In this environment, the renewal on Dec. 13 of the two countries’ long-standing science and technology agreement (STA) was an important step toward stabilizing the bilateral scientific relationship. While a lapse of the STA might have had modest immediate impact, prominent scientists noted that canceling the agreement would have sent a damaging signal. The recently amended STA, with added guardrails in place to address national security and reciprocity concerns, provides space for continued beneficial scientific cooperation with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) while also resisting pressure for decoupling.
mandag 20. januar 2025
U.S. and China Just Set New Road Rules for Science Collaboration. Americans Will Benefit If We Don’t Scrap Joint Research
Amid heightened U.S.-China strategic and technology competition, bilateral scientific collaboration has become increasingly challenging. China’s broad military-civil fusion and espionage efforts have heightened Washington’s concerns that any collaboration could be exploited to advance Beijing’s military development. China’s increasingly closed information environment has also exacerbated doubts around whether the results and benefits of collaboration will be properly shared.
In this environment, the renewal on Dec. 13 of the two countries’ long-standing science and technology agreement (STA) was an important step toward stabilizing the bilateral scientific relationship. While a lapse of the STA might have had modest immediate impact, prominent scientists noted that canceling the agreement would have sent a damaging signal. The recently amended STA, with added guardrails in place to address national security and reciprocity concerns, provides space for continued beneficial scientific cooperation with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) while also resisting pressure for decoupling.
In this environment, the renewal on Dec. 13 of the two countries’ long-standing science and technology agreement (STA) was an important step toward stabilizing the bilateral scientific relationship. While a lapse of the STA might have had modest immediate impact, prominent scientists noted that canceling the agreement would have sent a damaging signal. The recently amended STA, with added guardrails in place to address national security and reciprocity concerns, provides space for continued beneficial scientific cooperation with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) while also resisting pressure for decoupling.
