Sec. 3206. 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 equipment critical to strategic technologies and critical infrastructure; the United States and ASEAN should share information about and collaborate on screening Chinese investments in strategic technology sectors and critical infrastructure; the United States and ASEAN should work together on appropriate import restriction regimes regarding Chinese exports of surveillance technologies; 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 28 countries regarding Advancing Responsible State Behavior in Cyberspace , a set of commitments that support the rules-based international order, affirm 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.