Trade and technology aren't the only areas hit by worsening U.S.-China tensions. Washington's worries about espionage and giving its rival a lead in strategic research is making science the newest victim of geopolitics. Even the 45-year-old U.S.-PRC Science and Technology Agreement, the first agreement between the two countries after relations were normalized, is on the ropes.
The sinking relationship between the U.S. and China is hindering scientific cooperation, according to a new working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research. The paper studies three measures: the mobility of STEM trainees between the U.S. and China, how often scientists in one country used works from another, and scientist productivity.
