https://apnews.com/55816017d06b4015888cda030f8009a9 > BEIJING (AP) — An American business group called on Beijing on Wednesday to allow the same access to its state-dominated economy that China's companies have to U.S. markets after Washington revved up a simmering trade dispute with a surprise announcement of plans to go ahead with a tariff hike. > The American Chamber of Commerce in China said this country can no longer justify the protections it was granted as a developing country when it joined the World Trade Organization in 2001. The group said regulators should ease or scrap restrictions on foreign investment and activity in fields including aerospace, finance, retailing and technology.