Sec Lew to press China on cyber spying

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew will warn Chinese leaders next week that the country's cyber spying is endangering the country's growing trade relationship with the United States, the Obama Administration said.

“This is an issue of very high concern and importance to the president,” a senior Treasury Department official told reporters on a call previewing Lew's trip to China. “You can expect Secretary Lew to discuss our growing concerns about cybersecurity when he meets with Chinese officials, highlighting that this issue has become a growing challenge to our economic relationship.” “We're going to have these discussions with a view to pressing China to take serious steps to investigate and put a stop to these activities. And we expect to have China engage with us in a constructive, direct dialogue to establish acceptable norms of behavior on cybersecurity.”