On June 22, the Canadian Prime Minister's Office issued a Joint Communique summarizing the second meeting of the Canada-China High-Level National Security and Rule of Law Dialogue. During the discussion, the two countries reached an agreement that neither "would conduct or knowingly support cyber-enabled theft of intellectual property, including trade secrets or other confidential business information, with the intent of providing competitive advantages to companies or commercial sectors."

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