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In forceful speeches during the virtual meeting, participants called the compact “egregiously invalid,” “probably unconstitutional,” “antithetical to principles of academic freedom” and “a Trojan horse.”

MIT is among the first to express forceful views against agreement the White House billed as providing “multiple positive benefits.”

Officials don’t appear to be worried yet, offering little sign that the government is preparing to launch more forceful stimulus measures.

At the time, it was one of China’s most forceful moves against a foreign company.

In forceful speeches, University of Southern California department chairs, professors, researchers and others who attended the virtual meeting called the compact “egregiously invalid,” “probably unconstitutional,” “antithetical to principles of academic freedom” and “a Trojan horse.”