Biden handcuffs Trump to dangerous China tech agreement

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Biden handcuffs Trump to dangerous China tech agreement
By
Tom Rogan
December 16, 2024 5:33 pm
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President Joe Biden‘s administration just agreed to a five-year extension to the science and technology sharing agreement with China. Established by President Jimmy Carter, the agreement has attracted increasing scrutiny in recent years because of China’s endemic use of U.S. scientific knowledge to bolster its military and intelligence services.

Biden has made a bad decision by extending this agreement.

The main problem here is that China views its access to U.S. science and technology through the fixed prism of one key interest: specifically, how that knowledge can be employed to boost the power of the Chinese Communist Party. And that includes Beijing’s key concern of increasing China’s military power. China has used this agreement to manipulate otherwise civilian technologies for military and other nefarious purposes. While the State Department insists this extension comes with new safeguards to address these concerns, China’s malfeasant interest in using scientific engagement to undermine U.S. interests is long-standing and deeply problematic. At the margin, this agreement is contradictory to U.S. security interests.

Some members of Congress recognize as much. Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI) chairman of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, condemned the decision. He observed that “renewal of the STA in the final days of the administration is a clear attempt to tie the hands of the incoming administration and deny them the opportunity to either leave the agreement or negotiate a better deal for the American people.”

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[Kamaji]

Is it a treaty, or just an executive agreement?  If the latter, it can be terminated.

[Hoodat]

Not a treaty.  Never ratified by the Senate.

https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF12510

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Oh FFS. This... THIS is why Trump won. Bullshit like this. 100% deep state bullshit.

[MajorClay]

b@stard

[DefiantMassRINO]

Is it an official treaty ratified by the US Senate, or is just another piece of Executive flotsam and jetsam?

Sharing?  WTF science or technology has the Chinese Communist Party shared with America, aside from Covid-19/SARS2 virus?

The Executive cannot bind the US to long-term international commitments without a Senate ratified treaty.

Explain to me why this science and technology sharing agreement with China did not require a US Senate ratified treaty?  .. Other than the for the convenience and expediency Communist-infiltrated Jimmy Carter US State Department.

This BS should be challenged as an extra-legal Executive action that comprises American national security and economic competitive advantage without the consent of the People, as represented by the US Congress.

Presidents are not kings.  Congress better get off its ass and take back the American Republic from the Imperial Presidency, yesterday.

I know it's uncomfortable for our elected leaders to be inside a room where and when a decision is being made, but that's their EFFING job.

If a Congressman or a US Senator doesn't want to risk political capital to fight FOR the American People, get out of the way or we're going to primary your asses into the unemployment line.

Too much time and money has been wasted by these cowards that claim to represent us in Congress.