC (People's Republic of China) national champions in telecommunications, and slowly squeeze western companies' market access," U.S. Representative Mike...