WASHINGTON—The U.S. plans to work with different nations to restrict exports of surveillance instruments and different applied sciences that authoritarian governments can use to suppress human rights, an alleged follow in China.
The Biden administration stated Thursday that it might launch an initiative with pleasant nations to determine a code of conduct for coordinating export-licensing insurance policies. The hassle would additionally see collaborating nations share info on delicate applied sciences used in opposition to political dissidents, journalists, international authorities officers and human rights activists, administration officers stated.