; (5) United States efforts to attract foreign direct investment from responsible private-sector entities based in trusted countries should be consistent with efforts to maintain and improve the domestic standard-of-living, including for the workforce; (6) as digital information becomes increasingly important to the United States economy and the development of new technologies and services that will be crucial to the country’s competitiveness in the 21st century global economy, barriers including data localization and infringement of intellectual property rights must be further addressed; (7) foreign direct investment by companies or other entities owned, directed, supported, or influenced by the Chinese Communist Party is a threat to United States security and merits an aggressive policy framework to protect United States interests, jobs, intellectual property, and security; (8) foreign direct investment from any source should not result in the net loss of United States economic activity, productive capabilities, and supply chain resilience; and (9) foreign direct investment from any source should strengthen United States security and support United States workforce, health and safety, consumer, and financial standards. 3. Foreign direct investment review (a) Review The Secretary, in consultation with the Federal Interagency Investment Working Group established pursuant to Executive Order No. 13577 (76 Fed. Reg. 35715