US presses SE Asia, Pacific states to bar Chinese seabed tech suppliers

The US is lobbying Southeast Asian and Pacific nations to exclude Chinese firms from undersea cable and seabed infrastructure projects, extending the technological rivalry into maritime domains. The move signals a hardening of US efforts to limit Chinese influence in critical digital infrastructure, though the scope of adoption by target countries remains uncertain.

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