economic espionage

基本解释

At first, it means the crime of espionage only, but with the development of the espionage, there becomes new content in the espionage crime: the economic espionage crime.
起初它主要是指專門爲傳統間諜“量身定做”的間諜罪。但隨著間諜本身的發展，作爲下位概唸的它也有了新的內容，即經濟間諜犯罪。
Owing to the situation that knowledge economy is unfolding and economic globalization is developing, commercial espionage has gradually become the focus of commercial competition.
由於知識經濟的興起以及經濟全球化的發展，商業秘密已逐漸成爲市場競爭的焦點。

It would be immensely foolish for Huawei to risk involvement in national security or economic espionage.
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According to the U.S. Justice Department, of 20 cases of economic espionage and trade secret criminal cases from January 2009 to January 2013, 16 involved Chinese nationals.
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As to the latter, a recent government report highlighted the risk of economic espionage committed by foreign governments, agents and companies against U.S. corporations using the opportunities provided by cyberspace.
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