Lasting cybersecurity a far-off goal as Obama meets Xi Jinping
by Dan Roberts in Washington and Nicky Woolf in New Y from Technology | The Guardian on (#NE46)
US and China are expected to announce a limited agreement to slow hacking attacks, but experts say a wide-ranging settlement is unlikely
Hopes of a lasting peace between China and the US over cybersecurity were fading in Washington ahead of a crunch dinner between presidents Barack Obama and Xi Jinping on Thursday that is aimed at smoothing out their growing tensions.
Though both countries are expected to announce a limited agreement to tackle the spread of hacking attacks at the conclusion of their two-day summit, White House officials and independent US experts played down talk of a wide-ranging settlement of their differences ahead of Xi's arrival.
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