The line between state security organs and "national champion corporations" or government owned enterprises is pretty thin. There have been numerous cases of government intelligence resources being used to spy on foreign business people to help domestic businesses win deals.
The US is one of the new countries which doesn't do this (along with Canada and the UK), at least to a great degree. In China, it is basically standard, and even in France it has been widespread at least internationally.
Yes there is that on the BBC there was a fascinating program about modern day spying a couple of days ago they even had SIS and MI5 officers speaking abotu their work.
I assume it might end up on BBC America saat some stage
The US is one of the new countries which doesn't do this (along with Canada and the UK), at least to a great degree. In China, it is basically standard, and even in France it has been widespread at least internationally.