Schumer calls for 調査（する） of Chinese rail tech
WASHINGTON (AP) - The 上院's 最高の，を越す 民主党員 is calling on the 連邦の 政府 to step in and 調査／捜査する whether a 計画（する） for new subway cars in New York City designed by a Chinese 明言する／公表する-owned company could 提起する／ポーズをとる a 脅し to 国家の 安全.
Sen. Charles Schumer of New York said in a 声明 to The Associated 圧力（をかける） on Sunday that he's asked the 商務省 to 行為／行う a "最高の，を越す-to-底（に届く） review" after CRRC, one of the world's largest train 製造者s, won a design contest for new subway cars that would 含む "modern train 支配（する）／統制する 科学（工学）技術."
The company hasn't won a 契約 in New York City, which has America's biggest 輸送 system, but it has been awarded 契約s in 最近の years for new subway cars in Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston and Philadelphia.
In 発表するing the contest 勝利者s last year, the 主要都市の Transportation 当局, which operates the subway system, said CRRC had 提案するd 投資するing $50 million of its own money to develop the new subway cars. The contest was designed to bring out new ideas for 未来 事業／計画（する）s but did not lead to any 契約s for new subway cars and the MTA is not 現在／一般に 購入（する）ing any new cars.
But in the last few years, 中国 has 押し進めるd to 支配する the U.S. rail car market, a multibillion-dollar 産業. CRRC is also believed to be 追求するing a $500 million 契約 with the Washington 主要都市の Area 輸送 当局 in Washington, D.C.
安全 専門家s and members of 議会 have raised the alarm about CRRC because it is owned by the Chinese 政府, 警告 of 事前の cyberthreats and 切り開く／タクシー／不正アクセスing attacks linked to Chinese 知能 公式の／役人s. They 恐れる 許すing the company to 任命する／導入する 科学（工学）技術 in America's rail system could 潜在的に expose it to cyberespionage and 破壊行為.
FILE - In this May 14, 2019 photo, 上院 少数，小数派 Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters at the （ワシントンの）連邦議会議事堂 in Washington. The 上院's 最高の，を越す 民主党員 wants an 調査 into whether a 計画（する） for new subway cars in New York City designed by a Chinese 明言する／公表する-owned company could 提起する／ポーズをとる a 脅し to 国家の 安全. Schumer said in a 声明 to The Associated 圧力（をかける） on Sunday, May 19 he's asked the 商務省 to 行為／行う a "最高の，を越す-to-底（に届く） review" after CRRC won a design contest for new subway cars in New York City. The company hasn't won a 契約 in New York, although it has been awarded 契約s for new rail cars in Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston and Philadelphia. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, とじ込み／提出する)
Schumer's call for an 調査 comes まっただ中に rising 緊張s between the U.S. and 中国 after 貿易（する） 会談 between the two nations broke up earlier this month without an 協定. Days ago, 大統領 Donald Trump 調印するd an (n)役員／(a)執行力のある order to 宣言する a 国家の 経済的な 緊急 that 権力を与えるd the 政府 to 禁止（する） American 遠隔通信 companies from 任命する／導入するing foreign-made 器具／備品 and 科学（工学）技術 that could 提起する／ポーズをとる a 脅し to 国家の 安全.
"The MTA has 強健な, multilayered and vigorously 施行するd safety and 安全 基準s, but we support 成果／努力s of 政府 機関s to 支える that work," 広報担当者 Max Young said.
A 広報担当者 for CRRC Sifang America - the company's arm in Chicago - said a 大多数 of the 構成要素s used in its new rail cars come from U.S. companies and said 関心s about 秘かに調査するing or malware are misplaced. The rail cars 会合，会う 明確な／細部 必要物／必要条件s 始める，決める by the 輸送 機関s, the 製造業者 doesn't 支配（する）／統制する the cyber 構成要素s it 任命する／導入するs and it is "not possible" for the company to implant malware in the system, he said.
"There is no 証拠 of a 乗客 railcar 製造業者, 含むing CRRC, 任命する／導入するing any type of new 科学（工学）技術 that could 故意に open 乗客 railcars to cyberthreats or 提起する／ポーズをとる a 脅し to 通勤（学）者s and 国家の 安全," 広報担当者 Dave Smolensky said. "CRRC is eager to 演説（する）／住所 any 関心s 上院議員 Schumer has and we welcome an 調査 regarding our U.S. 操作／手術s."
法律制定 has been introduced in both the House and 上院 that, if passed, would 妨げる 連邦の 基金s from 存在 used for rail 事業／計画（する）s 伴う／関わるing Chinese companies.
"Given what we know about how cyberwarfare 作品, and 最近の attacks that have 攻撃する，衝突する transportation and 組織／基盤／下部構造 中心s across the country, the Department of 商業 must give the green light and 完全に check any 提案s or work 中国's CRRC does on に代わって of the New York subway system, 含むing our signals, Wi-Fi and more," Schumer said the 声明 to AP.
In 2017, hackers attacked the Sacramento 輸送 system and 需要・要求するd a 身代金 in cryptocurrency. The 輸送 機関 said at the time that the hackers erased parts of programs on its servers that 影響する／感情 操作／手術s like the ability to use computers to 派遣（する） 従業員s and 割り当てる buses. In 2016, a ransomware attack on San Francisco's 輸送 system resulted in 公式の／役人s shutting 負かす／撃墜する ticketing machines, 許すing 解放する／自由な rides for much of a 週末. A nd last year, the Colorado Department of Transportation fell 犠牲者 to a 類似の attack that essentially froze hundreds of computers.
In the last few years, the U.S. 司法（官） Department has brought several 事例／患者s 主張するing 切り開く／タクシー／不正アクセスing by Chinese 知能 公式の／役人s and 的ing Chinese cyberespionage.
"This 肉親，親類d of 国家の 安全 責任／義務 is just so big, and so コンビナート／複合体, that the MTA and other big-city 輸送 systems should not have to foot the 重荷（を負わせる） of going it alone to 査定する／（税金などを）課す whether or not CRRC's low 企て，努力，提案s for work, and 現在の 契約s across the country, are part of some larger 戦略. We just cannot be too careful here, 特に now, まっただ中に these 緊張s and general cyber 脅しs," Schumer said.
The 商務省 did not すぐに comment on Sunday.
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