[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 107 (Friday, August 5, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 5, 1994]
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                   IN SUPPORT OF MFN STATUS FOR CHINA

  (Mr. INSLEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. INSLEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the President's 
decision to delink MFN status for China from the internal affairs of 
China. There is a reason for that, and that reason is if we do not 
follow that policy, we will be taking a simple step, and that is to 
shoot ourselves in the foot.

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  Because a failure to delink is simply going to result in a 
retaliation against American exports to China. We will be losing 
American jobs associated with export and getting nothing.
  When I say getting nothing, that is because the simple sanctions 
against a few simple products from China is going to only be a pinprick 
in the hide of this 1 billion population country. It will affect 
nothing.
  The way to affect human rights in China is to give them inspiration, 
not aggravation. It is to engage them, it is to get to know them, it is 
to trade with them, because the one thing about America is that when we 
affect people the way we affect people is to let them get to know us. 
We have got to get to know them better, not less.
  Support the President on MFN.

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