The top Democrat on a key US House committee argued for closer Sino-American cooperation amid strategic competition, the latest in a series of rare public instances of a lawmaker calling for a more measured approach to the bilateral relationship.
“We should be a little bit more sophisticated, a little bit more nuanced, a little bit more negotiation-oriented than the rhetoric” on Capitol Hill, said US congressman Jim Himes, a Connecticut Democrat and the ranking member on the House permanent select committee on intelligence.
Launched last year, the initiative seeks to “diagnose barriers now impinging on collaborative efforts” and “develop a playbook of best practices” to improve collaboration across different areas.
Himes highlighted some areas typically advanced by those advocating cooperation: fighting climate change, combating fentanyl and preventing pandemics and enhancing global health.
But he also said the US and China could collaborate on trade and producing artificial intelligence research as well as welcome more mainland scientists to American research institutions.
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