The U.S. and China renewed but narrowed a long-running science and technology agreement on Friday, marking continuity in their ties while also accounting for bilateral tensions that are likely to only grow under the incoming Trump administration.

The United States and China signed a renewed science cooperation agreement on Friday, the State Department said, this time with "robust national security guardrails," despite objections from Republicans who argue the decision should have been left to the incoming Trump administration.

The US and China renewed a longstanding agreement allowing limited government cooperation in science and technology, sustaining a lane of collaboration amid broader tensions over issues from national security to trade.

The United States and China have renewed a key scientific cooperation agreement between the two superpowers for another five years, the U.S. Department of State said on Friday, in a move by Joe Biden's administration that comes just over a month ahead of the inauguration of former President Donald Trump's second term.