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2015 United States–China Cybersecurity Agreement
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Executive agreement between US and People's Republic of China
November 2021
June 2026
The 2015 United States-China Cybersecurity agreement is an Executive agreement between the United States and the People's Republic of China. The agreement covers several areas of Cybersecurity policy, including on information sharing mechanisms and establishing that neither country will support cyber-enabled Intellectual property theft. The agreement was announced at a joint press conference attended by U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese General Secretary Xi Jinping located at the White House.2015-09-25 FACT SHEET: President Xi Jinping's State Visit to the United States https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2015/09/25/fact-sheet-president-xi-jinpings-State-visit-united-States 2021-12-05 whitehouse.gov en 2021-12-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20211210174015/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2015/09/25/fact-sheet-president-xi-jinpings-state-visit-united-states dead
The agreement has been called ineffective by the Trump administration and others.Farley Robert 2018-08-11 Did the Obama-Xi Cyber Agreement Work? https://thediplomat.com/2018/08/did-the-obama-xi-cyber-agreement-work/ live 2021-12-05 thediplomat.com en-US https://web.archive.org/web/20180810201608/https://thediplomat.com/2018/08/did-the-obama-xi-cyber-agreement-work/ 2018-08-10 2018-11-09 U.S. accuses China of violating bilateral anti-hacking deal en Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-cyber-idUSKCN1NE02E 2021-12-05Neuman Scott Myre Greg 2021-07-02 Hacks Are Prompting Calls For A Cyber Agreement, But Reaching One Would Be Tough en NPR https://www.npr.org/2021/07/02/1009925791/hacks-are-prompting-calls-for-a-cyber-agreement-but-reaching-one-would-be-tough 2021-12-05
See also
Budapest Convention on Cybercrime
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