Internet giant Google says the Chinese regime’s Internet censorship not only is “a human-rights problem,” but also a “trade barrier.” Google’s Chief Legal Officer David Drummond made the remark on Wednesday in Brussels.

Drummond told reporters that the United States and Europe should press the Chinese regime on Internet restrictions, because it has, “disadvantaged” multinational companies there.

Earlier this year, the world’s largest search engine pulled out of China, saying it no longer wished to self-censor its results in accordance with local censorship rules. Now Google Internet searches from China are redirected through Hong Kong.

Drummond says Google wants governments in the West to safeguard the free flow of information, in the same way they do products. Western governments have complained about Chinese products being sold below cost. Drummond adds, government talks are “the only way that…the rising censorship is going to be arrested.”

Drummond’s comments come after the Chinese regime released its first ever white paper on Internet policy on Tuesday.

The 31-page document explicitly guarantees freedom of speech on the Internet. But, it also states certain information cannot be produced or spread, such as "contents subverting state power, undermining national unity, infringing upon national honor and interests, inciting ethnic hatred and secession." The white paper statement didn’t give specific examples of what would be banned.