Chapter 6 Conclusions
6.1 Future of the cyber world and IR: the case of the United States and China
On October 2017, the Attorney General Jefferson B. Sessions III and Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke, together with Chinese State Councilor and Minister of Public Security Guo Shengkin, co-chaired the first US-China Law Enforcement and Cybersecurity Dialogue (LECD). This is one of four dialogues agreed to by President Trump and President Xi during their first meeting in April 2017. They discussed repatriation, counter-narcotics, cybercrime and cybersecurity and fugitives.
Even though differences still remain, it seems that both sides try to make some progress, at least officially on issues such as cybercrime. In the specific topic regarding Cybersecurity they both said that they will continue their implementation of the consensus reached by President Obama and President Xi on 2015, regarding US-China cybersecurity cooperation. They will continue implementing five main points: first, that timely responses should be provided to requests for information and assistance concerning malicious cyber activities; second, that neither country’s government will conduct or knowingly support cyber-enabled theft of intellectual property, including trade secrets or other confidential business information, with the intent of providing competitive advantages to companies or commercial sectors; third, to make common effort to further identify and promote appropriate norms of state behavior in cyberspace within the international community; fourth, to maintain a high-level joint dialogue mechanism on fighting cybercrime and related issues; and fifth, to enhance law enforcement communication on cyber security incidents and to mutually provide timely responses.
The US-China is one of the most relevant relationships in the world, they both require a stable environment to benefit from the smooth functioning of the economic system. It seems that
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the Cybersecurity issues won’t be resolved anytime soon. The process of understanding each other and overcome the “trust deficit” won’t be an easy one in the short term. It will require more willingness to approach, and the role of the leaders is a key element in this realm. Donald Trump seems a bit more reluctant than his predecessor, so it will be a really interesting time not only for cybersecurity and United States and China but for the whole bilateral relations.
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