U.S. executives have long known the risks of traveling to China with cellphones and laptops. Theft of intellectual property and cyberattacks underlie trade tensions between the two countries.
But executives are more skittish than usual these days.
“Certainly Canadian and American business executives are a bit spooked about traveling to China right now,” says Amy Celico of business advisory firm Albright Stonebridge Group.
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