At the WTO Council for Trade in Services' second meeting of the year in Geneva
on the 4th, China placed on the agenda and raised serious concerns about the
EU's draft cybersecurity law and Industrial Accelerator Act. Beijing said
relevant provisions would violate WTO rules and, if adopted, would undermine the
authority and effectiveness of multilateral trade rules, and urged the EU to
amend them promptly. China specifically called on the EU to delete or
substantially modify draft cybersecurity law clauses on “states of cybersecurity
concern,” “non-technical risks,” “high-risk suppliers” and related prohibitions
and restrictions, and to revise the Industrial Accelerator Act to remove
measures that discriminate against specific countries. China said it is willing
to keep constructive dialogue with the EU and will closely monitor the EU
legislative process.
