(Bloomberg) — The U.S. and China announced agreement on broadanti-hacking principles aimed at stopping the theft of corporatetrade secrets though President Barack Obama pointedly said he hasnot ruled out invoking sanctions for violators.

After a morning of meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping,Obama said the two governments pledged they won't condone hackingto steal commercial secrets, a first step toward resolving one ofthe biggest disputes between the two countries.

"I raised once again our growing concern about cyberthreats,"Obama said during a joint White House news conference with Xi. "Iindicated it has to stop."

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