Accelerated moves from the US to cut research ties with China over security concerns

<p>The Wall Street Journal carries the report on some U.S. lawmakers pushing to let a landmark agreement to cooperate on science and technology, signed in 1979 and renewed routinely since, expire this month.</p><p>The gist of the story:</p><ul><li>Rep. Mike Gallagher (R., Wis.), the chairman of a congressional select committee on China, is leading a push to let the U.S.-China Science and Technology Agreement expire. First signed shortly after the two countries established diplomatic relations, it has been renewed around every five years since.
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In a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken in June, Gallagher and nine other Republican representatives argued that the U.S. is aiding China’s military modernization through the agreement. </li></ul><p>Here is the <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-u-s-is-turning-away-from-its-biggest-scientific-partner-at-a-precarious-time-9fb9adaa" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">link to the Journal article, gated.</a></p>

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.