US China Tech Cooperation Tempered

Posted 12/13/24

On December 13, 2024, the United States and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) signed a protocol to amend the U.S.-PRC Science and Technology Agreement (STA) and extend it for five years. 

First signed in 1979, The STA provides consistent standards for U.S.-PRC bilateral government-to-government scientific cooperation in areas such as agriculture, energy, space, health, environment, earth sciences, engineering, and educational and scholarly exchanges.

The Agreement sustains intellectual property protections, establishes new guardrails for implementing agencies to protect the safety and security of their researchers, and includes newly established and strengthened provisions on transparency and data reciprocity. 

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