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Recommendation 25
25
Accepted
Paragraph: 87
Create a strategic dependency risk assessment for CNI technologies to mitigate China reliance.
Recommendation
The Government recognises the threat that the Chinese Communist Party could use economic coercion to influence UK decision making by targeting strategically critical sectors. The Government has not taken adequate action to tackle this threat. It must work to identify which technologies, infrastructure and components the UK is most dependent on China for, and plan to mitigate dependencies. Priority should be afforded to areas where such technologies are embedded in Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) and the Internet of Things. The Government should create a strategic dependency risk assessment of technologies, infrastructure and components embedded in Critical National Infrastructure.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government agrees on the need to build resilience against China's economic coercion, confirming it is identifying dependencies in critical sectors, taking action to mitigate risks through diversification, and developing the Critical National Infrastructure Resilience Strategy.
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Paragraph Reference:
87
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government · verbatim extract
Accepted
81. The Government partially agrees with the Committee. The Integrated Review Refresh is clear that the global economic and trade order are showing signs of fragmenting and there has been an increase in the use of economic coercion. The UK has taken clear steps alongside partners to increase resilience, including launching the G7 Co-ordination Platform on Economic Coercion to allow for collective and rapid response to such events. The UK published its Critical Imports and Supply Chains Strategy on 17 January. It will help UK businesses build secure and reliable supply chains, alongside the recently published Semiconductor Strategy.
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