The European Union flags in front of EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. Photo: VCG China's business chamber in the EU issued fresh warnings over the bloc's proposed revision of the Cybersecurity Act (CSA2), stating the proposed new rules could introduce overly broad restrictive measures that are not based on a transparent, evidenceâbased risk assessment methodology, according to a post published Wednesday on the official WeChat account of the China Chamber of Commerce to the EU (CCCEU). On Tuesday, the CCCEU submitted its feedback on the EU plan, stating that strengthening cybersecurity and protecting critical infrastructure should adopt a proportionate, riskâbased, evidenceâbased, and technologyâneutral regulatory approach, while safeguarding the openness and competitiveness of the EU single market. The Chinese chamber noted that certain elements of the current CSA2 proposal could introduce overly broad restrictive measures that are not based on a transparent, evidenceâbased risk assessment methodology. In particular, the proposed mandatory, comprehensive, and timeâlimited exclusion policies across several critical sectors raise serious concerns. These measures could disrupt normal market operations, increase compliance costs for businesses, and have broader adverse effects on Europe's green and digital transitions, industrial competitiveness, and economic relations with key trading partners, according to the post. The EU's proposed revision of the CSA2 could carry a price tag of nearly 367.8 billion euros ($431.5 billion) if it forces the replacement of Chinese suppliers across 18 critical sectors, a report that the chamber sent to the Global Times on May 6 showed. In January, the European Commission (EC) proposed a new cybersecurity package, including a "Proposal for a Regulation on the EU Cybersecurity Act", which aims to gradually phase out components and equipment from "high-risk suppliers" in critical infrastructure. This move is widely seen as targeting Chinese companies and forms part of a broader set of EU protectionist tools