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一 | 北京时间1月14日，苹果韩国法定代表人今天表示，韩国最高反垄断机构不应干预苹果与当地移动运营商之间的商业交易，而应遵守市场规则。 Beijing has been branded the “biggest long-term threat to economic security” by the head of the FBI and the leader of Britain’s domestic intelligence agency.,FBI chief, Christopher Wray, in a rare joint appearance with Ken McCallum, the head of MI5, warned business leaders that the Chinese government was purportedly “set on stealing your technology, whatever it is that makes your industry tick, and using it to undercut your business and dominate your market”.,In a speech at MI5’s London headquarters, Wray and McCallum reaffirmed previously voiced concerns about economic espionage and hacking operations ostensibly being carried out covertly by Beijing.,“We consistently see that it’s the Chinese government that poses the biggest long-term threat to our economic and national security, and by ‘our’, I mean both of our nations, along with our allies in Europe and elsewhere,” Wray said.,Today in London, #FBI Director Christopher Wray and #MI5 Director General Ken McCallum addressed the threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party and the Chinese government, and why partnerships are crucial to combating it. Read more at: https://t.co/ASdtLyGbpc. pic.twitter.com/sjaOpXFRDG— FBI (@FBI) July 6, 2022,According to Ken McCallum, MI5 was currently running seven times as many investigations into China’s activities as it had been four years ago. Aware of the growing “threats”, he added that the agency planned to consistently tackle the “attempts at inference” which pervade “so many aspects of our national life”.,The British intelligence officer who has been serving as the Director General of MI5 since 2020 hailed the fact that this was the first time the heads of the FBI and MI5 had shared a public platform.,“We’re doing so to send the clearest signal we can on a massive shared challenge: China,” McCallum said. He went on to denounce Beijing’s purported “covert pressure across the globe,” which amounted to “the most game-changing challenge we face.”,China Poses ‘Unprecedented’ Espionage, Cyber Security Threats to US, FBI Director Claims 25 April, 04:18 GMT,In response, a spokesman for the Chinese embassy in Washington, Liu Pengyu, slammed the unsubstantiated allegations spearheaded by the western leaders.,China, “firmly opposes and combats all forms of cyber-attacks,” he underscored in an emailed statement to the Associated Press.,“We will never encourage, support or condone cyber-attacks,” the statement added.,FBI Director Christopher Wray had brought up the alleged proliferation of cybersecurity attacks linked to China earlier in the year, as Federal Bureau of Investigation asserted that intelligence officials were facing cybersecurity and espionage threats from Beijing that were “unprecedented in history.,“The biggest threat we face as a country from a counterintelligence perspective is from the People’s Republic of China, and especially the Chinese Communist Party,” Wray stated in an interview at FBI headquarters on April 21, cited by a “60 Minutes” broadcast.,Wray yet again accused China of targeting American innovation, trade secrets, and intellectual property “on a scale that’s unprecedented in history.”,US Must Immediately Stop Cyberattacks Against China - Chinese Foreign Ministry14 March, 11:35 GMT,China has been consistently dismissing such allegations, calling on Washington, in turn, to adopt a more responsible position on cyberspace and stop cyberattacks against China.,"China urges the US government to take a more responsible position on cyberspace and stop malicious network activity immediately," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said earlier this year, while slamming the US a "hacker empire."。苹果在汉城BKL律师事务所的法定代表人兼合伙人Ok Keum Seok表示：“苹果与韩国电信（SKT、KT和LG Uplus）之间的商业交易已经谈判了很长时间，是市场机制下的合法交易。韩国公平贸易委员会（FTC）不应在这方面浪费资源。如果苹果面临联邦贸易委员会的处罚，它将为外国公司在韩国做生意树立一个坏的先例。这项宣布是在联邦贸易委员会即将举行第二次协商会议的时候发布的。

二 | 在周三的磋商中，苹果将为联邦贸易委员会的指控辩护。FTC怀疑苹果韩国不公平地将iPhone销售给当地移动运营商的成本，包括广告成本、会议成本和维护成本。联邦贸易委员会在2016年和2017年对苹果韩国办事处进行了两次突击检查，并在去年4月向苹果发送了一份审查报告，要求苹果解释其不公平行为。”苹果和电信之间的所有业务都是基于十多年前苹果进入韩国市场时签订的合同。

三 | 当时，苹果无法签署有利于苹果的合同，因为当地的手机市场被韩国公司占据了主导地位。苹果的iPhone于2008年首次通过本土运营商KT进入韩国市场。随后，韩国运营商skt和lg uplus在2011年和2014年与苹果签订了销售合同。苹果表示，自那以后，合同条款没有改变，但随着iPhone在韩国市场份额的增加，苹果的广告成本也随之增加。Oh Keum Seok声称，由于合同保密，具体金额无法披露。