Republicans Urge Ending Science and Tech Pact With China

The senators say that the era in which U.S.–China science and technology cooperation made sense is long-gone.

Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) speaks dueing a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on "Review of the FY2023 State Department Budget Request" in Washington, on April 26, 2022. Al Drago/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

A group of Republican senators is urging the Biden administration to revoke a freshly renewed science and technology agreement with communist China, citing concerns about the regime’s support for state-led industrial development and military objectives that harm U.S. interests.

On Dec. 13, the United States renewed the Science and Technology Agreement (STA) with China for another five years.