chinese firms require them to form partnerships in china still technology and then close down the joint venture they say chinese companies buying into u.s. companies are being subsidized by beijing with the aim of having access to leading edge technology another frequent complain chinese hacking of u.s. commercial networks to spy on key company and finally american companies with operations operations in china don t have the same rights as chinese companies do not in response to those tears on steel that go into effect today china already said it will add additional levies to yes pork fruit wine and metal products financial markets reactions to the announcement from washington has been for only negative from wall street to asia shares dropped significantly as they see the long feared global trade war has now arrived in tokyo the nikkei index lost more than four percent hitting its lowest level since october concerns among investors in