A congressional and industry debate last week questioned whether the 15‑year‑old Wolf Amendment—intended as a national‑security brake on bilateral NASA cooperation with China—still serves U.S. interests, balancing safeguards against technology transfer against potential loss of scientific and diplomatic channels with a leading space power.
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The Wolf Amendment shapes who can participate in U.S. programs and limits formal NASA–China collaboration; this follows recent steps that effectively barred Chinese nationals from NASA programs.
The debate affects export controls, allied coordination and multilateral frameworks for space activity as Washington and partners clash over regulatory approaches, illustrated by the U.S. criticism of a draft EU space law that it said could imperil cooperation.
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