Security News > 2021 > April > United States' plan to beat China includes dominating tech standards groups – especially for 5G
America's plan to compete with China includes a call for the land of the free to dominate tech standards bodies, especially for 5G, and to appoint an ambassador level official to lead a new "Technology Partnership Office" that Washington will use to drive tech collaboration among like-minded nations.
Released last Thursday by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and expected to have bipartisan support, the draft Strategic Competition Act of 2021 offers 281 pages of policy aimed at "Ensuring the United States is postured to compete with China for decades to come," in the words of ranking member US Senator Jim Risch.
Surveillance technologies, including facial recognition technologies and censorship software;.
On 5G, the bill calls for the USA to lead future standards developments and standards bodies and orders an assessment of "The differences in the scope and scale of China's engagement at such bodies compared to engagement by the United States or its allies and partners and the security risks raised by Chinese proposals in such standards-setting bodies."
"Formation of a 'Digital technology trade alliance relating to digitally enabled technologies and services";.
Creation of a new Digital Connectivity and Cybersecurity Partnership through which the USA will "Promote the diversification of ICT goods and supply chain services to be less reliant on Chinese imports," and to "Promote exports of United States information and communications technology goods and services and increase United States company market share in target markets."