WASHINGTON, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Business groups told U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other top U.S. officials on Tuesday they were "increasingly alarmed" by China's moves to keep out foreign high-tech companies and urged a firm response by the United States, an influential newsletter reported.
"For several years, the Chinese government has been implementing indigenous innovation policies aimed at carving out markets for national champions and increasing the locally owned and developed intellectual property of innovative products," the business groups said, according to Washington-based newsletter, The Nelson Report.
"We are increasingly alarmed by the means China is using to achieve these goals," the groups said. (Reporting by Doug Palmer; editing by Anthony Boadle)