industrialization, international trade, and other commercial activity. (3) An assessment of the foreign policy and national security risks to the United States relating to transactions using covered distributed ledger technology and blockchain equipment or services, including circumvention of United States and international sanctions, including through the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (commonly known as SWIFT ) payments system. (4) An assessment of data collection, cybersecurity risks, and the use of data that involves United States persons by the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party involving transactions relating to covered distributed ledger technology and blockchain equipment or services of the People’s Republic of China. (5) An assessment of the use of covered distributed ledger technology and blockchain equipment or services to collect data as part of the social credit system of the People’s Republic of China. (6) An assessment of the impact and national security risks of covered distributed ledger technology and blockchain equipment or services on data collection, cross-border payments, and economic integration, including with respect to countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative of the People’s Republic of China. (7) An assessment of the impact of covered distributed ledger technology and blockchain equipment or services on the United States blockchain technology and distributed ledger technology industries, to include an assessment of its commercial adoption globally and its integration with other smart city technologies in the United States and internationally. (8) An assessment of the technologies, system architectures, and protocols underpinning covered distributed ledger technology and blockchain equipment or services, and recommendations with respect to strengthening export controls for United States technologies relating to the development and implementation of covered distributed ledger technology and blockchain