In Depth: Decades-Old Research Pact Survives China-U.S. Tensions

After a nearly 16-month delay, China and the United States announced in mid-December that they had renewed a longstanding deal to facilitate science and technology exchanges between the world’s two largest economies.

Prior to this, the Agreement Between the U.S. and China on Cooperation in Science and Technology — referred to by Washington as the U.S.-PRC Science and Technology Agreement (STA) — had been expired for over three months, following two six-month extensions.