Bipartisan Legislation Aims to Protect US Tech Against Foreign Theft

Sens. Mark Warner and Marco Rubio want an Office of Critical Technologies and Security

Two top senators are hoping new bipartisan legislation will send the White House a message that it isn’t doing enough to protect U.S. trade secrets from being stolen by China and other countries.

Today, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, and Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, introduced a bill to create an office tasked with coordinating public-private strategies to curb state-sponsored theft of IP through supply chains and other means. The division, the Office of Critical Technologies and Security, would fall under the executive branch and work with federal, state and private entities to both raise awareness and defend against state-sponsored technology transfer and supply chains threats.

The bill is meant to put bipartisan pressure on President Donald Trump’s administration to boost efforts to protect U.S.

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