Sec. 265. Sense of Congress on enhancing United States–ASEAN cooperation on technology issues with respect to the People's Republic of China
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It is the sense of Congress that— the United States and ASEAN should complete a joint analysis on risks of overreliance on Chinese communication equipment; the United States and ASEAN should share intelligence and screen Chinese investments in strategic technology and critical infrastructure; the United States and ASEAN should coordinate on Chinese exports of surveillance technologies and work together on appropriate import restriction regimes; the United States should urge ASEAN to adopt its March 2019 proposed sanctions regime targeting cyber attacks; the United States should urge ASEAN to commit to the September 2019 principles signed by 27 countries regarding Advancing Responsible State Behavior in Cyberspace, a set of commitments 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 ; and the United States and ASEAN should explore how Chinese investments in critical technology, including artificial intelligence, will impact Indo-Pacific security over the coming decades.