Approved legislation would also block scientific cooperation with China, while banning the sale of US farmland to nationals of China, Russia, Iran, and the DPRK (North Korea).
From the bill summary:
“Science and Technology Agreement Enhanced Congressional Notification Act of 2023
This bill requires the Department of State to notify Congress regarding science and technology agreements with China. Any existing agreement is revoked unless the State Department notifies Congress regarding the agreement no later than 60 days after enactment of this bill. The State Department must notify Congress 30 days prior to entering, renewing, or extending any science and technology agreement with China. A notification shall contain (1) the full text of the agreement, (2) a written justification for the agreement, (3) an assessment of the risks and potential effects of the agreement, and (4) a detailed justification for how the State Department intends to address human rights concerns arising from the agreement's scientific and technology collaboration.„
They're essentially making any government-related researchers jump through hoops to enable any form co-operation and collaboration.
This will significantly drop the amount of scientific collaboration between the two nations. Because even if you are not part of any state-wide project, this paranoia will still spill over into many institutions, especially because of the media circus surrounding current China -USA relations.
They did? Thats insane because in my grad program almost every PI collabed with someone from china at some point.
Academia is dying anyway
From the article:
From the bill summary:
This bill requires the Department of State to notify Congress regarding science and technology agreements with China. Any existing agreement is revoked unless the State Department notifies Congress regarding the agreement no later than 60 days after enactment of this bill. The State Department must notify Congress 30 days prior to entering, renewing, or extending any science and technology agreement with China. A notification shall contain (1) the full text of the agreement, (2) a written justification for the agreement, (3) an assessment of the risks and potential effects of the agreement, and (4) a detailed justification for how the State Department intends to address human rights concerns arising from the agreement's scientific and technology collaboration.„
They're essentially making any government-related researchers jump through hoops to enable any form co-operation and collaboration.
This will significantly drop the amount of scientific collaboration between the two nations. Because even if you are not part of any state-wide project, this paranoia will still spill over into many institutions, especially because of the media circus surrounding current China -USA relations.