US and China Narrow Scope of S&T Cooperation Agreement

A meeting between U.S. and Chinese diplomats in Beijing in the summer of 2023.
Chuck Kennedy / State Department
The U.S. and China have signed a protocol to extend their bilateral science and technology cooperation agreement by five years but narrow it to only cover basic research, the State Department announced
The agreement explicitly excludes work related to developing critical and emerging technologies and includes “new guardrails for implementing agencies to protect the safety and security of their researchers,” the State Department said. The agreement also adds “newly established and strengthened provisions on transparency and data reciprocity.” The text of the agreement has not yet been made public.
The previous agreement lapsed
Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI), chair of the House Select Committee on the CCP, condemned
This news brief originally appeared in FYI’s newsletter for the week of Dec. 16.