Sec. 255. Enhancing United States-European Union cooperation on technology issues with respect to the People's Republic of China
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The President shall work with European counterparts to establish a formal United States-European Union Working Group to develop a comprehensive strategy to respond to the technology challenges posed by Chinese efforts in the communications, infrastructure, surveillance equipment, and cyber sectors. The United States participants in the proposed working group shall seek to— complete a joint analysis on the perils of overreliance on Chinese telecommunications equipment; share intelligence and screen Chinese investments in strategic technology and critical infrastructure; coordinate on blocking imports of surveillance technologies from the People's Republic of China and on working with European Union aspirant countries to develop similar import restriction regimes, making it a requirement for European Union membership and enhanced relations with the United States; and urge the European Union to commit to the September 2019 principles signed by 27 countries regarding Advancing Responsible State Behavior in Cyberspace, a set of commitments introduced by the United States and signed by 19 European countries that support the rules-based international order, affirms the applicability of international law to state-on-state behavior, adherence to voluntary norms of responsible state behavior in peacetime, and the development and implementation of practical confidence building measures to help reduce the risk of conflict stemming from cyber incidents .