34 trade groups, including the Business Software Alliance (BSA), are protesting a new Chinese policy that gives local IT products preference for government contracts. The Chinese government's Indigenous Innovation Product Accreditation Program will create a national catalog of products that would get preference in government contracts. Six product categories would initially be covered including software, computers and telecommunication products. The new Accreditation Program will block foreign products with American companies unable to qualify based on the given criteria. The Chinese government is the largest legal market for U.S. software in the country and the Accreditation Program could mean that all US and foreign suppliers could be denied access to this market.
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