EXCLUSIVE — As distrust grows between the United States and China amid festering tensions, some GOP lawmakers are calling on the Biden administration to sever research ties between the two nations in order to protect domestic interests.
Sen. Rick Scott pressed Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a letter sent on Thursday to pull out of a 40-year agreement that has allowed the two countries to collaborate on science and technology innovations and is set to expire later this month. The plea comes as several lawmakers have grown skeptical of China’s ability to overpower the U.S. in national security and military matters.
However, relations between the two countries have weakened over the last several years, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic emerged in China and government leaders were reluctant to provide information or investigative findings on the disease’s origins. “Communist China failed to follow the agreement, and rejected all efforts related to transparency or sharing of materials from the Wuhan Institute of Virology to the World Health Organization and the international community during the COVID-19 investigation,” Scott wrote.
Scott also cited human rights concerns as a reason to cut ties with Chinese officials, arguing it’s “unthinkable” for the U.S. government to collaborate with a country that is “undermining our promotion of human rights and human liberty.”
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