Sec. 6. International Technology Partnership
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The Special Ambassador for Technology (referred to in this section as the Special Ambassador ) shall seek to establish an International Technology Partnership with foreign countries that have— democratic national government and a strong commitment to democratic values, including an adherence to the rule of law, freedom of speech, and respect for and promotion of human rights, including the right to privacy; an economy with advanced technology sectors; and a demonstrated record of trust or an expressed interest in international cooperation and coordination with the United States on important defense and intelligence issues.
The International Technology Partnership may include relevant political and economic unions. The Special Ambassador, in cooperation with International Technology Partnership participants, shall pursue, as appropriate, through memoranda of understanding, executive agreements, free trade agreements, and existing multilateral channels— coordination of technology policies and standards among International Technology Partnership countries through participation in international standard setting bodies, such as the United Nations Group of Governmental Experts, World Trade Organization, the 3rd Generation Partnership Project, and the International Telecommunications Union, including pre-attendance meetings, education, and panels to report on issues; coordination of policies with the private sector to ensure private sector led, politically neutral, standards processes; the adoption of shared data privacy, data sharing, and data archiving standards among the United States and partner countries and relevant economic and political unions, including harmonized data protection regulations; the creation of coordinated policies for the use and control of emerging and foundational technologies through— use restrictions and export controls; investment screening coordination, including the harmonization of technology-transfer laws, regulations, policies, and practices; and the development of other arrangements to regulate and control technology transfer; coordination around the resiliency of supply chains in critical technology areas, with possible diversification of supply chain components among the group, while— abiding by transparency obligations related to subsidies and product origin; conducting risk analyses of products manufactured in third party nations that fail to meet established standards similarly; coordinating subsidy policies; and limiting preferential trade agreements between member countries; the coordination of supply chains regarding semiconductor fabrication through a fabrication research consortium for the semiconductor industry; the facilitation of partnerships and cooperation among and between research universities, start-up companies, and other businesses in member countries regarding key technologies, including the creation of memoranda of understanding regarding science and technology collaboration with member countries and coordinated incentives and subsidies; the coordination of investments and co-financing in targeted countries with the goal of— promoting secure and resilient digital infrastructure and privacy-enhancing technologies that protect democratic values and create a clear contrast and alternative to the PRC through the United States International Development Finance Corporation, the Export-Import Bank of the United States, foreign development finance institutions (including the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the European Investment Bank, partner country development institutions, regional banks, other lending institutions, or new investment mechanisms; and seeking to ensure that all funding provided by those institutions, for any purpose, should be conditioned upon the protection of democratic values, and that financing is forbidden to companies involved in the international investment programs of authoritarian or illiberal governments; and information sharing among partner countries to raise awareness of— the technology transfer threat posed by authoritarian governments; and ways in which autocratic regimes are utilizing technology to erode democracies.
In carrying out the objectives described in subsection
(c)with respect to particular technology areas, the Special Ambassador may establish working groups within the International Technology Partnership, composed of representatives from partner countries, including relevant political and economic unions, to coordinate on discrete strategies and policies related to specific technologies.