"The demands listed in the 33-page strategy document published late Thursday reflect how aggressively the Trump administration is directing federal agencies to treat economic policy as a national security matter, and it comes after months of tariff fights that have become a defining flashpoint of the president's economic agenda. U.S. spy agencies "will monitor key supply chains and technological advances around the world to ensure we understand and mitigate vulnerabilities and threats to American security and prosperity," the strategy reads."
"The demands aren't the first time that security and defense agencies would be monitoring or bringing awareness to supply chain issues - as is common in those spaces to ensure operational security and the protection of U.S. forces - though the scope of the task is expansive and would involve scrutiny of where American companies and foreign rivals ship, produce and stockpile their goods and services around the world."
The national security strategy tasks the U.S. intelligence community with monitoring global supply chains to decouple the nation's economy from foreign adversaries and advance American economic interests. U.S. spy agencies will monitor key supply chains and technological advances worldwide to understand and mitigate vulnerabilities and threats to American security and prosperity. Oversight will scrutinize where American companies and foreign rivals ship, produce and stockpile goods and services, and recognize that many supply chains are digital, complicating decoupling. Analysts will identify strategic points and resources in the Western Hemisphere for protection and partnership, and federal agencies are directed to increase reliance on private sector operators for cybersecurity.
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