1. Short title This Act may be cited as the National Economic Security Strategy Act of 2018 . 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the national security of the United States depends in large part on a vibrant, growing, and secure United States economy; (2) the United States confronts more international economic competition and threats today than at any time in the Nation’s history; (3) a failure of the United States to compete economically will undermine the prosperity and security of the people of the United States; (4) the United States is stronger when the national security strategy integrates economic tools in the service of foreign policy objectives; (5) it is in the national security and economic interests of the United States— (A) to promote free, fair, and reciprocal economic relationships between the United States and foreign individuals and entities; (B) to promote and protect the United States innovation base, including the defense industrial base; (C) to ensure that the United States leads in research, technology, and innovation; (D) to counter anticompetitive economic behavior, policies, and strategies by foreign individuals and entities; (E) to promote environmental stewardship; and (F) to ensure workers and families in the United States have the opportunity to thrive with competitive wages and are not unfairly disadvantaged; (6) the Federal Government has a limited, but important, role in facilitating the ability of the United States to compete successfully in the international economic competition described in paragraph (2); and (7) the Federal Government should periodically produce a national economic security strategy— (A) to ensure Federal policies, statutes, regulations, procedures, data gathering, and assessment practices are optimally designed and implemented to facilitate the competitiveness, prosperity, and security of the United States