Lawmakers Urge Not to Renew US-China Tech Deal, Citing ‘Destructive’ Risk

Lawmakers Urge Not to Renew US-China Tech Deal, Citing ‘Destructive’ Risk
The U.S. flag flies from an embassy car outside China's Ministry of Defense in Beijing on June 24, 2009. Greg Baker/Pool/Getty Images
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Republican lawmakers have urged the United States against renewing a science and technology cooperation deal it signed with China in 1979, fearing that the communist regime may exploit it to gain a military edge against the United States.

The U.S.-China Science and Technology Agreement (STA), set to expire on Aug. 27, has facilitated collaboration in areas ranging from agricultural science to basic research in physics and chemistry.

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