Moolenaar: Alibaba Shouldn't Have Access to U.S. Markets and Innovation

Chairman John Moolenaar of the House Select Committee on China is again highlighting the dangers of allowing Chinese companies to operate and raise money in the United States following a story in the Financial Times detailing how Alibaba works with China’s military. Moolenaar previously called for Alibaba to be delisted from U.S. stock exchanges in May.

“The Select Committee has said for years that a Chinese company anywhere in the world is subject to Chinese law, and this is what we mean. Alibaba has no choice but to give up sensitive data on its customers and provide cybersecurity vulnerabilities to the CCP or it will face serious consequences, just like Jack Ma did. The federal government and industry must take steps to protect the American people and eliminate Chinese companies’ access to our markets and innovation,” said Moolenaar.

Moolenaar’s latest statement is part of a new Financial Times article detailing how Alibaba–which is already designated by the Pentagon as a Chinese military company–partners with China’s People’s Liberation Army. The story reports that Alibaba lets the PLA access data the company collects on customers and wifi networks. The company also turns over cybersecurity exploits the PLA can use to carry out cyber attacks on American infrastructure and companies.