Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich.,...
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich., urged President Barack Obama to discuss pending U.S. cybersecurity legislation with Chinese President Xi Jinping when the leaders meet in June, said a letter that was made public Wednesday (http://1.usa.gov/19mUA6I). Levin urged…
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Obama to refer the Chinese president to the Deter Cyber Theft Act (S-884), which is aimed at deterring countries from hacking U.S. commercial secrets and intellectual property (http://1.usa.gov/141SEgi). The bill, sponsored by Levin, “would require the Director of National Intelligence to produce a report that includes a priority watch list of foreign countries that engage in economic or industrial espionage against the United States in cyberspace,” Levin’s letter said. “The bill also would require the President, if he determines such action is warranted, to block imports of certain categories of goods if they benefitted from the stolen U.S. technology or proprietary information. ... I thought you could refer to this bill in your meeting with President Xi as an example that the U.S. will indeed impose real costs on China should they continue to steal our intellectual property.” Obama plans to discuss cybersecurity issues with Xi when they meet in California next week, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters Tuesday (CD May 29 p10).