More from the Middle Kingdom August 29, 2007
Posted by ianmartinez in : Trends, Policy , trackbackChina has been a big issue here at TeleCommunities almost from the first post. Well, now it’s back front and center, as it’s protectionist TD-SCDMA standard is set to take effect at the end of 2007.
According to Tech-On:
Putting homegrown standards like TD-SCDMA into practical use is a dream come true for the Chinese government, which has adopted a policy slogan calling for “indigenous innovation”. When Chinese industry develops products, services and the like in compliance with international standards, foreign corporations rake in the licensing fees. The Chinese government doesn’t like this and is pushing the development of its own standards through both financial aid and policy. The program is paying off, too, as China is becoming increasingly active in formulating and adopting its own standards in many fields. None has become a real hit, however, and it is possible that TD-SCDMA may emerge as the first star to take the international stage.
It’s hard to say what, exactly, Tech-On’s interest is here, but we can see very clearly what China’s is. TIA is working very hard with its Chinese counterpart, USITO, to educate Chinese regulators that their consumers lose when they keep American products out of their market. Not to mention their being in likely violation of the WTO.
I will continue to raise the question, though, of how long we’ll allow China unfettered access to our market without granting the same in return. It’s not that I would put up barriers to them — that’s bad economics — merely that serious industries and public servants need to put this issue in their cross hairs before TD-SCDMA uses it’s government-supplied leverage to crowd everyone else out of China, and maybe other parts of Asia as well.
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